Chapter 5: Crazy Holidays [voice]

[avatardealwithit]

So what the heck is this "Halloween" thing everyone is talking about? 

...oh um yeah, I've been back for a while. I went back home for a bit.

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[scentofmakai]

Halloween's the day when the demon and the human worlds are closest together. If you see anyone who looks weird, you should be careful!

[avatardealwithit]

D-demons?

[There's nervous laugh. Human enemies and shadows she's dealt with. Demons are a different tstory.]

[scentofmakai]

You've never fought a demon, have you?

[avatardealwithit]

Uh no. Spirits and stuff back home tend to stay in the sprit world. And that's not my strong suit....

[scentofmakai]

You'd better start preparing.

[avatardealwithit]

How are you supposed to prepare for something like that?!

[scentofmakai]

You can fight Shadows, right?

[demi_devil]

I've read that it's supposedly the day that the walls between worlds are weakest, and the dead can return. But people have parties and eat candy to celebrate it and a lot of people don't even know why it exists.

[avatardealwithit]

... Why would you celebrate that? I mean if creatures from a different world came, won't most people be screaming and running away?

[demi_devil]

Because it's fun! In some places they even have feasts for dead relatives. And... Uhm, well, demons are pretty sneaky. I know most people I met back at home didn't even realize they were there when the talking snowmen showed up.

[avatardealwithit]

Hmm yeah that does sound like one or two festivals back home now that I think about it.

Wait, talking snowmen?

[demi_devil]

Yeah, they kidnapped my brother and made it snow like crazy. There was emergency news going on for ages.

[avatardealwithit]

Yikes. I hope your brother was okay.

[demi_devil]

...

Yeah. He's fine.

[downtoearthpony]

"Halloween"? Ah never heard of that either. If you find out, could you let me know too?

Maybe it's a holiday? Ah know back where Ah'm from, we have a holiday about now called Nightmare Night! It's a hoot, you know. Costumes, candy, games.

Kinda feel bad Ah'll be missing it this year, honestly...

[avatardealwithit]

Sure thing!

Yeah, that's what it sounds like from what I'm hearing. Everyone's talking about costumes and stuff. Nightmare Night, huh? That sounds like fun!

[downtoearthpony]

Huh, costumes too? Sounds even more like Nightmare Night.

The little foals love it because they get to go house to house and ask for candy. Ah couldn't take mah sister last year 'cause Ah was running some of the games at the festival and Big Mac was giving cart rides, but she seemed to have a blast going with Granny and her friends at least.

[avatardealwithit]

[Korra keeps forgetting sometimes that Applejack was technically a pony so that threw her off for a bit.]

The more you talk about it, the more I want to see it! Glad to hear your family has fun. Well if it's anything like this Nightmare Night, we should make this the best whatever this Halloween thing is!

[downtoearthpony]

Sounds like a plan! Know what kind of costumes they got around here? Or maybe some place to get them?

[breatheinthefog]

Hm. You're back.

It sounds pointless. I found something about it, though.

*Kaoru has attached this and sent it.*

[avatardealwithit]

Y-yeah, I didn't think I was gonna come back. Guess what I heard was true.

Oh, hey, thanks for the info.

[breatheinthefog]

Sometimes human encyclopedias are useful. Although they contain a lot of pointless information, too.

[avatardealwithit]

No kidding, but hey you never know when that sort of stuff can come in handy. Okay maybe not all the time but you know what I mean.

[breatheinthefog]

I don't.