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[spelleton]

Who: Héctor, Avery, Valvatorez, Jailbreak, Grimm, Ekkehardt
What: Tacky clothing, tacky costumes, and Friendship Was A Mistake Actually
When: Mid-October at some point
Where: Soleil
Warnings: Characters getting drunk to varying degrees, I think? I'll warn for anything else as it comes up, if it does come up.
Notes: yeah

It's October, and as Soleil is absolutely in on the whole 'spooky supernatural thing', they tend to take Halloween a bit more seriously as an occasion than other towns might.

There's plenty of excitingly colourful clothing. Even better, there's plenty of excitingly colourful costumes, ranging from 'good' to 'somewhat decent' to 'unashamedly tacky'. The only real struggle is picking where to go, and who gets goaded/dared/pressured into wearing something awful first.

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[fireindreams]

Most vampires attempted to forget that they were once humans. But Grimm chose not to. He was Alderic before he was Grimm and forgetting that would be a dishonor. Besides, being between vampire and human was fun, just like having one foot in the grave at all times.

"Perhaps I should keep in mind her wrath for enabling this." Although he's is exaggerating. Imelda most certainly had a presence but he doubts she would be so angry at this sort of stupid fun.

"But I do quite enjoy this. Halloween certainly has evolved over the years." And so have the stupid costumes.

[unpocoloco]

A foot in the grave and foot in the living world. There's something he can relate to, just as well for all he embraces it.

"Has it? I don't have much exposure. Except, you know, people coming in from North America talking about it. I can't say I know much about the history there." Besides being the weird cousin of Día de Muertos, both born when another culture tried to block out an old one and leading to fusions instead.

[fireindreams]

"There is an interesting history there. I believe it was a part of an ancient festival for a time, although that was quite before my time."

Grimm was born on Halloween, much to the amusement of himself and his Troupe. Still it was fun to see it evolve over the years. And the silly costumes.

"In the end what I do enjoy is the joy trick-or-treaters have with collecting candy and costumes. Do you celebrate something different, my friend?"

He has been alive for a long time but that does not mean he knows everything about different cultures.

[unpocoloco]

Thinking of trick or treaters gives him pause. So far everything has been framed in fright, ghouls, and goblins. Little children all dressed up tug at his heart strings like there's candy attached-- which he guesses is the point.

But he still brightens more to explain.

"Si! Día de Muertos! The day of the dead! Oh, it's wonderful. The life, the music, the color! Every year, families all over México, my home, put up ofrendas for the dead. We leave offerings, make feasts... it's a joyous time! It's our chance to remember those who came before us, those we lost, and know that we too will be remembered. The stories say, on these nights, the spirits of the dead return to celebrate alongside the living!"

He's gesturing wildly as he speaks, grinning, even dancing in place just enough for the skirt to sway. He's got a lot of love for this.

"Imelda and I are going to be doing a smaller one in lumiere this year. You should come! There's going to be plenty of food-- on either side of the spiritual veil," He laughs. "I'll probably be playing guitar there too, if that qppeals to you."