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

[icecastlemadonna]

It's a holiday we have to show how much we appreciate our kids and how we hope they'll continue to be happy. We have it on May 5th every year. And we always make Japanese sweets on that day, of course.

[sleepallthewayhome]

Oh...that sounds like a nice day.

....what did the kids without parents do?

[icecastlemadonna]

...I don't really know. Maybe an adult they know can celebrate it with them. [Honestly, it's not something Yuuko's ever really considered.]

And if there's anyone who doesn't have somebody to celebrate it with, I hope that can change for them someday.

[sleepallthewayhome]

[She nods. And then changes the subject because that was all she wanted to know and now let's not talk about families and the loss of them.]

I like Halloween here. Vasquez seems to really like it too. It's kind of weird, normally she's more....careful around people.

[The Absol with the witches hat on is just off to the side, waiting for them to resume the candy hunt.]

[icecastlemadonna]

Really? Well, maybe she's just excited to celebrate it with you. Halloween is pretty fun, after all. [Yeah, Yuuko still hasn't found out about all the Dark types acting up yet.]

[sleepallthewayhome]

Maybe. I'm not really sure how she knows about it though. She only ha...was born this year. So it's her first Halloween too.

[Neither has Newt.]

But it is fun.

[icecastlemadonna]

Well, Pokemon are already pretty smart, and they grow fairly quickly. [That makes sense, right?]

I'm glad everyone's having fun tonight! I've never taken part in trick-or-treating before, so it's been fun for me, too.

[sleepallthewayhome]

[She thinks for a moment and nods.]

That makes sense.

Yeah. There's lots of people out here.

[icecastlemadonna]

There's a lot of Pokemon, too. I bet Ghost types have a lot of fun on Halloween...I remember there were a whole bunch of those Pumpkaboo swarming around a little while back.

[Shizuka the Froslass stifles a laugh behind her hand. She's only recently become a Ghost type, but she still finds nights like this fun.]