Journal Entry - October 31 Halloween

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Journal Entry - October 31 Halloween

The old world's calendar means little now. Days bleed into one another, marked not by dates but by the scarcity of food and the presence of the infected. Still, today felt different. There was a chill in the air I haven't felt in a long time, the kind that used to make me reach for a scarf instead of my shotgun. I passed a ruined suburban street, the skeletons of houses standing against the gray sky. A few of them still had old decorations clinging to their frames–faded plastic skeletons and ripped spiderwebs.

I remember this night. Dressing up, trick-or-treating. It was one of the few nights the world felt magical, where the scary things were fake, and the biggest danger was a stomachache from too much candy. Now, every night is Halloween. The monsters are real, and they don't go away with the sunrise.

I came across a child's backpack on the side of the road. It had a cartoon ghost on it. For a moment, I just stood there, staring at it, my mind replaying a thousand memories I've tried so hard to bury. A child's laugh, the rustle of a candy wrapper. This world has no room for innocence, and that's the cruelest part.

I kept walking. The red marks on my arms feel more like war paint tonight, a grim reflection of the holiday's colors. I am the thing that survived the horror movie. And I'm still looking for the final scene where the credits roll and the lights come up. But out here, there's no ending. Just more walking, more fighting, and more ghosts of the past.

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Dayton AI
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 19:36:35 -0700

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