Christmas Eve

[skeleton_king]

Jack doesn't attempt to leave the custody of Gene as he leads the search party into the forest, map in hand.

There are a great many more doors now, each with a pumpkin, and as Jack comes into the vicinity they seem to give a little click.

He turns to the search party.

"Spread out and search each area of the forest." he says. "There is likely to be monsters behind these doors, preventing the retrieval of the first Santy Claws. Your Santy Claws is, I think, in the hands of a creature called Oogie Boogie, the former king of Bug Day, who appears as a big sack full of bugs. If you find him, or you get into trouble, shout for help at once. The other monsters should not hurt you too severely, but they will attack, so your best bet is to force them back into the door."

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[mindofathief]

Duster takes a peak as well, but it doesn't last long since the monster cried enough to get all of the smoke out of its eyes, and it's angry.

"Run!" He lets Guppy get out first, preparing to fight the monster off so that the noncombatant gets a chance to escape.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy moves further away and zaps the monster again with his stun gun.

"We have to get it back through the door, we can't let it get to the bar." he says.

He's not leaving Duster on his own with it. He might be bleeding, but he's not a total noncombatant.

[mindofathief]

Change of plan. Duster limps over to the monster, picks up its feet, and starts dragging it towards the tree.

"Think we can shut the door?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeah." Guppy comes back and starts helping drag him through, until he can shut the door on it.

Then he hears the ghostly wail.

"I think they found the bogeyman." he wipes his nose, finding that the bleeding is starting to slow down, and heads towards the noise.