This is a very mild story with very little explicit sex... but it is very magical. It has Leprechauns, Succubi, and a interesting trip through my very weird imagination. I thought this was going to be my Celtic Halloween story since the pixies gave me this one. Because of the pixie's actions, I can't really say that I created this one. I lived it through in my mind and am telling you what went on. It isn't as Irish as I normally write for my Celtic Halloween story, and evidently the pixies didn't think so either because they brought a second Celtic story for me this year which I will publish later.
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Barkly Mansion is famous-- or perhaps I should say infamous-- for having the most fabulous Halloween party in the area. Actually, the Missus and I think it might be the absolute best in the whole nation. Some would say the whole world, but the reality is that our raucous and raunchy celebration of Halloween is typically American. Not that other countries don't have their own raucous and raunchy celebrations, it is just that most other countries pick a different day of the year for peak decadence.
The Barkly Mansion tradition really began shortly after the War. It all started because I was attending a Halloween party at an after-hours club which illegally served alcohol. The common name for such a club in those days was a "speakeasy" and you had to have the right password to get past the muscle at the door.
Actually it wasn't a whole lot different than many clubs today except that the music and the slang was a little different. Of course, then as now, if you didn't know the right password for that particular speak and weren't on the list, you could always resort to the universal password-- "Benjamin Franklin." Today you might have to say that several times before they let you in. Back then "Andrew Jackson" might get you through the door. "Ulysses S. Grant" definitely would... but as I said, times change.
It was The Roaring Twenties and skirts were as short or shorter than today, except there was normally a fringe of beads which hung at least to mid-thigh. The most popular dances involved wild arm movements which bounced the dresses and caused the beads to swing wildly often times causing the short hems of the skirts to flap upward revealing the tops of stockings-- and often more. Women who danced in such a manner were called "Flappers." In private they were called a lot of other things, but you couldn't print words like that in those days.
Halloween was also a little different in those days. Everything was different. There were no computers or TVs and you had to yell into telephones that sat on a desk-- if you were wealthy enough to afford one. But just like today, when you added booze-- and drugs-- and scanty clothing to costumes which concealed your identity, Halloween became little more than an excuse to release your inner slut or satyr.
Many of the women who came to this party at Tony's Speak were prepared to be wanton, and most of the men were also prepared. They had "stopped at United Drug for some Aspirin" just in case they got the chance to "bunny hug" before the night was out.
You didn't say "condoms" in polite society back then, and you sure as hell didn't say "fuck." Rubbers were kept under the counter at United Drug and other drug stores, but you couldn't ask for them without getting thrown out on your ass. Instead you went to the prescription counter in the back of the store and said that you needed "Aspirin"-- wink, wink, wink. The pharmacist then gave you what you needed in a plain paper bag.
I arrived as it was nearing midnight and many young women at this particular Halloween party were well on their way toward scandalous behavior that would be talked about for months. There were so many released inner sluts at the party that only the most awkward or pathetically ugly young man would have to go home tonight unsatisfied.
As I entered the door I ignored the abundance of low-hanging fruit waiting to be picked and headed straight for the bar. I knew that the woman I was interested in was the tall redhead sitting on a bar stool talking softly with a young man in a suit coat which nearly reached his knees. She was running her fingers down his extremely wide lapels and licking her lips in a seductive way that screamed, "Fuck me!" And the young man was definitely not deaf.
I slid between them and ordered an Irish ale from the bartender. Then I turned to her and asked if I could buy her a drink.
"That's a rather applesauce pickup line, don't you think?" the young Zoot Suiter said derisively, trying to push me back out of the way.
I leaned in close to her and said very quietly, "Julia, would you rather I had said, 'What's a nice succubus like you doing in a place like this?'"
Her eyes flared red for just a second and she bared her teeth at me revealing the fangs which had instantly appeared. A slight hissing growl came through her lips.
"Don't worry," I said quietly, "I won't rat you out. I just want to ask you a few questions. If you want to take one of these ossified punks home after I leave and drain him dry, I won't stop you."
She continued to glare at me, her eyes glowing slightly in the dim club. The young man behind me evidently saw the fire that flared in her eyes because he suddenly jumped to his feet and ran for the door.
"Because I pissed off a Leprechaun," I said lightly, looking back over at her.
"What?" she stammered.
"You wanted to know how I was able to identify you as a succubus, and how I knew your true name," I replied.
She looked at me slightly confused and I continued, "I know you didn't say it out loud, but you didn't have to. I can read minds."
"How?.. How?.. How is that possible?" she stammered out. "Even the Succubi don't have that power."
"I told you," I answered. "I pissed off a Leprechaun."
She still looked confused so I explained. "During the War, I was stationed in Ireland as an intelligence translator. I'm very good at languages and codes. I was getting bored so I decided to try to learn Gaelic. Gaelic really isn't so hard once you realize that there are about a dozen extra vowels in every word, and they are separated by eight or ten consonants that have no equivalent in English."
She sipped the Bloody Mary which I had ordered for her and sat back down on the bar stool. "Anyway," I continued, "I found an ancient tablet in the basement of the ruins of a church our unit was supposed to clear away so we could build an observation tower. The writings and runes on the tablet described how you could supposedly catch and bind a Leprechaun.
It had to be on Halloween night and it had to be a full moon, but all you had to do was stand in a field where the Leprechaun was hiding and recite the spell. Then the Leprechaun was bound until he blessed you."