#doctor kahl’s robot

[isbus]

Making Cuphead Characters Into Humans Since the Delicious Last Course Came Out!

Parts 1-4

Part 1: Chef Satlbaker

Part 2: Mangosteen

Part 3: Dr. Kahl’s Robot

Part 4: Rumor Honeybottoms

Don’t worry, there will be more~

Note: Yup! I’m doing every character- DLC characters, Casino Bosses, you name it! The only characters I’m NOT doing are:

Side Characters (Ex: That turtle who talks about the Black And White Pacifist Route)

Side Enemies (Ex: Run-N-Gun enemies)

Porkrind and Elder Kettle (Do I need to explain why?)

And any character specifically from the show

We have a lot more ahead of us!

~IsBus

*woah thirty tags?!*

[echoarts03]

I'm currently working on getting expert mode finished for all the bosses (and getting either A- or above on them as well,) and when I tell you my death count in this game doesn't get that high until he comes along, I'M SERIOUS.

I had to make this meme because holy SHIT, does this old man and his robot piss me off. Don't get me wrong, I CAN do it, but JEEZ-

[1-hopus-pocus-fan]

I feel like most people don't take this seriously but I keep thinking about the fact Mr Chimes canonically doesn't have eyes daily and I think I might have a theory why and how it comes to be so, even though and especially when he's based on puppets/toys that have eyeballs that he technically should have.

This might be more casino related and a little off but I still want to share this: We all know Mr Chimes is a toy and not actually alive, which also goes for, for example, Dr. Kahl's robot. The robot is not alive and doesn't have a soul to sell, that's why, once the deal was made, it was Kahl's soul being involved. It was the doctor's soul that would land in the Devil's hands afterwards, however, not his robot's. Chimes is a cymbal-banging toy and he's most likely to not being able to own a spirit either, that's what makes me think: what if, in order to make a deal (whatever it's supposed to be about) with the Devil he needed to give away something else instead of his soul, perhaps, in fact, HIS OWN EYES?? (Or maybe promise to work at the casino forever as well?)

It would make sense since the Devil has his own collection of eyes. Most belong to demons but who knows... maybe he also keeps Chimes' eyes there?

I doubt anyone would want to read this and I'm sorry this turned out so long but maybe it makes a little sense in some kind of way.🙏

[micah-pl]

✨💛 THE MATCHUPS FOR MPBT (MOST PUNCHABLE BOT TOURNAMENT) 💛✨

K1-B0 (Danganronpa) vs Those weird dog things (Boston Dynamics)

Pharma vs Overlord vs Sunder (MTMTE)

C3P0 (Star Wars) vs Baymax (BH6)

Wheatley (Portal 2) vs Mettaton (Undertale)

Serial designation N (Murder Drones) vs Pornbots (Tumblr)

Serial designation J (Murder Drones) vs MTMTE Rodimus

Serial designation V vs Regis from World Flipper

MTMTE Tarn vs TFP Megatron

MTMTE Thunderclash vs TMNT 2012 Donbot

Monokuma (Danganronpa) vs Lil Hal (Homestuck)

MTMTE Getaway vs Earthspark Shockwave

TFP Megatron vs MTMTE Tyrest

Dr Kahl’s Robot (Cuphead) vs MTMTE Whirl

TFA Starscream vs IDW Swindle

Atlas (Astro Boy 1980) vs Isaac (The Orville)

TFP Smokescreen vs BW Megatron

The three mechanical bosses (Terraria) vs Ruin Guards (Genshin Impact)

IDW Prowl vs Unicron

Lord Imperious Delirious (Beast Wars Uprising) vs HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game)

The Great Spirit Robot (Bionicle) vs Metroplex

RID15 Drift vs Cyberverse Soundwave

G1 Galvatron vs G1 Sunstreaker

TFA Blackarachnia vs MTMTE Tailgate

IDW Zeta Prime vs H2G2 Marvin

stray (the game) vs Ratchet from Robots (2005)

cl4p tp (borderlands) vs Doctor Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)

King Andrias (Amphibia) vs Pitching Machine (Blaseball)

Video killed the radio star coach (just dance 3) vs Atomic Robo

dot matrix (spaceballs 1987) vs TFA Ultra Magnus

TFA Sentinel Prime vs Motormaster

Terminator (Terminator) vs IDW 2019 Megatron

IDW Deadlock vs Shitbot (Dreamfall Chapters)

HOPE Y'ALL WILL HAVE FUN AND STAY TUNED BC THE POLLS WILL APPEAR TOMMOROW ✨💛✨💛

[lovelyteng]

Cuphead Meme #1: Halloween Costumes (My Version)

Playable Characters Cuphead - Mario (Super Mario Bros.) Mugman - Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) Ms. Chalice (The Legendary Chalice) -  Yumi Yoshimura (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)

Bosses Inkwell Isle One (Inkwell Glade) The Root Pack .Sal Spudder - Pineapple .Ollie Bulb - Orange .Chauncey Chantenay - Banana Goopy Le Grande - Zombie Hilda Berg - Wonder Woman (DC Super Hero Girls) Cagney Carnation - Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) Ribby - Tom (Tom and Jerry) Croaks - Spike (Tom and Jerry)

Inkwell Isle Two (Inkwell Park) Baroness Von Bon Bon - Witch Beppi The Clown - Vampire Djimmi The Great - Mummy Grim Matchstick -  The Hydrac (Balan Wonderworld) Wally Warbles - Zombie

