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[originaldragoon]

[Rose is in out and about on Main Street when she makes the video]

First there were all those apples, and now there are pumpkins, some with faces carved into them, all over the place. Not to mention that the whole town- [And one of the ghosts pass by, just out of the corner of her eye but in clear view of the mirror.] Seems haunted...

Is this something normal for this place?

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[originaldragoon]

[Ace, why are you so weird...]

What are you talking about?

[ace_of_hearts]

Fall. Does your world have seasons?

[originaldragoon]

It does. You just seem very excited for autumn, that is all.

[ace_of_hearts]

Oh!

The Island I grew up on didn't have fun stuff like this even for the rich assholes in the city, and even though we traveled a lot on the Grand Line, every island has a different season, and catching festivals of any kind is really hard when you're not sticking around anywhere!

It's fun!!!

[originaldragoon]

At least you get to stay put for this upcoming festival. Apparently it is called Halloween, and it has to do with candy, costumes, and all of this. [She waves her hand to indicate the pumpkins and ghosts.]

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah! I know Halloween! It's in my world too. Not yours?

[originaldragoon]

Never heard of it until today. There are harvest festivals, similar to the one that we had a few weeks ago, and Halloween seems to share a few of those elements. But, the other elements like the costumes and ghosts are not part of any festival in my world.

[ace_of_hearts]

I don't know if ghosts are real in my world. Probably. But yeah it's a whole death and monsters thing! I think there's something for kids, but I forget what it is, like I said, my home island wasn't this much fun. So mostly my crew used it as an excuse for costumes and pub crawls.

[originaldragoon]

I was told that children basically run around getting candy. [Though she is not sure why.]

And it looks like my roommate is stocking up on candy as well.

[ace_of_hearts]

Sounds legit. Your roommate has good taste.

Luffy would get a huge kick out of this. But all I'm gonna do is the booze thing like usual probably. Unless you wanna sight-see some of the stuff with someone who's also dead?

[originaldragoon]

I already seem to be surrounded by the dead.

[And another ghost goes by as she says that.]

[ace_of_hearts]

Is that bad?

[originaldragoon]

It is a bit unnerving...

Though can you say that we are truly dead anymore? We both breathe and need to eat, drink, and sleep. And I am pretty sure that we can bleed too. Those are the signs of a living person.

[ace_of_hearts]

So the portal brought us back to life, but in another world??

But we'll die if we leave here, right?

[originaldragoon]

It seems that way. But that still does not change the fact that we are alive again.

[ace_of_hearts]

Are we?

[originaldragoon]

In a way we are. You could say that this is a second chance at life for us.

Or would you rather be in the After Life?

[ace_of_hearts]

Nope! I just was thinking -- [Well, he knew Luffy and his crew and Otama would be mad at him and miss him, but maybe Rose didn't have that assurance. So he just smiles.] Let's make this second life even better than the first one, yeah?

[originaldragoon]

[Rose gave a small sigh.]

Might as well. [Though starting over just sounded a bit too easy for her.]