Video; UN: Willow

[frogfear]

[The feed turns on and Willow gives a little wave.]

Hi everyone. So, uh, I was talking to one of the younger Sleepers here about Halloween. She's never been trick or treating before - and I bet she's not the only one.

[She pauses for a brief second.]

Huh. I guess I should probably explain what that is - since we're all from different places, and I bet everyone has different traditions.

So at home, on the thirty-first of October, kids usually dress up in costume once it starts getting dark, and go around and knock on doors say 'trick or treat!' and people give them candy, or other treats. There doesn't really seem to be a shortage of kids around, and a lot of them are here without their parents - and there's the orphanage to think about too. I bet they've have never been trick or treating before in their lives, since it doesn't seem to be a thing here.

Anyway, I wanted to suggest that maybe we can put something together for them as a community - we'd need people to hand out candy and stuff, and probably people to make sure everyone stays safe too. I mean, from what I've heard, this isn't a regular Deerington October, but that doesn't mean we should totally let our guard down, right?

I figure it's probably a good way for anyone who knows about Halloween to get to do something that feels familiar for a night, and for anyone who doesn't know about it, it's a fun way to get out for a night and get our minds off... Well, everything else.

[Cloverfield's curse. She means Cloverfield's curse.]

So what do you think?

Comments

Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine

[onebadapple]

Oh! That sounds like so much fun! I've never been trick-or-treating before! I've never even heard of Halloween before!

[frogfear]

Hey, great! The more the better, right?

Most of the other Halloween traditions look like they're already happening here - people decorating, telling spooky stories, and carving pumpkins and stuff.

[onebadapple]

Well, I don't know that I know any spooky stories. [She absolutely does.]

But I'm really rather good at decorating and carving things.

[frogfear]

[Willow has plenty of stories too, both from home and Deerington, but sharing now gets them a little too far off track.]

That sounds perfect! I mean, too, if you're stuck for ideas, or want to hear stories, there's always the boardwalk. I bet they're still doing their thing down there.

[onebadapple]

Oh! Do you mean the bonfires? Yes, those are simply lovely! I've been down there quite often to hear people tell tales! [And to, you know, just be AROUND people. It's still so novel.]

[frogfear]

Yeah, that's what I mean. I guess some of the other Sleepers have been telling stories there too, so it's a good way to get a bunch of different legends from a bunch of different places.

[onebadapple]

That was the favorite passtime of my dwarfs and I besides dancing and singing. They loved to hear stories!

[frogfear]

Hang on, you've got dwarfs?

[Singing and dancing ones at that. Willow is fairly shy about both of those things, herself.]

[onebadapple]

Seven of them, to be precise!

Grumpy, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Sleepy! They were my very first friends that weren't animals!

[frogfear]

Huh. That's pretty cool. I'm not much for dancing. Or singing, but, you know. How long've you known them?

[onebadapple]

Oh a few weeks or so! They took me in after I escaped being killed by my stepmother! It's really a lovely place to live in when exile.

[frogfear]

Your step mother tried to kill you?! That's terrible!

[onebadapple]

Oh yes, the first time she tried to cut out my heart. The second time she poisoned me with an apple.

[frogfear]

Oh my god. That's so awful. Why would anyone do that? What's wrong with her?

[onebadapple]

I'm still not really sure. I'm afraid I still have the apple with me, though I've locked it away. It's still... absolutely pristine except for my bite. But I'm not surprised, my stepmother was very powerful with magic.

I don't know that knowing why she wanted me dead and hated me so will really change anything other than knowing.

[frogfear]

That must've been some spell... Do you know magic too?

[Willow had significant power herself with magic at home. That power seems lost to her here, though.]

I guess you're right, though. Why doesn't really matter, especially if she's not here.

[onebadapple]

Oh goodness no! I don't know any magic! [Well. Technically, she has inherent "Disney Princess Magic" but she doesn't actually KNOW that.] Not even here where some people have gained some when they never had it before! I'm just little ol' me.

So long as the apple is locked up in my chest, I don't think we need to worry.

[frogfear]

[It comes as a surprise that, while most people have gained powers here they've never had before, Snow doesn't have any either from here or her own world.]

Really? I could at home, but here...

[She shrugs a little.]

Magic's really different here.

It's probably good to keep the apple locked up, yeah. Maybe just don't tell people where it is either?

[onebadapple]

You know magic? How lovely! You must be incredibly clever!

Do you think someone would want it? Why would anyone want a poison apple? [I don't know, Snow, maybe to kill people, don't pretend you don't know cruel people exist.]

But don't worry, I've not told a soul about where I've hidden the chest. Which is just as well, for an apple that is months old, it hasn't even gotten the least bit rotten. I suppose that would be the magic.

[frogfear]

Well, my magic doesn't really work here, but I'm trying to relearn.

Umm... I'm pretty sure there's probably people around here who would try to poison others with an apple. But yeah, the not rotting thing is probably magic. Especially if it's been months.

[onebadapple]

Really? I wonder why that is! How did your magic work back home?

All the more reason to keep it hidden then, I suppose.

[frogfear]

[Willow shrugs a little. She has a theory, but she isn't completely sure how valid it is.]

My magic mostly comes from the world around me. There's different magic here, so I don't have the same access to it yet. I don't know. I'm working on it.

Yeah, I'd definitely keep that apple hidden, or get rid of it, or something.

[onebadapple]

Well, maybe you just need to speak to the land here and ask if you can use magic from it instead!

Oh, I wouldn't get rid of it. I don't think it can be destroyed, only consumed. Then again, I don't know a thing about magic.

[frogfear]

I don't know, I don't think it's that easy.

Oh. Yeah, definitely keep it away from anyone else. That's really not an apple you want just anyone to find.

[onebadapple]

Well, why not ask? The worst that could happen is nothing, isn't that so? But I don't know magic, so I will believe you if that won't work at all!

Oh, it's not an apple I want anyone to find! I didn't want to find it myself.