She expected him to start interrogating her about it. Arthur just looked over at her calmly, showing that he's seen her case before. What really distracted her was that he wasn't wearing a shirt.

"It was a haunting memory, wasn't it?" he predicted. The architect nodded.

"A bad Halloween memory." She said specifically. "Has it happened to you?"

"It's completely normal." He said. "When you think you're done dreaming on your own, sometimes they come back and they turn out to be things we wish we forgot."

"I wish I could forget. But it's hard to forget the time I witnessed that mad man murder my neighbor… I didn't like her at all, but still…"

"You witnessed a real murder." He repeated almost skeptical.

"On Halloween." She added. "When I was thirteen, my town was massacred on that night. Twelve people were murdered, three of which I knew personally. Some crazy guy escaped the asylum he was living in and ran to our town."

"It sounds like the plot of a Halloween movie."

"Exactly." She nodded. "I felt like I was in a bad horror movie."

"So, do you know what happened to Emma and Mrs. Benson?" he inquired. "You don't have to tell me, I'm just curious. I really want to look into it."

"Google search 'Perry Sound Massacre' and you'll see the articles." She said. "Mrs. Benson was this old woman my sisters and I liked. She always gave away king size candy bars, not the stupid fun sized ones. That night, I overheard my mom say on the phone that she fell down the stairs and broke her neck."

"And Emma?"

"Your gonna love this one. Emma was my babysitter who hated Halloween. She went home early from a party with her boyfriend. He was in the house while she took all the decorations down. There were these sticks with sheets over them to make ghosts… and this crazy guy sliced off her head and put it under one of the sheets. Her boyfriend found her limbs hanging from a tree."

"Did you see this?"

"Fortunately no. But when I was older, I got to see the crime scene photos." Ariadne turned to looked at the clock. "What time is dinner?"

"Seven. We have some time." He brought out one of his shirts and buttoned it up.

"Alright." Ariadne nodded. "I'm fine."

Arthur nodded and stepped back into the bathroom. Now was the perfect time. She ran to the desk and turned on her laptop. On Goggle, she typed, 'Scary maze game' and accessed the website. Immediately, she cranked up the sound. As Arthur came out, she pretended to play it and fail.

"Arthur, can you help me with this maze game?" she asked sweetly. "It's so addictive, but I can't pass level three." Arthur came over as he finished straitening his tie.

The Maze

Test your skills! Try to reach the goal without touching the walls. How steady is your hand? Let's find out! Try to beat all four levels!

Sound effects will help.

"I don't play games online."

"But it's a maze game." She insisted. "I know you love mazes. It's fun, you should try it!"

Arthur sighed. "Alright, I'll give it one try." He sat down in the desk chair and pressed play. "It's going to be a little harder without a mouse."

The first level was easy. It was an upside-down 'L', the horizontal line being much skinnier than the vertical one. Arthur reached the red box at the end and advanced to level two.

"Doesn't seem so hard." He said calmly. Arthur started moving the curser left, down, right, down when he touched the black wall. "It goes back to level one? Well I'll try again." He finished levels one and two by slowly moving the curser through the paths. Level three had several lines, getting thinner as he went. "What does level four look like?" he asked her.

Ariadne stepped away and waited for the fireworks to come. Arthur led the curser to the first thin line. He looked at the monitor more closely, trying to focus. "I think I got it…"

AHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH!

The girl from The Exorcist screamed into his face. Arthur's body scrambled as his nerves jolted to his brains. The chair rolled back and fell over, leaving his legs in the air. "Oh shit!" he cursed.

Ariadne was in the corner laughing. Tears came down her face. She actually fooled him! She knew that man needed to have some fun, plus it was a tradition. As Arthur got up, she felt a little bad.

"Please don't hurt me." She said, still in giggles. "At least Eames didn't do it."

Arthur looked over at the mirror to check his hair. She could see a hint of a smirk.

"Well excellent job Ariadne." He said. "You actually fooled me. Brava."

"Wait… your not mad?" she was surprised. "I thought you'd be steaming."

"You would think that." He agreed. "But thank you."

Ariadne looked up confused. "What?"

"You showed me how to get back at Eames." He said. "And if you can trick me… you can definitely trick him." Arthur clapped his hands. "Nice one."

"I do it to someone every year." She explained. "To be honest, I thought you wouldn't react at all!"

Arthur took a deep breath. "I'm not a statue." He stated. "And before we go, I have to remind you that you won't be going under for this one."

"What?" Ariadne almost reacted like a brat, used to getting what she wanted. "I thought Yusuf was."

"It's only one dream." He reminded her. "You need to keep watch. That's what you get." He pointed at the monitor still showing the demon. "For that. For playing a joke on your boss."

"Look on the bright side. Eames won't know…" The idea of staying awake and watching a clock bored her. "Is there anything different I can do?"

Arthur shook his head. "It won't be necessary."

"What exactly won't?"

"Spying on the mark." Said Arthur. "Before the extraction."

"You mean I'd have to dress up and spy on her?" She scoffed. "No thank you."