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A very merry Halloween! [Mingle]
Date: 31st of October
Characters: Open!
Warning: Non-sexual desecration of formerly buried corpses
On the morning of Halloween, when people first step out of their houses, they will almost step into something.
A bucket of water. Every flat and every house in the Mossgate Boundary has a bucket placed in front of its entrance door (and sometimes, especially in Folkton and Moss Manor, the back door too), in which scary apples are floating. A little sign taped to the bucket reads: Have fun bobbing!.
But that's not the only thing that happened. The second thing that people will notice is that there are billions of spiders of all sizes crawling all over the town and villages, the military base, the Manor House... everywhere. And they certainly did their job - trees, lanterns, the higher attractions on the pier, and everything else that is high all over Mossgate Council is covered in thick layers of cobweb.
And lastly... those who pass by a church will notice something about the graveyards around them. Namely, that someone placed skeletons on top of most of the graves... Awfully real looking ones. Really, really awfully real looking ones. To some of them, the soil of the graveyard still clings, and the graves underneath them are in a state that betrays that they were dug up during the night. DNA tests would show that, indeed, the skeletons belong to the individuals buried in the graves.
Characters: Open!
Warning: Non-sexual desecration of formerly buried corpses
On the morning of Halloween, when people first step out of their houses, they will almost step into something.
A bucket of water. Every flat and every house in the Mossgate Boundary has a bucket placed in front of its entrance door (and sometimes, especially in Folkton and Moss Manor, the back door too), in which scary apples are floating. A little sign taped to the bucket reads: Have fun bobbing!.
But that's not the only thing that happened. The second thing that people will notice is that there are billions of spiders of all sizes crawling all over the town and villages, the military base, the Manor House... everywhere. And they certainly did their job - trees, lanterns, the higher attractions on the pier, and everything else that is high all over Mossgate Council is covered in thick layers of cobweb.
And lastly... those who pass by a church will notice something about the graveyards around them. Namely, that someone placed skeletons on top of most of the graves... Awfully real looking ones. Really, really awfully real looking ones. To some of them, the soil of the graveyard still clings, and the graves underneath them are in a state that betrays that they were dug up during the night. DNA tests would show that, indeed, the skeletons belong to the individuals buried in the graves.
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Sliding one handle of her treat bag down from her shoulder, she digs around in the bag to retrieve her camera and disengages the shutter to wake it up. The bag handle slides back into place with a raise of that arm as she adjusts the camera settings. Once she has it prepared, she takes several steps back to get more of Sadie into the frame. Peeking through the viewfinder, she takes one half step more back and lowers the camera to let Sadie decide how to pose with her cat.
"Tigger's a good name! Does Tigger like to bounce?"
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Sadie whistles and pats her shoulder, causing Tigger to run over and bound up onto Sadie's shoulder in order to curl around her shoulders and watch Nel. "He does indeed like to bounce."
Turning slightly to the side, Sadie turns her head to look at Nel with a wide grin, Tigger following suit, Picture perfect.
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Observing as the young lady signals to her cat once to bring Tigger hurrying into a leap up onto her shoulder, those brown eyes widen in wonder. She stares dumbfounded for a solid two seconds as the cat then perches half on each shoulder. “....that is the best thing I’ve seen all night!” Cat training seems magical to this child, and her delighted smile shows it. She would clap, but there’s no time as her witch model strikes a pose. Camera brought up, she assists the balance of focus and lighting and takes the shot without the flash, relying on a nearby lantern. She has taken enough pictures of the cats at home to know better.
Lowering the camera she reviews the photo on the screen with that smile still in place. However, Nel pauses as she notices not two shining eyes, but four. Her eyes are just like Tigger’s, which means...
“....Sadie?” There’s a tone of eagerness as she asks the name from the network.
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Once Nel takes the photo Sadie gives Tigger a good ear scratch as a reward, "People always assume cats are impossible to train but it just takes patience." Nel saying her name stops her from saying anything else as she stares at Nel for a moment before smiling once again at the girl.
"I am Sadie... You must be Nel then." She walks over to Nel to shake her hand. "Nice to meet you properly Nel."
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The matter of cat training will be the cause of many questions from Nel in time, but for now, identifying another numbered in person demands immediate focus. Once Sadie smiles, her own smile splits wide and she bounces eagerly on her heels until Sadie offers a hand to her. Shifting her camera to one hand, she accepts the gesture and returns it, "Yep yep, that's me! It's nice to meet you too."
"I uh...well your picture made me realize it," she offers in explanation as to how she identified Sadie. Turning her camera around to show it to the teenager the review of the image, she squints one eye with a note of disappointment, "I should probably delete it, huh?" Her mother had spoken to her about keeping things secret.
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"Ah if you could, I'm trying to keep my eyes a secret. I normally hide them but for today people just think that they're a part of my costume." Sadie explains to Nel.
"What do you think about this Number stuff Nel?" Sadie asks, curious as to what the young girl thought about the strange circumstances she now found herself involved in.
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Asked regarding her opinion of the Numbers and all that it entails, she isn’t nearly as enthusiastic as she had been initially when speaking on the Network the first time, “I think it could be good maybe, but I don’t like keeping it secret at home and I don’t like how worried it makes everyone.” Her grandfather in particular had a nasty shock only hours ago. “I hope when I do get an Echo it’ll be something that can help.”
