19

Ruby took off her trademark cape to add the finishing touches to her costume. Ruby was wearing a black tuxedo that had silver cufflinks on the cuffs with a crimson dress shirt beneath, a black tie around her neck. She wore a pair of black slacks that bunched slightly at the bottom, little rose petal designs scattered around the hem. On her feet, she wore a pair of black dress shoes and a pair of white gloves on her hand. Ruby had decided to comb her hair for the event, taming the unruly strands of hair and making her red tips much more visible. To finish her costume, she had a pair of ivory horns curving backwards on her head. Weiss would have to be a liar to say that Ruby didn't look strikingly handsome in her costume, and Weiss was no liar because Ruby did look wickedly gorgeous.

"Come on, Weiss! Get dressed already. We agreed to this!" Ruby whined.

"Remind me again why we're doing this frivolous activity?" It was Halloween night. A time for getting treats and playing tricks on people, but mostly for playing tricks on unsuspecting strangers. The members of Team RWBY had agreed that they would dress up for the holiday and go out and celebrate with the members of Team JNPR; even the ever anti-social Blake Belladonna had agreed to joy the others in their night of folly and mischief. Everyone was all for the idea, everyone except Weiss that is. It was apparent that the girl didn't want to dress up, let alone go partying. It took Ruby's begging and pleading put together with her puppy dog eyes and keening to break Weiss' resolve on the matter. She'd reluctantly accepted the offer, but she'd encountered another issue. She didn't what she was supposed to go as. When Weiss told Ruby about her predicament, the girl had simply told her to leave it to her. She should've expected that answer, though, since everyone else was picking a costume theme for their respective partner.

Weiss' curiosity was starting to get the better of her. She knew what Ruby was going as, a demon of sorts. A demon that she'd be more than happy to sell her soul to, no problem. The girl just worked that outfit too well for her own good. But, back to the matter at hand, the matter is that Weiss had no idea what she was going as.

"By the way, Ruby, have you picked out my costume?"

"Oh! Right! I'll go get it." Ruby quickly made her way towards the dresser and pulled out a pair of slightly ripped jeans and a plain white t-shirt, tossing the pieces of clothing to her partner. Ruby also pulled out a worn out looking blue jacket and tossed it to Weiss.

"Exactly, what am I supposed to be?" Weiss asked, crinkling her mouth in disgust as she stared at the clothing in her hands.

"You're going as a person whose life is terrible. You can't keep a job for long, which means you don't have any money, so you have poor living conditions. Your life is so terrible, that you'd do anything to change it around." Weiss looked down at the clothes, revulsion filling her stomach at having to be seen in such clothing.

"Don't worry, they're new. I just messed them up a little." Weiss looked up to see Ruby wearing a white and black mask with three red stripes above the left eye. The eyes of the mask made it dark enough that the white of Ruby's eyes weren't visible, only the silver of eyes, which made her look truly like a devil. She felt partially disturbed the longer she continued to stare at the mask. It looked like similar to the mask Grimm wore, but it was also eerily human-like.

"Let me get this straight. I'm a poor person, who's desperate for a better lifestyle, desperate enough that I'd do anything?" Weiss said, getting back to the task at hand.

"And that's where I come in," Ruby said as she closed the distance between them. "You're desperate enough that you'd be willing to sell your soul to me." She whispered as she stood in front of Weiss, reaching up to remove her mask. The smile Ruby was giving her made Weiss' knees buckle, her cheeks stained pink. Ruby caught her just in time before she hit the floor, placing her arm around her waist and pulling her flush against her.

"D-Dolt! W-What are you doing?" Weiss stumbled, her hands latching onto the fabric of the girl's suit. Weiss chanced a glance up at Ruby, her heart skipping a beat when she saw the same smile coupled together with a hooded gaze. 'Did Ruby get taller? Dust, that only makes me want her more!'

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Ruby husked, her breathing playing against Weiss' lips as she brought face closer. "I'm taking your soul." Without giving her partner time to react, Ruby planted her lips on Weiss' own. Weiss took a sharp inhale when she felt Ruby's tongue run over her lips and enter her mouth while it was slightly parted. She was blushing to the tips of her ears, she just knew it. It was too much, the feel of Ruby against her, the feel of her lips moving on her own. Weiss couldn't handle it anymore, passing out in Ruby's arms as a result.

"W-Weiss? Weiss, are you okay? Oh man, I think I got a bit too into the role." Ruby carried Weiss over to her bunk and placed her on her bed, taking note of the red tinge on her face and the way she mumbled to herself. "I'll come get you after you've rested a little."

Ruby left her dorm just in time to see Pyrrha and Jaune exiting their own room.

"Really, Jaune? This isn't even that different from what I usually wear." Ruby heard Pyrrha say to Jaune.

"What? I thought it would fit the theme." Jaune said, donning the armour of a Greek hoplite soldier. Jaune was wearing a bronze chest plate similar to Pyrrha's, his greaves were also bronze and the sandals a pale brown. Jaune had a bronze helmet on his head while he held a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. The piergus he wore around his waist was a blood red colour.

"Oh, so that's the look you're going for," Ruby said, interrupting their conversation.

