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#4 city of lost children.. based on the french movie of the same name.. you are miette, an orphan, use your thieving and sneaking skills to free the childrens' souls from the evil inventor who is stealing their dreams...
tied at #4 the kingdom hearts games (2).. disney meets final fantasy! play in disney worlds alongside jack skellington in halloweentown, jack sparrow in the caribbean or alice at the mad tea party..
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#7 are all the ultima games.. my favorites were 'quest of the avatar' and 'the false prophet'.. but if you like the classics try out 'black gate' and 'exodus' and the other oldies..
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September 26, 2021

down the rabbithole

any other vintage gothkids or vampire introverts with time to kill? it's alice week over at the lost & found : my other blog

we're halfway through with recarpeting our upstairs since we've had to break the job up to allow for moving furniture etc.. but i'm enjoying autumn now from my own sweet vampire suite/room & we're getting rain here in portland, neighbors are burning leaves, my wonderland pansies are dying.. halloween cometh.

this thom yorke inspired poem of mine got hidden in the last post's comments, so i thought i'd bring it out here..

climbing up the walls (ghost version)
/keys to the gallery

i am the key to the lock in your house
that keeps your toys in the basement
& if you get too far inside
you'll only see my reflection
i am the crying monster
i am the toyroom mouse
i am the sad soldier
i am the closet skeleton
i am the pinecone collector
i am the holes in your socks
do not cry out or hit the alarm
you know we're friends till we die
i am the little raven
i am the stealer of butterflies
i am the little train that couldn't
i am rags
i am the forgotten birthday bear
i am the doll with her head full of Everything
i am the broken clown
& either way you turn i'll be there
open up your skull, i'll be there
climbing up the walls
i am the listener
i am the autumn butterfly
i am the bride of quiet
i am the good vampire
i am the real ghost
i am the frozen charlotte out in the cold
stalactites & stalagmites
rows of never opened doors
& one day i froze up like this

on a related note, as i've been moving/reorganizing all my ghostgallery art & dollscapes i realized rags is lost.. he's not really lost though, i just can't find him, he's probably lost somewhere in the toyroom.. that's ok, we all need a beautiful place to get lost sometimes.. with me it has been in my snowcave or an rpg, or usually just haunting my own ghost gallery.. come join me there if you are curious,

bren/ghost & toxic

ps chill emu! chill!

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#infj #ghostgallery #eso #rowsofneveropeneddoors #halloween #art #vampires #portland #oregon #gaming

i ordered some cool vintage style halloween fabric & am making pillows, dolls & kitties :) yeah, i'm old & i'm sewing stuff.. almost time for the witch's festival in eso, i need somewhere to get lost these lonely days.. otherwise i think too much & freak myself out about everything :(
it's been raven's turn to camp out downstairs in the playroom waiting for recarpeting job to be done in his room.. so many delays! at least it's colder now, good sleeping weather..

https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/around_the_bend/raven-birthday-2021-downstairs-setup-x.html

updates: https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/ghost_toy_catalogue/halloween-projects-pillow.html

https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/friendlyghoststuff/halloween-eso-witchs-hat.html

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