"We could use a few more mercenaries like you, you know?" Rima offered."I am sorry, but my comrades in the north need me." Azaraleon nodded sincerely."Very well..." Rima tipped her hat. "I will escort you to the front gate. And I wish you in your battle the best of luck.""Same to you." Azareleon said with a wave, and just like that, him and along with a couple other mercenaries left through the front gate of our new fortress."All REEPS in the main hall!" Rima's voice projected throughout the complex. About a minute later, all members of REEPS was present and ready around us."Brothers and sisters, as you all know, a certain special day is coming..." Rima's voice trailed off."A 2000 year tradition celebrated by the Celtics, the day where the dead visits the living, that is otherwise known as Halloween now days." Rima cleared her throat and continued. "I had Le-Bifteck booby trap the forest around REEPS base, while we were all off to war. And since the enemy doesn't seem like they are going to reach there anytime soon, I think this a good opportunity to test out the effectiveness of the trap itself."An uneasy silence floated in the air."Please everyone, just think of it as a holiday spirit, a kimotameshi. Otherwise known as the test of fear."The uneasy silence remained."Alright, this is how the event is going to work. Everyone is going to be split into pairs, I myself will participate was well. And of course, there are going to be prizes for those who make it to the end...alive."The room temperature instantly felt as if it dropped 20 degrees."Ahem." Rima coughed. "Of course, for those not participating, I got a special mission for you..." Rima took out a pair of bunny ears and costume from her inventory. "You must recruit new members into our guild from newbie town while wearing this."One of the guys whistled, and some of the girls face reddened."And that includes guys as well." Rima added.The whistling died."Now, anymore objections?"There was a consensus of head shaking."Good. Now for the prize...Never mind, you will get it when you pass...Huehuehue..." Rima let out a dark chuckle at the end."Now, I will make the pairs by drawing your name by lots from this bag." Rima took out a duffel bag out of nowhere. "Don't worry I have already written down all your names, so no one should be missing out. Now for the first pair..." Rima reached her hand deep into the duffel bag and fumbled for a moment, before shooting her hand out like a rocket."Alright, let's see, let's see...Our first pair is going to be Eziel and Celeste!""Cool." Eziel said with a chill voice."Yay?" Celeste cheered confusingly."Next," Rima reached her hand into the duffel bag again, then shoot her hand out just as quick, as if there was a poisonous snake inside:"Ah, me and Ansel.""An honor to be your partner." Ansel spoke with a deep voice."Same." Rima sighed, then proceeded to tossing away the two tiny slips of paper, as she did with all that came after:"Piphra and Sull1van."There wasn't really any reaction then both, one being masked, and the other being completely poker face."Megumi and Eritol.""Woo!!!" Eritol cheered loudly, then went mute after a second, before quickly adding: "Sorry.""Next, Constanze and Enju."I swear I heard the sound of someone tsking..."Sioux and meatball.""Yay meatball!" Sioux hugged meatball in a sideways tackle."Oof!" Meatball responded by almost falling over."Alright, the last one should be obvious..." Rima fumbled for an extra-long second there. "Riga and Via."Oh!...I searched the group for Via and there she was, blushing for some reason..."Alright, we are going to leave this fortress to the rest of the members of the Red frontier. Time is money, let's use the TP gate and see if we can get to REEPS base before dusk..."Q: What do you plan to dress up for Halloween?