Yeah, I should have seen this coming.
I had finally made it, a costume I could actually be proud of. Between Fimfiction, anime, Youtube, and exams I had no time at all - I had made a great Yuki costume, my favorite character from a horrendously bloody game: The Dishwasher: Vampire Smiles.
I was really only missing the giant needle known as the Painkiller, and that irritated me. True, carrying around surprisingly heavy props sucked after about thirty minutes, but at least it would be exact.
If there is one thing I hate, it is the idea of not completing something fast. This peeve of mine might have come from the fact I can rarely concentrate on something for more than about two or three hours, but that doesn’t make it any better.
If I had managed to make a giant needle I would have felt complete. I had managed to get my dark-brown hair to become a wonderful black, put the stitches on some pajama pants, and gotten the chainsaw. The chainsaw was my pride and joy. It was made out of plywood, but looked like it was metal.
I even managed to build her weapons, other than the needle. Making them out of wood helped quite a bit as far as weight goes, but they were still pretty heavy. Since this was my first ever convention, and I wanted to go all out this was great. I finished up preparing the makeup and other small details, then checked everything before heading out.
“I can’t believe I can finally go to Comic-con! True I’m broke for about a month, but so worth it. I should really stop talking to myself...” I continue to jovially talking to myself as I get in my car and drive to the place.
After driving through traffic, a good fifty minutes or so, I finally arrived. I even managed to get some good parking, though I definitely payed for it. I went inside and stopped in awe. I saw everyone from the stereotypical geek - round-rimmed glasses with braces and a pocket protector - to drop-dead gorgeous models. Most people seemed to have just come in their normal clothes, but some seemed to have cosplayed as well.
I went straight to the vendors, I knew I was going home broke, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t waste it all on something as merely necessary as food. I looked around and saw a lot of really well made props, some I recognized from Nintendo, and others that I had seen in much more brutal games. I found one little place in the back that no one else seemed to notice, and went inside. I saw props from games I knew, games I didn’t, and games that I didn’t even think came out for consoles.
It was when I was browsing an area that seemed dedicated to Dead Space that I saw it, the needle that would complete my costume. I stopped for a minute then, I had read so many stories based off this idea on Fimfiction. I had even daydreamed about it, and would freely admit I kind of hoped it would happen. But as coincidental as this was, I would buy this needle. I grabbed it and went to the register.
When I got there, there was an old man who chuckled when he saw me come with the needle. “I see someone finally found that thing, I’ve been trying to get rid of it for years now” he said. “Not many people seem to know where it’s from; I certainly do.” I replied. I chatted with him for a bit, killing some time. “How much is this?” a simple question, I kind of regretted asking it in hindsight. “Fifty bucks, but since you seem like you put some work into that costume I’ll only charge you half-price.” “Deal! Thanks a lot, now I can feel like I actually finished this thing.”
I handed the good man some cash, and then strolled out with my needle. I began to whistle a
Youtube Video
which happened to be stuck in my head. Right after I stepped outside the store, I tripped. Over an empty cup.
I will never live that down, there is no way in existence to let me live it down.
As I continued on my express trip to the floor, I noticed a hole. And then I realized what had happened, that is when I proceeded to yell out something somewhere between “Thank you!” and “Go crawl in a hole and die painfully!”. As I finished going into the hole, I wondered how badly I would terrify Equestria.
