Like I said in chat, this piece actually makes me like 343. Not an easy thing, so upboated all the way.
I love the "conpiracy theory" type of thing going on in here.
"Trapped. By their power, like you, or unconscious, or stuck within their own mind or body. Or maybe in the doorway."
Is this a reference to Janus?
I am very much hesitant about this bing HC2012 because it has very little to do with halloween. I like it as a tale but not as a halloween contest entry.
Living the dream, or dreaming the life?
I'm with some of the others - this actually makes 343 a bit interesting, but its Halloween connection is a bit weak. Upvote withheld for now.
I'm not entirely sure what's going on at the end. No vote.
It's not a bad tale and I dig seeing 343 as more than the blank slate he is in not-canon, but I dislike the recasting of 507 as a fifth columnist or secret agent man or whatever he is. It's also clearly a regular story in a Halloween costume, not a Halloween story.
No vote.
Great story, made me see 343 in a whole new light, but as others have said, this has nothing to do with Halloween.