Inkwell Isle Three (Inkwell City) Rumor Honeybottoms - Tatiana (No Straight Roads) Captain Brineybeard - Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants) Sally Stageplay - Fallen Angel Werner Werman - Bunnicula (From same name series of character) Automaton (Dr. Kahl’s Robot) - DJ Subatomic Supernova (No Straight Roads) Dr. Kahl - Neon J. (No Straight Roads) Cala Maria - Gothic Singer Phantom Express .Blind Specter - Steward (Luigi’s Mansion 3) .Conductor - Grim Reaper .Lollipop Ghouls - Creepy Twins .Head of the Train - Tough Possessor (Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon)

Inkwell Isle Four (Inkwell Village) Glumstone The Giant - Ug (Luigi’s Mansion 3) Moonshine Mob .Spider Mobster - Frankenstein’s Monster .Light Bug - Bride of Frankenstein .Anteater - Igor .Announcer Snail - Dr. Victor Frankenstein  The Howling Aces .Pilot Bulldog - Gothic Rocker .Yankee Yippers - Gothic Dancers .Pilot Saluki - Gothic DJ Mortimer Freeze - Ice King (Adventure Time) Esther Winchester - Headless Horseman Chef Saltbaker - Chef Soulfflé (Luigi’s Mansion 3)

The King’s Leap (Chess Bosses) The King of Games - Phantom King The Pawns - Pumpkins The Knight - Plague Doctor The Bishop - Dark Priest The Rook - Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) The Queen - Ghost Queen

Inkwell Hell The Devil - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) King Dice - King Boo (Luigi’s Mansion Series) Tipsy Troop .Rum Glass - Barrel (The Nightmare Before Christmas) .Martini Glass - Shock (The Nightmare Before Christmas) .Whiskey Bottle - Lock (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Chips Bettigan - Gothic Cowboy Mr. Wheezy - Zombie Pip and Dot - Conjoined Zombie Hopus Pocus - Ghost Magician Phear Lap - Mad Scientist  Pirouletta - Swan Ballerina Mangosteen - Ink Monster Mr. Chimes - Broken Robot

Here Blank Meme!

[groovy-rat-man]

Heeeeyy i forgot to show y'all this cringe cuphead oc i made a while ago

This is Dr. Fizz, hes bades off of the whole thing where in the 20s and 30s soda (specifically coca cola) was originally marketed as medicine. Oh, one of the key ingredients was FUCKING COCAINE

Oh and uhh heres a lil comic under the cut

Dr. Kahl: Doctor! Doctor!! My son is VERY sick, please tell me you can do something!

Dr. Kahl's Robot: *sniffle*

Dr. Fizz: Uhhh... Ever try cocaine?

Dr Kahl: What kind of question is THAT?

Dr. Kahl: Of COURSE I have! (how do you think I built him?)

[creonininkwell]

Which Cuphead Boss would Creon be friends with?

Chef Saltbaker: He should be a normal dude and not a cannibal psycho. In the graphic novels distributed by Dark Horse, he's portrayed as a normal baker. C'mon this is a given. They're both chefs. They like swapping recipes and she sometimes works there on some days.

King Dice: images and post here on how they met. She got along with him well as a work colleague/boss. Though recently she hasn't seen him after Dice was "replaced" as host. She's a bit worried that she's seen little to no sighting of him.

Baroness Von Bon Bon, albeit she's an unintended friend. I did a post based on Creon's first run-in with the Bonnie

Hilda Berg: at first Creon really needed a ride home quickly, and Hilda happened to be available. Riding with Hilda Berg was a health hazard, but Creon didn't care much and needed a quick ride home. They like to swap stories about flying. Creon has had to ride jets during her time in service.

Dr. Kahl: later during the line, Creon will probably go to him in hopes of getting something built. He's probably the only mad genius who can engineer any tools that Creon might need for expeditions. She doesn't mind the doctor's kooky personality. She likes occasionally hanging out with the automaton. Sometimes she'll take the boys with her to play with the robot while she's talking shop with the doctor.

If I didn't mention any, it's because she doesn't interact with them much. Or never met them, but maybe the boys did. Not to say that the other bosses don't exist. They're probably chilling somewhere on one of the isles. For example, she didn't exactly meet the "Root Pack," but she did run into them very briefly.

Or maybe she hasn't met them yet.

Now she does know some of these people, but she's not exactly friends with them

Captain Brinybeard: occasional person to give her rides off the isles for expeditions, and for a good price too.

Sally Stageplay: Creon has been an occasional stage hand/help. And sometimes Sally will ask Creon to play as a stage extra in a few performances.

Cala Maria: Unfortunately, she met him through Brinybeard. She's made cautious efforts to not piss off Cala. The only few reasons Creon is still alive is because she did Cala a few favors. These encounters happened when she wasn't with Brinybeard.

[crispytubes]

Don't attack the doctor it's the robot that needs his soul collected

oh trust me, Charlie knows that, but he has more personal beef with Dr. Kahl

[oldscratch-thebigd]

I think that one youtuber who I watched to get a strategy on how to beat Grim Matchstick that said that it would be the hardest level in the game until the level with the devil — COMPLETELY ignoring the existence of Doctor Kahl's robot — owes me money for me getting my hopes up on the rest of the game being easier than that level

[docheros]

For the cuphead post is marvin the mermaid

i didn't think beyond what i posted BUT YES i accept this!!!! marvin as cala maria (cala marvin? 🤨) fits so well

[penciladdictontheweb]

I FINALLY DREW THEM I CANNOT BELIEVE I DID A ROBOT IN ANY WAY AT ALL WELL. WOOHOO!

