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[fabrecation]

[On the evening of the 25th, one of the few days where he didn't find himself wearing a mask, he's sitting on the rail of the bridge near his apartment and staring up at the sky. Yes, it's scary, especially with how large and angry the moon looks right now. But he can't help staring, because he's contemplating something. He's pretty sure that it's not the moon getting larger, but coming closer. Maybe it seemed crazy and stupid, but... he can't get the idea out of his head. It's nearly Halloween, the day that terrified the whole of Luceti last year even though he was away for it. One scare tactic after another...

His journal is open by his side, recording the sound of crickets and the river flowing. Eventually, one might hear him speak up, too.]

What's got you so pissed off, anyway?

[It's the moon he's talking to, though he doesn't expect a response. After a few minutes, he turns to pick up his journal and write what he's contemplating about to a certain someone. It takes some work, but he's finally able to get a good filter.]

[Filtered to Asch // 100%]

Did you see the moon, too?

Comments

[voice]

[fabrecation]

It's... uh...

Somewhere out there, I guess? [He inclines his head to the sky. How else should he answer that?]

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

Not anywhere on Earth, got it. You aren't missing much if you ask me.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Earth? I... guess that's where you come from? Is Halloween some kind of holiday there?

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

Yes, to both of those questions. Day of the dead or something like that. Our school sort of gets really into it.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Day of the dead, huh...

[WELL THAT DOESN'T SOUND PLEASANT.] No wonder Halloween's always so creepy around here. I was... sorta there for the last one.

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

How can one be "sorta there"?

[voice]

[fabrecation]

[By having his body in one place and his mind in someone else's head.

...]

It's kind of complicated.

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

As is everything here. That's a good excuse, isn't it?

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Yeah, it is... [Moving on, since it'd be awkward to explain the whole mind and body thing.] So what do you do to celebrate that kind of thing? It sounds kind of morbid...

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

Usually the school holds a big feast with decorations and the like. Other people tend to degrade the holiday with trick-or-treating or whatever it's called. [He's done some reading.] But Halloween's the time for ghosts and ghouls and spiders and bats.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

... Why would you want to celebrate something like that?

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

School of wizards and witches. You tell me.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

... Wizards and witches? There's a school for that?

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

There are multiple schools for that. Is that so surprising?