A suspicious eeriness hung in the air on the world of Odin as Ugly Idiot made his way to his free company house in The Mist. It was definitely living up to its name today and Ugly was sure it was darker and colder than usual, “you’re just imagining things” he told himself. But one thing was for certain there were a lot less people around than usual for this time. No one at the market board, no one at the summoning bell, not even a retainer and no one sat on the steps of any of the houses waiting to go adventuring in dungeons. Things were spooky around All Saint’s Wake time but never this spooky.
The mist turned into a thick ghostly fog and Ugly could barely see his hand in front of his face. Things were definitely not right! Suddenly he heard a rustling coming from a nearby chocobo stable, but as Ugly cautiously made his way over he noticed there was nothing there; no chocobos or anything. As he let out a sigh of relief he turned round and was startled by an abandoned pumpkin butler minion. Right, he’d had enough of this. Clearly the other Mist residents were playing some kind of practical joke. “Alright, you can come out now! You’ve got me! Very good joke!” But there was no response, only a distant suspicious cackle that he knew he’d heard in Haukke Manor long ago. Now Ugly was scared, he tried to use his aetheryte stone to teleport but he was so shaky it dropped out of his hand when he tried to use it.
Ugly decided that he would go to his room in the Free Company House and ride this out till morning when hopefully the fog had cleared and he would be able to find all his friends, he slowly crept to the house all the while turning and checking his surroundings, who knew what could be out there. Finally he made it.
He shut the door behind him, but someone had put a spooky song on the orchestrion. Now was not the time or the place for this he thought to himself. He ignored the music and went to his room but it was locked. He didn’t even know the door could be locked! Strange sounds filled the air; bumping, scratching and shuffling, this only made him more terrified. All of a sudden, the power went off. He was plunged into total darkness. All around him he felt movement as he slowly made his way back downstairs to the main hall. He wanted to cry but he was far too brave. He was the Warrior of Light for goodness sake! He took one step forward and tripped, tumbling into the basement. What happened next shocked him…
“SURPRISE!”
It had been a joke all along, his free company had set up a surprise All Saint’s Wake party! Unfortunately someone had screenshotted his face, he was going to be a laughing stock!