Trick or Treat

[fuckyou_chorus]

[Today, the mess hall has sprouted a porch -- all the better for trick-or-treaters -- and on this porch sits some statues. There is a fourth gargoyle as well, holding a candy-filled bowl in its outstretched hands]

(Taking a piece of candy could land you with a Trick-- either loss of sight, speech, or hearing -- or it may be a perfectly harmless

Comments

[pieta_au_lait]

[picks up a piece of candy, curious]

... it seems like a normal piece of candy.

[kepthishead]

Wouldn't they say so?

[pieta_au_lait]

Maybe they forgot.

[kepthishead]

That seems terribly irresponsible of them.

[pieta_au_lait]

[shrugs]

It's not unreasonable.

[kepthishead]

Even if that's the case, it's still not safe.

[pieta_au_lait]

[turns it over between her fingers]

...

[kepthishead]

You're going to eat it when I'm not watching, aren't you?

[pieta_au_lait]

No...!

Not now.

[kepthishead]

...but later?

[pieta_au_lait]

... No...

[kepthishead]

Then that's all I can ask for.

[pieta_au_lait]

Fine...

[kepthishead]

I'm surprised. I expected to have the same conversation with Crow. It's like the two of you have never been poisoned before.

[pieta_au_lait]

I just really wanted some candy.

[kepthishead]

How hard could it be to make?