Friday, November 7, 2008

Episode 73. Akuma and Illybrius Complete Their Bond, part 4 | November 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

 1.         TITLE

Akuma and Illybrius Complete Their Bond

 

2.         11/07/2008 | 7:00 PM | Akuma’s room

 

3.                       CINNAMON

Then Ill butt in: He loves you, even though it doesnt seem that way. What would make it seem that way?

 

4.                       AKUMA

Then let me put it this way. Illybrius is married.

 

5.         CUE MUSIC: Funeral March

 

6.                       SIGYN

Funny, Serleina.

 

7.                       SERLEINA

I thought so.

 

8.                       AKUMA

He made his choice. I must abide by it.

 

9.                       EVRYN

You really get off on letting people control you, dont you?

 

10.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Remember, in Corri's book, slavery is both sexy and glamourous]

 

11.                  EVRYN

I'd like to see her survive one day as my family's slave. On second thought, she'd just bungle everything.

 

12.                  EUGENIE

We don't have slaves, dear. We have house elves. There is a distinction, you know.

 

13.                  AKUMA

I have my own mistress for now, until I lose everything.

 

14.                  EVRYN

Is it okay with your husband that you have a mistress?

 

15.                  REIYA

Wait, Akuma's married?

 

16.                  EVRYN

I thought she and Illybrius were married?

 

17.                  REIYA

No, that's him and Onion.

 

18.                  EVRYN

No, I mean before that.

 

19.                  OVD

If they got married, it was entirely off-screen and therefore irrelevant.

 

20.                  AKUMA

I told Usagi that even though I will always love Illybrius, he now has someone that can give him what he wants.

 

21.                  EVRYN

Demon dick? You can literally get that anywhere.

 

22.                  DREPANON

Gee.

 

23.                  EVRYN

Better yet, just go out and buy a strap-on so you don't have to deal with the man attached to the penis.

 

24.                  AKUMA

I refuse to interfere. I can never have him.

 

25.                  SIGYN

Not with that attitude, you cant.

 

26.                  EPIPHANY turns page; FLUOU holds her sign:

[ Is she done whining yet?]

 

27.                  EVRYN

Epi, this is Akuma we're talking about. Is she ever done whining?

 

28.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[A girl can hope, right?]

 

29.                  EVRYN

How did you know I was going to say that?

 

30.                  FLUOU, in his own handwriting

[Contingency signs.]

[Also, rehearsal.]

 

31.                  EVRYN

I don't rehearse.

 

32.                  FLUOU, in his own handwriting

[That explains a lot.]

 

33.                  CINNAMON

Yes, Illybrius is married, but hes also been married a few times previously without it having affected how he felt about the others he loved.

 

34.                  EVRYN

Like that time he had an affair with his second wifes brother.

 

35.                  CINNAMON

They were all marriages of convenience, or arranged marriages, in one case. Just because he chose to marry Orion doesnt mean he feels any lesser about you.

 

36.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Seriously. Marriage doesn't mean much when it's political.]

 

37.                  SIGYN

That's horrifying.

 

38.                  ILLYBRIUS

This is an uncomfortable repeat of six thousand years ago.

 

39.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[That's because Akuma never learns.]

 

40.                  ILLYBRIUS

I meant for me.

 

41.                  EVRYN

Well, you never learn either.

 

42.                  ILLYBRIUS

Apparently not.

 

43.                  AKUMA

I, as Akuma, was not strong enough to continue on when Illybrius asked Orion to marry him. I was right there and all I could do was break.  It hurt, knowing that a demon, my enemy, married the last man I will ever love.

 

44.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Translation: BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW]

 

45.                  SIGYN

I was just about to say.

 

46.                  CINNAMON

Quite honestly, I think that marriage benefits Orion more than it will benefit Illybrius. Orion now has a constant bedmate and doesnt have to subsist off the odd rape.

 

47.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Now it's just the regular rape]

 

48.                  EVRYN

Yes, but at least it's predictable.

 

49.                  CINNAMON

However, Illybriuss infatuation I went through something similar a year or so ago.

