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On Halloween night. Sheila just wanted one night of freedom,
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but when she slips a glowing pumpkin ring into her
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purse without paying, her world twists into a nightmare. Rhodes
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Vanish monsters rise and what she stole begins to steal
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her soul.
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There's a shill in the air. Must befall join me
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for a tale of Halloween.
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You will experience tales of over ghosts, and it is
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not recommended for the weak at heart.
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Join me for a Tale of hol Weekly Spooky.
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Hello, my spookyas it's time for a scary Saturday. To
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make sure you're enjoying your Halloween season properly. I'm your
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host and narrator, Enrique Cuto, and tonight we have a
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story all about the dangers of theft on Halloween. But
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before we get to that, I want to remind you
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that there is something brand new to enjoy every single
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day this Halloween. Something mysterious will be broadcasting right here
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tomorrow and on Monday, we'll be covering a true crime
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for tonight, have you ever noticed how on Halloween some
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things just feel different, Like the air is thicker, the
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shadow move a little slower, and maybe, just maybe you're
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being watched. Now, imagine finding something that wasn't meant for you,
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something small and shiny calling your name, and when you
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take it, you don't just steal it, you steal your
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way into another world. Our story after this one fateful
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Halloween by Rob Fields. It's Halloween here in Strickfield and
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I was forced to take my little sister Phoebe to
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Strickfield Town Center mall since there's no school today. So
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much for being able to sleep in a little bit.
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Hopefully I can sleep in tomorrow since there's no school
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then either. With Phoebe always being a pain, I know
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that's not gonna happen. There'll be Saturday mornings when I
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got my door closed, only for that little pest to
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come right in my room, get on my bed and
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start jumping up and down while telling me I gotta
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get up. I can't yell at her because then Mom
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gets mad and starts yelling at me about yelling at Phoebe. Seriously,
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I just I can't win. I guess I ought to
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be thankful though Mom and Dad don't say anything about
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my punk style. I probably died and buzzed my hair
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dozens of times, and I even got different piercings. Then
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there's the clothes I wear. I guess since I ain't
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getting in trouble at school, Mom and Dad both don't care.
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Mom herself seems to only care when she wants me
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to watch Phoebe. The pest and me have been going
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into stores and just looking at whatever. Oh wait. I
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also had to take Phoebe to Spirit Halloween to get
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her a few more things for her costume. I got
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no clue what she's gonna be, and I really don't care.
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I just want to go have fun tonight and hit
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up a few parties at Strickfield University, mainly because Wicked
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Pedia is back in Strickfield and playing a show at
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one of the frat houses. I ain't sure which one.
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I gotta go hit up Wilder Hall and look at
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the flyer at the coffee place they got there. Then
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I get my head out of the clouds and wonder
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why the heck I'm even walking down this particular hallway.
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There's nothing down here, as in no stores. Then I'm
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proven wrong when I see a single store here called Tinkers.
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Looks like some junk shop or something. I look at
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my phone and see, we gotta kill a little more time. Yet,
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Mom's cleaning up around the house, so she don't want
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us back home till she's all done. Guess we're going
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in the junk shop. I tell the pest. I don't wanna.
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She whins, well, too bad, I say, besides, we did
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what you wanted to do at the Halloween store. She
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gives me that poudy look of hers. Again. I hate you.
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I roll my eyes. Yeah, well right back at you. Now.
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Come on. Phoebe's always giving me mean looks when I
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won't give her her way. We go into the junk
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shop and look around. Seriously, why do these kinds of
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places even exist? I mean, who really buys this crap?
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It ain't long before this old geezer comes over and
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asks me if I need help finding anything just looking.
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I mutter, no problem, he says, names Isley Tinker. I'll
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be up front if you need anything. I keep dragging
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Phoebe around the store. Believe it or not, there's actually
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a few interesting things in here. Nothing I gotta have, though.
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We eventually make it up to the counter. Tinker's there
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as I'm seeing what he's got In the display case.
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There's things from old video game consoles to a few
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movies on video cassette. I'm surprised Dad still watches movies
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on those ancient relics. Then I see a movie called
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The Strickfield Slasher and don't recall ever hearing anything about
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that one, and I'm usually renting horror movies from Strickfield
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Video most every weekend. Seriously, what is wrong with what
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I just said? You'd think i'd be out on dates
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with boys from Strickfield High or maybe even the university.
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Turns out, Mom and Dad get to go out on
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Fridays and Saturdays, which means I get to stay home
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and babysit Phoebe. It's the same old story when they
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rattle on about how they work hard all day and
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they're entitled to their Friday and Saturday nights. They even
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add I'm too young to date. No, I'm only almost nineteen,
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that's all. And don't even get me started. On Halloween week,
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I either gotta take Phoebe trick or treating or I
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gotta stay home and hand out candy. I really hate
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my life. Sometimes something's definitely got to change. And soon
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a phone rings, then tinkered. He turns around and answers it.
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I don't listen to what he's saying, because I got
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my eyes on this awesome ring. Now. I ain't one
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to wear Halloween jewelry, but there's this ring with a
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I don't know, a glowing pumpkin on it or something.
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I pick up the ring and feel it. Wow, this
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pumpkin ain't no cheap plastic with a light bulb in it.
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It's gotta be some kind of a jewel or stone.
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Phoebe ain't looking, and neither is Tinker. I lifted a
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few little things in stores before I know how to
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do it, so no cameras catch me. When Tinker's finished,
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he hangs up. Then he turns around to look at me.
