[WolfEx]

Little did everyone in the lobby know, Jack was secretly watching the scavenger hunt for his Halloweiner Dog Bongo from afar, and cringed as he saw the constant failures of nobody being able to find his beloved pumpkin pup. Jack decloaked himself after discretely hiding in a corner of the room using some of his magic to keep himself hidden to watch the game of hide and seek, and decided to literally throw the party goers a bone. He drifts over to the center of the room as the DJ stops their party music again and addresses the search party.



"Hello again friends and comrades! I see you're having quite the time trying to find my pooch! He's quite the masterful mutt with his hiding ways isn't he? WELL THAT'S GOOD! IT'S ON PURPOSE AND I TAUGHT HIM WELL! But I have telepathically just told my pup to hide in an easier spot as of recently due to the miserable failures you all are at finding him - since we are running on limited time before this wonderful season becomes no more and we go into snowflakes, jolly fat men, little green people, and fruitcakes...bleck....I figured I would cut you all some slack a bit, no? So, Bongo has changed their position to an easier location for all your pathetic benefits. Don't expect anymore mercy from me, however....Jack doesn't have alot of that to give these days, consider yourselves blessed by my ever so rare kindness. And with a flick of my wand..."

Jack waves his wand creating an aura of magical rainbow colored bliss puffing along the air and everyone's noses begin to twitch as if being given a fresh mental boost of better locating abilities and increased senses for a limited time.

"You all now have better scouting talent. Finding my dearest Bongo shouldn't be as difficult now. And I swear, if one of you sorry saps still can't find him after this little trick, I'll be turning this fun filled fiesta into a frantic freaky fright mare! TATA! Hmph." Jack waves his wand again and he suddenly vanishes as the DJ's music turns into a song of Jack's choice, and the search continues!

Jack has given you all mercy!

As a result of this mercy act, you all have received a special limited edition banner. Please check your discord DMs for more info!

Additionally, his kind change of heart, has allowed a much easier time at finding Bongo! You now only need roll a 16 using a WIS roll and any WIS modifiers to find Bongo. The rule still remains as 1 try allowed per character post. GOOD LUCK!

As the party continues, and everyone gets graced by Jack's presence once more, Big and Froggy stand dumbfounded at what just occurred and didn't pay attention to a single word or thing that was just said, it turns out they were actually eating a pile of delicious mint brownies that had fallen under one of the tables at the party and stuffing their faces during their prior search for Bongo. While the excitement was happening, they were clearly distracted by deliciousness. But have since filled their appetite for the present moment and came out from under the table with crumbs on their faces wondering what just went down.

"Hey Froggy, the music changed, and why is everyone standing there so determined all the sudden. IS BONGO CLOSER TO BEING FOUND!?! DID SOMEONE FIND HIM YET!?! THAT POOR DOG MUST BE SO SCARED ALL BY HIMSELF HIDING AWAY LIKE THIS! THE CLOCK IS TICKING FROGGY WE CAN'T LET IT STAY SO LONELY! LET'S KEEP LOOKING!" Big rushes to another corner of the room with Froggy to continue looking for Bongo, and this time decided to try in one of the Busy Bee Lobby bathrooms to see if the Halloweiner dog was in one of the stalls.

Big's next attempt at Finding Bongo VsEgUr85p_1d20 + 1 (VICTORY! BIG AND FROGGY'S DREAMS OF FINDING BONGO HAVE COME TRUE! OMG!)



Through some crazy type of dumb luck, Big and Froggy end up in one of the gender and species neutral bathrooms of the lobby which by chance, the moment Big entered, instigated a sudden need for the large cat to need to pee. "Uh oh. Before we start searching buddy, I really gotta gooooo!" He panics as sweat suddenly trickles down his face and the excess storage of Falcon Paunch and Luigi Green Mint Ectoplasmic Brownies in his system began to beckon him to find the nearest stall and let it all out.

As he opens a random stall, there he was - BONGO! Hiding in the tank of the toilet peeking its little Weiner dog head out smiling with its cute little face right up at Big. But, sadly, Big was too panicked to appreciate Bongo there and jumped right to emptying his bladder on the toilet while Bongo yelped in sheer horror at the excessive amount of urine and other things coming out of the gigantic cat's system. It then jumped out of the toilet, ran underneath the opening of the stall, and into the lobby in a rush desperately trying to find its master again from the bathroom scare.

