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[code]The Halloween Festival.[/code][/right][hr]

[Color=goldenrod]“Ah, shit!”[/color] cried out Sully. 

He propped himself against a lamp post as he got a stitch in his side, panting heavily. Sweat would've been pouring from him if he wasn't already drenched by the rain as he doubled over, his fist pounding the pole in a volatile mix of frustration and pain transference. He looked over his shoulder, surprised to see that there wasn't an axe wielding maniac already making sashimi out of him. More surprising, still, was the stampede of terrified ghouls and goblins that were running foolishly in the direction of the phantasmal killer. Sully turned to lean against the pole, watching the retreating crowd with a look of perplexion.

As the fleeing festival goers cleared the grounds Sully's eyes focused on the horizon, scanning for the nonexistent threat that was after him. His breathing slowed and steadied, the sharp pain in his side diminishing into a steady throb. He slung his soiled jacket up over his head as a makeshift umbrella, pulling out his phone to check for a response from Auri. Nothing yet. A rush of anxiety gripped him. Every second he couldn't get in touch with Tayla was another second of being an abject failure. 

A fast moving object appeared suddenly in his field of view, something quick and silver like a bullet meant for a werewolf. By the time Sully could tell that the trajectory of the projectile was coming right for him it had already cracked against his forehead, rocking his head back so sharply that it bounced off the lamp post. He started seeing stars as he felt the cold metal object fall down into his hands, looking down to find that not only was he reunited with his Chalice but that he'd been granted another.  Further proof that he was, ill-advisedly, the chosen one.Sully looked up to see whatever god was smiling down upon him. 

Instead of god he caught sight of Greenwood, Naomi's arm still slung forward from the pitch, the others looking on either in horror or horrible attempts to hold back laughter after the Chalice had beaned him. Sully twisted the Chalice in his hand, raised it in a toast, and drank deeply. Immediately the pain from being hit by the goblet and the bruising from Dean’s beating disappeared, accompanied with a sharpening of vision and a clearing up of mental fog due to the elixir also purging the alcohol from his system. Sobriety was an unintentional side effect, but as Sully went to take another drink and begin resetting himself to his previous state of inebriation he paused. Being clear headed was the best way to find himself out of this pickle he had been caught in between Tayla and Dean.

He promised himself he would only have a handful of drinks then.

Sully took a sip from the Chalice and rejoined with Greenwood, the trading stories about their night as the storm raged on. Lightning cracked over the Halloween Festival, the entire fairgrounds white with blinding light, and then the Greenwood Coven was gone. They had teleported away from the storm and back to their own stomping grounds. It was only as Sully passed a joint that had tasted rather suspicious that he realized something. His large hand clapped loudly against his forehead. 

Drake! He had forgotten about Drake! 

He reached from his phone but then stopped himself, remembering how that one girl had been all over Drake. Yeah, on second thought, better not interrupt his boy. Sully thought it was pretty soon for Drake to begin moving on, but hell he had no skin in that game and a distraction would be good for Drake. Sully leaned back, took a sip from his Chalice, and nodded his head along to the beats of Starry Eyed Surprise playing over a blown-out bluetooth speaker. Tomorrow, he told himself. Tomorrow he’d reconvene with Auri and the others. Right now he was going to enjoy finding himself with all of his friends, dancing the night away like the party never ends.