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[fafa]

Please forgive my curiosity, but I have heard about 'the season' and 'Halloween' a few times over the network, and since neither the time seems relevant to where I come from, nor the name familiar - would anyone care to explain what these two are about?

Thank you for your time.

[ He's pretty sure, from what he's observed, that there are more than a few people who might want to know the answer. And especially a certain someone is not likely to ask unless it becomes important. Probably. And he's even being polite about it. ]

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text, un: diablo

[thedarkbond]

"the season" gets used for basically any time there's an important celebration or festival coming up, so that can be a few things... (・_・ヾ

but halloween is a holiday that some countries on earth celebrate where people dress up in scary costumes and go door to door asking for sweets (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
or in my country, mostly just the dress up part
different places take different parts of it ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

[fafa]

So it is like a festival with people asking other people for sweets? What does the festival celebrate?

And yes, the season did sound that way, and yet there were at least to instances over the last days where people offered services for the coming season. So I was curious what celebrations exactly are coming.

[thedarkbond]

i think it was originally a harvest festival or something...?
but now i guess people just kind of celebrate it for the sake of it ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／

i think some of them were offering help for costumes, since some people have a hard time deciding on stuff ٩(｡•ω•｡)و
but i guess sometimes adults who are having halloween parties use as it as an excuse to meet people for
you know
extreme moonlacing (｡ˇ艸ˇ)
which some of the people on here seemed to be angling for...

[fafa]

I see.

Extreme moonlacing is a nice turn of phrase.

[ He means funny. Because it's funny. ]

[thedarkbond]

isn't it?
everyone knows what i'm talking about and i don't even need to be crude about it (✿˘艸˘✿)

[By "crude" he means "straightforward", mostly, because clearly talking circles around things is more entertaining better.]

text, un: thedevilfish

[shivvymetimbers]

Not too sure what the heck's going on around here lately but I've seen plenty of grown folks roaming around in their knickers as of late.

Either that or lasses sporting cat ears and not a lick of dignity.

It's pretty rad! Reminds me of Juju Festival back at home, but a bit more festive.

[foolishjustice]

The Halloween season is the tenth month of the year, and it celebrates all sorts of supernatural things.

Haloween is the last day of the month, and isn't just a harvest festival. It's also a day when the barrier between the living world and the world of spirits is thinner, so people believed that ghosts and monsters can appear more easily. They carved radishes into scary faces to ward off the evil ones, though these days we use pumpkins instead.

It's also common to dress up as something scary or fantastical, and costume parties around this time of year are popular.

[fafa]

And you don't like being crude?

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[fafa]

Going around underdressed certainly doesn't fit well with the weather, does it? But if those wondering around like that don't mind it, who are we to object.

What is the Juju festival, then, if I may ask?

[fafa]

Thank you, that is informative.

Nobody thought that carving 'scary' faces might repel other humans but attract the... evil ones?

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[shivvymetimbers]

It's a festival in my homeland that allows families to give their respect to the dead. There are lots of singing, praying and merrymaking often in the form of elaborate costumes.

The first days of Juju are dedicated to mourning the dead, while the rest is all about celebration and food. All of Port Nostrand is decorated in orange and black ribbons, the signature colors of Juju.

[thedarkbond]

who wants to be crude?
it's nicer to be polite about things ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧

[And insinuate everything so you have plausible deniability.]

[fafa]

Well, some people like it, some people can't help themselves, and some people don't care either way enough to not be.

[thedarkbond]

i guess
so are you any of those types or do you not like being crude either (｡・ω・｡)?

[fafa]

Huh. There do seem to be similarities, especially one takes into account the pumpkins someone else mentioned. Does Juju also last a month?

[shivvymetimbers]

Is there? That's frigging odd!

Yeah, it does last a month! It starts on the first all the way to the thirty-first.

[fafa]

It depends on the company. Someone who matters isn't fond of crude language, so I avoid it for his sake, generally. No preference of my own.

[fafa]

Perhaps not all that odd. In most places things are similar enough - people live, people feel attached to each other, people die, and those surviving need to grieve, and to move on from grieving.

