Costumes and Thievery

Facility Event: Trick or Treasure!

Episode 2

Costumes and Thievery

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A Fiendish Trick

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Summary

The party finds themselves relieved of their sweets by fiends, and Althemia suggests disguising themselves as those same fiends in order to approach the culprits. The party goes along wit hthis suggestion and heads out to gather materials for their costumes

Dialogue

*huff* *pant* Finally...drive 'em off... Are you all right, Euden? Yes. I'm glad the rest of you are, too. NOOOOOOOOO! Notte? What's wrong?! All our sweets... They're... It seems the fiends made off with them. They did WHAT? Um, actually, I've heard of this.

Apparently there are certain sweet-fanged fiends who attack villages and steal their treats.

The fiends we just dealt with must be of that particular variety.

And after all the trouble we went to! There's no way we can complete our candy-house centerpiece now.

If I may, everyone, we should cease moping and continue work on the house. Time is growing ever nigh. Hey, were you even listening? Everything got stolen by the fiends! Not quite. It appears there are enough ingredients left to form the basis of the Sweet Retreat.

While it may be a bit more simplistic than initially planned, we can at least complete the rough structure of the house.
Even though it may prove to be a meager sugary abode, we should push on and build it anyway.
A sweet crown jewel that each of us worked together on sounds more than sufficient for this party, does it not?

I'm with Edward. Let's use what we've got and build ourselves a house.

Using what materials remained, the group resumed construction on the Sweet Retreat.
However...

More fiends! Damn! They just don't quit! Fiends are attacking! AGAIN?! This is bad! Or terrible! Or terribad! *sigh* Does anyone else feel like there have been a few too many fiend attacks of late? It's been all day, every day. At this rate, we won't have anything left. And decorating for Hlloween will come to a complete standstill.

We've already run far over the alloted schedule as it is.

You're worried about the PARTY? We should be worryin' about the fiends!

These Jerks seem to know exactly where and how to strike us — and how to get away clean.
They always bolt before we can even try to mount a counterattack.

Um... About that... Perhaps it is time for us to turn the tables and launch an attack of our own? So, um... Hmm... Well, I'm open to ideas if anyone has them. Um... Well, I think maybe... We can groan and moan all we like, but it won't make a difference. Instead, we can calmly assess the facts and— WOULD YOU ALL SHUT UP AND LET ME TALK ALREADY?!

I'm TRYING to suggest a plan that the fiends wont be likely to suss out, but you guys are all, "Yap, yap, yap!"

Althemia, that's— Eeek! Umm, I really didn't... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at everyone. No that's great! If you have a plan to get the drop on those fiends, tell us! Well... um... yes.

You see, these fiends appear to be quite wary of any nearby humans.
So I thought that if we wore costumes, they might... let down their guard a little?

What? I'm sorry, Althemia, but I don't see how costumes will help us defeat them. W-wait a minute! Let me finish!

What's important is that the fiends don't catch on to the fact enemies are nearby.
So to avoind that, we'll make outfits using fiend-pelt cloth and the vegetation that grows near their burrows.
These won't be just any costumes — they'll be costumes that mimic the appearance of fiends!

Interesting. That would mean we would both look AND smell like fiends. Hmm, I see. Though I'm not sure how I feel about dressing up like a fiend... Well, for what it's worth, I think this idea's aces! Yeah, we don't get many opportunities to wear costumes. Let's make the most of it! Right, then. Let's do this while we still have some candy left to save.

We'll gather up materials for the outfits before the fiends return.

What, NOW?! But it's night! ...Hey, wait! Are you listening?! I'm coming too!