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☠ 2nd Haunt ☠ - [Action | Voice - Forward-dated to Tonight]

[It's oddly cold. Like, really, really cold. Much too chilly to be wearing nothing but a flimsy new feather dress that's dirty, ripped at the end, and wrinkly. Perona wakes up from the chill, grumbling and trying to focus amidst the fuzziness of sleep and the narcotics still circulating through her system. She rubs her face, cursing under her breath and sits up, rubbing her arms to warm up. How long has she been gone? It wasn't this chilly when she was...taken... Perona snarls at the thought, hugging herself tighter, and thanking her stars that she can't remember a damn thing of what happened this time around. To be frank, she doesn't want to know, all things considered. Her first ever kidnapping wasn't the best thing in the world, and she'd rather not remember it, not relive it, thanks.

Instead, she tries to look around her to gather her bearings. It's night, obviously, but...but something is different. There's...there's decorations up - colored red, yellow, orange, and brown - and there are jack-o-lanterns and a big, bright moon and--WERE THOSE BATS?! And...and those spiderwebs are positively enormous hanging from the....g-gnarled trees... ♥♥♥

Perona sits in place on the path, her mouth hanging open in dumb shock. No...ahaha. No, it's too perfect. It just--no. Haha, they wouldn't be that generous. The Malnosso would not be that generous. Nor that kind. They'd never think to drop her back in Luceti during Halloween. It just can't be. She even looks around the ground for her journal, picking it up once its located, to check the date; just to be absolutely sure.

But then Perona spies a ghost--no, two ghosts! Two ghosts that are most definitely not hers cruising through the mist and cackling away, obviously up to no good. She follows them with her gaping expression until they fade from view and she takes a look around, slowly this time to soak everything in: Ghosts that aren't hers, a fog hanging around, bats, cobwebs with some beautiful looking spiders in them, jack-o-lanterns, straw people... I-It is, isn't it? They brought her back during Halloween.

Sucking in a big gulp of air as her eyes sparkle with ELATED BLISS, Perona jumps up with a loud shriek of rapture, dissolving into hysterical laughter as well as a few twirls in a large circle.]

OHOROHOROHORO~! IT'S HALLOWEEN, IT'S HALLOWEEN, ISN'T IT?! There are ghosts, there are ghosts and bats and cobwebs and mist and...and eeeeeiiiyaaah! I'll have to make a costume! What should I be?! M-Maybe a succubus, or a devil, or a vampire, or...! [HNN, CANNOT CONTAIN THESE FEELINGS.] Oh, and sweets! I have to get candy and cookies and...aaaah, I bet everywhere had pumpkin pastries and spiced drinks and--

OOOOHH~!IT'S HALLOWEEN, IT'S HALLOWEEN, I'M BACK IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN!! Horohorohoro I have so much to do!

[LATER, BITCHES, SHE'S OFF ON A SHOPPING SPREE.]

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[OOC: Hey guys! Breaking my hiatus a little early to bring back just one character. The other two I'm hoping to have back in business the first or second week of November. Just to let you all know. o/ Now back to your haloweeny shenanigans.]

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Oh, yes! Halloween's my very favorite holiday! It's everything that I love coming together for a full night of thrills and mischief. I can play tricks, eat sweets, dance and sing, drink...what's not to love about it? Plus, I can dress up, too! [Which she really has to get on right fast. Oh, the choices, the choices! She could be different things every day, but that'd be a little chaotic...ahh, so much to do!]

And I can maybe make friends with some of the other ghosts here, horohoro...

Pranks hm? Careful~ You never know what return pranks you might get from such a thing.

Are you friends with ghosts already?

Horohorohoro...don't worry, I make sure not to leave any trace of my presence behind. [Meaning her tricks are crafty and sly, and usually involve her hollows or the "novice" type things - nothing that'd point directly back to her.]

And no, but I do intend on meeting them! If they're good company, I'd love to make friends.

Oh? The most dangerous of all~ I wish you luck then and hope I don't have to face any of them.

I'm not sure ghosts usually count as "company." And these just seem to want nothing more than to show up in the shower at inopportune moments to surprise people.

[...The fuck.]

[FACE. PALM.]

And here I thought I escaped that stupid beastman... Mmrm, at least I now how to deal with pests like that, though it's unfortunate the ghosts are perverts. [She sighs.] I had almost expected better of them... Mischief makers, of course, but nothing like that. How unsavory.

[There's a calculated pause as Fujiko thinks this over, her tone shifts from something playful to a bit more serious.]

You're familiar with such... "pervert" ghosts as these, then?

