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Nightmare Night Costume 2022

Shutter Ghost and friends are ready for Nightmare Night! From left to right, we’ve got Pecan the Changeling going as Lock, @askdaisydandfriemly​‘s Rose Moon going as Jack Skellington, Whisp as Shock, Shutter Ghost as Sally, Rapid Stream as Zero, and Void as Barrel! They’re all dressed as characters from the Nightmare Before Christmas <3

Flat color and references below!

Rose Moon: Are you really going to be heading into a dangerous place alone? What if more than one being is there that could harm you?

Whirlwind Flux: Bolts at the ready!

Narrator Doe: Um . . . Hello? Is there something I can help you with? Is everything alright? . . . How are you in my mirror?

Lucia the Vampire: Come join us in our castle in Everfree Forest . . .

Indigo Skies: I’m here to help!

Caffeine Hazard: Need some coffee for energy?

Sageling Phoenix: Greetings, my child. What is the issue?

Inquiry: Wouldn’t it be exciting if lightning were to strike right now?

JetStream: Shutter, what happened? Can I help at all?

Twisted Gravekeeper: Here to grant your wishes.

Dream Baker: Aaaugh!!!

Shutter Ghost: Great, they can hear us. Could you explain what’s going on? You tell it better. 

Rapid Stream: I’ll try. So I was foalknapped a long time ago, by a place called Workhorse Industries . . . I remember . . . s - something about making “the ultimate equine,” a pony stronger than alicorns or Discord . . . And I remember I was a failed experiment. They injected me with some kind of raw magic. Eventually I met Shutter - that’s another story - but I still keep tabs on Workhorse Industries. They just foalknapped another pony. I think . . . I think they’re ready to try the experiment again. This would be their fifth try.

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Mod Mittens: Holy frames, Batman! Finally got all the animation for this part done! :D

Don’t worry if you didn’t have a chance to appear in this! Your character will still be able to interact in future pages of the comic :)

Horse Anatomy Reference by iStock Photo

Animation by Animated GIF Maker

Just a reminder that this comic will contain occasional mature themes and/or dark, gory, horror, etc. elements. This is your warning to block the tag “Workhorse Industries” and/or “Horror” if you don’t want to see those things!

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Animated with GIF Maker Imgflip

Shutter Ghost: If by ethereal you mean intangible - that's Rapid Stream! He can't interact physically with stuff. Blanky should be ethereal but sometimes he can touch things, so -

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Mod Mittens: Excellent question! Shutter's encountered all kinds of ghosts and entities in his career, both "solid" and "non solid" lol

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Shutter Ghost: Can anypony hear me? We need help with a rescue!

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Mod Mittens: I’m really excited to announce that this is going to be an interactive story! That is, when there’s a new post, your character is welcome to offer suggestions or aid (either through comments or a drawing), and I might pick one or two to incorporate throughout the story.

For example, if Shutter Ghost is looking around a dark room, your character might comment, “Here! I’ve got a flashlight you can use!” and in the next post I’ll draw your character giving Shutter a flashlight through the mirror!

Here are some examples of what your character might look like interacting with/through the mirror, as well as some templates if you’d like to use them! I used @ask-narratordoe​‘s lovely Doe as an example because I’ve been meaning to draw her! :D

Animation by Animated GIF Maker

Mirror idea shamelessly stolen from this post from @ask-doctor-timeturner​!

Shutter Ghost: You sure this is the place?

Rapid Stream: Positive.

Rose Moon: What's the plan for getting inside? Surely the building is guarded.

Shutter Ghost: . . . Yeah, you'd think so. Huh. Guess our choices are front door, the window, or the shed door.

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Mod Mittens: It's not at ALL suspicious that Workhorses Industries appears unguarded, nope XD

Vote in the comments for which entryway Shutter and Rapid should try!

Strawberry Color from LVP Paints

Green Color from The Film Experience

Grass Reference from Shutterstock

Wood Reference from Pixers

Sneak peek for the next part of the Workhorse Industries plot! Featuring @splungecoyote / @askdaisydandfriemly‘s Rose Moon and @whirlwindflux‘s Whirlwind Flux!