Froggy was used to being by Big's side however, even in these moments, and casually waited alongside his best friend until he noticed Bongo taking off, and quickly followed suit in its fast and cute little hops chasing the dog into the lobby.

The Halloweiner dog and the frog knocked down various food products from the tables surrounding the lobby and shoving patrons and chairs out of the way as they chased each other around the vicinity creating chaos for all to witness. Shouts and murmurs occurred during this event; "Look! It's the halloweiner dog!"... "GET THAT PUPPY!"..."No it's mine! I saw it first!"..."I never liked dogs you know..."..."Is it actually part pumpkin!? Cause that's kinda weird!"..."Watch where you're goin, mutt!"..etc, etc.

While the chase was occurring Big finishes up relieving himself, flushes, quickly washes his mitts in the eco friendly Busy Bee sink setup and looks around noticing Froggy is missing. "Froggy!? Where'd you go bud! I thought your fear of public restrooms was over with! COME BACK!" Big with worried strides takes a quick scan of the bathroom and doesn't see his pal, so decides to run back into the lobby and noticed Froggy chasing the Halloweiner Dog causing a mess in the process and lots of patron angst. Big's eyes grow wide as he points at the dog.

"I FOUND HIM! HE WAS IN THE BATHROOM ALL ALONG! BRING HIM TO ME FROGGY! WE WON! Oh boy oh boy I hope I finally get that ball of cat nip I always wanted as a reward!" Big claps his hands excitedly. "Or a new fishing rod! MAN THAT WOULD BE THE BEST!" He gets even more excited jumping for joy and then runs after Froggy and Bongo until suddenly, JACK APPEARS AGAIN!

Jack manifests himself from the broken Falcon Paunch bowl in a swirl of spilled juice and stops the chase in its tracks scooping up his poor doggo and snapping his fingers causing Big and Froggy and everyone else frantically running about to freeze in place. "Enough! Bongo...has been found!" Jack snaps his fingers again and a fake applause is heard throughout the space from...somewhere along with a shower of orange and black confetti falling down on everyone. "And as a result, I shall give one of my most prized possessions..." Jack puts his beloved pet down as Bongo stands close to his master shuttering still at the sight of Big and his bad bathroom manners. Froggy sticks his tongue out at the dog snubbing him for being a coward. Jack waves his wand and suddenly an exact replica of his robe appears before him. It glows like a midnight sky and dazzles with diamond like glimmer.

"This is one of my most powerful magical items, straight from my wardrobe! And I am rewarding it..." Jack looks at Big with sudden concern and disdain and slowly hands it to him then jerks his arms back and changes his mind. "Not to you, because I don't like cats. Sorry. But...TO SOMEONE ELSE! BECAUSE I SAID SO!" Jack raises his robe high into the air and looks back and forth at the others in the room while Big and Froggy seem confused and disappointed. "Did I do something wrong? I can't help being a cat that's rude to say!" Big folds his arms not liking this decision one bit. Jack doesn't seem to care.

"Each one of you in this room, must tell me what you like most about my Halloweiner Dog Bongo...and the one with the best answer, WINS JACK'S Retro Robe! And all its magical goodness!" A silence befalls the crowd. "So, give me your best compliment for my sweet little Bongo Boy" Jack bends down and pats his dog, who is still rather scared then goes back to addressing the crowd. "And whomever admires him best, will get this robe!" Big tries to interject. "What about m-" Jack cuts him off. "NOT YOU! Go play with some yarn!" He scolds the overgrown cat leading Big to find a nearby seat and sulk with Froggy to console him. "No fair...I can't have fun at my own gosh darn party." Big quietly mutters to himself while his friend nuzzles his leg to keep him content.

THE HALLOWEINER DOG...HAS BEEN FOUND!

But by a strange turn of events and Jack's sudden distaste for cats, he still has his epic enchanted robe to give away for the individual that praises Bongo the best! Everyone must roll one 1d20 with no modifiers.

The individual that has the highest 1d20 number will WIN JACK'S BELOVED ROBE! But your compliment also needs to be AT LEAST a paragraph long or it will not count no matter the number. Here is the item you will win!



Jack's Retro Robe of Wonders - Straight from Jack The Pumpkin King's endless closet of horrors. This robe has magical qualities to it that are quite useful AND quite powerful! When equipped, the robe will MAX OUT your WIS stat for an ENTIRE MISSION or topic! However, once worn you cannot take it off during the remainder of the mission/topic.

