You press the button.
Ding.
Oh thank goodness the violin is gone.
Instead, there’s a pallet of money!
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Huh. You’ve never actually seen one of these before. It’s cool!
You spit out the gold coin and look at it judgingly. Then you look at the money.
Hmm, which would be worth more? How many of those hundred dollar bills can you stuff into your mouth? How long could it last, without disintegrating?
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OK, ok, stop!
Just. Stop.
What is with the whole “shoving things into your mouth”? I mean, yeah, looks like you can transport things between rooms that way, but why? Why do you want to?
Sure, to transport expensive things between rooms, I’m not an idiot.
Did… Did someone tell you that you can transport things between rooms that way? Who? Why?
Not going to tell me? Fine. That’s just fine.
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Anyways, you decide to not stuff any money into your mouth. Yes. That is what you decide.
Stop arguing. You have decided this. All on your own.
Instead, you…
Oh sure! Now that I won’t let you put money in your mouth, you don’t want anything to do with it! Fine!
The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.
You head over to the button, put the coin back in your mouth, and push it!
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Ding.
The light is gone. This time, the edges of the room are lined with Jack-o’-Lanterns.
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They’re pretty cool, flickering slightly from the candles inside.
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Did you know that originally, turnips were also used? That and some kind of beet, too. As far as “interesting things” I’ve had to google for this, this will probably sit somewhere in the teens on that list.
I’ve learned some pretty interesting things.
But here, since I know you want to see a picture of a carved turnip:
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Traditional_Irish_halloween_Jack-o%27-lantern.jpg/800px-Traditional_Irish_halloween_Jack-o%27-lantern.jpg]
Thank you, Wikipedia.
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Anyways, you look the pumpkins over. Some are pretty simple, just a couple of triangles to make a face, but some are extremely detailed.
Like this one. Ooh, or that one! That one’s really well done.
You lift the lid off of one, and find they’re lit with little pumpkin spice scented tea light candle things. I’ll tell you a secret: the candles are from Ikea. They sell them pretty cheaply in bulk there, hoping that once you’ve bought two hundred of the damn things you’ll buy two hundred of their fancy little candle holders as well.
Anyways, you go around, trying to decide which is the coolest jack-o’-lantern. You pick out the coolest three: one with a willow tree carving, one with a death star carving, and one with a very detailed spooky ghost carving.
The willow tree looks like it would have taken the most effort. It’s just beautiful. The death star goes all the way around the pumpkin, and come on, Star Wars. Heh. But the ghost carving… Jack-o’-lanterns are supposed to be for Halloween. They’re supposed to be kinda spooky. They’re supposed to have carvings of ghosts and faces on them.
You decide that the spooky ghost carving is the best.
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I’m glad you decided that. I’m glad you had fun. Are we back to being friends?
Good. Thank you.
Deep inhale. Fine. Be that way.
DO YOU PRESS THE BUTTON? Yes No