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stories-to-tell-by-lantern-light · 3 years

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Who Am I Really?

(Eyeless Jack X Reader)

Iron was all he could taste, as he hugged his arms close to his chest. The white snow that speckled the forest floor contrasted greatly with his newly acquired ash-grey skin. He could feel blood crusting under his fingernails, he could feel the sting of the cold snow underneath his bare feet as he walked. Whatever they did to him, he was no longer human that much was clear, his feet turned more animal-like and had ripped through his old shoes. If he was being honest with himself he knew that from the moment he awoke and could still see that he was no longer human.

Jack Nichols shivered as he caressed the hollow sockets where his eyes should’ve been. They were dripping with the black tar that was mercilessly poured in there by Jenny and her cult.

‘That absolute fucking bitch.’ He thought, and an animal-like snarl tore through his throat. He could feel the stretching and popping of his jaw as he ground his teeth together. Killing her and her stupid friends was therapeutic to him, remembering the taste of their blood as it filled his mouth when he tore out their throats made him feel euphoric. Pausing his steps only for a brief moment he let those memories of eating their flesh and organs consume him, it only served to make his mouth water.

What was wrong with him? Why did that memory, which happened only hours ago, make him so god damn hungry? What exactly had they done to him, as much as he tried not to dwell on that thought the hunger that ate away at him even after the slaughter was almost too much to handle. All Jack wanted when he woke up this morning was to go on a date with a cute girl, get a little drunk, and maybe get lucky (though realistically that was just wishful thinking). The true college experience one might say, even for a med student. Especially with a schedule as busy as his...that was as busy as his. He knew he should’ve just stuck to focusing on school and studying his brain out, god why did he have to listen to his friends as they urged him on the date.

‘What’s the worst that can happen?’

This. This was clearly the worst possible outcome.

What he really couldn’t believe, however, was that he allowed one of the cultists to get a hit on him, and a bad one at that. Turning his head to glance down at the tear in his thigh, it was a deep gash that desperately needed to get medical attention and fast. The only problem the former medical student faced was that whatever was pouring out of his leg wasn’t blood. It was a deep black ooze that stained the white snow that littered the forest floor. In fact, Jack wasn’t even sure if normal medical supplies would even heal his wound. Jack grit his teeth trudging onwards into the forest, a faint buzzing reverberated around in his skull like flies buzzing around a corpse that he couldn’t seem to shake.

He placed his hand against a tree the world spinning around him. Whatever the blood-like substance that was pouring out of his leg was, he was losing it fast. Jack heard the crunching of snow in front of him and a small gasp. It took most of his strength but he picked his head up and snarled. Jack bared his teeth and tried to make himself look as dangerous as possible, he felt like a wild animal that was cornered by the hunter. There was a girl in front of him, she had (h/l) (h/c) hair that was stuffed under a furry winter hat. She took a few steps back, her brown snow boots making giant footprints in her wake. He could hear the blood flowing through this girl’s veins, as her anxiety levels seemed to spike. The anxiety caused her heartbeat to quicken drastically, hearing the sound only served to increase Jack’s seemingly ceaseless hunger. Jack tried to take another step towards her, flexing the sharp nails on his hands but collapsed under his own weight, his fucking leg. He really couldn’t catch a break, could he?

“What are you?” The girl’s voice held a slight quiver to it and Jack could feel her sharp eyes burning holes into his body. He watched as she hesitantly took a step closer, her (f/c) parka standing out against the muted colors of the forest.

“I don’t know.” He responded with a raspy breath, she smelled divine but he had no strength to attack. Something in his bones told him that he was beyond human, something so much more, a god perhaps? What a silly thought that he couldn’t shake away. Through his quickly blurring vision, he swore he could make out a pair of fancy dress shoes a little bit behind the girl. He saw the girl drop to her knees and cover her ears, his vision went black and the sound of static accompanied the darkness.

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Jack was expecting to be dead. He expected to be accompanied by beautiful white light, maybe an angel or something. However, it caught him very off guard when he suddenly awoke in a rather plush bed. He threw the plaid covers off himself unceremoniously and moved to swing his legs over the side of the bed. The baby god never got far because he let out a howl of pain as a sharp sensation traveled up his thigh. Shit right, his entire upper thigh was practically ripped open. He forgot all about that, glancing down at his wound he noticed it was wrapped tightly in medical bandages and he assumed it was stitched up underneath the dressings. Whoever fixed the wound seemed to have done at least a semi-decent job, at least he wasn’t dead. Sniffing the air with his newly acquired sense of smell he could make out the distinct smell of humans and...was that lavender?

Jack felt his stomach growl and he doubled over clutching it. They smelled delicious. He could practically hear their organs singing out to him, rip open the human, steal us, devour us.

He was snapped out of his thoughts by the door opening, in the middle of the doorway stood the exact girl he’d seen in the forest. Immediately going on the defense he bared his teeth opening his jaw as wide as he could, he heard the popping sound of his jaw as it extended, he felt something swirl around in his mouth. He felt a chill run down his spine at the unwelcomed sensation.

Did he have more than one tongue?

Shaking the thought away Jack didn’t move to attack, he was never the type. He would always rather listen to rationality before getting his hands dirty, the only issue was he was starving and the girl would absolutely make a fine meal.

“Don’t try demon.” The girl scoffed eyeing Jack up and down, if he was still his old college self he would’ve gotten flustered at the gesture. A girl showing him attention? Unheard of back them. However, after Jenny, he was almost positive he’d never let that happen again. His sockets looked down at what the girl held in her hands, it was a plate, a plate that had kidneys on top of it. He was only mildly aware of the fact that he was drooling all over himself. “Oh gross.” She scrunched up her nose placing the organs on the bottom of the bed.

Without hesitation, Jack attacked the cold meat shoving it in his mouth with vigor. He knew blood was all over his face and hands but he couldn’t bring himself to care. Jack knew the girl’s calculated eyes were watching his every move, even so, he couldn’t help but let out a groan of pleasure as the food slid down his throat. Once the meal was finished and Jack was satisfied he finally felt he had enough strength to start asking questions.

“Who are you?” He rasped, whipping his mouth with the back of what was left of his sleeve.

“Really? You’re asking ME that question.”

“I’m not a fan of your attitude.”

“I’m not a fan of you bleeding out on my property.”

Jack growled low and guttural.

“Don’t make me hurt you.” The girl had the audacity to laugh in his face was she not aware of what he was capable of now?

“Nice try but I’m not scared of you. You’re not allowed to hurt me as long as you’re under my care.” She pointed to herself with her thumb, puffing out her chest a little however he could hear her pulse increase just the slightest bit.

Jack only scowled.

“What pray tell is exactly stopping me?” He raised an eyebrow watching carefully as the girl lifted up her sleeve to her sweater. Scared into her wrist was a symbol that Jack had never seen before in his life, but for some unknown reason, he felt dread wash over him. Carved into her wrist was an O with an X slashed through it. “What’s that supposed to prove exactly? That you’re into weird tattoos?”

The (h/c)-ette let out a loud sigh like this conversation was boring her. Oh he’s sorry it’s not his fault he was turned into a fucking organ-eating monster by a cult at his local college! If he still had his eyes they would be rolling so far back into his skull, yet he still waited for the girl to explain.

“My name is (y/n), I’m a medical proxy under The Operator. Currently one of the only ones he has left because we keep getting killed off by rogue killers.” The girl, (y/n), clicked her tongue in clear distaste at the mention of said killers. “Since I’m under The Operator it means if you kill me, he’ll kill you, that’s the deal Jacky boy.” That put him on high alert.