This robe also gives invincibility to being Feared/Horrified as long as it is equipped, and adds a 10% chance of being Feared/Horrified to every one of your attacks and it works against bosses too not just enemies. It can also be coupled with an attack that may already have a status chance and add the fear/horrified chance as a secondary ailment. There is a downside however, as all Jack's things are cursed, since he himself, is also cursed.

In exchange for such raw power, your STR stat is cut in HALF along with the mod that goes with it (For example, if you are 20 STR with +5 MOD, you are now a 10 STR with a +0 MOD) and lastly, during every combat phase/character post, at least one of your combat turns MUST BE A WIS based attack. This robe also requires a two mission cooldown in between mission slots after use. No overlapping allowed or it shall vanish.

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[Sunnivale]

Sam continued to look for Bongo, with the help of Madotsuki and Pertisia who joined up with the girls after the crowd almost pushed her out of the area. Now she had rejoined the party in order to help find Bongo once and for all. Madotsuki however, has given up on finding Bongo, since she was grabbing a lot of food and eating it too.

"Wow, I never seen you eaten a lot of stuff before." Pertisia pointed out, no, Madotsuki often stood by herself whenever she seen her.

"That's because you haven't seen me before." Madotsuki told off Pertisia as she downed a chicken leg.

"This pirate costume is given me a big appetite for some reason." However, Madotsuki turned back when she saw the chaos that Froggy and Bongo were creating as they chased each other. It was obvious by now that Big had found the dog, and thus, has won this event.

At least, Madotsuki had protected the food, that's all she cared about, compared to the disappointed reactions from Sam and Pertisia.

However the events weren't ending now, there was still another one, which was to compliment Bongo and say what was nice about him.

"Uhh... He's long?" Madotsuki gave a compliment.

"He's a pretty dog who has a very active set of mind!" Pertisia added more to her compliment to Bongo.

"He hasn't been stabbed, compared to me." Sam poked at the knife that was still stabbed into her, which Madotsuki and Pertisia ignored.

They thought that Sam was really into her costume as someone who had gotten stabbed.

PovkXQkbp_1d20(Madotsuki's compliment score.)

p_1d20(Pertisia's compliment score.)

p_1d20(Sam's compliment score.)1d20·1d20·1d20

[jokerjay779]

It seems the cat host dressed like a blue hedgehog managed to find it before her. She put her eyeballs back in shame, but oh what's this? The cat doesn't get the prize because of bias. All she needs to do is to compliment the dog and win a beautiful new robe for her wardrobe. And it's in one of her favorite colors too.

She approaches the dog and gives it a gentle pat.

"Oh, precious Hallowiener dog Bongo, who is as fierce as a Dodongo. Never before on a Halloween night, has Gruntilda seen such a cute sight. This is a dog that should be revered, and all of those who don't are just weird. So let Grunty look into your gentle eyes, as beautiful as children's cries. May you get something good to eat, and not be tricked when being told you are getting a treat." Gruntilda said.

Hopefully Gruntilda's excellent prose in rhyming and her natural Halloween energy will be enough to impress the pumpkin king.

(Gruntilda's Compliment Score) 4pyaeqbw1d201d20

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

(Shantae's Compliment Roll: 79XKfgLlp_1d20

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and just say that Bongo is a good dog and is very dear to you, I might not have a dog of my own because my job where I came from does not allow me to afford a pet, but I still feel happy to have met you regardless." Shantae would say, hopefully her compliment was good enough.1d20

[AnT]

Well it's a shame that she didn't get to find the dog, but it's just a game. That robe would be handy for Nicole, but it might disrupt some of her programmings. No matter, for she does have to give out some good manners for the host and his dog. She might not keep the candy if she doesn't. "Uhhh...clearly, Bongo must be very trained if he was able to avoid Nicole's detection. I am quite curious about how he was able to. Nicole's tracking systems are very thorough. If I ever need help in a stealth mission, I hope to have Bongo's help."

"Bongo's detection invasion skills are 98.99 out of 100."

Sally and Nicole's compliments: AXrYZ48Qp_1d201d20

[WolfEx]

Jack listens, one by one, to each and everyone's lavish compliments regarding his dog Bongo. As he listens, he picks Bongo up and cuddles him showering his pooch with warmth and appreciation as all these wonderful things are said about him. Bongo licks Jack all over his face enjoying the safety of his master's arms. After several minutes of supportive words, Jack, with Bongo still in his arms, looks back and forth at each individual that complimented him to carefully make his decision on the winner.

