“ Please tell me that YOU celebrate HALLOWEEN at the very least? “

CLOSED for @hal-loween​

Anthony hadn’t eaten in two days going on three, and at this point it was time to nab something from the grocery store. There was a pain in her stomach and she didn’t want to hold it anymore. She stalked the aisles, looking for something she could grab that would tide her over. She had a banana and an apple already inside her inner jacket pockets, but she needed something else to at least make it a semi-meal. She found the pre-made sandwiches. Oh, yes. Her stomach rumbled loudly, and as she went to put it in her coat as well, she felt someone’s eyes on her. She looked over at the woman staring at her. “Yes?”

Lily was used to witnessing all matters of varying behaviors since beginning her bartending job, but none of it kept her from being able to conceal her disappointment when it came to such matters. It could have been attempted theft from the bar itself, or someone harassing another patron to the point of needing to get bouncers involved; whatever it was, it didn’t matter if she stayed quiet or not, her expressions would always give her away.  The tight frown on her face was evidently there as she kept her gaze upon the individual not too far from her, the clear attempt (( or potentially successful )) at stealing having been caught by her own eyes just as the other had obviously seen her watching them. “ --- do you want me to get you a cart or something? "

“Alright, but just remember that I told ya so when ya get brain worms.” Fritz didn’t waste any time making themselves comfortable next to the new guy despite not even knowing if he wanted them here or not. They took a moment to take in his features, and decided instantly that there wasn’t any competition here with his noodle ass. For a split second they even thought about how long it would take to stretch him before his long ass limbs kind of just *popped* off, and smiled at the idea as they introduced themselves. “Who am I? Your new friend Hal. Name’s Fritz.”

They stuck their hand of for him to shake and kept their sweet innocent smile going. Once Fritz claimed someone as a friend, there really is no backing out of it. It was common for them to just pick out a stranger to claim, and unfortunately Hal had caught them having a good day. 

“I welcome the brain worms, they will be my new friends; along with you of course.” Hal joked, honestly believing that the stranger was doing just the same; joking. He didn’t hesitate before plopping back into the pile of leaves, eyes leaving Fritz’ to instead stare up at the clouds above; he wasn’t one to really stare.  The hand took him by surprise, his gaze quickly reverting back towards the other brunette, a smile forming on his face. He didn’t hesitate long before taking Fritz hand, giving it a firm shake; he had always been taught to make sure his hand shakes were firm and strong. “It’s really nice to meet you Fritz! I’m happy to have a new friend!”

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Fritz enjoyed the fall, but for all the wrong reasons compared to the usual person. It was so easy to wear a mask and hide your identity for the sake of the kill, hell they could put a dead body on someones front porch and no one would bat an eye the entire night since it could easily pass as a decoration. 

The frolicking of some guy caught their eye while they were mapping out park hiking trails for October plans, and they couldn’t help but wander over and squat down right next to where he was laying. “Y’know there are probably a lot fo gross bugs crawling around in those leaves. Like maggots that’ll worm their way into your ear or spiders crawling into your mouth and making a lil home in there. Better hope they don’t turn your brain into mush if they get inside ya.”

Hal had been too mesmerized by the coming of autumn to notice the approach of another individual, his eyes flickering only towards them as their words met his ears. Their comments on insects being amongst the leaves didn’t really faze him, his hands pressing through the pile and roughly onto the ground hidden below them, propping his lanky figure up. “I don’t mind if they do, I highly doubt they will actually hurt me.” His head cocked to one side as he responded, eyes moving over the person before him; curious, he hadn’t seen them before but then again he was the relatively new one here after all. “I’m Hal by the way, --- who are you?”

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