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Oct. 15th, 2020 01:24 pmEast Hallow was... well, it was an odd place. Even now, weeks after it had suddenly opened up to us all, I wasn't particularly sure if I liked it. The entire village seemed to be slowly shifting toward something else, something a little more sinister, something that felt like whispers on a cold wind warning me of something darker. I knew Halloween was meant to be fun, so I was trying to take it all in stride, viewing the slumped and eerie jack-o-lanterns as a neat and spooky effect, but I was a little on edge.
More on edge now, I realized, because Richie and I had lost Eddie somewhere in the crowd. We were heading to the corn maze and he knew we were going there, so I assumed he would just meet us when he managed to make his way through the crowd. It seemed like everyone in Darrow was here to celebrate Halloween, which made sense, as East Hallow had asserted itself right off as the place for it.
Still, I wished Eddie was with us as Richie and I got to the start of the corn maze.
Before I realized what was happening, we were being ushered into the maze as part of another group and none of my protests that we were waiting for someone were heeded. We were caught up in the flow of the group, only able to stop once they'd split off into different directions, laughing and shrieking as they headed off into the dark.
"Eddie's not going to like that we didn't wait for him," I said, although this seemed like it might be a good time to ask Richie about something that had been weighing on me. Only a little, I wasn't really angry about it, but my curiosity was getting the best of me. How many people really knew I was a man called Captain Hook?
More on edge now, I realized, because Richie and I had lost Eddie somewhere in the crowd. We were heading to the corn maze and he knew we were going there, so I assumed he would just meet us when he managed to make his way through the crowd. It seemed like everyone in Darrow was here to celebrate Halloween, which made sense, as East Hallow had asserted itself right off as the place for it.
Still, I wished Eddie was with us as Richie and I got to the start of the corn maze.
Before I realized what was happening, we were being ushered into the maze as part of another group and none of my protests that we were waiting for someone were heeded. We were caught up in the flow of the group, only able to stop once they'd split off into different directions, laughing and shrieking as they headed off into the dark.
"Eddie's not going to like that we didn't wait for him," I said, although this seemed like it might be a good time to ask Richie about something that had been weighing on me. Only a little, I wasn't really angry about it, but my curiosity was getting the best of me. How many people really knew I was a man called Captain Hook?