 

50.                  EVRYN

And the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that

 

51.                  CINNAMON

It faded, and I realised who I really loved.

 

52.                  EVRYN

Your 7-Wonder Bullet Assortment?

 

53.                  CINNAMON

Illybrius already knows he loves you, even if he doesnt act like it half the time. All you have to do is wait for his infatuation with Orion to fade, which it will. And quite honestly, you dont even have to wait—weve all told you Illybrius wont turn you away if you want him. And you do want him, right? Answer directly—I dont want to hear anything about rules or morals or any of that.

 

54.                  AKUMA

You want the truth from me and nothing less, right?

 

55.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[ I know, right?]

[ It's ridiculous to ask something like that from you.]

 

56.                  EVRYN

Let me guess. Contingency signs for any situation?

 

57.                  JEPH

[More or less.]

 

58.                  CINNAMON

The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

 

59.                  EVRYN

You know shes mentally adding and then some, right?

 

60.                  AKUMA

The truth is that I love and respect Illybrius enough that I am more than willing to let him have Orion and not stand in his way. I know Orion needs a constant bedmate and I could handle that. However, I could not handle him wanting to just get me out of the way so that they could fuck.

 

61.                  EVRYN

You mean you want to watch?

 

62.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[ I wouldn't be surprised]

 

63.                  EVRYN

On second thought, neither would I

 

64.                  AKUMA

When I knew that Illybrius loved Orion, I knew I could never compete—

 

65.                  EVRYN

Funny, I never heard him ask you to.

 

66.                  AKUMA

—so I sat back and said nothing, but my bond with Illybrius didnt agree. I started losing control of everything.

 

67.       CUE MUSIC: Don’t You Like the Control by Under the Influence of Giants

 

68.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Translation: BAWWWWWWW I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN LOOK UPON MY UGLY AND INEFFECTUAL VISAGE AND TAKE PITY BAWWWW PITYYYYY MEEEEEEEEEE BAWWWWWWWWWWWW]

 

69.                  AKUMA

I am setting things on fire and making things explode because—

 

70.                  EVRYN

Youre a pyromaniac.

 

71.                  AKUMA

—the power he gave me is out of control.

 

72.                  EPIPHANY

[Conveniently making all that property damage you caused magically not your fault.]

 

73.                  SIGYN

Let's see if the district attorney sees it that way.

 

74.                  MARIE

It's also possible that she's doing it because destroying glassware gives her control over something in her life, however small.

 

75.                  EVRYN

Tits on toast, just become a bulimic like a regular person.

 

76.                  LENA

EVRYN.

 

77.                  EVRYN

LENA.

 

78.                  AKUMA

So I went looking for someone to help control it. My bond with Mistress Pumpkin is helping, just not very well—

 

79.                  EVRYN

That's because she doesn't give a shit about your control issues and it isn't *her* property, so she isn't going to order you not to destroy it.

 

80.                  AKUMA

—so now I am using whatever I can to keep my magic from killing anyone.

 

81.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her signs

[Translation: BE GRATEFUL THAT I'M SO SELF-SACRIFICING THAT I'M NOT KILLING EVERYONE AROUND ME OUT OF HAND.]

[OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT I'M STILL RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING EVERYONE AROUND ME BY BEING HERE]

[THERE IS NO-ONE TO PITY ME IN THE MOUNTAINS]

[EXCEPT MAYBE SOME GOATS]

 

82.                  SEI-SEI

No, I don't pity her either, and I don't think my four-hoofed brethren would. They just don't care.

 

83.                  EVRYN

She so deserves to get goatsed.

 

84.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[ I dunno. She's already got a pretty good view of the inside of her own anus.]

[ I can't imagine that the inside of another would be too surprising.]

 

85.                  EVRYN

I can totally see Akuma as a proctologist. It's the closest to arousing a man she'll ever get.

 

86.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Did you hear that, Weeaboo?]

[You just go burned.]

 

87.                  AKUMA

*sobs* You are so MEAN! Even now, I am willing to let Illybrius stay with Orion, only to keep them both happy. Illybriuss happiness is all that matters to me now. My comforts mean nothing. There. The truth you seek.

