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[styxiedust]

[Hello, world of Pokemon! It's your local cheerful reaper, all smiles and energy as usual for her. She seems to have dressed up for the occasion in a perfectly normal-looking light purple kimono with a simple cloudy pattern across it. Until one gets to the obi around her waist and realizes it's covered in little ghost Pokemon and also has a Mimikyu charm hanging off of it.

At least the cookies she's presenting look normal, though they are also slightly spooky.]

October is upon us, everybody! It's time to show appreciation to your local ghosts and have a little fun with tricks and treats! We're only just getting started over at Honeyed Soul, so if you're 'round the Goldenrod area please do pop in for a visit, we always like seeing people!

[Who's "we" exactly? Probably the Mimikyu in the foreground with a green ribbon tied around its neck, the various Phantump floating around in the background, and the Sylveon already nicking some cookies for himself to eat. Might be safe to say this lady has company indeed.]

For everyone that's new: hiya! I'm Botan, resident ghost lady and Pokemon breeder--I happen to run a sweets shop on the side, so if you were interested in work or wanted a sampler, I'm always free to chat! I can also chat with your Pokemon if that's needed, though I should hope it's not if you're getting along well!

[Yes it's safe to say Botan is in good spirits.]

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[lordofthefries]

Tricks and treats?

[Sasha looks utterly confused at that combination. She likes tricks. She likes treats. But why together?]

[styxiedust]

October is the month of mischief! Well, in a sense--old beliefs from the past declared the 31st an important harvest day, rumors have gone around saying that night in particular is one where the barrier between the spirit world and ours is thinnest.

[Take a second to breathe Botan.]

The night before Halloween--that's the harvest festival's name, it's also called "All Hallow's Eve" or "Samhain" for some folks--is called Mischief Night, where kids get up to all sorts of pranks and other japes. Treats come in on Halloween itself, kids dress up on costumes in some countries and get candy in exchange!

[Of course Botan only knows that last bit from being Old As Balls and her years spent in Johto which is more aligned with the Western viewing of Halloween so she might be a little confused.]

[lordofthefries]

[Yeah, yeah, yeah thanks Botan for all that information, but Sasha's really concerned about one specific point you threw out there:]

People give out candy? For free? Just because people dress up?

[Botan, how could you withhold this important information from her for almost a whole year?!]