TRICK

TRICK is a Halloween-themed interactive webcomic by and the Fantendo community, published in the form of blog posts between September 29th and November 2nd, 2013. The comic takes place from the point of view of the readers, who are dubbed interdimensional "veil-dwellers" who are able to interact with the world of the comic on Halloween night, who are invited to a Halloween party by a one-eyed candy corn creature named Renninger. Through blog comments, readers ask Renninger questions to advance the story as more guests arrive, revealing that Renninger's festivities are not what they seem.
TRICK, in its entirety, is presented below. Acts 1, 2, and part of 3 are from the "TRICK Redux" version of the comic, an unfinished revamp of the comic with updated art and edited for clarity; the remainder is the original, unedited version.
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Warning: TRICK contains animated gifs with rapidly flashing colors. Reader discretion is advised.
LISTEN TO RENNINGER'S SPOOKY PARTY PLAYLIST HERE!
"Doing good. Alive. Who are you?" 
"So what are you anyways?" - 
"Oh well, how are the parties?" - 
"Well, what are your thoughts on the economy if I may ask Mr. Renninger?" - 
"Tell me about it, so do you have a girl? a wife perhaps?" - 
"YOU LOOK AN AWFUL LOT LIKE CANDY CORN, MR RENNINGER, WHY IS THAT?" 
"Ah, I see, so why are your memories so foggy? Just been out parting or drunk to the point of forgetting?" - 
"Get a lot of attention at these parties, Renninger?" 
"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?" 
"Why are you like this? What was your past before doing this party stuff? Were you happy?" - 
"Please sir, can you tell me all you can remember currently?" - 
"Then let the party begin. May I join?" - 
"how do you poop" 
"What are you planning to do now, Mr. Renninger?" 
"I wonder, Mr. Renninger-- if you are to look like candy-corn, would you taste as such too??" 
"Do you have any neat party games planned out?" 
"So how you enjoying the party so far?" - 
"How exactly? You don't happen to have a game of Mario Party do you? or maybe Spongebob Monolopy?" - 
"Are you able to transform yourself into another kind of candy? I see that you've been asked why you look like a candy corn, in which you replied 'I am many things', which left me pondering to this." 
"Need any help with the stuff?" - 
"any other guests aside from us?" 
"So, Ren, do you have any family? How is your mother or father? do you have any brothers or sisters? do you even have one?" - 
"You don't see your own family?" - 
"So, I guess you're here for a Halloween party. Are there other parties you enjoy? Like Christmas parties? Birthday parties? Bachelor parties? Political parties?" 
"huh, sorry to hear, so what's your favorite party so far?" - 
"do you like pie?" 
"i'm kinda confused- what time is it, and when does the party start?" 
"so your family, do you even remember their names?" - 
"Wait, you don't remember your own family's name? Holy shit, man that's terrible! I'm so sorry." - 
"I know but party or not, it's your family and you just forgot about them? their names? how many you had? What happened that made you forget?" - 
"Hey, feel free to answer this, can you die? Like can you physically and spirituality?" - 
"So, I could kill you, am I correct?" - 
"Is there anything you enjoy doing other than partying?" 
"Are there more like you out there? Party loving Candycorn things I mean" 
"Do you happen to know how old you are or maybe how far back you can remember?" 
"Damn right they are, any ways, do you have any special powers?" - 
"can you dance?" 
"...perhaps I mean, what is your species? and is it restricted to the candy corn partiers, or... what?" 
"Will this party have essential things?" 
"You earlier said that you don't recall much of the last party. Did something at the party happen that messed with your memory?" 
"Well are you happy with who you are right now?" - 
"Ah, alright. My apologies. What type of people, asides from us, have you invited to your party?" 
"Have you any good taste in music for this shin-dig?" 
"you can remember your friends? Where did you meet them?" - 
"Why are you calling me ? That's my nickname but I never uttered it once in the comments, the only name you know of from me is DarkPlanetPictures" - 
"do you want to rp?" 
"How do you speak with no mouth?" 
"Say, how old are you anyways?" - 
"How long have you been attending Halloween parties, my dear Ren?" 
"What is your least favorite type of candy beside sour things?" 
"do you blink" 
"Is there any worry about party crashers" 
"what's your favorite color" 
"what kind of drugs do you use" 
"Can you fly with your levitation?" 
"What's your favorite thing about Halloween?" 
"How do you eat" 
"Can you remember something terrible that happened to you?" - 
"Yes, I'm sure I'd like to hear it, Ren" - 
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"Why hello sir, what's your name?" - 
"Hello, good sir! No need to be frightened!" 
"Need anything? I brought some chocolate for the guests." 
"Jakob, huh? What an original name, tell me, how are you, man." - 
"So do you and Ren know each other?" - 
"What are you?" - 
"yeah, I can hardly tell what you are, man. Hey Ren! He said you two met at a party, is that true?" - 
"Ah cool, so Jakob, Ren has a little trouble remembering things, do you remember what you two did in the previous party?" - 
"what are your thoughts on skeletons?" 
