A Little Sabertooth Halloween

It was a very lively day in the capital. Well, it was lively every day really from what Samira had seen on her other visits there, but that day added a little something special to it. It was the fall season and with it eventually came a holiday many loved to participate in. The Halloween spooks and treats were on nearly everyone's mind and they allowed the holiday spirits within themselves to take over and enjoy themselves immensely. It was nighttime now. Not late at all actually but the days had now gotten shorter. Not that many people minded since it just added a certain effect and realism to the scariest parts of the holiday.

Samira had come to the capital quite early to have a bit of fun. Not quite alone since her avatar spirits refused to be uninvited and miss out on the events. The festivals were their favorite parts of the mortal world and they would be very grumpy if they had to miss even one. Thankfully they behaved for the most part throughout the day. Some shopping had been done and there were some early activities for the children and adults alike scattered around town in the shops and venues. There were even some mini-concerts around. There was even a chance for her to volunteer a bit. All and all it was a fun time. The main event for the day though was the annual festival. That she purposely avoided until later. It was something she had already planned to save for later so she could spend some time with a new friend and guildmate of hers.

That was where she was now as the dark night sky and moon took over what used to be such a brightly lit pretty blue. The Goddess of Ishgar was dressed in the same exact costume as last year. Not that Victoria would know that since the fellow Sabertooth mage was not the one that accompanied her then, but even if she had been Samira wasn't worried about it. Most people bought new costumes every year for whatever reason but not her. She was very satisfied with her witch costume and saw no reason to get another at that time. Perhaps next year if she felt it was time for a change. Or if her avatar spirits annoyed her enough about the topic.

For now, Samira had seated herself in an area that seemed to be spaced out perfectly for those that wanted to mingle and for those that would be more satisfied with dancing. There was a stage set where bands and solo musical artists would take turns performing, creating a very varied playlist for all to enjoy. In front of that stage was the dance floor that had been set for those that desired to do that sort of thing. Some were even filling that space at that very moment to dance to one of the many Halloween-themed songs that were being played. Samira was much further away from that in the chatting area. Tables of varying sizes were scattered around as well as sections of just chairs to make more room for those that just wished to take a seat and have a quick break between activities.

The music area seemed like the perfect spot to meet up with Victoria. That and Samira needed a small break after her already eventful day. Like before, an avatar spirit had been sent to locate Victoria and pass on the inquiry of whether she would like to spend time together for the Halloween festival. That was days ago to give Victoria proper notice and time to prepare for the day. Such as finding transportation. Janus was occupied for the day and Samira doubted greatly that Kukulkan or Anhur would relish the idea of being again downgraded to transportation service. She was confident Victoria had it handled though, and so she waited patiently.

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A day or two ago Victoria had received word via one of Samira's messengers about the Halloween event and the brunette had eagerly accepted the invitation. Turning down an invitation from Samira Nassar without a very good reason like personal illness, an illness in her family, or an important job that required her undivided attention was not something she would do if she could help it. Besides, Victoria liked Samira quite a bit and this was another good chance for them to do something fun without the safety of the world being at stake.

Victoria had driven her DH-40 Centaur from Ace Of Spades to the Sheridan Estate on the outskirts of Capital Crocus to make sure that she got to the city in time for the festival. She had left her Halloween costume in her room in the Sheridan Estate since she would only need that outfit once a year. Today was the occasion that merited digging it out of the closet and wearing it. Victoria had gotten dressed in the costume roughly three hours ago and had decided to walk to the festival area so that no one could steal her Centaur while she was busy partying.

Wearing the outfit of the female lead character Jane Easter from the first Malevolent Tenant video game, Victoria walked among the Halloween festival crowds with no trouble whatsoever. She was concerned that she would have stood out for all the wrong reasons, but to her surprise and relief she saw a lot of costumes that were a lot stranger than her own. She saw a few people dressed as Fortunate Meteor characters, quite a few pirates, a lot of vampires, and a small group of other Malevolent Tenant characters. When she took those costumes into consideration it was safe to say that no one would find anything unusual about her outfit.

Victoria eventually made her way to an area set aside for music and stopped to look for Samira. While she was stopped she heard the music playing and was impressed by how good it was. The person on stage was a solo artist who played electric guitar and was dressed in a white Steel Matron band T-shirt and blue jeans with brown boots. The music he was playing was a rock version of the Halloween staple Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. It was oddly fitting and sounded oddly good too, especially since he was playing alone.