"You have all said such...wonderful things about my pup that it almost brings pumpkin tears to my eye holes..." No tears actually come out but it's the thought that counts. He smiles with gratitude at each individual and then looks at his dog and smiles even wider, nuzzling his little cheeks. After a bit more cuddling, he lightly sets Bongo down who rests promptly at Jack's feet and Jack picks back up his magical robe that will be one lucky life sphere member's new fashion item, and looks right at......

GRUNTILDA!

"Ye olde green hag of the witchy west....sworn nemesis of Banjo the Kazoo...to you and your poetic, rhyme driven, powerfully put words about my dearest Bongo, I reward you My Robe of Wonders; may it help you tremendously on your journey in the wastes!" Jack wads the once beautifully ironed robe in a ball and chucks it at Gruntilda. Yikes, he really doesn't care for wrinkles does he?

GRUNTILDA receives Legendary Item Jack's Retro Robe of Wonders! CONGRATULATIONS! Please update your Smash Journal accordingly.

"And now, I will sit back and chillax as you hipsters say, to watch and enjoy the festivities of the COSTUME CONTEST! Hosted by SEGA SATURN SASHIRO!" Jack twirls his hands to the Busy Bee Lobby entrance where smoke suddenly spews out from the ground and random fireworks explode at the start of the doorway, the DJ suddenly plays a killer track to go with this mystery appearance!





Segata comes out none too pleased with the way he was introduced correcting Jack immediately while plowing through the smoke and fireworks in large, vicious stomps. "NO. SEGATA! SEGATA SANSHIROOOO!!!!! SE-GAAAA-TAAAAAA HYAAAAAA!" As he says this he chops the air and walks up to Jack with his fists balled and begins to yell at him in Japanese. "Anata wa saizu no kabocha no pusshuōbā o painto shimasu watashi wa anata no chūkū no atama o tsukande sore o watashi no hiza ni butsuke, anata no subete no tane o funsai shi, soshite anata kara pai o tsukuri, watashi no neko ni anata o teikyō shimasu!" Jack stands there dumbfounded, but notices the aggressive stance and waves his wand in front of Segata.

"Now now calm yourself human. You have a contest to judge. You seem quite agitated - let me fix that." After Jack waves his wand, Segata suddenly has a smile forced on his face that he can't quite seem to turn back to a grimace and feels up his face in panic. "Orenji-iro no ikyōto ni nani o shite kureta no?!" He says this with the smile still planted on his face and he even starts to chuckle. "Please just judge the contest and be happy you got this gig, ok?" Jack gives Segata a smile back and patiently awaits him to start the contest.

"Chekku wa futotte iru kata ga īdesu! Kore ga owattara, kabocha no patchi zentai o moyashite inu o kerimasu!" After he finishes getting his point across, smiles and all, he stomps over to the middle of the lobby where a spotlight suddenly shines on him and the music goes silent. A microphone then slowly comes down attached to a cord and enters his hands. He speaks into it.

"Kono kontesuto wa watashi.....! no jikan no kanzen'na muda ni narunode, josei to monogoto, anata no jinsei no tame ni narihibiku junbi o shite kudasai!" His voice echoes with great power nearly shaking the lobby and he does a quick power pose for added effect in which another firework goes off randomly as he does this. Jack speeds it along.

"Thanks Sagato! Now get to the part where you introduce the judges!" Jack snaps his fingers getting Segata's name wrong again and a bright line shines on a table that suddenly appears at one end of the lobby revealing three judges. Segata does as he's told regretfully.

"Watashi wa anata o mitsukete oitsumeru koto o chikaimasu, jakku, anata wa anata ga yasaide wanaku kotai no buttaideatta koto o nozomimasu!!!!" Segata says something really mean to Jack, in which Jack again didn't understand, and really he's been pretty much grinding Jack's gears with anger this whole time, but Jack and his magic simply makes people think he's MCing properly and introducing the segment as specified.

After these words, Segata gestures to the table and leaves it to the judges to introduce themselves. "Minasan ga jigoku ni iku koto o negatte imasu!" It appears these judges were three individuals many within the Life Sphere knew quite well, and they were about to make themselves as important decision makers that would set the mood for the rest of the night to determine who would win the ultimate prize in......

Segata booms his voice into the mic once more.