Jaune gave a low whistle when he saw Ruby. "Wow, Ruby, you look really cool in that suit. What are you supposed to be?"

"Thanks, I'm a demon," Ruby answered.

"Hello, Ruby." Pyrrha greeted. "And I do agree with Jaune, you look quite dashing in your costume."

"Hehehe, thanks. Coco helped me shop for the clothes." Ruby smiled as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Hey, where's Weiss? I thought we were supposed to pick out our partner's costumes?" Jaune said.

"Oh, I did, she's going as a poor person."

"How is that connected to your costume?" Pyrrha asked.

"She sells her soul to me, and I'm here to collect it."

"Oh? And how does this 'deal' go down?"

"I would tell you, but now that I think about it, it's a little embarrassing." Ruby chuckled skittishly.

"Ruby!" The booming voice of Yang called. Yang stopped in front of Ruby garbed in her costume. She wore the basic witch's costume. Yang wore a dress that had a yellow spider pattern spreading across the blacktop while the bottom had yellow skulls dancing along the hem of the dress; a yellow band tied in a bow at the back around her waist. She also wore a pair yellow and black striped knee socks that were partially hidden in her black boots. The hat she wore was the comical witch hat with a yellow rim. Ruby tilted her head, where was Blake, though? What was a Yang without a Blake?

"Where's Blake?" Ruby asked.

Yang turned around and noticed that her partner wasn't with her. She sighed and shook her head. Yang trudged back to get her partner who was currently hiding behind the corner. "Come on, Blake! Everybody's ready to go!" Yang encouraged, forcing a begrudging Blake over to the others.

Blake was as still as a statue as Yang pushed her to the rest, her face ablaze with embarrassment, mainly because of the costume Yang picked out for her. A dress with the top being black and the bottom flaring out into black and purple striped layers. Blake wore a purple hoodie with black stripes that came to a rest just below her bust. The arms of the jacket had finger slots for her fingers to go through, a purple pawprint in each palm. The hood of the jacket had two slits which Blake had allowed her cat ears to slide through. Finishing off her costume was a pair black tights that came to her knees and pair of velvet ankle boots.

"Haha, Yang made you dress up as a cat?" Ruby snorted but stopped when Blake glared at her. "Sorry..."

"Nora and Ren aren't here?" Yang asked.

"They left already. We were just about to meet them." Jaune replied.

"Oh, oh, what did they go as?" Ruby clapped, excited to see what Nora picked out.

"I don't know, Nora said it was someone called Red and Leaf."

"Oooh, I wonder what they look like."

"Why don't we go see? They should have arrived at the party by now." Pyrrha said.

"Wait! I have to wake up Weiss. You go on without me." Ruby said as she went back to her dorm, leaving the others while they made their way to the party.

The group arrived at the party (with the new addition of a conscious Weiss), and took in the sights of other students they'd seen around the campus, but never interacted with, dancing and grinding with one another.

Ruby peeked at Weiss, bending down slightly to whisper in her ear. "You okay now?"

The unexpected brush of air startled Weiss, but she recovered shortly after to answer Ruby with a stiff 'yes.' Weiss was now wearing her costume that Ruby had chosen for her. The torn jeans that she wore rested on her hips, the pants a bit loose on her figure. Her plain white T-shirt hung off her shoulder, probably Ruby trying to say that since she was poor, she was also malnourished. Fair enough. Weiss' hair was let down and somewhat messed up. She had some smudges of make-up on her face to give her that dirty vagrant look. The blue jacket that Ruby gave her was wrapped around her waist was paired with flip-flops.

Poor, or wealthy, Weiss always managed to make her outfits work. Ruby could attest to this.

"So...anyone spot Nora or Ren?" Yang asked.

"Riiiiight, here!" A bubbly and energetic voice that could only belong to Nora yelled. The teens turned around to face Nora, who was clothed in her Halloween costume, and Ren who strolled up behind her, also wearing his Halloween gear.

Nora was dressed in a turquoise halter top with a black trim at the bottom and a red pleated skirt. Blue socks that sagged on her shin bone were shoved into a pair of white and pink shoes. She had a white hat with a pink half circle in the middle, and a yellow messenger bag slung over her right shoulder.

"I'm Leaf!" Nora exclaimed, striking a hilarious pose.

They turned to Ren, who was wearing baggy sky blue pants, a pair of black and red sneakers, and a red shirt with a white upturned collar that had a line of white running down the middle; the sleeves of the shirt being black. On his back, he wore a yellow backpack and a red and white hat with the peak of the cap being white, and a white semi-circle in the middle.

"And I'm Red." Ren monotoned.

Everyone else was lost. They had no idea who the two were supposed to be, and found it increasingly difficult to figure it out. It was only thanks to Ruby's countless gaming hours that she realized who they were portraying.

"Wait…" Ruby began, a humorous look etched on her face, "you're the characters from my playspace?"

AN: So, this will be our first special chapter pertaining to Halloween which is upon us, bwahahahahaaha! *Cough* Right, so we hope this was okay enough to hold you over until we finish chapter 19 which should be finished by say...Sunday (?), at least I hope so. Pyrrha's costume is similar to Jaune's in case any of you were wondering!

Also, that playspace bit belongs to Xekstrin, all credit for a fan made console goes to them.