“How the fuck do you know my name?”

“You’re certainly full of questions for someone just waking up out of a coma. If you must know The Operator gave me a brief rundown of your file after we found you in the woods.” (Y/n) crossed her arms over her chest “It’s your lucky day because you just got hired to work for him.” She gave him a round of applause, but it sounded more mocking than serious and he only grew more confused.

“This doesn't make any sense to me. I hope you’re aware.”

“I’m sure it isn’t. It’ll all be explained in due time. For now, all you have to focus on is getting better so you can begin your training. Lucky for you, I’m your registered nurse and caregiver, so enjoy your stay at castle de la (Y/n). Trust me when I say you should value your time here while you still have it.” A thousand more questions ran through Jack’s mind and his little question and answer session with his self-proclaimed nurse didn’t really help.

“So you’re a med student then?” She made a noise of affirmation picking at the strings of her sweater.

“Was a med student Jack, that pretty much came to a screeching halt after I was scouted by the boss man. That, however,” He watched as (Y/n) put a hand to her lips signaling him to stop asking questions, “Is a story for another day. The first order of business now that you’ve eaten is a shower. Cause no offense but you smell like dried blood, and coming from me that’s saying something cause I smell blood all the time.”

Jack still didn’t trust this stranger fully and it got under his skin that she seemed to know everything about him and he knew next to nothing about her. Yet, a shower did seem nice at this moment, he glanced down at his hands and noticed his nails were caked with dry blood. He could only imagine what every other part of his body looked like, (y/n) clearly didn’t bother cleaning him up aside from dressing his wounds.

“A shower sounds good.” Jack nodded in confirmation and the girl gave a relieved smile.

“Oh thank God you agreed, it took me a week of convincing to get Jeff to go take his first shower.” Jack decided it was best not to ask who Jeff was deciding that that was a can of worms he shouldn’t open just yet. She reached out to touch him and he immediately recoiled back almost biting her handoff, the smile that appeared disappeared into a frown.

“Don’t touch me.” Memories of Jenny’s friends holding him down while he pleaded for his life flashed across his mind. The blade coming closer and closer to Jack’s crystal blue eyes before making contact and-

“Alright, cannibal boy snap out of it. Can’t have you succumbing to blood lust just yet. You don’t wanna injure yourself more.” (Y/n) snapped her fingers next to his ears and he couldn’t help but feel a little grateful that she snapped him out of his stupor. “I was going to help you to the bathroom because you really shouldn’t put pressure on your leg. Is that okay?”

Jack felt himself nodding reluctantly. She was right, he really shouldn’t put stress on his leg or it could cause more harm than good. Especially since he didn’t know the extent of the injury yet, for all he knew he was lucky they didn’t hit the femoral artery. Her arms went around his waist as the god and the human girl hobbled to the bathroom together. On the short walk there Jack was trying to get a feel of the house, in case he needed to make a grand escape in the future.

“I’ll put some fresh clothes outside the door for you, call for me when you’re done so I can help you back to the bedroom.” (Y/n) explained as Jack hobbled into the bathroom, he didn’t feel the need to respond to her as he shut the door in her face. He heard a faint click of a tongue from the other side of the door and listened to the girls retreating footsteps.

Jack leaned against the sink putting most of his weight on his hands. The sink creaked at the newfound pressure and Jack wasn’t sure it was because it was an old house or because he had newfound strength. He glanced up at the mirror, it was weird somewhat seeing when you had absolutely no eyes. It was the first time since the incident he got a good look at himself, he looked about as good as he felt.

Terrible.

His auburn hair curled around his now pointed ears and was caked in mud and dirt. He was almost grateful that (y/n) didn’t touch him aside from the wound while he was unconscious, Jack couldn’t imagine what he might’ve done if he felt anyone go near his face. Speaking of his face, he opened his mouth and saw his teeth were shaved into razor-sharp fangs. His stomach turned as he remembered the exact reason why they were like that, organs. They were like that so he could eat organs. The thought wasn’t nearly as nauseating as it should’ve been.

His skin was unnatural and sickly grey color, as he lifted up his shirt the color seemed to spread all the way down his body. He glanced down at his hands and saw his nails were long and black, almost like those girls who wore acrylics, except he was sure their nails couldn’t rip into people's chests with a single swipe. Continuing down his body he lifted up one of his padded feet, he was correct in his assumption from earlier. They were much more animal-like, he wondered if they made him faster, what purpose could they possibly serve other than that?

Gently letting his footfall back down on the floor he shuffled to the shower and turned it on, the water sprayed out in a burst and he patiently waited for it to heat up. Eventually, he was able to step inside, not before knocking his head not only against the curtain rod but also on the showerhead.

“Fuck!” He snarled glaring down at the showerhead. Jack did a little double-take, okay he was also super tall, at least he got one blessing out of whatever the fuck was happening. Jack had to kneel on the ground in order to let the water roll down his body, with a deep breath he enjoyed the warm water pelting his skin. He fumbled around with the shampoo trying to figure out how to open it without popping a hole in the container. As the lid popped open he was hit with the calming scent of lavender.

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“We’ll send someone to come back and check on him in about a month give or take, see how he’s adjusting and healing.” A figure spoke from the kitchen shaking a cigarette into an ashtray, as (y/n) stood across from him. The man ran a hand through his messy brown hair “Then we’ll reassess him, give him a test and see if he’s fit to come to the mansion.” Meanwhile, the girl heaved a sigh of her own and leaned against the cool tiles of her kitchen wall.

“So it’s gonna be my responsibility to explain everything that’s happening to him? Isn’t that supposed to be your job Tim?” (y/n) raised an eyebrow “You realize he’s, like, almost seven feet tall, has no eyes and eats organs right? I’m not even sure WHAT he is.” She muttered, “The rundown I got really only gave me his background and his clear trauma.”

Tim clicked his tongue like the girl in front of him was wasting his time, it made her ball up her fists subconsciously.

God, the main proxies really got on her fucking nerves sometimes.

“You won’t have to worry about that, The Operator will handle all of that throughout the coming weeks. No need to worry. You also don’t need to worry about harvesting organs for him, and hopefully, once he’s healed he’ll work on doing that himself. But for now, someone on a kill close by will be dropping off organs.” Tim’s nose scrunched up a little and the (h/c)-nette’s did the same, she normally prided herself on her strong stomach, but this was a lot even for her. “The only thing you have to do is monitor his eating, see how much he will need on a weekly basis, and obviously keep him alive.”

“Obviously.” They both seemed to have a mutual understanding about that at least, she fucks up and he dies they’re both in deep shit with The Operator. Tim reached to the side where his porcelain mask sat against the countertop.

“Don’t fuck it up.” He pointed to her before slipping out the door leaving the women alone with an organ-eating monster. (Y/n) mimicked ‘don’t fuck it up' in a nasal voice before kicking off the wall and heading back in the direction of her guest's room, she pulled out a pair of crutches from the closet and rested them by the bedside. She gently scratched at the faintly buzzing symbol on her wrist, this is going to be a long month.

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popculturebuffet · 4 years

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Toons for Our Times: Star Vs: Demoncism

Halloween Havoc BEGINS! And with Tomtober this same month, i’m taking another of my on and off looks at Tom! Tom tries to tackle his literla nd figurative personal demons the natural way: by having a creepy anti-demon cult that’s never explained suck them out of his body. For some reason Star has a problem with this. We also get Ponyhead in a robe, the wonders of reflectcor and free toys from the toychest for being such a good boy. Face your demons under the cut.

