"Hey, you remember what I said last year, right? We're Zombie Boy and Ghost Boy. I'm not ever gonna leave you."
"Promise?"
"One hundred percent."
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In which Alistair fights the monster that possessed his friend alongside his friends, while trying...
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Chapter Fourteen: D&D And Arguments
(The Case Of The Missing Lifeguard, Pt. 2)
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"You ready?" Alistair whispered to Will.
His best friend grinned. "Yes."
Alistair returned the grin and he headed over to the stereo resting innocently next to the campaign table as Will stood at the head, dressed in his purple wizard's robe and matching hat, a staff in his hands. In front of them, Lucas and Mike were still asleep, and currently unaware of what was about to happen.
It was the next day, and Alistair spent it in a dreamless sleep, with no ghosts or screams or icy pain tormenting him. No ghosts tried to strangle him either when he woke up, so that was a plus. Of course, immediately after he and Will had let each other's hands go and Alistair was vehemently trying to push down the fluttery feeling that he held Will's hand the whole night, they got the campaign ready, the final touches being Will's wizard outfit for his character and Alistair getting the mixtape for their D&D campaigns, ready to play it.
As Alistair's finger hovered over the PLAY button, a rumble of thunder came. It had been storming all day, and Alistair took that as good luck—his sister giving him and Will her blessing to do this.
Alistair grinned and he pressed the button.
Immediately folky, medieval music roared to life, startling Mike and Lucas awake as Lucas shouted, "Yes!"
Alistair stood beside Will, a smirk still on his face as his best friend stood tall as their friends blinked the sleep out of their eyes before Lucas asked, "What are you doing?"
"Yeah, Will, can you or Al turn down the music?" Mike requested, squinting as the haze of sleep still hadn't entirely left.
"Please address me by my full name," Will said.
"What?" Mike questioned.
Will slammed his staff down and yelled, "My full name!"
Alistair arched his brows, grinning at his best friend fully getting into character as Mike groaned.
"Oh my God. Okay, Will the Wise, can you or Al please turn down the music?" Mike questioned sardonically.
"That is not music," Will stated. "That... is the sound of destiny! I have seen into the future, and I've seen that today is a new day! A day... free of girls!"
Alistair smiled, giving a supportive thumbs up to Will as Lucas asked in a confused, sleep-groggy voice, "What is happening right now?"
"Surprise, guys. Welcome to the D&D takeover," Alistair said, grinning wickedly.
"Will, Al, come on," Mike groaned, but they ignored him as Will crouched over the table and said dramatically, "A tribe of villagers are under threat from an evil force from the swamps of Kuzatan."
