Halloween 2021 in Animalia was shaping up to be quite the big event, due in no small part to the Night Parade of 100 Demons. However, there were a few things that were either revelations for the newcomers, or big surprises for otherwise established members.
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With the first 'episode', with Susanoo and Heracles meeting for the first time, there were several TV channels, as well as Netflix, who were competing (in a way) to begin hosting/showing the series. While the PR-MD made it clear that the Animalia Website would be the primary site where it would be hosted, it was open to negotiations, as long as it was fair.
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Heiya Island was getting into the Halloween spirit in an unusual way. To represent the "chaos" of Amaterasu hiding away, four teams of "yokai" had formed and had begun pranking people in really outlandish ways, from pranks we are familiar with, to those that only happen in Japan. Fortunately, Tsuku-Yomi was able to keep things from getting out of hand by having the four teams record their pranks for scoring, and the team that had the most points by the end of Spookyville would be getting the largest "Kandy Kauldron".
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Mieni Atoll was having a bit of its own Spookyville in a different way. Not only had "Ghost" been introduced to everyone after shi and Allura surfaced, it fueled a new interest in naturally hermaphroditic animals, especially vertebrate ones, since these had the best chances of becoming Animalians, but that was something for later.
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After finally getting away from Manny Calavera and his bad jokes, Miss Juliet and her girls were able to explore some of the exhibitions, though there were a few things that were a little unnerving.
"Oh yeah?" said one guy, after hearing what Olympe wanted to go to first, "well just wait until a slime serpent in the haunted hospital bites you on the leg when you least expect it."
"The slime serpents, eh?" said one of his friends, "That's not the monster that scares me, it's those terrible, flying bush bats in Sleepy Hollow I hate."
"That's nothin'." dismissed another of his friends. "Worst monster of Spookyville of all time is Franken Castle's tree troll, with his big, wooden club!"
"Those all ain't nothing to the Mamba Wamba Swamp's muck monsters, with claws like razors on fire." finished a final friend.
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A final thing that happened, which was both amusing and unexpected, was when Lars reunited with his ex-wife. While it was unexpected, the "squabble" would have to wait until after Spookyville was over. But what was clear from the first was that Lars' ex-wife was having an issue with her ex-husband not only dating (since nothing was official quite yet) someone who was a good deal younger than him, but also of a 'higher class' than him. Though nobody really knew what this was, there were theories on the internet, ranging from "financial" to "passive-aggressive revenge".