#Ryan Foley

[soranatus]

Yharnam Pest Control By Ryan Foley

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Ryan Foley | A group of pro-life doctors say they were banned from running an exhibit booth at a national medical conference because their beliefs on abortion differ from those of the organizers. In a tweet posted Monday, the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs said they were “banned from attending the annual CREOG OB/GYN medical education conference...

[snaileer]

Time Unsolved

Dp Unsolved

“Today on Buzzfeed unsolved we cover the Timely Disappearance of Charles T. Williamsworth.”

Danny slurped loudly on his drink as the intro played. Was he maybe crazy for watching a Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime alone, at night? Maybe.

But Danny had been attacked by ghosts. What was a human gonna do that Skulker couldn’t?

“What a name!” Shane cut in immediately, the video showing him seated at their table holding a cup of coffee. Ryan laughed.

“‘Ello, yes, my name is Sir Charles T. Williamsworth, how art thou? Ah yes, jolly good!” Shane mimicked with a horrifically bad posh British accent.

Ryan laughed harder, “We’ve been to London, they don’t sound like that!” He said between laughs.

“Uh, he does! There’s no way a man with a name like that is not ‘mm yes I will take a spot of tea with my biscuit thank you.’ I’m calling it, he definitely talked like that!”

Danny smiled at the antics as Ryan wheezed, “Well it’s too bad we’ll never know for sure then isn’t it, what with his disappearance, y’know what we’re actually here to talk about.”

“That’s okay. I’ll know. I know my buddy Charles.”

“Alright then.”

Ryan flicked his file open as Shane took a sip from his coffee.

The screen lit up with an image of a man on a black backdrop.

“The Williamsworths were a French-German family who moved to Biel, Switzerland in early 1914, just months before the largest war in European history kicked off.

They were one of the lucky few families to have left France before the war broke out…”

“Oh a family moving, that’s suspicious now?”Shane cut in, yellow words typing themself across the screen.

“Well, it was right before World War 1, I mean the timing is kind of suspicious.” Ryan replied in blue.

-People move, Ryan.-

-Okay, okay, it’s just the facts of the case,.-

Danny rolled his eyes, ready for the story to continue.

The images came back.

“This move would evidently prove to be quite fortunate for the family for obvious reasons. However, it also led Charles to find his true passion: … Watchmaking.”

There was a pause as a map of Switzerland came on screen. “Biel, the town that Charles would live in for the majority of his recorded younger life, was known for watchmaking, being one of several in the heart of an area named ‘Watch Valley.’ “

-You ever own a Swiss watch?-

-Nope-

-Heard they’re good. Reeeal good.-

-Yep.-

-…-

“Charles would reportedly develop a passion for clocks, watches, and timepieces in general, only getting more entrenched in his obsession over time.”

The image of the man now shifted to be overlaid on a map.

“By the time the First World War was over, Charles had gained an ostentatious apprenticeship under one of the premiere watchmakers of the time, Max Stührling. This lasted until Stührling’s death in 1938, after which Charles vanished from any records for two years.”

-Well y’know, his mentor had just died. -Maybe he wanted to grieve. Y’know curl up in his room and not see anybody for a bit.-

Ryan laughed, -2 years, he was crying in his room for 2 years and nobody found him?-

-Well, it’s not like records were great back then, I mean what are you gonna write on the census… just.. like..-

-Loud weeping heard from inside. One resident. Unnamed.-

-Yeah!-

“The next time Charles T. Williamsworth appears on record, it is in the back of a photo from France in 1940. Showing Williamsworth standing in front of a watch shop wearing dark clothes, a distinct pocket watch, and looking into the camera.”

The black and white image appears on screen, zooming in on the background figure. Danny tilts his head at it, something about it niggling at him.

“The shop and its owner would go on to be infamous within the French town for the duration of the Second World War. Charles was unwillingly drafted in the summer of 1941, serving on the front lines for no more than 3 months before sustaining a wound to his face, leaving him with damaged eyesight, facial scarring, and a medical discharge.

He returned to his shop soon after.”

Danny frowned at the mention of what the man had probably gone through.

“Later evidence statements regarding Charles stated that he was: ‘an odd man. He never mentioned the war, leaving it behind once he was not forced to be a part of it. He seemed to be separate from it all, he only cared for his watches.’

This sense of separation would extend to his shop, as when the town was bombed in 1944 leading up to D-day, his shop was left miraculously unharmed. It was reportedly open the very next day.”

-I can appreciate the dedication- Shane says in yellow.

-Yeah, I mean, the morning after is a bit soon, but he did really love watches. If he didn’t have to, I guess he wasn’t gonna close his shop.-

-His advertising: ‘Sure you were almost killed in a fiery explosion, but look! I’ve got new watches!’ Jazz hands.-

Ryan laughs.

“Over the next 50 years, Charles T. Williamsworth would disappear from records repeatedly, sometimes for months, only present on seven censuses between 1952 and 1979. Despite this, the clock shop was never sold, remaining in wait for its master’s return.”

Multiple pictures of pocket watches came onscreen. “It became known in the surrounding area for especially good pocket watches and grandfather clocks. Each personally made using Swiss essemblage practices, often engraved.

While it was a place of prestige, some described the shop as having ‘an unbearably loud sound of ticking, as if a thousand clocks were set to the same second.’

Apparently, Charles ‘seemed to enjoy the sound, often standing in the front room when no one was present. He was able to pick out one clock if it was off time.’ Witnesses stated.”

It cut to showing Shane and Ryan at their table.

“God, I can’t imagine. That’d drive me crazy.” Shane said, shaking his head.

“Yeah, I don’t know, a thousand clocks at the same time? Just..” Ryan looked back and forth frantically, as if there were sounds from every direction, “I’d go nuts pretty fast, I can’t even handle one sometimes.”

“I’d just go off and punch one of the clocks, just- RAAAH and -oh my god is that where that comes from?! I’m gonna punch your clock? Or like you clock somebody!?! Oh my god I never realized that!”

Danny’s jaw drops at the realization as Ryan laughs. Shane looks to be losing his mind as well.

“However, Charles’ most notable disappearance was his last.”

Dramatic music played as Danny zoned back in.

“Due to his frequency of vanishing for extended periods of time, it is unknown when exactly Charles disappeared. The last definite sighting of Charles T. Williamsworth was late at night on April 23rd, 1999, when neighborhood patrolman, Elliot Dubois, noticed him locking the door to his shop with its lights still on. Elliot, concerned for the safety of the elderly man, questioned him but eventually allowed Charles to leave, noting that he turned down a road that only led into the woods outside of town.

