43 days till Halloween [video]

[quickattackjack]

Good evening, Johto!

_{[Here's a face that's made a regular ghost of himself.]}

I've been thinking...I know it's a bit of a touchy subject, but I spoke to several of you some time ago who were dead before you arrived? What would you all think of a little fall congregation here in Goldenrod next month? We could have dinner and swap stories. N-not on Halloween itself, because...

_{[Because IT GETS WEIRD on Halloween in Johto. He's learned that the hard way.]}

...oh! And you living folks are perfectly welcome as well! Every dead person was a living person at one point or another! Sometimes multiple points... Anyhow!

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[Video]

[quickattackjack]

It's a holiday--a celebration where I'm from. At the end of October everyone celebrates the departed with scary stories and festivals and costumes.

[usedlaserbeam]

But perhaps that's all the more reason to travel, then. When you have a fine excuse for it.

[quickattackjack]

I'll have to think about it. Perhaps, if things go well, I can host it in a new place next year!

[usedlaserbeam]

Do you really intend to still be here next year?

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

I guess you could classify my friends and I as 'undead'. And for the moment, un-undead. Hah!

[Video]

[pianokeys]

Wi~ll do!

[On a lighter, less risky note...]

You were sayin' 'bout the music?

[quickattackjack]

There's not much I can do about that. This will be my third Halloween here.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

So what... are you exactly? Back in your world, I mean.

[usedlaserbeam]

My condolences. You've been here quite a long time, then.

[quickattackjack]

It took quite a bit of getting used to. How long have you been with us?

[video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack's face is filled with momentary pity because it must have been a sad and barren world that the little viking came from.]}

Halloween is when you celebrate the departed! You have festivals and costume parties and tell scary stories.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

I guess you could call me a skeleton.

[Video]

[tinymoonkid]

Whoa, seriously?

[Video]

[quickattackjack]

Seriously as the plague!

[usedlaserbeam]

In a few days it will be fifteen months. Certainly not a comparable length of time as three Halloweens, but still far longer than I'd have preferred.

[Video]

[quickattackjack]

Rrrright. I was thinking we could have some music at the party to entertain the guests--liven it up a little. You know how dead people can be. Ahah.

[quickattackjack]

Maybe the strangeness that brought us here will be kind to you this autumn. That's the thing about this place. You never know when you'll go home. Or come back.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

A... skeleton.

[His whole brain is crying, oh my god what.]

How did you move around without muscles or tendons?

[...Yes, this is something he needs to get hung up over.]

[Video]

[tinymoonkid]

...Well, can't say no to a good festival, right? Even if it's about death and stuff.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

I don't...know. We never worried about it. I can tell you that it was a lot better than being covered in skin. Eyeballs are one of the most inconvenient things I've encountered in this place.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

...But weren't you human once? I mean, if you're a skeleton, then...

[...Wait, but what happened to your skin and organs and stuff? Are you some kind of zombie???]

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

Oh, that was ages ago. I hardly remember being human. I'm quite sure I've been dead far longer than I've been alive.

And what about you?

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

[That... is the craziest thing he's heard in awhile...]

Oh, I'm human. I mean, I was human. Back home. I recently died there, so... I guess I'm kind of stuck here.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

Oh...

_{[Jack stays silent for a moment. Tact hasn't been his strongest stat for many a year, but he's learning.]}

I'm guessing you weren't a spirit of any kind. I'm very sorry.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

[Oh, that's okay, Jack! It's not like Isaac has any sort of concept of tact!]

No, I'm not. I know time works weirdly here, but apparently quite some time has passed in my world since I... you know.

[He pauses, but after a moment he brightens up.]

But it's alright - I died trying to stop this guy's plan, and in the end he was stopped. Everything turned out alright.

[And besides, he's here and still alive!]