A Twisted Halloween: Terror is Trending

Chapter 4: Boy, Did I Warn Them

Ruggie and Jack are able to act and use their magepens to cast their magic to cast on the laypeople. The magic they used will be able to not bring any harm to the visitors, instead, it has them float away or walk away on their own without any trouble.

Seeing them gone, Leona says, "Tch, they got away. Guess they live to 'Cam another day. If I see 'em around here again, I'm gonna roast 'em on a spit! Grr..." and let out a roar of anger."

Vargas says, "Easy there, Kingschlor. What led to this, anyway?"

One of the students says, "It's not his fault! The visitors started it!"

"Yeah!" A second student answers.

The third student says, "They were tampering with our Halloween exhibit!"

"They were? After all your hard work? I'd say you're within your rights to be mad. But why would they do something like that?" Vargas asks.

Jack brings out his phone, "Here, Professor, read this. I've got the article pulled up on my phone."

"Let's see here..." Vargas says, and looks at the article.

Vargas reads, "'Rumors Buzz Over Night Raven College's Pirate Ship - Make Your Wishes Come True!'"

Vargas is shocked, "What in the world?"

"The article goes on to say that the ghost ship at Night Raven College is a legendary pirate vessel that once granted all wishes. Supposedly, if you post a picture of yourself wearing the pirates' treasure of Magicam, you'll be infused with the ghosts' power. And that power grants the wishes of whoever takes the picture," Jack explains. "That's the gist of the rumor."

"Who in their right mind would believe that?" Leona questions.

"I doubt that all of them believe it... It's just trending, so they wanna get in on the fad and post their pictures to Magicam," Ruggie says.

Then one student says, "They put on the replica accessoires we were using for props, take their barrage of selfies... and then when they're done, they just dump whatever they took somewhere at random. The place is a pigsty now! Who does that?!"

Another student says, "One guy even took the clothes off our skeleton pirate and wore them for his selfie. The gal!"

"Wow," Vargas says, admittingly surprised. "Okay, you guys definitely had reason to act."

However, Vargas says, "But a verbal warning should've sufficed. Your finely toned muscles are vital mage assets! They are not to be used lightly!"

"Uh, look..." Ruggie says, calmly, but then angrily says, "I TRIED reasoning with them. Believe me, I did. They just didn't care. In fact, it got worse. They found Leona napping in the corner of the coliseum, and then came the comments."

Then repeat the comments, 'He's so pretty! He's like a statue!' Is this one of those statue street performers?' 'The King of Beasts is so cool!'

Then says, "They started taking pictures of him. Lots. We talkin' burst mode here. Leona ignored them at first, but -"

Then Leona says with irritation and frustration, "They just wouldn't lay off! Nothing I said made a difference. It made things worse, actually. They started pulling their grubby little mitts all over my ears and tail. Boy, did I warn them. I told them very clearly, 'If anyone else takes a picture of me, I'll make you regret the day you were born.' If they were thick enough to ignore that... it stands to reason they're looking for a close encounter of the fanged kind!"

One of the students spoke up, "Yeah! That's what they get for messing with us. Give 'em the business, Housewarden!"

Another student says, "If anyone else like those guys show up, just bite 'em!"

But Ruggie says, "No! No biting! That's a terrible idea! That's the kinda thing that goes on your permanent record, for the... uh, record. This is a prestigious school. If a sancal broke out during our time here, it would mean fewer options for us further down the road. So don't pop off like that. At least mess with 'em all sneaky-like so you don't get caught!"

But Vargas scolds him, "HEY! It is NEVER okay to lay hands on a guest!"

Then he crosses his arms and says, "Clearly, Kingscholar and Buuchi can't be trusted with this. The management committee will have to intervene."

Then call out to the committee, "Listen up: your job now is to keep an eye out and head off any argument between the Magicam Monsters and your dormmates! Do I make myself clear?"

Jack answers, "Y-yes sir! I'll try.

Leona roars in anger, "Grrr..."

"Man. What a mess this is turning out to be, "Jack says to himself.

Indeed, this Halloween Week is starting to turn into a mess, and it going to get worse if nothing is done about it.