 

88.                  EPIPHANY reads; FLUOU holds her sign

[Translation: DON'T YOU SEE HOW WONDERFUL AND POINTLESSLY SELF-SACRIFICING I AM? PITYYYYYYY MEEEEEEEEE! BAWWWWWWWWWWW]

 

89.                  SIGYN

What a fucking weenie. No wonder Epiphany mistook her for a prop in the pilot.

 

90.                  CINNAMON

Oh boy. Well, thanks for your honesty.

 

91.                  FLUOU

[Translation: Take your pity-seeking wangst and shove it up your ass, sideways.]

 

92.                  CINNAMON

But he loves you and he—Im going to let him tell you.

 

93.                  FLUOU

[Translation: Fuck this, my presence here is pointless.]

 

94.                  SIGYN

Yeah, but why would she let that stop her? I never let that stop me.

 

95.                  DREPANON

We are all fully aware of that.

 

96.                  SIGYN

Mean. But at least I never get mistaken for a prop.

 

97.                  AKUMA

Thank you. I refuse to hear anything if it is only a relay message.

 

98.                  FLUOU

[Translation: Bawww, you’re hogging my favourite pawn’s precious screen time!]

 

99.                  MARIE

Akuma, you don't show Illybrius that same respect, so whatever.

 

100.             ILLYBRIUS

I did not know. I had no idea that you felt so strongly.  I should have known, of course I should have! I hate that you feel you have to just sit back and— you dont! You absolutely dont have to take the back seat to anybody!

 

101.             EVRYN

But hed appreciate it if youd plunge into his back seat once in a while, if you know what I mean.

 

102.             ILLYBRIUS

I love you.

 

103.    EVRYN takes a shot

 

104.             EVRYN

You mean Akuma, right?

 

105.             ILLYBRIUS

The fuck, dude? Of course, AKUMA. I meant for you, UH-KOO-MUHH—

 

106.             AKUMA

You finally learned how to properly pronounce my name! Oh, Kibito, I'm so happy!

 

107.             EVRYN

Happy enough to learn how to pronounce "koibito"?

 

108.             AKUMA

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

 

109.             ILLYBRIUS

—to keep Fjoreone; it was a gift from my heart and when you returned it, it was as though youd given up on life completely, which seems to be the case.

 

110.             AKUMA

I did give up. You broke me that night.

 

111.             EVRYN

Blame, blame, its so much fun to blame!

 

112.             EPIPHANY

[ If she reaches any harder she might turn into a toothbrush.]

 

113.             EVRYN

Wait, what's she reaching for?

 

114.             EPIPHANY

[More opportunity to rehash how much Illybrius should feel guilty and pity her.]

[She's like a broken record.]

 

115.             EVRYN

You think she's bad? Wait till a few episodes when you meet—

 

116.             OVD

No spoilers!

 

117.             ILLYBRIUS

You should know, always remember, that I am capable of loving several people at once, equally. I would never truly wish to choose between anybody.

 

118.             MARIE

He's just that indecisive.

 

119.             SIGYN

Mood.

 

120.             AKUMA

I know that.

 

121.             EVRYN

Could have fooled the hell out of me. Why aren't you more poly-positive if you're aware of that?

 

122.             SIGYN

To be entirely fair, that kind of lifestyle isn't for everybody.

 

123.             EPIPHANY

[See what I mean about how Akuma was reaching?]

 

124.             EVRYN

She should reach for a noose and hang herself.

 

125.             LENA

EVRYN.

 

126.             EVRYN

LENA.

 

127.             AKUMA

However, you have only truly shown that you care for me twice.

 

128.             EVRYN

AT LEAST HE SHOWED IT, YOU DEMANDING LITTLE SCABY!

 

129.             EPIPHANY

[That's really manipulative of her, putting it like that.]

[Just how far does he have to go to ~really~ show that he ~truly~ cares enough for it to count?]

 

130.             EVRYN

She's a bottomless fucking pit and nothing will ever be enough!

 

131.             ILLYBRIUS

You know, in Tree Culture, this is considered a dick move.

