It’s no longer Halloween…this was definitely meant to go up yesterday…but it sat in my notes. 👻
John Kramer 🪚
As the years pass it amazes John how many individuals begin to dress as Billy the Puppet. Now the pig masks and red robes are also starting to catch on. They have no respect for the work he is doing, reducing it to games of dress up. Playing pretend. But John has always enjoyed Hitchcock, Kubrick and such horror greats and will gladly put one on while he works. When the doorbell does ring, John will get up and diligently offer the candy bowl to the good kids. Any teenagers looking to fill their greedy pockets are turned away with a sharp word. One look from John Kramer is enough to send them back down the street.
Amanda Young 💉
The lawless nature of Halloween is why Amanda adores the holiday. She roams the streets in her apprentice outfit and for one day of the year she’s complimented and adored by all for her antics and incredible portrayal of a Jigsaw Apprentice. No horror maze is too scary, Amanda let’s herself get high on adrenaline as she grins back at the clowns and dares the chainsaw wielding actors to get a little closer. She’s a survivor. There is nothing she cannot handle. She makes it back to her place around 3am, her mouth sticky from something sweet she ate and Amanda passes out onto the couch with her pig mask in hand. Another holiday well spent.
Mark Hoffman 🚨
Hoffman hasn’t celebrated Halloween since his sister died. October 31st always meant fresh Pumpkin Pie on the table and heaping helpings of whipped cream. He hasn’t been able to stomach the flavour for seven years now. Since joining Jigsaw there is no joy to be found in the horrific and the obscene, not when it has become his daily 9 to 5. He’s a favourite at the precinct because Hoffman will gladly stay late to avoid the incessant ringing of his doorbell, despite never putting a pumpkin outside. But he will indulge his sweet tooth and takes full advantage of the bulk bags of sweets he takes off perps who get rung up for petty crimes.
Lawrence Gordon 🩺
Halloween can be busy at the hospital, people tend to act stupid on Halloween and let their loose morals guide them. But with Alison despising all things horror after their abduction, Lawrence takes it upon himself to give his daughter Diana the full experience. He will wear whatever costume she dictates, this year being the Powerpuff Girls and he the evil Mojo Dojo. The best the costume store and Amazon had to offer! Trick or treating involves making sure his daughter is always safe and telling the occasional fabricated about his time in the bathroom to parents who recognise him. The cane always gives it away. Once Diana is asleep for the night, Lawrence turns his attention to the other child - Adam. He usually ends up picking his fellow survivor up from whatever party or rave at 5 in the morning.
Adam Stanheight-Faulkner (Bonus) 📸
For Adam, Halloween is a week long event. He keeps his costumes old school horror icons - Freddy, Jason…and Luke Skywalker, because which kid didn’t want to be a Jedi?! Lawrence has unfortunately been subjected to a few duo costumes at Adam’s request. He drew the line when Adam asked about going as his rotting foot. Halloween is for late night partying, dancing Thriller. He point blank refuses to go bobbing for apples, submerging himself in water takes him back to the bathroom. Adam delights in the fictional because he knows there are true horrors in his reality.
Bonus bonus 🎃
At the lair, the Jack O Lantern carving station is the most used workbench all month. Amanda’s are half butchered monstrosities, she gets all her frustrations out of her poor pumpkins. Children carve better pumpkins than Hoffman, he’s never done it before though, so you’ve got to cut him some slack. Gordon uses his surgical and anatomical expertise to create the most gruesome lanterns. They have guts spewing out of wounds, vomiting up their insides. They are gruesome enough to have even John wonder how anyone can make such monstrosities. Adam makes a series of Jack-O-Lanterns which mirror the Jigsaw crew. He stole Hoffman’s police cap and was nearly pummelled when the Detective found it a week later. No one can compete with John’s intricate creations, but then again having a high spec laser cutter makes light work. The Billy Jack-O-Lantern stands in first place.
