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[thestoriesarereal]

[The video turns on with a very pensive looking Lucy.]

Okay so....I know it's a bit early to think about this--but, better to get a head start on this than to have it sneak up on you.

Does this place do anything for Halloween? Or for the month of October? I know it could be different in other worlds, but where I'm from there's trick-or-treating, people dressed up in costumes, and loads of candy.

There's also spooky and scary stuff, but I'm not really thinking about that.

[No, she's just thinking about the candy, and the costumes and the other fun things that can happen--but mainly it's the candy.

Oh, and movie marathons about wizards and witches.]

If anyone could let me know, that'll be great! Thanks!

Comments

[thestoriesarereal]

So you really think I'll eat ALL of my candy in one sitting?

[nobasisinfact]

Not all, but enough to give you a stomach ache.

[thestoriesarereal]

You think you're so sure about that?

Enough to maybe...wager a bet?

[nobasisinfact]

[He can't help chuckling about that. She sounds like Charlie there.]

Children shouldn't gamble.

[thestoriesarereal]

It's not a gamble if it's a sure-fire win.

[Hard to say if she got that from Henry...or from a certain pirate of a step-grand parent.]

So, care for that wager?

[nobasisinfact]

If it's a wager, it's gambling.

[thestoriesarereal]

You're just afraid you'll lose.

[Smirking, a bit too confident there.]

[nobasisinfact]

More for your moral decency.

[thestoriesarereal]

Hey! Cinderella and Henry have plenty of morals, same with the Charmings, so I'm pretty well stocked up on that.

C'mon, what do you have got to lose?

[nobasisinfact]

Morals aren't genetic.

[thestoriesarereal]

I don't know...it's a very strong trait in the family.

But, what do you have to lose? Just a tiny, tiny wager.

[nobasisinfact]

What would your terms be, should I accept?

[thestoriesarereal]

If I won, you'd owe me a favor--a no questions asked type of favor. And it wouldn't be to help commit a crime or anything.

And if you won...I would you owe a favor.

[nobasisinfact]

I don't need a favor.

[thestoriesarereal]

Then what would you want?

And "nothing" is off the table.

[nobasisinfact]

I'm not taking anything from you, Lucy.

[thestoriesarereal]

You're not taking if I'm offering.

[nobasisinfact]

As a father I know I'd be very upset if my daughter tried to gamble with a man she barely knew.

[thestoriesarereal]

But, you know Alex...and I trust her.

Besides, what's the worse that could happen? I've already been kidnapped...so..

[nobasisinfact]

You shouldn't trust everyone Alex knows.

[thestoriesarereal]

Well, technically Alex knows my Dad's...and I trust them too.

[nobasisinfact]

You also know them well.

[thestoriesarereal]

And I'm trying to get to know you better...so deal or no deal?

[nobasisinfact]

[He pinches the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger and sighs heavily.]

Fine.