Delightfully--rewarding mischief? Crime does pay, at least here. Although I wouldn't find the presence of a boa scary, understandably many do, and obviously the patrons here did. Very creative--not an idea that would have occurred to me as a Halloween "trick," but certainly a trick that goes above and beyond. Reminds me somewhat of those British suspense series I used to watch and love back in the dark ages of the 1960's. (e:smile)

A couple of quick grammatical fixes: “Watch out for the guard.” Hissed Amos [guard," hissed] “Now.” Hissed Markus ["Now," hissed]
Again, I realise this was a 24-hour story deadline, so not a problem. Just pointing these out.

I liked the story (obviously) and admired the creativity involved!

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