Midnight Pals: Goth Town

Vivian Moira Valentine: [descending into frame on a black parasol] hello lovelies of the night!
Valentine: I've got a fun flirty little tale for you, as sweet and spooky as a dark chocolate truffle
King: wow! i don't know what this is, but i'm sold!

Valentine: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the shadows over ravenskirk
Valentine: it takes place in ravenkirk, the gothiest town
Aaron Alexovich: it couldn't be THAT gothy
Valentine: oh it's very gothy
Valentine: it was built atop an Indian burial ground
Valentine: and then the site of witch burnings, satanic rituals, and 5 john Denver Christmas specials

Alexovich: you know, i bet my fictional gothy town is even gothier
Alexovich: it's called crestfallen
Alexovich: that means "sad"
Alexovich: the gothest emotion
Alexovich: top that!

Valentine: my town is called ravenkirk
Valentine: named for the gothest bird AND the gothest star trek captain
Diane Duane: wait i have questions
Valentine: there will be no questions

Valentine: it's extremely goth
Valentine: like what if a vampire teamed up with a private investigator to solve vampire murders
Valentine: its that gothy

Valentine: all the gothiest goths are there here in ravenkirk
Valentine: Raven Belladonna Darkclaw IVV (she/her)
Valentine: Sable Xandrexx Darknight IX (she/they)
Valentine: Hecate Nightshade Darkmoon Moondark XII (they/them)
Valentine: and Dirk Dark (ey/ei)

Valentine: our heroine has a tarantula
Koontz: a spider???? gross!!!
Valentine: the spider's name is Samantha
Koontz: oh i changed my name, i love this spider!
King: the spider has a name? that's kind of cute
Poe: that is precious

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers?
King: Vivian was telling a story about a goth town
Shelley: hell yeah
Valentine: there's a spider
Shelley: hell yeah
Valentine: the spider has a name
Shelley: Samantha?
Valentine: you've heard this story before?
Shelley: no she just looks like a samantha

Koontz: a spider is pretty cool
Koontz: but i wish it was a dog
Valentine: a tarantula is actually a lot like a dog, dean
Koontz: explain how
Valentine: well, they're both furry
Koontz: you're right! i love this!
Koontz: i want a pet spider too!!

Valentine: wow everyone really loves this spider
Barker: we want more spider
Barker: say it with me dean
Koontz: more spider! more spider!
Valentine: the spider has a name you know