"LI...*deep breathing* COSTUME....*deep breathing* CONTEST.....OF....*another breath and drools over the microphone slightly*....CHAMPIONS!!!! PART OOOONNNEEEE! STAAAAAARRRTTTTT!!!!!!" He runs out of breathe and lets go of the mic, still smiling uncontrollably to the point of his whole face hurting now and he ends up finding a seat near the judges, arms crossed, looking like a creepy puppet that can't stop smiling as he lets the contest occur and awaits the winners. He studied hard to learn that phrase in English. Or rather, Jack made him. After this statement, and before the judges spoke, Jack waves his wand once more and a black carpet with decorative pillars surrounding it rolls out in the middle of the lobby reaching all the way to the judge's table.

"Here is the runway where all competitors will walk the walk. The three judges who will introduce themselves shortly, will decide the winner of the costume contest based on appeal! It's not just about looks, folks, remember that it is also about personality, how you move with your costume, and charisma! Attitude, even! SELL IT BABY! Now...judges say hello and then one of our beloved contestants can go first!" Jack awaits the judge's intros and excitedly stands by to see the contestants do their thing.

Welcome to the first ever Li Costume Contest of Champions! PART ONE! In order to win this contest, each competitor must do 3 1d20 rolls with a CHA modifier since you are trying to appeal to a big crowd.

After each roll you must do an appeal action; strike a pose, move with style, interact with an audience member, anything creative, stylish, or appealing, you decide! 

The contestant with the BEST overall appeal, gets a legendary item! Please wait for the judges to introduce themselves first, and then, BEGIN!

Upon the start of the contest, Big waddles over to near the runway that suddenly appeared with Froggy right by his side and waits for all the contestants to line up. Big is very anxious to get this ball rolling and try and win this thing. "This is MY party...and I deserve a legen dairy item thing!" He makes a winced face and crosses his arms annoyed he didn't win the robe earlier, now ready with more fire and tenacity than ever, to win this time.

Froggy croaks in response and will enter as a separate commodity after Big. Big leans down to his buddy. "If I don't win, you better win this for us ok!?" Froggy croaks again lightly lashing his tongue across Big's fluffy cheek showing his affection that he will do his best in the competition. The two await the judges and competition to get underway.

((NOTE: Big and Froggy will walk the runway separately - but both will share the same CHA modifier. Only one of them will count officially in this contest and it will be whatever of the two have the bigger rolls.))

[Coolshaymin]

"Thank you Mr. Segata Sanshiro~!" Cream innocently began from the judges table. She could kind of tell he was mad but hey that was what the cheer up was for. Maybe, she didn't speak whatever that was. "I'm Cream and this is my friend Cheese! We will be judging as a team!" The chao let out a proud affirmitive sound. "Just remember don't feel bad if you lose and while it's good to go for the win the important part is to have fun! I can't wait to see what everyone has!" Cream introduced herself peppily and with a bit of motivation to the contestants.


"And I am the great Dr. Ivo Robotnik! You will call me Eggman however! Ohohoho~!" Eggman declared. "I hope you put some effort into these costumes because I assure you I have a keen eye for these things! No slacking off on my stage!" The Egghead followed up.

"Oh yeah, Mr. Eggman, why aren't you in a costume?" Cream asked as she just looks at Eggman's casual outfit. Well, his work outfit too.

"Dr. Eggman," he corrected before moving on. "I have to run the Life Sphere's Defenses, I don't have time for dressup!" Eggman defensively remarks before holding a hand out. "Besides, that's what he is here for..." he motions towards the Robot sitting next to him.



"I may not be  a judge but I will  reap all the losing contestants!" Metal Sonic robotically declares.

"...  Glad to see you're really into the Halloween Spirit, Mr. Metal Sonic but maybe you shouldn't joke about that."

"Hehehehe, yes, that was just a joke, wasn't it?" Eggman laughed awkwardly before staring at Metal.

"... Yes..." Metal Sonic coldly answers.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Unless you want to go to jail; Metal Sonic, don't.  It'd be a sad day on Halloween if people had to mourn." Shantae would say, clapping as she noticed the runway...  And would get ready to do her thing.

And do her thing she did, by starting off the costume party off right to entertain people.
CHA ROLL A: dQWJnoAAp_1d20+5(Face it, Shantae is a Charisma beast!)
CHA ROLL B: p_1d20+5(freaking random...)
CHA ROLL C: p_1d20+5(CRIT!)1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+5

[Sunnivale]

Madotsuki, Pertisia and Sam listened in as new people came up on stage for the next part of the contest. While Gruntilda won the last one, it made sense that the girls lost, seeing as how they weren't the best compliments that they have given to Bongo, but maybe they can try their best on the costume contest.

