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[haircaring]

Who: Steve Harrington
Username: harrington
Warnings: none rn, will update if needed/requested

Hey so is this a regular Halloween parties and trick or treat kind of town, or is it gonna be like a portal to hell opens and rains unearthly terrors down on us kind of town tomorrow?

I mean I think this month's already been kind of a lot. Personally. But I know that's basically worthless to a demon or whatever. I just want to know my odds of having to deal with MORE horror movie bullshit.

But uh

also don't be a dick to trick or treaters no matter where we land on that. Like, be cool. They're kids. Between the hell portal and the popcorn balls, those twerps are gonna have enough to complain about.

Ok thanks

Comments

[friendsfordinner]

That's it?

Why do they have to wear costumes?

[haircaring]

Yeah that's it.

And I don't know, dude, it's part of the whole thing. I think it was something about being disguised from ghosts back in the old days? Now it's just that people like costumes.

Not that I've ever needed to hide out from ghosts. So who knows. Maybe around here that's a thing still?

[friendsfordinner]

They must be fairly dim ghosts if they couldn't tell that a person was a person underneath a costume.

[haircaring]

Right?

I'd take a ghost over a monster any day. They're dumb. Ghosts are just like... some guy.

[friendsfordinner]

I like the way you think, Harrington. And anyway, ghosts are dead. What can they even do to you to begin with?

[haircaring]

Exactly! It's SO good to know there are people around here with sense. They're dead. Let them do whatever. Worry about the thing trying to eat you.

[friendsfordinner]

Immediate problems, as it is. Focus on the here and now before everything else.

[haircaring]

Immediate problems are basically the only problems I'm qualified to deal with.

[friendsfordinner]

Long term problems are for other people?

[haircaring]

I don't know man. Long term problems kind of feel like a lot of now problems that got split up to me?

[friendsfordinner]

Makes sense. There's inevitably something you can do now to lessen the problem later.

[haircaring]

Yeah?

I mean yeah. Exactly.

It's cool to have so many people get what I'm saying here.

[friendsfordinner]

Not something you're used to?

[haircaring]

If I get them or they get me is SUCH a toss-up, dude.

Which is whatever, it's this whole weird social circle thing we've got going. Mostly made up of little dipshits who think it's their job to solve weird mysteries and save the world or whatever and me trying to keep them from getting murdered.

[friendsfordinner]

You'd think it'd be easy for people to not get murdered.

And yet.

There were definitely a few people who made ass-backwards choices about that back home.

[haircaring]

Oh, that sucks. Sorry to hear it.

It's so important to follow horror movie rules out there. Really be on guard.

[friendsfordinner]

Right I don't know what horror movie rules even are

[haircaring]

Oh uh.

Mostly just listening to common sense, man.

[ Bold words from a king of "self-preservation of a chihuahua with delusions of great size" tactics, but hey. ]

Don't investigate the weird noises, don't stay in the house when the walls start bleeding, that kind of thing.

[friendsfordinner]

Wait.
If the walls started bleeding, of course you'd get the fuck out of there.
You mean people don't do that?
Have you ever seen walls bleeding?

[ Hickey, babe, that's an example. ]