Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch, everyone hail to the pumpkin king now!!

[afterlifer]

WHO: EVERYONE
WHAT: Interactions
WHEN: October 23rd – 27th
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere in this afterlife
WARNINGS: Cussing 
SUMMARY: INTERACTION LOG you know the drill.

23rd: Ah yes, October, the fall season, the month for pumpkins to finally have their time in the spotlight. So grab your carving knives and get ready to dig your hands into goop because today in art class it’s time to carve some pumpkins! Make a cool design, or a scary face! How fanceh can you get.

24th: Everyone’s got a skeleton in their closet, right? Well if you don’t you certainly do now. In your dorm room and open up your closet to change clothes? Maybe on clean up duty after classes end and open up the cleaning equipment closet? SURPRISE!! There’s a skeleton standing up right just waiting for you. Careful though, it might end up falling on you when you open the door. It’s okay, they’re not real. Or are they the skeletons of some NPCs mwuahahaha

25th: Today in the parking lot that’s usually completely empty (parents are pretty bad at coming to visit their kids huh), there is just one car sitting in the middle of the lot. It’s a simple tan sudan, nothing special. What’s it doing there? Who knows. Investigate and you’ll find out that it’s completely locked and trying to smash the windows will only result in the object bouncing off of the glass. Inside though? Nothing. Wonder who’s it is?  Well there's blood splatter on the car tire, hmmm...

26th: It’s gotten a little chilly, but hey, maybe the cool crisp air is nice enough to go for a walk down by the stream on a pretty fall day. But when you get down there you’ll see—a boat! And not just any boat its… a pumpkin boat! Really, it’s a large hallowed out pumpkin made into a boat. Do you dare test it out on the waters? Let’s hope Monster Stream isn’t hungry for pumpkin today.

27th: Halloween is on its way and so is a Halloween party and a special little event!! To get you ready, the afterlife has made the convenient store in town into a costume shop! Better hurry and get the sexiest or scariest outfit. Want a new maid outfit Riki, or maybe a vampire or witch? It’s all there waiting for you so pick your poison.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: The Halloween event will begin on the 25th and go throughout the next week!  Characters are free to discover bodies laid out in random areas about the school or town and they can also discover murder scenes (a room with blood, a weapon, the works).  An OOC post will be made later tonight with further and more detailed descriptions of the event.  Have fun!

As always, remember there are several clubs now so practices and meetings can be set up whenever you want! And if you want to do something outside of what we've provided, feel free to do so. 

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27th; Killing Spree Event; tw: GORE/MURDER/TRAUMA

[notbinary]

[While the passed few days have been harmless fun, Chihiro has been a bit on edge with all the decorations and the very real-looking skeleton he had found in his closet on the 24th. Everything was making him jump and he was on the verge of tears.]

[And it seemed he'd been crying when he'd been killed, the tear stains still wet on his cheeks where there wasn't any pink blood to mask it. Much like his actual murder, Chihiro's head is caved in on the left side, blood and gore running down the side of his face and neck, but the wound is a little wider and longer than if he'd been hit by a dumbbell. In fact, there's a very incriminating baseball bat not even a few feet from where he's been propped up covered in the same pink blood on the dressing room chair-- not as bad as being strung up and "crucified" Togami do you even know what that word means, but still moved from where he'd crumpled from the blow. It seems he'd been looking to try on his Hallowe'en costume, because it's been thrown a few feet away from him (probably from the force of the attack,) along with his cellphone and the bag he always carried that held his laptop.]

[Feel free to find him and inspect the crime scene before he regenerates! He won't be able to tell you much anyway.]

[onewayroad]

[Accelerator initially came to the store not knowing at first that it had become a costume store in preparation for Halloween and all that fun stuff. He'd come to pick up some of the things he couldn't just get elsewhere. Instead, he found himself looking around, taking in the changes, and just heaving a low sigh. Maybe there's still the usual stuff in here along with the costumes and other holiday crap.

The costumes don't interest him personally, although some of the clothing veers toward his preferred fashion sense. Maybe there's something he can pick out to wear as normal clothing instead of the boring old school uniform. As he flips through tops and gets closer to the dressing rooms, though, he notices the smell of blood. He stops, sniffs, and starts looking around.

It doesn't take him long to spot the bat. His gaze narrows, he starts flipping open the dressing room doors, and lo and behold, there's a body to inspect. That hacker chick he vaguely recalled from his first few months. He's seen some nasty injuries and deaths, and caused many himself, but this is the first he's seen here in practically a year. It's eerie. He gets closer so he can inspect things.]

[springcleaning]

[Levi had the same thought, having been clothes shopping with Yuri, and comes upon the scene just a few minutes after Accelerator does. Now, he doesn't really know the guy, but he also knows most people who'd kill a little girl with a baseball bat wouldn't stick around, so he doesn't look suspicious or anything as he comes around the door of the dressing room, seeing the blood and the weapon and Chihiro sitting in the chair.]

