95th moon [we're all walled in]

[paladinlost]

[One tiny and sad advantage to having gone through this whole circus eight times is that at some point, nothing can surprise you anymore. Not even waking up on a park bench in Goldenrod with a Goldeen in your arms, a Magikarp tangled in your hair and a Finneon almost kissing you.

...Okay, so maybe that particular situation does surprise Cecil a little. Juste a little.

But certainly not enough to stop him from taking care of his weekly grocery shopping at the Department Store. Even if he's still wearing his pyjamas, his hair is messy, his make-up is nowhere to be seen and he has three fish in his shopping basket. He doesn't care about such silly details.

He does, however, care enough to greet the poor confused or not-so-confused people that surround him. The local biannual madness is no reason to be rude, after all.]

Comments

[dragoon_pride]

That must make it challenging to explore such caves.

[paladinlost]

It brings back memories from the Cave of Eblan. Too many memories, I could say.

[dragoon_pride]

I've no doubt that wasn't something you were hoping to relive.

[paladinlost]

I can think of a thousand memories I would have prefered, but then again I can also think of a thousand that would have been worse.

[dragoon_pride]

And it's best to avoid the worse ones, at all cost.

[paladinlost]

I've been very lucky in that regard, barring a few incidents.

[dragoon_pride]

How fortunate for you. I doubt most of us would fare so well.

[paladinlost]

I've no doubt you'd manage, even if Halloween would surely be unpleasant sometimes.

[dragoon_pride]

And what is this "Halloween"?

[paladinlost]

A local holiday centered on ghosts and spirits. Nothing good ever happens on that day, believe me.

[dragoon_pride]

The undead are a nuisance, certainly, but is it truly that bad?

[paladinlost]

...The most peaceful of those days, by far, involved people being possessed by their clothing.

[dragoon_pride]

How could clothing possibly possess someone?

[paladinlost]

A most important question, yet I've no answer to offer you.

[dragoon_pride]

Hm... I'll have to take your word for it, I suppose.

[paladinlost]

Just as you'll have to take my word for the rest, such as the haunted castle and the battle between two crime syndicates. Halloween is never a pleasant day.

[dragoon_pride]

And all of this only occurs for this one day?

[paladinlost]

...Along with the preceding day, if we happen to be particularly unlucky.

[dragoon_pride]

Well, I suppose a matter of a day or two isn't so terrible...

[paladinlost]

There's the apprehension, too. Knowing for weeks that the day will not be safe, but not knowing how...

[dragoon_pride]

The anticipation sounds nearly as bad as the day itself.

[paladinlost]

It certainly makes October more stressful than it should be. Even the occasional candy does not improve it much.

[dragoon_pride]

A shame you must face it so often... and with no means to prepare ahead to fight it would seem. But what purpose does the candy serve?

[paladinlost]

...I've no idea. A girl a long time ago seemed to expect it, but I cannot recall if she told me why.

[dragoon_pride]

That seems very strange, given the rest of the details about it.

[Something so non-threatening, it hardly seems to fit.]