Halloween (Event) 2022/Story

### Intro Dialogue

> **Maddie (surprised):**Wow! What a spook-tacular entrance...**Maddie (joyous):**...to the yard we'll spice up for Halloween!**Maddie (flirting)**I think it's time for the first secret, Grandma.**Ursula (Joyous)**I've got a really juicy one for you - the secret ingredient in my Hopeberry Pie is... love!**Maddie (Joyous)**Grandma! Come on.**Grandma (default)**Oh, alright. Have you heard about 'The Tin Can Man'?**Ursula (Encouraging)**I'll spill the beans after a nice slice of Hopeberry Pie. All this talk is making me hungry.**Maddie (doubtful)**A disappearing grandma - goes well with the Halloween theme!

### Item Dialogues

Completing Deadly Preserves item line with  Face in a Jar:
> **Maddie (surprised)**This is revolting, even for a Halloween decoration!?**Ursula (encouraging)**Actually Grandpa Charlie loved collecting wet specimens.**Ursula (default)**He had spiders, fish bones and all soughts floating around in jars.**Maddie (thinking)**Wait a minute... I found a spider and a fishbone...**Ursula (default)**I guess they did last through the years.**Maddie (surprised)**But this one has a face!?**Ursula (joyous)**We all have our hobbies, dear.

Completing Freaky Critters item line with  Haunted Pup:
> **Maddie (joyous)**RUFUS! You look so cute!**Rufus (joyous)**Woof woof!**Maddie (default)**Have you seen Grandma? I bet she's coming up with some prank--**Maddie (thinking)**--like the time she had me spend an entire Halloween digging up coins--**Maddie (doubtful)**--from a treasure chest that belonged to an old pirate--**Maddie (annoyed)**--whose ghost would appear if I found the chest.**Maddie (frustrated)**Until the ghost pirate eventually did appear... and it was Grandma in disguise!**Rufus (joyous)**Rruff rruff!

### Item Stories

Halloween Decorations

Levitating in Darkness. Hang in there!This is hexing is vexing.
Sipping Danger. Better left unread. Who's the spookiest of 'em all?

Deadly Preserves

Skin crawling sensation. Staring me down.  Teeth-chattering coldness.
Chilling me to the bones. Time to face the fears.

Mysterious Cipher

Open if you dare. Message from the beyond. Too late to unsee.

### The Halloween Collection Dialogue

#### Spooky Collection 1 Dialogue

Gargoyle on Duty:
> **Maddie (default)**This gargoyle fits here perfectly. Has it been here before, grandma?**Ursula (default)**Those gargoyles were a souvenir from aboard if I remember correctly.**Ursula (default)**They used to be an iconic part of the mansion's facade. But that was ages ago.**Ursula (default)**They were taken down to be sold but I guess one was forgotten.**Maddie (surprised)**A souvenir from where? Why were they sold?**Ursula (uncomfortable)**It's a long story! I'll need a proper nap before telling that one.**Maddie (frustrated)**You always keep me waiting!

Lampshades:
> **Maddie (default)**Hi Julius! How do you like my Halloween decorations?**Julius (surprised)**Those street lights look very antique. Fascinating!**Maddie (default)**I found them in the basement. You really seem to like them.**Julius (doubtful)**Well, I'm generally fascinated by old things.**Maddie (flirting)**Like my grandma?**Julius (encouraging)**Oh well... She's fascinating in her own way. I better go say hi.

Ghost House:
> **Roddy (joyous)**Knock knock!**Maddie (default)**Who's there?**Roddy (joyous)**Boo.**Maddie (default)**Boo who?**Roddy (joyous)**Don't cry! I'm just a Halloween trick or treater!

Bumf Mummy:
> **Ursula (joyous)**Did you find him from the basement, Maddie?**Maddie (thinking)**Actually, I did. I also ran into someone you know.**Ursula (worried)**You did??**Maddie (default)**I'm joking!**Ursula (joyous)**Oh, for a moment I thought you met--**Ursula (default)**--well, I have to go now.**Maddie (surprised)**Who could I have run into in the basement?!

Skeleton Party:
> **Maddie**Hi Julius! What's on your mind?**Julius**I'm just wondering who these guys are.**Maddie**Just some old dolls I turned into skeletons. For the decorating competition.**Julius**That's right! I almost forgot the competition.**Maddie**Are you going to decorate your yard too?**Julius**To teach 'em other towns what we're made of... definitely!

