hollower | ☠ 2nd Haunt ☠ - [Action | Voice

[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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[Yup, she's gained one (1) mini-pirate for company. Probably for the rest of the night, if she doesn't ask him to leave.]

Decorations? Oh, you mean for this Halloween event thing. You celebrate it too? [Since they don't have that in Goa, he's only read about it recently. But if Perona knows about it... maybe some other islands in the Grand Line has it too.]

[No way, Perona wouldn't turn away Sabo if she can help it. Company's rare outside of Mihawk, Hayate, and sometimes Sanji, so having someone cute and little and fun to be around will lighten her spirits considerably. M-Maybe she can even get him to dress up... *__* ♥♥♥]

Yes! Have you not heard of it? It's my very favorite holiday! [Ngghh--!! Perona holds her cheeks and begins to rant, floating off the ground with a definite shimmer in her eyes.] It's a holiday for the wicked! Where ghosts and ghouls and goblins walk the earth with no worry! Where you can dress up however you please, in the scariest ensemble you like, and no one minds! Where you can play pranks on people with little consequence...horohorohoro, I already have some things planned for that...and it's a time where you gorge on candy and sweets and make mischief and scare people until they jump right out of their skin! OOOHOROHOROHORO!! I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED!

[Insert flailing here. :|b]

[See, this? This is why he likes spending time with Perona. Her energy and her way with words, the vivid way she describes things and tell stories. It effectively shook most of the misery off Sabo for the moment, and he gives a loud laugh as she flails.]

Guess this shift's like an awesome treat for you, huh? They turned the village all creepy-like, with the mist and all the cobwebs 'round! And I heard there're ghosts too, but I haven't seen one yet.

So what're you planning? Can I help?

[Do your worst, Perona. At this point, it's most likely he'll agree to anything. :|a]

Yeees, coming back in time to enjoy all this is the biggest favor done to me by the Malnosso! I still hate them, but maybe a little bit less for letting me enjoy my favorite holiday! [At least until the holiday's over, at least. Perona's hatred for the Malnosso runs deep, and isn't easily forgotten.] And I saw a few of the ghosts already! I haven't spoken to them, but I'm so excited to meet them...I wonder if we'll get along? O-Or if they're maybe, cursed souls w-walking the earth...aaahhnnn~! I'm so excited!

As for help...I could use some help decorating my apartment, and making some treats to give out. Ah! And maybe we could decorate the floor of my home into a large haunted corridor! No one lives in the rooms, I think, other than me and Mihawk-sama, but we can skip over him. Oh, and we'll have to get you a costume, too! A scary one! O-Or maybe an elegant one...like a dark, demon prince or a vampire's child or...ooh, you'd make a cute devil, too!

[Escape while you can, Sabo. Quickly.]

Oh? Do the ghosts look like yours? Or do they look more human? I wanna meet 'em too! Maybe there's a ghost of a pirate captain around! I'd love to hear their story! [He might not be fond of ghosts themselves, but he can't miss hearing pirate stories from the ancient times.]

Decorating sounds fun! I can make paper bats and spiders to hang in the walls and windows. [But then! A better idea pops in his head, and he's hitting a fist on an open palm.] That, or we can catch some real ones!

But huh, costume? [Rubs his chin.] Me and Ace and Luffy used to dress up as an old man. You could say we look like an old wizard or something. And then we'll beat up the punks in town and-- [Realizing he's trailing off-topic, he laughs sheepishly.] Well, I'll just leave that to you, then? I'm game for anything.

[TOO LATE.]

They're more human, from what I saw. Though a few look something similar to mine... I only saw a few, but you may be lucky and find an old pirate captain to tell you a tale! I-If you do, please let me know! I want to hear a true ghost story from a real ghost myself! [HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT EVEN BE?! *A* Hrrrgh, Perona's going to have a mini heart attack at this rate. Especially when Sabo begins talking about catching real bats and spiders to play with. Aaah, Sabo, you're a genius!]

That sounds perfect! You're such a smart boy, Sabo-kun! A natural for this holiday! [Brb, picking you up and possibly spinning around once. She's in her happy place, don't mind it much. 8|b] I was so lucky to have found you! I promise we'll have plenty of fun together, and you're more than welcome to come by any time you like before or after Halloween, so please stop by whenever! Maybe we can even prank Mihawk-sama...horohorohoro...

And we'll see what we can find! If there's nothing available, then I can just sew you something! I may take some time, but if I work hard, I'll come up with something perfect, I'm sure.

[If it's for Halloween, and for Sabo, she'll work extra hard, huffpuff. But to do all that, they have to head out, sooo...off Perona goes! Probably after she remembers to put Sabo down after a few feet, whoops.]

I sure will. It'll be cool, right?! He'd have had adventures and visited places that might've already been lost through time. He'll be like a living, talking logbook-- er, except for the living part. Damn, now I really wanna meet one! [FFF dorks, the two of them.

And welp. He's used to being randomly picked up by Ace and Marco, so he's even grinning as she spun him around. Although as she went on and on without letting go (or listening to his requests to be put down), he gets more fidgety. Boobs are weird, man. :T

Just sighs in relief and fixes his hat once he's down.] But Halloween would be long over, if you're only gonna start sewing now. Maybe we can dig for alternatives in the Clothes Shop? And who knows, maybe there'll be ready-made costumes there.

As for the bats and spiders, I bet they're easy enough to catch! They're everywhere already. Rats too, though I don't really like 'em. [Pause.] Who's Mihawk?

[Best dorks. Perona's already thinking about all the fun she'll have up to and on Halloween, meeting ghosts, dressing up in all manner of spooky and beautiful outfits and costumes, scaring the ever-loving hell out of people, pulling pranks, gorging on sweets...ah, maybe she can even sing and dance again, this time against the backdrop of a harvest moon with bats abd fog and her ghosts twirling around.... *0* ♥]

Eeh...I suppose you're right. Maybe we can get lucky and find something suitable, like you said. [Though Perona's tastes in just about any and everything run on the refined scale, so...meh. She can always put together something flashy if she tries hard enough.] As for the bats and spiders...they won't be much trouble to catch. I'll ask my hollows for help, and it'll become simply a matter of picking them up after they drop....horohoroho--

[HOLD THE PHONE, SON.] Wh--eeeh?! Y-You don't know? Dracule "Hawk-Eyes" Mihawk? One of the seven Shichibukai! The greatest swordsman in the world!

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

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