Although the trio were troubled by the judges that have appeared for the first part of the contest. "Great, two of them each looks like their friends. They'll probably give double points to the person that they liked." Madotsuki warned to Sam and Pertisia.

"Uh, is letting Eggman and that metal guy being judges for this contest LIgal. Didn't they have previous track records where they tried to take over their old world to turn into an amusement park." Of course Sam thought, not even Sonic and his whacky bunch of friends are safe from one of the most evil things that are also quite common in Sam's world.

Business tycoons.

"We might as well give it a try you two, we might be lucky. Besides that Segata guy said that it's part one of the contest, there's likely more." After seeing Madotsuki and Sam shrug, Pertisia went up on the runway after Shantae followed by Madotsuki and Sam as they showed off their costumes to the four judges.

Pertisia went first, showing off her red plugsuit and eyepatch costume.

1nvIlsrqp_1d20+3(Pertisia's first appeal roll.)

Pertisia would do an elegant bow to the judges in a polite manner, and as she did, she turned over towards her cat Snowball, who had arrived at the party carrying a small piano and CD before looking back at Eggman, Metal Sonic, Cream and Cheese so she can introduce herself.

p_1d20+3(Pertisia's second appeal roll.)

"I'm Pertisia, Pertisia Abednego, are you charmed by my costume. I got the idea from some mecha anime that I used to watch as a child. It starts off sweet, but then it kind of gets messed up near the end and explores the character's psychology in a twisted but amazing way. Anyway I don't like striking poses, but I can play Etude Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse" by Idil Biret with this piano player that my cat brought me." Pertisia watched as Snowball put on the music needed to get Pertisia in the mood on a nearby music box, once Snowball got the CD in, the cat pressed play.

And.

p_1d20+3(Pertisia's third appeal roll.)

(Komm Susser Tod)

It played a few notes of classical music, only for the song to completely skip out and play something entirely that sounded uncomfortable yet beautiful at the same time before Pertisia could play the piano. "Snowball, that's the wrong CD, NO!" Pertisia ran over and tried to stop the music.

But she only turned it louder for everyone at the party to hear. She tried to get the CD Out but it ended up being jammed on the player and caused the song to get stuck on a certain verse.

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Pertisia finally just decided to destroy the audio box by blasting it with a mirror shard, causing it to explode as Madotsuki and Sam watched.

"Meh, I would of just caused things to explore if I was up there too." Sam decided not to go up on the runway and hog Pertisia's spotlight.

And neither did Madotsuki.

"I had an idea, but I think it would of, gone out of control." Madotsuki turned, and looked at the corner of the runway.

(Yume Nikki OST - The Dark Lake)

Where there was something, there in the darkness that she was familiar with.

She turned away without a second glance.
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[cynda1]

Oh wait... it seems as though there's one more judge!

Very uncharacteristically late or considering his track record for the holidays and celebrations, maybe you're lucky he showed up at all, Shadow came up behind the other three judges, wearing his usual scowl slightly more intensely than usual. Well... he was never really a fan of crowded places, so this was to be expected, but he supposed he never really had to say yes to judge this stupid costume contest, and he did anyway... Even he didn't know why.

The hedgehog, as per usual was wearing... wait a minute.

Seriously? The-the pirate thing again? Shadow, isn't everyone, y'know... over the whole Captain Shadow, thing?

Well, what did you think I was gonna wear?

I dunno... the vampire costume?

Again? I didn't wear a Halloween costume LAST year because I wear that thing every. Friggin. Year. I thought I'd change it up a bit.

But... why the pirate thing specifically?

Because it's not a vampire.

But the hype for it is already dead!

Do you think I honestly care about hype?

Uh... I think some of them are staring at you now...

Standing in complete silence, it wouldn't have been a surprise if Shadow had gotten the impression that maybe he'd taken a bit too long to introduce himself...

...Best to just make this short and sweet. "...I'm Shadow, and I'm judging too, I guess."

...Wow, that was the least captivating intro I've ever seen from a pirate in my life.

I'm not ACTUALLY a pirate, y'know. I'm just dressed as one.

[Warle, The Nightmare Arle]

"Well well well-- Talk aboutta bunch-a maroons~!" Warle would say, Wearing a particularly cartoonish outfit as she arrived! Fashionably late as ever, Dear Warle. Regardless, the young girl grins her fake-teeth grin, as she  immediately made way to the snack board and--



"Heeeeey-- Who ate all of the Pepperoni off the Sar-chootery board! ....Weh! Forget it-- Im gonna drink some Punch." Warle says-- Before suddenly, A Pumpkin head demanded Warle go compete in a costume contest??



