Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Episode 59a. Kettle Calling | November 5, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

 1.         TITLE

Caught in a Badfic 3: Kettle Calling

 

2.         11/05/08 | 8:00 PM

Setting: Onion’s house

 

3.         MARIE is facedown in the Pit of Death.

 

4.   EVRYN

Have you faceplanted from the fail?

 

5.   MARIE

Mhm.

 

6.   EVRYN joins her.

 

7.   ILLYBRIUS

WHAT WILL IT DO?

 

8.   EVRYN, from the Pit of Death

Hopefully not get our hair all inky like the Void.

 

9.   MARIE

It helps us feel better.

 

10.                  ORION

You don't want me to die, right? This will help.

 

11.                  ILLYBRIUS

"I accept your gift in is truest form. I will protect and cherish it, for it came from your love for me."

 

12.                  CIN

Guess that's a "no" on the decoy, then?

 

13.                  ORION

I see now why Maheone made her for you.

 

14.                  EPIPHANY

[What the FUCK?!]

 

15.                  ORION

She's amazing.

 

16.                  EPIPHANY

[How does ANY of this follow from Illybrius finally giving in and letting you write his lines?]

 

17.                  CIN

HELLO? Can I get an answer?

 

18.                  EVRYN

Dude, wait your turn.

 

19.                  MARIE

You can always join us in the faceplanting.

 

20.      CINNAMON dramatically falls into the Pit of Death with an Akuma noise.

 

21.                  MARIE

See? It's therapeutic!

 

22.                  ORION

Well, I will be back. Tell Miney thank you. I will come back, Lee. I promise. For now, talk to Akuma. She needs you.

 

23.                  EVRYN

Did you know that that's really fucking rude? Ignoring Epi's and Cinnamon's questions, I mean.

 

24.                  ILLYBRIUS

NO! DON'T GO! I don't know for certain that you will be back!

 

25.                  ORION

I will not die this day. I just need to go get my body back.

 

26.                  EVRYN

Aren't you *in* your body?

 

27.                  EPIPHANY

[Didn't Akuma lock him out?]

 

28.                  EVRYN

yeah but then how the fuck is he here and talking?!

 

29.                  EPIPHANY

[Don't ask ME!]

 

30.                  ILLYBRIUS

Promise?

 

31.                  ORION

Promise.

 

32.                  EVRYN

Your promises aren't worth pig shit.

 

33.      ILLYBRIUS and ORION kiss.

 

34.      ILLYBRIUS sniffles.

 

35.                  enter USAGI

 

36.                  ORION

Now talk to her. You just awakened her power.

 

37.                  EPIPHANY + BS reaction

[That is such bullshit.]

 

38.      ragequit ORION

 

39.                  USAGI

I can't see this ending well. Yo.

 

40.                  EPIPHANY

[That's because you have a small modicum of foresight.]

 

41.                  ILLYBRIUS

Miss Akuma? Are you—?

 

42.                  AKUMA

This power... I feel you so easy now.

 

43.                  SERLEINA

LIKE YOUR MOTHER!

 

44.                  AKUMA

What did you do?

 

45.                  SERLEINA

YOUR MOTHER!

 

46.                  ILLYBRIUS

Merely what I was told.

 

47.                  DREPANON

Okay, no.

 

48.                  SERLEINA

I wasn’t gonna that time!

 

49.                  AKUMA

Why do I want to turn and cuddle up in your lap then and wait for you to pet me?

 

50.                  EVRYN

That sounds like a personal problem.

 

51.                  EPIPHANY (that’s bullshit you’re bullshit song)

[This is bullshit. That incantation was bullshit. This entire situation is SUCH BULLSHIT.]

 

52.                  ILLYBRIUS

I do not know.

 

53.                  EPIPHANY

[I just explained it, you twit.]

 

54.                  USAGI

Definitely not gonna end well.

 

55.                  ILLYBRIUS

Hush, Usagi. Come here.

 

56.                  AKUMA

Suddenly I want to obey your every command.

 

57.                  SERLEINA

TELL HER TO GO MAKE YOU A SANDWICH!

 

58.                  EVRYN

TELL HER TO GO AND DIE!