Welcome boys, ghouls and that bootiful technicolor rainbow inbetween, to halloween havoc! MUAHAHHAHA. You might be wondering a few things. What the hell that is, isn’t that also the title of a bunch of old wcw pay per views, and have I gone insane. In order it’s usually my catchy term the past two years and this current one for my binging of halloween films and logging and reviewing them on my leterboxd account, but I decided to expand it to here since while it’s not my first halloween on here it’s the first both reviewing animation and planning ahead, I decided why not reuse a good title here. As for the wcw thing.. well yeah. It’s a great title, neither WWE, who I think still owns the copyright, nor WCW”s Heir Apparent AEW are using it right now despite being one of the best recurring Pay-Per-View titles either promotions had. Maybe not in actualy MATCH QUALITy but that name.. it just sings to me so i’m using it for my weird blog. I’m not making any money of this so why not. And as for my sanity that left a long time ago. So prepare for a month of ghouls, ghosts, goblins, lichs, scooby doo parodies, long forgotten characters, and some suprises and pies of all sizes. THIS... IS....

So to start us off, every year my pal @jess-the-vampire does a monthly event known as tomtober, a celebration of all things tom lucitor. And since I started hte tomtropsective for that and still am behind, I figured why not celebrate that, and the fact I can’t draw so I can’t do day 1 as a chat or anything, by continuing the tale of everyone’s faviorite teen demon. Thankfully unlike last time, or next time wink wonk, there’s not a TON of other plot stuff to fill in. There is one important bit not to this episode but to the series as a whole: Eclipsa is here, since Moon trying to screw her out of the deal she made backried once toffee actually died... as did you know keepiung him alive instead of dealing with eclipsa being free and having the comissoin to back her on it. Nice job moon. Real nice. So yeah Eclipsa’s around.. dosen’t effect this episode but given tom’s involved in two of the biggest plot important episodes in the show, AND one deals with the direct fallout of one of those episodes i’m probably going to have to cover her soon to get to more tom anyway so might as well prepare for that now.

So yeah this episode’s entreily a straight line from last time and opens picking up on the end of that episode: Star is calling tom wondering when their gonna get that Cornshake. Thankfully she gets an answer. Unthankfully.. it’s from a VERY sweaty ponyhead.

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So that was my own personal hell. Anyways she’s so.. sweaty.. GAHHHHHHH, because she’s keeping a secret and much like me she can’t keep her mouth shut about something she wants to talk about for very long, so we find out what she knows: SHe ran into tom who swore her not to tell Star he was getting a Demoncisim. Which suprises me.. not the demoncism thing the fact Pony would actually listen to anyone else.. Star included. LIke it’s the one thing about this episode that dosen’t quite fit: She’s such a selfish, toxic asshole, though Jenny Slate bless her makes her at least entertaining at times but even she has limits, it just dosen’t track she’d care what Tom thought unless we saw it for ourselves. Pony is ONLY capable of carring about star so while I could see tom framing it as for her own good, it’d be nice if the episode just came out and said that. It’d also be nice if we didn’t get sweaty ponyhead because that’s probably someone’s fetish and I.. OH GOD.

Okay now i’ve mentally snapped from that revelation, Star lasso’s pony when she tries to escape, and we find out the demoncism is pretty self explanatory: A cermony that removes demons from one’s body.. and given tom is you know, a demon, this could end bad. So with no idea where it’s being held and it going on now, giving them little if any time to figure it out, Star suggests going to pony’s ex.. she dosen’t remember which one and apologizes for how bitchy that sounded, but we find out it’s Seahorse, Pony’s love intrest for the rest of the series and a hardcore emo rocker who even made her a song.. which is just him destroying everything and screaming. Eh i’ve seen people in emowear do far dumber.

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If those are m and m’s their pretzel. Trust me I’m a professional lardass, I know my delcious candy coated choclates. Anyways our dynamic-ish duo head to Seahorse at his job at a relfectcor store, basically a phone store, and is basically a hollowed out shell of a human being with no real personality or free will of his own.. so THAT’S how we got Ted Cruz. Ponyhead natrually breaks down when he dosen’t recognize her at all, which is one of the few time’s i’ve actually cared about her feelings: I mean having your ex just.. forget you exist.. tha’ts rough buddy. I feel bad for her.. I didn’t know she had emotions. I thought her heart and brain were both a black hole.. mostly becasue I thought ponyhead’s hearts and brains were the same organ. Star does however manage to get the map they need to Tom.

Our heroines find the Demonicsim site and a bunch of creepy guys in robes iwth red glowing eyes.. who are never explained honestly. More on that in a minute. So ponyhead distracts them with one of the greatest gags in the series history

I mean just.. look at it. The way the robe drapes, the way her nose sticks out much like a certain penguins, the way she decides to distract everyone with petty minute like voting on robes.. it’s fucking great. I may not like pony a LOT but she can be really damn funny> The issues that she often isn’t funny enough to ofset her jackassery. Here though even with my jabs at her.. she works and I like it. So Star confronts Tom, wondering AGAIN if this is another half assed tactic to win her back.. and her flip flop attitude with tom is starting to annoy me. It fits her personality, and don’t get me wrong as i’ve made abudnatnly clear in past reviews his actions in blood moon ball and ESPECIALLY mr.candle cares were super not okay, so i’ts okay NOT to forget how badly things went last time when your considering getting back together with someone. It’s NOT okay however to hold it over someone’s head forever like any moment their going to snap back into being a manipulative doucheweasel when they’ve left you alone for around 8 months.. and Id id my calcualtion. The timeline of the show is pretty solid up to season 4: Season 1 was star’s 1st semister at echo creek academy, season 2 was her second and as it turned out final one, and season 3 covers Summer , fall and part of next spring. Though again how another summer dosen’t happen until towards the end of season 4 is dumb and I’ll probably rant about that at a later point. Point is since MCC was at the start of season 2, that means it happened around say january or feburary, with Demonicsim probably happening around say march. So he’s left you alone for around 8 months, silver bell ball included. It’s unfair to assume he’s still schemeing when he let you go months ago. H’es made it obvious via his .. everything he’d take you back in an instant, he’s just being patient and not pushing it because he’s no longer as big an asshole, and trying to be respectful. Cut him a break. Thankfully this gets put down quick with Tom explaning he wants to be better for himself: Like last time he was inspired by her trying to be better herself, and wants to.. but as we’ve established.. he dosen’t know HOW to be nice or a better person. He wasn’t raised in an enviroment that was really condusive to that as nice as his own parents are. Their the exception to the underworld being mostly dicks not the rule, as we’ll see next time. I.. can relate with my own issues with anxiety , depression and, yes, anger. I too have trouble keeping it in and hate feeling bitchy all the time or depressed and just want it to stop. I think anyone with a mental ilness just wants it to STOP to be gone and to be able to live a happy life. But there’s no magic button that fixes your issues, your traumas or your mental health like that. No pill that can fix it just ones that help ease it down to managable. And as i’ve learned the hard way YOU have to work at it, YOU have to make the effort. There’s no easy way out. And while Tom thinks htere is here, it’s very clear it’s a huge risk, and Star’s right that he shoudlnt’ go thorugh with it and that he could seriously hurt himself. But Tom’s in pain and just wants to be happy, to be normal, to be not angry anymore and I gotta tell you if , even if it was risky, there was a way to cure my depression or anger issues or anxiety, not my atuisim tha’ts part of me and not something that needs a fucking cure just more understanding and awarness, but if I could cure those other three things? I would. It’s paart of me sure but it’s a part of me I HATE. So I understand why tom’s doing this even despite the danger: because he’s at his wits end, desperate and this will help he hopes.. it can’t get WORSE, so why not? Evne if he’s wrong here i’ts hard not to understand why he’s so stubborn about it , for me at least. Star leaves, and takes Ponycloak with her and they go to punch trees: Both to relive and because Pony hates tree. Probably because she went to tree court once and they tried to send her to tree jail.

