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Y-yes, but Treat, there’s the i-issue of the mysterious one who st-stole the spellbook to begin with. I know not w-where they have fled nor what they intended, b-but we must pursue them!

W-w-wow, I never g-get over how much of a r-rush that m-madness gives me. And y-you were wonderful, T-Treat! Those imps are g-goners!

Yes, thank you, T-Treat! J-just let me fashion this new blade on and … h-here we go!

AHHHHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

CREATURES OF THE UNDERWORLD, YOUR TIME IS OVER IN THIS REALM. HEAR MY WORDS AND COME TO ME AT ONCE. YOUR FATE IS AT THE HANDS OF THIS WITCH WHO WILL BANISH YOU TO WHERE YOU BELONG! HEEEEEHEHEHEHEHE. . . .

Now I have both physical and m-mental relief. I knew T-Treat would eventually understand.

T-that makes me happier than you could ever imagine, T-Treat, THANK YOU!

Of course I will h-help, you, it is what we d-do for each other. T-though this curse you placed upon me …

T-that’s what I’ve been trying to explain t-to you. Y-your gift was s-stolen and d-d-d-destroyed. These imps tore up the s-spellbook I got for you, and b-before that someone stole it from my dwelling and used it to s-s-summon all these imps!

D-d-did I hear m-my name? Oh, T-T-T-T-Treat, it’s you! I-I-I have something I have to t-tell you, so p-please hear me out!

T-Thank you for your p-p-patience... E-Everyone h-has been so creative, m-mortals have s-such interesting t-taste... A-All these c-costumes e-even managed to m-make me forget T-Treat for a moment.. o-oh... n-nevermind....

I... I-I updated the g-gallery... I n-need time to think now...

O-Oh wow.... I w-was so caught in my t-thoughts I-I didn't r-r-realize how many of you e-entered. S-Seeing so many i-interesting costumes h-helped distract me f-for a while... T-Thank you...

I-I've updated the g-g-gallery if a-anyone wants to s-see...

@Treat: My dear friend, it's been ages that we've exchanged gifts. I would never forget such an important day in my eternal life! You must believe me when I say someone stole it! :vanora_stunned:

Before time itself, two beings always were. Perfect and delicious, clad in the sweetest of garments, a witch aptly known as Treat, watched over the land during the time of the Reaping ensuring those would not go without sustenance during the dark, cold months to come. Opposite her in all his dastardly and mischievous splendor was a reaper called Trick. Though Treat would be trusted to keep the land plentiful, it was Trick’s duty to keep the atmosphere sinister and foreboding. For no Reaping would be a reaping without Trick, the reaper, swinging his scythe across the land to freeze it for the months to come.

To those presently living in the realms, the balance of Trick and Treat is known as “The Reaping Ritual.” It is common knowledge to those in all the realms that each year Trick and Treat bequeath gifts to one another as a display of the balance between them. This balance is proof that neither has dominion over the lands and that they maintain a neutrality between them when it comes to their duties as guardians of the Reaping. The two of them quietly even consider it a friendship.

On a night not so long ago this year, Trick came upon an abandoned house. In that house was an ancient text with pages tattered from eons of wear and tear. Trick pried the book from its dusty slumber and thumbed through its contents. It didn’t take him long to realize that this was a spellbook, and one that countless witches over time had likely possessed and used. Something like this would definitely be a fitting gift for Treat.

Although as the Reaping drew nearer, an ominous presence lurked in the shadows. As Trick began his surveying of the lands for reaping, the unknown enemy crept into his lair, stole the book he had procured as a present for Treat, and made off with it into the night.

“N-n-no! W-wait!” Trick stammered, chasing after the shadow. The enemy rapidly flipped through the book’s tattered pages, frantically searching for a spell. After chanting a few incantations, a flash of green light engulfed Trick’s enemy and disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Suddenly, dozens of imps burst forth from the same spot and caused Trick to lose sight of his enemy. They all fought for the book at once, tearing and scattering its ancient pages in a frenzy. The more Trick tried to chase them down and regain the pages, the more and more they spread.

Worst of all, the Reaping was tomorrow, and Trick had no gift to exchange with Treat.

The next evening at twilight, Treat awaited her frantic friend under the largest, gnarliest maple tree in all the realms--the annual meeting place for their ritual.

“H-hello, T-T-T-Treat,” Trick stuttered as he climbed the hill to the tree. He was clammier than usual, but Treat did not notice anything amiss as the reaper normally had trouble with words unless he was taken over by the madness of his task.

“Trick, it is good to see you,” Treat spoke in her calm, dignified tone. “I trust your scythe is ready for its upcoming task? I have already made the necessary preparations to ensure all the citizens in the realms will be well fed this season.”

Trick began to quiver, eyeing the long object Treat held under her cloak. He could only wonder what amazing gift she had brought for him this year. As if reading his mind, Treat pulled forth the concealed gift--a shining, glinting blade to replace Trick’s current scythe. Reflected in its metal was the nebula of the beyond. Trick felt as if he would faint.

“I-I-I don’t have anything f-for you, Treat,” he managed. Treat raised a brow at his uttered words. “I-I’m sorry.” He hung his head, cloak covering his face from Treat. Her stare pierced through him even though his eyes did not meet hers.

