Trick or Treat!

Tide (Object)

Lifting the lid would reveal two things to Tide: One, that the Jack-o-Lantern had one of those falst candles already installed in the middle of it, one of those that was a fake 'wick' and flame that flickered when you clicked the switch (Talk about a Treat!), and that hanging from the underside of the lid by a thin, pumpkin-colored thread was a tiny, wrapped, sugar cookie skull like from certain culture's holidays. Written on the forehead would be the name of one of Tide's Bondeds.

What would happen when it was eaten? Well, quite simply, said Bonded would turn mostly black, aside from any notable Rank markings, and white markings like skeletal bones would appear!


Gertude (Scary)

Quite a persistent pumpkin! Well, it just wanted a home, perhaps, for a little while. Or maybe longer as her pumpkin would be made of plastic instead of real pumpkin. The lid would lift away easily, and affixed to the underside by a wire would be a small chocolate pumpkin! A tag tied to it would read 'Bonded-Friendly chocolate!' Clearly it was a shiny treat! But who would claim it?

Whomever it would go to (or whomever snatched it first, as the case might be) would find themselves suddenly turn as translucent as a ghost, though they would be still quite tangible and standing firmly on the ground, and no, they wouldn't be able to walk through walls. Hopefully they wouldn't find that out the hard way.



Jeremi (Words)

When told of this later, Kemori would certainly make not of it for next year. Yes, this would make for a fine trick, but no, this time had nothing to do with the Kitsune.

(That would be the hiding place he'd carefully chosen to pounce Jeremi from.)

Lifting the lid would thus produce no startling splat or spray of silly string. Rather there would be a smaller Jack-o-Lantern, in the form of one of those candy ones, in a tiny bag within. He might not want to try eating it himself, however: it was designed for a Bonded. Said Bonded would be gifted with the spirit of the season upon eating it, however, as they'd turn a particularly pumpkin shade of orange and somewhere, whether it was on the hip, chest, cheek, back, or wherever, a black Jack-o-Lantern face would appear!



Mildred (Happy)

Oops indeed.

Perhaps in a sense the cheerful Jack-o-Lantern had it coming, at least in Mildred's eyes. But it never stopped smiling, quite happy to bring the lighter side of Halloween to the home.

When the lid hit the ground, however, something like a piece of taffy bounced out of a small hole carved into the underside and across the floor. With a scent quite delectable for several species of Bondeds, it likely wouldn't be long for one to snap it up...

And promptly start softly glowing like they'd been dunked in Glow in the Dark paint. Nothing would change about their color scheme otherwise, just a soft radiant aura would wrap around them.



Fredericke (Angry)

Finding a candle was simple enough, and lifting the lid would actually reveal that in the bottom was a small plate to set it upon.

It would also reveal a bag a candy corn taped to the inside of the lid, with the name of one of her Bondeds on it. A gift? Certainly seemed like it!

Granted, turning orange, yellow, and white like said candy might be considered a trick, but at least it was harmless?





Cain (Object)

Oh yes, there was a sense of humor involved, even it exactly how would be revealed later.

Taki was quick to scamper in, delighted with the Jack-o-Lantern when she saw it and the lights Cain had collected. Curiously when the lid was lifted there would be a small bag of treats inside, what looked like white-chocolate covered pretzels made to seem like bones. Any would be able to munch on them but the first Bonded of Cain's to would uncover an interesting side effect: their body wild turn ebony black and like one of those goofy Halloween shirts white marks like their skeleton would appear.

The irony certainly wouldn't be lost in Taki.



Dust - Spooky

Perhaps eventually someone would more fully explain Halloween to Dust, but at the moment it really didn't matter much. He probably had some idea what was going on or at the least would know what to ask about later.

What was important was what was attached to that piece of fishing line through the lid. First line, then lid came up, and at the end of it a bag with a marshmallow ghost. A tag tied to it would say 'not for human consumption; Bondeds only! Safe for all species!'

