We're finally getting to what was supposed to be my Halloween post, LOL! This update has a bit more staging and rearranging of pictures than usual, but it's a "special" so I feel justified in doing it. It was so much fun playing this, and the events just played out beautifully! I hope you'll enjoy reading it half as much as I enjoyed writing it!
A few days ago, Whitney missed the train that would take her sister and some of their friends on a soothing vacation, away from all the madness at home. She's stuck watching a bunch of kittens, with only two slightly bonkers Oshies for helping hands. However.... Whitney has discovered that she kind of likes it, and thinks that she'd probably like this kind of quiet yet adventurous, being-a-mom life for herself.
But something has clearly happened, which has made a deep impression on the kittens' young friends.
Moxie: It's true, we saw them!
Charlie: I believe you!
Frida: I believe you too!
Charlie: It's best if you kids stay close to home after dark. There's so many bumpyties and spookabillies out and about this time of the year.
They all felt pretty safe in the backyard, with only a little sprint between themselves and the safety of the back door.
Frida and Rowen had a bad misunderstanding.
Then Paddy had a strange kind of seizure, and fell over in a twisted heap, to everyone's horror.
There was assorted sports, all at the same time.
They also took a siesta, with the younger ones all sleeping in a pile for a feeling of safety.
But kids will be kids....!Moxie: Are you sure you want to see the ghosts? Like really sure? Because I don't think I want to see them again.
Ruby: Yeah, they're just puffs of mist. They can't hurt us.
Jaxon: Better take one of those carved pumpkins for light.
Ruby: This one hissed at me!
Jaxon: Yeh, one of them's evil.
"Please, children. Do come in to our humble homes."
"We have pumpkin-spice kibble."Burton: Um, not today. Sorry!
Ruby: Yeah, we're not falling for that.
Brice: Guys....
[assorted screaming]"It is me! Little Belle in the Well! Please help."Very Skinny Ghost: I got trapped in this box 53 years ago, and I'm sooooOooOOoo hungry.Ruby: Stay away! I taste awful!
Ruby: You didn't tell us it was
this horrible!
Moxie: I tried.
Ruby: This is YOUR FAULT!
Moxie: Oww! Stop!
Brice: Leave her alone! She said we shouldn't come here.
Moxie: They wanted us to bury them. Help me gather the bones!
Suddenly, something much worse than just a misty ghost appeared.
"EY! THIEF! Grave robber!""Leave our bones alone! We need them!"
Burton: I WANNA GO HOME NOW! *flomp*
Frida: Eeeee! Don't push me on the living skeleton! Burton: Oh no! There's
another one of them!
And this one was
angry!"I'LL TEACH YOU TO DEFILE OUR GRAVES!"
Burton: HULP!
Brice: OH NO! IS BURTON DEAD?!
Jaxon: Yeah, but only from fear, I think!
Jaxon: I'll carry him home! Everyone run!!!!!
"And don't you everrrrrr come back!" Meanwhile, the Fortean team were out on a hunt, unaware that the kids weren't safely at home watching Shaun the Sheep.
Frances: You guys hear that sound, right?
Charlie: Yeah, it's kind of like a low growl.
Frances: Or rather loud snoring.
Frances: Let's set up our basecamp in that small clearing behind the tree.
Charlie: Everyone have their sticks at the ready. We're not going home without a cryptid!
Frances: Flea spray? How is that going to help?
Rowen: There's no monster worse than a giant flee, though? They drink your blood! You'd be jerky if one of them got you.
Paddy: And we added some....
extra ingredients.
Paddy: That's some mighty unnerving snoring.
Charlie: It kind of hurts something in my brain.
Frances: Yeah, and it sounds very different from Shea.
Paddy: Wake up, you dingus! We've got a monster to trap!
Rowen: Why did I come along. Why did I even move here? I could have had a nice, boring life in the Disappointing Kittens folder back home.
Charlie: Yeah, and we can ship you back as soon as we're done here.
Frances: It's right behind the bushes.
"Zzznrrrfzzzzz!11!11!1111!!!11! Zzznooooorp!!1"Paddy: Hey, guys! We found it.
Charlie: It's a gigantic bat!
"Zzzzzzzzzzzz!1!1!1!11??!"Frances: Oh gosh, it's waking up! Be ready to grab it!
"!1!111!1!111!!111!1GRRRRRR!11!1!!""GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!1!!1!1!!"Rowen: Oh deer, I think it's grumpy.
