GAME ENTRY 2 // "THE HALLOWE'EN FESTIVAL" // OCT 29 - NOV 4, 2007

[cougar_ridge_v2]

The big day finally arrived, the Halloween festival has came to town, and the entire town is involved in it.  Traffic has been closed down in the middle of town, the location where the greatest part of the celebration will occur.  There are few businesses open, as no one would bother to try to shop at this point.  A live local band has been brought

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[evie_justin]

The festival is a week long ordeal on the Ridge. School usually lets out early the Monday before Halloween and Halloween night. Both nights are big dress-up ordeals, Monday a giant "costume ball" (which is a great place to avoid if you don't like seeing clothed sex) and Wednesday is when everything else happens.

This year, I'm really not in the mood. Dad's forcing me to go to the dance though, and I'm sure I'll end up at the festival. I pull out a black t-shirt and old cammo pants. A little green make-up in splotches on my face, I'm in going commando... er... I mean, like a soldier commando.

I notice Derek Caldwin eying me as soon as I walked into the dance, but it's the old lady with roses that catches my eye. She hi-tails it for me the moment she sees me, holding out three roses.

"Unexpected strength will save us all." She rushes past me after handing me the roses, but when I turn to thank her she's long gone.

[justine_terry]

Early Monday morning I put up the signs for the fall play auditions:

AUDITIONS FOR ROMEO AND JULIET
Thursday and Friday afternoon
Meet in the auditorium
Come prepared to read
Men and Women can read for any part!Hopefully I'll get enough kids to do the show. Its my favorite Shakespeare and I hope the students like it too. I've had a few express some interest so I'm looking forward to auditions

[cr_tom]

The outsider,
Always the outsider,
Watching the people who aren't.
I stroll into town,
Axe in hand, axe in hand,
A new E string on my axe in hand,
Watching the excitement.

The people here in town
Look forward to their festival,
While we outsiders, we outsiders...

Everybody polka!
"Ah-ah-ah! Ah-ah-ah!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow..."

[cr_tim_carlyle]

It's the first night of the festival, and I don't have a damn clue what to wear. A zombie outfit would be easy, but it would just remind me way too much of... past events

[lydia_lavie]

It's almost hard to whistle, I feel like my mouth is watering so much at the smell of the roast perpetrating the house! So I hum, instead.

The dining room is set. I've ironed the good tablecloth and put out the good china, crystal, and silver. My jolly crew of skeletons sit against the wall. There are two more places set than I have given out invitations. That serves two purposes - I'm not at loose ends if someone brings an unexpected guest, and if someone chooses not to appear, theirs is not the only empty place.

I go down to the basement, locking the door behind me when I go down as well as when I come up, and bring up my "costume." I'll iron my red habit and wimple, but I'll wear the dress closed and without my rings and medals.

I put glittery black candles on the table, then start on the baked apples and make sure the wine is chilling - a bottle for each end of the table and a couple of spares - and two big pitchers, of fresh iced tea and lemonade, for those who don't indulge.

So much to do!