Ridiculous, that was what it was. The Templar Assassin dressed up as a wolf. And not even a realistic one.
Lanaya stood in the middle of the room, her arms crossed in front of her chest and glared at Rylai. The Maiden was completely unfazed by the glare, though, and just kept grinning. She looked unbelievably cute in a costume of little red riding hood, her blond hair braided into two plates, making her look way younger than usual. She had a basket in one hand, ready to be filled with sweets.
"Come on, you look good. Cool. Just keep that glare, it fits the costume." And then she turned around and bounced through the door, down the hallway. Lanaya sighed but she could feel how much fun Rylai had and it wasn't that bad. She tugged her half mask over her mouth and pulled the wolf head deeper into her face, then she followed.
They walked down to the village, Rylai linking her arm with Lanaya's, while she bounced up and down. The Assassin just had to smile at so much enthusiasm and though the mask hid her mouth the Maiden knew it instantly. "I knew you would like it. But wait, it'll only get better."
"I'm sure of that." Her tone was dry but she had to admit that she was looking forward to playing trick or treat with Rylai.
The flight master of the village gave them a griffon for as long as they wanted. The beast would carry them to every location they wished to visit, as long as it knew it. It would never fly them into unknown territory but that was alright.
Rylai had chosen locations they would go to. The first ones would be some friends of hers, the Juggernaut, the Gorgon, the Bane Elemental and the Clockwerk. Strange friends and scary enough. Why Rylai would fear any other creature while knowing them, Lanaya couldn't fathom. The last place they would go to would be Kunkka's ship, where they would stay for the party. The Templar Assassin wasn't a party person, had never been to one before and could have gone the rest of her life without going to one.
But feeling Rylai's joy through their mental link made it all bearable. Maybe she would even have a little fun, too, though she'd never admit that. And she didn't have to, Rylai would know it and that would be enough.
The Juggernaut, their first stop, dumped an armful of sweets right over Rylai's head, which made the woman laugh and hug him tight. He nodded at the Assassin shortly.
The Bane Elemental, the next one they visited, grinned (Lanaya assumed it was a grin), showing lots of too big and too sharp teeth, before he handed the Maiden a huge bright pink and purple lollipop. Then, his grin getting even wider, he handed another one to Lanaya. Even her scowl didn't make him take it back so she had no other option than to grab the lolli.
The Clockwerk, the third place the griffon took them to, had discarded his armour, was half naked and was clearly confused to find visitors in front of his door. As soon as he saw the Assassin, he slammed the door shut. Through the wood, he talked to Rylai but the only sweets he had was some half melted chocolate, so she laughingly declined, wished him a happy Halloween and they headed on.
The Gorgon, the last one of Rylai's friends, looked them up and down, her eyes narrowing on the Templar Assassin. "So, that's your new girlfriend?" The words were hissed and her hair moved, all the snakes staring at Lanaya, too. Scary.
"Yup. We are living together. It's fine, stop trying to intimidate her." And she swatted lightly at one of the snakes.
Another glare, then the Gorgon turned her attention to the Maiden. "Wait a second, I'm sure I have some sweets somewhere. I have to hide them, when Atropos visits he always eats every single sweet thing he can find. I have to put them in new hiding places, too, because he is an expert at finding them. Give me a moment and I'm sure I can get something for you." And she did, though it took her quite a while. With a goodbye hug from Rylai, they left.
"Okay, and whom do you want to visit now? I don't think there even exists a scarier creature than the Bane Elemental."
"Yeah, maybe. But we met during the town wars. He is friends with Medusa. She is friends with Kunkka and I'm friends with Kunkka and so we met. And he is really funny. I like him very much, you shouldn't judge him by his appearance."
Lanaya looked at the two brightly coloured lollipops. Maybe he was funny but it was clearly not her form of humour.
So far it had all been easy. The Assassin was curious how it would be when the creatures they visited weren't friends with Rylai.