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>First year at college
>It's Halloween
>My roommate and I decide to dress up and reverse trick-or-treat
>We go from door to door and knock, and when people are inside, we let them take whatever candy they want from our bowl
>We knock on one particular door
>There's a party with eight to ten people inside
>They all cheer when we offer them the bowl
>One person is dressed up in a onesie decorated to look like a popular Pokemon
>A cute girl looks up and asks, "Is that costume what I think it is?"
>The person in the Pokemon outfit doesn't say a word
>They give a weird grin and point to the asker with two finger guns, as if that constitutes a response
>There is an awkward pause as everyone in the dorm tries to decipher the non-answer
>As soon as all the partygoers grab their candy, my roommate and I quietly duck out, cringing
It was me. I was in that Pokemon costume, trying desperately to be smooth. I'm my own worst IRL encounter.
