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What is Halloween?

[ The message was posted very late at night, when most of Vatheon was probably asleep. But considering Ramirez isn't very tech savvy, his attempts to anonymize his post aren't very well-done. Any characters who are good with computers can likely see just who it is that's curious about this particular holiday. ]

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It's a holiday where you dress up in costume and share scary stories!

What kind of scary stories?

Any kind you like!!! As long as they are scary!!!

Any kind?

Sure!!!

Like the tale of the headless horseman!

I'm not familiar with it.

[ He's somewhat intrigued, though. ]

It's a super scary story about a ghost with no head chasing people around to take their heads!!!

Want to hear it?

:D

[Oh boy oh boy]

Fine.

[ If only because he's genuinely curious. ]

[He wishes he could say it face to face, but if this person wants text, then text he shall have.]

Once upon a time there was a town called Sleepy Hollow. The guys loved to drink and the women loved to cook. One day, a man called Ichabod Crane came to the town as the new schoolteacher. All the women loved him, because he was handsome and smart. Every day they would cook him lots of meals, and he'd take them all, without showing any favor to any one lady. The men of the town got jealous, but the worst of it came when Brom Bones, the bully of the town, found out that his sweetheart, Katrina Van Tussel, was also cooking for him!

Go on.

[ Kind of off to a boring start. ]

Brom Bones couldn't just beat up Ichabod, or Katrina would hate him. But, he heard a rumor that Ichabod was terrified of ghost stories. So he invited Ichabod to come eat with his friends at the local tavern, where he shared the legend of Sleepy Hollow...

The Headless Horseman! A demonic figure who rode near town every night, looking for his lost head. He controlled fire and wind, raging a horse from the underworld, and if he found anyone out at late, he'd take their heads! Ichabod was terrified to leave the tavern that night, but kept telling himself it was only a story. He got on his horse, and headed home...

... Then he began to notice a shadow following him.

[ Ramirez doesn't answer. He's interested and waiting to hear more. He's never been the superstitious type, so he obviously take it at face value. He's certainly heard the sailors' tale about Loopers being the souls of the dead, but there's no conclusive evidence of it. So he's skeptical at best.

Still, the stories can be... entertaining. Sometimes. ]

He looked behind him, but saw no one there. He figured it must be his imagination, after hearing the story. So he and his horse kept on, but then the shadow appeared again. Worried, Ichabod made his horse go faster, but then, an extra pair of hooves sounded off in the distance. Ichabod went faster - the extra hooves went faster! Faster and faster, trying to get to the town bridge!

Then Ichabod heard it! Loud, bellowing laughter! "I've come for your head, Ichabod Crane!"

[ Still no response, but now it would be entirely accurate to describe Ramirez as 'genuinely interested.' Not something that happens very often when it comes to something that doesn't have to do with Galcian or whatever Galcian wants. ]

The only light was the flame flickering from the pumpkin the man was carrying... a man with no head! Dark and black as the night, riding a demonic horse from the underworld! He cackled and chased after Ichabod, saying over and over again, "I will have your head!"

No matter how fast Ichabod went, he couldn't lose him! In fact, the Headless Horseman was gaining on him! The only thing the teacher could think to do was make it to the old bridge that would take him out of Sleepy Hollow! He galloped, the Horseman galloped, closer and closer, the bridge almost in sight! He was nearly there, when the Headless Horseman threw his flaming pumpkin! The bridge burst into flames! Ichabod screamed...

... And that was the last anyone ever heard from him again.

There are those who say he merely left the town, married a plump woman, and had many children far, far away. But those in the village of Sleepy Hollow know better. Brom and his wife Katarina will always know about the real fate of Ichabod Crane...

... The End!

That was an interesting tale.

[ Genuinely. ]

ShIt, I DoN'T EvEn fUcKiN KnOw, MoThErFuCkEr.
SoMe wIcKeD AsS ShIt aLl wItH DrEsSiNg tHe fUcK Up lIkE YoU Be sOmE OtHeR BrOtHeR EnTiReLy
AnD FiLlInG YoUr fOoDsAcK AlL A FiLlEd uP WiTh cAnDy.
S'PrEtTy cOoL.
:o)

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Is that all?

