(S25) - PT 4 - Spooky Scary Season

[LimJahey]

Von Hayes has a very unique tradition when it comes to Halloween. He comes from a Caribbean family, so his family has had practice with the tradition of VooDoo. Since he was a young boy, Hayes would go out on Halloween, not to trick or treat, but to use the powers of VooDoo to steal the hard earned candy from other children. As he got older, he upped his targets from children with candy, to teenagers with cigarettes. He would start up his own black market of cigarettes every November, helping him pay for his football equipment, along with his crippling addiction to Mexican Soda. Now in the pros, he has quit his VooDoo habits. It’s illegal to use in the ISFL, so he gave up on ever using it again as he found a new Halloween tradition. Now on every Halloween, he eats some edibles and watches the worst scary movies in a specific year. He stepped up his game this year however, and started dropping acid, getting in trouble after being found strangling a neighbors fern at 3 in the morning. The future of Halloween for Von is unknown, with a child on the way, he might have to drop all of the unique and unusual traditions he has for a normal boring night of trick or treating. But the call of the VooDoo may come at any moment, so sleep well at night knowing that you may become a victim.

[KoltClassic]

Halloween was regarded with various levels of excitement and fear in Otis Allen’s formative years. As a young child, Otis and his family would follow the classic family tradition of dressing up in family costumes and parading around the neighborhood greeting neighbors and collecting treats. Otis was particularly fond of dressing in costumes with an occupational theme. As a young boy he would pick sheriff, firefighter, and astronaut costumes. Although Halloween would never be Otis’s favorite holiday, for a period of time it would definitely be one of his least favorite. Otis hit a growth spurt at an early age, in addition to always being a bit overweight for his height. This would lead to a period of bullying that would last for a few years during middle school that would only be exacerbated by the Halloween holiday. Allen’s classmates would often pick on him for his costume choices, paying particular attention to his weight as a theme. It would be a years until Allen would rekindle his love for Halloween when he was able to make financial gain from it. As a stipulation of his contract with Ragu, Allen would make Halloween appearances dressed as a Ragu meatball, roaming the neighborhoods on Halloween night and surprising the citizens of San Jose with a guest appearance at their trick or treating stops.

[RansackTheUniverse]

As a kid, Halloween was always one of Eldrick Avery's favourite holdays. Although he was actually never a huge fan of wearing costumes, it was definitely worth it for all of the free candy he got each year. Eldrick absolutely loved (and still loves) chocolate, candy, and chips of all kinds. And that alone was pretty much the only reason that Avery loved Halloween so much. His family never really made a big deal of it, and didn't even decorate their house or anything. Because of this, Eldrick has never so much a carved a pumpkin before. He also followed in his parents footsteps by not decorating his house after he left home. He has however continued his tradition of eating lots of candy. While he hasn't trick or treated for a couple years now, he always makes sure to buy a few extra bags of candies and chocolates just for himself. He even went so far as to get himself in trouble on the football field back in his college days. In addition to all the candy he bought before Halloween, Eldrick also went and bought a bunch more bags of the stuff the day after once it was on sale. He ended up gaining nearly 15 pounds and his play on the field suffered because of it. His coaches were pissed, and Eldrick was embarrassed. Since then he has made a strict rule to limit himself to just 3 large bags of candy each year during Halloween season.

[JBLAZE_THE_BOSS]

Mike Boss Jr always loved Halloween as a kid. Dressing up like a super hero or any athlete that wasn't his dad. Running around the neighborhood and getting bags upon bags of king sized candy bars because he lived in a rich neighborhood. Fast-forward to present day, and Boss is established in the Tijuana community and has celebrated with the locals for three years now, this year being named Grand Marshal of the Parade of the Dead, celebrated during the week of dia de Los Muertos. Boss Jr brings a piece of his childhood and a piece of America to the children in Tijuana.

"Yeah, we are gonna go around the neighborhood this year and hand out a bunch of candy to these kids. The costumes that I like the most, I'm going to hook that kid up with a bunch of candy. On the same train of thought, if I see a kid who's family seems to be down on their luck, you bet your neck I'm giving that kid a bunch of candy. Sure some might say to not judge a book by its cover. To which I reply, I've been reading books long enough to know what I'm getting once I see the cover. I just enjoy the opportunity to give back. Especially now that my time in Tijuana seems to be winding down, I want to make an impact on this community and give these kids a good memory." (243)

[DoIHaveTheSause]

Quavious McGrady really enjoys the festivities that go on around this time of the year. There is so much for him to do! Haunted houses, corn mazes, pumpkin patches with the family, corn mazes, you name it. Being in Tijuana, a lot of those activities are not available to him, so he likes to travel to the Midwest for a lot of these activities. He also enjoys the spookiness that the weather brings as well.
One major factor that Quavious sees that may be viewed underrated is the fits that he can get off when the weather gets chillier. The factor that the weather plays in requires more layers, thus giving you more clothing options to choose from.
Another thing that Quavious McGrady enjoys about this spooky time of the year is the Halloween costume parties. Every year Quavious makes it a goal to show out for the people. And you can not wear the same costume twice! He’s got to keep it fresh. If you are going to do it, you’ve got to do it big!
This year Quavious McGrady plans on dressing up as the Nutty Professor. He wants to take up the challenge of wearing a fat suit and see how long it may take to get overheated. So don’t be surprised to see him take multiple breaks outside.

