MISCHIEF NIGHT

[indigo_league]

Who: All the Dark-types put your paws up!
Where: Anywhere and everywhere!
When: Sunset on Halloween Night to sunrise on November 1st!
Summary: MISCHIEF NIGHT MISCHIEF NIGHT
Rating: G-PG13
Log:


There’s a sour-sweet wind a-blowing this eve as the sun hangs low and red in the sky. The leaves have turned, windows glow like jack-o-lantern eyes, and the streets hum with the excitement that the night will bring. There’s no mysterious trees growing straight out of the concrete this year, and there’s a palpable sense of relief as those who were waiting with bated breath for the other shoe to fall finally set about hanging up last-minute decorations and picking the candy aisles at every PokeMart bare.

It is Halloween, and for the first time in a few years, it would seem nothing is going to get in the way of the holiday.

… At least, right up until the last sliver of sun dips below the horizon.

A flock of Murkrow explodes up from the woods around Violet City, cawing in excitement. On the Sevii Islands, Alolan Rattata pop out of their burrows with bright eyes and quivering noses. In the glens outside Celadon City, the Houndooms start to howl.

Almost as one, all Dark-type Pokemon, big and small, young and old, stop and lift their noses to the crisp breeze. Something ancient tingles in their bones. Oh, tonight...tonight is their night. However much they may love their trainer, something higher is calling them. Mischief! Adventure! CANDY!

It’s time!

Fast or slow, brazen or sneaky, the sunset is the signal for each and every Dark-type to break away from their trainers and run off into the night. To do what? Well what do you think, silly humans? You know what night it is!

Some fashion their own costumes and go door to door earning sweet treats alongside the excited children who are out in droves. Or perhaps they might pursue some more unconventional treat-seeking avenues -- sometimes one man’s trash is another mon’s treat!

But there’s more to Halloween than candy; others will develop a nasty streak and put the ‘trick’ in ‘trick or treat’, upsetting outdoor decorations, frighten childrening and little old ladies, or even pantsing people! The horror! Anything can happen on Halloween!

Even the wild Dark-types are filled with the holiday spirit. Last year everyone was too wrapped up with that Ghost-type nonsense to properly enjoy Halloween, so they’re all too happy to make up for lost time. Harried trainers trying to track down their tricky runaways might find themselves befriending the Poochyenas, Murkrows, or even Alolan Meowths that have come out of the woodwork to celebrate. After all, what good is a grand trick if there’s no one to tell about it? What good is a tasty treat with no one to share? Even trainers who don’t have any Dark-types in their arsenal will find themselves approached by these wild Pokemon and invited to tag along!

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[exeggutorhead]

A. Mischief night begins! [GOLDENROD]

[Anyone wandering around a particular neighborhood of Goldenrod City as the sunlight fades away is in for a hell of a sight.]

[The already sizable flock of semi-feral Murkrow that roost in the trees, its numbers temporarily swollen even larger by the truly wild swarms, rises all at once in a raucous cloud of black feathers, seemingly led into the night by one draped with jewelry that glints in the streetlamps. But that's only the start. Moments later, out of just about every window and door floods a whole menagerie of other dark types that quickly disperse into the neighborhood, each searching for their share mischief or rewards.]

[Anybody who sticks around for long after that will get to see a short man in a three-quarters put on dragon costume come charging out the open front door, getting as far as the street and shouting:]

Hey! Where're you all going, we had PLANS! What the hell!

[He stops short once he gets to the street, looking around to see if he can spot any of the wayward horde. And if he spots anyone ELSE hanging around, he's going to turn to them, waving one arm.]

Did you see all that?! Which way'd they go?

B. WILDCARD! Trick-or-treat...mostly trick [GOLDENROD, ECRUTEAK, VIOLET]

[It's not long before it becomes clear that going after the wayward dark types is a lost cause. So Envy figures he might as well enjoy the holiday anyway. It's been a WHILE since there's been one without some world changing event going on, and he's not passing up the opportunity to go out in costume and run around like a hooligan.]

[The costume is deep green, of course, and as elaborate as any costume he ever makes, all bristling with spines and accents of dark purple, and instead of a full mask he's opted to wear a headpiece resembling fins and a wild mane, and paint his face with scales. He took care not to make it too delicate or unwieldy, or too bright though...because the dark types aren't the only ones who think it's a good night to play pranks on houses or unsuspecting people out in the streets.]

[When he's not on his own, he'll be enjoying the night with the other members of his household, both around in Goldenrod and Ecruteak...and there's one in particular he's going to be visiting down in Violet.]

A

[a_sin_for_him]

Something's odd tonight. Lust's been noting the pair of household Umbreon slinking off to corners with their heads together and their tails shielding them from the rest of the house. Like little conspirators. But it's nothing she spends much time worrying about, it's Halloween.

And anyway, there's suddenly something else to worry about. The thunder of wings, Envy's shout of upset and the door... what in the world?

She follows her brother out, partially draped in white and gray bits of gauze and linen.

"What in god's good name happened?"

[exeggutorhead]

Envy waves one arm in an agitated gesture without actually turning around; he's too busy trying to see where they might have all gone to look at her as he shouts, "I don't know! They just all took off at once!"

Even Chimera, who basically NEVER caused real trouble, had lumbered off into the night.

"All the Murkrow, and then a ton of the others!"

[a_sin_for_him]

"This doesn't bode well."

Lust frowns, joining Envy and scanning the skies.

"I've noticed some of mine acting...odd." And if she were to return to check on said Pokemon, she'd find them having fled the house as well.

"Did something call to them, you think?"

[exeggutorhead]

"I...maybe? Who knows?"

Envy scowls into the night. In all the commotion, he's not even sure which Pokemon were the ones who ran off, aside from the more obvious ones, it had all happened too fast.

"Sure they all seemed restless, but I figured they were just excited about the holiday...but not THIS excited. We should go back inside, see if we can find anything out from yours."

[a_sin_for_him]

"God I hope we're not dealing with another distraught Legendary." At this point, when Team Rocket isn't clearly to blame, that's Lust's first assumption. Past experience and all.

"We'll ask Amoz - he's logical repose incarnate, he never gets worked up over the holiday. Or much at all, really." And always has the house's safety and security in the front of his mind. Not to mention, since he first hatched, he has been her stalwart protector, never straying from her side unless told to. She's certain he's not caught up in any of this madness.

It never does to be certain on nights like these.