[Nobody knows.]

MoThErFuCkErS ThReW A PaRtY LaSt yEaR.
FuCk, ArEn't tHeY So fUcKiN AmAzInG?
HuMaNs, I MeAn.
AlWaYs aLl fIlLeD Up wItH ThE MiRtH To bE GeTtInG DoWn tO So mAnY CeLeBrAtIoNs.
It's sO FuCkIn bEaUtIfUl.

[ He's met Black Pirates with less vulgar vocabularies. ]

I see.

YoU'Ll lIkE It, YoU'Ll sEe.
JuSt gOtTa gEt iN ThE MoThErFuCkIn mOoD.
DrEsS YoU HuSk uP LiKe iT AiN'T MeAnT To bE DrEsSeD As.

I'll politely decline.

[ The very thought of it is insulting. ]

SuRe, If tHaT Be hApPiEsT MaKiNg aLl fOr yOu.

I was wondering that myself.

And? Have you asked?

No, I thought that it might sound silly to ask. I am glad you asked though.

They mentioned monsters. I was curious if I would have to kill them.

Monsters? Real ones? Did you see any?

They were people in costumes.

Costumes? You know, someone thought I was wearing a costume when I arrived to Arcadia.

They were dressed as monsters, Fina. Not in Silvite garb.

I think dressing in a costume would be fun, don't you think so?

No.

Why not?

It is beneath me.

A fall holiday which is commonly attributed to spirits of the dead and dark entities like witches and demons.

People usually celebrate it with costumes in my country. Though not in my city.

That is all? There are no true monsters?

There are monsters in my world.

I don't know about other worlds.

We don't celebrate Halloween in my city.

[Someone is a touch sensitive about it and feeling agitated and ill suddenly.]

I see.

[ That's all he says on that matter. ]

My suggestion to you would be to be as safe as possible on this holiday. It makes people a little crazy.

[And that's all she's going to say on the matter.]

I'd welcome their attempts to harm me.

Its A Human Holiday Most Prevalent On Earth But It Apparently Shows Up In A Few Other Universes As Well
Ive Been Reading Up On It Recently
Most Iterations Of The Event Are A Holdover Of Primitive Religious Beliefs
Set At A Point Before The Local Winter When The Days Become Shorter Due To An Axial Tilt Common To Many Worlds
Loosely Based On The Equinox Or The Day Where The Night Is Equally Long To The Day
Its Connotations Include Some Primitive Ideas Of Evil Coming With The Darkness
It Is Also A Form Of Something Called A Harvest Festival Which Might Have Something To Do With The Candy I Guess
Or Maybe Its The Harvesting Of Young Children By Monsters

Anyway Most Worlds Celebrate It By Wearing Costumes Giving Away Candy And A Disgustingly Sexual Group Ritual

I have heard about the candy and the costumes... though not that.

Ill Be Perfectly Honest
My Statements Were Slightly Misleading
A Group Of People Stick Their Heads Into A Large Fluid Containing Vessel And Attempt To Pull Out Food Items With Their Mouths
This Is Not Really Sexual To Most Cultures But For Mine It Is Fairly Obscene
I Actually Doubt It Is Taken The Same Way In The Cultures That Practice It

[ Must be a very, very bizarre and debauched culture. ]

Is there a reason for that?

[ I'll grant you the bizarre part. Ok, I can kinda grant you the debauched part too. Trolls are weird.]

It Is Related To Our Reproductive Cycle
The One Image I Have Seen Of This Food Diving Activity Involved A Container That Is Extremely Similar To The Ones Used On Our Home Planet To Deliver Genetic Material To The Mother Grubs In The Brooding Caverns
The Filial Pails Themselves Carry Something Of A Taboo From This Procreative Association

Why would they use that? Are they edible?

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