Costume in a Can: Cure for Boredom 2 Preview (Patreon)

Vrrrrrrrrrrm!

His heart started racing. That sound… that sound! He got to his feet and looked around. He remembered that sound! He only heard it once before, but there was no way he’d forget it.

Sure enough, there it was. Floating before him near the bed was a window. The floating, tinted glass window was back!

Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak! The window opened. Ross held his breath for a moment. She was back.

Well… kind of. Resting and leaning on the window frame was a green witch. It wasn’t the witch he had met before though. This witch was a lot younger. Her black hair curled up in the back, and she had a much smaller nose and chin.

The green lady smiled, which was a lot friendlier and sweeter. She bowed politely. “Hello, my name is Eve. I’ll be your representative of Witchy Times Inc. for today.”

“I… I see…” Ross nodded. He felt excited, ecstatic to see a green witch again. Just when he needed her the mo-

A thought occurred to him then. “Wait… how did you know I wanted your services? I didn’t go through a website this time.”

“OH!” Eve blushed, her smile twisting. She looked far more anxious as she looked off to the side. “Ummm… you see, it’s a customer service thing tied to your can!”

She snapped her fingers… nothing happened. She snapped them again with a bit more gusto and Ross’ can floated slowly into her grasp. The witch continued, “You see, each can has a little spell attached to it that would notify us if a customer tried using a can that was empty.”

“I see… seems a bit… invasive and questionable.”

Eve blushed even harder, twiddling her fingers. “Y-yes. That’s why we stopped doing that after several complaints. Still, you have one of our older cans, so the magical sigil was on it and thus, I am here.”

She reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a business card, handing it to him. It had a chibi version of herself giving the peace sign, along with her name, number, and email. “This is more professional, so if you have issues in the future, just contact me this way.”

He nodded, pocketing the card and replying, “Okay… sure.” The whole situation was still a little off-putting to him.

Still, he did want a witch anyways. “Since you’re here and stuff, I would like to get some more Costume in a Can if possible. A can… no, make it two this time!”

Eve lit up, her professionalism and enthusiasm returning. “Of course! I would love to… OH! Would you be interested in our special Gamer Edition of Costume in a Can?”

“Gamer Edition?”