Two weeks later, 12 year old James Chappellè, a mailboy in the area, noted during his morning run on May 7 that mail had begun to pile up in front of the shop’s door.

Something that had never happened before.”

The word ‘before’ faded into red.

“It reached such a point that the mail system declared they would no longer deliver, as they couldn’t guarantee it wouldn’t be stolen.

At this point, the police got involved and the case was assigned to Detective Jacob Laurent.

It turned out to be a more difficult case than first expected, as when they looked into Charles’ past, they were unable to turn up any such notable documents as a birth certificate nor any document containing a birthdate.

But when police entered the shop on May 10th, they found it largely empty, with only the shelves, register, and equipment left remaining between the front and back room. There were no clocks of any kind.

It should be noted that there was still money in the register, and a light on in the back though the other bulbs for the front seemed to have been burnt out.

Upon entering the living space above the shop, it was found to be covered in dust, and all of Charles’ clothes and belongings still present.

Rather, there was evidence that Charles largely slept in his shop, with a cot beside his workbench.

A workbench that, upon police entry, only held one gold pocketwatch, personally engraved with the initials ‘C. W.’ As it was known for Charles to always carry the pocketwatch, he was officially declared missing and possibly presumed dead.

The watch’s presence also led detective Laurent to suspect foul play.

Despite the declaration of foul play, the police did not extensively search the town woods, citing the size and density of the forest.”

The video cut to Shane staring at Ryan, face deadpan. Ryan was clearly trying to hold back laughs.

“So… let me get this straight… an old man who’s… how old at this point exactly?”

Ryan laughs, “Nobody knows, there’s no known birthday-“

“That’s weird too, but okay, let’s say he’s like what, at least 95? I mean… there’s a certain age that like if you disappear… ..eh.” Shane shrugged.

Ryan looked at him incredulously, “Eh??”

“Yeah,” Shane shrugged again, “Eh.”

“What???”

“I mean… y’know… old people wander into the woods sometimes, maybe he just went for a walk and got lost. At that age… death has gotta be around every corner, I mean come on!”

Ryan wheezed into his elbow.

Danny laughed quietly.

Once Ryan calmed down, he organized the file, clipping it down on the table, “So! With the story finished, let’s get into the theories,”

Shane rolled his eyes, “Oh god this is gonna be one of yours isn’t it? What ghosts are abducting people now?”

Danny smiled, briefly considering how much effort it would take to go haunt Shane all the way in LA.

“The first theory is that Charles T. Williamsworth was involved with the mafia at the time and was a long standing or high ranking member that had crossed the wrong people.

Some reasons for this theory is the lack of early documents, suggesting a fake identity or forgery.

This case is especially supported by the long absences, where his shop remained closed and yet still remained in his possession.

In fact, the deed for the shop was not listed under Charles’ name, instead Iisted as owned under a private organization.

This theory explains his disappearance and possible subsequent death as an act of revenge from an enemy made from illicit activities. Leaving no body behind, there would be no evidence to prosecute the acting party.

Within this, there are also some who believe that if Charles was engaged in the mafia and lived under a false identity, that his disappearance was him returning to his actual identity, possibly due to being caught.

Prison records indicate 6 Swiss-German inmates arrested at the approximate time of his disappearance, roughly matching the age and appearance of Charles. Notably, none of them had a distinct facial scar and no identification was ever confirmed.”

The screen switched.

Shane smiled at Ryan, “Oh Ho Ho, my boy Charles is getting into some funky stuff, huh? Workin’ for the Mob, breaking knees, chopping fingers?”

Ryan laughed, “Yeah maybe, it definitely lends credit to him being a part of something. Maybe he was out in the woods breaking knees y’know. Or burying something.”

“Someone,…”Shane said ominously, then burst out laughing, “What if he buried himself! Just-“Shane mimed digging, clapping his hands like he was wiping off dust, “Alright, thats a good illegal grave right there, just a good hole for a dead- woaaah!” He pretended to fall, “Boom, stuck in his own grave.”

“Really, this old man dug a 6 foot deep grave? On his own?”

“Hey you don’t know his strength, maybe he lifts.”

“Alright.” Ryan shook his head, still grinning.

Danny smiled, considering it, it did kind of make sense.

“The second theory is that Charles T. Williamsworth did indeed just walk into the woods and never come out. If this is the case, what happened in the woods is widely speculated on. Some saying that animals may have attacked him, or that he simply fell or was injured and could not get up due to his age.

This theory loses support due to the fact that no body was ever found. Though some say that if the woods were too big for the police to search, there may be a den or that his body was covered naturally.”

“Or in a grave.”

“You really think he was mafia?”

“I mean, who could tell?” Shane shrugged.

“The third theory, much like the first, is that Charles was a federal agent for one of the Allied Powers.

This theory is also supported by the significant periods of absence and lack of documents to indicate a forged identity, meant to fool the German government and allow him to work behind the lines. However, unlike the first, there is also evidence of a man with the same distinct scar on his eye, showing up in the background of photos at the British Intelligence Office, the Eiffel Tower during Germany’s occupancy, and behind closed Swiss borders.

None of which would be possible without the unique skills and permissions of a government agent.”

Silence reigned as Shane and Ryan stared each other down, Shane clearly ramping up for something.

“The name’s Williamsworth. Charles Williamsworth.” He said dramatically.

Ryan burst out laughing. “You support this one more then?”

“Yeah, I’ve changed my mind, he’s not in the mafia. His suspicious activities were in the name of secrecy, national secrets, confidential war trades. Espionage…”

“Well I guess, nobody’s gonna suspect the 95 year old man to be up to anything. I mean, if I saw an old man somewhere I’d just be like, huh I wonder who lost their grandpa, not ‘I bet he’s secretly working to take down Hitler.’ Y’know.”

“Charles gets caught: just ‘Whaa-at me~e? I’m just a gentle~e o~ ol~ld ma~an, I can’t harm nobody~y.” Shane mimed leaning over a cane.

“He gets caught and just pretends he has dementia, ‘Who am I? Who are you? Why am I here? Where’s my breakfast?”

Shane cackled as Ryan laughed.

Danny considered it more, this one seemed the most likely, though… he’d definitely be the oldest agent.

“Another theory is that the shop was robbed and Charles returned while or before it was happening, catching the criminals off guard and leading them to react rashly, injuring or killing Charles. They then would have hidden his body and cleaned out the shop to hide any other evidence.

This theory however is disproven by the lack of money taken from the register.

Despite this, it is the official claimed circumstance by the police at the time.”

“Fucking police, always with the boring one.” Shane said ruefully.