 

59.                  AHRRY (L)

TELL HER TO GO AND DIE AFTER SHE MAKES YOU A SANDWICH!

 

60.                  LENA

Don't get her to make you a sandwich. Have you heard the kinds of food she likes to eat? You'll be tasting it again in half an hour.

 

61.                  EPIPHANY

[KINKSHAME, CORRI! KINKSHAME!]

 

62.                  SIGYN

Well, at least it isn't ME this time.

 

63.                  ILLYBRIUS

Fucking hell, Orion! Suddenly I want to give him a good smack upside the head.

 

64.                  AKUMA

Lee... I know why I was made.

 

65.                  ROSEMARY, ruefully

Bad decisions. I'm with you there.

 

66.                  USAGI

All I know is that I want a bottle of absinthe.

 

67.                  CIN

Same.

 

68.                  ILLYBRIUS

a)  I'll humor you. Why?

b)  Miss Akuma?

 

69.                  AKUMA

I'm here.

 

70.                  ILLYBRIUS

Why were you made?

 

71.                  AKUMA

A pet.

 

72.      EPIPHANY zaps Akuma.

 

73.                  ILLYBRIUS

I am going to find Maheone and hit him with a heavy object!

 

74.                  AKUMA

I think...

 

75.                  ILLYBRIUS

I hope you don't mind if I choose not to see you as a pet.

 

76.                  AKUMA

Nie.

 

77.                  ILLYBRIUS

Damn it. If he'd let me remember—

 

78.                  AKUMA

At least I know where to stay.

 

79.      ILLYBRIUS is disgusted.

 

80.                  AKUMA

Hmph!

 

81.                  ILLYBRIUS

Akuma, damn it, I love you and I would love you still.

 

82.      EVRYN takes two shots.

 

83.                  AKUMA

Thank you.

 

84.                  ILLYBRIUS

I don't consider you just a pet.

 

85.      EPIPHANY zaps Illybrius.

 

86.                  ILLYBRIUS

In fact, I don't consider you a pet at all. You're more than that.

 

87.                  CORRI

BUT I DON'T *WANT* HER TO BE MORE THAN A PET!

 

88.      EPIPHANY zaps Corri

 

89.                  EPIPHANY

[Then maybe you should have written an animal instead of a person.]

 

90.                  CORRI

I DIDN'T *WRITE* AKUMA, SHE'S A *PART* OF ME! WUH!

 

91.                  DÉSMODA

Please stop. I am embarrassed to have you in my presence.

 

92.      (Brrring, brrring)

 

93.                  SERLEINA

TEXT MESSAGE!

 

94.                  DÉSMODA

I know, just delete it.

 

95.                  EPIPHANY

[Don't you just hate it when kitchenware stalks you and judges you?]

 

96.                  DÉSMODA, wearing a lampshade hat.

I'm usually too busy stalking and judging everyone else to care.

 

97.                  AKUMA

Arigato, kibito.

(Airy gay toe, Kibby-bite-o)

 

98.                  EVRYN poses.

Tree?

 

99.                  ILLYBRIUS

Prego. I do so wish Maheone hadn't toyed with an innocent girl's life in his twisted mission for redemption. I would never have held it against him, that for which he was trying to redeem himself in the first place.

 

100.             AKUMA

It's fine.

 

101.             EPIPHANY

[Actually, no. This is all kinds of stupid.]

 

102.    enter ORION, DRAKE, AND KIBBY

 

103.             KIBBY, wearing sandals

NO BITE KIBBY'S TOE!

 

104.             AKUMA

Orion, Drake, and Kibby are here.

 

105.             EVRYN

Yeah, we fucking noticed.

 

106.             ILLYBRIUS

Welcome back.

 

107.             AKUMA

I'll ... leave you two alone.

 

108.             EVRYN

Which two? There are like... a fucking lot of people here.

 

109.             AKUMA

a)  Have fun.

 

b)         exit AKUMA

 

110.             ILLYBRIUS

Who are you, Orion? Who were you before you became a demon?

 

111.             DRAKE

Umm... Hold on. They're having a spat. Something about being a pet—

 

112.    EPIPHANY zaps Drake.

 

113.             DRAKE

—and something about being a companion.

 

114.             ILLYBRIUS

Damn it, stop fighting! My time here is limited!