Victoria turned away from him to try and locate her esteemed guildmate. She looked all around her for any sign of the famous mage and was coming up with nothing until she began to walk towards some seats in the back away from the stage and the dance floor and sensed a very powerful magic signature not too far away from her present location. Now having a rough idea of where to go, Victoria began to walk towards the approximate area of the signature until she spotted a green-haired young woman dressed as a very cute witch with an appropriate hat to go with the outfit.

Believing herself to have found Samira Nassar, Victoria carefully approached her and stopped a couple of feet away from her.

"Samira, is that you?" Victoria asked the green-haired young woman.

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Victoria's Costume:

The wait didn't last long. Or at least it didn't seem to be that long. The music being played was quite a distraction and made the time quickly fly by. The current artist up on stage was playing music with an instrument that was never used by her list of preferred genres but even she had to admit that it was good for what it was. There was talent there and she was certain that he would be well-known after that night if he wasn't already. Samira didn't keep up with that sort of thing so most musical artists were unknown to her. It might have been why she wasn't so bothered that such a traditional and well-known piece was played in such a way.

A woman approached while Samira was staring up at the stage from where she sat, focused on listening and taking it all in but not so much that she was lost and oblivious to everything around her. Immediately she felt an invasion of her space and turned her eyes to meet that of the woman's. Upon being asked if it was her Samira smiled warmly. "I hope so or I did a better job with this costume than I had intended." She said in jest, rising from her seat. She was very sure that her costume didn't make the cut of turning herself into someone else completely and she hoped no one was so talented enough to impersonate her in such a way that others that knew her would be so easily fooled.

"Hello, Victoria," the summoner said to properly greet her companion. The costume that her guildmate wore did make her look a bit different but the face was recognizable. As was the strong magic signature but Samira wasn't one to solely use that as identification. "I like your costume." The opinion was honest. It was simple and not as flashy as some of the other costumes, but Samira liked it. It suited Victoria. Granted she had zero clue that it was the outfit of a video game character. "Are you dressed as a type of soldier?" The question might have seemed stupid and she hoped that Victoria did not take offense for not knowing exactly what she was, but well, she really didn't know. Maybe it was something else entirely and she had missed the mark. It was a little embarrassing but that's just how it was.

It was then that an event volunteer approached the two. The woman was dressed as a devil. Or that's what Samira could guess it was with the devil horns and tipped tail accessories. The red mini dress and high heels were questionable, but she supposed there were those that used Halloween as an acceptable day to wear something a little more on the sexy side than the usual casual wear of everyday life most conformed to. "Hello! Here's a nice little token for each of you." In her left hand she held a Halloween-decorated basket filled with small coin-sized skull tokens. The free right hand reached in and grabbed two tokens. One was given to Samira and the other to Victoria. "Have a happy Halloween." The woman then sauntered off towards the next person that was eligible to receive a token just for being in the area.

"Hm, they're giving out tokens," Samira stated as she held her token up to look at its details. The token turned into bright blue particles that faded into the air, Samira having been quickly satisfied with viewing it and teleported it away into her celestial vault. "I suppose we should work on earning more." There was a thin trace of eagerness in her tone and an excited glint in her eyes. Collecting little skull souvenirs from the events would be fun. "Any ideas on what to do next? Unless you want to stay here a bit longer and see other artists perform. That is fine too, of course."

Samira has earned 1 Skull Token from A Little Night Music
1/3 Skull Tokens Earned

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Samira Total: 1312
Thread Total: 1856)

To her relief Victoria had managed to get the right person and make contact with Samira Nassar. Victoria did not want to waste time talking to the wrong person and she certainly did not want the embarrassment that came with talking to the wrong person. Her mind was taken off of that when the esteemed mage asked what kind of costume the brunette was wearing.

"I'm dressed as Jane Easter from the Malevolent Tenant video games. The first one, to be exact. From what I've heard it's a game series that's about the efforts of various characters to survive the messes of a company named Parasol Company. Parasol Company's a pharmaceutical firm that dabbles in science it really shouldn't... human experimentation's only one of their many shady practices. You also have other business practices like manipulating local governments to install people who are on Parasol's payroll and sending "cleaners" to deal with wannabe whistleblowers." Victoria explained a bit about where her costume had come from.

