Week One - Task #01. “The Day After”

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

You and the others feel it in your bones. The hollowness of a name missing from the air.

Pipkin. He was there. You remember him on the fringes of Halloween. Then the clock struck midnight and he vanished.

The Pumpkin Tree stands before you. A great dark thing, half-alive, its many pumpkins aglow with searching eyes. Not orange anymore. Now they dazzle in shades of memory: pale blue and dusty bronze in the burning candlelight.

One pumpkin right in the center has gone dark. That was his. You recognize Pipkin’s eyes in the carving.

Halloween might be over for the world, but for you, it’s just begun. Somewhere, lost in time or shadow or sorrow, Pipkin is waiting to be found.

Task:
Create a Signature &/or Avatar to go along with this activity and post below! 5 beans will be awarded for posting an Avatar image (100x100px), 5 beans for posting a Signature image (250x100px)

Alternatively you may Describe your signature and/or avatar in 75 words or more, or share your favorite Costumes using 100 words or more to tell us about anything you may have worn yourself or perhaps encountered out around Halloween or other festive occasions.

This task is worth 10 beans, with an additional 14 bonus beans for completing all Week One tasks by end of activity. Deadline is 11:59pm (HOL time) on Friday November 21st.

[Janne Halla]

Finns don't really dress up for Halloween (though it's becoming somewhat popular), but I've seen mentioned that a lot of kids, girls especially, want to dress up as characters from K-pop Demon Hunters.

I was surprised how popular the movie became, even among non K-Pop fans. Apparently, the music is really good and the movie itself is really colourful. I've seen costumes from the USA on this year's Halloween that had kids dressed in the group's stage outfits, with bright jackets, shiny decorations, and amazing hairstyles.

I also think it’s great to see something from South Korea (K-pop) become so popular in other places.

[River Fenwick]

While I don't go out or dress up for Halloween anymore, I've taken a liking to horror costumes rather than the more family-friendly variety. However, that's obviously because I'm an adult who wouldn't be terrified of it. I like a good authentically unnerving costume, ideally based on books, movies, or TV shows. However, I've always been far more impressed by the effort put into costumes than by what they actually are. I will never knock down a costume that someone made themselves, even if it's not something I'd particularly like, because that's still far more effort than most people (including myself) would go to. I'm a sucker for some SFX or prosthetic makeup to really seal the costume in, like I saw someone create button eyes and a pointed nose for a Coraline costume.

[Emily Spencer]

[Kaylee Oatsong]

Hello,

It's been a few years since I haven't wore original costumes, but this year I wanted a change, and I meant something that nobody would wear. I merged two things I loved into one, eerie costume: babysitting and horror. I wore a casual outfit, a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, except that everything was splattered in fake blood. There was a baby bottle through my body, as if shoved in my stomach. I wore a small pouch with the blade of a dagger sticking out (not a real one, obviously). It was one of my favorite costumes! My friends were not waiting for that!

Kaylee Oatsong

[Viviana Kingston]