Alright, Marlfoxes, so it's like this--me and my friend are having a big prank war. Trickin eachother, the usual. So my pal's winnin so far with placing a doll head in my bed. Any advice on how i can win, really spook em? And no, it cant be weaponry or poison or anything thatd kill them.
“Okay, since you use the term ‘prank’, I assume you want them to be alive and still liking you at the end, so we’ll start by listing the don’ts.”
“Basically, don’t do anything we would do.”
“Lantur, we’re trying to help a fan here, keep the snarky comments to a minimum.”
“Ziral’s right, though, we have to be sensible. So, point one, don’t do anything which will physically hurt them, which you seem to already know, that’s good.”
“Don’t expose them to any of their serious personal phobias, looking at you, little miss White Ghost. Don’t do jump-scares unless you know for sure they won’t have a panic attack or an epileptic fit.”
“Don’t cause irreparable damage to their belongings, touch anything they don’t want you to touch, or enter any private location they don’t want you to be in - like, don’t break into their house just to pull a prank. It’s fine if they invited you in, though.”
“Don’t tell lies with hurtful consequences, like spreading rumours about them or promising something important that you don’t deliver. And don’t break their taboos; tricking herbivores into eating meat is only funny for us, not for you, and if their human faith forbids something, don’t trick them into doing it.”
“Tricking them into eating non-food items falls under the heading of ‘physical harm’, and so do things they’re allergic to or the old sour milk trick. It’s a prank, not an assassination attempt.”
“Whew. And now that’s over with… we’re afraid you will have a better idea of what will fit these guidelines than we do. You know your friend better than us, and we’re more up to tricks which break all those guidelines.”
“Plus, you know more about what items you can access. Humans have better stuff than us.”
“Don’t pout, Gelltor. Anyway… rearranging their belongings or putting new things in unexpected places has been done numerous times, they’re always good for a laugh. Can you set their computer to do something funny and know how to change it back when challenged? Food pranks which just taste bad or unexpected rather than being dangerous are probably acceptable, but be absolutely sure that’s the case for them, don’t guess! You don’t want to find out they have a life-threatening allergy the hard way. I don’t know your friend’s dietary needs, but plenty of foods which taste very different look similar, so you can probably find two things they can safely eat and swap them. As I said, be very sure, though, and don’t do this if in doubt.”
"Toothpaste is apparently not a food and swallowing too much can make you sick, so don’t use that or anything similar.”
“Messy pranks involving water or glitter or such are funny if, as above, they don’t damage anything, and if you want your friend to stay your friend, you have to be the one to clean it up.”
“Hope we haven’t put you off. It’ll be worth a bit of careful planning. Good luck!”
