She'd been cognizant of the event for years, but had never had the money for the travel expenses before. Now, she had moved to L.A., and nothing could stop her from going. She scrounged up all her change, and purchased a ticket. What she was going to wear was the real issue. Having spent the "spare change" in her budget, she couldn't splurge on anything fancy.
"That's all right. I'll just repurpose something." The girl had a habit of talking to herself. "Pshh! All geniuses have a running dialog with themselves. It's a sign of greatness based in madness. Heeee."
The girl was one of those artsy, music types with a penchant for vintage items. It didn't take long for inspiration to hit.
"Ding! If I can't wear the big, white cupcake, then I'll try a piece of white bread." Her quirkiness knew no bounds.
She began digging in through her moving boxes in her very unpacked apartment. The place was a bit of a wreck. The girl had been living in the studio for a month, and still hadn't put her little home together. The only thing relatively homey was the piano covered in her sheet music, compositions, and chord progressions. Everything else looked rather dull.
The girl pushed aside the boxes of children's instruments, CD's, 80's tapes, and music books. She needed that small box in the back corner. "You know. The one that was lighter than all the others, so you brought it in first and then piled all the others around it. Sometimes, I don't understand my own logic."
She dragged the box across the floor and then pulled out a single item. The Labyrinth. The girl was quite proud of this particular item. It was, after all, the twenty-fifth anniversary edition; but even better, it was a steal! Six dollars! She popped the disc into her computer and studied the character she would portray. Yes, she had that and that and that and that. What she didn't have, she could make. Easy!
"Gonna look good! Gonna look great! Gonna be more than they can take," she sang to herself. "Now, to find all of it in this mess. I only have a week until Jareth's Ball."