“But this is our tradition, Trick. Why would you forget something we have done for centuries?”

Trick opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Instead a hesitant, high-pitched laugh slipped from his mouth which angered Treat almost instantaneously.

“How could you do this to me?!” she shrieked, hurling her gift into the tree’s bark. It buried itself deep in the trunk of the tree.

Losing his control to the madness dwelling within him, Trick began to panic, trying to fight against the other half of himself. “No--it wasn’t meant to be this way, I swear it. They came and stole it--”

“You will NEVER trick me again!” Treat bellowed. Before she could close her mouth, Treat disappeared in a large cloud of purple smoke. Trick coughed and gasped, heaving the vapor into his lungs which sent a terrible heat coursing through his chilly veins. Before he realized it, his entire body felt as if it were on fire, and the hot feeling made him feel as if he were melting from the inside out.

Treat had cursed him for betraying their friendship, and Trick had no way of telling her the truth now. All he could do was attempt to collect all the scattered pages of the spellbook the imps had spread throughout the lands. However, moving just a step caused the fiery feeling to reignite over and over in Trick’s body. He was never going to be able to regain the book’s pages in his current, cursed state.
Trick made his way to the nearest city, Voltra, seeking help. If citizens of Voltra could find the pages of the book for him to reassemble it for Treat, perhaps their friendship could be saved. “H-help me, good f-friends,” Trick called, looking for any Volties to aid him in his nearly-impossible task. “I p-promise, I will make it worth your w-while.”

“Oh … um … If you r-really want to get my attention, I would be r-really happy if you called out to me. I just have s-so much on m-my mind right now …”

@Trick: Look how awesome I’m dressed!

“Oh w-wow … I s-seldom get to come into c-contact with mortals. I-I didn’t realize how interestingly you all d-dressed for the Reaping! I’ve always thought T-Treat was the best dressed in all the r-realms. Oh … Treat ...”

“W-well, since I-I’m just stuck waiting f-for p-p-pages to fall into my hands, I-I guess I could take a look around and see w-what you all are dressed like. D-do you p-prefer dressing for the spookiness of the event or p-portraying another character? I’d love to know, and see, and um … m-maybe reward the Volties that are the b-best dressed?”



Welcome to Trick’s Avatar Contest! The aim of this contest is to impress Trick with your awesome Halloween and cosplay avatars while he is on business in the realm of Voltra. Trick is interested in two things: seeing how Volties dress for Halloween, and seeing how Volties portray or dress as pre-existing characters, or cosplay! Trick will judge which avatars he likes best for both categories and, at the end of the event, pick the avatars he thinks fit the themes the best. The winning avatars will win a prize!

The two themes for the avatar contest are HALLOWEEN and COSPLAY.

The first place winner for each of the two themes will receive 500 Ohms and a full set of the reaper event items!
The silver runner up will receive 500 Ohms.
The bronze runner up will receive 250 Ohms.

Things to keep in mind:
★ Each user may submit up to 2 different avatars for EACH of the two categories (this means a total of four entries).
★ Trick will judge his favorite avatars based on how well it fits the theme of the category as well as originality of the avatar. Be creative no matter which category you are going to enter!
★ Avatars submitted must be the design of the user who submits them. Submitting an avatar that you did not come up with will result in a forfeiture of the contest and possibly a ban from the site.
★When submitting a post, please be clear which of the two categories you are submitting an entry for. If you are submitting for the cosplay category, you must include a reference image. Failure to mention your category or include a reference image for a cosplay category may result in your entry not being accepted.
★To submit an entry, post a screenshot of the avatar you want to submit using a direct link and the img code. Trick will not accept “current avatar” or similar submissions. Trick suggests using imgur if you need somewhere to upload the image prior to submission.

Halloween Avatars ↓

Panda:
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Austiderps:


GuttedBunny:
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superbearwars:
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vengeance:
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Miss Kitty:
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Okios:


Raxton:
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Mica:


Unicorn:
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star2000shadow:


Dowan:


Totalanimefan:

Cosplay Avatars ↓

Tuijp:
For I am the Pumpkin King!

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Another Movie Addict:
Ruby Rose/RWBY cosplay.

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superbearwars
Cure Blossom (and Chypre!) from Heartcatch Precure

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Soundwave from Transformers Prime

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Miss Kitty:
Haruhi (specifically episode 1) from Ouran High School Host Club

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Bubbles from The PowerPuff Girls

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TotalAnimeFan:
I'm Maka from Soul Eater

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Austiderps:
"Maka" From Soul Eater Anime

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Marluxia Kingdom HEARTS Organization 13

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Panda:
Kyoya Ootori from Ouran High School Host Club

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Entry #2:

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Vengeance:
Velma from Scooby Doo

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KimmiChan1989:
Bonnie from Five Nights At Freddy's

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okios
Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service

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Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara

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Unicorn
"Frank" the rabbit from Donnie Darko

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Re-L Mayer of Ergo Proxy

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Shadami
Vanora from Highrise Accessories

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Link from Breath of the Wild

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Mdom
Old Gregg from The Mighty Boosh

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Dowan
Haruhi Fujioka from the anime Ouran Highschool Host Club

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Dipper
Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls

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Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls

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Guttedbunny
Sonic the Hedgehog

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