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WHO: giorno!!! and you!!!
WHEN: all october
WHERE: [ waves hand ]
WHAT: catch-all for quests and some other stuff!
WARNINGS: some gross stuff related to insects in prompt v.

i. skellington

[ later that day, giorno can be seen trying to pick six good-sized pumpkins; he's being very meticulous and is trying to find long, stout ones. he's not having much luck since by the time he gets to the garden, a horde of skellingtons attempt to steal it from him. he's been summoning his stand to beat them up. ]

Hey, can we not do this? I'm in the middle of an important decision-making process.

[ he is trying to find a fifth one now. ]

ii. pumpkin-carving

[ he's never really done anything related to carving all his life unless you count that one time he caved luca's skull in!! neat!! but giorno is on a mission here. that mission entails drawing his friends' faces on the surface of the pumpkin and attempting to carve them.

it's going .... not so well!!! he lops off the tops of the pumpkins and tries to carve a face but he succeeded on making a giant hole in the middle of what was supposed to be mista's face, and giorno frowns. well, he's no artist, but he's going to do his best, and anyway none of them are here to defend their respective honour against his shitty art skills.

towards the end of the day in flavo, you might see him taking his finished masterpieces to his house!! if there are any candles around he'll put little tea lights inside of them. some of them are plainly unrecognizable, and if asked, giorno will readily say that they're his friends from home with pride. some of them, however, are of his close CR/canonmates; they all look terrible and he's not sorry. ]

iii. what's an important memory [closed]

[ he is going to approach the well apprehensively. ]

What if he comes back?

[ the 'he' in question is a photo of his father. ]

iv. italian bossip nite [canonmates] [yes that means botaro too]

[ he is going to painstakingly write the numbers in for the playing cards he found so they can get going with the game. alternatively we can all do something else, like giorno teaching you them how to flashdance or something.

they can also tell spoopy stories. ]

v. trick or treat.

[ in the spirit of the season, giorno has a huge cape draped around him that's supposed to make him .... a vampire. dundundun.

IF YOU ASK FOR A TREAT:

a - from the pumpkin seeds that giorno has in his pocket, giorno will make flowers, butterflies, four-leafed clovers, giant dandelions whose fluffs can totally be blown enthusiastically in the wind, hummingbirds/small birds, a snail, a turtle.

IF YOU ASK FOR A TRICK:

b - from the pumpkin seeds that giorno has in his pocket, he will take a handful and he will turn them into any of the following: wasps, millipedes, roaches, bats, maggots, termites, moths, and, if he's feeling really mean, a skunk. alternately you can also ask for the BODY HORROR OPTION so you can see him grow shit like jellyfish in his mouth.

pick your poison! let me know if you want trick or treat in the subject line!

to anyone who approaches him, giorno will smile and show them both of his hands, clenched tightly. ]

Careful what you wish for.

vi. other.

[ pm me or help giorno clear out some space in flavo for farm shit. ]

ooc; if you want something else and it's not covered in the log just lmk via plurk (ilium) or pming this journal!

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[ giorno raises his eyebrow at the inelegant rambling. finally he just says, ]

I don't really care whether or not you carve something standard or not. I'm saying that I'm carving whatever I want and that happens to be people I know of. If I really want to be standard I'd drag you to church. [ after all, around this time of the year, that's what a lot of the more devout citizens did closer to all saints' day. ]

Anyway yes, it's entertaining. [ he produces a knife for him. ] This is probably the best thing this town has come up with during the time I've lived here.

Church ... ?

[ He doesn't really get the connection there. But that still doesn't stop him from taking the knife and straddling a seat next to Giorno, looking curiously over the table. ]

Yeah, it's really nice though, this whole celebration. And I mean, I don't know what it must've been like for you since you've been here longer, but I can imagine it's a good change of pace. [ He leans over the table, glancing over some of Giorno's other pumpkins. ] Are these all people you know too? Oh, and can I use this one? [ Pointing to one of the smallest untouched pumpkins. ]

This time of the year in Italy, lots of people head to church to remember the dead.

[ he says by way of explanation. he hands over the smallest one to jion. ] Go wild.

.... maybe I should put nametags on these guys. They don't exactly look great. [ a slightly embarrassed laugh. ]

I don't think they're bad! [ He leans across the table to get a better look at one of them. ] I mean, to be honest, this looks kinda hard. I don't think I could get one to look anything like a real person, so you did a pretty good job.

[ He settles back in his seat, turning his pumpkin around once so he can get a good look at it ... and then looks to Giorno. ]

So, uh. Where do I start?

Well. You kind of have to turn it around, like so -

[ demonstrates on the table with the knife marking the pumpkin for where the carvings should be to prepare it. ] - and the way I've been doing it, you sort of want to cut around here, so that way you'll be able to have a decent-sized hole you can shove your hand in comfortably while taking out its guts. Careful with the knife, though.

Oh, got it. [ A cant of the head as he looks down at his pumpkin. ] That sounds kinda gross. [ Said the guy who regularly pulls out his own guts.

