TNBC: Making Christmas

Oogie Plays the Dice

In Oogie Boogie's secret lair, the potato sack monster tied up Sandy Claws and Sally in their binding ropes.

Oogie Boogie pulls out one lever to left.

The round table lifts up from the roulette wheel. The rope took the round table away.

In the middle of the roulette wheel, there was the boiling hot molten lava.

The potato sack monster giggled wickedly.

The redhead ragdoll was annoyed at Oogie Boogie. "What kind of a dangerous game are you playing with, Oogie?" Sally asked.

The potato sack monster was smirking at her. "It's one of my favorite dice games. It's called 'Fifty'." Oogie answered.

Sandy Claws was stern at Oogie. "And what is Fifty?" Sandy Claws wondered.

Oogie took Sandy Claws and the redhead ragdoll to the roulette wheel. Oogie looks at the Christmas leader. "I am glad you ask that, Sandy. Fifty is a dice game for guessing names. If I guess the number right, I move the numbers forward. And if I guess the number wrong, I won't put both of you in your sentences." Oogie replied. He laughs mockingly afterwards.

Sally was annoyed yet puzzling. "And if we guess the right number?" She asks.

The potato sack monster shrugged. "Then I might set you two free, calling the game off." Oogie answers.

Sandy Claws was skeptical. "That doesn't sound like a hard game to play." He commented.

Sandy Claws and Sally are being lay down on the steel platform by Oogie.

The Christmas leader and the redhead ragdoll don't like it already.

They played the risky dice game for hours.

Sandy Claws and Sally have three chances to guess the numbers from the pair of red dice.

When Oogie Boogie rolls them out, the numbers don't match Sandy Claws' and Sally's guesses.

They lost their three chances.

Oogie Boogie has his turns for three times. He made about thirty-two moves so far.

Sandy Claws was enraged at Oogie. "Your dice are rigged!" Sandy Claws accused in his exclamation.

Oogie shrugs. "I told ya I don't play fair." He reminded.

Sally was irritated. "You wait til Jack hears about this!" She ranted.

Oogie faced the redhead ragdoll not amusingly.

Sally tells the potato sack monster off. "By the time he's thru with you Oogie, you'll be lucky if he-" she tried to finish her sentence.

But something interrupts her.

The threesome are alerted to the megaphone's noise.

It came from the mayor. "The king of Halloween has been blown to smithereens! Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust!" He shouted.

Sally gasped.

Oogie was mischievous. The potato sack monster chuckles in his evil tone hysterically. Oogie looks at her. "What did you say about luck, ragdoll?" He wonders.

Sally was frozen in fear. She did not give the potato sack monster her reply.

Oogie shook his head. "Oh no matter. Back to my game." He declares.

There was going to be trouble.

Sally's and Sandy Claws' lives are on the line from Oogie Boogie.

The redhead ragdoll was scared. Sally efforts to use her voice, louder than ever. "HELP! HELP! HELP, SOMEONE PLEASE!" She panicked in her plead.

The potato sack monster rolled the red dice.

Oogie was on his winning streak. "Seven. It's Oogie's turn to Boogie now." He said.

Oogie plays around with the lever to the steel platform.

Sandy Claws and Sally are falling to the lava slowly.

She screamed.

Oogie smiles big. "One. Two. Three. Four." He said. Oogie got carried away with his hysterics. "FIVE! SIX! SEVEN!" He shouts. Oogie laughed wickedly at them.

Sandy Claws and Sally are helpless.

She was melancholy. "Help!" Sally cried.

The Christmas leader was astonished. "This can't be happening!" He exclaimed.

Oogie retrieved his red dice. "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust..." he said.

Sandy Claws and Sally observed him carefully.

Oogie pretends to be gloomy. "Ooooo, I'm feelin' weak..." he said in his mock tone.

Oogie was acting devilish. "WITH HUNGER!" He exclaims.

Oogie shows them his red dice. "One more roll of the doll, that oughta to do it." He said.

Oogie laughs hysterically in his mocking voice. He tossed his red dice to his right.

The red dice went thru the little skeleton's eyes bust. It came out of the small skeleton bust. The red dice stopped on the little table. It halted.

The red dice landed on the even number.

Oogie checks out his game dice. He was angry. "WHAT?! SNAKE EYES?!" Oogie yells in his exclamation. He slammed his fist on the little table.

The red dice rolled forth. It was the odd number.

Oogie checked it again. He was satisfied. "ELEVEN!" Oogie exclaimed.

The potato sack monster laughs. Oogie goes to the lever. "It looks like I won the jackpot." He said.

Oogie waved at Sally and Sandy Claws. Oogie moves his lever up and down. "Bye, bye, doll-face..." he said.

Oogie pulled the lever one last time. "And Sand-man..." he said.

The steel platform went all the way up.

Sandy Claws shuts his eyes, facing sudden death.

Sally freaked out, closing their eyes.

They are falling to their doom.

Or so they thought.

Moments later, the redhead ragdoll was the first to open her eyes. Sally don't understand what just happened. She was about to fall in the molting lava.

And then, Sally and the Christmas leader are being put somewhere else.

The redhead ragdoll peeks outside.

They are inside of the big steel coffin, standing in upwards.

And what's peculiar, they are not tied up with ropes anymore.

Sally was stunned.

Oogie Boogie startles after checking out the steel platform.

The potato sack monster was afraid.

There it was, the skeleton in his pinstriped outfit. He was mad. The skeleton was laying on the steel platform. "Hello, Oogie." He said.