The next day, Shock was finally ready to play her trick on Jack. She'd been watching carefully, and knew he was to meet the Mayor at Town Hall today for Halloween plans and testing a new idea. With Sally at her shop, the tower should be empty.
She took some time to double check she had everything she needed in her backpack, including two doses of invisibility potion: one to take just after she passed the main gate and ensured Jack's tower was empty, and one to make her escape when all was said and done. Let Jack try to puzzle out how she got in and out unseen. Shock also double-checked to ensure she had a few treats for Zero in case he wasn't at his tomb. The little ghost dog was loyal to Jack, but good rapport with the little pup and a little bribe could buy her time.
A quick breakfast with hardly a goodbye to her brothers, a quick trek into town, and a careful climb up the cat building and into the hidden nook where she could stake Jack's house unseen, and she was ready.
Lock intended to meet with Lillith one more time before band practice this week. He and Barrel headed into town sometime after Shock. They knew well enough to not be seen with her. The entire town was going to suspect they were up to something, as was the norm, but at least they'd have plausible deniability when her trick went off. Lock, at least, would have a credible alibi in Lillith. Barrel simply planned to bang around the sewers for a while, then go to the witches' shop to get a few things to make dinner on the way back home.
They both intended to pass by the square throughout the day to hopefully catch the trick in action. The only thing Shock couldn't plan for was when Jack returned home, but they knew the Pumpkin King would probably at least be back mid-afternoon to have a late lunch, as he often did after going over plans with the Mayor.