Well, looks like someone would get a treat! But when they did they'd find a trick included as they would turn into a translucent version of themselves. Nothing else changing, no special abilities included. Just see-through.



Telmaril - Object (Owl)

Yes, another pumpkin for the festive setting! Now the one Tel had been working on had a partner it seems. And this one came with a treat included, as tied with wire to the underside of the lid was a bag of candy bones complete with red 'blood' adornments! But the scene would be that of a Bonded treat rather than a person treat. And to the Bonded that nommed it would go the trick as they would turn ebony black and be marked with white 'bones' of their own looking like a very spooky (and potentially adorable) skeleton!



Jessera - Funny/Happy

Yes, knowing or not of the holiday by any name the jack-o-lantern was not about to remain ignored forever. And if it had to trip its owner to get attention well, so be it.

Thankfully it wouldn't be very heavy and the cheery carving would go nicely with most décor. The lid wouldn't even hit the ground and risk getting messy pumpkin mess on the floor, attached to the pumpkin's inside by a long-ish wire. And affixed to the middle of said wire would be of all things what looked like a glow stick. Only it wasn't quite a glow stick as a tag would read 'Bonded treat, safe for consumption!'

Granted, the tag failed to mention how said Bonded would glow like the glow stick afterwards, but at least it would be a pretty glow?


Belial

Well, Belial would find out that thankfully glitter wasn't on the IF's agenda this go around. (probably saving all of it up for the winter holidays, really.) No, no glitter, confetti, or anything of the sort. Just a sugar cookie that would smell decidedly like it was meant more for a Bonded rather than a person of any sort to eat, shaped like a traditional jack-o-lantern with royal icing.

Said Bonded would find it tasty, but with a bit of a trick as they'd turn pumpkin orange, barring any rank markings, with a black jack-o-lantern face showing up somewhere on their person.



Shrayla

The pumpkin was of moderate size and weight, the image flickering with an LED-style candle within firmly affixed in place. Hey no worries about catching anything on fire! But the light would also reveal that there was a good reason for it to be a fake flame: resting up against the pumpkin's walls would be a large bone-shaped treat, a massive pretzel layered in white chocolate and with pretzel balls on the end to complete the look. It would even be carved to make the effect complete! But the wrapped goodie would also have one of Shrayla's Bonded's names written across it in icing, so it was clearly a marked gift.

Upon consumption said Bonded would turn pitch black and gain white, skeleton-like markings with a bit of a tribal twist on the forehead. You know, just for aesthetics.


Khareesh

Yep, when the IF got involved stranger things indeed happened than a happy pumpkin picking its new owner. Even stranger than what Khareesh would find when he had a moment to examine the jack-o-lantern in more detail: a sugar crystal suspended within, softly glowing in a manner that would be almost undetectable compared to the candle. The scene of it would be irresistible to a Bonded, a goodie clearly make for them, and to the one who won the treat would go a soft candle-like glow of their own!



Melonwei

A carved gourd with a lid. Definitely an oddity! But whomever had gifted it to Melonwei had both well known to scamper after knocking, and had included a treat as well with the rather polite trick. But this wouldn't be a treat for her. Rather the rice cereal and white chocolate ghost she'd find inside, kindly wrapped in plastic, would have the image of a Bonded species upon it! A shiny goody, as it were. And when consumed the Bonded in question would turn as translucent as a ghost, utterly unharmed otherwise. It was just too bad they didn't get the ability to go through walls.



Linah

Party at the Shamrock!

Nearly everyone who lived in the Village had likely stopped in at one point or another to join in the fun. The knock got the attention of more than one patron simply because of its oddity, though a few laughed that someone was getting into the spirit of things. It wasn't a trick-or-treater though. Zhi's discovery of the Jack-o-Lantern would get more laughter. It was indeed quite the Grumpy Gourd! But in kindly would have a treat of sorts, for a Bonded if the tag was any induction: a pumpkin spice cookie colored to look like a large candy corn!

