< It's not a costume. >

[Is it possible for the ticking of a clock to sound defeated?

They'd decided to drop by the fairgrounds on a whim, but now that they're here in front of the costume tent, surrounded by workers going so far as to take notes on Dante's appearance, they're beginning to wonder if they've made a mistake.

Just as they're about to turn around and leave, however, they catch a glimpse of movement at the corner of their vision.]

< H-Hey! A little help? >

[It's kind of funny how walking into a festival of your own volition can leave you in greater spirits than being unceremoniously deposited in a tree. Dante may be just as unable to enjoy the festival food this time as they were the last, but that doesn't stop them from taking a look at the games and booths available.

Some of them look a bit... dodgy (what was with those flasks?) but this pumpkin one seems mostly innocent. More silly than anything. Pulling their hand from their pocket, they pluck up the first pumpkin they see, and...]

1. "Have someone draw something on your face in permanent marker."

< Uh oh. W-Wow! It's a good thing I don't have a face, huh? Looks like I can't do this one... >

[They are not above using this clock of theirs to their advantage.]


2. "Tell someone the worst excuse you've used to get out of something?"

[You know, it's been so long, it's probably about time they admitted this to someone.]

< So... one time in order to get out of dancing in front of a crowd I claimed to have forgotten what dancing was. >

[They can't say they believe in fortune-telling, but between the festive mood and the barkers' existence, somehow they'd ended up being talked into going and getting a fortune anyway. Or... they're pretty sure they did. It's all kind of fuzzy for some reason. Accurate, but fuzzy.

Which is just the combination of descriptors to make them worried about what went on in there.

And yet, despite it all, they find themselves seeking someone out instead of booking it out of the festival grounds. Whether it's to confirm their suspicions or for some other reason not even they know.]

< Hey, have you been in that weird tent yet? >

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