Shit. First the shadows, now this kind of thing? This ain't fuckin' Sina...

[He shakes his head and lets out a sigh, starting to roll up his sleeves.]

Left a huge ass fuckin' mess too. Asshole.

[onewayroad]

[is carefully inspecting the body and murder scene with Levi shows up, and he looks over at those comments.]

Don't tell me you expected the fucker who'd take a bat to a girl's face to clean up after himself.

[springcleaning]

I used to kill 15M tall meat grinders and I didn't fuckin' leave a mess.

[He walks in, looking at the bat and then the wound.]

Hit her hard, looks like from the front too. Didn't even try and sneak up on 'er.

[onewayroad]

Most killers of their fellow humans don't give a shit about messes unless they have a reason to conceal the body.

[Accelerator's kneeling and he scoots over to make room in the small dressing room when Levi makes his way in. He points at the torn and bloody face]

There's a good chance she got a decent look at whoever the piece of shit was.

[It isn't guaranteed, but it was from the front, so it'd depend on how much she was paying attention and whether her memories got rattled from the trauma.]

[springcleaning]

Trust me, I know. I just think it's fuckin' poor taste. There's better ways to kill people.

How long's it take for us to regenerate? I never got trashed here so I dunno. We'll sit it out and wait for her to come to?

Ugh, she'll probably cry and shit. That's annoying.

[Don't worry Levi you're only a stand in until I can tag with Chihiro.]

[onewayroad]

It varies. Magenta Bitch kicked me off a cliff once and it might have taken a couple hours because of the head trauma. Wasn't exactly in a position to keep track. But a slit throat or a stab wound would take a lot less time.

This is probably somewhere in between.

And yeah, it'll be annoying, but it's better than leaving her by herself.

[professionalstudent]

[Ishimaru hadn't even planned on getting a costume at all, but it was hard to say no to Chihiro. Those puppy eyes, man. So despite resisting at first, he had agreed to get a costume to match whatever Chihiro picked out. He'd studied in the dorm for a while longer first, then headed to the costume store.

He was surprised he didn't run into Chihiro right away, but thought nothing of it, simply going around the store himself at first. Everything seemed normal.

Until he noticed the smell of blood, that is. Before Hope's Peak, it wasn't something he would have recognized. But after everything that happened he wouldn't soon forget it.

Carefully, he opened the dressing room. When he realized what he was looking at, he let out a sound that was somewhere between a yelp and a gasp.]

F-Fuji... Fujisaki-kun?!

[It's the similarities to last time that really gets him, that makes it hard for him to actually think. Instead he just kind of... freezes and stares at the body.]

[tsunball]

[ Leon had been hanging out for a long time in the store - or rather, he kept picking stuff, bringing it to his dorm, changing his mind and coming back. In all of that, he missed the whole thing with Chihiro.. since he's only walking back into the store now. But with Ishimaru making that kind of sound, his tone as he says Chihiro's name.. w-wait, they're not getting it on already, right?! Should he escape while he still can?!

.. Then again, he can't see Chihiro anywhere from where he's standing.. ]

Yo, Ishimaru, 'sup? [ .. He should probably just have left, huh. ]

[professionalstudent]

[It's a good thing Ishimaru can't read your mind, Leon, because if he knew what you initially thought was going on here... well, it wouldn't have ended well for you.

As things are now, though, he barely even registers that Leon is actually there. He does realize that someone's there and talking to him, though, which is at least enough to make him stop staring and actually answer. He moves back slightly, which should give Leon a pretty good view of Chihiro.]

Fujisaki-kun... Fujisaki-kun's... [He's... not so good at the whole 'not being a crying mess'-thing right now. His voice is kind of shaky, sounding like he's about five seconds away from snapping. Which he probably is, really.]

Ngh... Damn it! [...wait, did Ishimaru just (mildly) swear?] Damn it, not again!

[tsunball]

[ Okay, from that tone he at least does figure something is up. After all, Ishimaru wouldn't just curse - hell, he's not sure he's heard the guy do it before - so there's got to be something seriously wrong. It's why Leon seems to get a little more level-headed, frowning as he's trying to look around and see what he's acting like this for. Did something happen to Chihiro?

It's only when he turns to look into the dressing room that he notices it. And since Leon never saw the actual time Chihiro died, this is completely new to him. His face turns very pale. ]

W.. what the hell.. [ He turns towards Ishimaru, his eyes wide. ] What happened?!

[professionalstudent]

I don't know! I just... found her like this!

[He is kind of freaking out right now and has pretty much abandoned the whole concept of an indoor voice. Not that you can really blame him, because this hits way too close to home. Hell, he still feels guilty for Chihiro dying in the first place, so this isn't exactly helping with that.

He clenches his fist and he's still shaking, but it isn't quite out of shock or fear. It's more like he's getting really pissed off.]

Damn it, I should have been here... It was my fault when she died last time too! [Because blaming yourself for things you really had no control over totally makes sense.]