[wickedwitchofthenorth]

Other Inkwell residents who get along with Bendy in my Two Cups and A Demon AU

Elder Kettle: Like Mugman, he is hesitant at first but grows to like him. He actually changes his mind about Bendy before Mugman does. Thinking of writing a scene where Elder Kettle helps calm him down after a panic attack. (Was gonna write that as a stand alone with Henry, but maybe I’ll throw it in here instead idk.)

Beppi: Both get along crazy well. Beppi understands wanting to just make people laugh and having them be scared of you instead. Bendy, Cuphead, and Beppi could get together and tell bad jokes for hours.

Quadratus: Knows everything so he knows that Bendy is not a threat. Feels bad for him and tries giving him advice. (Who knows if he’d ever actually take it.)

Sally Stageplay: Has actually seen the old Bendy cartoons so she thinks Bendy is an actor and begrudgingly respects him because of that. No one bothers to correct her. She actually asks him to join her on stage sometimes and Bendy can’t think of a reason he could give her to say no. It turns out he has a real knack for entertaining, to the surprise of no one.

Porkrind: Doesn’t care what Bendy is, as long as he buys stuff.

Chef Saltbaker: Similar to Porkrind but is nicer about it. Finds out during Bendy’s first day at the shop that he hasn’t had any sweets before and finds that incredibly sad. After that he usually slips Bendy a little something on the house whenever he comes in.

Dr. Kahl and his Robot: All three boys befriend the robot because robot’s are cool, but Bendy is surprised when he finds out that the doctor fought for his robot during the soul contract battle, because he didn’t think a creator would care about their creations due to his own experiences. He asks him about this and inadvertently reveals that he was also created by a mad scientist. Dr. Kahl is fascinated as well as horrified at Joey Drew for abandoning his creation. He wants to study him, and Bendy lets him have some of his ink to study but he doesn’t have good memories of being experimented on so that’s as far as he’s willing to go. Dr. Kahl is disappointed but understanding.

Ms. Chalice/Legendary Chalice: We don’t really know much about her in the game yet, (hopefully in the dlc!) but I feel like they would get along. If she’s anything like Show!Chalice she would enjoy his mischievous nature and give him some tips about charming people so they won’t be as weary of him.

[electricbluetempest]

Alternate DKJ Bad Ending

@nothing-but-luds and I wrote another fic, this time as an alternate take on the Part 9 Bad ending. Brace yourselves for character death and angst.

***

The doctor was practically frozen, heart beating ten thousand miles a minute. There’s no way this could be happening, the boys betrayed everyone and now innocent citizens were paying the price. His son was immobile, lying on the examination table ready to be taken.

Two shadow hands were wrapped around his wrists, another clamped to the back of his head. Forcing him to watch as his robot was about to be dragged to hell. The boys made a motion like they were about to deploy their own shadow hands, when Kahl got one burst of adrenaline that caused him to cry out. 

“Wait!!”

They stopped, even the purple demons restraining his wrists turned to look. Kahl actually didn’t expect them to listen. Maybe they thought his desperate pleas were going to be hilarious. He took one good inhale through his nose, exhaled through his mouth, then spoke.

“Take me instead.”

The cups froze, even the demons. They all broke into a laughter, Kahl embarrassed about this decision.

“You think you can sacrifice yourself for your /son/?” Mugman teased. “If you’re willing to do this, it’s already too late. Your robot is with us now, there’s nothing else you can do, NOTHING!”

“But-“

“Finish this up, boys!”

The hands slowly began to devour the robot into hell. With anticipation, he broke free and ran to the robot, putting his arms on him.

“Please! Just take me instead!”

“You’d really be willing to give yourself up for a machine?”

“Yes. I’ve made up my mind. Just don’t take him!”

The boys thought about this for a second.

“Y’know, boss probably wouldn’t be too happy with us bringing back a broken robot.” Mugman said, clanging his fist on the robot’s unconscious chassis.

"I think you’re right.” Cuphead added, a gleam in his eyes. “If we brought back the person who /built/ the robot, he could make our boss tons of catastrophic weapons! Think of the reward we’ll get.”

“You know what? We’ll take you on your offer, old man.”

Their shadow hands shifted from the robot to Dr. Kahl.

Kahl can slowly feel hands starting to take him, going from his toes and slowly rising to his head. There’s no turning back now, but this is the only way to save his son.

“You’re gonna love him, Doc. The boss is very /nice/!”

Knowing Kahl only has a few seconds left before the shadow fully surrounded him, he decides to say good-bye to his son. “Robot... good-bye.”

The shadow had completely covered the doctor then vanished into dust.

“I think that’s all of them!” Cuphead rubbed his hands. “Now what should we do with this robot?”

“Who cares? We got the scientist’s soul, let’s go to Isle 2 and continue this!”

“Yeah!”

The boys and the purple demons left, leaving behind the robot on the examination table. The carnage moved to the west, towards another island of unsuspecting civilians.

System reboot...loading. Complete.

The robot’s eyes fluttered open, remembering the fight with the boys, looking down at himself to see he was now fixed. His father’s sacrifice meant his soul was now freed, but he didn’t know that.

“FATHER?” He tentatively stepped off the operating table and looked around the island. Why was it so empty?

"FATHER? WHERE ARE YOU? I'M BACK!" The robot called out, roaming around the cities and streets, looking high and low. "FATHER? PLEASE COME OUT."

From the robot's view, he can see chaos from Isle 2. He walked his way, finding his childhood friend getting captured by purple demons.