“Our last theory, and my personal favorite,-“

Shane groaned. Danny smiled, this was gonna be good.

“-is that Charles T Williamsworth was a time traveler. And that all of his disappearances were when he was traveling through time.

This theory supports his families early move to Switzerland under odd timing, his appearance in so many photos and even his obsession with clocks. As well as why he seemed unbothered by the tumultuous times.”

“I can… accept it.” Shane said, hesitant.

Ryan laughed, “I’ll take it.”

“Despite all of these theories, there is still significant information missing from the case.

And so, like clockwork this case shall remain:

Unsolved.”

Danny’s mouth dropped as the screen went dark.

No way.

No freaking way.

He lurched upwards, eyes wide.

Obsessed with clocks, scar on his eye, fricking weird and talks in riddles.

Oh mygod!

Danny threw himself out of bed, “I’ve connected the dots!” He rushed to untangle himself from his sheets, transforming immediately, “I’ve connected them!”

He dove for the ghost portal.

Holy frick!

Charles T. Williamsworth was Clockwork!

[dilfluvver4eva]

will never argue with a man wearing glasses or look like they’ve never felt the touch of a woman

whatever you say, my little slutty princess🎀😋

[juicylipsperson]

(I'm gonna cry if someone picks ben)

[pickledsprite]

if u had the chance to make a casting of solitaire film

who would u make the actors/actresses?

would u keep the same heartstopper cast?

I wouldn’t keep the same actors since I consider hstv and the books to be like alternate universes. So like yes they are the same characters.. but no they aren’t, yk?

I wish I could do Tori and Michael but I am wayyy too picky and I unfortunately can’t spawn human beings that look exactly like them !!! But Becky, Lucas, Evelyn and Ben are the exceptions lolll ^_^

Becky - Madelyn cline

Ben - Lorenzo zurzolo

Lucas - Lucas till

Evelyn - bella heathcote

I would still make changes obviously, like their eye colours 😊😊 maybe you guys can help me out with Tori and Michael??

[interestinglittlerelationship]

If I had a nickel for every character I love who’s a bad boy with a heart of gold, rescued from juvie and adopted by a wonderful family with a nerdy but fiercely loyal son their age who they then become best friends/brothers with, meanwhile their other brother figure sexually assaults their girlfriend I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[nicktoons-unite-incorrect-quotes]

Tucker: Do you always have to insult the ghost of the place we're at?

Danny: They know what they did

[aliceosemansolos]

oh to have the special edition of solitaire!

[cursiveinkwords]

elimination time! this will consist of a ton characters from Solitare, and every round pick someone to eliminate until there are only a few characters left! this is just for overall best character ;)

[behold-the-brave-battalion-17]

Becky: Anyone d-

Tori: Depressed?

Lucas: Drained?

Evelyn: Dumb?

Rita: Disliked?

Becky: -done with their work...what is wrong with you people…

[sofiamantegafan110]

NEW X-MEN EPISODE 7

EPISODE 7- THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

WE OPEN UP OF THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AT NIGHT. IT’S RATHER QUIET OUT AND ONLY A FEW STREETLIGHTS ARE ON, ILLUMINATING THE EMPTY STREETS. A YOUNG PROSTITUTE WITH PINK-STREAKED BLONDE HAIR CAN BE SEEN TRYING TO GET A CUSTOMER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONE MAN WALKS PAST HER AND IGNORES HER WHEN SHE TRIES TO GET HIS ATTENTION. ANNOYED, SHE TELLS HIM TO KISS HER ASS.

EVENTUALLY, TWO OTHER HOOKERS SHOW UP; A BLACK GIRL WITH RED HAIR AND A PALE GIRL WITH PURPLE HAIR AND GOTHIC CLOTHING. THE FIRST ONE, MELANIE, LOOKS AT THEM WITH INTRIGUE AS THEY MEET UP. THE BLACK GIRL, ROSE, SYMPATHIZES WITH MELANIE’S GRIPES AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S COLD OUTSIDE AND WHEN IT’S THIS COLD, JOHNS TEND TO STAY HOME WITH WHATEVER THEY GOT AT HOME. MELANIE SULKS AS ROSE TELLS HER THAT THEY’LL GIVE IT A HALF HOUR BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MOTEL.

THE GOTH GIRL, ELVIRA, TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S HEARD SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. APPARENTLY, A LOT OF WORKING GIRLS HAVE BEEN GOING MISSING AT NIGHT. NO BODIES HAVE TURNED UP AND THEY’VE JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. MELANIE SHUDDERS, A BIT CREEPED OUT AS ELVIRA CONTINUES.

ELVIRA: IT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO TO MY GIRL BECKY. SHE JUST VANISHED. AND SO DID WILLOW, AND WILLOW’S A PRO. THERE’S NO WAY SHE’D DRAG HER ASS TO A HALFWAY HOUSE OR SOME SHIT.

ROSE: WHAT ABOUT THEIR PIMPS?

ELVIRA: THEY DON’T CARE. AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT WORKING FOR ANOTHER GUY, IT’S JUST SOME MISSING HOES. NOTHING SPECIAL.

MELANIE: OKAY. I’M CREEPED OUT NOW. DON’T SCARE ME WITH THAT SHIT, ELVIRA.

ROSE PUTS AN ARM AROUND MELANIE WHILE ELVIRA LOOKS OVER, NOTICING A MAN IN A TRENCHCOAT WALKING BY AND MUMBLING. IMMEDIATELY, SHE CATCHES HIS ATTENTION AND INVITES HIM OVER, SHOCKED WHEN HE REQUESTS ALL THREE OF THEM. ROSE SIGHS AND ASKS HIM WHERE HIS PLACE IS. THEY THEN START TO FOLLOW HIM, SURPRISED WHEN THEY END UP IN AN ALLEY.

MELANIE IS CONFUSED AND ASKS THE MAN WHAT THE BIG IDEA IS, BUT IS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT HE’S GONE. THEY WONDER WHERE HE WENT, BUT DON’T NOTICE THE MAN SNEAKING BEHIND ROSE, HOLDING SOMETHING SILVER IN HIS HAND. ROSE IS JUST ABOUT TO ASK WHERE HE WENT WHEN HE APPEARS BEHIND HER, HOLDING A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. BEFORE SHE CAN PROCESS ANYTHING, THE MAN SLITS HER THROAT AND ROSE FALLS TO THE GROUND, CHOKING ON HER OWN BLOOD AS ELVIRA AND MELANIE SCREAM.

