Halloween Competition Winners

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Time for the Halloween Competition Winners!

Joint First Place

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Mika and Jay!

Second Place:
No one

Third Place:
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Yeah, I didn't think it would be fair seeing as there were only two entries for the competition, and both from different mediums. I decided to make them both first place. Congratulations Mika and Jay - you will both be awarded 700 tokens (:

The entries:

Mika:

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[atrb=background,http://i50.tinypic.com/dmtq3t.jpg] "Speech." (Based off of the story The Foolish traveler) Once upon a time, there was a foolish traveler who had gone on a journey. Beniamino, an adventurer beagle, was out exploring various locations of the city. He sniffed at everything that caught his attention at the park, he explored the museums and various buildings where he would have been forbidden to go into once. His wandering led him to the countryside. There he spotted an injured, elderly doe trying to hide and rest in some undergrowth of the nearby forest. Deciding to test his hunting skills, Beni lowered his head to the ground and slowly approached the injured doe. The female deer immediately rose to her feet when she heard the leaves in the undergrowth rustle. She began to move further into the forest when she realized the sounds were getting closer to her location. She broke into a run but stopped when one of her injured legs bent in an unnatural way. When his prey stumbled and struggled to stand again, Beni had enough time to run in front of the doe and clamp down as hard as he could. By the time he had successfully taken down the deer, he didn't notice the presence of four other creatures hungrily watching his prey. Why was he foolish? Well, because he was fooled by everyone he met! Beni was just about to start eating from his catch when he noticed three scrawny looking quadrupeds approaching him. They were a cat and two dogs, another was hiding in the bushes behind them. They were full grown adults, but they were much smaller than Beni. They had forlorn expressions on their faces as they approached the beagle. Beni instantly felt pity for these weak looking creatures as soon as he got a good look at them. Everywhere he went, people made up all kinds of sad stories to tell him, and the traveler fell for every one of them. "Please sir, can't you spare even a small bite of that deer? We haven't eaten in days." The scraggly looking cat said in the most pitiful sounding tone of voice he could muster. If Beni had known anything about the small group before him, he would know that they were perfectly capable of hunting rabbits and other small prey animals, but they weren't strong enough to hunt sheep or deer. They often tried to use their weak appearances to trick others into giving them food. But, Beni knew nothing about these four loners and, if it's possible, he felt even more pity for them. It even showed on his face as he stepped away from the deer without taking a single bite from it. "Why don't you take the whole thing, I don't mind." He said with a cheerful smile. Expressions of legit happiness appeared on their faces and the two dogs ran to the carcass first. "Really? Thank you sir." The cat thanked the larger canine before following his companions. He was then followed by the cat that had been hiding in the bushes. Beni left with a bright smile on his face, unaware of the sneers the cats and dogs were giving his retreating form. ~~~~~~~ It was the afternoon by the time he decided to call it a day and returned to what he called home on the beach. On his way back, Beni was fooled again. This time a canine couple had feigned injuries, the female pretending to be in the worst condition, and asked him for a place to rest until their 'injuries' had healed. Beni carried the female on his back while her mate 'limped' close behind. To get to were Beni choose to sleep, you had to go through a long tunnel were the sea water would only go to below the chest. The water was starting to come in, which started to worry the female and her mate. The water was only at their paws at the moment, but it was enough for the female to release a small whimper. "Don't worry, bella. You'll be fine." Beni said in his Italian accented voice as he tried to comfort the female. The three canines soon reached their destination: it was a fairly large cave with sand covering the ground. Light from the slowly sinking sun was coming in from a hole in the ceiling. Beni put the female on the opposite side of the cave from the tunnel then turned to look at her mate. "I hope this is a good enough resting place? You shouldn't expect many unwanted visitors coming this way." The male stood next to his mate and they both gave the beagle convincing fake smiles. "This will do perfectly." Beni smiled and walked toward the tunnel again. He stopped and looked at the couple again without taking a step further. "You're sure you don't need anything else?" He asked with a look of concern. "No, this is enough. We just need to rest for a few days." With a small smile Beni nodded and said. "Good luck to both of you." He then walked through the tunnel and through the water and sand outside. Once again he was unaware of the sneers and mocking laughter he received when he left. However, the foolish traveler was always glad to help. For everyone of them he'll say "I wish you happiness." He decided to travel through the forest where no one could see him It was getting darker, but he was still in the mood to explore. He was in the forest now, happily sniffing at the ground. He did notice the presence of others this time though. He couldn't tell what it was, but he could tell something was watching him. Something that gave off a strong, unearthly aura. Soon he was discovered by the goblins that lived in the woods. To say Beni was terrified by what he was now seeing would be an understatement. His path out of the forest was blocked by a monstrous looking cat and dog. Both the cat and dog were larger than they naturally should be, but the dog is what really got his attention. The dog was huge, probably about the same size and length as the cars the humans would ride in. He had black fur and, what was his most notable feature, he had fiery red glowing eyes. Beni would think it was a trick of the light if the sun hadn't already sank from the sky. His face looked too deformed to even make the monster remotely look like a canine. How Beni recognized it as a dog he would never know, nor would he get the chance to find out. The cat was smaller but still not the natural size for a house cat. It looked just as monstrous and unnatural as his companion. Beni thought he could even see more than one tail behind it. He turned around only to see more of the unearthly creatures blocking his path. He was trembling with his tail between his legs, even when a more friendly looking house cat, that was the size of a panther, approached him. The goblins wanted to eat the traveler's body, so they begged and pleaded, and used kind words to try and trick him. Of course, the traveler was fooled. He had allowed these creatures to literally tear him apart. He let them eat one of his legs, then another. He even allowed them to eat some of his flesh. All that was left was his head and his partially eaten torso. A pool of blood began to soak the ground beneath him and some of his intestines could be seen hanging out. Despite how much pain he was in at that moment, he was still happy that he was able to help someone. He had even given his eyes away to the last of the goblins. The last of the monsters had quickly chewed and swallowed Beni's eyes when it turned to the dog and said. "Thank you, traveler. In return, we will make sure that every creature, far and wide, will know about you and what you've done." Beni didn't know that he would be known as one of the biggest fools that ever existed, but Beni would never know that. He didn't know what the monsters would really do, but Beni was still happy. If he could, he would have shed tears of joy. He thanked the monster, clearly grateful for what he said he would do. "Thank you, you're the first to do something for me. Thank you." Soon after, Beni died with a cheerful smile on his face.

Jay:
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Well Done!

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