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Zille-o-lanterns disintegrating?

I had 5 firefly-lit Zille-o-lanterns (one of each kind) in front of my house for the past couple of game days, and 5 more carved pumpkins inside my house. Now there are 5 pumpkin pies outside my house and two piles of pumpkin pips inside my house. Is this expected behavior?

Those firefly-lit Zille-o-lanterns were a major project! If they just turn into pumpkin pies a few days later, I don't think I'm celebrating this particular holiday.

(I would be happy to be confused about this and discover that there was a nicer explanation!)

Posted 13 months ago by Plurp Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Zilloween is over, so yes, the pumpkins 'rotted'.  But Zilloween happens every 37th of Remember, so maybe you can start collecting fireflies now so that you are ready when it happens again in a few weeks.
    Posted 13 months ago by Trekkie Gal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is expected behavior, although they rotted a little sooner than they were supposed to.  I think they're supposed to hang around a RL day or so to give you a chance to get the lanterns inside so you can be sure of getting your pies (and not losing them to piggies or sticky-fingered neighbors).
    Posted 13 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well that's very unfortunate.
    Posted 13 months ago by Plurp Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So the idea is that they rot the day after Zilloween? (I'm a bit confused about what "seasonal" means here.)
    Posted 13 months ago by Plurp Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How long last the Zilleoween?
    Posted 13 months ago by Aka.Shindi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Seasonal" means around the time of Zilloween.  Remember that the Glitch year is only 2 RL months.  TS keeps mucking up the rot time so we still don't know how many RL hours or days they are supposed to last after Zilloween but it won't be a long time.

    As for how long the holiday lasts, it started two RL days before Zilloween on the Glitch calendar this time, and ended promptly on the First of Doom.
    Posted 13 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Glitchian Calendar
    Posted 13 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink