It's Halloween, and I'm handing out treats when a neighbour brings her kids by. They have really cute costumes, and so does she. They get a treat that night - and she and I give each other treats the next day.
Our family hosted a Halloween Party every five years. My sister and I enjoyed being part of it. Some Very Important People usually showed up in extravagant outfits. There was drinking. there was flirting. there was a lot more! (Some codes are for later chapters)
A shy virgin receives a dire prediction from the fortune teller at the Halloween festival. There is a darkness stalking her, but what it seeks is something she longs to lose.
If you've never read "Black Lagoon", well, I love it, and I've got every volume. It's a Japanese manga series, you might like it, you might not, there's a lot of violence in it (go figure...) but it gave me the idea for this little story, so I hacked out this a while ago. And now, that warning: this story does have more than a little death and violence... so if that's not your thing, skip this one.
We start with a failure to follow invitation directions. You will make a sharp turn into a collision with a Druid and Succubus. Then detour around that first issue, straight into some Goblins and a Wizard. And then summon a screaming demon out of hell. So, good times!