THE MAN WALKS CLOSER TO THEM WITH THE BLOODY KNIFE AND MELANIE TRIES TO RUN, BUT THE MAN GRABS HER BY THE HAIR AND SLAMS HER AGAINST THE WALL. MELANIE SCREAMS AGAIN, BUT THE MAN STABS HIS KNIFE INTO HER GUT, DRAGGING IT DOWN AND SLICING HER STOMACH OPEN. ELVIRA SCREAMS AND RUNS OUT THE ALLEY, BUT HER HEEL BREAKS AND SHE FALLS DOWN, HITTING HER HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT. SHE LOOKS UP, HER FACE SMASHED AND BLOODY AS THE MAN WALKS CLOSER.

ELVIRA: PLEASE! I… I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME! I… PLEASE DON’T HURT ME!

MAN: EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY… EVERY SINGLE SOUL…

ELVIRA LOOKS ON IN FEAR AS BLACK MASCARA STREAKS DOWN HER FACE. THE MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF HER, LOOKING DOWN ON HER PRONE FORM. HE CONTINUES TO MUTTER AND WHILE ELVIRA PLEADS, HIS MOUTH OPENS, REVEALING TWO BRIGHT SHINING FANGS.

MAN: EVERY SOUL… EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY…

ELVIRA: PLEASE, DON’T HURT ME! PLEASE!!!

MAN: EVERY SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER…

THE MAN DIVES DOWN AND THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK. THE ONLY SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IS THAT OF ELVIRA SCREAMING.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS.

WE OPEN UP IN THE XAVIER’S LIBRARY WHERE WE SEE SOFIA STUDYING. SHE’S VERY INTO IT AND DEEPLY CONCENTRATED. SLOWLY, A SILVER EYE STRETCHES UP TO HER, WATCHING HER SLOWLY. SOFIA IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS UNTIL THE EYE ASKS HER WHAT SHE’S DOING. SOFIA THEN JUMPS IN HER SEAT AND THE EYE LOOKS AT HER. WE START TO RECOGNIZE IT NOW AND REALIZE THAT IT’S CESSILY.

CESSILY LAUGHS WHILE SOFIA HYPERVENTILATES AND TELLS HER NOT TO DO THAT. THE REDHEAD SIGHS, TELLING HER THAT IT’S THE WEEKEND AND SHE’S DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT HER ROOMIE, CHEER CAPTAIN, AND BEST FRIEND IS STUDYING INSTEAD OF HAVING FUN. SOFIA SIGHS AND REMINDS HER THAT FINALS ARE COMING UP AND SHE’S TRYING TO CRAM IN SOME EXTRA TIME.

CLARICE WALKS INTO THE LIBRARY, STILL SPORTING HER HALFPIPE CUT FROM EPISODE 5 AS SHE SITS DOWN BESIDE SOFIA AND CESSILY. SHE POINTS OUT THAT SOFIA’S GOT THE BEST GRADES IN MOST OF HER CLASSES AND IT WON’T HURT TO HAVE SOME FUN ONCE IN A WHILE. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS THAT SHE CAN’T TALK, SINCE SHE SAW HOW FUN SHE WAS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, PROMPTING A LAUGH FROM CESSILY AS CLARICE ASKS THE REDHEAD WHOSE SIDE SHE’S ON.

SOFIA: JUST BECAUSE MY GRADES ARE GOOD DOESN’T MEAN THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING HANDLED. I NEED TO DO SOME EXTRA STUDYING TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER EVERYTHING FOR FINALS. I’M NOT JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT I’M GOING TO PASS JUST BECAUSE I’M PRETTY, LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW.

CESSILY: HEY, I WAS A BIT HIGH AND I HADN’T SLEPT THAT NIGHT! DON’T BLAME ME!

CESSILY SIGHS AND LOOKS AT SOFIA.

CESSILY: AAAAANYWAYS, THERE’S A NEW STRIP CLUB THAT I WANNA CHECK OUT AND I DIDN’T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT MY BESTIE! PLEASE JUST TAKE A NIGHT OFF? YOU CAN STUDY LATER!

SOFIA LOOKS AT HER BEFORE SAYING NO. SHE’S NOT ONE TO CUT LOOSE WHENEVER IT SUITS HER. SHE HAS GOALS TO ACHIEVE. CESSILY SIGHS, DEJECTED, AND THEN TELLS CLARICE THAT IT’S TIME. CLARICE IMMEDIATELY TELLS HER THAT SHE CAN’T DO THAT. IT’S TOO RISKY. BUT CESSILY SIGHS DRAMATICALLY AND ANNOUNCES THAT IT’S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE EYES.

WITH THAT, CESSILY UNLEASHES A FULL TORRENT OF SAD PUPPY EYES. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER LIKE SHE’S INSANE BUT WHEN IT’S CLEAR THAT SHE WON’T STOP, SHE SAYS THAT SHE’LL GO TO THE CLUB WITH THEM. CESSILY CHEERS BUT IS THEN SHUSHED BY DOOP, THE LIBRARIAN, WHO IS FLOATING AT ITS DESK, DEEPLY ENGROSSED IN A BOOK ON THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

LATER, THE TRIO WALK OVER TO JULIAN, ROXY, MEGAN, SANTO, LAURA, AND VICTOR, WHO ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOFIA HAS COME AROUND. SOFIA TELLS THEM THAT SHE’LL GO WITH THEM, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE HER ALONE WHILE SHE’S TRYING TO STUDY. THEY AGREE AND GO TO GET READY.

A FEW MORE MINUTES LATER, SOFIA IS LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM MIRROR, A BIT CONFUSED AND RELUCTANT. A TOILET FLUSHES AND MONET WALKS OUT OF A STALL, NOTICING SOFIA’S HESITANCE. SHE SIGHS AND ASKS HER WHAT’S UP AND SOFIA TELLS HER THAT CESSILY IS FORCING HER TO GO TO SOME NEW STRIP CLUB. MONET LAUGHS A BIT AND SOFIA GIVES HER A DIRTY LOOK.

MONET: HON, IF YOU ASK ME, THIS IS FOR THE BEST. YOU’VE SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK WITH YOUR HEAD IN A BOOK AND YOU’VE BARELY SPENT ANY TIME RELAXING.

SOFIA: AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT FINALS?

MONET: NO. BUT EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE THE NORMAL HUMAN AMOUNT OF STUDYING. YOU NEED SOME TIME OFF. YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS ALL THE TIME.