...I'm going to find whoever did this. [Oh, this can clearly only end well.]

[tsunball]

[ Ishimaru didn't have much of an indoor voice to begin with, so don't worry, he knows this is a usual thing at least..

But even so, he's pretty much freaking out too. Maizono happened because of him and Junko happened while he was much too focused on the fact that maybe he's was going to be found out and be next, so those two bodies never had his full attention, he never got to stumble upon a murder and just not be involved or distracted at all. This is the first time he's had to deal with that shock - and it's why he can't really look away from Chihiro's corpse, as much as he'd like to. ]

H-hey, are you retarded?! [ He completely misses the part about it being Ishimaru's fault last time - his brain isn't capable of processing enough things while it's panicking like this. ]

They'll just kill you too! Look at what they did..!

1/2

[professionalstudent]

[Normally, Ishimaru would pay attention to Leon's words and realize that, for once, he actually kind of has a point. Or at the very least, he would realize that his 'plan' was really dumb. Not to mention the fact that Chihiro would come back, since death wasn't permanent here.

But right now the rational part of Ishimaru's brain has taken a vacation. He manages to finally tear his eyes away from Chihiro's body and he turns away from it and Leon.]

I don't care! I promised myself that I'd protect her...

2/2

[professionalstudent]

[He swiftly turns around, facing Leon and... um... he suddenly looks rather... different. And extremely pissed.

Yeah, whoops, someone just kind of went off the deep end. Again. Welp.]

And men don't break their promises, right?! So I'm going to find the bastard that did this and kick his fucking ass!

[tsunball]

[ ......................................................................................

What. Is. Even. Going on.

Leon's brain can't keep up with what is going on at least for sure. How did his hair suddenly change color?! Why is he talking like that?! Are his eyes on fire?! Questions nothing in the world can answer him right now.

It's why at first he just lets out a choked noise, but then it turns into a scream (he's easily startled, can you tell) and he steps backwards, trips over a party hat that fell on the floor and lands square on his ass on the ground, staring at Ishimaru. ]

W... w-what the heeeeell?!

wow how did i miss this tag...

[professionalstudent]

[Yeah, you... really picked a bad day to talk to Ishimaru, Leon, I'm sorry. As for Ishimaru, er, Ishida, he's not exactly impressed by Leon's hysterics.]

What the fuck are you screaming about, you useless piece of shit?! You gonna just lie there being pathetic or what?!

it was for the good of the world.

[tsunball]

Y.. yo, Ishimaru, what the h.. hell happened to you?! This isn't like you at aaaaall!

[ He's even trying to back away now from the other guy, since, uh, right now Ishimaru seems more like a potential murderer than whoever did that to Chihiro does... ]

i'm sorry leon, you were safe for only a little longer

[professionalstudent]

Huh? Ishimaru? [He crosses his arms and looks really annoyed all of a sudden, glaring at Leon as he takes a step forward.] Are you fucking blind? How the hell do I look like that pathetic asshole?!

If you have to call me anything, call me Ishida! Got that?!

[tsunball]

[ BACKING OFF AT THE EXACT SAME RATE AS "ISHIDA" COMES CLOSER THANK YOU VERY MUCH... he's legitly scared here. He's half contemplating dialing Yuri on the phone as soon as possible, but he doesn't want to seem like a wuss in front of her either.. his life is so hard. ]

Did you hit your head?! You don't even remember y-your own name?!

[professionalstudent]

[What he's saying isn't really helping either, seriously with each word out of Leon's mouth Ishida looks more and more likely to snap and beat the crap out of him.]

It's not about remembering, moron! I just said I'm not that weakling! I'm an improved version... But if you're such an idiot that you can't figure it out on your own, I'll spell it out for you!

It's Ishimaru, plus Oowada. That makes Ishida!

[...yeah, he's gone way off the deep end, sorry Leon, you're fucked.]

[tsunball]

[ This is a very accurate representation of the way Leon feels right about now. ]

...

You're pretending you're Oowada.. w.. why-- shit, this is so fucked up! C'mon, get yourself together, this ain't what you're like!

[ .. and then his back hits the wall of the store. OH GOD NO PLEASE. This is starting to get on Maizono level at this rate. ]

This isn't what Fujisaki would want either, dude!

[professionalstudent]

Who the hell is pretending? [He actually sounds insulted at the very idea. Though he has stopped walking towards Leon, so that's good.] I've got my brother's spirit here with me, I don't have to pretend!

And how the hell do you know what Fujisaki would want, huh?! You don't know shit about her, none of you do!

[tsunball]

[ "My brother's spirit"?! What the hell, Ishimaru, you and Mondo weren't even brothers! What is even going on.. god, he really just lost it, isn't this just like with Maizono?! The difference is that there's no knife.. yet, either way. Let's keep it this way.. ]

Shit, anyone can see that girl's meek as hell! If she saw you like this, she'd be frightened! [ It should say something that honestly, Chihiro is more brave than Leon who pretends to be all cool all the time.. ]