. such as most rocks were, but the chair felt like it contorted to the every curve of my body.I peered out into the darkness ... looking for something...... anything ... that would make sense.Something shifted out in the abyss."Hello?" I called out. I could hear the nerves in my voice.The darkness moved again, and a seated figure emerged.The chair was made of a black stone ... it looked like it was made of obsidian ... yet it was too perfect ... too formed to be real.But that wasn't what caught. The message was clear. Our 'benefactors' wanted us to go this way today. Who were we to argue?I radioed in and let the settlement know what was up. Emma took the message. She wasn't particularly happy with the news but she accepted it. Once more we were told to be careful. I said we would and then signed off. With one last check with the twins, ensuring that they were okay with following the trail, I put my vehicle in gear. Away we went.We drove down the trail at a snail's pace. I wasn't in any. . Monopoly isn't going to saddle you with the instructor, is she?Thankfully, she didn't. The vantage point continued to swirl its way through the old, Japanese-style halls, across tatami mats, past statues that you could swear looked like some other deity besides you, until finally, they reached a room with the door half-cracked. You heard the sharp thrusts of a sword in practice coming from inside... could this be... the priestess that Monopoly took you to meet? The door cracked open further,. Tonight was Halloween, and for the first time, if everything wentaccording to plan, someone other than myself and a few anonymous internetstrangers would see me as a girl.With shaking hands, I donned a wig cap and put on my favorite long brownwig, combed to lustrous perfection specifically for tonight. Adjusting thefloral scented mass of hair, I made sure that the bangs were at the rightlevel to frame my eyes, my best feature, before pinning it in place. Withevery movement, the long feminine.