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Alisa had plenty of reasons to feel proud of herself over her spiritual work. No, not spiritual as in religious. Instead, she'd been helping out spirits left and right when their connection to the mortal world strengthened, the kind of connection only certain times of the year brought forth. Yet she felt that connection getting stronger, being only a few days away from Halloween. If the veil kept thinning at this rate, they might very well end up with more ghosts than even the spookiest lovers of spooky could handle. Plus, those poor former people needed all the help they could get reaching a blissful afterlife.
She had to wash her dress after last time, as she didn't really have another nor did she have the time to spend yet another day Shopping. Plus, she rather liked this dress and every intention of using it for the better part of the fun filled frights. If that weren't enough, she'd gotten word from a few travelling guildmates that an A-rank quest had appeared in Baska and some of them would probably head there and try a crack at it. Alisa wagered Snowflake would be among those trying, and if she was going there then Chelvaric would likely join up too. This left only Alisa to show up and finally bring their team backtogether for the first time in... Well, for the first time really, as the three of them had never done a real quest together as part of the snowy beauty's team.
The crystal mage left the inn wondering about Worth Woodsea, whether she'd yet find her teammates or whether they'd already left for Baska, and other than that what manner of surprises would the Skeleton Carnival have in store from her. From the the few mages who had gone there and back again and talked to her about it, she expected all manners of rewarding minigames, and possibly people trying to ambush her over the rewards if she wasn't careful.
The same kind of rewards than the trick or treat candies these spirits had been giving her when she helped them out; though she had yet to find what exactly were they worth. Something told she should avoid eating them if she wanted something a bit more substancial than candies, no matter how good they may be. She wasn't 10 years old anymore, come on...
As she walked around under the city light, she kept her eyes peeled, trusting her instants whenever she felt a stronger pull towards a particular site, no matter how random that direction may prove. And with that mindset, it didn't take long for her to start hearing another spectral voice, just around the corner, and promptly walked over to it, silk clad hips swaying ever so gently with every step and clack of her heels:
"What am i gonna do?! OH, what am I gonna do?!?!? The show's tonight and I'm dead!! Nonono, I can't be dead, I haven't won it yet. All this time collecting and I have nothing to show for it?! Then what was I doing all these years?!"