Brother's Keeper AU
Story Post 12 (Part 2)
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[IMAGE ID: Three pages of a black and white comic.
PAGE ONE
PANEL 1:
Perry Porter continues his news report.
"Further investigation," he says, "reveals that this human has been the subject of sightings in Bonesborough for a few weeks now, and is the cause of a recent disturbance at Hexside School. For further comment, here is my own son, Augustus."
PANEL 2:
Perry interviews Gus, who is grinning with excitement. "Augustus, is it true you've encountered this human before?"
"Yeah!" exclaims Gus, "She snuck into the school and now she's my friend! Her name is Luz!"
PANEL 3:
"Now that they're together, I can see…" says Belos. "It's them."
With a point of his finger, he conjures hologram-like illusions of Luz and Lillith, who stand in the throne room facing them, with their names above their heads.
"I don't understand," says Caleb.
PANEL 4:
The illusions have transformed into Luz and Lilith in their disguises from "Elsewhere and Elsewhen." The names over their heads have changed to "Luzura" and "Aunt Dirtrude."
"I had to consult memory magic to be sure," Belos says, "but I was correct."
Caleb reads the names out loud: "Luzura and--"
PANEL 5:
He points, laughing. "Wait, is that the witch who broke your nose?"
"They're the two who helped me find the Collector," Belos grumbles. "I did always have questions about them. Clearly there was time magic involved."
PAGE TWO
PANEL 1:
A profile view of Caleb, quietly sad.
"I see," he says. "And this human attacked a witch in a duel."
PANEL 2:
But then he turns and brings a hand to his chin in thought. "But… the boy called her his friend?"
"Either a cunning ploy, or she is… struggling to find her way," responds Belos. "Either way, she isn't ready to face a witch."
PANEL 3:
A view of footage from the news report, projected by the crystal ball. In a moment from the episode "Convention," Eda exposes the power glyph used on Amity while Luz looks on in surprise.
Belos continues to speak off screen. "If it wasn't for the Owl Lady's intervention, she would have sorely lost."
"The Owl Lady protected her?" Caleb asks.
"Yes, it appears my suspicions were correct."
PANEL 4:
"The portal door has reappeared, in the hands of another one of your blasted Clawthornes."
A close-up of Belos against a totally black background, his face shadowed. One hateful eye gleams from behind his mask.
PANEL 5:
A close-up of Caleb staring up at him, also shadowed against black. His face is lined, his single pupil a pinprick. His expression is schooled neutral.
"And just as before," Belos continues off screen, "the witch has taken advantage to claim a human soul."
PANEL 6:
"No wonder the child came to me for help. If not for Lilith, perhaps I could have aided her back then." He stands in front of the projection, watching the newscast, his back to Caleb. "I should order her collected and brought here. Shield her from further corruption. If only the Owl Lady wasn't guarding her."
PANEL 7:
A close up of Caleb jolting forward, fearful. "NO!" he bursts out.
PAGE THREE
PANEL 1:
A close-up of Belos glowering dangerously over his shoulder, lit by the broadcast from behind. "No?"
PANEL 2:
Caleb sweats. "I mean. Philip, don't you think it'll look suspicious to show too much interest in a human?"
PANEL 3:
Caleb takes Belos hand, clutching him imploringly. "Not to mention the possibilities of meddling in the time-line. It's too risky."
Belos isn't looking at him anymore. He looks ahead at the illusion of Luz, whose back is to us in the foreground. His expression is unreadable.
PANEL 4:
A high angle shot of Belos and Caleb watching Luz's illusion. Caleb still clings to Belos. Luz's illusion is alone now, staring at them blankly as she stands at the far end of the throne room.
"Yes," Belos agrees, "I fear it's too early to intervene. It seems the Lord is testing her."
PANEL 5:
"For now," he continues off screen, "she will have to face the temptations of this realm on her own."
A close-up of Caleb, letting out a breath of relief.
PANEL 6:
Caleb's eyes snap open. Belos' hand has come up to brush his cheek.
PANEL 7:
Belos pulls Caleb into a hug. Caleb's face over Belos' shoulder is drawn in supressed, silent horror, cast in deep shadows, as Belos murmurs to him reassuringly.
"Don't worry, Caleb. The Owl Lady will be taken care of. And then the portal to the human realm will be in safe hands."
PANEL 8:
Belos and Caleb in profile against a black background, casting long shadows on the ground. Belos hunches over Caleb, one arm around his back and the other hand on the back of his head, pressing him close. Caleb dangles limply, face towards the ceiling, pulled halfway out of his wheelchair.
Belos murmurs into Caleb's hair. "I won't let history repeat."
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the thing that really gets me about Ylfa and Pinocchio is how badly they want the adults they respect and like to also really like and respect them. we’ve seen Ylfa do this from the beginning, her world has been rocked by losing or being betrayed by the adults who loved and raised her, so it makes sense that she’d do things like take half of Tim’s damage and guard Rosamund when they first meet someone new. and yeah of course Pinocchio was gonna go out on his own once they got to toy island. he was always going to try to reclaim the joy his old home brought him and I think that used to be enough for him. but it isn’t anymore, because now, these people have shown him that he’s not morally deficit for making the choices he had to make. so now it’s not enough to go play with Candlewick because he also wants to make Gerard like toy island. because Gerard was the most annoyed they had to go there in the first place and when you’re a kid, you want to show the adults in your life that the things you care about are cool and fun because you need them to validate those big feelings you have about it. he wants these people to like the things he likes and have a good opinion of him, because for so long everyone he cared for just told him he needed to do better, and he can’t process that they don’t like him because the things he does are cool, they like him because he’s him, because before now, no one ever has.
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