In which Halloween hits and I decide to write! Huzzah, let us read, my friends!
Beneath the Stars
By Gold Sparrow
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:
Costume Party!
7:00 PM, Sindria Estate
"Alright, so there are three prizes. Scariest, most creative, and funniest. You can get first, second or third in each category, but you can only enter in one. The prize for third is a discount at the Amala Supermarket, provided by Catrina. The prize for second is a twenty dollar gift card to a place of your choice. And first place is a favor from me."
A gasp erupted from the crowd.
Alibaba raises a hand.
"A favor…From Bad?!"
ROUND 1: Scariest!
"I'll win this for sure!" Alibaba cheers. He doesn't want to brag or anything, but he looks pretty scary. He has one of those masks with a bunch of scars and blood all over it, and he had chopped the arms off of baby dolls and stuck them in his sleeves so it looks like he has 'baby hands'.
"Oh, I'm sure." Kassim rolls his eyes.
"And what? You think your golem outfit is gonna cut it?"
"It's hella a lot better than Baby-Baba."
The others in this category included Catrina going as a vampire-zombie, Masrur kind of just standing there, Judal with fake knives stuck onto his skin and Kouen with a full suit of armor and a glare that burns.
The judges are Bad, Centola and Asad, all of which scored everyone out of ten. Catrina goes first.
"Eight!" Bad chirps.
"Eight!" Centola giggles.
"Seven." Asad yawns.
Masrur follows, but he gets a three for not actually dressing. Judal gets a higher score, a twenty-five, but that's because Asad gives him a ten, which Alibaba finds incredibly unfair and biased.
Finally, it's his turn.
Favor from Bad, favor from Bad, favor from Bad!
Centola smiles at him reassuringly.
"Nine!"
Bad glares.
"Ugh. Fine, because I can't be biased, eight."
"I guess a nine, for the ingenuity."
A twenty-six! I'm gonna win!
Kassim gets a twenty-four. Kouen a twenty-four. The oldest Ren had questioned this, but Bad had answered that, 'a knight isn't that scary, nii-san'.
"So, the winner is Alibaba!" Centola announces, and he jumps into the air, fist pumping.
"Yes! The brat owes me one! YES!"
"Not so fast."
The voice stills his blood.
Oh no.
He turns slowly.
Oh no. Oh no, no, no.
Khadeja strides up, giving a bone-chilling grin.
"It's my turn to go, ya bastard."
Oh no, no, nO CRAP BASKETS.
She presents herself in her costume, a witch, and then gives each of the judges (excluding Centola) a fierce glare that matches the intensity of Kouen's.
"Judge me. If you have the balls, that is."
The judges, even Asad, scoot their chairs back simultaneously. Then, at the same time,
"Nine!"
"Twenty-seven. That means I win, huh?"
Alibaba keeps it together for a total of three seconds.
"DAMMIT!"
ROUND 2: Creativity!
Those in line for this contest was Sinbad, Zeina, Hakuryuu, Hakuei and Drakon.
"Ladies first," Sinbad coos, ushering the girls forward.
"You're up to something." Zeina narrows her eyes, scrutinizing the man dressed as a piece of bacon, for some reason.
"No, I'm not."
"You are. You are and I don't like it."
"First up!" Zeina looks to the front, and then sighs.
Centola gives her aunt's outfit as a space pirate a look and then settles on an eight.
Bad gives her the same.
Asad gives her a seven.
"That's a bias."
"What bias do I have against you?"
"Probably the same bias that made you teepee my house when you were a kid." Asad shrugs.
"Touché."
Hakuei goes next, and her chinese general's outfit wins her straight eights.
"Sorry, Zeina. You should've gotten a twenty-four as well."
"Oh, don't worry abou- Sinbad!"
Grinning, Sinbad moseys up to them.
"What's wrong?"
"You ass," Zeina points her finger at his clothes. "You changed your costume!"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You were bacon, and now you're…"
"*Clears throat* Captain Jack Sparrow!"
"I hate you."
"I don't care. I'm winning that first place! I have a favor in mind for Bad."
"What kind?"
"Of the not-quite legal kind."
"..." Hakuei blinks. "Oh. You want her to steal some information from Gyokuen's computer?"
"H-how did you know?!"
"Hakuryuu, good job! You get a twenty-eight!" Whipping around, Sinbad looks at the teen. He was wearing a general's costume like his sister, but it was decorated with nice armor and a real polearm that he brought from his house.
"A-a twenty-eight?"