"The first game's all about the efforts of a special police force to survive a mess that they stumbled into while investigating the disappearance of several hikers in a remote mountainous area. The second game's more about the perspective of the ordinary person, someone who hasn't had any kind of special training in any kind of skill that'd help them survive a zombie virus outbreak in a city. The third game goes back to the perspective of Jane Easter, the character I'm dressed as." Victoria explained a little more about the Malevolent Tenant games. She had not played them herself, but she really wanted to. She had heard good things about the current trilogy and had even heard that a fourth game was in the works. When she got a chance and was not busy with work she really needed to get a game console and the Malevolent Tenant games.

Victoria's unintended rambling was interrupted when she was handed something called a "Skull Token". She could not help but to notice the sultry devil costume the event volunteer wore and make a connection to the Skull Token. Victoria hoped that accepting the token did not create a pact with the female devil. The woman was just someone in a costume.

At least Victoria hoped that she was someone in a costume.

Victoria put the token in her right side cargo pocket and faced Samira, who had inquired about what the brunette wanted to do next.

"I don't have any real investment in this area. I'm ready to move on whenever you are, Samira." Victoria told her famous guildmate. The music was great and so was the atmosphere, but the brunette wanted to move on and actually do something. As she often did Victoria would defer to Samira when it came to choosing what activity they did next.

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[Victoria's Word Count: 1,016/2,000]
[Total Word Count: 2,328/4,000]

Victoria has earned one Skull Token from A Little Night Music. She now has one out of three Skull Tokens required for event completion.

Rolling for Witches Brew...

The member 'Samira Nassar' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Normal Dice' :

Samira got a lot more than she expected with that question. A simple answer would have sufficed but Victoria went into a long detailed explanation about the costume. Who it was, where the character came from, and what the story of that, hopefully, fully fictional world was. Calling her a gamer would be a very incorrect description. It was no wonder why she did not recognize the costume for what it was. As interesting as Victoria's description of the game series was, Samira was not inclined to change her status to gamer anytime soon. There was neither the time nor the interest in that type of hobby. "Well, it certainly is a better pick than my uncreative idea. There are plenty of witches here but only one Jane Easter," Samira added kindly once Victoria was finished with her explanation.

Speaking of others dressed as witches, it was only a minute before one came along after the devil lady had left. Samira had been all set to go. Where to she had very little idea. There was much to do at the festival and Victoria had not mentioned anything in particular that she would like to see or do. Walking around until they spotted something entertaining for the both of them seemed to be the most obvious plan. An old, reliable, and solid plan indeed and not one she minded for those obviously stated reasons. "All right. Then lets head over-" The sentence she had planned to speak was cut short, having been interrupted by what Samira could only guess was an event volunteer dressed in the silliest witch costume she had ever seen. It was bright pink and black with lots of unwrapped candy all over it. The hat was bent, the shoes were curled at the tips, striped yellow and white stockings clashed heavily with the rest of the outfit, and the volunteer had either decided to dye her shoulder-length hair a shade of bad rainbow hues or it was a wig. It was hard to tell what with the magical world they all lived in. Anything was, unfortunately for Samira's eyes, possible. The Goddess of Ishgar was by no means a fashion designer or fashionista but even she knew that "costume" was bad. So bad it was scary. Did that mean in terms of Halloween it was good? The logic that had to go into that thought and concept was not healthy for the function of her brain and mind. It was best, and more polite, to ignore the tragedy her eyes could not help but notice.

"Hellllooooo! You two look thirsty! Here's some punch for you!" The oddly dressed volunteer said with a bright wide smile that was borderline creepy. She tossed a plastic potion bottle at Victoria, clearly expecting the brunette to be paying attention enough to catch it. "And some for you!" The woman giggled loudly. To the point of it seeming so forced that it was annoying even Samira. Then, in one quick awkward instant, the giggles stopped. The volunteer frowned. "Oh, snickerdoodles!" She yelled while stomping her foot on the ground beneath her. "I think those are the normal punch potions. You two look adventurous! You get the enchanted ones! Gimme one quick second here."

A finger snap later caused a giant cauldron to appear. It was filled with a bright smoking bubbling liquid that changed color every few seconds. Although questionable in appearance, the strong aroma was that of a standard fruit punch. The volunteer ladled up some of the "potion" into a bottle. Without asking, she took away the original punch Samira had been given and forcefully gave her the enhanced alternative. She'd also do the same to Victoria if allowed to do so. Otherwise, she'd just leave it floating there. Yes, floating. The thing was enchanted to do so instead of falling onto the ground when rejected. Someone would take it eventually. "Okie dokie. These are MAGIC potions." The volunteer waved her hand for even more emphasis as if her tone didn't indicate that enough already. "When you drink it you'll get a super fun effect that lasts... well I'm not sure how long but it'll be enough to get some entertainment out of it! Tee hee!" Her eyes widened, staring at some other partygoers that were doing nothing but standing around. "Oh! More victims! Erm, I mean more thirsty-looking people that look like they can take a joke. Haha. See you around!" And there it was. That witch had more fun seeing what enchantments people got rather than being at all interested in serving punch.

