text @frankenstein

[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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text @scavenger.rey [filtered]

[talentedscavenger]

Halloween? I'm not familiar with the term.

What exactly do you need?

[jolting]

It's a holiday that sort of meshes a lot of traditions together, all around celebrating the supernatural or witchcraft.

I need some help building a few of the rooms. You offering?

[talentedscavenger]

Never heard of anything like it. So by withcraft, you mean magic?

Depends on what you need. I'm better at putting mechanical things together, or repairing them.

[jolting]

Sometimes. It depends on the tradition. It's why things like wearing masks started happening, to hide from evil spirits.

Mechanical things would be great. That can work with things opening or moving on their own.

[talentedscavenger]

Funny, where I'm from, they're more used for protection, to hide an identity, or to imitate someone.

I can do that. What things do you need to move about?

[jolting]

Well, that's what they're for now, but they used to be to hide. Or was it so you could walk among spirits freely? Something like that.

I was thinking maybe doors, a few pieces of light furniture. We should also rig a music box to play randomly.

[talentedscavenger]

I'm not sure, there wasn't a holiday like that from my world.

That should be easy enough to do. Were you thinking of making it motion activated? Or on a timer?

[jolting]

Hm. Motion activated might be good. Timers are a little too predictable, you know?

[talentedscavenger]

Not unless the timer is set to random intervals, but there's only so many different patterns that could be worked out.

[jolting]

Exactly! Motion activated seems better, since people will ideally be wandering all around the house.

[talentedscavenger]

This is all going into a house? Your house?

[jolting]

Yeah. The haunted house. There are different scary things in all the rooms.

[talentedscavenger]

Won't that be an issue to live in? If you have all these haunted rooms and such.

[Clearly, Rey has no idea what goes into a haunted house or why people would do it.]

[jolting]

Not for me, but I don't plan on living there. It's just for fun. People like going through haunted houses. It's a Halloween thing.

[talentedscavenger]

The sort of 'fun' that people have when they watch scary movies?

[jolting]

Exactly. Sounds like you've got the idea.

[talentedscavenger]

Not...really. Still don't understand it, but Jim has mentioned it when we'd do movie nights.

[jolting]

Well. It's close enough.

[talentedscavenger]

When would you like my help?

[jolting]

Sure. Thank you.

[talentedscavenger]

Welcome.I'll start looking for things, but when did you want me to actually put some of it together?

[jolting]

I'm mapping out the rooms right now. How long do you need?

[talentedscavenger]

Not too long...just depends on how many things you want to move with the automatic timer.

No more than two or three days, I think.

[jolting]

Then I'll let you know when I'm ready. I'll need to do a walk-through of the house to judge where the best places for the motion sensors should be.