[ WP ] This year you went all out on your Demon Halloween costume . While bar hopping downtown another guy in a very realistic demon costume invites you to a private demon themed party , you soon come to realize they are not costumes .

*WOW. And here I was thinking that MY costume was impressive! These guys went ALL OUT! * I thought to myself as I wove through the crowd of scales and wings. Red, black, blue, eyestalks, horns, tails... every different body type imaginable was packed together like sardines in a can. 
 
 
 *This is FANTASTIC! * I grinned from ear to ear as I walked toward the refreshment table. *I thought only* I *was this into demons! They got everything right! * I admired a low slung-costume that looked like a human-faced slug supported by thousands of spindly legs. *Man, how do they even MOVE that one? * 
 
 
 I tightened the ties that held my wings and tail to my body, making sure that they were not trampled on. I wore short horns in my hair - better to not get caught on something - and had a face full of awesome facepaint and prosthetic scales that almost looked like the real thing. *HA! My costume is wayyyy better than some of these chumps. * I thought. *Heck, that guy looks like he is just wearing red facepaint and little plastic devil horns! * Finally, after spending so long feeling like a freak, I could let out my inner monster this Halloween with people just like me! 
 
 
 `` Hey babe.'' I winked at a woman wearing what looked to be nothing more than luminous orange body paint and a set of rams horns. She smiled back, revealing dozens of pointed fangs in the same hue as her body. *MAN! There are even hot chicks here! * 
 
 
 
 I grabbed a gummy that someone had cleverly shaped to look like a rat's heart and popped it into my mouth. Instantly I spat it out again, blood dribbling down my chin. 
 
 
 `` Holy shit, these are real!?'' I stammered. 
 
 
 
 Suddenly, I noticed that the party had gone very quiet. The music, that had once been playing my favorite heavy metal band, was completely shut off. And every eye - even the ones that looked like they were suspended a few feet away from their owner's skulls - was on me. 
 
 
 
 `` Um. Hi.'' I said. *You know what? That mask looks awfully realistic. * `` I will just be... going now.'' 
 
 
 
 `` Going?'' Said a man wearing a simple tuxedo - the very man who had guided me to this party earlier tonight. `` Why would we want you to do that?'' He laughed, throwing his head back with false mirth. 
 
 
 
 `` After all... you are the main course.'' 
 
 
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