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I mean she’ll probably get thrown back in there for this but still. Anyways the exerocisim comes. And NOW we can talk about this cult and.. while I understand why they never came back, they were really only necessary for this, I wish they had. I mean a mysterious cult with the power to restrain someone as strong as tom, acess to anti-magic chains the ONLY time we see something like this outside of the comission, and a hatred of demons includign referring to Tom as “Son of the blight” meaning they clearly hate and would destroy Wrathmelor if they could, yet also function as a perfectly legal orginzation the comission or the lucitors themselves haven’t swatted yet. There’s a LOT to unpack here they never did. The leader is also hliarious alteranting between creepy overlord and your dentist after a long apointment as a kid. But the ritual begins and it .. dosen’t go well with tom getting glowy blue lines and thrashing about.. just like me when i watched Ridciulous 6. I also felt my soul was leaving my body but that was just wishful thinking. The cultists run and star runs back to Tom and we get a truly powerful and romantic scene. Unable to free him, Star just.. holds him and is there for him as he goes through this. If she can’t help him she’ll be there for him. And it’s really touching. We then cut to the hosptial tent at the cult, where the leader goes back to dad mode. Tom feels .. well worse, he just had surgery, as someone who had a tooth yanked out last month I can relate, and is suprised to see only one tiny soul demon as the sum of his anger. But it turns out, NOPE, being you know, the son of a rather powerful demon with a rather pwoerful b loodline, he’s FULL of them, and it woudl take 13 years to do this.. and tom’s naturally bummed because no one wants the equipvlent of having a wisdom tooth pulled a week for over a decade. Also because he now can’t get better.. but Star gently reassures him he’s already on the right track just by wanting to. As I said with most mental issues.. there’s no easy way out but it can get better if you put the work in and tom realizes.. there’s no quick way out after all. Just a long road.. but h’es not alone on it anyomore. But he at least gets a tiny demon in a jar and a toy out of the toychest for being a good boy.. and that’s nto me making shit up that’s the actual episode with him and star taking pinwheels and holding hands to Ponyhead’s annoyance. Which okay yeah they had a bad time last time I get tat Pony.. but your the last person to question ANYONE’S life decisions. Still I wish we’d had ane pisode of pony growing to accept them so we at least know WHY she’s so against it but oh well.

Final Thoughts: This was a good one. Is it hte best the show’s put out? Probably not as the first part drags slightly but the second half at the demoncisim is just good character stuff, good comedy, and has a good payoff. I honestly like this way more on the second watch. Though part of that is the context of the time: I admitted to being a starco shipper and having her get back with tom just felt like your standard “put a character in a relationship to complicate the main pairing” bullshit I always hate at this stage. Before anyone relaizes they like each other? Sure but at this point it was clearly just to drag things out. However with Marco getting progressivley worse and the two having good chemsitry.. I grew to like em.. and by the season finale, I just shipped all three together, before pivoting to marco and kelly. This couple grew on me for reasons w’ell geti nto as we go, even if it ended bad for reasons we’ll again get into. Oh we’ll get into them. With a knife. But yeah overall a great episode with a great concept, good character stuff, and some REALLY fucking funny gags. The show is damn good at comedy and I forget it sometimes. Next time we look at Tom, he’ll be in the background as Marco tries to help Kelly with a breakup. And sometime this month we’ll be looking at the halloween special which i’ll be watching for the very first time! So stay tuned, stay safe and Happy Halloween.

#halloween #tomtober #tomtober 2020 #tom lucitor #star vs the forces of evil #demoncism #star butterfly #startom #lilica ponyhead #seahorse #wrathmelor lucitor #reviews

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gaamagirl565 · 4 years

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Matters of the heart S3 ep 2