 

132.    ILLYBRIUS and SIGYN high-five

 

133.             AKUMA

Once when you tried to give me a child and then the night when you held me.

 

134.             REIYA

So Evryn meant that literally, then.

 

135.             AKUMA

How was I supposed to know that I wasnt only there to be someone you could sweet-talk?

 

136.             EVRYN

Because if he just wanted something to sweet-talk, hed get a REAL cat and not a tiger-furry?

 

137.             MARIE

a)       What is it with Team Corri and automatically assuming that that everyone is only out to exploit them?

b)       That could be an interesting character flaw, if it was done properly.

c)        Too bad Corri's allergic to the concept of character flaws.

 

138.             CORRI

DID SOMEBODY SAY "CHARACTER FLAW"? IT BURRRRNNNNNS!

 

139.             SIGYN

Meanwhile, I wish Tokiomi had that problem. He's got the opposite of that problem.

 

140.             ILLYBRIUS

There was another time. The day you kept regressing. I spoke to one of Cinnamons old contacts to find a spell to get your wings back.

 

141.             AKUMA

Right. I seem to keep forgetting that I have them again.

 

142.             EVRYN

Because of course, if its something nice hes doing for you, youre going to forget it in favour of having things about which to angst.

 

143.             AKUMA

I will be forever in your debt for that.

 

144.             ILLYBRIUS

Im not an ass-kisser.

 

145.             AHRRY

Thank God.

 

146.             EVRYN

Wait, didn't you tongue Onion's arse?

 

147.             EPIPHANY

[THAT'S UNSANITARY!]

 

148.             SIGYN

Be glad you weren't actually in the room.

 

149.             SERLEINA

That's why we were all singing.

 

150.             DREPANON

Is *that* what you call it?

 

151.             ILLYBRIUS

I dont sweet-talk anybody unless I really care for them—

 

152.             EVRYN

Or need something from them.

 

153.             ILLYBRIUS

—with the exception of Jonathan, and that was only to get the spell.

 

154.             AKUMA

When you asked Orion to marry you, my only thought was to run away and never come back.

 

155.             EVRYN

So why didnt you?

 

156.             EPIPHANY

[Because if she went away she wouldn't be around to hear people pitying her for it]

 

157.             AKUMA

Nothing mattered anymore. I was thinking about running to Celestia.

 

158.             EVRYN

So you were thinking of running away from here, because you couldnt stand the thought of your One True Love marrying someone else but you wanted to run to his homeland?  Sorry, what?

 

159.             REIYA

She wants to claim it for her own and Sue it up

 

160.             EVRYN

Dude... no. It's already Sue-ish enough. It's like the Sparklypoo of other realms.

 

161.             REIYA

If she ever went there, she'd probably cause a singularity of Sueage that would cause all of Celestia to implode. A Suengularity, if you will.

 

162.             EUGENIE

Shame Corner.

 

163.             EVRYN

I thought it was funny.

 

164.             REIYA is now standing next to Marie's house.

 

165.             ILLYBRIUS

I dont ever want you—

 

166.             EVRYN

In Celestia, because youd taint the entire galaxy irreparably!

 

167.             ILLYBRIUS

—to feel that you have to compete with anybody! I would never—NEVER— ask that of anybody I love!

 

168.             AKUMA

I want to believe you.

 

169.             EVRYN

No you dont.

 

170.             AKUMA

But my soul cant take any more pain. I dont want to cry myself to sleep anymore.

 

171.             EPIPHANY

[Translation: BAWWWWWWW STOP TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY EXCUSE TO ANGST AT YOU BAWWWWWWWW]

 

172.             ILLYBRIUS

Then tell me what motivation I would have for lying.

 

173.             AKUMA

I dont know. I dont know anything anymore.

 

174.             EVRYN

Oh, like you ever did.

 

175.             EPIPHANY

[She's just upset that he's poking holes in her excuses.]

 

176.             EVRYN

Maybe she should stop making excuses and talk straight?

 

177.             EPIPHANY

[We're talking about AKUMA here.]

[You got to set your expectations a bit lower.]

 

178.             EVRYN

My expectations ARE low, but I still have standards.