"BON BON!" The robot reached his hand to rescue her, but it was too late. The baroness had vanished, as well as the shadow hands. 

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" The island was now empty, only leaving the robot as the only debtor who hasn't been sent to hell.

Still confused, he needed answers. Panicked, he knelt down by Bon Bon’s candy guards, casting a huge shadow down on them. They were inspecting the part of the pavement where the hands dragged her beneath, and pivoted to face the robot.

“WHAT HAPPENED?”

None of the guards looked like they wanted to talk about it, but the waffle took it upon himself to fly up close to the robot’s face and speak.

“I don’t know if you know this, but the Baroness had a deal with the Devil. Now her debt’s come due, and...his minions took her away from us.”

“BUT I HAD A DEAL AS WELL. WHY HAVEN’T I DONE THE SAME?”

The guards all looked puzzled, until the robot spoke again. “HAS ANYONE SEEN MY FATHER?”

The robot searched the island, looking from Isle to Isle until he decided to give in. He sat down on the pile of junk, surrendered.

"DID HE LEAVE ME? WHAT DID I DO? IS IT THE CONTRACT?"

There was nothing else the robot can do, now that his father is gone and no where to be found. Something twinkled on the robot's sight, he saw the casino lights shining. Out of curiosity, he decides to check if his father is inside.

He’d gone to this place once, several years ago. It was probably one of the most conflicting decisions he’d ever made, because on one hand he got people to accept him, on the other he’d given up his soul. He couldn’t fit in the casino doors, so he decided to lean his body against a sturdy part of the mountain and pop his head off. It hovered, floating inside the casino with ease.

The robot was frightened by what he saw inside. Some of the other citizens of Inkwell that he’d seen around were being used as entertainment for the casino. But they weren’t there for enjoyment, the demons that frequented the place were torturing them for their own amusement.

He went to a backstage area to find the Baroness. Dress tattered and torn, hair a smeary mess. She was sniffling into her hands, muttering something about a fight she had been forced into.

“BON BON?”

Perking up at the synthesized voice, she looked up to see the robot’s head hovering above her. “What are you doing here?”

"I CAME HERE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S GONE MISSING."

"Robot, there's no time to explain. You need to get out of here! This place is too dangerous for you!"

"BUT I NEED TO FIND MY FATHER!"

The robot wasted no time and explored the casino, finding many debtors, but no sign of his creator.

"FATHER? FATHER?" He searched, only to find two cells from afar. Not wanting to get harmed, he hid behind a large spiky rock to find two cups beating up an old man.

Kahl was curled over in a fetal position, groaning in pain as the two boys kept kicking and taunting him.

“Not so smart are ya, smart guy?” Cuphead said before kicking him again. “Betcha wish you were back home, crying about that hunk of metal you gave up your own life for, huh?”

The robot was stunned. Did his father really do that for him?

“Who even does that?” Mugman laughed. “It’s just a robot, you could’ve built another one!”

“No...” Kahl choked out. “He was mine. He was special, he was the only-“

A swift kick to the face shut him up.

Maybe a wire came loose, or a circuit malfunctioned. Or maybe he just became enraged. Either way, something inside the robot’s electric mind snapped.

Something began to overwhelm the robot's emotions, not wanting to hold it any longer he released his full anger.

"WHY ARE YOU HURTING MY FATHER? IF YOU HURT HIM, I'LL HURT YOU!"

The cup brothers jolted, finding a giant robot head next to them. "Oh, is this some kind of movie cliche where someone surprisingly comes to rescue the hero?"

"Pfft! No big deal. Let's continue using this old man as a punching bag."

Now the robot was at full rage, using a mechanical arm to scare the boys away. They left his father, unconscious and wounded. The robot flew closer to inspect the body.

"FATHER? CAN YOU HEAR ME?" The robot tried to wake him up, rolling him over to find blood on his father's face, as well as his body. A pang of dread hit upon the robot's realization. "IS HE /DEAD/?"

What was it again that humans had? Something you could check to see if they were still alive. That’s right, vitals! The robot protruded his arm from his mouth again, putting two fingers on his father’s wrist, then the side of his neck.

That couldn’t be right. Maybe he just wasn’t doing it correctly. There’s no way he didn’t have a pulse. ...Breathing! If the robot put his hand near Kahl’s nose, he’d feel a breath, right?

...Why isn’t that working, either? Heartbeat. Just gotta put your ear to his chest and listen.

...

...No. This isn’t real.

Before the boys could come back, he produced another hand out of his mouth to scoop up his father’s body. It was limp, and his face frozen in a look of pained melancholy. He went back the way he came, carrying the body into the room of debtors, where Bon Bon was now joined by a couple others.

"EVERYONE! THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FATHER!"

Everyone began to gather around the robot as he placed down the body on the floor.

"IS HE REALLY /DEAD/?"

The debtors tried to revive him, but unfortunately it was too late.

"Robot..." Bon Bon announced. "I'm afraid he is."

The robot gasped in shock, realizing that his father is /gone/.

"THIS CAN'T BE! HE SAID HE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME! HE DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE ME THIS EARLY!"

"I'm sorry...but he's dead."

"IS THERE A WAY TO FIX HIM? LIKE HOW HE DID TO ME?!"

“Humans don’t work that way, I’m afraid.” Bon Bon was struggling to hide her own tears. “What he did for you was noble, but it cost him his life.”

The robot was struggling to process this. He’d only known about death as a concept. To be seeing it in real life...?!

A loud noise came from the hallway in a distance. Bon Bon turned to the robot with urgency. “Leave now. Bury him, give him a proper funeral. Don’t come back to this horrible place.”