Matters of the heart Season 3 Ep 2 A question of faith

{OPENING CREDITS} {Open to early morning and everyone sleeping in their respective tents or by the fire; fade to Eugene sleeping in his tent with Rapunzel on his chest; A whinny from a horse sounds out and Eugene opens his eyes and sits up} Rapunzel: What’s wrong? Eugene: shhh… {He grabs his sword and steps out of his tent; he keeps his eye on the treeline; a few people wake up around the fire and stay still; Varian peeks out of his tent with Zapada} Zapada: What happens here? Varian: I don’t know… {Isaiah walks out of the tent with his sword and a smirk before Varian and Zapada yank him back by the collar of his shirt} Varian: Boy I swear-! {Eugene hides behind one of the trees and waits as a person walks out of the treeline with a sword in hand} Stoica: o, mulțumesc lui dumnezeu! Te-am găsit! {Eugene Jumps out at him and swings his sword; Stoica blocks the blow with his own sword} Eugene: urrghh… {Zapada runs out of the tent towards them} Varian: Zapada, NO! {She runs in between them and pushes Eugene off} Zapada: Your majesty! Please stop! Stoica: Zăpadă! Zapada: Stoica! { She jumps on him and hugs him} Zapada: what are you doing here!? Stoica: I heard of terrible things in Corona! I had to return and see that you were okay! Zapada: oh, fratele meu … i’m more than okay. {Pan over to Varian and Rapunzel walking up to Eugene} Eugene: um..Var? Am I missing something? Varian: Everyone can rest easy he's not an intruder he's a friend! {Everyone in the camp relaxes and some go back to sleep} Varian: Eugene, Rapunzel, this is my brother-in-law. Stoica. Rapunzel: great to meet you! Stoica: likewise your majesty. Eugene: yeah sorry about the whole almost cutting your head off thing. Zapada: Where is the rest of us? Stoica: they're coming along as well. I went along ahead. I was so filled with worry after I saw the city. Rapunzel: you saw it!? Stoica: your majesty I tried to enter. there were some new guards in Black armor. they looked hostile. Varian: any citizens? {Stoica shakes his head somberly} Stoica: I apologize but... the city was covered in these strange stones and they... they were wheeling out a cart of dead. {Rapunzel gasps and runs of in horror; Eugene follows her} Eugene: Sunshine wait! {Pan to Isaiah listening from his tent and sadly closing the flap; Cut to Isaiah sitting by a tree as the other kids play; Lily notices and walks and sits next to him} Lily: You okay? Isaiah: people died... Lily: yeah people do that. Isaiah: Lily! Lily: sorry I'm just trying to lighten the mood. I get it. it sucks. Isaiah: it more than sucks! the cult took our home! they're killing the people of Corona! Lily: I get that! They’re my subjects! How do you think I feel!? how do you say my family feels!? but there's nothing we can do about it right now... {they both sigh in frustration; Lily lays her back across his lap} Isaiah: You know my dream is to always be a guard. Lily: huh? Isaiah: protect the citizens of Corona and serve my country. go off on glorious Adventures. now when my country is actually in danger of being wiped off the map I'm just sitting here. Juniper: and for good reason little guy. Both: AHH! Juniper: sorry I didn't mean to scare you. hehe, I guess I can be pretty scary at times. Isaiah: no kidding! Lily: I think my heart just went into my throat and I just had to swallow it down again. Juniper: look.. Isaiah right? bottom of the line you're still just a little kid. {Isaiah stands up knocking Lily off his lap in the process} Isaiah: I'm 13 and I'm about to be 14 in a few months! Juniper: sit down little man! you're a baby. Isaiah: A BABY!? Juniper: yes a baby. there's a reason you're not doing anything. first of all we barely have any food or supplies that's the first thing we have to worry about. the Caravan coming into Camp will help with some of the supplies problems but in the end those are just more mouths to feed as well. on top of everything, we have all those sick victims from your village. Isaiah: Bu- Juniper: secondly we don't know anything. we don't know their numbers or strengths or weaknesses. the only thing we know is everything your dad knows about them. the next item on our list would be to find out more about them. the only way to do that would be to infiltrate the city without being spotted which ended up itself is an incredibly Dangerous Mission not something for a young teenager. {Isaiah stares at her with rage and looks away} Juniper: look kid I'm not trying to offend you or anything I'm just giving you the hard facts. to put it bluntly kid we just don't have the resources. {Juniper walks away; Lily looks over at a beet red Isaiah} Lily: ok... Isaiah breathe in and breathe out Isaiah: RRAAHHH!!! Lily: that is not breathing… Isaiah: what does she know!? I've seen tons of battles I know how they work! {Akina and Benny walk up} Benny: what is stinky screaming about this time? Lily: someone told him he couldn't do something. Benny : oh so the usual… Akina: I'm sure she didn't mean anything personal Isaiah… Isaiah: she called me a little kid! Akina: but... we are kids… {Isaiah stuffs his head into a nearby hollow tree and screams before going limp} Lily: it's okay guys I've seen this many times before we just have to let him rage himself out. {Cut to Varian chopping wood; Ruddiger climbs on his shoulder} Varian: oh hi bud! {Stoica walks up} Stoica: Varian...may we speak? Varian: huh? Oh, yeah sure! What’s on your mind? Stoica: I’ve been talking to others and trying to fill in the blanks of what I’m missed since last here...You thought your son had perished? {Varian flinches} Varian: Y-yeah...he was...pushed off of a cliff. we thought he was dead. Stoica: and you became violent. Varian: what!? Stoica: some of your villagers admit that you became a bit hostile after the supposed death of your son. I want to be sure that you didn't do anything to my sister. Varian: Stoica, whatever you've heard I'm sure is highly exaggerated. yes, I'm not proud of some of my actions but I never would lay a hand on Zapada! Stoica: and that's why I'm coming to you. I want to hear your side of it. Varian:... you have to understand something first. I had a wife before Zapada. she's been gone for a long time. all I had left of her was our son. When I thought Isaiah was dead I felt like my entire world fell apart. so yes I lashed out at a lot of people. but I want to make something clear... I would never hurt her. Stoica: life comes in waves Varian. sometimes it's happy and sometimes it's laced with tragedy. whenever the tragedy comes around I need to know that you are able to keep yourself in check. I need to know that you're not a violent man. Varian: a violent man? Stoica: do you lash out every time something bad happens? Varian: No! of course not I've been through many horrible things in my life but I didn't lash out at those who cared for me every single time! Stoica: I want you to understand I'm not trying to be a bad guy here. I'm just trying to protect my own. I know you can be a good man. I just hope that you can remember to be one. {He walks away leaving Varian looking fearful; cut to Isaiah sneaking over to the supply station; he hides as a person walks away from it; he smirks as he notices the supply chart} Lily: What are you doing? Isaiah: Gyah! What is wrong with volume people and scaring me do you want me to have a heart attack!? Lily: answer my question… Isaiah: I can't just sit by and do nothing. especially with wild man’s daughter telling me that I'm only a little kid and can't do much to help Lily: that's...not what she said. well I mean it's partially what she said but it's not all of what she said! Isaiah: I'm going to get the list of supplies that we need... it's still early afternoon. if I can find out what we need and use the tunnels I might be able to sneak into the main city unnoticed. Lily: How are you supposed to get all of the supplies we need back here without a cart. secondly, how would you put a cart in the tunnels to begin with. Isaiah: uhhh… Lily: exactly thank goodness you have me… {She walks up and grabs the supply list} Isaiah: Lily! Lily: come on let's go. Isaiah: no I can't risk taking you! Lily: why not? We’ve gone on adventures that were just as dangerous if not more. Isaiah: I can't risk losing you! {Isaiah blushes at what he said and Lily blushes as well; he realizes he grabbed her hand and he lets go sheepishly} Lily: umm..right.. but I know Wayne to the city that nobody else knows about! We’d be able to fit a cart there! Isaiah: where is it? Lily: there's a hole in the wall that the guard were supposed to fix up the day that everything happened. Isaiah: are you telling me you guys were just overlooking a giant gaping hole in Corona's main wall? Lily: NO!... the bricks were old and weak and it totally wasn't because me and my siblings were messing around and caused part of the wall to collapse… Isaiah: ... I would question him but we really don't have the time... you think we can get in without being noticed? {Lily strikes a confident pose} Lily: Totally! the collapse happened behind some houses in the main village so it's totally hidden! we'd be able to hide in the alleyways and sneak into the backsides of businesses and get the supplies we need. Isaiah: You’re a genius! C’mon! Lets get my horse and set him up on a cart! {He takes her hand and pulls her out of frame; cut to Varian as he walks over to his and Zapada’s tent; He stands for a moment in the entranceway and watches Zapada tuck in Sterling; he smiles softly}

Zapada: Iubirea mea? every thing al-!?

{He abruptly pulls her into a hug}

Zapada: Varian? what is this?

Varian: I...Seeing you with your brother again..and how happy you were...You gave up a lot to be with me. To be with us. I haven’t been the best of husbands. I just wanted to let you know I love you and...And I’m sorry...

