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!

Comments

[lyingheart]

[ When the same young man catches up, Annie spares him a glance before she's forward facing again. ]

Or if you see more doorways? Ring more bells? Knock on more wood?

[ Notably the behaviours she's seen, and will... actually. She turns her head toward him. ]

Fine. Let's do it.

[ She can ask at each door if they've seen an absol wearing a bell without having to be given candy of her own. Brilliant. ]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[WHY YES ANNIE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS IMPLYING, ALL ALONG!]

[More than happy with this new plan, Wrath bounds up the next set of doorsteps with gusto and rings the doorbell with frankly unnecessary force before holding his bag out expectantly.]

[A kindly-looking middle-aged woman answers the door with a bowl of chocolate Bidoof pops. As many have over the course of the night, she coos at the sight of Wrath and his "trainer".]</sub>

Oh, how precious! A candy for you...

And for you...

_{[She offers one to Annie as well automatically, although you can see the cogs turning in her head trying to figure out how a Hoothoot matches up thematically with the pigtails and sundress. This street takes its Halloween costumes Very Seriously.]}

[lyingheart]

[ She holds up her hands in warding it off: ]

I'm here to accompany him.

[ Tipping her head toward Wrath, her hands kept at her side. ]

Has an absol with a bell been by trick or treating? He's dressed as a goat.

[ The woman blinks, looking to Wrath and then slowly handing him the second piece of candy. ]

It's nice if you to do that, dear. And yes, now that you mention it, I did see a sweet little Absol come by not too long ago... he was a gogoat? I thought he might have been a Mareep!

Did he head up the street after seeing you?

[ The woman smiles and makes a sort of dismissive curling of her hand, tipping her head up the street. ]

Oh yes, probably. Maybe? I'm sorry, dear, there's just so many, I can't keep track. Oh, look at you!

[ The woman addresses the two young girls who come up behind them, one with a pikachu in her arms, the other holding an oddish. Annie steps away and heads toward the next house, figuring her candy pilferer will keep pace. This time she stays a step behind him when they get to the door. ]