Paddy: He's getting away! Get him!
Rowen: Hey, where did the spray can go?
"#&*%¤#!1!!"Shea: EWWW! SPLUTTER! HURCK!
Paddy: GUYS! He's armed!
Then Paddy had a
very untimely fit of paralysis.
Shea: Save yourself, Charlie! I'll do first aid!
*SPLOOSH*Rowen: BHLGBBLGBLGLBLGFBFLBFF.
Frances: Now he's just being
disagreeable. Team! To your sticks!
"Heeheeeheee!!!11! Heeheeheeewwwwblerrrhk1!"Charlie: He stumbled over a root and sprayed himself.
Shea: He's completely knocked out!
Charlie: Hold him, Shea. He's not getting away!
Next morning, the youngins were still pretty shook up over the events of the night.
Burton: It's your fault, Ruby! You wanted to see ghosts, and I got mauled by a skeleton!
I almost DIED!Brice: Yeah, I think you should appologise to everyone for almost making us become ghosts ourselves, and to Moxie and Jaxon for making them show us.
Ruby: But I've never appologised anything before. How do I do that? Does it need batteries?
Frida: You just say "sorry," but you have to
mean it.
Burton: Get rid of the bone, I never wanna see another one!
Things calmed down, and the two puppies had a game of catch.
But suddenly....!Brice: FRIDA! RUBY!
Burton: We have a problem.
Skeleton Dog: Kids, we need to talk.
Brice got so scared he got extremely brave.
Brice: You leave us all alone! Or we'll feed you to the dogz!
Skeleton: No, please hear me out. This is a misunderstanding!
Brice: You almost made my brother a ghost!
Skeleton: No, that wasn't me. It was Sprynx. Please let me go, and I'll explain.
Skeleton Dog: My name's Paulie. I used to live in one of the houses in the woods, a long time ago. There was a cat too, her name's Sprynx. We were resting in peace at the Rainbow bridge, but something not from this world dug up our bones and disturbed our sleep. Because it was so close to Samhain, the night when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest, we were dragged back over. Our bones got scattered, and some are missing. We need them back, or at least to get suitable replacements, so we can go back to rest. Your friends caught one of the creatures last night, but there's another one still on the loose - its mate.
Ruby: Dogs are much better at finding bones than us.
Frida: Yeah, we'll just be in the way. Bye!
The puppies promised to help, if nothing else than to get rid of the spooks.
Jaxon: I'll probably get used to him being a skeleton around the time he's hopefully leaving.
Meanwhile, the Fortean team were coming to the realisation that they were now the owners of a cryptic pet, and they had no idea what to do with him. They'd named him Dave.
Dave: !!!!!1! Frances: His squeaking is driving me nuts.
Charlie: We're gonna have to take him for walks. And teach him obedience.
Paddy: Maybe he likes playing with string?
Shea: And no more digging up graves for you. The only bones you're getting here are from the shop.
Dave: !!!!!!!!!!1 Frances was becoming increasingly popular among the boys. x) It might go to her head.
Whitney suggested they'd train Dave in frisbee, because it seemed like a good fit for a small, winged creature.
Charlie: Best to have pinning-sticks ready, in case he decides to lob the frisbees at us instead.
It worked! Dave spent all his energy chasing flying discs, and soon he flopped over asleep.
BTW, Shea is just as regal as his brother.
Once again, night was falling over the deserted houses deep in the forest. A night that would bring terror and reveal frightful secrets, for a wild beast was still stalking the abandoned property, cold and alone. (I love the original
Dark Shadows! Any other fans here?)
"1111!" *sniff*
*sniff sniff*
"Ɛ==3!""Ɛ==3 x4 !!!!" Malika: PSSSSST?!
"Ɛ==3 Ɛ==3 Ɛ==3 Ɛ==3 !!!1!111!!"Baines: And where do you think you're going with that bone?
"&/¤%*&!#@!!!!1"Tobie: Got her! Let's hope the other one'll be happy to see her again.
Trinnie: *crash* Did I miss anything?
Tobie: You're not on the team if you can't be stealthy about it!
Trinnie: Aww!
Baines: Let's get home while the squeaky thing is unconscious.
So, now there are two cryptids here. Actually four, if you count the two walking skeletons! How will things ever be normal again? Is Whitney going to start regretting missing the train? Will the skeletons be able to recover all their bones? Is Burton scarred for life?? Stay tuned!