 

115.             EVRYN

Corri knows that and she's trying to waste as much of it as possible to punish you for having the wrong feelings.

 

116.             MARIE

She must be back in tantrum mode because making Illybrius treat Akuma as an object didn't stick.

 

117.             DRAKE

Hey Lee. Have someone watch for the forest where we stayed for Wraith's Hallow, please.

 

118.             ILLYBRIUS

I'll send Esme.

 

119.             ORION

Your bondmate is mad at me.

 

120.             ILLYBRIUS

Why.

 

121.             ORION

She said that she didn't want to be a pet—

 

122.    EPIPHANY zaps Orion.

 

123.             ORION

--and I told her that was not why she was made. She was made to be a companion for you. Much like Usagi.

 

124.             ILLYBRIUS

Damn it. Usagi IS a pet.

 

125.    EPIPHANY zaps Illybrius.

 

126.             ILLYBRIUS

Akuma is not.

 

127.             EVRYN

Epi, hang on. I understand the zapping, but I think what he's getting at is that Usagi consented to that kind of relationship with Illybrius, whereas Team Corri is trying to magically force Illybrius to treat Akuma that way, unlike, say, a bedroom roleplay or a 24/7 Total Power Exchange.

 

128.             EPIPHANY, making a face

[It's all gross to me.]

[>inb4 "you're six, of course you think that"]

[I am chronologically 29 years old, and if my developmental age matched my chronological age, I'm pretty sure I would still find this gross.]

 

129.             LENA

I agree with you. To be honest, it bothers me when people try to write off Epiphany's disgust as her being a child because firstly, it erases her experience as a previously-living person who has aged beyond her developmental age, and secondly, it erases the very real asexual folks out in the world who may at some point view this—

 

130.             SERLEINA

*AIRHORN NOISE!*

Okay, that's enough soapboxing for right now.

 

131.             LENA

NO. Asexual people are just as important as non-asexual people.

 

132.             SERLEINA

That's nice and all, but I think if someone is asexual, this might not be the *best* show for them to be watching in the first place, considering the vast majority of its content.

 

133.             LENA

But—

 

134.             SERLEINA

DON'T LIKE, DON'T WATCH! YEEEEAAAAAAHHH.

 

135.             LENA

But the production team is— fine, whatever.

 

136.             ORION

That is what her purpose was.

 

137.             MARIE

Well, not everybody lives up to the expectations of their precursors. Or, in this case, down.

 

138.             ILLYBRIUS

Orion, tell me who you are.

 

139.             ORION

I don't remember my name. Not after I fell.

 

140.             EVRYN

That's stupid! You're stupid!

 

141.             LENA

ABLEIST!

 

142.             EVRYN

He's talking about falling as an angel and becoming a demon, you nit.

 

143.             LENA

Oh. I thought he was talking about Serleina "accidentally" tripping him down the stairs earlier.

 

144.             SERLEINA

It *was* an accident!

 

145.             LENA

Suuuure it was.

 

146.             ILLYBRIUS

How did we know each other? How did you know Maheone?

 

147.             ORION

He met me here. Took me to Celestia a few times to show me around.

 

148.             EVRYN

THAT'S BULLSHIT! There would have been something in the archives. Illybrius *certainly* would have noticed it.

 

149.             ORION

Said I reminded him of you.

 

150.             EVRYN

ALSO BULLSHIT!

 

151.             ORION

I met you two or three times.

 

152.             EVRYN

STILL BULLSHIT!

 

153.             EPIPHANY

[I'm pretty sure you showed up in the Pilot out of nowhere.]

 

154.             ORION

Does it matter?

 

155.             EVRYN

BULLSHIT DELUXE!

 

156.             ORION

He told me he was making her for you as a gift.

 

157.             EVRYN

BULLSHIT SUPREME: A SPECIAL ON BULLSHIT!

 

158.             ORION

She was to be his apology to you. Why does it matter? It was in the past. It can't be undone.

 

159.             EVRYN

EXTREME GASLIGHTING BULLSHIT!

 

160.             EPIPHANY

[Fake!Maheone: "Oh noooo, I violated my friend's autonomy! You know what I should do? I should cook up a slave child for him, as a gift!"]