“BUT-“

“It’s for your own good.”

She gave him one last goodbye hug, kissing him quickly before the robot picked his father back up and left the casino. Outside, he set his father on the ground, put his head back on his own body, and picked up Dr. Kahl once again. He looked so small now. His father, lying in his hands, bloodied and lifeless.

“YOU GAVE IT ALL UP FOR ME?”

Of course, his father didn't reply back. All he gave was silence.

"FATHER, YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF TO SAVE ME?"

Again, there was silence.

"I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK BUT ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME!"

Having nothing else to say, he went back to long term memory, remembering the funeral from 15 years ago. He found an empty casket from the junkyard and dug up a hole big enough to fit the casket.

"GOOD-BYE FATHER.' The robot placed down the casket inside the newly dug hole.

He covered the casket with dirt, sitting on his knees and just staring at it for a little bit. He could feel something rising up in his chest, but didn’t know how to express it. He couldn’t cry, he had no tear ducts.

Something compelled him to go back into the workshop, where he noticed his father’s journal open to a page on the control panel.

‘Maybe if I stall for enough time, I can figure out a way to get his soul back.’

“...HE DID, IN A WAY.” Lip quivering, he smiled a melancholy smile.

The robot opted to lie down next to where his father was buried, one hand on top of the grave, the other underneath his head.

Sleep mode: engage. Wake up in...UNDISCLOSED hours.

“THANK YOU, FATHER.” The robot closed his eyes as he went to sleep.

The island was quiet and less populated from then on. But in the years that passed, anyone that was brave enough to venture into the junkyard found a rusted metal man, plants and garbage blown about him, sleeping peacefully forever, with his hand protecting his own father’s resting spot.

[im-just-velvet]

This is some huge collabed story me and EBT made

((Some Labrat here, this is Headcanon based))

Being reunited with your loved one can get a bit emotional, Kahl and Werner were back together after two cups have beaten the devil and saved everyone’s souls. It was the already the next morning after their reunion, both in bed, one of them awake. Kahl cuddled his lover close, who’s still asleep.

“I love you, Wernie” The doctor whispered into his husband’s ear.

This surprised Kahl, Werner wrapped an arm around his husband, his hand stroking his hair.

“I missed zhis.” Werner said softly, still running his fingers through Kahl’s purple hair.

“Should we do something big to celebrate? I mean, the party was fun and all, but what about something with just us together?”

After a few moments of silence, Werner shook his head, his whiskers absentmindedly tickling Kahl’s face.

“I just vant to stay right here. Just like zhis.”

The two of them were half-awake. Kahl cuddling into Werner’s chest, feeling the warm, soft fur on top of his heartbeat. Kahl on purpose positioned his head so he could hear his lover’s heart thumping, picking up a little bit in response to the love Werner was feeling for Kahl right now.

“Yeah. So do I.”

The two men were still in bed for most of the morning, eyes still shut and still cuddling.

“We should probably get up and have brunch.”

“Alfy, I just vant to stay like zis. I’m exhausted from yesterday.”

“So am I, Wernie.”

Eventually, there was a small tray on their bed. The robot must’ve placed it there, just in case if they woke up.

“Actually, we don’t need to get up for brunch.” Kahl sat up from the bed, opening his eyes.

“Ja?” Werner got up to find a tray of food on top of their blanket.

“I think the robot knew we wanted to spend time with each other today.” Kahl explained.

“We don’t have to cook or do much of anything else, all we have to do today is enjoy each other’s company as much as possible.”

Kahl picked a berry off the fruit salad that was on the tray and placed it in Werner’s mouth.

“So he knows ve vant to be alone?”

“Seems like it.”

“So I can do zhis any time I vant?”

Werner gave Kahl a slow, soft kiss on the lips that they didn’t break apart from for a long while.

Kahl was left breathless after the kiss. “...Absolutely.”

The men mostly relaxed for most of the day, still in bed and in their sleep wear, they’re never gonna leave the bed for most of the day. It was already late afternoon. Surprisingly, there was a ring at the door bell. The two men were stuck to the bed, unable to get up.

“Who’s getting the door?”

“Vhy not you do it?”

Kahl struggled to stand up, he was so attached to the bed that he couldn’t even walk or get up.

“Should we ask the robot to answer it?”

The Robot answered the door, letting Sally inside the house.

“Werner? Are you around?”

Werner left the bedroom for the first time today, still wearing his PJs. He saw her in their house and she gave him a confused look, peeking behind him to see Kahl sitting up in bed to see what was going on.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did I interrupt something?”

“Not really. Ve vere being lazy today.”

“Must be something after reunion, boys?”

“Yup, we just want to relax. Besides, this hell is over and now my Wernie’s back.”

“Ok! I’ll see ya when you guys are back.”

Sally left the house, closing the door. Leaving Werner and Kahl alone again.

“Vat do you vant to do now?”

“Let’s just relax.”

Apparently, Sally didn’t actuallly left, she almost forgotten about asking them something.

“Oh yea, silly me! I almost forgotten this.”

Sally turned back, opening the door.

“Oh Werner, can I ask you something?”

“Vhat is it?”

“Would you two be willing to come with me to the carnival today?”

“I mean...ve vere planning on staying inside today, but...” Werner stopped to squint. “Did you plan somezhing for us?”

Sally’s face turned into a wide, toothy grin. “Maybe?”

Werner sighed. “Ve’ll be down in a few minutes, let us get changed.”

