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[Makoto starts the video and it's clear that he's in bed and looking a little under the weather. But then, the video shakes because someone decided he needed to join in on this and parked himself right on Makoto's lap.

He sighed, but he immediately starts giving his dog pets between the big ears standing erect in curiosity over the camera.]

Ahaha, sorry 'bout that. This is Biscuit and not the point of this video. JJ's told me things have been getting festive, but I didn't think this place knew about Halloween? Or am I just assuming things? Is anyone dressing up or doing anything fun?

[A small, sheepish smile here. He's really just going off second hand knowledge here since he's been coped up at home!]

I've been sick these past few weeks so I feel like I'm out of the loop! Anyone wanna humor me and Biscuit?

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Is that how it goes? [Makoto pressed a knuckle to his chin in thought. He's... very gullible. And since Trick or Treating was not a thing in Japan, he was willing to believe it!] It didn't seem that way in a lot of American films I've seen but I guess you can't always believe what you see on film!

[You probably shouldn't believe everything you here on here either, Makoto...]

A shark ghost? How are you gonna do that? Sounds scary though...

[prontissimo]

Nah, I know this girl from, uh— England? No— Ireland? Both? Something like that. Anyway~ She's pretty much an expert. All the ghosts come out that night and you've gotta dress up as something scary to make them think you're a ghost too, so— what's scarier than the ghost of a shark, eh? See, look, aspetta—

[ The remarks about American movies are over his head; he likes movies, but he doesn't know what America is... Or Ireland or England, truth be told. But he trusts his friend. Poor Robyn... She's being unduly gassed up... And Alberto's takeaway from her explanation miiight have some holes in it. Just a couple.

But he's excited and that's most of what counts, right? The video goes dark suddenly as he obviously drops his phone onto his bed, and a deep, disgruntled mreow is heard in the background as he disrupts the cat, jumping up. It takes just a matter of seconds, the sounds of him clumsily putzing around and another, more startled meow heard but unseen before the phone shakily comes back to life as it's lifted out of the blankets again. All that can be seen is a blur of floorboards and a glimpse of bare feet, then the flip of a lightswitch going on, before he lifts the camera back up to show himself again at last, now standing in the mirror of a totally bland, undecorated bathroom, by comparison to all his fairy lights and photos above his bed.

But in the short time he was shuffling about, he himself is now decorated: yes, as... a shark ghost... The cloth is quite tattered and translucent, having gathered quite a bit of it from god-knows-where to layer it ~*~spookily~*~, but, uh, the rest is... well. Um. A+ for effort. Maybe A-... There's a fin in the back stapled on, made from a piece of cardboard wrapped in that same cloth. And the hood of the cloak is lined with little triangles he cut out of cardboard and painted white, and stapled along the top and bottom to look like teeth. He's drawn most of the hood down to cover half his face, having cut somewhat sloppy eyeholes in it, so that only his permanent smug smirk is visible. But what's more, he's draped himself in what seems to be a fishing net? And while he holds the phone in one hand in the mirror, clutching it through the cloak as his actual hand is hidden beneath it, he's holding, um... a harpoon... in the other hand... Where'd a child get a harpoon? Is it real? It looks real.

This was a very quick transformation, an easy costume to don for sure, but one he's immensely proud of. Like... anything else he makes... It's his first Halloween costume and he was determined to make it something cool, so there we have it. Shark ghost. Maybe not as terrifying as promised. And the harpoon and fishing net are a bit baffling. But indeed, uh, a shark ghost. ]

See~? I already made it!

[ He wore it for the event when he visited the haunted art gallery, but damned if this overzealous kid's not going to throw this thing on at literally every possible opportunity, probably for the rest of the year, any chance he gets that could even vaguely be appropriate, even long after the holiday. I mean, c'mon — shark ghost... ]

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Wait, you do? JJ didn't tell me that! I'll have to ask him... he's from Canada so maybe things are different over there? Japan definitely doesn't do that.

Uh...!

[Oh, guess he's going to have to wait to see what all the fussing is about. Poor kitty, though. But once the camera is back and the kid has his costume him, Makoto can't help but grin and laugh a little. Easy costume or not, it's certainly very creative and Makoto is quite impressed!]

That's an amazing costume and you made it all on your own? That's so cool, I don't think I could have come close to that if I had the chance to make one of my own.

20 years late but happy to continue if you'd like!!

[prontissimo]

Uhhh, you totally had the chance, you just didn't take it...!

[ Rude, Alberto. Don't neg strangers on the Internet...? But he's self-satisfied, carrying the camera facing himself along with him as he leaves the bathroom and collapses back onto his bed again, still in full shark-gear. ]

Besides— Italy didn't have this sort of thing, either, I mean— if it did, I never heard of it, and I'm pretty much an expert on human stuff, so if it was a thing, I would've heard about it! So if you don't know, eh! It's probably not your fault, yeah?

[ ...He's totally projecting. He never lived in Portorosso in October. He didn't make it that far before being spirited away. If it was a thing, he wouldn't know. So... he just pretends he definitely knows, and well— that's always seen him through in the past. Except when it hasn't and has blown up in his face, but this seems like a low-risk lie... ]