twenty five | Tadaima

[strike_you_out]

Graveyard 
[As the dead rise from the earth after being abducted and placed in their graves, so does Lil' Slugger. He burrows his way up from the ground and begins to shamble through the graveyard, grinning in a most unhinged manner. One arm reaches out ready to ensnare a victim while the other wields a baseball bat unsteadily above his head. He'll wait for a moment for the rest of is family to emerge, then begin to search for his dear friends.]

The streets
[Something is watching you. Something is stalking you. A ghoulishly pale, grinning boy may be peering into your window or hiding behind the bushes, just waiting for the right moment to jump out and snag his prey.]

502 Ricardo Residence 
[Pokey will receive an unexpected visitor in the night. The sound of fingernails scrape against a bedroom window pane and if Pokey looks, he may catch a glimpse of a familiar grinning face.]

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[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

You're going to see it. Up close.

[He makes as if he's going to toss you headfirst through the window. This, of course, won't do so he'll set you down instead, climb out, and attempt to pull you through with him.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[...Okay. Yeah, he's going to try and pull in the other direction now.]

...You know something? Pretty sure I don't need to see it that close.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

You didn't visit. Now you'll pay.

[And he just keeps pulling you back to him. He's got a pretty good hold on the back of your shirt. Not only that, but at the first opportunity he gets, he's going to try and bite your head... which results in failure but you still might feel a tooth graze your hair.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Oh, okay, now he's scared. He'll keep trying to struggle back, and the failed attempt to bite his head/ Just gets even more of a reaction out of him. He tries to start kicking, which really just results in him falling to the ground.]

But I did visit! I did!

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[Aha! You admit it! Slugger lets go and peers down at you from the window sill, still with one knee placed in the frame.]

That's what I thought!

[He seems content with this for the moment and sits there grinning. Well, he never counted on being dead and buried before, but it's nice to know if your friends come to visit.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

....

[Oh man. He is scowling. He is just scowling. And that leads to him just shaking for a moment, tilting his head down before he yells.]

It isn't funny!

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[That gets his attention. He stares at Pokey in equal parts confusion and surprise.]

...

You okay?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[He is not hicking. Not at all. He's just looking at the floor because there's actually something interesting there. Yeah. That's it.]

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[The urge to pick Pokey up and haul him around still remains, but it isn't completely unsuppressible. Climbing back into the room, Slugger stands before Pokey and offers him a hand to get up.]

...I won't make you see my grave.

[Hopefully that's enough to dispel some suspicion.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

....

[Pokey looks back up, but starts to get back up on his own.]

...Seriously? You thought I was going to fall for that again?

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, he wouldn't trust himself either. Slugger drops his hand to the side and pretends to be disappointed about being unable to trick you.]

Not anymore. [A weak smirk.]

I'm not completely back to normal. But I feel... okay.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[If Pokey can tell the disappointment is insincere, he certainly won't show it. He just shrugs a little, trying not to show his relief that you're here regardless.]

Yeah, well...it'll probably get changed to normal by the end of the day. That's how it's always been working.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

Right.

[He's pretty confident about that for the most part and you seem to be, too. But why then do you look so tired? And why had he felt so much negativity hanging over your house like a dark cloud when he'd first arrived?]

Did really believe--?

[Wait, no. ...No. He's just going to stop right there and shake his head as if it was just a stupid thought.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

.....No. Of course not. Don't be an idiot.

[He did. He totally did. After everything else, after all he's lost to this stupid, god forsaken town? He truly believes he might have lost his best friend.]

I just didn't know when you'd get back.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[With a nod of understanding, Slugger lets the subject drop.]

So then... you haven't gone trick-or-treating?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Pokey shrugs.]

Not yet. Halloween is tomorrow so...we'll see what they do then.