The men got up from bed and got dressed, they’re still groggy and stiff from staying in bed all day.

“Ok Sally, ve’re coming.”

As soon as the men open the door, they found Sally next to her husband’s car.

“Ummmm..... what’s going on?”

“You guys get a free drive to the carnival!”

Werner was still a little suspicious. “You’re up to somezhing, aren’t you?”

“Okay, you’re right. I am.” Sally sat in the passenger’s seat while her husband was in the driver’s seat. “Get in the back and close your eyes. I’ll be sure you don’t peek at all.”

The men were confused but wanted to see where this was going to go. They did as she said, driving and stopping somewhere in the carnival.

“Okay, open your eyes!”

There was another party set up on Isle 2, with plenty of the other debtors waiting for them.

“Surprise!!”

Werner and Kahl were speechless, most of the other debtors are people they don’t know or not close to. Do they even know that they’re actually married?

“Vat is zis?”

“We set up a party just for both of you!” Sally explained.

Werner was a bit confused, Kahl was very surprised at what he just saw, pupils widen and mouth opened wide.

“You guys did that for us?” Kahl spoke.

“Yup! I told everyone else about how happy you guys were reunited. I just want to make your day special.”

“D-d-d-danke!” Werner shrieked. “I never knew you guys could actually do zis. Besides, me and Alfy vere staying in bed earlier.”

“Well at least you guys got all of us! By the way, nice sweater Wern.”

The two had decided to wear these ugly matching sweaters they bought at a thrift store. No idea why they chose that, it was a spur-of-the-moment silly decision they decided to make.

“Heh. Thanks.” Kahl replied. “But seriously, it was nice of you to do this.”

“Hey, it’s your anniversary after all. We wanted to give you something nice.”

“Anniversary?!” Both men said in disbelief.

“Oh my god, she’s right!” Kahl sputtered.

“Ve vent so long vithout celebrating it, I almost forgot zhat...” Werner trailed off.

"My goodness, you guys actually forgotten your own anniversary?" Sally giggled.

"Of course we did, we got so sinked into our separation, we forgot about our own anniversary!"

"Anyvays, now zat we're back together. Shall ve go dancing?"

"Of course! Why not?"

The two men went to the nearest bandstand as everyone else started following them. The two were at the middle, Werner holding his husband's hand and shoulder and Kahl doing the same thing.

"Do you remember the steps?"

The band started playing a slow song, for the two of them to dance to. Werner, being the taller one, was the one to lead the dance. They each had one arm outstretched, hands with fingers interlocked. Their other arms were around each others’ backs, them slowly stepping and swaying to the music that played.

Kahl nuzzled his head into Werner’s chest again, listening for his heartbeat. The rat’s breath stopped for a second as he realized just how much Kahl meant to him, the reality that they were finally together not 100% settled in yet.

When Kahl picked his head up again, his eyes were misty, a few tears stuck to his glasses. Werner was trying not to cry as well, and responded by closing his eyes, dipping Kahl, and giving him a slow kiss on the lips

Kahl's glasses were still misty, fogged up from his tears. He slowly responded by hugging his husband. Everyone else was peeking from the outside, the two not bothering on who's watching them.

The men weren't watching where they're stepping. Kahl accidentally stepped on Werner's foot, causing both of them to fall over. Werner landed on his bottom, Kahl on his knees. Gladly no one was hurt.

"Vere ve too distracted from our kiss?"

"I guess we did!"

The men began to giggle, getting themselves back up.

"Shall ve freestyle? Slow dancing is kinda boring."

This was more their style. The big band started playing something fast and energetic, with the two of them happily dancing along. Twirling and practically throwing each other around, they both used every ounce of energy they could and had a blast doing it.

This tired them out quickly, though. The sun was hot in the afternoon and wearing the ugly sweaters didn’t help. They took five to sit down at a table, sweaters discarded with just their undershirts on.

“Zat vas...not a smart idea.” Werner panted.

“It was fun though.” Kahl added. “Actually, y’know where we could cool off?”

“Vhere?”

“The tunnel of love.” Kahl smirked a little. “Think about it, it’s dark, it’s on the cool water...”

The men went inside the tunnel of love. Fortunately they got a free ride for just the two of them. They hopped into the boat. Ready to explore inside the tunnel. The boat started to float, soothing water sounds were making music to the men's ears.

"My goodness, zis place looks amazing." Werner said as they got inside.

"Wernie look there!" Kahl pointed out

There was a giant, towering cutout of the two men that arched over the water, their arms touching and going over the boat. After they passed under it, the walls of the tunnels were plastered with wedding photos and other pictures the two of them had taken together.

“Did Sally set zhis up?”

“She must have known we’d go in here at some point and wanted to make a surprise for us.”

“It vas nice of her...”

The tunnel was getting darker now, the two of them barely able to see each other. Kahl felt Werner’s shoulder and neck, leading up to his face to caress it.

“I love you, Werner.”

“Ich liebe dich, Alfred.”

There was a small beaming light coming out at the end of the tunnel. They can hear a party on the other side.

"It's already over?" Kahl said in disappointment.

"Oh vell, at least it vas fun vhen it lasted."

The men reached the end of the tunnel, they got out, wanting to know what's going on outside. They got to the exit and found that everyone else had made a huge surprise for the both of them.

"Happy fourth wedding anniversary!"

“We know it’s starting to get late, but I got one last thing I want to show you guys before you leave.” Sally said, directing everyone to a big screen and projector.

