Chapter 90
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During the week of the Ravenwood conference Eve almost forgot about the countdown, it was less than 1,000 days away. There was something very scary about it going down to triple digits. On October 30th Eve decided she needed one day off before heading back to school. Her friends from the mosque probably assumed she was still at Ravenwood. Instead Eve went to the movies. She ran into Amy at the theatre and they decided to see one together. It seemed that even the pre-movie cartoons were dark these days. This one involved a bird whose husband left her. She tried to get the cat to eat her because of this. The movie itself was about a couple of lesbian asssins trying to have a baby together. Amy remarked that she wasn't sure if this movie was empowering, or exploitation for horny guys. After this Eve went home and watched old re-runs of Buffy. This show also got darker over time. Spike started odd as the villain, eventually became a hero and Buffy's lover. Willow started as the hero, became the villain at the end of this season. Eve liked how Buffy, after being raised from the dead, had to fight just to want to live. The hardest thing in the world is to live in it. In the end Buffy accepted that the world was pain, but in the end it was worth it. That was a good message to live by. That night the "Simpsons" showed perhaps their final "Treehouse of horror." Marge came out before hand and warned it might be too scary for children. They also showed tompstones with humor like "Elvis, deal with it." She had heard of this from "Simpsons" scholars, but it was before even her parents' time. Now it ha a nostalgic feel to it. Eve returned to school on Monday October 31st. She barely remembered that it was halloween. Some people bought candy from her today, but noone here wore costumes. Benson gave Eve some pamplets, asked Eve to give them out free with candy purchases. He also encouraged her to read them herself. These pamplets were about accepting Jesus Christ as one's personal savior. Some featured cartoons, even halloween themed ones. One involved a vampire, suppossedly destined to be the devil's vessel on Earth, choosing Christ instead and rejecting Satan. Another of these cartoon showed a family with a sick child going trick or treating. A christian family gives her a pamplet about Jesus Christ, and this little girl is "Saved" before she dies. The implications of these cartoons was clear, Benson planned to use this to try to bring others to his faith. Eve realized that both their religions frowned upon pagan rituals like halloween. She remembered Febuary 5th, buying the magick rock. Eve decided to hand out Benson's pamplets, it was just distributing information. At lunch time there was an announcement. School was closing early today. The rumor was that there was a shooting in an elemantary school in New York, or Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angelas. Noone seemed certain where it happenned. The scariest rumor was that there were actually multiple shootings. At least four shootings at elemantary school. In one day, most likely a coordinated effort. Eve had to make sure Amy and Nadia were okay. She saw Nadia in the cafeteria, then she called Amy on her cellphone. When Amy said she was okay Eve left school and went straight home. She wasn't sure if she was expected to go to work today. But for now, she just wanted to feel safe in her own home again.