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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[newberktown]

Dead people? [How did that even work? Oh man, what if someone in his travel group was actually dead?] ...Are there a lot of them, here?

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[quickattackjack]

More than you realize! Will you be joining our dead man's party?

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[pianokeys]

Sounds like a blast! So long as Mother doesn't need me, I wouldn't miss it for the Otherworld- or the Pokémon world. [Chuckle.~

He's not so sure that Mother will want him going to a party for the dead. Might give the wrong impression, y'know? Not exactly perfect.]

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[newberktown]

[It takes a second for Hiccup to realize that no, Jack is not asking him to die.]

I, uh. I really don't know. I guess so, if I'm in Goldenrod, then.

[video] adfdsgg hiccup bb

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack breaks into a huge, snaggled grin.]}

Fantastic! I'll let everyone know once a date has been decided.

[video] minor heart attack, nbd

[newberktown]

Alright...

[Still a little apprehensive about it... Dead people. Who knew?]

So do you really think something bad will happen this Halloween?

[It's his first.]

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[quickattackjack]

Father! Just the vegetable I wanted to see. I was wondering if you could help out with the music? I think you'd be--

_{[Wooaaah woah. Woah. Back up. The ex skeleton squints a little.]}

Mother?

_{[That's right. He's had his nose so deep in his paper work than he's missed the news.]}

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[quickattackjack]

I'd bet my left shin on it. Something always happens. Of all holidays...

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[pianokeys]

Hm?

[A brow raises, his smile widening.]

Didn't hear? The magnificent wife's in town.

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[quickattackjack]

Really? I'm afraid I've been so busy that I must have missed it! How wonderful!

_{[Oh, God. Oh, God.]}

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

How can you be so cheerful about being dead?

[And this feed will be locked! Isaac doesn't need everyone in Johto knowing he's dead, after all!]

You can't return to your own world or you'll cease to exist. Why is this a good thing, exactly?

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[pianokeys]

You should come by'n meet her sometime; I'm su~re she'll be fine with you comin' 'round for dinner.

[Keeping up appearances and all that, he at least hopes she's fine with it.

And don't worry, Jack, the look in Father's eyes says it all. He's happy, but he knows the 'say the good thing and think the bad thing' game; he is the master of it.]

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[newberktown]

Why your left shin...? Er, what's special about Halloween?

[Genuine curiosity! He doesn't know enough to bad-mouth your favorite holiday, Jack.]

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[exeggutorhead]

[Envy remembers this guy! And huh, a party for dead people. That...actually sounds like it could be pretty fun. It's definitely not really something that could have ever happened back home.]

Sounds interesting. If I'm in town, I'll be there.

[He laughs.] And good idea not having it on Halloween.

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[quickattackjack]

Why, it's only the single greatest holiday in existence!

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[quickattackjack]

I plan on it! _{[Yes he does.]} You let me know when a good day is.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack tilts his head a little.]}

I have been dead for a very long time. It isn't so bad--at least not where I'm from. We never stopped existing, we simply lived somewhere else.

_{[Because that makes sense.]}

[usedlaserbeam]

A congregation of dead people in Goldenrod City?

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[quickattackjack]

Great! We'll be happy to have you! I don't imagine it being some fancy to-do, it should be worth your time.

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[tinymoonkid]

[...Okay, he's going to pointedly attempt to avoid the whole 'dead' part of this, because while the months have dulled it a little it's still not a topic he likes, but... he can't help but be curious.]

Halloween? What's that?

[quickattackjack]

Yes?

_{[He sure hopes he phrased that right.]}

[usedlaserbeam]

[WELP there go his ghost fears.]

What is it that made you pick Goldenrod for this particular festival, might I ask? Wouldn't Ecruteak be more fitting?

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[newberktown]

...What is it?

[quickattackjack]

I'm afraid I've become something of a homebody. I live here in Goldenrod. I had originally considered hosting it in Lavender Town, but that's a bit of a distance for a little get-together.

[AUDIO - LOCKED]

[glaciates]

You... still exist in your world?

[Whoa, no way! Aren't you lucky?]

I guess you must come from a pretty special place.