SOFIA SIGHS AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S HARD FOR HER TO JUST CUT LOOSE AT THE DROP OF A HAT. SHE’S NOT SURE SHE CAN ENJOY HERSELF WHEN SHE HAS SO MUCH TO FOCUS ON. MONET LOOKS AT HER BEFORE PRESSING SOMETHING INTO HER PALM. SOFIA ASKS WHAT IT IS, AND MONET TELLS HER THAT IT’S JUST SOMETHING TO HELP HER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE. AS MONET LEAVES, SOFIA LOOKS AT THE ITEM IN HER PALM AND REALIZES THAT IT’S A PILL.

MEANWHILE, JAY IS STRUMMING HIS GUITAR WHEN HE HEARS SOMEONE SCREAMING. HE IMMEDIATELY BOLTS OUT THE DOOR AND HEADS TO THE SOURCE OF THE SCREAMING, STOPPING AT THE LOUNGE. HE LOOKS OVER, TIMIDLY, AND FINDS JOSH YELLING AS LAURIE BEATS HIM IN SUPER SMASH BROS FOR A FIFTH TIME. JAY GROANS AND ASKS HIM WHAT’S UP AND JOSH TELLS HIM THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO DUMP LAURIE.

LAURIE: IT’S NOT MY FAULT THAT I’M BETTER THAN YOU!

JOSH: SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO LOSE EVENTUALLY! WHY CAN’T I KICK YOUR BUTT?!

LAURIE: BECAUSE I’M YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

ALANI AND SOORAYA ENTER AND ASK WHAT’S GOING ON TO WHICH JAY RESPONDS AS JOSH’S MIDLIFE CRISIS. ALANI SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH AND SAYS THAT HE SHOULD QUIT WHILE HE’S AHEAD. JOSH GROANS AND SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH NEXT TO HER AS LAURIE DOES A VICTORY DANCE. BRIAN, WHO WAS IN A CHAIR THE ENTIRE TIME, TELLS SOORAYA THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW WITHOUT PAUSE. JAY CHUCKLES AND TURNS OFF THE TV BEFORE LOOKING AROUND AND ASKING IF ANY OF THEM WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR A BIT.

ALANI STRETCHES HER THIGHS AND SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TALK. OR TELL A SCARY STORY, SINCE SHE LIKES THOSE. SOORAYA IS UNSURE, BUT JOSH IS INTO IT. LAURIE LOOKS AROUND, A BIT HESITANT, BUT SHE AGREES TO LISTEN TO A FEW AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT SO GORY. JOSH THEN STANDS UP AND STARTS TO TELL A STORY, AND BRIAN GROANS WHEN HE REALIZES THAT IT’S A GENERIC STORY ABOUT A SUMMER CAMP. JAY YELLS AT HIM TO BE ORIGINAL, BUT JOSH KEEPS GOING, NOT SEEING ALCHEMIST STANDING IN THE SHADOWS, WATCHING THEM.

MEANWHILE, THE GROUP ARRIVES AT THE CLUB. EVERYONE IS DRESSED DOWN FOR THE OCCASION, BUT SOFIA LOOKS A BIT OUT OF PLACE IN A PINK CROP TOP AND BOOTY SHORTS THAT SAY ‘GRAB HERE’ ON THE BUTT. CESSILY HAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE AS THEY ENTER.

THE CLUB IS VERY BIG WITH BRIGHT NEON LIGHTS AND FOG MACHINES. PEOPLE ARE DANCING TO RAVE MUSIC AS LIGHTS FLASH WITH BRIGHT COLORS. A MUTANT STRIPPER WITH GREEN SKIN AND LEAVES FOR HAIR CAN BE SEEN ON THE STAGE AND A FEW GO-GO DANCERS ARE DANCING IN CAGES AROUND THE ROOM. A LOT OF THE STRIPPERS AND PARTYGOERS ARE MUTANTS AND SO THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO FIT IN. SOFIA SHIFTS A BIT AS CLARICE PUTS AN ARM AROUND HER, SEEING THAT SHE’S A BIT OVERWHELMED. CESSILY STILL HAS A GRIN ON HER FACE AS SHE TELLS THEM THAT THIS IS A PARTY.

WE THEN CUT TO A MONTAGE AS ‘NOTHING BUT ASS’ BY P. CHANCE PLAYS ON THE SPEAKERS. DURING THE MONTAGE, WE SEE VIC AT THE BAR GETTING SOME DRINKS WHILE LAURA GRINDS ON JULIAN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. SANTO CAN BE SEEN PARTYING WITH A FEW MUTANT GIRLS WHILE MEGAN DANCES AROUND, WAVING SOME GLOWSTICKS AROUND LIKE LIGHTSABERS. CESSILY AND ROXY ARE WATCHING THE GIRLS ON THE STAGE, CLEARLY A BIT TIPSY AS THEY CHEER THEM ON. ONE PERFORMER, A MUTANT GIRL WITH SNAKELIKE SKIN, BENDS DOWN ON HER HANDS AND KNEES TO ACCEPT A DOLLAR FROM CESSILY, WHICH SHE STICKS IN HER G-STRING.

SOFIA IS ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH CLARICE, CLEARLY NERVOUS BUT TRYING TO ENJOY HERSELF. CLARICE SMILES AND GIVES HER A KISS BEFORE TAKING A DRINK OF VODKA. SOFIA FINDS HERSELF BUMPED BY ANOTHER DANCER AND WHEN SHE TRIES TO STICK BY CLARICE, SHE COLLIDES WITH A HUMAN MAN WHO KNOCKS HER OVER. CLARICE PUNCHES HIM IN THE JAW BEFORE HELPING SOFIA TO HER FEET AND ASKING IF SHE’S OKAY. SOFIA LOOKS AT CLARICE AND SAYS THAT SHE HAS TO USE THE BATHROOM BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE DANCEFLOOR.

MEANWHILE, JOSH IS WRAPPING UP HIS STORY AS EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS READY TO KILL HIM. JAY CAN’T HELP BUT COMMENT ON HOW AWFUL THE STORY WAS AND LAURIE ADMITS THAT SHE DID THINK THAT SHE’D HEARD IT BEFORE. JOSH GROANS, SAYING THAT EVERYONE’S A CRITIC. BRIAN SIGHS AND ASKS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY, JUMPING AS SUDI APPEARS IN FRONT OF THEM.

SUDI: I’VE GOT A STORY. AND IT’S 100% TRUE.

ALANI ASKS HER HOW LONG SHE WAS STANDING THERE, AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THEY NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED. SHE THEN TELLS THEM TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO HER STORY. ONCE EVERYONE SITS, SHE BEGINS TO TELL THEM THAT ONE THING ABOUT HER IS THAT HER POWERS ALLOW HER TO BE IMMORTAL. JOSH SCOFFS, BUT SUDI INSISTS THAT IT’S THE TRUTH. SHE’S BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR MORE THAN A MILLION YEARS.