The film was shaky and a little grainy, but it showed Werner and Kahl giving their vows as well as their first official kiss as husbands, while their favorite ukulele song played over top. Watching this, Kahl and Werner cuddled into each other’s sides. Their hands rested on top of each other’s, peacefully enjoying the moment until the film reel finished.

The party disbanded, the two making their way back home and flopping into bed where they began. Werner was exhausted, snuggling into the sheets and shutting his eyes.

“I missed you so much, you know.” Kahl said, not sure if Werner could hear.

“Snnnnrk...”

“I especially missed that.”

[grand-malice]

(Preview) Chapter 1

Inkwell Isle; an island bustling with many fine folk. From the expansive beds of blue skies, to the far reaches of hell, such an animated locale never lacked for excitement. Within this land of magic lived two eccentric boys, known for freeing the souls of its denizens through their heroic deeds and their own misfortunes. Little did they know, their trials were far from concluded. And for one other, their journey was soon to begin.

    “Aww, c'mon, Mugs. Can't we just sneak into-.”

    “For the last time, Cuphead, we're not breaking into Dr. Kahl's junkyard. Those security bots would cook us alive.”

     The Cup brothers trekked along the familiar, lush thicket, discussing their current predicament in the meantime. ‘twas not long until they came upon the verdant meadows, continuing along the path before them.

    “You know how long it took us to make that soap box car? I'm not letting all that go to waste just ‘cause the mad doctor decided to scrap it for his ‘research’", Cuphead ranted, gesturing with air quotes all the while. “Ummm, isn't that why he did it, though?”, inquired his brother. “Oh no, Mugman.”, answered Cuphead as he leaned towards him. “There's a reason he didn't show up at the celebration that day. Probably has some beef with us after what we happened to his giant robot.”

     “It was either that or have our own souls taken. Besides, we freed his soul as well.”

Cuphead turned to give his brother a questioning stare, leaving him in a stupor until finally, it hit him, “Oh wait, it was his robot's”.

     “Exactly. That guy would sacrifice whatever being it had just to save his own skin. He's a real rascal, that one.”

     “Yeah, I bet if we had our own, we'd be a whole lot nicer to him.”, Mugman remarked.

    As this exchange transpired, they came to approach a bridge raised atop a running stream, lined with all manner of rocky formations. They started across the oaken walkway, each step creaking it all the more.

    “Look, if all you're gonna do is listen to Elder Kettle and have our work be for nothing, go ahead. Me, I'm gonna get our car back!", Cuphead declared before marching forward, determination plastered on his face.

     Mugman sighed dejectedly, troubled by this reckless streak on display. “Fine, I'll join you. But only because I can't let you go on your own. Not after you got walloped by Ribby and Croaks.”

     “ Hmph, whatever you say, then”, muttered the red one, forming a furrowed brow.

     The two continued their course throughout the islet, until the very first die house came into view. Cuphead, still miffed at the “protective” presence of his brother, felt his hand boil with a radiating orange hue, a building tension rigged to explode. He quickly turned, took aim at the nearby clump of forest, and released a charge shot with all the rage he could muster. As it vanished through the thick leaves, he let out a relaxed sigh, but not without his brother's eyes on him. “Something wrong?”, inquired Mugman with a concerned look. “Nah”, was all Cuphead responded with. It was then they heard a nearby clank, seemingly from that same foliage. Both turned towards the noise, taken aback by its sudden emergence.

    “By golly, what was that?”, wondered Cuphead.

    “How should I know? Didn't sound like any tree I've heard.” Mugman then motioned for Cuphead to come along. “C'mon, let's see what it was.” He immediately objected. “Hey, what happened to taking back our kart?”

    “That can wait. For now, we need to check out what the noise was.” Cuphead simply rolled his eyes and followed suit.

   After a few moments of brushing aside any wayward shrubbery, they soon came upon a small clearing, previously unknown to either of them. As the two took continuous glances of this untouched glade, Cuphead was the first to spot a small hill erected at its center, where the sun's glow gleamed the brightest. Atop this miniature summit was a peculiar, oblong structure draped with tinges of greenery, effectively masking its true appearance. “Hey, Mug, look there. What is that?”, Cuphead pointing to the object in question. “Don't know. Could be anything.”

    “Well whatever it is, it's long past due for a trim.”, he japed.

    “Oh gosh, no. Job like that calls for the entire quartet”, chuckled Mugman as he stepped ever closer to this mysterious figure. His pace slowed as he began to make out finer features like its robust build as well as its box-like head. On its forefront was a mangled hatch, oddly captured in a square indent while enveloped by an alloy unlike the rest. After maintaining a fixed gaze upon the unkempt unit, he noticed an absence of vines on its midriff, a mark made in no small part by Cuphead's little "vent". Then, as if on cue, ”Hey, Mug. We gonna get going or what?”, yelled the excitable cup, snapping him out of his stare.

Please note this is not reflective of the final product and is subject to change.

[pizzamuffindonutpeach33]

"Keffin!"

...

"Keffin, bull yourzelf together!!"

...

He's too far away into nothing...nothing could be heard from here.

Where was he, anyway?

...

"Werner!"

..?

A voice...it sounds familiar...where have he heard it?

"Werner, I've evacuated everyone, like you told me to, but what happend?"

"Kahl, ve haffe to get out of here!"

"Answer me, what happened?!"

"Zomething vent vrong in Keffin's zysdem, he lost grip of reality!"

...

"Are you saying...?"

No, it's impossible...

"If he doesn't come to his zenzes zoon, he'll destroy Hefferything!"

...

Kahl looked at the iron beast...the beast that was a sweet, harmless soul. The beast he saw as his child.

