Trick or Treat | Halloween Prompt Event

[silence]

Hey, you. Yeah, you.

Ever feel like you want to drop a cheesy one-liner into your writing? Do you want to go off the walls with movie references? Or maybe you absolutely need to subject your character to improbable holiday-themed situations. Well, good news: you now have an officially sanctioned event to get as spooky and candy-corny (hehe, get it?? It was going to be a vampire pun, but they all suck.) as you like.

That's right, it’s… a holiday prompt event time! And we're gonna make it spoooooky.

• The aim is to use as many prompts as possible in threads to earn rewards. There are 15 prompts. You only need 10 of them to complete the event!
• Each thread must feature at least two members to qualify (you can't solo these prompts!).
• Open threads explicitly started for this purpose can be tagged with the "HOOK" prefix.
• You can use any of your characters to finish prompts - they don't have to all be the same – but the prize at the end will only apply to the character you completed the most prompts with.
• You can only use one prompt per post.
• You can use currently existing RP threads, but the posts for the following prompts need to be made during the event.
• Reply to this thread with the code below to track your progress. Edit it as you complete each prompt.
• Please underline the quote for easy locating. Thank you!
• This public writing challenge will end on November 15, 2024- take your time and have fun!

These prompts describe a general scenario for your character to get into and can be interpreted as you see fit.

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.

The quotes must be used in full somewhere in the thread for the prompts below. The lines can be used outside of dialogue, and pronouns or tenses can be changed to match context.

9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

Five Prompts Completed: A terror-ific holiday badge to put on your profile!
Ten Prompts Completed: A unique in-character item.

Please copy the code below and reply to this thread with it! As you complete the prompts throughout the month, fill out the template with the links to the threads. Good luck, and remember, if you got it, haunt it.

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

 

[Lucie]

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

7/15

 

[Garuda]

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

 

[Karken]

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

 

[TipsyValkyrie]

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)

 

[Frankatron-X]

1. The weather turns dark and stormy.
2. Have your character enter an abandoned building.
3. Your character tastes something sweet.
4. Something or someone startles your character.
5. Your character puts on a mask.
6. Someone tells a scary story.
7. A nightmare visits your character.
8. Your character honors the lost.
9. “That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!” (Nightmare Before Christmas)
10. “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.” (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
11. "He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese. My good-time boy." (What We Do in the Shadows)
12. “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” (Hocus Pocus)
13. “I want a world where you can escape your problems and not learn anything.” (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
14. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” (The Witch)
15. “She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or, maybe she'd just love something to eat.” (Coraline)