 

179.             EPIPHANY

[Then you are going to continue to be disappointed by what happens in this show.]

[. . . Okay, so am I.]

 

180.             EVRYN

Don't worry. Soon you'll stop being surprised and therefore disappointed at anything. You'll just be completely dead inside. Figuratively speaking.

 

181.             ILLYBRIUS

I am so tired of everybody feeling as though theyre not good enough for this or that.

 

182.             EVRYN

Although lately, their low self-esteem is just good common sense.

 

183.             ILLYBRIUS

Everybody I talk to lately has an inferiority complex, and its frustrating.  You deserve everything wonderful that this shithole of a world has to offer, everything fabulous held in any other world. Every day, it seems I am trying to convince somebody how splendid they are, and it somehow, nobody seems to believe me. Why would I lie about something like that? I would never try to make somebody feel better about themselves unless I was certain they ought to.

 

184.             EPIPHANY

[Translation: I am fucking sick of your pity orgy. Stop it.]

 

185.             AKUMA

Illybrius, forgive me for offending you—

 

186.             EVRYN

With my vapid, boring existence.

 

187.             AKUMA

—but I have had nothing but pain and betrayal all my life. Then, the one time I find something worth it, I got shoved aside and found out that I was nothing more than a twisted version of a pet—

 

188.             EPIPHANY zaps Akuma

[STOP WHINING]

[ I HATE YOUR VOICE]

 

189.             EVRYN

And I hate your face!

 

190.             EVRYN zaps Akuma

 

191.             AKUMA

—for the same man that will be the last man I ever love. Forgive me for waiting for the rest of the world to give me a kick while Im down because the moment when I needed you the most, you werent there.

 

192.             EVRYN

It is not his responsibility to make you happy. Get off your fat ass and do it yourself.

 

193.             ILLYBRIUS

YOU WERE NOT A PET!

 

194.             EPIPHANY notably DOESN'T zap Illybrius

[ I am all in favour of getting her to stop whining]

 

195.             AKUMA

I want to be with you. I never want to leave your side. I want you to hold me.

 

196.             EPIPHANY starts advancing on Akuma, holding a sign over her head

[SHUT UP ALREADY]

 

197.    AKUMA retreats

 

198.    EPIPHANY chases AKUMA, waving sign, indefinitely

 

199.             AKUMA (being chased by Epiphany wielding a sign)

I want so many things, but I am so afraid to ask for them—

 

200.             EVRYN

But apparently, you have no problem demanding them.

 

201.             AKUMA

—because I dont want to be rejected.

 

202.             EVRYN

Dude. I got turned down for over 200 jobs before I got offered this one.  We ALL face rejection. Deal with it.

 

203.             SIGYN

Okay, but to be fair, being rejected asking for something from someone you love is somewhat more unpleasant than being turned down for a job.

 

204.             ILLYBRIUS

Listen to me, Enzeru: I dont care what the fuck Maheone made you for or whatever he did—

 

205.             EVRYN

He and Akuma had NEVER ACTUALLY MET before casting for this show began.

 

206.             ILLYBRIUS

—but you were never a pet in my eyes.

 

207.             EVRYN

Yes, you were so much less.

 

208.             ILLYBRIUS

I always considered you a miracle.

 

209.             EVRYN

Protip: Cooler water and Neferbeliis weed do NOT go together. Do NOT put the Razzlewater in your bong. Unless you're Drepanon, in which case it's hilarious.

 

210.    SIGYN, anger marks and Santa Claus Scowl

 

211.             ILLYBRIUS

A lady—

 

212.             EVRYN

Thats a laugh.

 

213.             ILLYBRIUS

—a warrior—

 

214.             EVRYN

An even bigger laugh.

 

215.             ILLYBRIUS

—a complex being—

 

216.             EVRYN

Really, because she looks like a spore to me.

 

217.             EPIPHANY stops

[Are you kidding?]

[Spores look AWESOME]

[ I think she's more akin to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus]

[Boring, near-impossible to get rid of, and comes in bunches]

 

218.             EVRYN

Well, whether she's a fungus or bacteria, she still ruins everything.

