Two young sisters found an old and abandoned costume shop in the quiet part of a small town, their natural curiosity leading them to step in. Flipping up the light switch, which for some reason still worked, revealed a small but compact store with shelves packed full of costumes and accessories. The dusty and worn out store wasn't very inviting, the musty smell, the faint howling of the wind, all these things sent chills up their spines but nothing deterred these explorers.

Browsing the shelves they found an assortment of goods, large resin masks, skinsuits, swords and wands, even fursuits. The older one wondered why such an amount of valuable goods were just abandoned. She took one of the masks off the shelves, it looked like the face of a very pale and serious woman, it came with a sleek and futuristic set of skinsuit and clothes. Right next to it was quite the contrasting mask, it had brightly coloured hair and a wide, happy smile, it too had the same sleek style of clothing.

They looked like sisters, "How fitting! Oh! Let's try them on!" the younger one said.

The older one looked at the mask in hesitation but then again, "What else is there to do here?", she thought. The large shining eyes of her younger sister didn't help.

They both undressed, pulled on the skinsuits and clothes, took the masks and carefully placed them on their heads. These were full-head masks with a back latch that they had to close, this made it a bit more difficult to breathe making the whole thing feel somewhat claustrophobic.

"Ah! You look so cute!" the young one said.
"Look who's talking... How do people wear these things? I can hardly see around myself." the older one said.

But then both of them started to feel dizzy. They lost their footing and suddenly it all went dark.

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The older sister woke up. She was laying on the floor, her head was spinning, her vision all dizzy.

She got up on her feet, about to call her sisters name until she saw her next to her, kneeling on the floor all silent and motionless. Suddenly she turned her head and looked at her, giving her the mask's wide and happy smile but it looked blank, unnatural, something was wrong. There wasn't even time to worry about that before a loud ringing struck her head. It didn't take long for her to realize what was going on. She tried to struggle, push the mask off her head but it was all firmly stuck in place.

She felt how the costume was taking control. Her vision blurred, sounds started to fade away. Then it went all dark again and it all ended there. They were not heard from again.


Commission for RoxxyRay