maskormenace | Day 5 | Video | Vaguely backdated to earlier today

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Day 5 | Video | Vaguely backdated to earlier today

[ The video opens on a close up of Julian's face. He's wearing a hungry sort of smile, more sinister than sweet. ]

Tonight is the night
When pumpkins stare
Through sheaves and leaves
Everywhere,
When ghoul and ghost
And goblin host
Dance round their king.
It's Halloween.

[ There's an odd lack of rhyme in the last two lines -- he changed a single word of the poem. A little clue as to what he's about to do.

He pulls the camera away from his face, revealing that he's at - of all places, Disney World, Alabama. Behind him in the distance is Cinderella's Castle. Everything still looks normal. ]

Today is the last day of October. All Hallow's Eve. Hallowe'en. I've been looking forward to tonight.

I do hope you plan on celebrating, network.

[ He smiles again, wider, lips pressed together. ]

I know I am.

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[Well now that he's suitably disturbed.]

Bravo, you couldn't have made that sound creepier if you tried.

[ He raises an eyebrow. ]

Today is the day to be creepy.

Not knocking ya, man, just saying you've got the chill factor down. But there's creepy and there's sounding like a creep, which yeah, it's hard to tell this time of year. [He gives a shrug.] Halloween your favorite holiday or something?

Every holiday is my favourite holiday. And I will take the compliment.

Every one of them? So what do you do for like...Hamster Appreciation Day?

Appreciate a hamster. [ OBVIOUSLY. God. ]

[ With a cheerful, blithe smile: ]

How are you going to celebrate?

[ He moves the camera around to show off Disney World a little better. While he's doing so, he seemingly-offhandedly hums Night on Bald Mountain. ]

A good place to be, isn't it? I'll be sure to have fun. And yourself?

Oh, just staying in. It's not really my holiday. D'you have a favorite ride? One you're planning on going on?

I'm very excited for the Haunted Mansion. Today of all days it should be exciting.

How is it not your holiday?

Oh, no real good memories of it back home. It's not festive for us. What's the haunted mansion like?

Not actually haunted, unfortunately. It would be better if it had real ghosts.

What do you mean by "it's not festive"? That All Hallows' doesn't exist, or that it's not celebrated as a holiday?

Not celebrated as a holiday. It's a dangerous day.

It's dangerous where I am from too, but we still celebrate it.

Oh - really? Have you got spirits where you're from, then?

We have serial killers and madmen.

[ Honestly he could have just said "we have the Joker", but he's unfortunately a year-round thing. ]

Spirits?

Yeah. They're particularly powerful on certain nights. Though they're not serial killers or mad.

[ A beat, then she has to acknowledge: ]

Most of them, at least.

Why's Halloween special to those sorts?

And Halloween would be one of those nights.

[ Julian accepts that without question, it is what it is. A night for spirits. ]

They always encroach on my territory. [ He says this as if it's done purposefully, as if it were a personal affront. ] They like taking Christmas from me as well.

But Halloween… Perhaps it's the masks. The creepy, dark nature of the day. Perhaps it just suits the city. Our resident mascot is a Bat, after all.