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Vivi grinned bright and shining at the both of them, this was splendid! No one ever talked to her when her parents were hovering around like nervous nellies! "That's alright Istas darling, though I have to admit that I think Lulu is the cutest name I have ever come across. It fits you to a 'T'!"

Finished with her pink paint, she ditched it for a vibrant teal and set to work adding large, medium, and small polk-a-dots all over the place. Humming lightly as she did so, she glanced up at Bodhi and laughed. "Bodhi," she sung lightly. "I like it! Most may call you Bo but I think your full name makes you sound exotic! Is that wrong of me?" Paint-paint-painting away she shrugged. "Oh I don't care, it's marvelous!"

Pushing the teal paint away Genevieve pushed stray strands of honey and pink hair out of her face. "Headshots, like, all professional and all? Oooh that would be the best thing ever! If you're into sweets I can bring you homemade cupcakes in return!"

As the other two were busy honing in on their own pumpkin art Genevieve was putting the final touches on her own Pièce de résistance with gusto, purple paint, and massive amounts of gold glitter. Sighing as she put on the final touches she wanted to prance her piece about and crow about it's magnificence. She did neither as she chose to be polite enough to Lulu and Bodhi and not interrupt what they were doing. "I just knew it was exotic! Your mother sounds like she must be almost as interesting as you are! My mother and daddy named me after my Great-Great Grandmother Genevieve Marie. We're from France. Well- My grandparents are from France. I'm from here! What about the two of you?"

Trying her best not to wiggle with excitement, she tapped her fingers lightly as they continued to chat. The judging would be soon and as much as she adored those competing with her, she knew she was going to win.

Istas paused, "Indian? Like Native American or Indian from across the sea?" She asked curiously, she should've but she was curious.

She had finished the paint having used a black sparkle one too. "I'm making... a snow rabbit." She said, "My name means snow rabbit after all.." She said with a smile.

She blinked when she saw his unicorn pumpkin as she was cutting foam with child safe cutting sisores. It took her just a bit longer than the other two to finish and glue the pieces on but it was done just before the judges showed up. Or at least she'd hoped she was finished before the judges showed up. "There!"



*edit* I didn't realize it was THAT huge. Sorry.... is a thumbnail now.

Pumpkin carving, finally an activity where Ariel could be good in the carnival. Reading books or riding horses are not really useful here. But carving pumpkin was an activity she liked. Every year they were doing it with her mother.

She took one of the knives and started playing with the pumpkin giving to her. So funny, she started to be in the Halloween mood more and more. And finally, after she got pumpkin in her hands and a little part on her face, she finished.

Of course she had a candle in her pocket, no way she will go somewhere without one, and so she put it inside and lighted it.
The result was good from her point of view

Howl nodded his head as a familiar face entered the booth. "Good evening, Mother. Is it that time already?"

Due to her work schedule, all the woman could muster up was a simple pumpkin themed headband for a costume. The rest of her was simply Anastasia Wickham in business attire. The brunette approached the small area where the finished pumpkins were. "Ah, was today slow, my son?"

The teal-haired lad abandoned his post for a moment to accompany his mother in front of the finished pumpkins. "You could say that. Many of the youngsters started the pumpkins, but then were too embarrassed to leave it behind for judging. I would think it would make it easier for you to judge though."

The woman nodded and with a finger, she touched the edge of the pumpkin with a unicorn on it. "I wonder what girl made this precious pumpkin?"

"I believe it was a young man," Howl interjected.

As the teal-haired lad cleaned up for the evening, it was awkwardly silent due to his mother's embarrassment. Everything was cleaned up and put away for the evening.

The next afternoon, Howl returned to run the booth, and in all honesty, it was a rather promising afternoon. He had some early entrants which almost brought the number of finished pumpkins to the same number as the day before.

Istas had come back, having seen Bo had won she chuckled. It was a pretty Unicorn. He deserved it. She smiled and took up a pumpkin that was sorta funny looking. Perhaps it was part squash too or something the way it was shaped.

She sat down with the black glitter paints and began to paint away something that she wanted to do today. She started with little pointed ears and a fat body and continued from there. When she was done she smiled at the finished product.

Surely even if she didn't win someone would like it.

Marx had mostly been avoiding the games booths, not seeing anything he wanted to take part in so far. The first night of pumpkin decorating he'd just passed the booth by without noticing it, but this time he decided to stop and give it a look. His costume wasn't one he'd really thought he would like, but after putting it on he decided he quite liked walking around dressed like Jafar -minus the staff.

Seeing that entrance into the little contest was free, he walked over to pick out a pumpkin and at least give it a try. "It'd help if I had an idea first..darn." Oh well, improvise. He was good at that, sort of.

String at the blank orange pumpkin for a while, and off-and-on reaching into his pocket for some chocolate candies to munch on, he shrugged and just went with it. Orange pumpkin, meet Orange M&M.

Lily walked past the pumpkin carving booth, but at the sight of all people milling about, coming and going, she took a step back looking over the booth. Her face lit up into a smile, a look of awe sparkling in the blue-green eyes. The pumpkin that sat upon the table were amazing. She could help, but to come closer walking down the row of people and pumpkins admiring each one.

She stopped for a moment looking at each one and wishing she could take one home with her. The unicorn one was very pretty and their was one that even reminded her of her first encounter with *********, though the monster most certainly wasn't a mud monster.

Lily noticed there were small pumpkin lined up with nothing on the and quickly made to pick one, wanting to make her own lovely creation. Sitting down Lily simply looked at the pumpkin for several moment unsure of what to do but not wanting to make a mess of her outfit. She was still a runway model tonight and her outfit had been another thrown together courtesy of her sister, right from her own sister. Her sister insisted that Lily needed some new style, and what better time the the Halloween carnival, although Lily though Halloween definitely wasn't the best time for it.

After scanning the table she found a box a black push pins and grinned happily. They were perfect for a simple, non-messy design. Picking them up Lily set about pushing them into the pumpkin, becoming lost in her own world and making silly little pattern.