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Event Committee will be holding a joint event in the atrium tomorrow evening to formally kick off the Halloween season with an unveiling of the Crafting Club's secret project as well as continuing the beloved tradition of pumpkin carving. This year, the pumpkin carving competition will be shifting to a group event, with teams divided by house and year. Students are encouraged to plan ahead and the winning entry will be displayed in the atrium in a place of honor throughout the rest of the month.

And speaking of the dance, a quick thank you to everyone who participated in the recent date auction. We managed to exceed expectations and I hope everyone enjoys what we have planned for you this year. VIP package arrangements have largely been finalized but [...] feel free to forward any ~~ridiculous demands~~ requests and they'll be taken under advisement.

[Warded to Event Committee]

Vee, can you organize refreshments for tomorrow's event? I seem to recall Mr. Hightower served cider and some sort of pumpkin muffins last year if you just want to repeat that. Everyone else, please be prepared to spend time decorating the atrium after classes tomorrow.

Tonight's meeting kicks off the official start to Halloween Dance planning season. Following Mina's example from last year, I've posted a suggestion box outside the meeting room for anyone who would feel more comfortable expressing themselves anonymously. While its use is intended for Event Committee members only, I fully expect to read through multiple suggestions about aliens.

[Warded to Big Fish]

[...] It's entirely possible that I'm abusing my party planning powers to force all of you into an extra bonding activity this month. We've got a couple brilliant artists in our group and hopefully the rest of us are at least skilled at shoveling out pumpkin guts. I'm looking forward to spending the evening with all of you, but it would go more smoothly if we had a game plan in place. Perhaps an homage to Kurt's impressive muddy showdown last year? (I'm kidding, mostly.)

Apologies for springing this on all of you after an unexpected night of very poor sleep.

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It does seem like a fitting way to avenge our smaller fish. And certainly not the worst thing to be known for.

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Better than Best Booties of Gooseberry, that's for sure...

The true bonding experience was all of our cabin silently but unanimously agreeing to give only 50%... I've never felt more in tune with them.

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I’m proud of our cabin and our half efforts

It was such a relief to see us all half-assing it...

Do I subtract or give out a point for this.

Can you give half points?

Well. Two half points for Ennis.
I hope that calculated

Thank you, thank you!

Ugh, seriously.

I hope you've all agreed to use up that extra storage of 50% for tomorrow's competition.

I gave 100% toward giving 50%... The best I can guarantee tomorrow is 125%. My desire to avenge our little fins combined with my smug confidence in our artistic ability and teamwork fuels me...

I'll accept 125%, but if I even think it's only 124%, there's going to be... some very stern words followed by apologies for raising my voice, in the proper Ribbonfin manner.

I'll only cry a little and then apologize profusely for crying. We can hug it out afterward, in the proper Ribbonfin manner.

Remind me to be a worse influence on you guys.

It's too late for us seniors but there may be hope for the underclassmen...

They do need a little vengeance

But in an entirely school-sanctioned manner, of course.

The best revenge is a legal revenge

How's everyone faring, all things considered? I suppose it's all a little more mundane than the usual worries about moosemen?

Everyone was up far too late last night. But I think it’ll settle, now.
I should be glad about the mundane problems, all things considered.

That's good and I hope you got to sleep in. This whole thing with the Sy copycat is worrisome. I suppose we can count out the freshmen as culprits for this one, at least. Do you think they actually saw something or just spooked themselves?

Maybe. Unless there's a really tall freshman we're missing.
Or someone really good at polyjuice.
I think they must've seen something. Maybe it was dark, and they just thought they saw the "killer", though. I don't know.

This joke wasn't even funny last year.

No, it really wasn't. I have a blindspot for Sy at times since we've known each other so long, but it certainly wasn't one of his better decisions.

I was ruling freshmen out because they weren't here last year, but it's not as if the legend of the Fake Lake Gooseberry Killer hasn't spread plenty. It seems odd for someone to go so much trouble and after it just being Sy last year, it's hard to know if there's any actual reason for concern?

I guess sticking to the campsite after dark and plenty of quiet nights in with the board game collection until the end of the month are the best solution. [...] Do you actually get any nights off now that you're Big Boss Prefect?

[...] You don't think he'd repeat pattern, do you? I'm asking that rhetorically, not because I do.
I don't know him that well, but we raised a whole squonk together, and he wasn't that bad.

I'm worried about polyjuice, and I'm worried about it having something to do with moosemen or ghosts after all. I figure if it's an actual freshman or anyone else, otherwise, they'll get caught and punished. It's just having to wait.

Wait quietly, yeah.
And, sort of? I don't have to patrol, every night, but I'm pretty much understood to be on call.

And risk losing everything again? I can't imagine Ms. Vector would let him keep his captaincy with a repeat stunt like that. And it seemed like he really did make an effort to be [...] better after coming forward last year. I'm sure Rosy insists on his innocence?

Polyjuice? Do you really think someone would go that far? Ghosts [...] and moosemen do seem likely suspects. It's what I'm [...] most afraid of. And to think we only had one mooseman to blame last year.

Oh, I see. That's ~~disappointing~~ a huge responsibility.

I didn’t really think so.
He isn’t stupid. And you can tell the captaincy means a lot to him.
And she does, yes. Reid said he was with him both times. They wouldn’t lie.

I don’t know if they would. I kind of miss the days of only one moose.

And it is, but it’s all right. I still have time to myself, it’s not like I’m being asked things constantly.

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