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[perfectsymmetry]

[Filtered from the usual crowd... but also his own house, if possible. He'll have to catch up with Ash and possibly Hol later.]

I hear a lot of people talking about seeing Smirnov all over town. I saw him too, but he disappeared before I could reach him. But when have people seen him? It sounds like everyone saw him on Thursday... but what about after that? And I'm also curious if anyone managed to get some info from him, or if he just kept vanishing....

... you know, Grady can do that too. The teleporting thing. I'd seen him do it not long after I got here. But he obviously has control over it.


Ah, so, Halloween is approaching! I went to a Halloween party last year with my friend Minnie's house.... It was a lot of fun. It would be great if we could have one here. Is anyone out there throwing a costume party? It doesn't have to be a big deal, just something for fun... I'd offer, but, ah, I-I don't think my house here would be good for it. I also wonder if the theaters will play some horror films... if the 1950s were good for anything, it was good for ridiculous monster flicks!

Comments

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

Halloween....that's one of those events in Mayfield, right?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, it's an American holiday, yeah. I really don't hope Mayfield would do something bad during it, though it'd make sense if they did...

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would....we should be careful...

What's this costume party about, by the way?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, for Halloween you typically get dressed in costume... kids go door-to-door to get candy, and adults tend to have parties. I had a lot of fun at the one my friend hosted.

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

So it's supposed to be a harmless festival? I guess doing one ourselves wouldn't hurt....[Mayfield's antics aside, it sounds quite fun]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

We could always do it before the 31st, which is when it's supposed to be. That way, we might have a better chance of something bad not happening during it...

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Again... maybe he's what escaped recently.

But no. I haven't seen any bloodied, vanishing humans since that night.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure of that.

I wonder if he found somewhere to hide, or if Grady caught up with him, or...

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Or... if he's gone back to wherever it is this place pulled him from.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Back to he Soviet town, one could assume. It's terrible to think people might still be in that place. W-we were only there for about a week, a-and that was bad enough.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Possibly. Unless he was from... some other reality. Or something.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ha, yeah, it's really hard to say. But after Westport, and the Soviet town, I wonder how many places like this there is....

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

... That is an incredibly disturbing thought. Thank you for that.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...sorry. But it IS possible. Who knows how many of these are out there. [A sigh.]

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

I prefer not to think about it, actually.

[worst-apple.livejournal.com]

What's "Halloween"? Why are there costumes?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a holiday of sorts. People dress up in costumes, have parties, kids go form door to door to get candy... it's fun.

[worst-apple.livejournal.com]

Oh.

So you can dress up as anything?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Of course! I'm still trying to come up with some ideas, myself.

[worst-apple.livejournal.com]

What a weird day...

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ha, maybe, but it's fun, trust me. I just hope Mayfield doesn't try to ruin it on us.

[worst-apple.livejournal.com]

How do you make a costume?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Well, if you don't know how to sew, someone in town might be able to help you make one.

[worst-apple.livejournal.com]

..............

Okay.

[hop-toit-udonge.livejournal.com]

Teleportation, hmm?

... I wonder...

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've seen Grady teleport from one end of the street to a rooftop, take away someone's weapon and drone them in practically the blink of an eye. It's... creepy.

[hop-toit-udonge.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's not teleportation at all.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh? Do you have an ideas?

[hop-toit-udonge.livejournal.com]

Nothing I can share until further tests can be made.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Hmm, fair enough. I've told you about all I've seen, I'm afraid. Thankfully I haven't had any run-ins with Grady myself.

[hop-toit-udonge.livejournal.com]

In this case, you may count yourself fortunate.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I do.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to dress up but I don't have anything else in mind.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Really? What's your costume plan? I'm not sure if I have any ideas yet...

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I don't really know but ideas would be great.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Dressing up in usual costumes like vampires and ghosts seems weird when you live in a town full of those kind of things, huh?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that they'd probably laugh at you.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Probably! I'll have to think of something else. Last year I was Sherlock Holmes.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I went as a Men in Black agent.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Nice! Hm, I wonder if I could convince the drone mother in my house to help with a costume... if not, I wonder if Vince would.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't she say you're too old? And who is Vince?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe. Ah, he's a friend of mine here. He'd offered to make soccer uniforms for me before blitzball took over.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

And he can make costumes?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Maybe? I'll have to ask. Was there something you were looking for?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Nope. Just curious. I still need ideas though maybe Indiana Jones would be kind of cool.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

That would be great! Not too difficult, either.

Well, I've got some time to think on it yet.