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You gave the candy warrior a respectful nod. After a moment's pause, he returned the gesture. It was surprisingly lifelike, and you had to wonder whether this thing had actual emotions, or a capacity for sentience.
You put those thoughts aside for now, though, and raised your weapon. Your opponent imitated your action, and you stepped in for an overhead swing. Despite the shape and size of his wide, flat body, he deftly stepped to the side and parried your blow. Which was a good call on his part, since you doubted his weapon or his arms could stand the force of your blows.
But more than that, you were surprised that he was capable of manipulating a weapon without any finger-
<span class="mu-s">CRUNCH</span>. <span class="mu-i">CRACK</span>.
You watched with wide, horrified eyes as five, colorful spikes grew out of the crust of either of the gingerbread man’s hands. The spikes flexed back and forth, and then curled around the weapon as if to grip it.
And that’s when you realized what these were supposed to be.
This guy had just grown fingers. Candy corn fingers.
You didn’t know whether to be disturbed or impressed.
The candy warrior didn’t give you time to dwell on it as he stepped in to swing his weapon at you in a series of horizontal and diagonal swipes.
You dodged all of them, carefully staying out of distance so that your weapon wouldn’t take too much damage. Once you got a feel for his attacks, you stepped in, wove your way through and around his weapon, and stabbed at him with a counterattack of your own.
<span class="mu-r">“En garde!”</span>
Your well-aimed thrust resulted in a sizable chunk of his right flank crumbling away. The damage didn’t seem to phase your opponent, however, because he immediately followed up with a backhanded swipe.
You only just managed to get your weapon up in time to block it, but you could feel the peppermint <span class="mu-i">cracking</span> under the force of the blow. You attempted to push him off-balance by leveraging your superior strength…and then something entirely unbelievable happened.
He withdrew his weapon, so as to avoid being pushed back, and then inserted the tip of his weapon into the curve of your candy cane. And with a swift, jerking motion, he ripped your weapon away from you, twirled the curved handle along the shaft of his cane, and snatched it with his free hand.
And just like that, you were handily disarmed!
You couldn’t even be mad about it, since it was a pretty sweet move.
The surprisingly skilled cookie pointed the tip of its original weapon towards your chest, but he made no move to strike at you.
What will you do?
>Applaud his flashy flourish. “Not bad for someone with candy corn for fingers.”
>Search for another weapon to use! (Smore-hammer//Lollipop Axe//Licorice Whip//Waffle Cone Crossbow//Something else?(Write-in))
>Get in close and disarm him using your hand-to-hand combat skills.
>Write-in.
