The Spooky Night Scare Celebration
In a change from their usual behavior, the citizens of Freesia are out and about during the night in order to celebrate another festival.
Called “Spooky Night,” the atmosphere of this holiday may seem familiar to some of Freesia's outsiders. Lanterns patterned after all manner of monsters and other creepy things are visible everywhere, resting on doorsteps, hung from trees, placed in windows, and there are smaller ones strung between buildings and across streets.
Equally creepy masks abound as well. They're mostly worn by the children, but some adults can be seen indulging as well, the eyes and mouths of their masks glowing like jack o' lanterns.
Most of the citizens seem to be enjoying themselves, chatting and laughing with one another, jumping around and trying to scare each other, drinking and buying snacks from opportunistic vendors. Many of the festive citizens have gathered at a bonfire in the park, but groups of people can be found just about anywhere tonight.
But despite the party atmosphere, you may want to pay close attention to the city tonight...
A: The masks and lanterns mentioned earlier aren't going to be hard to find. The lanterns are visible everywhere of course, and more can be found for sale in the shops and stalls, alongside a wide variety of masks. Most of the designs are generic monsters, such as ghost or skeletons or werewolves, but if you look around, well... Whatever you're afraid of, if it's something you can put a face or likeness to, you'll run into a mask or lantern of it eventually. Creepy as that might be though, anyone who dares carry or wear their fears will be rewarded with an extra bright glow emanating from it, something that may come in handy if they run into any of the Nox tonight.
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By now, Lux is getting used to people approaching him, so he barely looks up when Greg speaks. He does, however, give Greg a nod.
"You are correct. This is Spooky Night." The calmness of Lux's voice, combined with the solemn air in the cathedral is almost able to make the name of the festival sound non-ridiculous. But only almost.
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"And uh. I guess that's a big deal?" He's trying to make sense of the ritual, if it can even be called that. It's certainly a different air from the energy outside the place, he can determine that much. "With the festival, and candles, and, uh, churchy stuff. And. Uhm." He clears his throat. "Special visitors, and all."
Real subtle, Greg.
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It's subtle enough that Lux actually takes a moment to repeat Greg's words, "Special visitors?" in a way that's obviously meant to be a request for clarification.
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"Well, you. I mean, you don't come out... often. Do you? I haven't uh. Seen you. Around."
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This guy doesn't seem to be good at the whole conversation thing.
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After a while, though, he sighs. "I gotta ask, man. All this... with us. Did you even mean for any of it to happen?"
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