Chatterbox: Pudding's Place

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Leaves swirl around your feet as you head out to the
backyard to get a pumpkin. You kick angrily at them before yanking the biggest
pumpkin off its vine. This year for Halloween your parents are going to send
you to Aunt Rachel and Uncle Richard’s house. Aunt Rachel always serves bland
porridge for breakfast and even blander spaghetti for dinner. There’s never any
lunch. Never any snacks. Never anything but water. No TV. No internet. No cell
service. No books. It’s surprising they even have electricity and running
water! You set the pumpkin on the porch and stomp into the kitchen for a knife.
Oddly, there’s a wicked-looking black one with a white handle on the counter.
You shrug and grab it. Back on the porch, you cut into the top of the pumpkin. “I’m
going to win the Jack ‘O Lantern contest no matter what!”, you exclaim, then
add bitterly, “Since it’s the only thing I’ll get to do for Halloween anyways.”
You take off the top of your pumpkin and reach inside to grab a handful of
seeds, but feel... Nothing... You pull out your arm and peer inside the hole.
There is something long and brownish in there. You stick your hand in again and
pull it out. It’s a tootsie-roll! “How could that have gotten in there?” you
ask out loud. You un-wrap it, and instead of finding chocolate, you find a
tightly rolled note. You take it out. It reads: 

Dear VPT (Victim of
Parental Torture),

I’d like to offer you
an escape from the horribleness of bland porridge and spaghetti. I’m hosting an
overnight stay for as long as need be at my mansion. All Hallows Eve Manor (AHEM)
will open its doors to any CBer who wishes to come and stay for the duration of
time that they wish. AHEM offers: The Candy Suite, The Haunted Library, The Bat
House, The Dungeons, The Ghost Wing, Ibrahimbimmy’s Awesome Exclusive Deluxe
Renowned Restaurant, The Theater, The Costume Palace, The Wish Room, The Locked
Door, and much, much more. So much, in fact, that you might never want to
leave!

See you soon,

Candy

P.S. Bring your own
trick-or-treat bags.

P.P.S. If you
misbehave, Panthera will escort you away to an isolation cottage in the Veiled
Woods. Try not to go insane, please. I hate calling asylums.

P.P.P.S. Please don’t
kill each other with light sabers. The light hurts my eyes. Dueling is only
allowed if the participants use normal swords, and the audience buys their own
popcorn.

P.P.P.P.S. I will pick
you up at 11:30 pm in three days. Just wait on your roof.

“Awesome!” you think, “A Halloween sleep over party at a
spooky mansion for as long as I want with no porridge or spaghetti? I’m coming
for sure!” You run up to your room to pack your bags, totally forgetting about
the pumpkin.

 So! Halloween in a
spooky mansion, held by a mysterious person named Candy. Who’s up for it? Just
tell me what you and your AEs’ and CAPTCHAs’ Halloween costumes are and you’re
in! You have three days to sign up, but I might
accept late arrivals depending on how much Halloween candy they give me. Also,
feel free to guess who I am!

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