username: HowlToTheWind
name: Topaz "Jack" Williams
gender: Demiboy
prompt: Topaz walked into his house, his mother in the kitchen. "Hey mom, I got the biggest pumpkin I could find. I'm going to carve it! It's going to look awesome and scary!" His mother laughed at his enthusiasm. "Okay, but don't hurt yourself and don't make a mess." He nodded and grabbed the pumpkin from his bag and set it onto the table in the living room. "Alright, let's do this.." He mumbled to himself. He began to carve shapes into the pumpkin, sharply pointed triangles and smoothly curving lines, beginning to form an eerie grin on the pumpkin. He continued to carve, until, a few hours later, he had finished his masterpiece. It looked utterly horrifying. "Perfect." Topaz whispered, his chest filling with pride. "Mom, I'm heading out now, come look!" His mother walked in and stared at the pumpkin in awe. "Wow! It looks... Scary! I'm sure she'll love it!" He smiled with pride and hugged his mother before heading out on his bike. He biked over to his friend's house. She loved Halloween and all the spooks that came with it, so Topaz, otherwise known as "Jack" to his friends and close family members, decided to make her the scariest jack o'lantern she'd ever seen. He was a skilled pumpkin carver, using his talent in contests and to bring others joy, or, in some cases, fear. His carvings were the best in his small town, though not quite good enough to compete against other, more talented pumpkin carvers, in his opinion. He arrived at her house, just after sunset. The sun had layed down to rest as the moon slowly took over. He crept up to her doorstep and set the pumpkin down, taking a last glance at his spooky carving. It was of a mysterious figure, presumably male, smiling his sick, sharp, toothy smile from the trees. It may not seem too scary at first, but as you look closer, you realize slowly, the forest is filled with coffins and gravestones. He sighed, it was great. Topaz rang her doorbell and took off, leaving the pumpkin in the silence of night. She would
love the gloomy jack o'lantern, or he would never allow himself to be called Jack, King of Carving again in his life (379 words)
aesthetic:
Spooky Pumpkins