Not a ghost, he was much more manageable. He was a beast of a man...and an idiot. [Honestly, ugh, if there's one person Perona's glad to be rid of from Thriller Bark, it's Absalom. Being the only lady on the ship that's actually alive and a human...]

He tried several times to peep on me, but I caught on quickly...and I'm now immune to him and his power. [Call it a sixth sense, Perona just happens to know when he's around, even if he's skulking around while invisible.] And my skill made it so he never even got that idea in his head ever again, horohorohoro...

All men are idiots, and most are beasts. So this sounds par for course.

Your skill? The immunity you mean? Wait. He's not really here in Luceti though, is he? [Fujiko will re-get paranoid on this joint, don't make her do it.]

[Perona laughs, covering her mouth to smother the most of it. Oh, does she ever agree with that, lady, she knows full well how most men are. She's spent two years living with some of the most stubborn, pig-headed, and unaccommodating men in the whole world.]

Oh, no, not that. That's really just...me knowing when he's near. My skill - or ability, really - is something vastly different. I'm afraid I can't diverge what it is, or I really don't want to. [She sticks out her tongue for a second.] But no, that distasteful person isn't here, thankfully...I may have already struck out against him by now if he were.

[A soft laugh.] A woman after my own heart. [She waves a hand about the power though.] So long as you know how to tell when he's near, hm? I have something similar with my ex, but that's a bit complicated, as I'm sure you can imagine.

Mm, I think I can understand. [At least to a degree, maybe. Peorna's never really had anyone she's ever thought of romantically. She's had her flings here and there, mostly for espionage and delivering the woe-filled husks of pirates to Moria for shadow collecting, but never anything serious. The closest thing to people she's ever really cared deeply for from the bottom of her heart are Mihawk and Zoro.]

Perv--eh, Absalom was part of my former crew. That's the one I...think ill of. [Which is the nice version of saying she broke his jaw and shattered his spirit a few times during their journey together.] If he shows, I'll be sure to inform every lady.

"Crew?"

I think I understand then. Lupin's the biggest pervert in his group, but goodness, I'd be too happy to kill anyone else who tried to be that stupid. I've come close enough a couple of times with Lupin as it is.

[A brief nod, followed quickly by--] Mm, I'm a pirate. [And then into the next topic.]

Horohorohoro! Similar experiences? Had I not been told to keep the beast alive, I really may have shredded more than his spirit. Though after a time, I became satisfied with that much... [Perona chuckles darkly. Ah, if only she could kick Absalom down once again, for old time's sake.]

Yup, that sounds like me and Lupin all right.

Why were you told to keep him alive though?

Capt--ah, Moria-sama's orders. The ignorant animal was useful to Moria-sama, as were all of the Mysterious three, so I had no choice but to listen. A crew obeys the will of their captain.

[Otherwise they get punished. At least, that was the case with Moria. His name wasn't feared on the ship by the lower zombies for nothing, after all. Hell, even Perona remembers when she was sometimes intimidated to say her former captain's name. ...Long ago days, hmph.]

Mysterious Three? Sounds sneaky. [In a good way. Fujiko approves of sneaky.]

What kind of pirates were you?

Very much so. [Ah, those were the good old days... She doesn't necessarily miss the people, but Perona does miss the pranks, tricks, just being sneaky and using her powers more. It's no fun not being able to haunt anyone.]

Mm, what kind? [Her lips curl into a devilish smirk.] We were the most wicked, horohorohoro...

Whoa~ Scary.

I'm definitely glad I don't have to worry about crossing your paths, hm?

[Perona laughs again, sticking out her tongue playfully.]

Don't think you're so lucky! I may be without a crew, but tonight is a night of mischief! I can be frightening on my own, by my self!

Oh, I've no doubts about that. I'll just do my best to make sure we're not chasing the same goals, hm?

And what goal would that be? I have no other motive than to create a great panic and have lots of fun until after the holiday. [And maybe snatch a bat to keep as a pet if she can.] If our goals are the same, then I think an alliance would be most beneficial.

[LET'S FUCK SHIT UP.]

Coincidentally, that is my goal! Well, current one anyway.

What do you have in mind?

[This is beautiful/terrible. Only bad things can happen.]

Setting my...friends, old and possibly new, on unsuspecting parties and people alike. And, of course, playing my own variation of tricks and pranks. I know how to scare people rather well, if I may be so bold to say, horohorohoro~! [Seriously, her devil fruit power comes in super duper handy when it comes to scaring the ever loving hell out of someone. Her hollow ghosts just add to that, obviously. Especially when it comes to throwing her voice around.]

And you, miss? I don't think I'll need much help, but it may be fun with another so I don't get caught.

I'm very good at avoiding getting caught. And as it so happens, that's specialty when helping someone else prank.

Got a target in mind?

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