He took a step, then another...he was walking toward the robot with no hesitation. They're still there somewhere, he knew it.

"Kahl, vat are vu trying to do?!"

...

"Kevin, what's the matter? It's just me, don't worry."

...

"Have you forgotten Werner as well? You couldn't have forgotten about us, right?"

...

"We both love you, Kevin, we still do. You're family to us!"

"Come on, let's go home!"

...

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Ṕ̨̨̞̞͎͙̅̔̇̂͟à̹̲̩̭͔̗͕̃̈́̈́̑̀͠p̸̧͇̭̖͔̫̹̙͖͔̅͗͛͒̓͘ą̧̙̖̲͔̲͓̺̉͗̿͆̑̇͛̅̓͂.̶̩͚͚̭̯̖̀̂̏͒̆̓̐̒̅͘͜.̶̧̞̖̩̐͌̾͆̄̒̀͌̿͒͜ͅ.̖̩͔̥̦̰͆̔̑͊̈́͘͜͢į̢̧̛͙̣̼̝̮̒͆̍̓̌̈̆͜t̷̩̫̪͖̠̥̝͇͐̽͒̐́̒̍̊̀ w̫͈̝͓͉͆̋̇͌͛͂́̒̚͟o̷͍̺̱̾̊̏́̚͘͟͜͢n̼͉͚͔̯̪̾́̒́͠'̵̧̛̛̰̩̟͖̾̽̄̀̽́̊͜͞ͅṭ̥̣̮̭͚̩̂̓̂̇͜͝͡ w̵̧͉̪̼̏̏͌̇̉̔͆͢o̙̲̘̞͉̟̮͙̻̭̒́̀̂̐͞r̶̞̝̭̱͍͎̄̍̿̾̃̿͠ͅk̨̤͉̥͙̘̬͉͎͉̔̌͊͋͐͋̄̚.̧̬͇̻̭̤̅̃͂́́͠.̸͔͔̪̘̱͈̐͋̾̒̅̍̅̂̎.̢̡̧̠̲̭͉͈͍̼͂̃̅͒̊̃͗͝i̛̭̺̘̲̘̱̘̎̀͂̈́͟t̯̲͙̲̬͈̼̍̓̉̇̈́̚ͅ w̸̰̙̦̻̝̣̠̠̞̺̓̾̊̎͗̋͘ǫ̛͔͍̼̟̫̘̫̔͋̆͆͛̚̕͞n̷̢̢̡̛̗̣͙̯̲̞͆͆͂̆͂͆̃͂ͅ'̸̟͍͙̮͚̠̒̍̀̕̕ṭ̛̲̝̘̣͎̮̩̯̐̃́̓͊̃͂̔ w̷̻̹̱̠̹̒͊̄̽̽̋̎͘͢͡ŏ̸̬̰̖̩̺̗̹̀͗͊͂́͟r̶̺̰͇̺̦̺̐̃͋̿̈́̕k̴̛͔̙͓̗̯͎̣͚͉̮̀̔̊̓̀̎̋!̧͍̟͓͖͈̳̠̜͐̊̈́̈͛͋ Ṛ̷̨̺͍͕̰̻͈̘̅̎̉̌̉̇̊̓͢͠u̶̧̡͓̟̭̘͂̃̅͑̏͜n̟̺͚̭̬͆́͂̌̒͜͠!̸̨̛͈͉̺͑̓͗̆͒̀̎̅͘͟ F̢̡̛̥̞̘͍̜̲̿̿̆͂̑̽̃̕͡ͅo̴͎͓̰̺̤͖͑͑͊̓̃̎̈́̈́͟͠͝ŗ̴̢̧̱̘̻̜̮̬̞̓͒̔̀͌͝ǧ̭͙͉̠̘͔͓͙̃̾́̚̚ę̶̢̹̗̬̜̰̥̽̿͊͌͆̚͜t̸̛̰̲͈͖̐̔̂̇̀̈̏͐͢ ȃ̶̗͖͕̖̼͙́̇̐̈́͒̊̈́̚͡b̴̹̜̘̘̫̫͌͑̇̈̾͑̚͞ͅơ̖̠̝͓̤̑̒̃̊͛̀͒͞͠ų̸̼̤͔͙̓̏͐͆́͘ṫ͕̹͚̳̗̖̺̖̍̊͒̑͋͋̚̚͢ m̴̨̡̘͈̝̮͚͈̣̗̒͂̉̈́̏͐̑͒è̬͙̱̼̪̹̰̣̿͋̎̄̌̊̓̕͜ ȁ̬̙͈͓̜͇̓̐͘͞͝͝ñ̢̛̟͉̙͈̖̺̩̐͒̊̍̕͞d̷͖̟̗͍̙̹͐̓̊̅́̂̎ r̞͍̻͙̺͙͕̹͊̽͊͑̔͢͠ͅu̵̢̜̲̳̰̱̣̱̮͊̆͗͑̀ṇ̢̢̻̜͇͙̤̅͆̉̋̒̓͂̈̓͠!͈̖̩͎̤͛̈́͛̍̌̃̽

His voice didn't reach...it couldn't...it wouldn't.

...

"Don't be afraid, Kevin. We still love you."

...

It felt like the world stopped spinning for a moment.

...

Werner suddenly felt heavy wind flowing by, dust blocking his vision unexpectedly.

...!!

"KAHL!!"

The monster had thrown the doctor into the air, like an obstacle blocking the road.

So far into the air...

...

All living things have to eventually die at some point...it's just nature.

That's what Papa had said.