Zapada: oh, Iubirea mea...what happened? Varian:I just..got to thinking...After we thought Isaiah.. ya know... I wasn't exactly the best person to be around. and I keep recalling things that I could have done better. things I could have said better. Zapada: Varian- Varian: no you can't just say you've already forgiven me or it's okay because in truth it's really not. I shouldn't have been taking things out on you and the ones that I cared about. {He turns away from her and looks out at the camp} Varian: I've noticed that whenever I experienced some sort of loss or something particularly bad... tend to take it out on people that are only trying to make it better for me. maybe I am a violent man. {Zapada hugs him from behind} Zapada: Iubirea mea..you were frightened and you had just lost your son... our son. you were under intense pressure. I have come to understand this and have already forgiven you. so please try to forgive yourself. you're not a violent man. You’re a good man. {Varian turns around and kisses her before hearing Sterling squeal} Varian: There’s my little man! {He picks Sterling up and holds him} Varian: Getting bigger every day! Sterling: eiii! {Sterling gurgles and pulls on his hair} Varian: ha! What is it with every child I have and pulling my hair? Zapada: Easy to grab, no? {She leans up and kisses him; Eugene runs up to the tent} Eugene: Varian Th-... am I interrupting something? Varian: uh..ahem..no of course not. what's going on? Eugene: Lily and Isaiah are missing! Varian: son of a- seriously I leave that kid alone for 5 minutes. {He hands Sterling back over to Zapada} Varian: Don’t worry we’ll find them. {He runs out of frame with Eugene; Cut to Isaiah and Lily with cloaks and hoods pulled up as they pull up to the side of Corona’s side wall} Isaiah: it’s so quiet...where is this hole? Lily: A little further down… {Once they come upon it Isaiah pulls the wagon to a stop and gazes at the hole} Isaiah: How did you even accomplish this? Lily: all the business district was having some competitive problems and mama trying to solve them so me and my siblings went behind the business and start chucking rocks at the wall... we were bored okay? Isaiah: and the result was a giant gaping hole probably big enough to fit a small elephant? Lily: I hit a weak spot on the wall apparently and it just came tumbling down… Isaiah:....oh my god… { he gets off the driver's seat it makes his way through the hole} Isaiah: and you're sure nobody will notice us? {Lily climbs through} Lily: nobody comes to the side of the wall... the only reason they would have known that the hole was here was that Mom heard it collapse and we had to tell her… as long as we're quiet and don't draw attention to ourselves we should be okay. What’s first on the list? Isaiah: we need food. Like you said before as long as we use the alleyways and the back entrances we should be able to grab whatever we need without being noticed. Lily: well for the food I'm sure the bread inside the bakery is still good. Isaiah: I probably steer clear of the butcher shop...blech… Lily: that poor man is going to come back to such a stench when this is all over. {They start moving through the back alley towards the bakery; cut back to camp with everyone on the look out for Isaiah and Lily} Rapunzel: Lily!? Cyrus: Lily answer us! Eugene: Lilianna Fitzherbert you answer us now! Eddard and Rosie: Liiiilllyyy~! Varian: Isaiah? Where are you, buddy? {Hector walks up to him with his son and daughter} Varian: find anything? Bjørn: We found some tracks that we think might belong to them where the horses are kept. one of the horses is missing and so is a wagon we also found wagon tracks leading out of camp. Hector: we checked and everybody in Camp has accounted for other than those two so they must have taken the horse and wagon and went somewhere. but the question is where and why. Juniper: oh for the sake of all things good… Hector: Little bird? something to say? Juniper: I know where they are… Varian: You do!? Hector: Where!? Juniper: They...those kids went “shopping”... {She facepalms and everyone looks at her with either a shocked or confused face} Hector: ...eh? {Cut back to Corona where Isaiah and Lily are about to turn the corner and enter the bakery; Just as their about to enter the shop Isaiah grabs Lily and ducks behind some barrels; cult members walk past the alleyway and look down it} Cult member 1: come on we have to get this car unloaded... they're going to start stinking soon.. Cult member 2: I know but doesn't this seem a bit undignified? {Isaiah looks at Lily and sneaks to the entrance of the alleyway and peeks out to listen; however, when he peeks out he sees four bodies loaded in a cart and immediately ducks back behind the wall in horror} Cult member 2: think about it don't you think they deserve a proper burial I mean they're still people. {Isaiah takes a breath and peeks back out at the cart of deceased people with purplish spots on their skin} Cult member 1: look I get your concerns but at the same time it's not our problem these people opposed larkspur's Rule and you know the punishment for that. Cult member 2: wouldn't it have been more humane to just...I don't know use a sword? Cult member: ... probably. {Isaiah goes back into the alleyway taking deep breaths trying to calm himself} Lily: what did you see? what's going on? Isaiah: it was another cart of dead bodies… Lily: *gasp* Isaiah: it looks like there was some sort of resistance within the city. they didn't last very long. also it turns out whatever biological component was in that gas is fatal. Lily: what!? Isaiah: all of the victims in the cart had the same skin markings. I'm guessing they used the gas on the resistance. Lily: I think I'm going to be sick… Isaiah: This is all the more reason to just get what we need and get out. We need food medicine and weapons. we can find all of that in the nearby stores. we just have to stick to our original plan and not get caught. Lily: o-okay… {he moves her face to look at him} Isaiah: It's going to be okay... I'm not going to let anything happen to you okay? { she smiles and nods} Lily: mmhmm {Start montage of the two entering businesses, taking what they need, maneuvering around Alleyways, and evading cult members; They throw some weapons from the blacksmith shop into a bag and tie off the bag} Isaiah: is that everything? Lily: yeah I think this was our last stop. Isaiah: all right just like before out the back.. { they sneak back out into the alleyway and start making their way back towards where the hole in the wall was; Lily turns around and notices a cloaked figure following them} Lily: Isaiah! Isaiah: Crap! we've been spotted get moving! { they start running down the Alleyways trying to avoid the figure following them.} Lily: he's gaining on us! Isaiah: just keep running when we get to the horse we'll easily be able to outrun him! {Lily trips on a loose stone and hurts herself} Lily: Ah! My leg! {Isaiah stops and turns around; The cloaked figure stops by Lily and bends down} Lily: AHH! Isaiah: NO! {Isaiah grabs his sword from his belt and charges the cloaked figure preparing to swing his sword down on its head; just to see swings downward the cloaked figure grabs his wrist and pulls back it’s hood to reveal a very angry Varian} Isaiah: oh..hi dad... Lily: is it bad that I prefer it just being a cult member… Varian: you are in a sea of trouble buddy… {He picks Lily up} Isaiah: B-but dad-! Varian: Move it! Isaiah:...yes sir. {Cut to Varian with Hector in their own wagon as Isaiah drives his cart with Lily in back with a bandaged leg; they drive up to camp and Rapunzel and Eugen run up} Rapunzel: Lily! Eugene: Lily! You’re hurt! {They hug her and look her over} Rapunzel: where on Earth were you!? {Varian hops off the wagon} Varian: they were in Corona. Eugene: What!? what were you doing there!? Lily do you know how dangerous it is it right now!? you could have been killed! Rapunzel: what were you thinking!? Isaiah: it's my fault your Majesties. Rapunzel: Isaiah? Isaiah: I just... it's my fault. Princess Lily had nothing to do with this. please don't be mad at her. Varian: come on young man we need to have a talk. {He pulls Isaiah off to the side and crosses his arms} Varian: …. well? are you going to tell me why you did this? Isaiah: I..umm… Varian: yeah I'm waiting… Isaiah: someone had to do something! we needed supplies! we needed information! Varian: we were already working on a plan to get both! do you realize how much danger you just put yourself in!? what if you had been caught!? Isaiah: I had my sword! Varian: Isaiah Cadáin Stein, you are a 13 year old boy with minimal fighting experience you would have been slaughtered! Isaiah: I'm not a child to stop talking and treating me like I'm one! {Varian’s eyes dilate in anger} Varian: Isaiah regardless of what you believe you are a child! I lost you once already because of these people and I am not going to lose you again! you were to stay within the camp's perimeter at all times if you wish to go somewhere you will be escorted from here on out am I understood!? Isaiah: What!? dad that’s not fair! Varian: I don't care what is fair! am I understood? {They stare angrily at each other before Isaiah turns away} Isaiah:...fine. { cut to later at night; a cauldron of stew sits on top the fire; Eugene walks over with a bowl and hands it to Rapunzel} Rapunzel: Thanks… so umm...How did the talk with Lily go? Eugene: I did what we agreed on she's grounded for 2 weeks. Rapunzel: good... I really hate to admit it but they really did help our supply. Eugene: and we did get some valuable information about the disease that our sick have. but we still agree what they did was incredibly stupid right? Rapunzel: oh yes 100%! don't even worry about it!... how's her injury? Eugene: deep cut down her shin.. required some stitches but other than that she should be good. {rapunzel sighs} Eugene: sunshine? you okay? Rapunzel: I just can't believe we almost lost her today... and I never thought that my rule is Queen would be like this. {Eugene wraps and arm around her} Eugene:... life sucks. {he takes a sip from his soup as Rapunzel chuckles} Rapunzel: that it does sometimes… Eugene: and to be honest sunshine... I think you're doing a pretty good job. I mean yeah things could be better but let's look at the positives. we're together, we have five amazing children, for the most part, everyone's here and doing okay, and even those things could be better we're not throwing a pity party. we're sticking together as a real Kingdom should {Camera pans around the camp as Eugene speaks; Hector leans against a tree with his son; Adira and lance watch as Akina plays with her brother; Stoica being flirted with by various women in camp; Varian sits on a log by the fire and rests his head on Zapada’s shoulder smiling as she feeds Sterling; Cut back to Eugene} Rapunzel: You really think we're doing a good job? Eugene: yeah... Yeah, I do. {Cut to Isaiah sitting under a tree watching the fire; Juniper walks up with two bowls} Juniper: hey kid…hungry? Isaiah:... *venomously* hey… Juniper: Euggh, still mad at me huh? Isaiah: What do you think!? Juniper: to be fair I didn't really do anything I just told you the facts. I wasn't telling you to go into town and put yourself in danger. Isaiah: if this is an apology you're pretty crap at it. Juniper: fine I'm sorry if I made you feel inadequate. you have to understand where I'm coming from though. I grew up in a house with a brother and a dad who's whole world is battle and survival. I know a thing or two of what I'm talking about. you may not like me but I'm not trying to look for friends. {Isaiah keeps looking away from her; she hands him his bowl; Isaiah takes it with a grumble} Juniper: I know you're mad at me because you got in trouble but at the same time you should be glad that you have a dad that cares so much about you that he's willing to get that angry. {Isaiah glances at her} Isaiah: does your dad get mad a lot? Juniper: oh you don't even know the half of it. {She takes a sip of her stew and sits down} Juniper: never me and my brother would do something stupid when we were younger dad would get furious. the dark kingdom is in nice place now back when we were young...I mean really young, it was still pretty dangerous. even just wondering off for a few minutes would get us yelled at. Isaiah: geez. sounds kind of harsh. Juniper: yeah I guess... to someone else it would sound harsh. but then when I started growing older I started realizing the reason he would yell at us so much. It’s because he loves us. he wants to keep us safe. Isaiah: ... I'm starting to feel a lesson coming out of this or something… Juniper: what I'm trying to say is don't be too hard on your dad. the fact that he freaked out so bad means that he loves you a lot. He just doesn't want to see you get hurt. all I'm asking is for you to see it from his perspective, okay kid? {Isaiah looks over at his dad and Zapada; he groans and get up, walking over to them; Varian looks over at him and they star at each other for a moment before Isaiah sits down and leans his head on Varian; Varian smiles and wraps an arm around him} Isaiah: I’m...uh..s-sorry… Varian: I know bud...I know. {END CREDITS}