A color motif that said Bonded would gain when they munched the goodie, turning yellow, orange, and white!



Aletha

The poor pumpkin really was trying it's best to be scary, but then again when you were presenting yourself to brings who had seen and/or dealt with demons and other such monsters on a regular basis, well, most any attempts were likely to come up a bit short. But it was trying it's best.

Popping its lid open - somehow the thing was actually hinged! - Elz would be the first to see a candy treat inside. A ghost made of a cake ball and modeling chocolate, to be quite specific. A tiny candy sign in its 'hand' would read the name of a Bonded species. Perhaps a goodie intended for the kind specifically, the sort with customized nutrients.

And the ability to turn them into a translucent version of themselves, sans pass-through-wall ability. But that was still cool, right?



Arieh

So while many in the Weyr, Village, and elsewhere were along the spectrum from baffled to amused to highly annoyed it seemed Arieh had the good fortune to have something of a reunion! Stan would seem quite as happy with the situation despite his 'intoxicated' state, and in offering for the occasion have a gift for the Vessel of War: a small bag of rather brightly-colored, nearly glowing, liquid-filled gummies. While these would be sharable with everyone in the household one Bonded in particular would have a rather strange reaction (thank you IF quite likely!). Soon after the goodie was gulped down said Bonded would start to softly glow!



Jenna

Well, the night did not end well for that pumpkin! Though it was utterly undeterminable now it had once been a rather simplistic cat image, one of those with its back arched and fur spiked in anger or fear. Now, however, it was little more than a victim of Odo's carnage.

Well, at least pumpkin tasted good? And it wasn't entirely full of guts to make the mess even worse.

In sorting through the remains Jenna would find something that had survived: a dangling skeleton wrapped in plastic. Though looking like plastic connected with string to make the 'joints' movable, it was actually isomalt sugar and thin licorice cords to tie it together. In other words, utterly edible and sweetly crunchy! A faint scent would reveal that it was flavored for a Bonded, though said Bonded would be the target of a small, harmless trick when it was eaten: aside from any rank markings they'd turn entirely black and gain white marks matching their own bones all over their bodies.



Rylan
Well, perhaps there was a silver lining to Rylan's predicament: being the one to give out the candy certainly had to improve his reputation among the children! And he'd get to see their costumes and share in their enjoyment.

All about perspective, you know.

And look! Now he had a buddy to spend the evening with and to make the place more festive! The cemetery jack-o-lantern was light enough to pick up though when the Harper did so he'd feel something bumping around inside. But looking would reveal that it wasn't a candle, but a small sugar skull, decorated like for the Day of the Dead with all the piping and adornments that entailed. The name across the brow would be that of one of Rylan's Bondeds, and it perhaps was a sign of the trick that would be played upon said Bonded when it was eaten: they'd turn ebony black with white marks as if their skeletal shape had been imprinted upon their pelts or hides.



Well, only one thing to say:





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Thank you both for your patience, and for participating in my little quick event! Just as a recap here's the Pumpkins and the results. If there's any questions, feel free to PM me! Consider all of these a Halloween Holiday Mutation.

Scary - Spectral - the Bonded turns translucent like a ghost, but they can't walk through walls

Happy/Funny - Glow in the Dark - Though the Bonded appears unchanged, they note glow in the dark; the exact brightness is circa that of a candle or a glow in the dark toy.

Angry - Candy Corn - either vertical, horizontal, or in some such fashion they turn orange, yellow, and white in the same pattern as the candy

Object (An animal, scene, or other non-face or -word) - Skeletal - the majority of the Bondeds body turns black, with white markings resembling the shape of a skeleton

Words (Boo! Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween! Etc.) - Jack-O-Lantern - the Bonded turns pumpkin orange and gets a black Jack-o-Lantern face somewhere on their body