 

161.             EVRYN

Yeah, no-one in Celestia thinks that way.

 

162.             ILLYBRIUS

I know it can't.

 

163.             EVRYN

OH, COME ON! YOU'RE NOT GONNA FALL FOR THAT, ARE YOU?

 

164.             ILLYBRIUS

I wish he hadn't erased my memory. I loved him so much, and he made that rift between us— HE made it, all on his own, because I wouldn't have held what he did against him, ever! We could have been lovers. We could have—

 

165.             ORION

That's what he wanted, too, but he couldn't face you after what he did.

 

166.    EVRYN finally loses it and smacks Orion hard across the face.

 

167.             ILLYBRIUS

He could. He chose not to. There is only one thing I cannot forgive.

 

168.             EVRYN

The fact that he toyed with an innocent child's life in order to make her the property of another person?

 

169.             ILLYBRIUS

He abandoned me.

 

170.             EVRYN

Oh.

 

171.             SIGYN

I mean, that's valid too.

 

172.             EVRYN

It... isn't *as* valid, but okay.

 

173.             ILLYBRIUS

I'm going to find him again. Even if he is just Bliu now.

 

174.             ORION

I know. And for that, I am sorry. Maybe after this, it would be better.... I will find Akuma and bring her home. We... you... if you still love him, then maybe you do not really need us.

 

175.             LENA

AHEM. Do I need to repeat my poly-inclusive soapboxing? I really don't want to.

 

176.             MARIE

Corri either does not understand, or is pretending not to understand, how polyamory works.

 

177.             OVD

You'll find that's a theme, even outside of CorriCanon. WischCanon, for example— but let's not go there quite yet.

 

178.             ILLYBRIUS

Yes I do. I love— how do I explain this? I love all of you. I need all of you equally.

 

179.             EVRYN

I'm not taking a shot for that because that's actually a good and valid explanation and not crufting.

 

180.             ILLYBRIUS

Maheone. Rubéhaus. Akuma. You. Usagi.

 

181.             SERLEINA

EMO ROLL CALL!

 

182.             USAGI

WHAT?!

 

183.             SERLEINA

Okay, we can mark Usagi as present. You could have just raised your hand though, jeez.

 

184.             EVRYN

He’s not Jeese! Jeese doesn’t even show up until the—

 

185.             SERLEINA

Dont care.

 

186.             ILLYBRIUS

All of you.

 

187.             ORION

I should go get Akuma. She went running through a portal screaming about living like the animal she is supposed to be.

 

188.             EPIPHANY

[THE FUCK]

 

189.             SERLEINA

I don't recall that being in the stage directions.

 

190.             ILLYBRIUS

Damn it, somebody needs to talk some sense into her.

 

191.             ORION

How do you think she feels?

 

192.             EVRYN

She's throwing a tantrum and refusing to listen to anything Illybrius says because she would rather feel sorry for herself. Therefore, her feelings are irrelevant.

 

193.             ILLYBRIUS

Probably the same way Enon felt when he learned he was meant for Larlia.

 

194.             ORION

She is damaged. Sometimes I think it's beyond repair.

 

195.             EVRYN

Wait, but she literally only found out within the past couple of hours.

 

196.             ILLYBRIUS

If she's as strong as I know she is, she'll get through it.

 

197.             EVRYN

If she insists on being pampered and pitied as much as we know she does, she'll put off getting through it as long as possible to facilitate the most drama and wangst possible.

 

198.             ROMAIN

Sounds like somebody else I know.

 

199.             ORION

One of these times, she will be tested, and her strength and luck will run out, Illybrius.

 

200.             EVRYN

Then she needs to level up, doesn't she, and start investing in her attributes.

 

201.             a) ORION

And when it does, because it is only a matter of time, none of us will be able to save her.

 

201b) SERLEINA

NOT WITH THAT ATTITUDE!

 

202.             ILLYBRIUS

I love her, as a companion, as... I don't know the word for it in English.

 

203.             ORION

A close friend.

 

204.             EVRYN

No. Shut your hush. Stop being presumptive.

 

205.             ILLYBRIUS

As somebody very close to me, who has earned my respect through her ways and my trust as well.