"...Kay." 

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And Warle begins to do some Cartoony Poses and Speaking in that bizarre boston accent she picked up, to appeal to the crowd of judges!

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[jokerjay779]

Gruntilda's Theme

Gruntilda looked to her prize with pride. She could feel the magical power from these robes. And it no doubt will look so good on her that it would distract people from her face maybe.

"Oh great Jack the Pumpkin King, I'm so happy I could sing. Gruntilda thanks you for this gift. And with these robes may my enemies get a rift!" Gruntilda proudly said.


She then watches as the announcement for the costume contest begins. While she would join there is one thing she lacks but won't admit it, charisma. Also, she is not even wearing a costume this is just how she naturally is but not like she needs one for Halloween. Maybe she can find a way to dress up as her fleshy self next year. Watching the costume contest goes on to the snack bars and starts feeling her jar with snacks and punch. She thought the robot judge in the reaper outfit is cool but didn't think the rest of the judges are worthy of being in charge of this contest.

So she decides to judge the contestants herself starting with Shantae in her witch outfit. As she watched she was impressed and gave it a clap.

"Thatta girl show that witchy wrath, but it's missing is an evil laugh. And I also must note your skin is too fair, it needs to be green and it would go well with the hair," she said.

She then sees Pertisia who seems to be dressed from someone from one of the Japanese cartoons.

"What are you supposed to be some kind of space pirate, where's the scare factor it makes me irate!" she said.

Then Warle turns on the walkway where she likes the creepy cartoon aesthetic.

"Not bad like out of a cartoonist's nightmare, and the craftsmanship of this costume was made with care," Gruntilda said.

She would then continue snacking and watching how the other contestants do in the audience as an unofficial judge.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Where did that blasted eye go!? He knew he should have sprung for a better adhesive than that cheap glue he found for 1 coin at some discount vendor. All this looking around for Bongo the Halloweener dog had caused Mr. Game & Watch to lose one of his googly eyes. He didn’t even realize that the darn thing was found. He was missing out on all the action, but without the matching googly eye, his costume would be incomplete. Far be it from him to let such a wardrobe malfunction go unchecked!

He flopped and flipped just about every corner of the room, until he finally checked under the punch table. He hadn’t been anywhere near the punch table! How did it end up under there!? Eyes, he didn’t get it, they seemed like they were more trouble than they were worth. How do normal humans keep their eyeballs from falling out? Next time he sees a human, he’ll have to ask what brand of glue they use.

Regardless, Mr. G&W slapped the googly eye back onto the side of his head, flicking it a couple times as a stress test before giving himself a thumbs up.

Just after he readjusted himself, the lights suddenly turned down low, well, lower than they had been. A series of spotlights revealed the host, along with a panel of judges. Finally! The costume contest was underway! And not a moment too soon, Mr. Game & Watch wasn’t sure that his costume was going to last the night.

Mr. Game & Watch sauntered his way over to the line up at the runway, his false eyes sparkling as he watched the other contestants as they walked the walk. Not because he was enraptured by their performances. No, watching them walk across the stage, flashing lights and cameras, it was like the glory days. He was imagining himself on stage, back when he was the Life Sphere’s number one hero, and not the two hundred and fourth that he had become. Well, he was about to show them, show them all why he was number one!

After the Arle wannabe exited stage right, Mr. Game & Watch strolled right out of the curtain, the confident stance of a regular human man.

His feet kicked out, stepping forth across the stage with his arms jauntily swinging from side to side. Walking like a regular chap. He stopped at the halfway point of the stage, looking out to the crowd. He had to pose, quick! What’s a normal human thing? Mr. Game & Watch pulled a fake phone from his costume’s pocket and held it in front of his mouth. “Hae-low, EYE woo-ed liek too taw-ck too mai tacks man” he spoke in his jumbled speak and spell voice.

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Mr. Game & Watch’s fake phone absorbed back into his hand and he continued forth. Unfortunately, he hadn’t had a whole lot of practice in walking like a normal person. All this one foot after the other business got his legs tied up, causing his to fall face first as he approached center stage. Time was moving so slow, had he messed up his one last shot at the big time!? No! He can save this! Make it seem like it was on purpose. He plucked himself up and shrugged “thait’s howe cooo-key crum-bull” he ended with a wide grin, like a comedic relief from a family sitcom.