#tangled #tangled the series #rapunzel’s tangled adventure #TTS #RTA #fanfic #matters of the heart #MotH #Isaiah #Varian #zapada #Rapunzel #Eugene Fitzherbert

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We Carry the Fire: Chapter 11- Danger, Danger, Danger

Hey look I put the most recent update on tumblr in full. Here’s the whole thing on AO3- https://archiveofourown.org/works/12180471/chapters/28466436

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March 17, 2034

Shorty’s Saloon, Purgatory, Alberta

Wynonna pulled Peacemaker from her boot and aimed it at the creature. The barrel of the gun began to glow a fiery orange; its approval to take the shot.

“Aw, no more flowers? That’s too bad; they really brought out your eyes.” She cocked the gun and placed her finger on the trigger. At the sound of the gun clicking into place, the wolf snarled and dashed to its left, narrowly avoiding the first bullet from Peacemaker.

“Dammit! Nicole, feel free to shoot!”

“Will do,” Nicole aimed at the wolf as it ran towards the basement door on the other side of the bar. She took a shot, and it hit its mark with a yelp from the creature. It stumbled when the bullet pierced it’s thigh, but quickly continued to the cellar door. By this time, Wynonna had re-aimed Peacemaker and had found her target- the back of the wolf’s head- once again. The gun resumed glowing once it found its mark, and she pulled the trigger. Instead of the crack and smell of old gunpowder that she was anticipating, Wynonna only heard the gun click uselessly.

“What the fuck you stupid gun...” She hit the gun with her other hand a few times, as if it may have gotten stuck. When she held it up for a third attempt, the wolf stopped short of the basement door and turned around to face her; its eyes were unreadable, but in that moment, the beady little things seemed almost pleading- certainly not as angry as they had been earlier.

Peacemaker started to glow again, but quickly it started to stutter and flicker. Wynonna faltered when she felt the gun start to tremble in her hand, and despite her best efforts to keep it pointing forward, the barrel started to turn off to the side, away from the wolf, as if a force was pushing it away.

The wolf seemed equally as surprised as Wynonna at the turn of events, but wasted no more time taking advantage of the opportunity to escape. It balled up a fist and punched a hole through the old wood of the door. It then returned to all fours and climbed through, escaping into the cellar below. As soon as the creature was gone, Peacemaker stopped shaking.

“Wynonna, what the hell just happened?” Nicole was staring apprehensively at Peacemaker, who had since reverted to a normal, antique revolver.

Wynonna’s mouth moved as she tried to form words to explain what had just happened. Instead, she ended up groaning and gestured feebly at the busted basement door. “Come on dude, you have hands. The door was unlocked.”

“Wynonna, it’s a demon. Are the lack of manners really surprising you?”

“No, I guess not. But still. Damn. I can’t afford to fix that.”

The two women spun around when they heard the front door to Shorty’s bang open. Both raised their weapons reflexively, but lowered them as soon as they saw just who came running through the doorway.

“Sienna! Get back outside, now!” Nicole ordered when she saw her daughter running frantically towards her.

“Mom, I swear to god, you better not have shot Eva!” Sienna was panting when she finally stopped by the bar.

“Did you run the whole way here? And wait, why would I shoot Eva?” Nicole looked at Wynonna for some clarification, but the elder Earp just shrugged her shoulders.

They heard the front door open again, and this time Waverly and Jeremy came running in, Waverly holding some kind of long metal tube and Jeremy carrying a medical bag stuffed full of supplies.

“Wow, Sienna, you are really fast. Ugh. Or I’m really out of shape.” Jeremy dropped the bag on one of the bar tables with a thunk and held onto his side, gasping. “Agh! I think I have a stitch.”

“What’s going on? Why did you guys run all the way here? Is the Jeep not working?” Nicole was puzzled, and the creature that had fled downstairs was momentarily forgotten.

“The Jeep is perfectly fine; Sienna just bolted once we figured it out and at that point it was drive and let her run alone, or follow her. So obviously...here we are.” Waverly was noticeably less winded than her counterpart, but still struggling to catch her breath after the sprint to Shorty’s.

“What’s with all the gear? It looks like that time in ‘21 when the raccoon nest was discovered in the vents at the station. Oh my god, do you remember the mama raccoon that attacked Doc’s face cause she thought his mustache was one of her babies? That shit was hilarious-“

“Wynonna, focus. Jeremy figured out what is wrong with Eva, and we may not have much time to find her again.”

“Wait- you lost our cult refugee? How?” Wynonna interrupted Waverly with a stunned look.

“Well, said refugee jumping out of a window tends to do the trick,” Waverly replied pointedly. Before Wynonna could respond, she continued, “Eva’s a shapeshifter. Her and Sienna were going to the break room for lunch when Eva collapsed. Sienna ran to get us, and by the time we got there, she had turned and fled.”

“Wait, so how did that tell you she’s a shapeshifter? Maybe she just freaked. She was in the Cult of Bulshar for god knows how long.”

“Her blood told us,” Jeremy interjected, finally having found his breath. “I was doing a routine examination under a microscope, looking for abnormal structures, signs of infection, etcetera...and under the high power scope, you can see the strands of DNA. Barely- they just look like fishing line- but you can see them. And hers was jumping.”

“Jumping? So she’s a shapeshifter because her DNA does the Cha Cha Slide?”

“Yep, basically,” Jeremy nodded at Wynonna’s analogy. “Her DNA was jumping because it’s unstable- the ‘jumping’ was the strands reconfiguring themselves rapidly, instead of sticking to the same double helix formation it normally would.”

