nextgen_holiday (nextgen_holiday) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-31 13:20:00

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alex bowmaster, antaeus, anya stark, buck rogers, crosshairs, hajime, holiday, iron dragon, jenny woolverton, kalypso, kayura yagyu, mason jeffries, misha loganovich, nicholas salem, sylvia mccoy, tsunami, vincent vernard

All Hallow's Eve
All Hallow's Eve, or Halloween as it has been come to be called, is a popular holiday with children and adults alike. It is a holiday that had its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain or Summer's End. Samhain celebrated the end of the "lighter half" of the year and the beginning of the "darker half".

On this evening the barriers between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be thin and the spirits, good and bad, of the dead could pass through. The spirits of the family's ancestors were welcomed in while evil and bad spirits were warded off by the wearing of masks and costumes. The costumes and masks disguised one as a harmful spirit and avoided harm from others.

It was also a harvest celebration and time to take stock of food stores for the winter. Livestock were slaughtered and the meat prepared for storage. It was the final harvest of the year and the crops were then stored for the winter. Celebrations included bonfires and tales of the family's ancestors.

It was a celebration of the dead and of the harvest.

Today we dress up in scary and not so scary costumes and masks and go door to door for candy or attend costume parties. It is a night for revelry, pranks and fun.

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	not_adorable 2011-11-01 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"...I don't understand." He furrows his brow. "And... err... is sinning really necessary? I had a route for trick or treating all planned out." He's fairly certain he's going to have to take action to defend Charlotte's honor if they go in there, and he'd really rather it not come to that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 03:18 am UTC (link)
	"....you were serious about trick or treating...?" Because her new costume was a little above a pg rating. "I figured it was code..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 03:21 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, I was, actually." He says, quietly. Ultimately, chivalry (in his particular variant on it), prevails. "Charlotte, if going... such a place, is how you wish to spend the evening, I will be happy to escort you and see that no ill befalls you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"No....no! You were excited to go trick or treating...let's go trick or treating." She took his arm again, heading past the bar enterence. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 03:36 am UTC (link)
	Angelo feels a considerable amount of weight fall off his shoulders. "Only if you're certain..." He states, but he certainly isn't dragging them back towards the bar. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 03:40 am UTC (link)
	"If it makes you happy...I'm sure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 03:41 am UTC (link)
	He breathes a sigh of relief, then readjusts his accommodation of her arm as his stride perks up again. "Wonderful, then. Thank you, Charlotte." He pauses. "You do still look quite lovely, by the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 03:50 am UTC (link)
	She smiled, her cheeks pinking again as she snuggled in closer to him as they walked....just for warmth...right..? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 09:26 am UTC (link)
	Angelo will begin blushing just about as strongly. "So... ahh... what kind of candy do you like?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	Candy was good...that was a safe topic. "Uh...anything..anything without coconut..? Mounds suck...I like sweet...and salty....and tart, so pretty much everything?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Angelo snorts. "The coconut in those candies has been over-processed. Properly prepared, it's quite good in pastries." He smiles. "It's good to have diverse tastes. I'm partial to caramels myself." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 01:47 pm UTC (link)
	"I had braces for years, I couldn't eat anything with caramel...or bubblegum." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 01:49 pm UTC (link)
	For Angelo , hearing someone had to go through restrictions on what they could eat was like hearing they were...... well, Charlotte dealt with a number of difficulties in her life that it wasn't polite to discuss. "Tragic." He leads her to an apartment building that had passed he and his sister's stringent standards, and allows Charlotte to go to the first door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 01:57 pm UTC (link)
	She didn't notice the cameras across the street, clicking madly at the daughter of one of the world's most contraversial zealots and her knight errant heading into the building and glanced back at angelo. "...I ditched the basket..I thought "trick or treating" was code..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	"No problem." He reaches into his satchel and pulls out a linen pillowcase for her use, along with his own. "I planned ahead." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	The pillow case took a little of the vamp out of her look as she started knocking on doors to get her booty. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

not_adorable
2011-11-01 02:05 pm UTC (link)

A matronly woman opens the first door.

"Trick or treat." Angelo cheerfully intones, met with cooing and applause by the woman.

"Oh! I love your costumes! You two are such an adorable couple... oh wait, you're not siblings are you? I made that mistake earlier this evening, it was so embarrassing.."

Angelo just gapes again, at a loss for words as he flushes crimson.

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	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Well...we are close..." she snuggled into angelo's side her head on his shoulders, bunny ears blocking his view of the ladys reaction as she quickly forked over candy and slammed the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_adorable 2011-11-01 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Angelo just shuts his mouth and shakes his head, shuffling awkwardly over to the next door with Charlotte still cozied up to him. He coughs. "Well... that was somewhat awkward." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lottelensherre 2011-11-01 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	she let go of him when the old busy body shut the door. "serves her right...she's lucky I don't have any eggs...or flaming dog poop.." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

not_adorable
2011-11-01 03:30 pm UTC (link)

Angelo coughs, as Charlotte ~~horrifies~~ surprises him yet again. "I think that might be best for everyone."

And so, the trick or treating will continue. Angelo sticks close to Charlotte at all times, thanking each household they visit, even when things such as apples or toothbrushes are given out. One particularly hasty withdrawal is made when they open a door and an elderly man in a suit with a somewhat haggard look in his eye begins reciting scripture about the evils of the holiday. Angelo decided they needed to depart very quickly before family standards forced him to begin telling the man off.

Why is it always the furthest fringe malcontents that know their scripture best?

It was, overall, a very pleasant evening.

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lottelensherre
2011-11-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)

It *was* pleasent. When she'd gotten enough candy aka her bag got to heavy, she had another suggestion - every year there was a big event in central park: haunted houses, fair candy, the works..it was well lit and supervised, that would pass Angelo's over developed sniff test of boring, but it still promised to have a good time with a slightly older crowd...the 8 year olds were starting to glare at their older competition.

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	not_adorable 2011-11-01 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I... suppose that would be acceptable, yes." Angelo conceded, and once a suitable departure point was found, teleported them to Central Park. The festivities were already in full-swing, prompting him to stay a bit closer to Charlotte than previously. He wasn't afraid of crowds on his own, but he had her safety to consider. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lottelensherre
2011-11-01 04:09 pm UTC (link)

She certainly seemed to enjoy it - that she hadn't enjoyed the trick or treating, espicially in the nice, warm building...but it was just another excuse to stay close, to keep her fingers from turning as blue as her costume as she dragged him between the games and the carnival food.

"Common Ang...this is your chance to show off...pick your poison, baseballs at milk cans or ping pongs in jars?"

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not_adorable
2011-11-01 04:13 pm UTC (link)

Angelo draws himself up, and nods sharply. "Baseballs, I think." He marches over to the blatantly rigged game and pays for a few shots' worth. His particular power-set won't let him counterbalance the cheat, but his throwing arm isn't bad. Enough knife-work had seen to that.

He goes through his first round of attempts, and manages to win a 'small' prize, likely worth less than he paid even for the chance, made by sweatshop labor somewhere. He holds up the stuffed walrus to Charlotte. "Should I try to 'double down' for one of the bigger ones?"