[How boring,] Misery said sulking, fiddling around with a doll. She was aware that during each Halloween festivals were held on the surface, and humans and monsters alike hosted great banquets in celebration. She, however, had been forbidden from going outside by her father, and there was nothing she could do but to torment the spectral guards. They had little choice but to placate Misery, for if she were allowed to venture up to the night's frivolity, something terrible could occur.