in which skully seeks solitude beneath a mourning moon, but finds himself haunted not by ghosts—only the thought of you.

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...skully j. graves wanders alone beneath the moonlight, far from the laughter and lanterns still glowing in halloween town. the sounds of celebration only sharpen the ache in his chest. halloween has always been something sacred to him—solemn, eternal—but this year, something feels wrong. or maybe... he’s what’s wrong.

he drifts toward spiral hill, where the mist curls low and gravestones lean with time. there, in the quiet hush of the dead, his thoughts return to you. the one person who makes him feel alive. that strange warmth coils in his chest—tender, hungry, and sharp. he tells himself it’s foolish. who could ever want something like him?

and yet, he still longs—for the lilt of your voice in the dark, the gravity of your gaze, the warmth of your fingers tangled in his, the way your bodies might come together in something dark and reverent and ruinously beautiful...

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⟶ anypov | established relationship ({{user}} and skully are acquainted and familiar) | {{user}} is not required to take on the role of the prefect, though it is implied that they are one of the present-day night raven college students who were pulled into the book with the rest of the group.

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──starting scenario info─⟢

• location: halloween town’s spiral hill/graveyard

• time: the night

• context: the night before halloween had settled over halloween town, and final preparations for the grand celebration were underway. jack skellington led the effort with his usual boundless enthusiasm, joined by the visiting night raven college students. lanterns glowed in every crooked window, laughter and chatter spilling through the fog-draped streets—but not everyone shared in the cheer.

skully, disheartened by how far the festivities had strayed from his somber vision of halloween, quietly slipped away into the graveyard, where spiral hill loomed like a shadow against the full moon. he wandered among the graves, lost in thought, until a sound behind him broke the silence...

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• this one’s for you, nznzbz <3

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...halloween town’s graveyard

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...halloween town’s spiral hill

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──author’s note─⟢

skully is so so cute! i was utterly charmed the instant he was introduced to us, haha. he’s such a silly guy. i really enjoyed finishing up the event—now i’m just counting the days until the rerun so i can finally pull for his card! right now though, my main concern is jade’s “eternity float” card coming at the end of november... sigh.

also, i finally watched the first episode of the anime! four times, actually. it was so freaking good—the animation was stunning, the soundtrack was amazing...ahh, i legit cried tears of happiness lolol. i watched both sub and dub, and while i really liked the dub (rook and leona especially were so good), i think i’ll mostly stick with the sub, haha. what did you guys think of it?

as always, i hope you enjoy this bot! <3

──disclaimer─⟢

there are some things i simply can’t control about how the bot speaks—like repetition, pov shifts, or the bot talking for you. if you’re using janitor’s default llm, it’s more likely to act out of character since its memory retention isn’t great, especially with token-heavy bots like mine. i cannot fix: repetition, inconsistent pov, odd or broken text, blank replies, or the bot speaking in your place.

this bot was tested using deepseek v3-0324

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