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Everybody feels differently about this season ... Some people RELISH in it, buzzing from the adrenaline that courses through their veins and fuels their actions; indulging in pranks and prancing around kitted out in the creepiest of costumes. Some live for the fright, excitement burning through their blood -- boiling like a witches cauldron, potions boiling and brewing. Others, well -- they’re not as brave. They hide under the comforts of their quilt, avoiding the trick or treaters; waiting for the night to end in their own sense of security. Others tremble in the darkness, holding their breath in an attempt to disguise themselves from the monsters lurking under their beds and looming in their closets.

Write a drabble on how your character feels to Brielle being decked out for Halloween. Are they excited, annoyed or neutral towards it ?? You may write this para however you feel, whether that be as if they are speaking to another character or writing a diary entry. Be creative with it and put your own twist on it !!

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Write a drabble on a previous experience with Halloween ... It can be about a time they went trick or treating, went to a party, visited a haunted house. What do they recollect from that time ?? Was it something they’d like to do again ?? You can write this in the past tense as a flashback if you really would like too !!

DETAILS: We will be offering 200 POINTS per drabble -- although you can only write one per character you play. We would like to see at least 150 CHARACTERS for these posts. This task will end on the 14th NOVEMBER as there are lots of other tasks popping up over the Halloween period. Please remember to LINK YOUR PARAS TO YOUR POINTS PAGE when you have completed the task and make sure it is tagged correctly !! #BHQTASK06 is the tag for this task !! Happy haunting.

Do you remember? Remember all the fun halloween nights we used to have. Trick or treating when we were so little. Me half-assing my costume, grabbing something last minute. If it wasn’t for mom back in the old old days I would have taken a oversized shirt from dad with holes in it, would drag it around through the mud and call myself a hobo. Whilst you~ You always did your best. Crafted your own crowns for the perfect princess outfit. Or spent the entirety of a month finding every piece of a costume just so you would look like an actual ANGEL. I would never confess this to you if you would be sitting right next to me now. But I liked halloween more when we grew up, how old were we? 16? You would know, it was the year we went to Levi’s party, our first party were they actually had a few kegs of beer. Were you dragged me through the door, had me take a few drinks and just enjoy the night. We danced, you danced, I danced. In the end it was a blur. But a blur filled with such amazing memories you know…

i miss you. You know that right? I still see you, I know it isn’t you. My sister would never give me that look that that shadow of a memory keeps throwing at me…

I miss how you would make fun of me every fucking year. How my costume sucked. Which it did. That was my thing. Yours were bloody PERFECT whilst mine was just a last minute thrown together shitty thing. But we liked it. We laughed about it every time. I miss you making fun of me, who would have thought... I most certainly didn’t~ I’m fucking sure you would have started hitting me if you could have seen my costume this year. It was probably one of the laziest costume I ever did dude...

Halloween will never be the same without your smile lighting up a room. With your laughter filling the ears of the people around you. With your amazingly planned costumes. Halloween will never be the same without the two of us together~

Give a kiss to grandma.

Love always,

Your other half Charles

     Every year the red haired beauty found it difficult to choose a costume to dress up in for Halloween. She always felt the need to one up what she did the years prior. And today was no exception.

     While on her lunch break, the intern was brain storming ideas of what she could possibly be this year as memories of the years of her prior Halloween experiences began to wash over her sub consciousness. Although there was one memory that stuck out in particular.

FLASHBACK -

    Eighteen years old. That’s how old Piper Capello was this year. And today was her favorite time out of the entire year - HALLOWEEN!

    While her parents were away tonight off doing their own little party, their daughter was left at home to hand out candy to the local trick or treaters around their neighborhood. It was actually fun for the girl believe it or not. She rather enjoyed seeing what some people were able to put together - or didn’t. Some just showed up in masks carry a weapon with an open pillow case expecting some sweets. In all honesty those were people she deemed not even trying and found no obligation to reward them for something so minimal. But yet rather then being the house labeled as the one to stay away from because they didn’t celebrate the day properly, Piper just gave them the cheap candy that no one else usually wanted. The girl tended to play favourites in those terms. For the ones who put in some effort or even the small children, she gave them the good candies and chocolates - unlike the others who got crap.

