By ennuienta
I was spending a quiet Hairday afternoon in my garden when a friend mentioned that there was a candy-swapping party in Somewhat Sump. Eager to get started on the new badges, I hopped on the subway and rode the train with anticipation.
I had no idea what I was about to walk into.
Upon leaving the subway station, I was immediately surrounded by what seemed like hundreds of half-rendered Glitchens. As my RAM nearly buckled under the strain it had just been put under, I noticed that my backpack was filling up with birch candy!
I quickly started doling out the candy as it was coming in and in no time I had acquired the first badge.
There were quite a few interesting snippets of conversation…
The silly:
Poopooplatta: candyup!
SpookyPanda: i’m here for the candy!
Slyvyrthorn: lol i am giving it way as fast as i get it
Gizgazzuz Guziz: the yoga frog took my candy!
Bella Le Strange: keep passing guys! you eat even ONE piece and we’ll all know!
noe: this is really testing my accuracy and stamina lol
Slyvyrthorn: so i think the candy is like fruit cake we all keep passing around the same one
Ferozstein: It amuses me that the staff guy who posted about the achievements on the forum wrote that we probably won’t be getting all of them in one zilloween
nekomaki: I CAN HAZ EVEN MOAR CANDY PLZ?!
The Forlorn:
Mr LaserExplosion: I’m out o’ candy!
Humboldt: i dont know if this is fun or not
Ahye: think I need a break. got the 257 one. the thought of sitting here for another two hundred some is mind boggling
Zatnosk: talk about grinding for achievements.
Kyleri: Holy crap, I am so done, love you guys, but I’m outta here.
Aloisius: ack just gave a ton of candy to one person by accident 
L0relei: oops gave whole sack of candy
The thoughtful:
Csophae: this party really needs to be under a grocery vendor XD
Brigitte: Get a candy, give a candy!
Pomegrandy: There should be a badge for being in a room with 200+ people
The Triumphant:
Glitch E: Oh, thank the giants! I got my 499!
Brigitte: OK Here come 20 more candies…!
The apologetic:
Trekkie Gal: Pardon me. Excuse me. Pardon me. Sorry.
The improbable:
anacronismo: My teeth are going to fall out
And the photo:
ennuienta: Group photo!!! Everyone say CHEESE!
You have captured the atmosphere of excitement quite well! Myself, I was wandering the area, looking at real estate (finally settled on a nice little place over in Nia Sra later) and I heard the commotion the minute I stepped onto Somewhat Sump. As I came closer, a seething mass of Glitchen appeared, and the cries of ‘Candy!” became clearer. Someone handed me a birch candy, then another, then a High Sucrose Corn Square, and something that looked like a brownie but had an odd odor to it. In a few moments I was in the center of a swarm of giving and receiving. The fever pitch left me too breathless to talk! so I nodded my thank yous and did my best to reciprocate. I think I must have fainted – everything began to move very slowly, then went black. I woke up safe and sound a few hours later under a pile of candy wrappers. Happy Zilloween!
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