SUDI: BECAUSE OF THIS POWER, I’VE HEARD LOTS OF STORIES. SO MANY STORIES FROM SO MANY DECADES. AND THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I’VE HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A COUSIN OF A GRANDSON OF A BROTHER OF A FRIEND OF A FATHER OF A COUSIN WHOSE FATHER WORKED ON THE ROMAN HIGH COUNCIL.

SUDI LOOKS THEM ALL IN THE EYE, HER EXPRESSION TURNING DARK AND MYSTERIOUS.

SUDI: TELL ME… HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY OF ELI BARD?

SOORAYA IS INTERESTED AND TELLS SUDI THAT SHE’S NEVER HEARD THAT NAME. SUDI NODS AND TELLS THEM ALL THAT THIS STORY IS ONE THAT’S BEEN PASSED DOWN BY THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO RETELL IT. LAURIE LOOKS A BIT UNEASY, BUT BRIAN INSISTS THAT SHE CONTINUES.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA IS IN THE CLUB BATHROOM, HER FACE FLUSHED AND HER EYES WIDE. SHE BREATHES RAPIDLY AS SHE REACHES IN HER POCKET AND PULLS OUT THE DRUG THAT MONET GAVE HER. SHE LOOKS AT IT FOR A BIT, INDECISIVE, BEFORE PUTTING IT IN HER MOUTH. SHE WAITS FOR A BIT AND THEN SWALLOWS THE PILL AND LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC STARTS TO BUILD UP IN TENSION AS IF SOMETHING’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT REACHES THAT POINT, SOFIA REALIZES THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

CONFUSED, SHE LOOKS AROUND BUT REALIZES THAT THE BATHROOM THAT WAS ONCE FULL OF PEOPLE IS NOW COMPLETELY EMPTY. SOFIA LOOKS BACK AT HER REFLECTION AS THE SOUND OF SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE LEANS IN TO THE MIRROR AND SUDDENLY, HER REFLECTION REACHES OUT AND PULLS HER INTO THE MIRROR.

AS ‘SHAKE IT UP’ BY SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS, SOFIA WALKS OUT THE BATHROOM, WITH BUTTERFLIES FLYING IN HER WAKE. THE LIGHTS IN THE CLUB FLASH EVEN BRIGHTER, BATHING SOFIA IN COLOR. SHE WALKS ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR IN A HAZE AS MORE COLORS PULSE AND SHINE IN HER DRUG TRIP. AS THE MUSIC GETS LOUDER, SHE STARTS TO DANCE. AURORA LIGHTS FOLLOW HER EVERY MOVE AS SHE STARTS TO DANCE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH. PSYCHEDELIC LIGHTS DANCE ON HER SKIN AS SHE SMILES, REALIZING THAT SHE’S COMING OUT OF HER SHELL. MEANWHILE, CLARICE WATCHES HER, A BIT CONFUSED BY HAPPY FOR HER.

WE THEN FLASH BACK TO ANCIENT ROME AS SUDI STARTS TO TELL HER STORY. THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON A MAN WITH BROWN HAIR, AMBER EYES, AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD AS HE STANDS DRESSED IN A TOGA. SUDI SAYS THAT THIS MAN’S NAME WAS ELIPHAS, AND BACK THEN, HE WAS A BIG DEAL. WE SEE ELIPHAS GIVING A SPEECH AT THE ROMAN SENATE, WALKING THROUGH THE BAZAAR WITH MILITARY GUARDS, AND WALKING OVER TO A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WOMAN WHO EMBRACES HIM PASSIONATELY.

SUDI: HE WAS A HIGH-RANKING POLITICIAN, RESPECTED BY THE MILITARY, WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE, A MEMBER OF THE ELITE, AND LOVED BY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN ALL OF ROME. HE HAD EVERYTHING…

SUDI’S EXPRESSION SUDDENLY DARKENS.

SUDI: …BUT IT WAS ALL A LIE.

WE THEN CUT TO ELIPHAS, SHOCKED AS A GOBLET OF WINE IS THROWN IN HIS FACE. HIS WIFE SNAPS AT HIM, SAYING THAT HIS SPEECH AT THE SENATE ALMOST RUINED EVERYTHING. ELIPHAS PLEADS WITH HIS WIFE, AURELIA, BUT SHE REFUSES TO LISTEN, SAYING THAT HE HUMILIATED HIS FELLOW POLITICIAN, MASCIUS, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. ELIPHAS LOOKS OVER AT A CHISELED BLONDE MAN WHO LOOKS AT HIM SMUGLY AS AURELIA ORDERS HIM TO LEAVE.

ELIPHAS REFUSES TO LEAVE, SAYING THAT THIS IS HIS HOUSE, BUT AURELIA SCOFFS. SHE TELLS HIM NOT TO FORGET WHO PAYS FOR HIS LIFE. WHEN SHE FOUND HIM, HE WAS A STARVING POET BEGGING FOR FOOD AT THE MARKETPLACE. SHE SCOFFS AND REMOVES HER EARRINGS, ORDERING HIM TO HAVE THE SLAVES POLISH THEM ON THE WAY OUT. WITH THAT, SHE REMOVES HER ROBE, INFORMING ELIPHAS THAT SHE AND MASCIUS HAVE BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

AURELIA: INTERRUPT US, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FAN US WHILE WE WORK.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS A TRULY PATHETIC MAN, PUT INTO POWER BY PEOPLE WHO ONLY SOUGHT TO USE HIM.

JOSH: HOLD ON.

BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH INTERRUPTS SUDI’S STORY.

JOSH: PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE.

ALANI: LET’S NOT BE TOO HASTY. I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MASCIUS GUY. I LIKE HIS STYLE.

BRIAN CRACKS UP AFTER ALANI TALKS AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT THE STORY IS GOING SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS WANDERS THE STREETS OF ROME, PAUSING WHEN A FEMALE VOICE CALLS HIS NAME. HE LOOKS AROUND, REALIZING THAT HE’S BY HIMSELF, AND A VOICE CALLS HIS NAME AGAIN. HE TURNS AROUND AND NOTICES A RAVISHING WOMAN WITH IVORY SKIN AND LONG BLACK HAIR. SHE GREETS HIM AND HE ASKS HER IF HE KNOWS HER. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE SIMPLY WISHES HIS COMPANY, GESTURING TO A GOTHIC HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.

ELIPHAS: WHO ARE YOU?