[Tylus]

Tychondrius Hood had a busy Halloween day full of events and activities. Hood would begin the holiday by visiting his local homeless shelter and helping to make meals for the poor. The menu consisted of pumpkin rolls, bat soup, and skeleton tacos. Tychondrius Hood would comment that it was quite ghoulish. Later on Hood would head out to a Halloween photo session with some of his fellow players. The shoot was a full on costumed display of cringe and embarrassment. Hood actually tried to get the photos deleted as they made him physically ill to look at. After the photo session Hood would head over to the stadium to hand out candy to local fans and children. He would also play some light scrimmage games with local fans and teammates. The event had over twenty five thousand people attending and went smoothly and Hood seemed to have a good time. To end his Halloween holiday, Tychondrius Hood would go trick or treating with a select few lucky fans who won a raffle. Hood took the young fans around his neighborhood, then signed some merchandise and gave them all scholorships to their college of choice. Overall Hood had a productive and fanbased Halloween, and would finish it drinking Halloween shots at the local bar.

[ckroyal92]

SHL PT 56-5

[GlimsTC]

Halloween. It's one of the most exciting times of the year for the Kansas City Coyotes as the now annual Halloween party thrown by the offensive line finally begins after weeks of planning. Felix Archstone, Clay Stallworth, and Connor Quigley came up with the idea during their rookie S24 DSFL season, as they felt like they had a great mix of personality and talents to really put together something special. Felix with his hair styling abilities to help players put a fantastic finishing touch to their cosplays and costumes, Connor's hidden ability to DJ, and Clay's ability to be an insane hype man. In addition, they were close enough with everyone in the locker room individually to be able to pack the house without too much issue. So, for two years now, they've been coming together to throw the greatest Halloween parties they possibly can!

Though, for Felix specifically, he has a habit to make people look...anime. He swears he doesn't do it on purpose, but more and more, the Coyotes roster finds themselves running around with anime haircuts, especially at the Halloween party. Obviously this is no problem to him, as it allows him to put together some of the wildest haircuts he's ever worked on, but it sort of led the Halloween party to having a very "weeb" reputation. The three men of the OL sometimes wonder if maybe they should just embrace it and do something with the premise, but at the same time, they don't want the tradition to end because they went full dweeb. So for now, spooks and anime haircuts it is!

One must ask though, what did Felix dress up for as Halloween? Well, in S24 he went as Joe Staley. Many claim he looks exactly like the former 49ers legend, so he enjoys embracing that comparison. This year for S25, Felix went as Felix Argyle. No, he didn't wear the dress. He wore the battle attire. Felix is willing to embrace many things, but dress wearing is not one of those things.

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[dahayn]

Leeroy Jenkins of the Colorado Yeti, is trying to start a brand new Halloween tradition this year where instead of handing out sugary snacks to little children, he hands out puppies and kittens. He is absolutely positive that the parents of said children will be super excited about this because puppies and kittens do not cause cavities or any other form of tooth decay. This will probably save parents on average maybe as much as many thousands of dollars in dental bills. The American Association of Dental Practitioners otherwise known as the AADP might not agree with this new tradition since they have, in the past, been one of the largest lobbyist of "Big Candy" due to the huge amount of business they get from the abuse of sugary snacks and soft drinks, but Leeroy Jenkins is willing to take a stand against the man. Even if he has to do it alone. Whatever it takes to insure that the children of tomorrow have strong chompers and fresh breath unhindered by plaque and rot created by not brushing their teeth after consuming the products brought forth by "Big Candy"! And yes, before you ask if he's thought about giving kids toothbrushes and toothpaste and dental floss instead of puppies and kittens, yes he has. He tried that last year. It didn't work. The kids just left it all in his yard along with some other not kind surprises. This year however, will be different

[Attopax]

Asher would still decorate, although... bachelor decorate. He'd put out some pumpkins and skellys, but he isn't one of those people to turn his home into a haunted house (at least not this year). Asher Montain's Halloween Traditions aren't typical. Then again, Halloween in Honolulu isn't typical. While many areas of the world have scary leaves blowing and cool air to chill you to your bones, Asher would in part still participate in the same activities that drew him to Hawaii in the first place...relaxing on Waikiki Beach with Mai Tai's and partying! He would likely hope to find a party hosted by or being attended by the one and only @SlurmsMckenzie, the #1 party worm in the Universe. He may celebrate by watching some scary movies, but that would only be if he couldn't find a party to go to because he would love nothing more than to be dressed up at a Halloween party doing the Monster Mash!  As most teams do, the Hahalua would do some community service work with players in costumes that Asher would participate in, such as vising children at schools or raising money, but aside from that Asher likely would not go see family or travel to the mainland because of the lack of any break in his practice schedule.