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And finally, he ended with a bow.

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[AnT]

"...Robotnik..." The man who took over and ruined her kingdom all those years ago. They're still trying to clean up the mess he made on her island. She knew that he's in charge of the dome's defenses now, but who's to say that he'll stab them in the back once this pandemic dies over? That's pretty much how he took over her kingdom in the first place. The fact that he's the judge of this competition almost makes her not want to take part, and if his fake-Sonic toy is competing, then they're all doomed from bias. She doesn't have much of a reason to compete anyways, but...well, it is just for fun and she doesn't have much to do and she doesn't have any friends in this world.

What to do? Oh, she can't believe she's doing this, but a coin toss shall decide, going heads.

And it's heads.

...well. The coin has spoken. Guess she'll embarrass herself, now, while being cheated by that foul man. Unlike Sonic, she hopes he doesn't know her, since she is from an alternate world from Sonic's. "Nicole, play the Futurama theme, with a projection of the title and holograms of that Lucy Lu episode."

"Working."

BGM: Futurama theme

"HIII YAH!!" Sally leaped onto the aisle, doing a karate kick, landing with a fighting stance.

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Yeah, that was just average, so she performed some katas, which is pretty much doing some martial art swings, sort of like meditation.

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And that was lame, so not for the big guns. Her computer emitted a hologram of Lucy Lu in a futuristic black leather suit. With a "HII-YAH!" Sally attacked with a kick, which the hologram blocked with a knee. The two kept parrying each others' punches and kicks until Sally leaped over the woman and did an air mule-kick on the back of her head, knocking her out. She landed with a fighting stance.

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[WolfEx]

After many of the other competitors went, it was Big and Froggy's turn to 'strut their stuff' in which Big in his full blown Sonic costume gave his best effort down the runway first.

4mbb2kjSp_1d20 - 3 (Not too shabby!)

Big with a bent back and focused eyes arched his arms out behind himself and ran somewhat sluggishly down the runway towards the end of the carpet to right in front of the judges table pretending to be Sonic and by some miracle didn't trip over anything. Froggy did a few flips praising his buddy's efforts.

p_1d20 - 3 (Oh man...)

Afterwards Big attempted to roll himself into a ball and dash in place, but instead ended up bending down and being unable to hug his knees and push his body into itself to get into a ball position due to his girth and fell forward nearly crashing into the judge's table in the process making a major fool of himself. "That...was painful..." He endured his painful tumble and pushed himself back up for one final appeal.

p_1d20 - 3 (This is the worst.)

Big's last appeal was him trying to do the fancy run in place thing Sonic does where his feet turn into a blur and he pretends he's the coolest thing since sliced bread and can't be outraced, but, instead, Big ends up rubbing his giant feet on the carpet so painfully slowly it looked like he was trying to wipe his shoes after a long day outside and caused static electricity to shoot up onto his hair and slightly electrocuted himself creating a flinching effect on the large feline. "Ow ow ow ow!" He shook in place and then stopped moving after a few seconds with a sigh. "Well...that's the best I could do, guys. Sorry." He mopes and trudges off the carpet while Froggy frowns not happy to see his friend fail so badly, but suddenly straightens himself up and proudly walks the runway himself to redeem his poor pal.

Froggy's Turn

p_1d20 - 3 (Oh noes.)

Froggy flops onto the carpet and tries to walk down the carpet like a dog, but he ends up just hopping the whole way and he couldn't really help it, then on his last hop, trips over his foot and croaks in pain. He gets back up and tries to appeal again.

p_1d20 - 3 (Not good.)

This time he tries to bark like a dog at the judges, but instead, just ribbits with no relation whatsoever to a dog's bark and then belches afterwards.

p_1d20 - 3 (Ugh.)

He does the exact same thing again, failing just the same. After that, he hops off the carpet allowing the rest of the judges to make final decisions on who truly deserves to win this competition. Jack floats over to the middle of the lobby and announces the judges to say their choice of winner. "Fine display from ALL contestants here in the Busy Bee Lobby! This spooky season has been so much fun and I thank you all for making it a spectacle of entertainment for me! FOR US! But there can only be one winner here....Judges...who do you think deserves my next high quality prize to close out our spooktober festivities!?" Jack gestures to the judges for final affirmations and the DJ plays one of those the clock is ticking music numbers.





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