WOMAN: CALL ME… SELENE.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO WE SAW TALKING TO KEVIN AT THE END OF THE LAST EPISODE. BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH GROANS. LAURIE TILTS HER HEAD AND ASKS WHO SELENE IS, AND JAY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S AN IMMORTAL MUTANT AND THE BLACK QUEEN OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. BAD NEWS.

SUDI: I WISH THIS WAS A JOKE. BELIEVE ME, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD THIS STORY GETS.

BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE HEADS OVER TO THE BAR, SITTING BESIDE JULIAN. AS SHE ORDERS A DRINK, JULIAN GRINS, SAYING THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT HE’D SEE THE DAY WHEN CLARICE WOULD SIT WITH HIM. CLARICE GRINS BACK BEFORE LOOKING OVER AT LAURA DANCING IN THE CLUB. SHE STATES HER SURPRISE THAT SHE ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE LIKE JULIAN AND JULIAN CHUCKLES.

JULIAN: Y’KNOW, IT’S WEIRD. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I WANTED SOFIA, BUT I GUESS LAURA AND I WERE KINDA MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. WE’RE BOTH MORE THAN WHAT’S ON THE OUTSIDE. AND THE SEX IS GOOD.

CLARICE: OH REALLY?

JULIAN: THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?

CLARICE: WELL, LET’S SEE… THE LAST TIME ME AND SOFIA GOT TOGETHER… TEN BACK-TO-BACK ORGASMS.

JULIAN: HEH. BUT I AM GLAD SHE CHOSE YOU. YOU WON HER FAIR AND SQUARE AND I’M HAPPY WITH LAURA. SO I GUESS THINGS ARE WORKING OUT FOR THE BOTH OF US.

CLARICE SMILES BEFORE JULIAN LOOKS OVER AT A DRUNK SOFIA DANCING IN THE CLUB. HE ALERTS CLARICE TO THE MATTER AND SHE GETS UP, MOVING TOWARD THE DANCE FLOOR.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN SUDI’S STORY, ELIPHAS AND SELENE RIDE TOGETHER IN THE CARRIAGE. ELIPHAS ASKS SELENE WHAT BRINGS HER HERE, AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE HAS COME FOR HIM. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED BUT SELENE TELLS HIM THAT HE WAS ONCE A GOOD MAN BEFORE THIS WICKED CITY CORRUPTED HIS HEART. HE WAS A GREAT SOLDIER BEFORE POLITICS SOFTENED HIM. AND HE WAS A PASSIONATE LOVER BEFORE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS BORN, WHEN HE FIRST TOOK A LIFE, WHEN A SPEAR ENDED HIS YEARS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE AND WHEN SHE BROKE HIS HEART. AND NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY TOGETHER.

SELENE: ELIPHAS, I HAVE LIVED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. I CAN GIVE YOU THE SAME. I CAN MAKE YOU YOUNG AND STRONGER THAN YOU’VE EVER IMAGINED. I CAN MAKE YOU IMPERVIOUS TO THE ILLS OF MORTALS. AND SOON, YOU COULD CONTROL THE NIGHT AND THE ELEMENTS THEMSELVES. YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER WITH MY LOVE.

ELIPHAS: WHAT WOULD YOU ASK OF ME IN RETURN?

SELENE TRACES A SHARP BLACK NAIL DOWN HIS CHEEK. HER LIPS PART, REVEALING WHITE FANGS.

SELENE: EVERY SINGLE SOUL IN ROME.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS PATHETIC, BUT HE KNEW THIS WOMAN WAS TRUE EVIL. MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING… IF FATE HADN’T MADE THE CHOICE FOR HIM.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE SENATE AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE MASCIUS, THE GUY FUCKING ELIPHAS’S WIFE EARLIER, WITH TWO OTHER POLITICIANS. ONE SAYS THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, BUT THEY ARE GLAD THAT MASCIUS CHOSE TO TAKE HIS SEAT. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED AND MASCIUS EXPLAINS THAT HE SAID THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AND NEEDED HIM TO TAKE OVER HIS DUTIES. ELIPHAS NODS, RELUCTANTLY, AND MASCIUS TELLS HIM THAT AURELIA HAS REQUESTED HIS PRESENCE.

ELIPHAS HEADS OVER TO HIS HOME AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE A FIRE OUTSIDE. IN THE BLAZE ARE HIS POSSESSIONS AND AURELIA IS STANDING ON A BALCONY, TOSSING MORE OF HIS BELONGINGS INTO THE FIRE.

AURELIA: YOU MAY DIE NOW, ELIPHAS. BURN ALONG WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS FOR ALL I CARE. I HAVE NO NEED FOR YOU ANYMORE.

ELIPHAS GLARES AT HER WITH MASKED FURY, HAVING MADE HIS DECISION.

SUDI: THEY SAY A MAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN OF ALL.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE WALKS OVER TO SOFIA AND ASKS HER WHAT’S WRONG. SOFIA GIGGLES AND TELLS CLARICE THAT SHE’S ALL RIGHT. IN FACT, SHE’S FEELING GREAT. CLARICE ASKS HER IF SHE’S ON DRUGS AND SOFIA BEGINS RECITING LINES FROM ROMEO & JULIET AS A RESPONSE, PASSION IN HER EYES. CLARICE SIGHS AND PULLS SOFIA OFF THE DANCE FLOOR.

CESSILY, WHO IS RECEIVING A LAP DANCE FROM A PINK-HAIRED STRIPPER, NOTICES THEM AND ASKS IF THEY’RE OKAY. CLARICE SAYS THAT SOFIA IS DRUNK AND SHE NEEDS TO TAKE HER HOME. CESSILY SIGHS, REPRIMANDING HERSELF FOR FORCING SOFIA TO COME, BUT CLARICE TELLS HER THAT IT’S NOT HER FAULT. CESSILY TELLS HER TO TAKE CARE OF SOFIA AND CLARICE NODS, WALKING OUT THE CLUB WITH SOFIA.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS CONFRONTS SELENE, SAYING THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER SHE ASKS. SELENE TELLS HIM THAT TOMORROW, THE ARENA WILL HOST THE LARGEST BATTLE EVER SEEN. THOUSANDS OF SOULS WILL BE THERE, AND IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

SELENE: I’VE SHOWN YOU THE SIGILS. TAKE MY BLADE AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE. TOGETHER, WE WILL LIVE FOREVER.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS WALKS AMONG THE CROWD HEADING FOR THE ARENA, MUTTERING ABOUT FIVE POINTS OF A PENTAGRAM. THEN ALL OF ROME WILL BURN FOR WHAT THEY DID. SUDDENLY, HE NOTICES A SMALL CHILD BEGGING FOR MONEY IN THE STREET, AND HIS FACE SOFTENS.