 

206.             EVRYN

Too bad that was all pre-Pilot.

 

207.             ILLYBRIUS

There is something more, deeper, that I cannot put into words.

 

208.             ORION

Did you feel that?

 

209.             ILLYBRIUS

a)  No.

b)  That I felt.

 

210.             ORION

Fuck. Drake. Go get her now. I don't care what it takes. Hurt her if you have to.

 

211.             EVRYN

"Do you know how this is making Akuma FEEL?" Ten seconds later, "Hurt her if you have to."

 

212.             ILLYBRIUS

I care very much for her. I cannot explain it. To think that ANYBODY would have her reduced to— it's— I will NEVER consider her anything less than the person I know her to be.

 

213.             ORION

You know, if I hadn't promised a truce, I would beat her to death, I swear it.

 

214.             SERLEINA

no u suk.

 

215.             ILLYBRIUS

I know. I'm tempted to give her a good smack upside the head as well. You, too. I love all of you, alright?

 

216.             ORION

She tried to turn "you" marriage bond with her into a "slaverly" bond.

 

217.             ILLYBRIUS

SHE TRIED TO WHAT?

 

218.             ORION

... She tried to turn your marriage bond with her into a slavery bond. Are you sure I can't hit her.

 

219.             ILLYBRIUS

VEKENBRIUCCE, BY ALL MEANS— but not too much, you hear?

 

220.             ORION

Too late. Her brother beat me to it.

 

221.             EVRYN

Don't you just love it when a bunch of men in a gal's life are discussing whether they should beat her, and if so, how much? And then one of them actually does it? That's not terrible AT ALL.

 

222.             ORION

They are... I never saw a fight this nasty.

 

223.             EPIPHANY

[too bad it's ALL OFF-SCREEN!]

 

224.             MARIE

You guys, I took a peek off-stage and it's a slap-fight, okay?

 

225.             ORION

And there goes the vase.

 

226.             MARIE

A very clumsy slap-fight.

 

227.             ORION

Why is it always the vase that goes first?

 

228.             CIN

Because it's lightweight and easily shattered.

 

229.             EVRYN

Like a man's ego.

 

230.             LENA

Like any self-important person's ego, really.

 

231.             ILLYBRIUS

Orion, please. I'd like to have a conversation with you, not a play-by-play.

 

232.             EPIPHANY

[THANK YOU, ILLYBRIUS.]

 

233.             ORION

Then by all means. Distract me from them tearing my house apart.

 

234.             EVRYN

You don't need to be such a bloody snot about it.

 

235.             SERLEINA

I'LL MAKE HIS SNOT BLOODY! IN-LAW JUSTICE, AWWWW YEAAAHHHH.

 

236.             SIGYN

You're literally insane.

 

237.             SERLEINA

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

 

238.             SIGYN

I'm the Audience. Everything is my business.

 

239.             ORION

Please, Illybrius. Talk to me. You wanted to talk. So I'm here. And they have stopped fighting now.

 

240.             REIYA

"Because I don't get to narrate about it, wuhhhh."

 

241.             MARIE

They're still just slap-fighting.

 

242.    (Angry cat noises from offstage)

 

243.             MARIE

Very clumsily slap-fighting.

 

244.             ILLYBRIUS

You hurt me. Every time we talk, you break my heart.

 

245.             EVRYN

Then you might want to stop speaking to him. Just a thought. Don't reward bad behavior with an emotional response.

 

246.             ILLYBRIUS

I'm beginning to think I'm as addicted to you as my conduit is to alcohol.

 

247.             ORION

This is why I told you not to love me.

 

248.             EVRYN

Because you're an abusive piece of shit?

 

249.             ORION

I knew you would only end up hurting. I am not good for you.

 

250.             EVRYN

PROTIP!

 

251.             LENA

DOMESTIC ABUSE RED FLAG SOAPBOX TIME!

 

252.             EVRYN

Oh, you've got it. Go ahead.