Samira didn't object to the woman leaving. That did leave the matter of the potion though. She could have used a drink, but was it worth drinking an enchanted potion? Could it have been any worse than the other enchanted activities she had participated in in the past? Shrugging, Samira decided to take the chance. She took a large sip and swallowed. The taste was fruity and pleasant. Not too sweet or tangy at all. But what were its effects? Seconds after drinking the punch she felt.. lighter? Was that the accurate description? How odd. Then she noticed the rest. Her body had become translucent like a ghost and there was a faint ghostly aura around her. Not too bad of an effect. It could have been worse and to be honest, she quite liked it. A ghostly witch. Ha. Two costumes in one. "This could have turned out much worse," Samira stated, remembering the past when she and Leona had decided to take part in the enchanted gift game. Thank goodness the punch did not have that same effect, or if it did she lucked out big time. Gambling with festival magic effects. This had to be some kind of weird addiction.

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Samira Total: 2281
Thread Total: 3297)

Samira has earned 1 Skull Token from Witch's Brew
2/3 Skull Tokens Earned

Victoria Sheridan rolls one Normal Die for Witch's Brew.

The member 'Victoria Sheridan' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Normal Dice' :

"I like the Jane Easter costume. I'm not a dead ringer for the character, but I don't think anyone here really cares. I certainly don't care." Victoria said to the teal-haired mage. Jane Easter had shorter hair that went down to around her ears and was a bit shorter than Victoria. Jane also had blue eyes while Victoria had green. However, the brunette was not concerned by the differences between herself and the video game character she was dressed as.

Once the pair decided to move onto something else a weird person suddenly appeared from out of thin air and things got kind of strange. Victoria caught the potion bottle that had been tossed to her by the person and recoiled as moments later it was suddenly confiscated and filled with a special drink before being returned to her. After getting back the bottle the brunette then listened to the odd person explain that the punch contained within possessed special properties. That was all Victoria heard because she then focused on the woman, who had chosen an interesting witch outfit that easily stood out in the crowd. It was so loud that the brunette was waiting for her ears to start ringing at any moment.

Interesting was one word for it.

Ignoring the outfit that had caught her attention for all the wrong reasons, Victoria looked at the bottle in her hands and saw that the liquid was a pale green. It did not look very appealing, but the brunette had drank worse things than green potion before. For example, she had drank CEIL vodka a few times... CEIL was a vodka that was so strong that people joked that first-time drinkers of the beverage fell out of their chair and ended up on their back staring at the ceiling above them after a single sip.

Victoria looked at the bottle and briefly wondered if drinking it was the right thing, then decided to do so anyway because she had made choices a lot worse than the one she was about to make. The brunette drank from the bottle until it was empty and noted that the beverage within tasted a lot like apple juice with a mild aftertaste that was a bit weaker than that of normal apple juice.

A few seconds after finishing the drink her scalp began to tingle and there was rapid movement at the back of her head. She felt something move down her back and turned her head to look at it. It was then that she noticed that her ponytail had grown so long that it was now touching the ground!

Several feet of chestnut brown hair were lying on the ground and had pooled behind her. The brunette recoiled. She had no idea what germs people had carried here on the bottoms of their shoes, but she knew that her hair had gotten into it by lying on the concrete. The brunette was not pleased with that and began to pick up her very long ponytail and get it off the ground before it became even filthier or someone stepped on it.

Victoria looked for Samira and was about to ask the latter a question when she caught a glance of Samira and recoiled again. Samira had undergone a drastic change of her own. Earlier she had looked like the picture of good health, but now she was exuding a distinct pale aura and was now translucent. Victoria was visibly startled by the radical change to her friend's appearance, so much so that she forgot the question she was going to ask Samira and stood there with her hair in her hands.

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[Victoria's Word Count: 1,626/2,000]
[Total Word Count: 3,907/4,000]

Victoria has earned one Skull Token from Witch's Brew. She has two out of three Skull Tokens needed for event completion.

