Joe nodded, his eyes going round and a little grave- not that he was scared, of course, but...
"A bunch of us had weird dreams about it, once... oh, but I guess you weren't here then, right? It was right around Thanksgiving, last year. There was a team sent out to go check it out, sponsored by AGI to make like a Halloween documentary special? They all died, except for this one lady who survived, and she eventually went out into the night and let herself be eaten by the Big Mother."
Which was fairly nightmarish, so he quickly swapped up subjects, digging around in his pockets for some crumbled bills to buy a strip of ride tickets.
"I guess everyone was planning on staying inside all warm and cozy, but then since it's so great out everyone figured, why waste it!"
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"A bunch of us had weird dreams about it, once... oh, but I guess you weren't here then, right? It was right around Thanksgiving, last year. There was a team sent out to go check it out, sponsored by AGI to make like a Halloween documentary special? They all died, except for this one lady who survived, and she eventually went out into the night and let herself be eaten by the Big Mother."
Which was fairly nightmarish, so he quickly swapped up subjects, digging around in his pockets for some crumbled bills to buy a strip of ride tickets.
"I guess everyone was planning on staying inside all warm and cozy, but then since it's so great out everyone figured, why waste it!"