Zoostuck 2

> Use occult magic. Flesh magic, to be precise. It's why your pumpkins have that "human" quality.

No way. Considering that your pumpkins are giving you so much trouble without any occult magic - at least, that you know of - you can't see how bringing that into the mix will improve things at all. You need another approach.

Don't carve the pumpkin. It's a postmodern commentary on the abandonment of tradition in modern society.

Yes! That's it! You'll just enter a totally uncarved pumpkin! Then you can win the contest without unleashing another pumpkin monster on the city. It's perfect! You take out your newest pumpkin and pointedly don't carve it.

And, uh, it still got up and walked away. Maybe it isn't the carving after all? You feel like this needs more explanation.

You are now a famous paleontologist. Your kids were watching some TV show about a scientifically inaccurate dinosaur, and you embarked upon a quest to set the record straight. Your journey has lead you to the office of a studio executive, but he has just informed you that the show has been off the air for years and your kids were watching reruns.

You aren't actually sure what to do about your quest now. You were going to ask the executive for ideas, but then he was suddenly murdered by a pumpkin... oh, right, you should probably do something about that murderous pumpkin, too. Oh, and there's also that velociraptor that was chasing you through the halls of the studio for some reason, it didn't go away just because you ducked into this office.

So how are you going to deal with all of this?