Barrel stuck his tongue out at Carver.

"Hey, if I [i]have[/i] to cook, I'm gonna enjoy what I make."

He grinned, but then gave Carver a confused look.

"Why would she...?"

Shock just took a bite of her ghoul-lash and motioned for Carver not to say anything. It'd be funnier in the long run...which hardly mattered as the conversation turned to pumpkin guts. Shock nearly choked from laughter at the thought of Lock trying to get that muck out of his hair, and after a moment, managed to properly swallow.

Barrel just waved and headed out to the soundstage. Once he was out of earshot, Shock turned to Carver.

"Sometimes, I don't know which one of them is dumber," she said. "I'm not even into that kind of thing, and [i]I[/i] noticed."

~~~

Barrel happily made his way into Halloween Town. The Witch's Shop was in a small courtyard adjoining the square, where the stocks and a large cat-shaped building also stood. The shop itself looked properly foreboding, and its second story looked very much like a cackling witch, with window eyes, the hat forming a tower with railing on the brim, and the bricks shaped into a sinister snarl. How perfectly....wicked.

A small bell rang as he entered. Aggie, the taller of the two head witches, was nowhere to be seen. Agnes, the smaller witch, was standing on her broom, restocking shelves. And at the counter was their niece, Agatha. Barrel wasn't quite sure where she came from - people in Halloween Town seemed to come and go without rhyme or reason - but he didn't mind her. Agatha was a little taller than Aggie, and unlike her aunts, usually kept her frizzy hair in a bun. Her large nose sported a lovely wart at the left nostril, and her black clothes were always neat and pressed.

"Hi, Barrel," Agnes said without looking up. "Need anything today?"

"Spider legs," Barrel said. "Maybe something else. Not sure yet."

"Well, feel free to look around," Agnes replied. "The spider legs aren't far from where we used to stock them."

She shifted some bottles around.

"And if you want to help and earn those spider legs, well, we can use it right now!"