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Tomorrow was Halloween, and while Jono had never really done much for Halloween in his pre-America days, it was one of those holidays that had managed to quickly grow on him. Something about being a night for monsters, coupled with being a teenaged monster himself, had appealed, and he'd made an attempt to enjoy it as much as his circumstances would allow, since.

That was why the doors to the theatre were open today to anyone who wanted to pitch in and assist with decorating the place for tomorrow's Haunted Theatre. He'd gotten as far as setting up a few assorted displays, and there were extra canvas corridors set up in the already dark backstage, leading into costume racks and props storage and dressing rooms that were practically crying to be booby-trapped. He was fairly certain that his collar had enough power in it to maintain a hard-light audience of the undead up in the seating, just so long as he only projected it while people were wandering through, and he'd stocked up on refreshments for people who'd like to help out today. The more spooky fare was being saved for the actual event.

Unless he started nibbling, which was always a possibility.

[Open for anyone who wants to drop in to visit Jono or help set up spoooooky things in the theatre! OCD-free because I'm a lazy, lazy thing.]

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Yeul was wandering the town (yes, in the rain) with little care about where she ended up. So when a building she hadn't been in before had open doors she saw no reason to not drift over to see it.

She lingered just inside the doorway, taking her time to look around.

Which was fair enough. After all, the doorway was open for just that purpose, and occasionally Jono would wander by it with an armload of this or that. There was a box of old, ragged costumes in his arms when he passed by this particular time, and he paused and offered her a smile.

"Yeul, luv," he greeted. "Out for a walk, are you?"

She was spontaneous like that, he was coming to learn. He figured it was a fair assumption.

"Hello Professor," she said, smiling slightly. "It seemed like a nice day for a walk. May I ask what you are doing?"

Because he seemed rather busy...

"I am not interrupting you, I hope?"

Someday, Jono would get used to being called that. There was only one person he'd ever bothered calling Professor with no name attached, and that man wasn't here.

"No interruption at all," he replied, managing not to make a face. "I'm just putting out some decorations for Halloween... Do you have that holiday where you're from?"

It was hard to tell. She did come from crazy pockets and monsters land, after all.

But the pockets were awesome.

"I do not believe so," she replied. "I have seen decorations up for it around town however. Is it a large holiday here?"

"Here, fairly large, yes," Jono agreed, smiling and shrugging. "People put on costumes, wander around getting lollies or playing tricks on people. The island itself usually plays the biggest of the tricks, but that's just the way it is."

He propped the box against his hip and waved vaguely into the theatre. "Some people set up fake haunted houses or the like. This is the holiday where spirits and monsters are supposed to have free reign, after all." A beat. "Probably not monsters quite the way you'd know them, mind."

"Why do people dress up?" she asked curiously. "To look like monsters?"

The idea was rather baffling to her but, because she had nothing better to do...

"Did you need any help, Professor?"

So long as he didn't mind explaining the whys to her!

"They dress up because they can," Jono replied, shrugging his shoulders. "It was probably to confuse any malicious spirits, once upon a time. These days, it's more for the fun of putting on any face you want to and having the built-in excuse to do it, I think."

Well, that was his, anyhow.

"If you'd like to lend a hand setting things up, Yeul, that would be lovely. I've got this box of old dresses and the like that I was going to hang up in dark corners... or... something."

He was also kind of winging it.

"I do not know if dressing up as a monster would work to confuse them in my world," she said, thinking about it. "It would be an interesting experiment."

One that Caius would never, ever let her do, mind. For good reason.

"Which corner did you want to start with? Will they all be dark?"

"Dark enough to obscure the vision, well-lit enough that nobody will get hurt," Jono replied, nodding faintly. "I figure we can hang some of these up here and there, anywhere is fine, and then spooky them up a bit with cotton cobwebbing and fake blood."

Because he could, that's why.

"I might stuff a few, for that matter... We'll see how much time I have to rig some of these up to jump out at people, I suppose."

It would take quite the pulley system, after all.

"Decorating seems to be very involved," she observed. "And people do this every year for just the one night?"

That was said curiously, not disbelievingly.

"Oooooh!" Rapunzel exclaimed, poking her head in the door. "Decorations!"

Rapunzel liked theater well enough, but she loved decorating!

"Oh, hello Rapunzel," Yeul said, having heard the voice and come to see who it was. She held a bag full of fake cobwebs in her hands.

"Yeul!" Rapunzel beamed. "Are you decorating?" Could Rapunzel help!?

"I am decorating! Professor Starsmore is making the place festive for tomorrow and I thought I might help."

And then, because Rapunzel seemed rather excited...

"Did you wish to help? I am sure he would not mind additional hands at work."

"YES!"

"Er, I mean... if you're sure you don't mind..."

Yeul laughed and offered the bag of fake cobwebs to Rapunzel. "I don't mind! Take them and we'll see what else the Professor has laying around for us to use."

"There's also things to eat," she added, in case Rapunzel was hungry.

"Oh, yay!" Rapunzel beamed as she took the bag.

"So what are we decorating for, anyway?"

"A holiday called Halloween," Yeul said, leading the way to where the decorations were stashed. "Apparently it started as a way to confuse malicious spirits and eventually became something fun. So the decorations all have to be... spooky."

Hence the fake blood on things and the ragged dresses hanging up in places.

Also, Yeul had found out about Halloween only earlier that afternoon. Her take on it was hardly the most in-depth ever.

"Oh, spooky!" Rapunzel could do spooky! She'd seen Scooby-Doo on the television!

"Are you any good at it?" Yeul asked hopefully. "I have been checking with Professor Starsmore but if you know what you're doing..."

"I can deliver you the spider," Karla said from her spot in the doorway. "But that's it. I can't help you with the spooky house."

Still too soon for that. Sorry, Jon.

"I'm very good at spooky!"

Don't believe her, Yeul!

"How would you decorate this place then?"

Yes, Yeul believed her. Oh Yeul. No.

Mercy made her way in looking a little sheepish. "So... Um... I would have stayed to talk Friday, but I had to pack to leave for space."

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