folklorist | ϡ - Chapter Sixteen; this is halloween [voice/action]

Halloween...Halloween. [ He sounds contemplative and hums a little before continuing. ] What to say about it. [ A pause there's the sounds of something be unwrapped probably a candy knowing Helios's sweet tooth. Then almost automatically there's the sound of 'mmm' in the silent background. How has he not gotten a cavity yet? ] I do hope the ghosts in the castle behave themselves this year. They love playing practical jokes around this time...April Fools isn't any better. [ Damn ghost kids always making trouble for him! Good thing he doesn't have to deal with it this year, haha! Though Ra might light the castle on fire... ] Ah...best to not think of such things. [ He'll just clear his throat because oh the horror, his poor castle. ] I distinctly recall that Halloween's roots go back to Samhain and the Celtic festival held in light of that. But today it's widely distributed and practiced pretty much everywhere. Samhain is...er Gaelic for summer's end. It was originally a harvest festival as they were generally more prominent back in the day you know? [ He laughs. ] What with farming relying on the sun Samhain was the end of the lighter half of the season and the beginning of the darker one. Something like day lights savings time or the summer and winter solstices.

Ah but! There's a catch! Many people believe that on this day the border between the living and dead became so thin that spirits could cross over and thus allowed the dead to cross back over from the living world into their own. This event brought up the custom of wearing costumes and masks which people did back then to help ward off the spirits and were used them to calm them down. I'd imagine pumpkin carving came from the old tradition of carving faces into turnips to ward off evil spirits as well.

It's such a wonderful holiday, very rich in folklore and the transition into modern culture is fascinating! The story of Mongfind for example is a folktale for this specific holiday. Modern times has done away with most of that but you know...the spirits of our deceased are always passing over, perhaps more so on that day than most. [ That's totally not a creepy thought nope. He's actually perfectly neutral in saying that it must be the dork in him. ] Ah what typically goes on here during Halloween, trick or treating I would hope? Oh! Perhaps a haunted house or a walk through the woods would definately be eerie. The spirits don't seem to be acting any differently though. [If you only knew what was in store for you Helios. ] Hm...I do wonder if the indigenous population here even knew what it was. There's just so much we don't know about this place. [ Sighs. So many questions yet so little answers. But back to the treats... ] But the best part about Halloween is...the candy! [ He sounds like a five year old don't mind him. ] What's everyone's favorite type? You can never go wrong with having too many favorites either!

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[Spirits could cross back over from the world of the dead? Sounds a little like Luceti's weird ass abilities.]

You sure know a lot about Halloween. You a big history guy?

Edited 2010-10-22 17:21 (UTC)

Oh well...something like that. I have a few friends who are very much into it they simply told me much of what you just heard. But in all honesty Halloween happens to be one of my favorite holidays. I couldn't help but share with everyone.

Aaaah, the scary background behind it doesn't bother you, then? Though I have to admit, all this candy is pretty great—I wish every world had a holiday that has so much of it.

Oh not really. It's not so bad. [ Haha he's seen worse things really. ] Ah are you not from Earth then?

Nah... Where I come from, Earth had been long dead, unfortunately. So a bunch of people piled into some ships and shot off for another planet. And lo and behold, about 130 years later, here I am.

[There's a friendly smile in his voice.]

And, with the wonderful luck the human race seemed to have, those ships got to land on a desert world with no water above ground.

I must say that's rather fascinating. I guess we're just cut out for surviving aren't we? [ He laughs. ]

Desert world...hm it must be hard; I couldn't imagine living somewhere like that.

We're the best at it, I'd think.

The desert isn't so tough, once you figure out how to maneuver in sand, but even then I've had quite a few occasions where I thought I was gonna' thirst away in the middle of nowhere. It happens when you're a nomadic kinda' guy.

Nomadic? You must have quite the collection of stories then hm?

[A laugh]

I'd say so, yeah. The worst of them involved the giant sandworms, I think, though there are a lot of close seconds. Like the robot spiders.

Sandworms? I've never seen such a thing. [ And he's seen plenty. ] Nor robotic spiders either.

No? Ha, well, the robotic spiders were a first... but believe it or not, the sandworms were there before we were. They're a pretty damn big pest—big enough to take bites out of buildings, even.

Oh my that does sound like a bit of a problem. But would you say they're indigenous then, if they were there before those spiders? Either way it's certainly interesting.

Ha, it's hard to say. We've only been around this planet for so long and we sure as hell didn't take them with us, but I'm guessing they've always been there, though. Wasn't any sign of life when we initially crashed, I hear.

[And in truth, even now, there's still not much sign of the living. Lots and lots of sand. Lots of sun. A few spaced out pockets of human life...]

Edited 2010-10-25 04:55 (UTC)

That is very intriguing. I'm sure there's many a myth or story about them though.

People tend to be...drawn to the unknown from what my experiences have shown.

Drawn to the unknown? I can't doubt that—after all, it's in our nature to be curious creatures, especially about the things we can't explain or don't understand. Right?

I agree. People are naturally going to question things they don't fully understand. I suppose that's what makes us...well unique.

Or the most aggravating to deal with, at times.

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