"Aw, what's wrong, Sin?" Zeina's eyes glow mischievously. "Need to change again?"
"No, I'll win this fair and square!"
"You got a twenty-nine! Good job!" Centola compliments Sinbad, who beams in accomplishment.
"I won, huh?"
"Y- Oh wait, Drakon needs to go."
"Yeah, okay- Drakon?!"
"Sorry Sinbad," Drakon apologizes, striding up to the man. "I changed as well. How do you like my costume?"
"W-what elaborate makeup!"
"And an awesome shirt! He really looks like a dragon!"
Sinbad's hopes and dreams go down the drain.
"Thirty! You win, Drakon!"
Sinbad, to his credit, holds it together much better than Alibaba did.
"Can I...Can I get my twenty-dollar gift-card to be for starbucks?"
ROUND 3: Funniest!
There wasn't many contestants for the 'funny' round. Bad was disappointed, but decided it was fine. She was pretty happy that so far only Khadeja and Drakon had won first, it meant that they'd probably never ask her for help or ask her for a trivial thing. If Sinbad had won she'd probably have to steal information off of Gyokuen's computer or something.
If Alibaba had won she probably would've had to massaged his feet.
(Cue barfing noises.)
First up for the 'funny' round was Aladdin, dressed in a sundress with a blanket tied around his neck. He wore a masquerade mask.*
"Hehe, what're you, Al?" Aladdin tilts his head to the side.
"I'm Ithnan, obviously!" Bad giggles loudly, and gives him a nine. Which was biased of her, but she didn't actually care that much. Asad gave him a six and Centola gave him an eight. Al had taken his score with stride, shrugging it off.
Next came-
"G-Gyokuen?!"
"Oh hello, dears. I decided to participate! Isn't this fun?" Bad nearly craps herself.
"Su-sure. What're you?"
"I'm a clown." Then Gyokuen puts on a rainbow-afro wig and starts smiling widely. "Aren't I funny?"
Bad bites down on her lip to keep from laughing.
Gyokuen puts a red ball on her nose.
Her chest starts to hurt from keeping the laughter in.
Gyokuen squeezes the ball, and it makes a honking noise.
Finally she breaks, and so does Centola and Asad.
After they calm down, they reluctantly give her straight nines.
"Twenty-seven! How wonderful."
"Asad, why didn't you give her a three or something?" Bad whisper-shouts.
"Because that was the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I think I peed a little."
"TMI."
"Okay, let's just pray that the next person is better than Gyokuen." Centola calls up the next contestant.
"Eren!" The man was wearing a cloak that hid his costume.
"Guys...I came as a werewolf...But then I saw Gyokuen's plan."
"...Okay? And?"
"And...And I made a decision for you, Bad." Eren takes a shuddering breath, and then releases the cloak's clasp.
It falls to the floor.
And suddenly Bad's on the floor, gasping for breath.
"YOU CAME AS A WOMAN!?" She shouts in half-hysterics, half-genuine-concern. Eren had put on a short dress that was way too small for him, and his muscles bulged from the sleeves. It was a bright pink color, with a sash wrapped around the middle. He pulled a crown out of the pocket of the cloak and put it in his hair, and then spread his arms.
"I came as Prom Queen!"
"THIRTY! YOU GET A THIRTY!"
WINNERS:
Scariest: 1) Khadeja 2) Alibaba 3) Judal & Kouen
Creativity: 1) Drakon 2) Hakuryuu 3) Sinbad
Funniest: 1) Eren 2) Gyokuen 3) Aladdin
"Hey Bad…"
"Yeah?"
Eren grins evilly.
"For my favor...You should massage my feet."
*Gasp*
"You son of a bitch."
Happy Halloween my lovelies! I wrote this just for you guys! I seriously put it off though. Sorry if it isn't that funny, but I tried my best. I'm a cat this year. Pretty lame since last year I was a gypsy, but I didn't really have an idea for what to do, and I have a pair of cute cat ears so...
*Aladdin's costume: Before you stare at me funny and ask why I wrote that in, it's because Aladdin actually dressed up as Ithnan in magi. I forget the chapter...Maybe 116? Pretty sure around there.
What're you doing this year? Anything fun? Please tell me! I'm interested!
Got any questions or suggestions? Something wrong about the chapter? Grammatical errors, something you didn't like? PM me or leave it in the reviews, I will reply and see what I can do to make the story better/clearer for y'all to understand. ILY MY DARLING READERS!
BYE~~~~~~~