#quick reply spook

[askspookyfox]

I think... I'm finally ready.

As I'm wrapping up my time here with you, I've gotten some good suggestions about a gift for October. All ideas were 'preciated! Feel free to keep suggesting things as I head out soon. Even if you don't, I hope to still see you back here next year (if I can muster up the courage to do so, hahh -sweating profusely-). Thanks for everything, it's been... a journey lmao. Y'all have a good year, make sure you have something to share with October when you come back, yeah?

[askspookyfox]

How's it feel getting so much attention from us lingering spirits after so many years? Social meter overloaded?

I ain't gonna lie, it really did threw me for a loop. As a creature that's been constantly on the move, spreading terror and feeding on the fear it follows, it doesn't make a lot of uhh... friendly company, lmao. I've watched technology develop since the beginning of it's conception and how it has changed society in the last decade alone... well... when I decided to do what October was doing all those years ago, this is the first time that I've been so swarmed with attention like this (came for an ass-kicking for what I did to October, stayed for the entertainment~). Social media is a different kind of beast and really makes me feel my age!

Definitely will be taking the year to recharge, hah!

[askspookyfox]

Do you protect Octobers lantern at all? Ever have to scare random wanderers away that were getting too close?

Pfft, naaaah. One thing you should know is that October never need protection. Before we met, her lantern in the off-season was untouched for literally few hundreds of years and it will continue to do so without me around.

October explained it to me once about how it's been safe all this time but the gist is... uh... ✨magic✨ There's something about that spot of the forest that... uh... I guess, just redirects people without them knowing to avoid them stumbling into the area or make them overlook a rusty old lantern. I mean... the veil between the mortal world and the spirit world is the thinnest every single October in this place, thus bringing about all kinds of spirits, even from all over the world, so... It wouldn't be too far of a reach to assume that there's some kind of power year-round too.

I dunno, October can probably explain it better than me. Maybe her favorite stump has magic wifi or something lmao. Wouldn't be the weirdest thing that happens!

[askspookyfox]

Spookyyyy you look terribly tired- understandably so, but it's impossible to stay mad at you like this! Makes one want to shower you in pomegranates and cuddles and head pats and the softest pillows or plushies or whatever

Uhh... thanks but no thanks. I'm not a pampered cuddly lap-fox type. 😬

[askspookyfox]

You just lost your girl AND got humbled... You need a vacation.

Man, tell me about it. 💀

[askspookyfox]

I realize there's no proper way to make amends until next year at this point but, maybe you could leave a little token or something at the stump next to the lantern so October sees it when she requires?

I'd suggest flowers or maybe apples but I think they'd all be rotted away by next year.

Huh... Ya know what... That's not a bad idea. Apples are definitely waaaay overdone and I doubt that I can guess what October's favorite flowers are. For as long as I live, I share the gift of fear and relived trauma... As y'all have seen this year. 😅Needless to say, I don't have much experience with the other end of the spectrum, so I don't really know what are the nice stuff that people give to each other... And it's not just anybody, this is October we're talking about, our favorite Halloween princess! What can I even offer her?

Hm, for once... I could use your help. Got any suggestions? Thankfully I got a whole-ass year to find something worthy for her! But for now, better make 'em ideas good.

[askspookyfox]

Hey Spook, nice to meet you. So you knew few previous fall foxes, right? Your relationship with the previous fall fox in the desert didn't end well, and its obvious you don't want a reoccurrence. So I guess the question is, what DO you want?

Why does everybody think that I have some sort of ulterior motive like I'm some kind of a super villain? ಠ_ಠ It ain't that deep y'all, I just wanna live.

'Cuz you know what I like to say... That life's a party~

[askspookyfox]

Real talk, Spook, if I may, why are you so hung up on Carter? You say he means nothing to you, yet that hasn't stopped you from glaring daggers at the guy from a distance. And honestly, so what if October may or may not hold a candle for him? What's it to you? She's her own person; she's allowed to be friends with whoever she wants. And then the whole "feeding off his fear" bit happened, which led to this whole thing... Was proving a point really more important to you than swallowing your pride and letting it be?

While I never wanted the domino effect that spiraled out of control to happen, I still don't regret scaring the guy. Y'all saw what he was afraid of! That ain't a big enough of a red flag for ya?!

Okay, okay, real talk. There's no getting around it, Carter and October had history. There's nothing I can do about that, whatever happens in the past is in the past. Hell, I don't even hold that against Carter. In fact, I don't give a shit what kind of friends October wants to have- like you said, she is her own fox and it's her life. However, it IS annoying to see how much October fawns over Carter and the lengths she'll go for him- if he tells her to jump, she'll ask "how high?".

She's a powerful spirit guide with all of you spirits keeping her company, the self-proclaimed Halloween princess, she faced off with those reaper wolves, hell she even walks with Death! So what is it about a plain human that captivates her interest for so long? What does she get out of this- what does he even offer her? She already knew they could never be, that she would live long enough to watch him grow old and die without her. She's been very vocal about her awareness, but yet... here we are.

And ugh... Carter is so fucking boring. Much like October is allowed to have whatever kind of people to be friends with, I'm also allowed to dislike people too.