 

219.             EPIPHANY

[Agreed.]

 

220.             ILLYBRIUS

—complex but unutterably wonderful—

 

221.    EVRYN puts hands over ears, shakes head

 

222.             EVRYN

Make it go away!

 

223.             EPIPHANY

[HE'S BEEN INFECTED]

[EVERYONE PUT ON YOUR HAZMAT SUITS]

 

224.             ILLYBRIUS

—and I would never reject you.

 

225.             EVRYN

Just wait.

 

226.             ILLYBRIUS

I just realised that I did, and I am truly regretful of it. It will not happen again.

 

227.             EVRYN

Taking bets— over/under two weeks?

 

228.             EPIPHANY

[Does it count if he's rejecting her organs?]

[Because if it does, two hundred on under.]

 

229.             EVRYN

If by "organs" you mean "vagina," then yes.

 

230.             EPIPHANY

[ I was thinking more along the lines of her liver.]

[You see, I know a surgeon who]

 

231.             OVD

Epiphany, you may not arrange for your coworkers' organs to be transplanted.

 

232.             EPIPHANY

[Dammit.]

 

233.             EVRYN takes out cell phone

Hello, GeneCo? I'd like to cancel an appointment.

 

234.             AKUMA

I hope it doesnt, because if it does, there wont be enough of me left to save next time around.

 

235.             EVRYN

Do it, do it, do it!

 

236.             EPIPHANY

[DO IT NOW]

 

237.             ILLYBRIUS

I am, finally, aware. I love you.

 

238.    EVRYN takes a shot

 

239.             ILLYBRIUS

I love you—

 

240.    EVRYN takes a shot

 

241.             ILLYBRIUS

—and I love you just as much as I love everybody else.

 

242.    EVRYN takes a shot

 

243.             EVRYN

Because all women love to be lumped in with everybody else.

 

244.             a) ILLYBRIUS

Bastion, Usagi, and Orion.

 

b) SERLEINA

EMO ROLL CALL!

 

c) ILLYBRIUS

You four mean more to me than anything. I would never give one of you up for another.

 

245.             AKUMA

I am willing to give you another chance, because if you screw up—

 

246.             EVRYN

Oh sure, put all the burden on him, you manipulative little toadstool.

 

247.             EPIPHANY

[ I think she's implying that he screwed up just now by saying that he ONLY loves her as much as he loves those other three.]

[So he's on strike two. One more and he probably won't be out because if she actually left him for someone else she wouldn't have anything to whine about]

 

248.             ILLYBRIUS

Liri daiye krya. Love before life. Again, if I screw up again. Well, I should like to know what I can do to prevent screwing up again.

 

249.             EVRYN

Shes going to be on the hunt for flaws, so the easiest solution would be to kill yourself now.

 

250.             AKUMA

I want to try with you.

 

251.             FLUOU

[Translation: She wants you to help her form babby.]

 

252.             EPIPHANY

[Because, by her standards, you don't REALLY care about someone unless you try to form babby with them]

 

253.             EVRYN

So... lesbians and gay men don't REALLY care about each other from Akuma's standards?

 

254.             EPIPHANY

[ I would not be surprised.]

 

255.             ILLYBRIUS

I am inexpressibly happy that you would even consider giving me another chance. What can I do to make my feelings for you more clear?

 

256.             AKUMA

What I want, you are not ready for.

 

257.             EVRYN

Then dont bring it up.

 

258.             EPIPHANY

[Or at the very damn least make up your mind.]

 

259.             ILLYBRIUS

Let me be the judge of that, please.

 

260.             AKUMA

Well, if you remember, two days ago, you promised my brother that you would complete your bond with me, but broke that promise and spent the night with Orion instead. I figured it just meant you were not ready.

 

261.             EPIPHANY

[Or it could just be that you're creepy as fuck anyway, and Orion has date rape pheromones.]

 

262.             ILLYBRIUS

Oh. Shit.

 

263.             AKUMA

Now you remember.

 

264.             EVRYN

How did he forget about the date rape pheromones?!

 

265.           EPIPHANY

[He probably forgot about the date rape pheromones because of the date rape pheromones.]