 

253.             LENA

a)  If a person tries to warn you away from them at the beginning of a relationship, DO NOT take it as a challenge.

b)  DO NOT give them a chance to prove you wrong.

c)   And the more excited they make you feel, the further away you need to run and the more urgent it is to not look back.

d)  Sometimes you may confuse fear-induced adrenaline as sexual excitement. This is dangerous.

e)  If someone tells you they're no good for you, listen to them and walk away.

f)     They're telling you to manipulate you into staying and putting up with their bullshit.

g)  Don't fall for it, because when things go wrong, they can say that they warned you and make you look bad for ignoring the warning.

h)  If someone tells you that they are not good for you, THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU.

i)     No exceptions.

 

254.             ILLYBRIUS

I don't care.

 

255.             LENA

You're contractually obligated to be a cautionary tale, so go right ahead. Prove my point.

 

256.             ORION

No, but you do realize that by coming to me "to" are "in-g-noring" not only Usagi but Akuma as well.

 

257.             OVD

Orion, redo.

 

258.             ORION

No, but you do realize that by coming to me, you are ignoring not only Usagi, but Akuma as well.

 

259.             LENA

Do I really need to bring it up again? That's not how healthy polyamory works. Stop trying to guilt him out of spending time with you. If you don't want to be with him, just say you don't want to be with him.

 

260.             EVRYN

Yes, but if Onion says he doesn't want to be with Illybrius, then Illybrius will have a fit.

 

261.             LENA

Yes, but if Akuma and Usagi want more time with him, they can ask for more time with him.

 

262.             EPIPHANY

[Yes, but Akuma doesn't have any agency.]

 

263.             EVRYN

That sounds like a PERSONAL PROBLEM.

 

264.             SERLEINA

I'd offer to throw her out the window again, but Illybrius, Onion, and Drake just took all the funny out of that with their discussion about BEATING HER. Not cool.

 

265.    (Brrring, brrring)

 

266.             SERLEINA, weird phone pose

I KNOWWWWWWW!!!!!

 

267.             ILLYBRIUS

Please stop trying to leave me.

 

268.             ORION

I will not leave. However, you have to realize what you are doing.

 

269.             EVRYN

He isn't doing shit wrong! Shut the fuck up!

 

270.             ILLYBRIUS

I can always speak with both you and Akuma simultaneously. As for Usagi, to whom do you suppose I cling, when I am lonely, thinking of you?

 

271.             LENA

That doesn't really sound like you love Usagi equally to how you love Akuma and Orion.

 

272.             ORION

You do realize that the other day was the first day you have ever held her, right? You have never offered her kisses or hugs.

 

273.             EVRYN

Dude, why do you care so hard all of a sudden?

 

274.    (Brrring! Brrring!)

 

275.             SERLEINA

TEXT MESSAGE!

It's for Onion. The Pot wants you to make up your mind as to whether you want Akuma happy or dead.

 

276.             ORION

She only knows of your one time together.

 

277.             SERLEINA

TEXT MESSAGE!

The Kettle chimes in that that is not an adequate response, and speculates that Akuma would probably be happier dead, but still.

 

278.             ILLYBRIUS

I try to treat her like a lady, not a sex object.

 

279.             LENA

I think you're trying to say you show respect for her, which is good, but you should think of her as a flesh-and-blood person, not in terms of a concept like "lady vs. sex object."

 

280.             ORION

Lee, she craves affection. Affection she isn't getting.

 

281.             LENA

Then maybe she should find another partner in addition to Illybrius, since Illybrius has... what, four or five? She may need to find someone else who will readily offer the affection she feels she isn't getting. Or she could leave him altogether, if she prefers monogamy.

 

282.             ORION

She was thrilled that you held her the other day. I think she wants you to do that more often, but is afraid to ask for it in case you say no.

 

283.             EVRYN

While fear of rejection is a valid fear, I'm still going to put this down to Akuma's lack of agency and need for all the men in her life to do everything for her. Protip: If you want to write a strong character, this is not how you do it.

 

284.             ORION

Feel along your bond and tell me that I am lying.

 

285.             ILLYBRIUS

I am not accustomed to showing affection, to anybody.

 

286.             CIN

Shut up and listen to the annoying demon, Lee.

 

287.             EVRYN

Are you literally being a demon's advocate here?

 

288.             ORION

Yet you show it freely to me.

 

289.             EVRYN

If Akuma's jealous, she needs to speak up.

 

290.             CIN

Ow-ow-ow, not helping! What did I say about sharing pain?

