SSHS 89 “Woah! So cool!” Excami said in awe, her voice still in whisper mode as to not wake up the sleeping Student Council Vice President. Excami tried her best to not squeal as to how cool that someone owns such self- defensive tools. Although it does emphasise that the female race is really not safe no matter how much they try to make the movement successful into changing the mindset of the people that both men and women are of equal stand and that the women are to be treated with respect and not to be treated in a way that is demeaning and devaluing and in a way that makes them feel not safe that they have to own self- defence tools in a disguise of normal everyday things. ‘Well, that thought is basically right and adhering to the reality and yet it is so dark on so many levels.’ she thought to herself as she held the hand of her older brother even tighter, as a way to prevent herself from emitting loud sounds that will wake Hestia up. “We should get out of here and let her sle
SSHS 90 It is already the 3rd week of the month of October, and people are already getting excited for the Halloween Event that will take place at the end of the month. In fact, all of the students who were energetic enough to volunteer helped the participating clubs in hanging the banners and placing some scary statues, skeletons, fake spider webs, and all of the things that are themed with Halloween. They even had a mini Pumpkin Carving contest and all of the carved pumpkins will be used as a part of all the displays all over the school grounds, and the winner’s pumpkin will be placed in the centre of the school— where the plaza is located and it is placed in a pedestal where it has a lighting that gives it the scary vibes. The Science Club even pitched in some effort to place some smoke generators. “Wait, even better, we have some leftover dry ice in our inventory, we use those for the fog.” suggested one of the members, and all the others agreed. Though, at first they have thou
SSHS 91 Two more days before the Halloween event, three days before October 31st. For the last two weekends of October, the majority of the dorm students wanted to stay for the weekend, using the reasoning of wanting to spend more time with friends and that they would want to try some things such as a Ouija Board or the famous Bloody Mary ritual. Nonetheless, they just want to feel the spookiness of the season, and to also play some pranks to the unsuspecting passersby or some of their classmates. And of course, not everyone is safe from the pranks, not even the well- respected Student Council. And it was Hestia who was targeted the most, since she was the one who stays in the dorms, and the first one to get to class or to the Student Council Office. The first one was not even a prank at all, it was just a casual sleepover of the girls in her dorm floor. And no amount of refusal would stop these girls from making her join, because they even had the dorm lady as their accomplice. “
SSHS 92 Monday came and only two days before the long awaited Halloween event. At this point, pranks all over the school were not news anymore, rather, it was an awaited moment. Of course, boundaries and limitations were placed— such as not doing so to the faculty staff and the Dean himself, and that the pranks would only involve scare and not the kind that would harm the others nor create a massive mess— as a courtesy to the cleaning team led by Mr. Ben. So far, the pranks were mostly happening to the bathroom and lockers. Having some cut outs of the famous scary icons in life size and pasted to every corner they could find and would guarantee a scare. A timed jump scare or a motion triggered one was set up and ready to scare anyone who unfortunately passes that contraption. All throughout the school grounds, hundreds of screams and shrieks can be heard, sometimes in unison, other times it was in intervals. Nonetheless, the entire pranks are harmless and entertaining to do— and t
SSHS 93 Watching as the students played a prank with each other was funny indeed. It was a source of entertainment and watching them each other in hopes of getting revenge is really a source of entertainment for those who are watching. That is, until you also became one of the students who got played with a prank. At first, Excami was laughing in the halls during breaks as the students got pranked left and right, and there are instances that students would pass by her— running for their dear lives as the prank- victims were chasing them with the intent to engage in revenge. She was laughing her heart out as it all went out as she made her way to the Student Council Office. However, that joy was short lived as she too– became a victim of one of the pranks. At first, it was a simple jumpscare hiding from a corner— just a life size cutout of the monster from the ring that when a motion was detected, a perfectly placed light would turn on, giving the horror effect to the cutout and scari
SSHS 94 The Halloween Event was successful, it was fully enjoyed by all students and also the staff of the school. Fun and fright were a mixture, as well as the forming of connections by those who chose to mingle rather than to participate in the Test of Courage. And then there are also the tons of candies collected by those who participated in the parade, in which the younger siblings of the students also were allowed to participate and all in all, it was a great event for them to create fond memories to live and remember by. Well, that is the good part of it. The bad one is that… after the whole Test of Courage was over, it was then placed in the attention of the Occult Club about the disturbing prop or actor by the third passage. “It was the one that looked like a zombie policeman? He was acting like he was stabbed. We know you want this to go all out but we just think that that kind of acting and props was too much for an average joe, you know, just saying.” said one of the stud
SSHS 95 The second to respond to the scene was the Montague siblings. Well, first was Lucifer but in any case, Excami noticed that the President of the Occult Club was still missing from the gathering that he oh so looked forward to. She then walked to her brother and stated her concern. “Where do you think Lucifer is right now? I’m sure he is missing out on the party right now and it is not like him to miss this, especially since he put so much effort into the after party.” Once Excami said that, Damian then panned his head around the venue of the after party and indeed, there was no Lucifer in sight. “Why don’t we look around for him?” Damian suggested and his sister nodded in agreement. “They last saw him entering the third passage with a bunch of kids with him. But no one saw him get out with them.” the younger Montague said as she led her older brother to the entrance of the third passage. The passage was not a little bit illuminated since the lights were returned to normal
SSHS 96 Back at the venue, it was on a full blast. Everyone was enjoying their time, there are some in their own circle having fun and drinking some fruit punch, then are those who are roaming around and mingling with the others, some are just dancing with the music— either with friends or just with themselves— and then there are those who chose to stay by the sidelines like the wallflower they are. But even a wallflower is not safe from the fun as there are those people who still approach them and engage in a cheerful conversation. And if one were to explore the entire venue and listen to the conversation of others, they will find out how shallow or how deep a conversation is. Some were talking about their planned vacations for the Christmas break, some were talking about the time they had in the History class and how handsome the teacher was, and some were even playing a shallow version of the ‘Never Have I Ever’ game. On the other side of things: some were talking how the concep