Lost World Mods (lw_mods) wrote in lost_world, @ 2013-02-28 23:27:00 |
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Entry tags: | new planet, plot |
Planet Easterween
There's a bite in the air that speaks of Autumn. Cool breezes that snake by, hinting at the winter that's on its way. The trees sport leaves of fire, red, yellows, browns, and everything in between. They fall on the wind and drift lazily to the ground. Some days the sky is bright and some it has a cloudy menace. The rain that falls is cold, almost threatening to be snow. There's even that certain fall smell lingering over everything. Spiced pumpkin pie, hot toddies, everything that signifies the first big holiday of the season, Halloween, is on its way. But look closer. The grass is bright green, flowers are in fresh bloom everywhere. The twitterpation of Spring can be seen in the butterflies and dragonflies that flit about here and there. Hummingbirds dart about, looking for sweet nectar. Baby birds can be heard chirping in nests, their parents busily worrying about their food and shelter. Children can be heard playing outside, seen running around in shorts and cute light weight dresses. Some days, they can even be found swimming and playing in sprinklers in the front yards of the neighborhoods.
This isn't the only strange juxtaposition happening. Houses are decorated with grand displays for Easter and Halloween. Some houses have both. There are costume stores that are always open, harboring frightening masks and fiendishly elaborate outfits. Stores have fantastic displays of plastic grass, egg dyeing kits, and selections of little toys made to fit in baskets. They have those, too. But there isn't always a clear divide for the two holidays. Pastel bats and skulls, black candy in the shape of little flowers, there's a great jumble, it seems as if any combination can be found alongside the traditional.
The people, outside of their devotion to this odd mixture of holidays that seems to occur year round, are fairly normal. Average folk who go to school and work. Who dress like average folk do. With, maybe, a little more in the way of sundresses and bonnets, costumes and black clothing, black bonnets... slightly creepy bunny masks...
One thing that they will all relate the same, however, is that one should not walk the streets at night. When the sun goes down, nobody can be found. Doors are securely locked - a bit more securely than even a paranoid shut in would think normal, curtains are drawn tight. Everything in the entire town shuts down. Not a soul can be seen before the first light of dawn cuts through the darkness, and all resumes as if nothing happened.
For you see, when the night comes, is when they appear. The monsters that inhabit the whole planet. Restricting residents to their towns and cities. Keeping them from fun overnight camping trips. Creepy animals that stalk any foolish enough to set foot outside of their homes after dusk. There are four that have to be watched for. Blood thirsty vampire ducks, ravenous zombie rabbits, horrifyingly persistent malevolent ghost chickens, and perhaps the worst and most confounding at all, the sheep that become monstrous wolves.