"do you need a hug Jakob because you are adrobabble" 
"Jakob you are the cutest little thing so come here for another hug please" 
"so are you two consumable?" 
"What's that orange stuff on your sheet, Jakob?" 
"Jakob, do you come from the same place as Ren?" 
"Your costume is nice. Did you make it?" 
"do you have a halloween costume? if you do, show to us" 
"Ren-san, what kind of things are at this party?" 
"Jakob, what's under that tricky bedsheet of yours?" 
"So Renny (can I call you that) what kind of Halloween parties do you like most? Costume Parties? Drinking Parties?" 
"OMG LET ME HUG YOU!!!!! But anyways, who do you think will come next? A skeleton? A pumpkin?" 
"How long will this party go on for?" 
"I notice that each part of the party has an "ACT" how many Acts will there be?" 
"Say Jakob, Can you remember any other guests from Ren's last party?" 
"Jakob-san, what's it like being a gummy bear." 
"I notice that each part of the party has an "ACT" how many Acts will there be?" 
"well hello, mister murphey. welcome to the party." 
"Anyways, Murph-san (If I can call you that) what are you? And where did you meet Ren-san?" 
"Nice costume! I have punch and chocolate for snacks and beverages." 
"who... is renninger, murphey?" 
"-whispers- Let me guess...murder? Cannibalism? Kidnapping? That creepy pumpkin floating over your head?" 
"-whispervoice- ok murphey, as soon as renninger and jakob go to another room or something i'd like to know at least a bit of what's going on around here." 
"renninger, what is your secret you sneaky little candy corn? don't deny it either, i know what's up" 
"Yeah! I bet you're not even Renninger!" 
"Hold on, do the rapid blinking thing again. Sorry for accusing you." 
"when you rapidly blink in that room you look like a party demon in prison. are you sure there isn't something going on here, murphey seems to know something" 
"AHA!!! I KNEW IT! THERE IS A PUMPKIN IN YOUR EYE WHEN YOU BLINK!!!" 
"I'm a bit dizzy, Ren- could you just kindly show me where the back is?" 
"Hey Renninger, sorry for those silly accusations earlier, I was, er, uhm.... anyhoo, question for Jakob: why is your bedsheet covered in pumpkin guts, exactly?" 
"Murphey, have you any idea who else will come to this party? Ren and Jakob can't keep track." 
"Ren, I heard someone outside. Maybe you should go check who it is." 
"yo banter! whatja are you; som kinda DINO or somefin???" 
"So Banter, you've apparently missed the halloween party of 2012. Why is that? Did you have a disagreement with Ren or one of his guests?" 
"Say, Banter ol' boy, why do you look like Cookie Monster with horns? *drinks more of the drink* and also, do you know what is getting all these other people so worked up? I mean, Meme and Pablo and co. are saying Renninger is evil! Do you know what these crazy people are talking about? *drinks the rest of his drink*" 
"Anyway, We all know that Ren can dance, but how about Jakob?" 
"dance with me, jakob. gaze into my longing eyes and waltz with me into the reaches of time itself, where we can be together in the graceful aria that is reality." 
"i can mend your face. i can mend your soul. your broken heart. come with me to a place where all is calm and our fate intertwines." 
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"who's at the door, renninger?" 
"What are you,Catherine? Some sort of heart-shaped cookie?" 
"Catherine, seeing as you're a choc'late, it's unsurprising that you seem to have a bite mark in your side... but you're much larger than a normal, non-sentient candy and the bite takes up much of your left half. That combined with the fact that the shape of the tooth marks is triangular leads me to believe that the bite is not, in fact, from a human. In fact, it's approximately the same size and shape of a bite from a member of Banter's species. So what's the story behind that?" 
"Also, might I suggest that you refrigerate yourself at some point in the near future? You appear to be a bit, um, melted." 
"catherine. do you speak french" 
"hello, catherine. welcome to our party. as spark said, that bite is rather... unsettling, but i hope you find your time here enjoyable." 
"now then... jakob.." 
"Catherine, why is there a spider on your back?" 
"Hey, Catherine! How are you doing? Do you party often as these others seem to?" 
"Hey Catherine, how do you know Ren? And how can you still be alive after such a traumatic-looking bite?" 
"why is the door open? the eye thief could be waiting" 
"so, Catherine, have any brothers or sisters?" 
"Are you sure that is all he was doing, Renninger?" 
"Renninger, I highly suspect that the crack in your eye is the source of your lack of memories." 
"Hey Catherine, just curious but why do you appear to have devil-like horns and a tail?" 
"Renninger, do you know why Jakob is so shy?" 
"So Banter, tell me about Primals. I mean, do they have their thoughts and stuff in their eye-balls too?" 
"Hey renninger, how exacly are you getting our messages when for all we know, you and your friends may not even exist. Well at least not in this universe." 
"So Jakob, You're A Candy Person, and your eyes are smaller than Ren's. Does the size of a candy person's eyeball decipher their attitude?" 
"wait can you do that weird flashy thing with your eye even if it's detached?" 
"So, could you look at your own body if you faced your eye towards it?" 
"Sooo, what would happen if you put your eye in backwards?" 