Spooky Tree:
> **Roddy (relaxed)**The mansion is looking spookier than before you started the renovation.**Maddie (flirting)**I'll take that as a compliment. It's gonna get scarier!**Roddy (default)**Huh, really? I'm happy that I'm not on the jury for the decoration challenge.**Maddie (doubtful)**Maybe I should dress you as my zombie boyfriend.**Roddy (encouraging)**Boyfriend? Well, count me in!

#### Spooky Collection 2 Dialogue

Keep Away:
> **Ursula (default)**That skeleton sign will keep unwanted visitors away.**Ursula (joyous)**I wish your grandpa Charlie would have had the same idea.**Maddie (doubtful)**Grandpa Charlie had unwanted visitors? Who were they?**Ursula (default)**I was just about to check our neighbor's yards and size up the competition.**Maddie (doubtful)**Maybe check their closets too for skeletons...

Balloons:
> **Maddie (joyous)**I love these floating gas balloons!**Maddie (default)**I hope the city officials like them too.**Maddie (thinking)**The scarier the better, they said though...**Maddie (joyous)**So maybe I should pop all these balloons when they do their evaluation round!**Maddie (flirting)**A prank like that might be just what we need to win this competition.

Fake Grave:
> **Maddie (surprised)**Is this gravestone real, grandma?**Ursula (default)**Actually, it's not a gravestone.**Ursula (default)**It's one of the foundation stones of the mansion. Each founder had one.**Maddie (surprised)**Exciting! Tell me more about the founders of this mansion!**Ursula (joyous)**Not now, dear. I have to get ready for trick or treating!**Maddie (doubtful)**I bet you do.

Unreal Spider:
> **Maddie (thinking)**Roddy, do you know why a man went on a date with a spider?**Roddy (relaxed)**I don't know. Why?**Maddie (joyous)**Her wife said to TAKE IT OUT!**Roddy (joyous)**Haha, that's a good one!**Maddie (flirting)**And do you know where he took it?**Roddy (thinking)**Let me think. He took it to...**Maddie (joyous)**...To surf the web! Haha! I'm on a roll!

Big Pumpkins:
> **Julius (surprised)**So many pumpkins! Your Grandma must be cooking a lot for Halloween?**Maddie (default)**Oh hi, Julius! Yes, she's busy in the kitchen.**Julius (thinking)**Do you think she will make her popular pumpkin soup too?**Maddie (thinking)**I guess so. How do you know about her soup?**Julius (encouraging)**Well... I guess we have just been neighbors for so long. I'll stop by again!

Slimy Cauldron:
> **Ursula (joyous)**Oh, you found grandpa Charlie's old pot!**Maddie (surprised)**This is his? Why did he have a huge pot like this?**Ursula (default)**He was a great cook. We used to have big dinners in the yard.**Ursula (default)**It was a nice habit. But then one Halloween night, things changed for good...**Maddie (surprised)**What changed? What do you mean?**Ursula (joyous)**My pumpkin soup pot must be bubbling over in the kitchen. Let's talk later.**Maddie (frustrated)**Grandma!!

#### Spooky Collection 3 Dialogue

Small Pumpkins:
> **Maddie (default)**Pumpkins used to be my favorite thing when growing up.**Maddie (joyous)**You can cook them! You can decorate with them!**Maddie (flirting)**I guess my pumpkin obsession never went away.

Cobweb Trap:
> **Julius (encouraging)**You've got a rather sticky situation here, young lady.**Maddie (flirting)**Hi Julius! I didn't see you there, with all these cobwebs around.**Julius (thinking)**Halloween preparations are in full swing, I see.**Maddie (joyous)**Yes, and the theme is Ghost of Halloween Past.**Julius (encouraging)**Of course, what's Beaumont Hall without its ghosts and secrets?**Maddie (surprised)**Secrets?**Julius (surprised)**Would you look at the time! I must run to pick up my costume.**Maddie (annoyed)**I know what he should dress up as... a web of lies!

Treacherous Driveway:
> **Ursula (encouraging)**This driveway looks menacing, Maddie. You've really outdone yourself!**Maddie (default)**I think I've earned myself a nice and juicy secret?**Ursula (default)**Well, alright. The garage that the driveway leads up to--**Ursula (encouraging)**--was your dad's favorite hide and seek spot, until--**Ursula (default)**--one day he realized the voice that's been whispering "I see you"--**Ursula (uncomfortable)**--was not his friend's!**Maddie (surprised)**There's a ghost in our garage!?**Ursula (joyous)**Or just an old lady who enjoys pranking little children.

