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[jolting]

Hello, everyone.

I don't really know if anyone is celebrating Halloween next month, but if you are then please let me know. I'd especially be interested in helping out if anyone wants to work on a haunted house. I think it's great there's a holiday that celebrates things that are common in my world, and I want to be a part of it.


[filtered from James T. Kirk]

On a somewhat related note, I could use some help making something for my boyfriend. I'd like someone who can play an instrument, but if you're good at building things then that can work, too. Thanks.

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[deploy]

Overachiever.

...What's Plan B?

[jolting]

I'm going to recreate a piece of my world. Or Storybrooke. I don't know which yet.

[deploy]

Recreate how? Painting? Faberge egg? Cake? Creepily detailed diorama?

Please don't tell me you're going to try and screw around with the portal.

switches to voice!

[jolting]

I was hoping I could make it to scale, but I guess I can do a diorama if I have to.

No. I'd only do that with Jefferson around, since he's a portal-jumper and knows what he's doing with them.

[deploy]

Like a movie set? That's ambitious. Or crazy. But I guess that's your thing.

Jefferson. That weirdo with the hat? I think I remember that guy.

[jolting]

I prefer "mad" but yeah. It is my thing, I guess.

He does make an impression. But he's also the only person I'd trust around a portal.

[deploy]

Hey, portals were my thing before I got here. Where I come from they're like an intergalactic transit system.

What I'm saying is I was doing the whole portal-jumping thing before it was cool.

Back on topic; I'm not really an arts and crafts guy, but I'm down to play guitar if you're going the music route.

[jolting]

[He just shakes his head, amused]

Could go either way at this point.

What about Halloween? What do you do for that?

[deploy]

Uh, nothing?

I'm not really a Halloween guy. I don't do dress-up. I mean, I'd dress-up as Freddy, or Jason, maybe Michael Myers, but otherwise? I don't do dress-up.

But if I was gonna do dress-up, I'd go all the way. You can't do that stuff half-assed or you look lame. You've got to commit. Especially in a haunted house.

[jolting]

I don’t know who any of those guys are. Once I got my memories back, I mostly watched monster movies.

Would you want to do a haunted house?

[deploy]

You're missing out. Friday the 13th is a classic.

I'm way too busy to do a haunted house, but if you tell me when and where you're working on it, I guess I could try and show up. Give you some moral support. A little direction. I hate when haunted houses are more cheesy than scary. People are coming to be scared. You don't need to throw every crappy discount Halloween decoration into every room. Spiders or witches, pick one. Themes are so much stronger than just 'Halloween', put some thought into it!

If we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it right.

[jolting]

You're weirdly invested for someone who's not even going to help in making the thing.

[Are you sure you don't want to help, John? Seems like you want to help]

[deploy]

I'm not going to help. I'm going to advise. Big difference.

So when do we start?

[jolting]

Well, I have a fairly good idea what I'm putting in each room. I guess I can let you look over the floor plan.