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Guess he'll get a little money off me for the
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sodas I grabbed for Phoebe in me, he thanks us
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for stopping in. When we turn to leave, Tinker don't
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say anything about the ring. I want to go to
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kitty Land again. Phoebe winds, Yeah, yeah, I mutter, whatever
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looks like. I get to watch Phoebe play in the
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playland just off center Court. I may just head into
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that babble Topia place again while I'm letting her play. Wow,
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it's dark and tricker treating's going on for the final
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night of Halloween week. I'm all dressed up in my
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dark outfit and got my makeup on. And where do
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you think you are going? Sheila Mom calls out. When
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I'm ready to take off, I turn around. I'm gonna
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get on over to Strickfield you and catch that Wicked
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Pedia show. I've been telling you about it all week.
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Mom shakes her head quickly. No, no, no, you are
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staying right here and handing out candy while I take
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phoebe trick or treating. No way, I fire back. I
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ain't missing that show. Dad can do it. Your father
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hasn't even come home from work yet. Mom informs me
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he had to stay after for a big meeting and
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won't be home for another hour. Yet that means you
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are staying right here and handing out candy. End of discussion.
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You gotta find newer and better ways to ruin my life. Huh,
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I mutter. Mom, ain't even phased. You can complain all
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you want, Sheila, but you're still handing out candy. In fact,
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you'd better get busy right now.
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You're not safe yet, Weekly Spooky will be right back.
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I got half a mind to just bail and head
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to Strickfield University anyway. But my parents don't say nothing
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about what I wear or what kind of music and
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movies I like. And it ain't like there being abusive. Wait,
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scratch that, almost forgot about the no dating or going
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out at night thing. I roll my eyes and step
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out on the front porch right when a big group
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of little brats come up with their bags wide open
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trick or treat They practically roar, so I give them
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the candy and continue to think about bailing. I managed
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to text it up with a few boys I know
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who like me, including a college sophomore. At least it's
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helping make the night go by a little faster. I
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keep handing out the candy as tricker treaters just keep
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coming out of nowhere, and the timing couldn't have been
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more perfect. When Mom and Phoebe come back home as
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I'm getting low on candy, have you been giving two
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pieces of candy per trick or treater? Like I said?
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Mom demands, what do you think? I snap for the record, yes,
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I did what Mom said. She looks at her watch
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and trick or Treating is still a good two and
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a half hours from being over. Mom brings Phoebe in
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the house with her haul of candy. A few minutes later,
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she comes back to me and hands me some money.
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I'll take over. I want you to head out to
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Meyer and buy some more candy, then you can hand
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it out when you get back. I take the money
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and groan, Seriously, you are ruining my Halloween. Don't take
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that attitude with me, Sheila. Mom snaps, maybe I just
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won't come home. Then I reply, Mom groans and hands
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me the keys. Just go buy the candy and come
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back home. Okay, okay, geez. At least I get to
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get away from here for a little bit. I pull
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out of the driveway and got a drive nice and easy,
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so I don't get no homicides on my hands. Little
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too young to be starting a life sentence over at
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glen View. Speaking of being a criminal, I remember that
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Halloween ring I lifted from Tinker's store. So far, no
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cops have been my way to ask about it, no
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phone call at the house neither. I pull the ring
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out of my jacket pocket and see how bright it's glowing.
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I can't believe how much it's lighting up the car
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like I turned on the compartment light. Then I slide
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the ring on, perfect fit. Huh. Now everything's looking I
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don't know, kinda different somehow. It's like all the Tricker
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treaters are moving in a funny way. I know the
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parents sometimes wear costumes when they're bringing their kids around,
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but it's like everybody's got costumes on or something. I
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keep driving until I'm out on State Route one and
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heading back to Strickfield Town Center mall the Meyers stores
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right across the road from it. I turn on the
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radio and get some awesome music playing. Oh yes, I
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absolutely love this song. Makes me think about how I'm
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missing the Wicked Pedia show at the University. I still
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got half a mind to just head on out there.
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The heck with getting more candy. Then I'm gonna have
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to deal with both Mom and Dad when I'd come home.
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They'd definitely be waiting up to start ripping into me.
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I keep driving and listening to my station, and that's
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when I realize I'm driving past open fields. Did I
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pass Meyer and the mall? I wonder out loud. I
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could have swore I was watching the road. I know
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I ain't lost. I mean, I've been living in Strickfield
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my whole life. How could I possibly get lost? I
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pull my phone out and look, and what all I'm
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seeing is no service, not even the satellite icon. I
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can't even call mom or send a text just to
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make sure I try. Nope, I can't even go online.
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I drive a little longer and still don't see the
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mall or a big superstore. I figure I gotta have
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missed those places. Maybe I got a little too much
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into the car radio. Then I stopped the car. When
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I realize something else ain't right here, I get out
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and look at the road. Wait just a minute, here,
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I snap to nobody in particular. Strickfield ain't got no
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dirt roads, except maybe in the backwoods. I know I
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was driving on Route one. How did I get on
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a dirt road? All of a sudden, I blow into
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my hand and smell. No, I ain't been drinking even
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I ain't stupid enough to be doing that. All Mom
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and Dad gotta do is smell even the teensiest bit
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of a beer on me, and my life will be
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over as I know it. Then I see that ring
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still glowing hot on my finger. Heck, it's lighting up
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enough for me to see grass and trees on either
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side of the dirt road. Now I see the jack
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o' lantern patterns themselves on the pumpkin jewel. Suddenly there's
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some rustling noises nearby. Who's there? I call out. When