blessingone | [backdated to October 30]

[So, Fenimore has been hermiting away in House 34 for the past few days. She really isn't liking where the village was going. Okay, so there are spiders and rats (bats are okay, assuming they didn't learn about the myth of flying into people's hair). Okay, so there are ghosts everywhere (even if she'd so far been safe from pranks, since Grune was a very good source of the candy they demanded). But mostly.........it's foggy.

It sounds silly to say, but that's the part that spooks her the most. A couple of years ago, things went pretty bad when it got misty, so she's feeling extremely jumpy. Of course, holing up in House 34 really hadn't worked for her at that time, even with Shirley around to help, and she'd rather abandon ship completely, but right now, she's the only one left to look after Sophie. And Grune. Maybe the latter even more so. So she's going to have to suck it up.

But then Grune's unstoppable thirst for baking has started to empty the fridge and Grune's attempts at shopping were often...less than successful. If it was just her, she'd honestly prefer to go hungry than venture out into the foggy village, but Sophie is a little kid and shouldn't be made to go without. So, it is time to gird her loins and....

...ask the village for advice.]

[Voice]

Hey. [She sounds rather subdued compared to her normal.] Has anyone...seen anything strange around? I mean -- not the ghosts or anything. Well, maybe the ghosts. Are they really just asking for candy? [She's not really sure whether she'd have to worry about them if she goes out during the day, but she hasn't exactly investigated about them, either.]

But...what I meant was...seeing things that aren't there, or...hearing things in the mist. That sort of thing. It's just...it's not usually this quiet around this time of year. [You know. Draft aside. But she hasn't heard much about that yet.] I wasn't sure if it was really safe to go out right now.

[Okay, that should do it. Although....] ...Thanks, I guess.

[Okay, now done.]

[Action]

[Late in the afternoon of the 30th, she'll have finally ~~run out of milk~~ worked up the nerve to go out, so she can be found trying to make her way to the grocery store. It's not always a smooth journey, though. Aside from the rats and spiders on both ways, it starts to get dark before she manages to get all the way back -- such is what happens when you put things off too long -- and ghostly activity picks up. Now that she's not in the house that gives away so many treats, she is a fine target for pranks. Pranks which include (but are not limited to) invisibibly picking her up by her grocery bag until her feet start to leave the ground, kicking wildly. Ghosts, man. Bad business.]

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[After a few moments of this farce, Grune watches the bag drift about, and then almost lazily reaches up and catches it.]

Here you are, Fenimore. I caught it for you!

[Fenimore just looks at the bag for a moment, her breathing a little heavier than usual, and ponders how life is not fair.]

...Thanks, Grune. [She reaches out to take it, but is distracted when the no longer invisible ghost comes up behind her and flips her skirt so high that it obscures her vision temporarily. Good thing it's just Grune here.]

[It is, because Grune's only reaction is to blink and then reach out to help her with her skirt.]

My, that wasn't very nice.

[The ghost shrugs, which looks a little weird since it is floating upside down. Geez, that was a pretty lackluster reaction, the ghost thinks....

Fenimore does appreciate the help with her skirt, but once it is back in place, her first action is to throw the grocery bag at the ghost, who dodges it easily and laughs. That's more like it!

...Those groceries are not going to be in very good shape when the get brought home, are they.]

[And once again, Grune's reaction leaves something to be desired, in that she only blinks.]

Fenimore, that wasn't very nice, either.

They don't deserve to be treated nicely!

[Ugh, she probably broke the eggs didn't she? She stomps over towards the bag, trying to ignore the ghost.]

[Now her eyebrows draw together a little.]

But everyone deserves to be treated nicely. It's the right thing to do.

They were not-nice first!

[Hmph. She sulkily picks up the bag and goes through it.]

Oh, but then it's even more important to be nice, because then you can show them the right way to treat other people.

[Give it up, Fenimore. You're not going to get Grune to agree to being anything but sickeningly kind to anyone, even ghosts.]

It's not that hard. They can figure it out on their own.

[Fenimore is STUBBORN though...but yeah even her stubbornness will probably fail shortly.]

[backdated to October 30]

[Action] This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang but a lot of cooing and squeaking

[Action] There are worse ways to go.

[Action] Probably most of the people in Luceti have already encountered them.

[Action] ...Sadly true.

[Action] Luceti: We Know Apocalypses

[Action] Though the riders of the apocalypse have to deal with 50% power.

[Action] Would that be an advantage for us or them?

[Action] I guess it would be an advantage for whoever was weaker.

[Action] So that would be most of the residents, then.

[Action] ...Probably, come to think of it.