Scary Monsters! ~Endless Halloween Night~/Story/Episode 2-9

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Episode 2-9: Are You Tryna Play Dumb?

The Other Dimension - Ghost Ship Cove
Leona Leona	…I see. So this mirror shard is required to attend the Halloween party.
Floyd Floyd	Wonder why they're attached to this little piece of junk.
Ace Ace	You're the one who stole it. Why are you the one calling it junk?
Floyd Floyd	Huh?
Ace Ace	Uhh, it's nothing!
Leona Leona	A mirror shard, an invitation, and this "Their Greatness" that the ghosts were mentioning… There's only thing we know right now, and that's if we want to bring this ridiculous Halloween to an end… …the fastest method is to find whoever this "Greatness" is that's been sending invitations all over the place and give them a good ol' punch in the sucker. In order to participate in that party where Their Greatness awaits…

Leona Leona	…we need these mirror shards. In other words…we need to continue ahead while stealing the mirror shards from the ghosts we come across.
Ace Ace	Continue ahead? You mean we're not going to try and meet up with the others?
Leona Leona	Our goal here is to bring Halloween to an end… In other words, we need to take down whoever's causing all this to happen. I have no intentions of babysitting the rest of them. Leave 'em to do whatever.
Floyd Floyd	Well, I'm sure the others are all thinkin' something similar… And I'm also pretty sure no one at our school's such a wuss that they can't win against such small fry. Did you not see how easily we beat up those ghosts? They're so puny. sigh Maaaaan, can they not at least put up a better fight? I'm so bored…
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Ghost Ghost	BOO!
Floyd Floyd	And a hop away.
Leona Leona	Nice try.
Ace Ace	HUH?!

Floyd Floyd	Was that meant to be an ambush? Was a pretty terrible one. We could see it comin' from a mile away.
Leona Leona	Not exactly the brightest tools in the shed here. Of course we were gonna notice you like that.
Ace Ace	… Heh heh heh…
Floyd & Leona Floyd & Leona	Hm?
Ace? Ace?	Hehe.. Hehehe… Haaaaah hah hah hah! You…wretched, arrogant humans!
Floyd Floyd	You what? Have you taken a look at yourself? You're human, too, y'know.
Leona Leona	The hell's up with you all of a sudden?
Ace? Ace?	You certainly gave us a good beating just there. Here we were trying to hold back for you and yet you act all high and mighty! We won't forgive you for this! Time for you to face our wrath for real! I feel it rising… This power… This body is filled with life! HAAAA-HA-HA! Now that I have control of a body of the living, I won't be dragged down. I'll beat you cocky little whippersnappers to a pulp in just a single moment!
Floyd Floyd	Wow… You'll beat me to a pulp? What an exciting idea, Lil' Crab.
Leona Leona	You're certainly in a good mood, aren't you? Here, I'll let you play with my tail a little.
Ace? Ace?	What? Huh? Wait, no, stop… That was just a little joke! Forgive me… AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Ace Ace	Mmmnm… Ah! Where a-- Ow! Ow… Holy crap, that hurts! Why is my whole body aching?!
Floyd Floyd	Oh hey, you awake now?
Ace Ace	Every bone in my body is screaming at me. What is this?!
Leona Leona	Do you not remember?
Floyd Floyd	You suddenly challenged us to a duel, Lil' Crab. Even called us "whippersnappers".
Ace Ace	Huh?! I did?!
Leona Leona	You even said you'd beat us to a pulp in a single moment.
Floyd Floyd	That was so funny~ Hey, Lil' Crab, say it again. I'll make sure to beat you up again, too.
Ace Ace	I said I'd beat you two…?! No, no, no, I-I would never, that could never possibly happen! I wouldn't say something that would literally get me killed like that! And anyway, to begin with, until a bit ago, I was… …Until a bit ago? Huh? I remember the ghost suddenly zooming into my face…and I was all, "Whoa!" and then everything was suddenly super cold… …But then what happened after that?
Floyd Floyd	Are you tryna play dumb or somethin'?
Leona Leona	If you wanna taste the sand again that badly, I don't mind helping?
Ace Ace	No, listen to me! I really don't know!
Leona Leona	…Calm down. We were only joking. Don't get so worked up. You're not such an idiot that you'd challenge us one vs. two.
Ace Ace	Yes, of course not! I super respect you two as my seniors and all! There's no way I could ever hope to beat you!
Floyd Floyd	Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I guess you were sayin' weird things about how you got a human body or something… You seemed kinda off. Your eyes were all empty, and it was hard to tell what ya were thinkin', which is pretty strange for you.
Leona Leona	Yeah. You probably had your body taken over by that ghost.
Ace Ace	A ghost possessed my body?! That's so creepy, what the heck? That's actually scary. What is going on here? Can ghosts even do that?
Leona Leona	We're in their territory now. Absolutely anything could happen. And besides, you were the one who left such an opening that was practically begging for a ghost to take you over.
Ace Ace	An opening?
Floyd Floyd	When the ghost jumped out, you were makin' this real stupid face. You got a huge fright, right?
Ace Ace	…Huh?! Then you mean… …if I get surprised by a ghost…I'll get my body taken over?
Leona Leona	That seems likely, yeah.
Floyd Floyd	So basically, we just needa always be on guard so they'll never catch us by surprise. Weak ghosts aren't scary, so it'll be easy peasy. I'll be glad if it really is as simple as that, but…surprise and fear are both similar and yet different emotions. If someone catches you at the moment you let your guard down, it's natural for anyone to be even a little surprised. Our enemies are elusive ghosts who appear with no footsteps or smell. You can't sense when they're going to appear. Asking someone to not be surprised by something that could jump out anywhere and at any time is a huge ask.
Ace Ace	Given how serious both of you look here…is this actually a pretty bad situation? No way… Can we really end Halloween safely?!