Who: Duncan and Isabelle
When: Morning, around 10am
Where: The Library
What: Duncan comes in on his day off to decorate for Halloween..without really letting anyone know first what he's doing.

Duncan had originally planned to wait a full week into October before decorating the library, but later decided that 'five' was a much more wholesome, sensible number, and so therefore came to the conclusion that no, the first Friday, which was five-days in, would be perfect. The djinn was grinning the entire time as he delicately paper mache bats and spiders on shelves and in subtle spots on the circulatory desk. He hadn't told anyone he was coming in this Friday to decorate. In fact, Friday was generally one of his days off, so he hadn't bothered to dress like a library worker. He wore ripped jeans and a thin tee shirt that was something close to 'white' and had the words: "I'm Not Even Supposed To BE HERE today!" printed across them. He thought it very apropos for the situation.

The decorations were made mostly by him, although the plastic happy-face Jack-O-Lantern with the empty head (that would be filled with candy someday soon) was something he'd used to carry baubles on his trip over to Elysium. He knew it would come in handy later! He'd crafted bats and spiders from paper mache and some pieces of old boots that had so many holes in the soles he couldn't wear them. The fake cobwebs he strewed about the tops of cases and the front of the main desk were actually a white sheet that he'd taken a long, long time to cut. Having no real access to the "spiderwebs" he'd bought during the season a year previous, he figured this was good enough. He would have set up a few eternity-lasting flames suspended randomly, but he wasn't sure Sascha would like that.

He wasn't even sure if Sascha would like this, but, as far as he could tell, it wasn't doing anyone any harm. The giddy djinn loved Halloween. Especially when he spent it with creatures of the non-human variety. The irony was a big warm fuzzy amusing blanket to him. He hummed "Monster Mash" while he worked, only pausing to actually verbalize 'THEMONSTERMASH!' in a high pitched alto when it came up in the tune.

Who: Isabelle and Katrina
When: Early evening
Where: Their cottage

Isabelle had always been a bookworm. In elementary school, when her peers played basketball and hopscotch at recess, she would sit in the library and read. The passing years hadn't changed that aspect of her personality much - she still preferred the company of books and fictional characters to interaction with those around her. This explained why she had been rummaging through her room in search of her copy of Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the last hour or so. She let out a frustrated sigh and ran her fingers through her hair, glancing around her bedroom once more, although she was now certain the object of her search wasn't there.

Slipping quietly out of her room, she walked down the hall lightly to stick her head in the room her sister shared with Shane. Katrina had taken to napping in the afternoons, waking after the sun had made its descent below the horizon. Isabelle pushed the door open a fraction, and poking her head inside, she found her sister sprawled across the bed, her breathing deep and even. She was just about to leave as quietly as she'd come, when Katrina asked in a sleepy voice, "What's up Issy?"

It still brought a smile to her face to hear that nickname from the one person who meant the most to her. "I didn't mean to wake you up," Isabelle answered quietly, not wanting to disturb Katrina's slumber.

But the elder sister simply shook her head, before saying, "No, you didn't." Katrina stretched then, a movement that reminded Isabelle of a cat. She yawned before continuing, "What do you need?" The gesture allowed the younger girl a glimpse of her fangs, but the image didn't frighten her as it had the first few times she'd been aware of them. She knew that Katrina would never hurt her.

"I was looking for one of my books. I can't find it in my room," Isabelle explained. "I was just wondering if you'd seen it."

( Katrina rolled onto her side to get a better look at her sister. )

Who: Zach, Katrina, and Isabelle
Where: Library
When: Noonish
What: Trying to regain lost memories.

Zach scribbled down fresh notes into his notebook, copying information from the book in front of him. Even though there weren’t official ‘schools’ here, not yet anyway, his father took it upon himself to charge Zach with homework related to things that Kelsey thought would be beneficial for his son to know. It wasn’t like taking classes because it wasn’t everyday and all of the time, but Zach had to have this essay turned into his father before tomorrow afternoon unless some disaster or tragedy happened that hindered him from finishing it, which was highly unlikely.

The library was fairly quiet at the moment, and Zach was thankful for that small miracle. Otherwise, he wouldn’t get any work done. He really didn’t know how his father would react to him not turning in the essay. Okay, maybe it wouldn’t be that bad, but at the same time, he was used to doing what he was told by now when it came to his father that he just did it without trying to test his boundaries too broadly. Pencil graphite scratched over a clean sheet of notebook paper, reaching his ears above all other sounds — if there were any other sounds. The occasionally book opened or closed, pages flipped, hushed murmurs echoed from far away.

While he scribbled down notes and pondered on his historical essay regarding the establishment of the Republic of China, he hadn’t expected for one moment that anyone would approach him while he had his nose in a pile of really large encyclopedias and history books.

Who: Adrienne and Katrina (with Isabelle)
When: Early Afternoon
Where: In the market place
What: Adrienne unexpectedly sees Katrina and decides to start up conversation

Despite having a rocky start, Adrienne's day was turning out quite nicely and part of that reason was the gorgeous weather that Elysium was experiencing. The lycanthrope had spent the past couple of hours in the market place lingering in and out of the various shops. She had found a few items that she needed, opting to trade for them with the promise of cookies rather than taking just taking them. The shop keepers didn't seem to mind though (they never did), but Adrienne just couldn't take their goods without repaying them somehow, even if it was just through another kind act.

And now she sat upon one of the benches just outside of the clothes shop, just sipping on her fruit flavored drink while watching people as they hurried about the market place. No one could tell she was watching them, though, her dark sunglasses shielded her eyes from their gaze. And so they went about their business without a care in the world, and Adrienne remained content to watch them from her bench. She leaned back and slouched a little, a heavy sigh passing her lips as she felt completely and utterly relaxed.

Adrienne contemplated her random encounter with Simon earlier that day. A part of her equated it to Zach's run-in with Katrina, but she knew it wasn't the same. Adrienne wasn't happy or anything to see Simon and the meeting hadn't left her confused in the least. In truth the only thing that the two incidents had in common was the fact that it was utterly unplanned and unexpected. Adrienne wondered if there was anyone else she knew in Elysium and she had just not run into them yet. It made sense to the brunette that people could be in the same town without seeing each other until four months had passed; Helicharis was a good-sized town, and Elysium itself was a huge land. The odds of running into someone you knew, especially since not everyone left their house everyday was slim.

She sighed again and let her head rest on the back of the bench. The sun was warm upon her face, just a little too warm really and the girl returned her head to face forward. Adrienne sipped her drink again and rested her right arm along the back of the bench. She had contemplated going home before she had to volunteer at the medical pavilion, but the sun was enticing her to stay outdoors just a little bit longer. At least until she was done with her drink.