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Octavius hummed. “So, what do we do?” He turned to Turney, hoping the young zombie had an answer.
Turney frowned, brow pinching in thought. And then his expression became determined. “There is only one thing to do…” He leaned in and kissed Octavius on the cheek. “I had fun… Now, win for me, Octavius!” Turney cried out as he jumped forward into the open, notifying the zombies of his location. He fired his laser at them, freezing many, and then he took off, drawing them away.
“Turney!” Octavius gasped, as he watched his bunny sacrifice himself and get lost behind a wall of zombies. He sniffled dramatically. “I won’t let your sacrifice be in vain!” He charged towards the finish, jumping over downed zombies, shooting all those in his way as he sprinted to the statue—at human speed. He heard people cry out behind him, heard their feet as the zombies approached from behind, but it was too late…as he had won!
Leaping up the last few steps, his hand slapped against the statue moments before a zombie caught up to him.
“GAME!” Octavius cried out with a giggle.
The zombie inches from him let out a laugh. “Congrats, you won the Black Fox Park zombie run!” The zombies around him started to clap.
Moments later, Turney was pushing through the crowd and tapping the statue himself. “Game!” Turney laughed as he wrapped an arm around Octavius’ waist. “Turns out five minutes left equals two minutes being frozen, and then three minutes to calmly claim victory.”
Octavius chuckled. “Yes, that would have been the easiest solution.” He leaned into his real zombie, unable to contain his smile. He knew Turney hadn’t been into it at first, but he was sure the male had a lot of fun once he got past the scariness of the rather convincing looking decaying zombies. The actors had done a hell of a job with the make-up and zombie prosthetics—movie quality!
A loud throat cleared nearby. They turned to the right, and standing there was the woman from the entrance holding two bags. “Congrats on winning the zombie run! Here are your prizes!” She held out the bags.
Octavius squealed. Grabbing his bag, he tore into it. First in the bag was a T-shirt with a cartoon version of the park and the costume fox pumpkins. Underneath that, there was a small statue of the fox pumpkin jewels. So, basically, the costumed pumpkins with the fox face minus the arms and legs. There was also a Halloween fox plushie with a witch’s hat and broom.
“Cute!” Turney said with a smile, eyes firmly on the plushie.
Octavius smirked. He was going to assume the prizes were the same…if not, he had a feeling his plushie was about to get stolen.
He looped his arm through Turney’s. “Let’s head home! We have a long day tomorrow.”
Turney smiled and leaned in for a kiss. Octavius giggled and pecked him on the lips. “Love you.”
“Love you, too. Thanks for the date.”
Turney stared in the mirror at his costume. He honestly wasn’t sure what he was supposed to be.
Turney eyed the tunic he was wearing. It fastened at his right shoulder and was belted around the waist, so the top part draped a little. Basically, he had on what he’d seen a lot of people wearing in those ancient Roman and Greek vases, paintings and statues…
Except, the color was unusual. If he was asked to describe it…Turney would say it looked to be the color of stone. But not just the gray of stone, it was speckled like it too. As if the material had been carved out of a large boulder and somehow became fabric. He had on a matching pair of sandals as well that were the same color as the tunic.
Turney turned to the make-up artist who was standing there waiting. She looked fully prepared to attack him, tools of her trade in hand.
“It’s…a couples costume, right?”
She smiled and nodded.
“What the hell is Octavius then?”
The woman laughed. “It will make sense when you see him.”
Turney sighed. “It feels like it’s my wedding day or something. The crazy bat said I can’t see him until the party starts because it would ruin his grand entrance.”
The make-up artist burst into giggles. “I imagine in his head this is as important as a wedding.”
Turney sighed and held out his arms. “Do your worst.”
* * *
“I can’t believe him.How could Octavius do this to me?!” Scarlett let out a grunt of pain as Min-ji tightened the bodice.
“I’ll leave it loose, don’t worry.”
“Just help me get the rest on,” Scarlett growled in response.