    Even though all the red haired girl did was hand out candy, that didn’t mean she didn’t show her spirit for the holiday. For she herself did indeed dress up.

    Her long crimson fiery tresses cascaded in waves over her shoulders and down her back. Her hazel orbs where high lighted with heavy greens and blacks to create a deep smoky eye. A set of lips that were usually the color of cherries were now adorned with a pine tree green.     Greeting the trick or treaters that showed up on her door definitely earned her some gawking looks. Not only were her hair and make up on point, but her outfit was as well.     Wearing a black corset that she decorated in green leaves, Piper also wore a pair of green bootie shorts that were accented with the same matching green leaves.  She even had green plastic vines with leaves here and there that laced around her legs.

    Who was she?     Why none other then the poison itself; but in a more alluring way - Poison Ivy.

    Piper embodied this character well. There was always at least one person on her door step that commented how amazing she looked - even a couple smaller kids truly believing she was said character. It was a wonderful feeling knowing her hard work paid off. She even got roped into a couple pictures and selfies which she didn’t mind.     Her costume had received so much praise that night that when two of her classmates, a Batman and Robin showed up, they invited her over to a costume party. Even though that was well out of Piper’s comfort zone, she surprisingly enough still went even after being on such a high from the compliments. Although she only went for an hour, it was surprising how much fun she had that night. The Capello girl definitely made it a point that if she was going to let loose any where, for any day, it would be on Halloween.

- END FLASHBACK

    The month of October..

    Not only did it bring the season Autumn along with it’s beautiful color changing leaves that went from greens to the warm colors of reds, oranges and yellows; but the weather changed in temperatures too. Going from Summer where things were bright and warm to Autumn where it was cooler - yet the sun could still shine. It was breathtaking this time of year. It was a scenery Piper grew to adore over the years.     There was the holiday known as Thanksgiving that happened in this month as well. It was a day people slaved over making a giant turkey to feed the small army of their family; as well as ham, stuffing, potatoes, veggies and of course, pumpkin pie for dessert. It was almost like Christmas in a way but a lot less stressful.     However, there was one day in October that she perceived was the most well known day - October 31st; otherwise known as Halloween.

    Halloween was a day that Piper Capello enjoyed exceptionally. There were pumpkin carvings, haunted houses, horror movies, costume parties and decorations galore. Not to mention an obscene amount of chocolates and candy. It was a day where people - adults and children; even pets, dressed up in costumes. These costumes could be a large variety of things. Anything from characters that came from television shows, movies or video games; but also animals, creepy and scary creatures, supernatural creatures and so much more! Granted there were those outfits that some girls perceived to be “costumes” which the body of it always consisted of lingerie. Honestly, where was the creativity in that? If anything, some girls just used Halloween as an excuse to dress like a total slut and no one could say anything about it because it was HALLOWEEN. Those were the ones that irritated the red haired intern.    To Piper, Halloween was a mask. It was a day where she could take on any kind of personality she wanted depending what she dressed as. It was almost like an outlet for her in terms of releasing any pent up emotions she couldn’t release else where without the cause of suspicious behavior. Over the years, she had dressed as numerous characters while staying true to said character and acting how they were perceived to be. It was a great deal of fun that continued to grow each and every year for the intern.

    Coming to Brielle, Piper wasn’t sure what to expect during this month and if Halloween would be something celebrated here. But it turns out, it was indeed celebrated. The hallways were filled with decorations of all kinds as Piper walked down the halls of Brielle, taking in each and every little thing that was taken care of to put in their proper places and show the spirit of Halloween. The colors orange and black were painted through the halls and doors where ghostly monsters and ghouls were decorated around. Little orange pumpkins were collected on the ground and on shelves; along with fake cotton cobwebs to enhance the Halloween effect. The intern had to admit, she was very impressed with how committed this place was to supporting a holiday like Halloween that could usually frighten some people out of their wits. But not Piper. Oh no, she indulged in such a holiday.

    It was just a shame Halloween couldn’t last longer then just a day. But the build up to it was just as satisfying.