39 days till Halloween [video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[At first it's hard to tell that the Pumpkin King is upside down. He's hanging off the common room sofa in the Breeding Centre with his legs draped over the back. A pokemon toddling by along the cushions is the only clue to his position.]}

You know, I've been wondering...just how many of you were dead before you arrived? I admit it's gotten a little lonely on the network. We dead folk must stick together!

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[video]

[quickattackjack]

You have a point there.

_{[ :|a Jack looks thoughtful. Jack Skellington-- SHARK SURVIVOR did sound pretty exciting.]}

[video]

[quickattackjack]

It was alright! No skin to get bruises on. I didn't have to worry about getting poked in the eye. No worrying about paying a barber for a haircut...

_{[He decides not to tell her about the time he lost his foot in a swamp. Though somebody had been kind enough to mail it to him since he put his name in his shoes (Sally was full of great ideas), it didn't seem like a story she'd like.]}

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[quickattackjack]

Something like that.

_{[Truth was, Jack knew in his gut that some things just HAPPENED and some people were just plain old unlucky.]}

[video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[An enormous grin grows on Jack's face.]}

It really does--where I'm from, that's what we're all about!

[quickattackjack]

I'm starting to think my being dead is a little different from death in other worlds. I had a job and friends just like anyone else--though most of us didn't have a pulse.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

That doesn't sound so bad.... D-did you scare people?

[video]

[quickattackjack]

Well, yes, but that was our job.

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[tinymoonkid]

Don't give me that.

I didn't do what I did because of destiny. I did it because I wanted to, that's all. Just wish it had ended differently.

[...sorry about him, he's still kind of working on the acceptance portion of being dead...]

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[EVERYTHING ELSE that she said just went in one ear and out the other as Jack was brought back to that cave.]

[Sorry, Jack's spacing the fuck out now. Please leave your name and number after the beep.]

[Oh, God. That cave. He can still hear his poke'gear's malfunctioning voice in his sleep.]</sub>

[video]

[notakaijuu]

Y-you're job?! That doesn't sound like a very good job...

[video]

[quickattackjack]

It was a lot of fun, actually! Everyone loves a good scare every Halloween. Most everyone, anyway.

[keychained]

[not brave, just... impulsive. very impulsive.]

Same to you, Jack. I didn't realize there were so many... dead people in Johto, though.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

At least you weren't a ghost. They're even scarier than skeletons.

Re: [video]

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[OH.]

[OH, SAKURA, NO.]</sub>

I beg your pardon, they most certainly are not.

[quickattackjack]

Maybe we should have a get-together! A Dead Man's Party, if you will.

[keychained]

You mean like a giant... funeral?

[quickattackjack]

_{[...........that didn't come across right at all, did it?]}

No! No, I mean-- _{well maybe a little} but I mean more of a.. err...a meet-and-greet of sorts? For the dead?

[keychained]

That sounds like it could be fun! You could probably spend hours swapping stories.

[man, his Yamask would love a dead man's party so much.]

[Video]

[quickattackjack]

It sure looks like it! I've gotten far more responses than I expected!

[video]

[notakaijuu]

[ OHGODWHAT.

No words to describe her expression right now. ]

Eeek! I-I, u-um, uh, un. S-sorry! [ Then she turns the 'Gear to face the wall. ]

[VOICE]

[quickattackjack]

I can't see why we couldn't go home. People go home all the time. It's all very mysterious.

[video] asdfgg SAKURA BB ;-;

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[ >8I THAT'S WHAT HE THOUGHT.]

[KIDS THESE DAYS. DON'T KNOW NOTHIN' ABOUT NOTHIN'.]

[His smile returns instantly and he prattles on as if nothing happened at all.]</sub>

One thing I like about being alive, though, is having a heartbeat. I never realized how nice it was to have one...or that I missed having one at all.

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[quickattackjack]

I meant being here in Johto, sorry.

_{[Jack wonders if he's still in the anger phase.]}

Re: video;

[quickattackjack]

Well I'm not dead right now, but I most certainly was before I wound up here.

[video] SAKURA DOESN'T LIKE HALLOWEEN TOWN.

[notakaijuu]

[ Sakura is not turning the 'Gear to look at the screen even if Jack promises puppy dogs and kitties with rainbows and ice cream.

There is several seconds of silence after Jack says that.

Shh, hold on, she's trying to regain her ability to speak. ]

U-um. I-I guess that it would be w-weird to not have one....