62 days till Halloween [Video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[It's early. It's way, way too early, but here's Jack outside in the dawn fog, perched precariously on a ladder and stringing up lights along the eaves of his mansion. The Halloween decorations haven't even been taken down. Why would they be? Of course he's going to address the network!]}

Jingle bells! Silver bells!... Bells bells bells! Aha-hah! I can't believe it, it's already here!

_{[At least he didn't do this on November first, right?]}

I hope you've all been good! I know I have! What are you hoping to get this year from old Sandy Claws?

_{[His joyful yammering is cut off for a moment as his ladder wobbles and he pinwheels his arms (gear in-hand) to catch his balance. Somewhere off-screen it's possible to hear a Yamask having a poke'breakdown.]}

That was a close one...I think. I think this year I'd like...a quiet holiday. And maybe hiking boots.

Comments

[quickattackjack]

Fine! Fine!

_{[He lets out that nervous laugh people let out when they nearly fall twenty something odd feet.]}

But you see, that would be your first guess! But in a world where anything could happen, you'd never be able to just guess! Wouldn't that be fun?

[loveisanopendoor]

I wouldn't exactly call someone's death very fun...

[quickattackjack]

OH--! Oh, no, it's only a story. No one has to actually die. Although being dead isn't so bad.

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh! Well, if it's just a murder mystery, like something Poe would write, then, yes, that would be a very interesting story to read!

[quickattackjack]

Exactly like that! Have you ever thought of trying your hand at writing?

[loveisanopendoor]

Actually, I have! I read a lot of books back at my castle, so I think I'd really like to write something interesting and exciting...

[quickattackjack]

That's fantastic! This world could use a good writer! I've sampled the horror selection here and it's...lacking. Lacking is a nice, friendly way to say it! Save one book I've found. A very old one called Dig.

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, I don't know if I'd necessarily write horror stories...I mean, I could give it a shot! I used to read all kinds of genres, from mythology to adventures to non-fiction to romance! But I didn't mind horror stories, either! Frankenstein is a really good one...and there's also a good one called The Castle of Ortanto! When it was first published, it was actually disguised as a real romance novel from Italy during the medieval times, that someone had discovered and translated...so when it started getting spooky, people were really surprised! I think that was actually the very first story ever made that was considered to be "horror", if I remember reading right.

[Most horror stories from back in her time were written by women, and tended to involve resourceful female protagonists trapped in gloomy castles; that said, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch that she would gravitate towards them.]

I've never heard of Dig, though!

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack's face lights up as she talks. What a brilliant writing idea! Why...he could do something like that! Perhaps he could combine that, with his Summer Project.]}

I must see if this world has an equivalent to The Castle of Ortanto! Dig is a psychological thriller about a man who found himself mysteriously unable to find his way out of Diglett Cave--a cave in Kanto that's incredibly small and easy to traverse. I won't spoil it for you!

[loveisanopendoor]

I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find a story like that! It was a real trendsetter, you know! Like, it inspired a whole big genre, so it's gotta be good!

But goodness, that sounds like a pretty crazy situation...if the cave is so small, he must be freaking out that he's trapped inside.

[Not that she necessarily blames the guy for being spooked by being in the same place for extended periods of time!]

I'll have to look into it! Maybe Santa will bring it to me as a gift!

[quickattackjack]

Ahahah! I'm excited now! These lights can't string themselves up fast enough.

_{[At the next thing she says, Jack can only grin. It's his quest to shove a copy of that book into the hands of everyone he can.]}

Maybe he will.