“But you’ve had a Number longer than me. Do you think it’s going to be bad?”
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Sadie sighs, nodding at Nel's explanation. "It's never nice keeping secrets from family. My parents don't know about it, my brother found out by accident but it's hard, especially some of the changes like my eyes. But it's not all bad!" She blushes, a shy smile slowly pulling at her lips, "My boyfriend and I started going out because of the Numbers, he's wonderful and I'm very lucky to have him."
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Being able to empathize over the matter of keeping a secret with someone outside the family is rather nice. That Sadie's brother found out by accident is a little troubling as Nel feels safe to assume Sadie has her own bedroom, and for a brief second, her face shows that worry. Nel shares her room with her youngest sibling at home. If she has a visible change that she has to hide, that will complicate matters. Would her Mum have to move her off to stay with one of her grandfathers instead...?
Before she can dwell too much on that notion, the tone changes as Sadie continues on with something positive. Nel actually leans forward with interest at the reveal, expression brightening, "How come? Is it cause he has a number too?" Story! She knows there's a story here and she wants to hear!
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"Hes just so very kind, and fun, and intelligent, and I think he's very handsome." She gushes to the younger girl, her shy smile now a beaming grin.
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Nel adores these sorts of stories. She has asked her mothers similar questions once and realized they are much better than fairytale romances.
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“I’m so glad you have him! I feel very lucky that my Mum and grandpa have Numbers too.”
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"Thank you Nel, that's very kind of you, I'm glad you have your Mum and Grandad too. It's nicer to have family to help than strangers isn't it?"
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A light shrug is given when complimented, not really thinking anything is special about appreciating other people being happy. The contrast of family to strangers is not quite so clear cut in her mind, “I guess so. Everyone we talked to was super duper nice and wanted to help, like you did! And I like that my Mum is really close, and my Mum and Grandpa make me feel safe but...I think they would rather I didn’t have a Number at all.”
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Doing what she can to wrap her head around it, she looks back to Sadie directly to ask, "When you say it can hurt, do you mean like 'stub your toe' ouch, or 'fall down the stairs' hurt?" Both of which she can readily relate to after having experienced each first hand.
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"It can depend, Nel, on what the change is. But it doesn't just hurt like that. It can hurt here," She taps her head, "And here." She taps her chest over her heart. "And you could argue that those hurts hurt more."
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She does slide her claws out, showing Nel her hand so that she can understand what she means, the claws being large and sharp could cause some damage.
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Having caught onto the idea, she listens carefully as Sadie explains about her own experiences. Her eyes widen at the sight of her claws coming out, but rather than showing any shyness about them, she’s immediately reaching for Sadie’s hand. She stops short, looking to Sadie for permission before she makes contact, and if given it, delicately touches the claws to feel the shape and hardness of them.
“...I don’t get mad when the cats at home scratch me cause I know they don’t really mean it. And if they get too long we trim them,” she states before she manages a half smile, “Besides, now you don’t have to go looking for scissors as much.” Sobering quickly from the attempt at humor, her voice quiets, “It’s not fair you got a bad memory with them…”
The child prefers to look on the positive side of things, but she’s struggling to think of a good thing about a traumatizing memory.
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Sadie can't help but laugh at Nel's comment on the scissors, thinking back to having to cut Ben's gloves open back in the junkyard. "That is very true, but there is a difference to me hurting someone and a cat hurting someone. I have a responsibility to make sure that I can't harm someone even if it's accidentally. It's why I've filed the ends to make them less sharp."
"So, have you got anything interesting from the Echoes yet Nel?"
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Asked about her Echoes, Nel knits her brow in thought with lips pressing together, “I dunno if interesting is the right word...” Nothing so cool as cat eyes or special claws at least. She reaches over her shoulder and grabs a whole chunk of her long, wavy red hair, “Before I got to talk to everyone, I didn’t know why, but my hair grows really fast. My mum and I think it’s my first Echo. I have to have a haircut every week to keep it this long. More often if I want it shorter.” Currently hanging to her waist, the girl has an impressive amount of hair in length and volume alike.
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"You hair is very pretty though, especially the colour. That does seem interesting, and your Mum did confirm that Echoes have been around for longer than we initially thought..." Sadie trails off thoughtfully. "So rapid hair growth? I wonder what Echoes you'll get in the future."
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When she receives the compliment to her hair, she releases the locks to instead brush her fingers through it to sweep it back with a pleased smile, "Thank you! It is fun when my siblings try to style my hair in a special way." After all, there is no agonizing wait for hair to grow back when mistakes are made, and having no memories without long hair, Nel deeply appreciates the care and attention her family members give her to keep it manageable. Nothing gets her to settle down like a brushing session.
At the question of what other Echoes she may receive, she shrugs to begin with, "Dunno, I-"only to pause as she hears her friend call her attention far further down the sidewalk. They need to go around the corner and the adult in charge won't let them move on without her. Nel waves to them then smiles broadly to Sadie, "Sorry I have to get back to trick or treating, but it was so nice to see you!" Reaching into her bag, she'll fish out a handful of candy to offer Sadie before she scampers off on her way.