Once Samira was done with examining the new cosmetic effect to her costume, she focused her verdant gaze on Victoria, wondering what silly magic effect had been placed on her guildmate. She blinked and said nothing at first. The effect that had taken over the brunette's hair was not surprising on its own. Samira had seen that same effect of rapunzel-like hair before. The year prior to be precise. That had been the surprise. Two years in a row and each time on a friend. Although it was a bit disappointing in a way. At least with Leona's look, the extra hair made her Valkyrie costume look extra marvelous. In Victoria's case, it didn't quite go so well. Even in a ponytail the hair would be bothersome for a character like Jane Easter in theory. Or so she could theorize based on the description she had been given. And Samira would know. Her own hair length could be troublesome at times so anything longer than that was bound to be impossible to deal with, and Victoria's was so long she had begun to carry the long locks in her arms! Not very practical at all during a festival.

"Well that is unfortunate," Samira stated matter of factly, trying her best to remain neutral to the sight. She didn't want to laugh even if it was a slightly humorous sight. Even more unfortunate is that Serqet had broken the cleaned hairbrush set and tools that could have been used to fix the issue as she had for Leona last year. It probably was a bad idea to allow her to play hairdresser with it some time ago but Samira didn't expect to have the same occurrence to transpire again. Replacing that set wasn't exactly a priority. Now she wished she had.

As a secondary solution, Samira decided cutting it was best. She raised her hand, a small orb of light enveloping it as she did so, which then enlarged and took the shape of a sword. The light faded, leaving behind a solid sword in her hand. The sword's true owner was one of her avatar spirits, but she doubted she'd mind Samira using it for that purpose. Requip magic did come in handy, but unfortunately, her selection of avatar weapons didn't include a simple pair of scissors. The sword was the only tool close enough to get the job done. "Do you want me to cut the excess hair off?" Samira asked seriously as if getting hair whacked off by a sharp sword was a completely normal everyday thing to do. A solution was a solution as long as it wasn't too terrible. This wasn't as long as people trusted her aim.

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Samira Total: 2733
Thread Total: 4359)

Victoria did not like the tone in which Samira had spoken to her. It sounded like Samira had finally had enough of her and wanted to put a permanent end to the brown-haired nuisance. That impression was only reinforced when Samira produced a sword from out of thin air and asked a question in the same sinister tone she had used earlier, causing the brunette to show visible panic.

Since when could Samira produce weapons out of thin air?

Victoria protectively gripped her newly lengthened hair and took a step back in anticipation of Samira making her move, but to her surprise the teal-haired mage remained where she was. The brunette took a few seconds to recall what had been said to her and thought about it. It took a few moments, but the brunette finally understood what her guildmate had asked with the question.

Samira had wanted to cut Victoria's hair, not Victoria herself!

When that realization hit like a freight train Victoria's face turned red.

"M-my hair?" Victoria repeated in an effort to stall for time. She had a carton of eggs on her face from the misunderstanding and that fact would be painfully obvious to Samira. Victoria looked at the sword in Samira's hand and then back at Samira herself.

"I think I'll hang onto my hair a bit longer, thanks. I appreciate what you tried to do for me, though." Victoria politely turned down the offer while protectively clutching her hair, her face still red from the misunderstanding. She was not sure how sharp that sword was and how adept at using it Samira was. If Victoria was particularly unlucky Samira would try to cut off the excess hair only to end up cutting Victoria somewhere like her back. To avoid that possibility she would just decline the offer and put up with her hair as it was.

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[Victoria's Word Count: 1,938/2,000]
[Total Word Count: 4,671]

Rolling for Coffin Up Candy...

The member 'Samira Nassar' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Normal Dice' :

"Victoria, are you well?" The question came after seeing the perplexing reaction that had been given to the hair-cutting suggestion. It was a simple and quick solution. Yet Victoria acted as if an evil villain threatening to cut her down was there. Strange. Maybe the suggestion was a bit too bold and forward.

Eventually, Victoria composed herself enough to decline the suggestion. Embarrassment was all over her face still, probably at the realization that she had gone into panic mode for no reason. Samira could only guess. She wasn't going to embarrass her further by asking, and she was satisfied enough that Victoria had appreciated the suggestion. "I see. Very well then." Victoria's choice had been easily accepted. With no reason for the chosen cutting tool to remain any longer, it disappeared, turning into celestial particles that faded into the air. "You should be careful until the enchantment wears off. That length of hair is a safety hazard." The fact Victoria had to carry her hair in her arms to prevent it from dragging along the ground to be stepped on aside it could also get caught on just about anything. And those were just the two less imaginative happenings that could possibly happen. They likely weren't going anywhere anytime soon.

