The Morning After - Halloween Edition?

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[Day after Halloween. Heero's one of the few people (on this side of headspace) that's awake and not hungover or suffering from a sugar overdose coma. What is surprising, however, is the fact that he's actually wearing a witch hat.

He's sitting on the floor with a mug of freshly brewed hot tea, using a honey stick as a stirrer and waiting for it all to melt.

He'd never admit it out loud, probably because he wouldn't even dare admit it to himself, but he's... actually bored. Anyone want to bother the perfect soldier with a silly hat?]

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[Nod]

Are you one of the few who managed to celebrate Halloween without being sick the next day?

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

... Something like that. There's no "Halloween" where I'm from.

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

Heh. That didn't stop some of the others here. Where are you from?

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

It's called Atria. What's Halloween about?

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

[He gives an amused "Hm" before taking another sip of his tea.]

Religiously, historically, pop-culture wise or overall?

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

Overall.

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

It's a celebration of the supernatural. They say it's the only day that spirits can freely walk around on Earth. So, people dress up in costumes, presumably to scare them away. The scarier the costume, the more effective.

These days, the children dress up and go door-to-door, and whoever answers gives them candy. Older people still put on costumes, but they don't exactly go looking for candy. People also enjoy using it as an excuse to scare people. Or themselves.

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

Is there a lot of partying involved in this sort of thing?

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

Of course. People use any holiday as an excuse to throw a party, and with Halloween you also have the excuse to go in costume.

[Nods toward Kiori 'cause it's not like he knows Hans is blind] That's what that group ended up doing last night.

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

[ He tilts his head slightly, angling it in the direction Heero's voice seemed to shift towards, then turns his attention back. ] I figured. Sounds like fun.

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It isn't my sort of thing, but I suppose it could be fun. [Faint smirk] I enjoyed watching, anyway.

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

[ A laugh. ] That's what I would do.

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Heh. And people wonder why I don't drink at parties...

[Pause We haven't met before, have we?

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

[ He tilts his head. ] Why do you ask?

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

I just don't remember you. I was curious. [Shrugs a shoulder.] I'm Heero.

[homuncular.livejournal.com]

Hans.

[01bullet.livejournal.com]

[Nods] Nice to meet you.

So if they don't have Halloween in Atria, do they have anything similar?