Still, gotta do what you gotta do! Not being careful at all, Jion stabs the knife into the pumpkin's top and drags it around in a big circle. It handles differently from a scalpel and he's not too graceful with the knife, so his circle is lopsided, but it should suffice. There's a short struggle before he manages to pop the top off, and he huffs out an exhale. ]

This is a little harder than I expected. You must've worked hard, making so many.

I have a lot of time in my hands. [ too much, really. in naples he'd be up to his eyeballs with work but not here. giorno just smiles. ] It's not like I have to go to work here or go to school or anything. Maybe the biggest problem here is biding time.

It's like purgatory, but the people are nicer. [ a tilt of the head. ] Well, however it is that purgatory is supposed to look like.

One of the vampires told me that they sew human souls into penguin costumes - like it's some children's show! - in hell. Isn't that ridiculous? You should be able to go to hell with dignity.

Edited 2018-10-29 03:32 (UTC)

[ He's leaning over his table, elbows-deep in his pumpkin fishing out the guts when Giorno mentions the vampire, and he has to stifle a laugh. It's probably that vampire who eats fish, right? He's still grinning as he starts depositing the pumpkin innards on a plate. ]

Well ... I mean, isn't hell just a place where they make you miserable? And that sounds pretty miserable to me, getting put in a penguin costume for eternity. Especially if it's fire and brimstone down there, I bet it gets hot.

[ He's not religious himself, and he says that all breezily before remembering Giorno had mentioned church. That wasn't rude, was it? Jion glances over to see if he looks miffed. ]

[ no offense incurred! giorno just looks thoughtful as he considers it. ]

Fitting, I suppose, but it's an odd punishment either way.

[ giorno peers at the plate. ] I think we can eat this or turn this into something. I'll have to ask someone who actually knows how to cook if that's even doable, but we have so many of it that it'll be a waste not to use it.

You can do something to the seeds to make them nice to eat, right? Dry them out or bake them or something? [ Jion dumps out one more handful of pumpkin insides, looking over the seeds. He likes eating them, but has no idea how to process them.

And then he gives Giorno a curious glance. ]

You know, I'm kinda surprised you can't cook really well, though. You seem like the kinda guy who can do, like, everything. If you just started whipping out gourmet dishes I think I would've just figured that was the obvious scenario.

I can cook well enough to survive on. I doubt you'd think of anything that I cook as gourmet. I just have expensive tastes.

[ a pause. ]

That being said, when you're as handsome and charming as I am, Jion, people just gravitate towards you better.

Edited 2018-10-29 04:09 (UTC)

[ ... he can’t even tell if that’s a joke or not. Hands still gross with stringy pumpkin bits, Jion stares at Giorno for a moment before giving an awkward laugh. ]

Right, so you don’t need to be a good cook, right? Since you can just attract someone who can do it for you?

[ What a weird dude.

At least he’s managed to hollow out his pumpkin by now, and Jion picks his knife back up like he’s ready to stab someone. ] So what comes next? Do I just go at it and start carving? Or is it better to, like, mark things out first?

Yeah, well, they're mostly girls. Wouldn't you agree that it's a lot easier to get free stuff? And part of that is being good enough to be paid the right kind of attention in the first place. [ a pause. ] I can teach you how to be cool too, you know.

As for your pumpkin, mark it. Better to have guidelines. What kinda face are you thinking of making?

Uhhhhhhh, I dunno ... I think I’m probably not the type cut out for being “cool.” [ Naive as he is at times, Jion isn’t totally lacking in self-awareness, and ‘cool’ is probably the exact opposite of how he’d describe himself. ] But thanks for the offer, I guess! I think I’m okay with working for things I want, for now. Getting anything for free would feel weird.

[ He’s been carefully tracing the knife tip on his pumpkin to make shallow cuts, marking out a face, and he turns it so Giorno can see. It basically looks like a smiley emoji, except wobblier. ] Think something like this would be okay?

[ giorno raises an eyebrow at him. ] You think charisma means not having to work at all? Please, Jion. This is no different from having power - if you don't maintain it you don't get to keep it. That's hard work as well.

Here, let's make it a little sharper on the edges. It'll probably be easier to make incisions on the corners like this - [ giorno makes a slit here and there - ] and then you can just maneuver the knife sideways like so, holding it by the hilt like that while your other hand holds the open end.

Oh, right. Um, like this, right? [ He adjusts his grip on the knife accordingly; he's not very intuitive with stuff like this, but at least he learns quickly once taught. ] Thanks, that looks a lot better.

[ He works quietly for a few moments, though the slight furrow of his brow suggests he's thinking. And then, after carving out an adequately-shaped eye, he looks back up. ]

I guess you're right though, I don't really get charisma ... [ He picks at the other eye with the knife. ] It just seems harder, and in a more roundabout way. Working hard to influence other people to do things for you. I've always thought, if you want something, you have to work for it yourself, so I've never really considered things that way.

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