Perhaps coming up with similar ways to do it is not that unthinkable.

[thedarkbond]

oh, is it a significant other or something~?
that's thoughtful of you （○´艸｀）

[fafa]

I have my moments of being considerate.

[ But he won't claim more than moments.

And, no, he's neither confirming nor denying that. It's complicated. ]

[thedarkbond]

and being evasive, i guess~
but that's okay
i'm sure your boyfriend appreciates it (´꒳`∗)

[Ren's just going to take the obvious teasing opportunity there.]

[shivvymetimbers]

Well, when you put that way...it all makes sense.

You really have a knack for explaining the unexplained, ya know?

[fafa]

There aren't that many things that are actually unexplainable. IF you truly want an explanation, which a lot of people often don't.

But also that's why I keep trying to find more information - knowing helps with the explanations.

[shivvymetimbers]

Sounds like you're the nosy type, or at least curious.

[Bastien can't help but chuckle to himself. This guy here reminds him of his former first mate.]

Where you from? Do your people celebrate this kind of stuff?

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[timefordinner]

Halloween is about celebrating all things spooky, scary, and creepy! People dress up in costumes, and it's usually just kids that go door-to-door asking for candy. It's called trick-or-treating.

[fafa]

I do like knowing things. It makes it harder for bad things to blindside me.

And we have... a couple of festivals that are focused on the ancestors who have died, but none of them is nearly as extensive as to last a whole month.

[fafa]

Powers and weaknesses are all turned around, in this place. Retaining a little privacy makes sense, in the long run.

aaw

[fafa]

Ah, thank you!

I see the point about treats, but why the trick part?

[timefordinner]

Well, it's sort of like a threat, but not a really serious one. Kids say "trick or treat", as in "give me a treat, or you'll get a trick".

Although a lot of people *do* play pranks on Halloween. Spirits aren't the only ones who can cause trouble on that day.

[thedarkbond]

are they? i guess i never really saw much of that sort of thing (・・。)ゞ
anyway i guess you're not going to tell me who he is
so i'll just have to suffer wondering ☆ミ(+ωゞ)☆彡

[fafa]

Now why would I tell that? To you and anyone else who's not concerned by it?

[thedarkbond]

because sometimes people are curious about things
and usually people who say stuff like what you just said think nothing about them is of any concern to anyone else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
so what's the difference if you tell me that or something else

[fafa]

Oh, quite a lot of difference. One casual word to someone unconcerned, another casual word to someone unconcerned, and then if suddenly there is someone concerned... in the wrong way, all those casual words get used against one.

[thedarkbond]

ok that makes it sound like you think everyone is gossiping about you behind your back (o>艸<)
i can understand not wanting to broadcast it on a public thread
but it does kind of take a lot for someone to want to use something like that against someone (-ω-ゞ

[Says the guy who never says anything sincere about himself ever if he can get away with it.]

[fafa]

If you come from a place where that is true, you should consider yourself lucky.

I know people who are extraordinary at extracting information, intent of gossip present or not. That is all.

[fafa]

So I suppose we should start stockpiling on candy.

Has anyone played a prank on you, for Halloween?

[thedarkbond]

i mean more here
unless someone specifically comes from your world it seems weird that they'd be targeting you with this many people around ＼⍩⃝／
and in that case they'd probably be able to figure out who your boyfriend is anyway...

[Since they'd presumably also be from the same world.]

[timefordinner]

No, not on me. But one time, I changed all the clocks in my house, and my parents got really confused. My mom thought she was late for something and got there an hour earlier than she was supposed to.

[fafa]

It was very kind of you to make her early, rather than late, then. But that is a nice one.

[fafa]

Perhaps, but that would require figuring out who *I* am, wouldn't it?

[thedarkbond]

sure, if being vague over the internet is the only contact you have with the outside world ╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭

[timefordinner]

Right? It was pretty funny.

There are other pranks, like egging or TP-ing someone's house, but those are more mean than anything.