"When you take your eye out of you head and look at yourself, what do you think of yourself?" 
"Does it feel weird to touch your own eye?" 
"So Banter, You seemed pretty enthusiastic about Jakob's Dancing. How about you dancing now?" 
"Banter, how can you create those lights that appear when you dance?" 
"Ren, My Man, If you could have one wish, what would it be?" 
"REN CAN WE GET BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE EVERYBODY STARTED ASKING RANDOM QUESTIONS AND BANTER STARTED DANCING AND WHATEVER ELSE" 
"The stuff that happened earlier, or last party, or whatever." 
"...go on, Ren. who was the guest?" 
"What happened next, Ren? Did he do something to you?" 
"oh dear continue." 
"oh god what happened to the party pooples?" 
"How do you know that Jackobel is one of the 9 powerful Halloween demons? Are you one?" 
"those demons... could you tell us about them? the uninvited guest- Jackobel- is obviously somehow associated with them so it'd be useful to know if they wanna wonk our party this year." 
"why did the demon go for your party. he really made the party a bummer, brah" 
"So that's how you lost part of your head. That must've been terrifying." 
"so we just have to not play a certain song. simple enough to keep Jackobel away. then again... we have strength in numbers and perhaps this time, we can stop him. summon him, and try to push him back, perhaps." 
"do you remember the song? did it go something like 'spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine'" 
"Murphey, Are you uneasy because you know something about Jackobel?" 
"HOLY FUCK. JAKOB WASN'T HURT WAS HE, NOR WAS RENNINGER, OR BANTER? IF SO, I'LL CRY" 
"the suspense is killing me, Jakob. What happened?" 
"other than jakob, catherine, murphy and banter, did other candy people survived?" 
"wait, you said that the others dont associate with him.. does that mean that the others are atleast a tiny bit less nasty then him?" 
"So that's how the guts got on your sheet! I'm so sorry, Jakob." 
"Wait, so how long has it been since the last party?" 
"catherine, can you fight a super-sized taco?" - Lich22
"Ren, it seems they eyes of some of the Jackobel victims remained unharmed, can't you just pop their eyes into something else and then they'll be alright again? With full memories and stuff?" 
"How many of your guests survived Jackobell's attack?" 
"Banter, You didn't make it to Ren's last party, You're pretty lucky. How did you feel when you found out that these other guests escaped with dear life?" 
"things are getting pretty sad, Ren, what would you say to turning on some music!" 
"so why are you all staticy murphey?" 
"something bugs me, why there was a picture of jackobel on ren's DJ booth before the accident occurred?" 
"Do you suppose that Jackobel could be attracted to perties with his head icon being used?" 
"Do you have any ancient documents about the spooky appearance in a painting and also on cave paintings going back to the dawn of man" 
"that's a neat dance, Ren. Hey Catherine, Jakob, Banter, heck even Murphey! Let's all get on the dance floor!" 
"go to her, jakob." 
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"elias you seem like a nice fellow" 
"What are ye, captain?" 
"so elias, were you present at the time that jackobel attacked ren and his friends?" 
"Captain, hast ye any reason for your accusations?" 
"Elias what happened" 
"so ren what you have to say about this" 
"As for the question... in your terms, fear is afraid of logic. Many fears are illogical." 
"fear itself" 
"Fear is afraid of logic!" 
 
"Stop, Ren. We won't let you destroy everyone for the sake of your twisted 'perfection'. Don't you think you can isolate yourself without killing off everything else?" 
"Emotions are actually pretty deep. You only have one eye, but you need two eyes to see depth. In objects, that is. However, for candy people like you, eyeballs equal brains (seeing that these special eyes give life and thoughts to any piece of candy), meaning you're not only unable to see depth, but think deep too. In other words, I suggest that you need a second eye." 
"Geez louise, Ren! Hasn't anyone ever told you if everything was perfect there would be nothing to live for?" 
"I'm surprised Ren. You're just as dense for thinking of doing such a thing." 
"What are you gonna do to us, Ren?" 
"How will you eliminate is if were all over here, and you're over there?" 
"Emotions are actually pretty important. It gives you personality, it shows your soul, it ups your feelings. Living in an emotionless world would make us all soulless, would make all our personalities equal (and boring) and would make us wonder what the word "feeling" actually means." 
*pop*
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"Oh my god, I'm so happy to see you guys! After what Daniel did- whatever the bag did- I was worried for a second." 
"The connection's fine. Catherine, why are you stil wearing your costume?" 
"Seems to be working fine! Anyway, what happened to Daniel and the others?" 
"Yeah, I wanna know what the bag did." 
"Yes. We'd like to hear the story." 
"we want you to!" 
"oh my, who was this mysterious quasi-corporeal being? was this gift the bag he was carrying when he got here?" 
"WHAT DID THE BAG DO" 
"Cool! So im still confuzzled were do you guys live?" 
"So, are Ren and Jackobel completely done for?" 
"Did Murphey and Elias and Daniel ....die?" 
"...so what now? Ren is dead, you all are safe... what are we gonna do?" 
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