 

266.             EVRYN

...Wait, what?

 

267.             EPIPHANY

[You know how Rohypnol works?]

 

268.             EVRYN looks sad

Not firsthand.

 

269.    SIGYN raises her hand

 

270.             EPIPHANY

[. . .]

 

271.             ILLYBRIUS

There is no tactful way to put this, so—

 

272.    CUE MUSIC: U-G-L-Y by Daphne and Celeste

 

273.             ILLYBRIUS

Yes, I had forgotten my promise.

 

274.             AKUMA

I know. Orion was rather upset by it—

 

275.             EVRYN

Why? He got a bedmate out of it, didnt he?

 

276.             REIYA

Yeah, shouldn't that particular demon be the epitome of "Doesn't Matter, Had Sex?"

 

277.             EPIPHANY

[Do you really expect the Corri Sock Hive Mind to keep track of who's pretending to feel what?]

 

278.             EVRYN

Journals! How do they work?

 

279.             REIYA

Maybe he got left in the dryer.

 

280.             AKUMA

—while my brother was downright furious. However, I figured that if in ten more days, the day of Corris 22nd fall—

 

281.             EVRYN

What does that have to do with anything?

 

282.             EPIPHANY

[Apparently she falls down stairs a lot. We should feel sorry for her.]

[Too bad she'd have better luck wringing orange juice from a stone than pity from my cold, dead heart]

 

283.             a) EVRYN

She meant Corri's birthday.

 

b) EPIPHANY

[New rule: Given that a Big Deal is made over Akuma's numbered metaphorical fallings, use "autumn" or "harvest" when referring to someone having a number of the season that comes after summer and before winter.]

 

c) CORRI

No, it's more fun this way! Also, awfully bold of you to assume I *don’t* get pushed down the stairs every year on my birthday.

 

d) EPIPHANY

[Is there a waiting list?]

 

e) CORRI

Why would I tell you if there was?

 

284.             AKUMA

—if you didnt complete the bond, I was going to ask your mother for help in breaking your half.

 

285.             EVRYN

Thats a laugh. His mums the WEED GODDESS OF CELESTIA. Shed be too busy smoking and getting the munchies to give you any real help.

 

286.             EPIPHANY

[Evidently, Akuma was smoking Neferbelii's weed when she decided to ask her for help.]

 

287.             EVRYN

From what I hear, Nef always offers visitors weed upon their arrival.

 

288.             ILLYBRIUS

I should have remembered. Im so sorry!

 

289.             AKUMA

I have forgiven you, just like I have forgiven everything else that you have done.

 

290.             EVRYN

No, if youd really forgiven him, you wouldnt have brought it up.

 

291.             EPIPHANY

[Her passive-aggressiveness is so annoying.]

[She should be a woman about it and at least insult him to his face if she's that pissed off.]

 

292.             EVRYN

Seriously. Like for instance, Akuma, you are a scum-sucking twat-blister who uses passive-aggressiveness and manipulation to get your way because you're somehow allergic to honest communication, and that behaviour is a good way to get Illybrius to leave you.

 

293.    EPIPHANY thumbs-up

 

294.             ILLYBRIUS

In a way, Im almost glad I havent known you long.

 

295.             EVRYN

Youd be gladder if you didnt know her at all. Biblically.

 

296.             ILLYBRIUS

Theres so much less to forgive.

 

297.             EVRYN

Pwned!

 

298.             ILLYBRIUS

However, I cannot imagine my life longer without you.

 

299.             EVRYN

Dude, youve been alive for over six thousand years. Dont you think its time to stop cluttering up this world with your emo uselessness?

 

300.             EPIPHANY

[What percentage of his lifetime has he been with her for?]

[Because I'm pretty sure it's small enough that this barely counts as a fling.]

 

301.             EVRYN

Well, he's known her since June or July of this year... Not Biblically, just in general.

 

302.             EPIPHANY pulls out a calculator, pushes buttons for a bit

 

303.             EPIPHANY raises eyebrows

[Their entire span of having known each other is roughly equivalent to that time I bothered to go to the trouble of finding a guy who was both a pedophile AND a necrophiliac, spent a week getting to know him, and then had sex once before deciding that it was boring and my time would be better spent reading.]