"We will remain here for now. It should not take too long, I hope." That decision was preferable to risking Victoria's safety. The brunette likely wouldn't know it since she didn't seem like the sort to argue over what would hopefully just be a few-minute delay in exploring the festival grounds, but Samira wasn't giving her the choice. She'd attempt to use magic to keep her there if she had to. Harmless magic, of course.

Some kind of Halloween god must have known their problem because another piece of the festival would come to them to provide some small entertainment. At that moment a man costumed as a skeleton popped up from the ground. It was obviously a spell of some kind that acted as a themed teleport but what was more surprising was that a coffin had also popped up from the ground. The object floated above the ground to reach the height of a high table. "Happy Halloween!" The skeleton mage shouted excitedly, not all surprised that there were others standing right there. He had planned it that way as he had all day long so far. "Would you two like to play a game?" Three tiny coffins appeared on top of the coffin table. They switched places a few times and from that, it was easy to tell what kind of familiar game they'd be playing.

"Um..." Samira blinked, mild surprise and slight suspicion rendering her speechless beyond that for a moment. First the witch with the enchanted punch and now the skeleton guy with his mini coffin game. The festival attractions were coming their way one by one. What was next? Would a cornfield maze immediately summon itself around them to bring the field of screams? A boat riding the wind to take them to the tunnel of terror? It would be amusing if it wasn't so peculiar. "I suppose."

"Great! Just keep an eye on the coffins and pick one for a prize! Pick the right one and you get two!"

The mini coffins started to switch places repeatedly, slowly at first but then picked up such a speed that any normal person would have difficulty keeping up. Samira didn't try that hard, opting to rely on simple luck than giving herself a headache and eye strain from watching the mini coffins perform their tricky dance. Once the coffins stopped moving she pointed at the middle one. "I choose this one." Her choice made, the mini coffin opened its lid to reveal a skull token and a piece of candy. Both the summoner happily took, unwrapping the hard candy and popping it into her mouth.

"That's one win! Congrats!" The mini coffin closed its lid to reset. The skeleton man then turned his attention to the... uh... Jane Easter Rapunzel? "And what about you? Want to play a round?"

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Samira Total: 3419
Thread Total: 5357)

Samira has earned 1 Skull Token from Coffin Up Candy
3/3 Skull Tokens earned

Victoria Sheridan rolls one Normal Die for Coffin Up Candy.

The member 'Victoria Sheridan' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Normal Dice' :

"I'm well, thanks." Victoria replied to the question concerning her well-being before she wrapped her newly lengthened hair around her shoulders in the fashion of a scarf so that she or others did not step on it. It was not the best idea, but that stopgap measure definitely beat the risk of being cut with a sword by her friend Samira. Being cut with a sword wielded by Samira would be the unkindest cut of all.

Victoria wordlessly went along with her colleague's suggestion to remain where they were and the brunette got a surprise when an odd guy who was dressed as a skeleton appeared in style via an actual coffin that emerged from the ground. Soon a setup consisting of a normal-sized table plus three small coffins appeared as well, making Victoria wonder how the guy managed to carry it all around. Her thoughts were interrupted when the skeleton man asked if she wanted to play the game.

"Sure, I'll play a game." Victoria replied while trying to figure out where the guy had come from. He produced a piece of candy covered by a green wrapper and put it inside the small coffin to the right, then raised his hands in dramatic fashion and the coffins began to spin rapidly. Victoria did her best to keep up with the one where the candy had been placed and when they stopped after several seconds of spinning that was so fast that she was convinced that they would drill a hole in the table she chose the coffin that was now in the center.

When the man opened the coffin the piece of candy was indeed there. She received both it and a Skull Token from the odd skeleton guy, gifts which caused her to feel enough happiness that the "Samira with a sword" misunderstanding from earlier had been totally forgotten. She thanked the man and turned to face her guildmate.

"That was fun. What do you want to do from here, Samira?" Victoria asked her guildmate what she wanted to do next. The brunette did not have anything in mind, so she would listen to what Samira suggested before either agreeing to it or politely disagreeing.

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[Victoria's Word Count: 2,306/2,000]
[Total Word Count: 5,725]

Victoria has earned a Skull Token from completing Coffin Up Candy. Victoria now has all three Skull Tokens required for event completion.