quickattackjack | 39 days till Halloween [video]

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39 days till Halloween [video]

_{[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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It's sort of comforting, actually. Things may be bad, but if you take a moment and listen, you've still got your heartbeat. You're alive. You can do something about it.

Hmm...what will it be like at Avalon?

I-I guess I've never thought about it. Since I've always had a, um... a heartbeat.

_{[....D: OH. Jack knows all about being dead, but not existing at all?]

[That's a new one. The ex-skeleton's mouth opens and closes a few times.]

[Something actually shut Jack up!]}

I never thought about it when I was alive...or I don't suppose I did. I can't really remember what it was like the first time.

That's the idea! The Poke'Gear is nice, but I think meeting others face to face would be even better!

Where around here would you have a dead man's party? I bet I could find some food, too.

At least you don't have to worry 'bout that now, huh?

[... Ha ha ha. Very funny, Crow. Way to make fun of people being dead.]

I need to see if there's a shark-type pokemon.

And then I can beat it up.

It'll be amazing!

I've seen a guy who got a Pokémon that looked like a trash bag, can't see why there wouldn't be a shark o--

[... Whoa, wait, WHAT?]

... You're kidding, right?

Well, I live in Goldenrod, but I've been thinking about traveling to see this Lavender Town I've read about. It sounds like the perfect place for a Dead Man's Party.

I can't be a Shark Survivor without a shark, can I?

_{[Jack, you own a gyradose, isn't that enough?]}

[... OH GOD HE REALLY WANTS TO DO IT]

Yeah, but-- you don't have to be one!

[What have we said about you being more dead, Jack...]

Well, no, nobody has to be anything! But I've decided. When the time comes and I've done everything I wanted to do in life, I'm going to find a shark and fight it.

I'll either gain an amazing story of how my body was torn into chunks and my blood was dispersed out into the ocean from wince life came...or I'll die peacefully in my sleep as Jack Skellington--Shark Survivor.