 

291.             ORION

This is not healthy.

 

292.    (Brrring! Brrring! Brrring! Brrring!)

 

293.             SERLEINA

TWO TEXT MESSAGES!

One from the Pot that says you're a "qwant," whatever that means—

 

294.             REIYA

That's a word I made up this one time when I tried to call someone a cunt and a twat at the same time.

 

295.             SERLEINA

—and one from the Kettle with— this is interesting— a scanned copy of your McDonald's receipt. Scrolling, scrolling, still scrolling— goddamn, Onion, what did you do, order the whole menu?! Oh! INCOMING! Wait, this one's for me. What the fuck I do not. At least, not at McDonald's!

 

296.             CIN

Sorry. We're counterparts. Our emotions are interwoven to a degree.

 

297.             ILLYBRIUS

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S HEALTHY!

 

298.             ORION

I meant his bond with her.

 

299.             CIN

Yeah, I know, but when you were like, "Yet you show it freely to me," he shattered. AGAIN! Jeez, one of these days I'm going to keel over if he keeps sharing pain.

 

300.             EVRYN

SPOILER ALERT!

 

301.             OVD

Don't worry, Cinnamon, when that happens, we will bring you back first, OUT OF SPITE!

 

302.             SERLEINA

OKAY, YOU DON'T GET TO COMPLAIN AT ME FOR SPOILERS FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE!

 

303.             OVD

Only this installment.

 

304.             SERLEINA

... I'LL TAKE IT!

 

305.             ILLYBRIUS

I don't care about healthy. I care that I need you.

 

306.             ORION

If it helps, Akuma is trying to bear this pain with him.

 

307.             CIN

Why don't you stop being Mr. Logic and give Lee the affection HE'S craving but won't admit to? Then NONE of us will have to deal with the pain!

 

308.             ORION

If he wants affection, then he should see Akuma. I am a pyric demon. I only want sex.

 

309.             EVRYN

Then go fuck yourself.

 

310.             ILLYBRIUS

Orion... Orion...

 

311.             ORION

Fine.

 

312.             ILLYBRIUS

Do you hate me?

 

313.             SERLEINA

CLIFFHANGER! OH NOEZ!

 

314.             SIGYN

a)  No, you know what, none of this makes sense to me.

b)  If Maheone really lusted after Illybrius to the point where he couldn't stop himself from committing rape, why would he turn to husbandry as an apology?

c)   Like, if I feel bad about forcing myself on someone, the last thing I'm going to consider is setting them up with someone else, let alone creating a sexually compatible being whose sole purpose is to belong to them.

d)  Speaking of which, what the fuck is Akuma's problem with this?

e)  You know, let's say I was madly in love with someone and found out I was born to be his companion.

f)     Do you know how far you can exploit that?

g)  You can beg for all the attention and care you want and, when they get annoyed, just tell them it's not your fault because you were made that way.

h)  And okay, if it really does bother her that she was created to be Illybrius's birthday gift, why doesn't she just go back to the guy who made her and annoy the hell out of him?

i)     Be *his* house creature. Make him take her out on a leash in public and loudly "reassure" everyone that that's what he made her for.

 

315.             DREPANON

Now that you've outed yourself as an exploitative rapist...

 

316.             SIGYN

Firstly, you knew that already, and secondly, at least I'm logical about it.

 

317.             MARIE

Sending a house plant or a nice rock as a gift would have just made more sense.

 

318.             AKUMA, holding a bubble tea

THE STORY WOULD BE BETTER IF I WERE A FICUS! DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEEEEEEEEELS?

 

319.             EVRYN

Yeah, I think we would prefer that, too.

 

320.             MARIE

And on a less metatextual level of angst, she could be haunted by the existential question of whether she's only in love with Illybrius because she was created for him, and whether that kind of love should be considered genuine or meaningful.

 

321.             AKUMA, QAQ

PHILOSOPHICAL SOLILOQUYYYYY

 

322.             SIGYN

Yes well... I had a similar dilemma once, but I stopped questioning it. As long as it feels good, who cares why? At least you don't see me running through a portal screaming about being an animal.

 

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ENDING THEME: V.A.S.E.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOLQr3Q_0Xs

 

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