I grabbed my duster and slipped it on, settling it about my shoulders. I checked the wakizashi in its special pocket inside the duster to be close at ...hand and went to my library. I disarmed the traps and wards around my hidden safe and unlocked it, reaching inside and skimming through the assorted items. I was not expecting trouble but I would be traveling through the Fae Realm and sometimes some of the denizens of that place took it upon themselves to waylay travelers, especially human ones. I. "Mmphh?" Shox muffled into his pillow, stretched out comfortably beside her.Alexa draped both of her arms over her eyes and kicked at his leg with her foot."Get up, you need to go and pick up Grecco from the airport."Alexa's family owned 'The Villa', and her twin brother Marco had decided that this was the summer all of their friends would join in their annual tradition of spending the summer at the large house by the sea. Their friend Elijah had arrived last night, and they were waiting on the. " She gave him a lewd wink."Okay, so what now?" Jackson asked. "None of the options do anything." It's a puzzle battle," Suraimo said. "The first actions are all scripted. You have to go through them to advance the story. Try Attack."Jackson did. He swung his sword at her like a retarded kid with poor motor function and Suraimo easily stepped out of the way."This is the part where I taunt your slow swing," Suraimo said.And give him a grope for good measure, Jackson thought as a tentacle wound. Over years, I'd gotten a bit more outre with my costumes, from apink devil to Alice to a sailor girl (that year I got pulled over forspeeding, and that was quite the memory). This year I was a girlie clown. Myoutfit was a riot of aqua, yellow and pink with fuzzy "buttons," a littlejester cap on a headband, silly little gloves, and matching tights. A tutupoofed out the skirt, and my little pink shoes finished the outfit. I was aharlequin, a silly one. Of course, no self-respecting woman would.