“So when her DNA ‘jumps’ enough, she transforms,” Waverly added.

“Okay...so we’re harboring a shapeshifter. But what exactly does she shapeshift into?” Nicole had grown increasingly concerned as Jeremy and Waverly explained what had happened. She was pretty sure she already knew the answer.

“I can’t say for sure based on the blood samples alone, but it’ll be some type of animal-“

“Like a wolf.” Wynonna finished for Jeremy. She turned to look at Nicole, who had since holstered her gun and was holding her face in her hands.

“Ohhh my god, I shot Eva.” She murmured in horror.

“Mom! What did I just say?” Sienna threw her arms in the air. “You could’ve killed her! Where is she now?”

“Shorty’s basement,” Wynonna pointed at the broken door. “She’s paying for my door when she’s better, by the way.”

“Okay, that’s good. The only way out of the cellar is back up the stairs, so that makes the next step easier.” Jeremy opened the bag he had set on the table and started rifling through its contents.

“What is the next step? Our best shot at putting an end to the Cult of Bulshar and this curse randomly turns into a dog with a penchant for vandalism.” Wynonna sighed and fidgeted her fingers together absentmindedly. Nicole noticed and gently tapped her friend’s arm, and the fidgeting stopped.

“Aha! There you are you slippery little thing...” Jeremy didn’t seem to have heard Wynonna as he pulled out a large syringe filled with a milky liquid. The end was feathered like a dart. He bit down on the barrel and pulled the plastic protective cap off, revealing a long hypodermic needle. Jeremy held the syringe carefully in his hand, keeping the needle well away from himself. “One whopper of a dose of ketamine. I measured out enough to take out a Clydesdale, so it should bring her down.”

“Ketamine, wow. That really is the potent stuff. But how do you plan to get all of that into Eva? She’s already pretty pissed about Nicole shooting her, so I don’t think she’ll take too kindly to that.” Wynonna pointed warily at the syringe that Jeremy was still holding, needle facing upwards.

“That’s where this comes in,” Waverly held up the tube she had brought. Close up, one could see that it was hollow, and just large enough around to fit the syringe. “It’s from the animal control office on the other end of the station; because I too remembered the infamous raccoon incident of ‘21- specifically how they used blow guns to dart the little rascals and round them up.”

Jeremy took the blow gun from Waverly, capped his thumb over one end, and dropped the syringe in the other, the needle facing opposite his hand. “One shot of this should knock her right out. Then we can secure her and get her back to Black Badge. The thing with shapeshifting is that she will revert back to human, it just takes time. Hopefully just a few hours. Now, take me to where the little sheila is, but stand back, cause it’s gonna be danger, danger, danger!” The scientist smiled as he spoke in a bad Australian accent.

“Steve Irwin, really, Jeremy?” Nicole deadpanned.

“It’s too soon, mate,” Wynonna solemnly agreed.

“Guys, that’s enough of your old people references! I hear Eva down in the basement!” Sienna was peering through the hole in the door into the darkened stairwell. She could hear a faint shuffling as the wolf paced around below. “She’s probably so scared.”

“Okay, it’ll probably be best if only two of us try going down there; it’s a narrow staircase and we don’t need to startle her any more than she already is.” Jeremy walked up to the broken door and put his free hand on the knob, “I have the blow gun so I’ll be person number one. Who wants to walk down in front of me? Someone she won’t feel as threatened by would be best; I’ll shoot from behind.”

“I’ll do it!” Sienna raised her hand eagerly and tried to keep her voice at a whisper, so as not to scare Eva down below.

“No!” Waverly and Nicole interjected in unison.

“Why not? I’m small and friendly and great with animals!” Sienna did not want to get sidelined from the action yet again.

“Exactly, you’re small. I’ll go down with you, Jeremy. Eva seems to be more comfortable around me anyways, and at least I’m not one of the two knuckleheads who tried to shoot her.” Waverly raised an eyebrow at her sister, who just rolled her eyes.

“But Mama-”

“No ‘buts’, Sienna. Stay up here with Mom and Auntie Nonna while Jeremy and I go get Eva. You can be there for her when she comes to as a human again.” Waverly’s tone made it clear that this was her final decision, and Sienna decided to let it go- for now.

“Fine. But can I at least call Alice and tell her what’s going on?”

“Sure, I don’t see why not. Any particular reason you seem so eager?”

Sienna’s face broke out in a mischievous grin, “I can’t wait to see Alice’s face when she finds out her hero is a werewolf.” She held a hand over her heart and faked a swoon as she said “hero”, and took Waverly’s cell phone to make the call.

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March 18, 2034

Black Badge Office, Purgatory, Alberta

Eva’s eyes fluttered open when the morning light danced across her face. At first, she couldn’t recall where she was or what had happened, but she instinctively pulled the soft blanket covering her closer. The mattress she was lying on felt thin, not unlike her cot back home.

Home.

She sat bolt upright, dread seeping through her veins. If she was home, she was dead. She was worse than dead. She couldn’t remember why, but she knew she was dead. In a panic, she surveyed the room she was in: desks, chairs, filing cabinets, science equipment...and then she remembered.

Black Badge. I’m still with Black Badge. I...I did ask to lie down, I think. How long did I sleep?

Eva turned to the right of her cot and saw Alice asleep in one of the office chairs. She had her head lying on the nearby desk, hair askew and a small puddle of drool forming at the corner of her mouth. Jeremy’s office was closed and the light was off, so he must still be asleep as well. Eva slowly crept out of bed and gently shook Alice’s arm to wake her, “Alice...Alice wake up, please.”

After a few shakes, Alice snorted and her eyes slowly opened. “Whaaattt?” she groaned, still half asleep.

“No one else is awake and it’s making me nervous,” Eva whispered, not wanting to startle the other girl too much.

When she heard Eva’s voice, Alice startled awake and lifted her head to look at her. She hurriedly wiped the drool from her chin and feebly tried to fix her bedhead. “Um- hi, Eva,” she smiled, “I’m sorry um...I didn’t plan to fall asleep; I was supposed...to be here...when you woke up.”

Confused, Eva furrowed her brows, “Why?”

Alice felt her cheeks starting to turn red as she fished for a response in her sleep-adled brain, “Uhh...well, you saved my life from my evil aunt, so I figured it was the least I could do to...you know, be supportive.” She nodded as she explained this, mainly to assure herself that it was an adequate explanation, and that she wasn’t worried at all that Eva wouldn’t wake up, “You uh- you slept for nearly 24 hours. You good? Remember anything?”

Eva sighed and shook her head, not seeming to notice Alice’s nerves, “I don’t. I remember going to lie down in Jeremy’s bed, and then I woke up out here. Did he have to move me because I slept too long?”

“Umm...not exactly. You don’t happen to have any...medical conditions you’re aware of, do you?” Alice wasn’t sure how to phrase this, especially if Eva wasn’t aware of her condition.

“Medical conditions? No...I rarely even get a cough. Why? Did I get sick?”

“I think it’d be best if Jeremy helps explain this one. He diagnosed it after all- from those blood samples.”

“I do remember the samples. So he found out what’s wrong with my memory?”

“This may explain a lot of the problem, yeaaahhh. Uh, hold on, let me go wake him up,” Alice stood slowly from the chair, the poor sleeping position having aggravated the bruise still healing on her side. When she’d taken a few steps away from Eva and was out of earshot, she sighed and shook her head slowly.

“At least I didn’t get sprung with the fact I’m secretly a werewolf like you’re about to, dude.”

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