nextgen_holiday (nextgen_holiday) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-10-31 19:21:00

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anya stark, asleif, brad hill, bram harker, gregory price, holiday, joshua hoskins, kael, lena jessen, marlow, martin baum, misha loganovich, rita dermont, sammy fury, tim dugan, tsunami, valini morse, vlad rasputin

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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	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	In the early morning hours Cait went down to the lake and buried some apples under a tree on the shore. The rest of the day was spent getting her costume ready. This year she was going as Buttercup as Vlad was going as the Dread Pirate Roberts. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-10-31 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Dread Pirate was stabbing some extra pumpkins to add to the collection outside the Mansion. It was rather fun being a pirate. "I've got an extra sword if you want. And pumpkin seeds over there if you or anyone wants. I'm murdering pumpkins." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Cait pulled some water out of the air and formed an ice sword. "Got my own, thanks," she said with a smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-10-31 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Cool," he laughed. "I'll save the extra for Sylvie or whoever wants it. Want to participate in the conquering of the pumpkin people ship? I'm almost done gutting their captain." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	"What did those poor pumpkins ever do to you?" she asked and took a swing with her sword. It whooshed through the air. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-10-31 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing. But the dread pirate can't have a reputation that he's going soft," he grinned. "They're being sacrificed so we can have pumpkin seeds. And decorations too I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"We all know you're not soft," Cait said. "Though I know you're as tough as a teddy bear." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-10-31 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Shh, don't tell the others. They'll want one for themselves." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	"They can go find their own teddy bears. You belong to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-10-31 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't mind at all," he smiles. "I'll be an exclusive one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Cait smiled. "Good. I don't like sharing." She looked at the pumpkins. "So what did you have in mind for carving?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

under_the_skin
2012-10-31 11:50 pm UTC (link)

"Selfish," he teases. "Well this one was going to have an eyepatch on top and I was going to put him at the top of the stairs. The one over there's going to be at the bottom of the stairs on his side as the shocked victim. And this third one was going to try and challenge the pirate pumpkin. Oh, and that last one I was going to just try and do the school logo. Shouldn't be too bad, I've got it all drawn out already."

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	_tsunami_ 2012-10-31 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"You bet," she grinned. "Okay. I can help. It's not ice, but I think I can manage." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-01 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure your ice swords are more precise than these kitchen knives I've got here," he chuckles. But the pumpkin he's working on definitely looks good and more detailed than most people did jack o lanterns. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-11-01 11:05 am UTC (link)
	"I just do better with ice than pumpkins. Go figure." Cait turned the ice sword into an ice knife and started carving a pumpkin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-01 11:58 am UTC (link)
	"Not going to do a spooky ice sculpture? Could go well with the pirate pumpkins. And then you'd get to say 'Release the Kraken!'," he grinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-11-01 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I can make an ice kraken if you want," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-01 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Up to you. You do great ice sculptures is why," he smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-11-04 11:52 am UTC (link)
	Cait blushed a bit. "Thank you." Cait reached out with her powers and pulled some water out of Blackstone Lake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-04 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I speak nothing but the truth," he smiled, thinking she looked awfully cute when she blushed. With a stab of his knife he managed to yank the pumpkin's eye out. "I'm ruining the poor guy's depth perception here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-11-07 02:23 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think he'll need it," she said as she continued to shape the ice sculpture. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-07 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"Probably better he doesn't see what you have in store for him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-11-07 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	The kraken formed and Cait put the final touches on him. It looked like the kraken from the old Clash of the Titans movie, not the recent remake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	under_the_skin 2012-11-07 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	At about the same time the first pumpkin is finished and looks suitably piratey for the occasion. "Ooh, nice. I don't think Pumpkin Pirate stands much of a chance." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)