 

304.             EVRYN

And yet, you're the most normal one on this show and in its fanbase... so far, at least.

 

305.             EPIPHANY

[ I'm really not sure how we managed that.]

 

306.             SIGYN

... What the fuck, Epiphany?

 

307.             EPIPHANY

[You didn't know about the time I got acquitted of murder?]

 

308.             SIGYN

You KILLED him?! What is wr... you know what, maybe that's not the best question for ME to ask.

 

309.             EPIPHANY

[ I'm glad you have at least THAT much self-awareness.]

 

310.             SIGYN

I'm actually very self-aware. I have Obsessive Love Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and... you didn’t actually ask. Sorry. I talk too much. That's a flaw.

 

311.             AKUMA

Lee, my power is spiraling out of control.

 

312.             EPIPHANY

[Translation: BAWWWWWWW I can't control anything I want you to SAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEE BAWWWWWWWWWWW]

 

313.             AKUMA

I need help—

 

314.    CUE MUSIC: Help! by the Beatles

(“sung” by Serleina)

 

315.             TOKIOMI

How is THAT helpful?

 

316.             SERLEINA

It makes ME feel better!

 

317.             EPIPHANY

[ I like the Beatles.]

 

318.             SIGYN

I don't, which is why I don't mind Serleina absolutely murdering their songs.

 

319.             AKUMA

—but. That was why I asked Mistress Pumpkin for help. I need someone with enough power to keep me from overloading.

 

320.             EPIPHANY

[Quick! Remove the control rods from the central core!]

 

321.             AKUMA

Oooh, kinky.

 

322.             EPIPHANY

[You really have no idea how nuclear reactors work, do you?]

 

323.             AKUMA

What's a nukular reactor?

 

324.    EPIPHANY facepalms

 

325.             AKUMA whines

What?

 

326.             EPIPHANY

[You are too stupid to live. Please stop.]

 

327.             AKUMA

*starts crying* You're so mean!

 

328.    A satisfied grin spreads across EPIPHANY's face

 

329.             EPIPHANY

[ It's these moments (and the money) that make this job all worth it]

 

330.             OVD

By the way, half your pay for this episode is going to Fluou, since you couldn't be assed to hold your own signs and chose to sit there reading instead.

 

331.             EPIPHANY

[. . . ]

[Worth it.]

 

332.             ILLYBRIUS

The good news is—

 

333.             EVRYN

That you just saved a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching from Geico?

 

334.             EPIPHANY

[You're pregnant, and Pumpkin is the father?]

 

335.             EVRYN

You realise that Désmoda's going to kill all of you for using her birth name, right?

 

336.             ILLYBRIUS

—that Pumpkin is far more powerful than me, even when I was at full power. The bad news is—

 

337.             EVRYN

That youre pregnant, and Sarah Palins the father?

 

338.             EPIPHANY winces

[Ouch.]

 

339.             DÉSMODA

My e-peen is bigger than Sarah Palin's!

 

340.             SIGYN

Yes, but is it bigger than Donald Trump's?

 

341.             DÉSMODA

Everyone's peen is bigger than Donald Trump's, e-peen or otherwise.

 

342.             SIGYN

Please tell me you don’t know that firsthand.

 

343.             DÉSMODA, deadpan

I don’t know that firsthand.

 

344.             ILLYBRIUS

—that she isnt the most compassionate of priestesses.

 

345.             EVRYN

I know, right? I love that about her!

 

346.             ILLYBRIUS

Thus, very little inclined to be of much use.

 

347.             FLUOU

[Translation: Since she doesn’t actually want to help the Corri Sues, she’s not getting a lot of screen time on this show.]

 

348.             EPIPHANY

[She is so lucky.]

 

349.             OVD

Note to self: Give Désmoda her own plotline.

 

350.             DÉSMODA

Suck Akuma's furry robot dick, director.

 

351.             SERLEINA

HEY, GIVE THAT BACK!

 

352.             AKUMA, with one hand behind her back

NO!

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