Haunted Well:
> **Maddie (joyous)**Watch out for the Haunted Well!**Ursula (joyous)**Hahaha! Fall in and no on will hear you yell.**Maddie (flirting)**I guess this means that you owe me another secret?**Ursula (encouraging)**I've got just the one for you.**Ursula (default)**As the story goes, there's a spooky well in the mansion grounds--**Ursula (uncomfortable)**--that surfaces once in a blue moon and then disappears for months afterwards.**Maddie (thinking)**Sounds like a cover for a secret tunnel--**Ursula (joyous)**--For GHOST! Hahaha!

Three Witches:
> **Maddie (joyous)**Hiya Roddy, do you like my trio of witches?**Roddy (joyous)**Like 'em? I love 'em!**Roddy (relaxed)**What are they brewing down there... a love potion?**Maddie (flirting)**You'll just have to wait and see.**Roddy (charming)**Well, you can put a spell on me anytime...**Maddie (default)**Sorry, what was that?**Roddy (charming)**You can TELL me if you need a hand with anything.**Maddie (flirting)**Thanks Roddy, I will!

Deathly Willow:
> **Roddy (relaxed)**I wouldn't want to have a picnic under this tree!**Maddie (joyous)**Unless, you wouldn't mind having a few creatures of the night join you.**Roddy (joyous)**I think I'll pass.**Maddie (flirting)**Speaking of scary creatures, will you be dressing up as one?**Roddy (charming)**Yes, as someone who's very scary to those breaking building codes...**Maddie (default)**Who?**Roddy (joyous)**A building site manager! After all, I do have the perfect hard hat.

#### Spooky Collection 4 Dialogue

Dracula Outfit:
> **Maddie (joyous)**An old Dracula outfit!**Maddie (thinking)**I wonder who used to wear it...**Maddie (surprised)**Wow, it fits the statue surprisingly well!**Maddie (doubtful)**It's like it was made for him...

Cemetery Gate:
> **Ursula (joyous)**Golly gosh! This is the scariest Halloween entrance I've seen yet!**Maddie (flirting)**A deal's a deal - tell me about the Tin Can Man?**Ursula (default)**If you insist... the Tin Can Man was the resident ghost who was after naughty children.**Ursula (frustrated)**If he caught you doing something you ought not to be doing, he'd rattle his cans as a warning.**Ursula (uncomfortable)**If you heard the rattling three times in a row, boy, were you in real trouble!**Maddie (default)**Sounds like another 'cautionary tale' to keep the kids in line, though.**Ursula (frustrated)**How do you explain the rattling I heard when I stole my sister's favorite doll?**Maddie (thinking)**Fishy hosts and rattling ghosts - just what this mansion needs...

Pumpkin Hearse:
> **Maddie (joyous)**All aboard the pumpkin hearse!**Maddie (default)**Once you step on, you're forever cursed.**Maddie (default)**Watch out for its driver made of bones,**Maddie (default)**And its invisible horse but its loud and sickening groans.**Maddie (default)**Show no fear, don't let him hear you cry,**Maddie (joyous)**Or risk being turned into a pumpkin pie!

Spooky Stallion:
> **Ursula (encouraging)**Now this is a great stallion.**Maddie (joyous)**Probably not the best to have in your stable, though.**Ursula (default)**I still have a skill or two up my sleeve--**Ursula (default)**--that I could use to tame even the wildest equine.**Maddie (surprised)**I didn't know you trained horses?!**Ursula (joyous)**Who said anything about horses, dear? I must finish carving my pumpkin now.**Maddie (discouraged)**And she is off to the races...

Halloween Headstone:
> **Ursula (encouraging)**We will definitely be the scariest manor in town.**Maddie (default)**Do you think it will scare off the trick or treaters?**Ursula (joyous)**Well, more candy for us!**Maddie (thinking)**But we don't want kids to run past our house for the rest of the year.**Ursula (default)**We could do with less prying eyes and snooping noses around here.**Ursula (encouraging)**I better go check on that last batch of Halloween bakes.**Maddie (doubtful)**Even Sherlock Holmes wouldn't be able to unravel what goes on around here.