SUDI: BUT ELIPHAS WASN’T EVIL. HE WAS JUST WEAK. BUT ONE ACT OF KINDNESS CHANGED EVERYTHING.

ELIPHAS RUNS OVER TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND TELLS HER TO LEAVE ROME WITH HER FAMILY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS APPROACH THE COLISEUM, BUT A MAN, THE GIRL’S FATHER, STOPS HIM, SAYING THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIS FRIEND, ELIPHAS. HE TURNS TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND DEMANDS THAT SHE TELL THEM WHAT SHE KNOWS.

MEANWHILE, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE COLISEUM. DRESSED IN A BLACK CLOAK, HE MOVES UNDETECTED, SLIPPING INTO THE CATACOMBS.

SUDI: SELENE CHOSE HER PAWN WELL. HE KNEW WHERE HE NEEDED TO GO, AND AT THE SAME TIME, NO ONE CARED ENOUGH TO ASK WHY HE WAS GOING THERE.

EVENTUALLY, ELIPHAS REACHES HIS DESTINATION. HE SLITS HIS PALM WITH SELENE’S BLADE AND DRAWS A PENTAGRAM ON THE WALL WITH HIS BLOOD. THEN, HE THROWS DOWN SOME BONES BESIDE THE WALL. HE REPEATS THIS PROCESS THREE TIMES.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN ROME… AND SHE WILL BE REBORN AS A GODDESS. AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

SUDI: SELENE NEEDED HIM TO HELP CAST A SPELL THAT WOULD DEVOUR THOUSANDS OF SOULS AT ONCE. ONE LIFE GIVES HER POWER. WE KNOW THAT FROM THE X-MEN’S ARCHIVES. TAKING THAT MANY LIVES WOULD MAKE HER A GOD.

OUT OF BREATH, ELIPHAS IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAWING THE FINAL PENTAGRAM, MUTTERING THAT THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER. SUDDENLY, A FIST CONNECTS WITH HIS FACE AND HE FALLS BACK, REVEALING MASCIUS AND THREE GUARDS.

MASCIUS: LIVE FOREVER? MY FRIEND, YOU WON’T SURVIVE THE NIGHT.

LATER, INSIDE THE ARENA, THE SOUNDS OF CHEERING CROWDS CAN BE HEARD AS A WARRIOR IS VICTORIOUS. SUDDENLY, SELENE ENTERS THE ARENA IN SLOW MOTION, THE CAMERA FOCUSING ON HER LITHE FORM AND THE FLUTTER OF HER HAIR AND DRESS AGAINST THE WIND.

SUDI: NO ONE KNOWS WHERE SELENE CAME FROM. SHE CLAIMS TO BE OLDER THAN MANKIND. MAYBE SHE’S A MUTANT. ONE OF THE FIRST MUTANTS BORN. WHATEVER SHE IS, SHE WANTS TO BE MORE. SHE WANTS POWER; TO BE WORSHIPED AS A GODDESS. MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT… BUT SHE MADE ONE MISTAKE.

SELENE CLOSES HER EYES AND BEGINS TO CHANT. MYSTIC ENERGY SURROUNDS HER AS THE WIND WHIPS EVEN FIERCELY. SUDDENLY, HER SPELL FADES AND SHE GASPS, SHOCKED. SUDDENLY, SHE LETS OUT A SCREAM AS TWO ARROWS PIERCE HER CHEST, BLOOD EXPLODING ONTO THE GROUND. MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS STAND ALONG WITH ELIPHAS, WHO IS BOUND AND HELPLESS. MASCIUS SCOFFS, SAYING THAT ONE WOULD THINK A WITCH COULD DO BETTER THAN HIM. SELENE SUDDENLY BEGINS TO RISE, BARING HER FANGS IN RAGE.

SELENE: DO YOU BELIEVE YOU COULD KILL ME?! I CAN NEVER DIE! AND I WILL HAVE YOUR…

SUDDENLY, MASCIUS THROWS UP HIS SWORD, STABBING IT THROUGH HER HEAD. BLOOD PAINTS THE FLOOR AS SELENE FALLS DOWN, DEAD. MASCIUS ORDERS HIS GUARDS TO BIND THE BODY, THEN TAKE THEM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND BURN THEM. HIS GUARDS RESPOND, DRAGGING A SCREAMING ELIPHAS AWAY.

SUDI: IF ONLY IT WERE THAT EASY.

OUTSIDE ROME, ELIPHAS AND SELENE ARE BOUND TO TWO STAKES. ELIPHAS CRIES AND PRAYS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AS MASCIUS’ GUARDS LIGHT THE PYRES. AS THE STAKES IGNITE IN FLAMES, ELIPHAS SCREAMS, BUT SELENE’S EYES BEGIN TO OPEN. SHE HISSES AS HER EYES APPEAR YELLOW AND ANIMALISTIC, DEVOID OF ANY HUMANITY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FLAMES ARE BLOWN BACK, SETTING THE GUARDS ON FIRE. THEY SCREAM AS THE FIRE EATS AWAY AT THEM.

ELIPHAS: AAAAHHHH… AAAAHHHH… OH, GODS, HELP MEEEE!

SELENE: ELIPHASSSSS… NO GOD CAN SAVE YOU NOW.

SELENE APPEARS IN FRONT OF ELIPHAS, ANGERED. HER FACE IS BURNT AND DISFIGURED, NOTHING LIKE THE PALE BEAUTY THAT IT WAS BEFORE. ELIPHAS SCREAMS IN TERROR.

SELENE: LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I’M SORRY!

SELENE: I OFFER YOU EVERYTHING AND YOU BETRAY ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I JUST WANTED A LIFE ETERNAL WITH YOU BY MY…

SELENE: OH, YOU WILL HAVE LIFE ETERNAL, ELIPHAS… A LIFE OF ETERNAL TORMENT.

WITH THAT, SELENE BEGINS TO TRANSFER HER INJURIES ONTO ELIPHAS. HE SCREAMS AS HIS BODY IS BURNED AND SCARRED AS SELENE RETURNS TO HER BEAUTIFUL PERFECTION.

SELENE: YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER, AND FOREVER I WILL DENY YOU. I WILL DENY DEATH TO YOU. PRAY YOU NEVER SEE ME AGAIN.

WITH THAT, SHE DISAPPEARS, LEAVING ELIPHAS SCREAMING INTO THE NIGHT.

SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER, A MAN IS DIGGING UP A GRAVE IN A CEMETERY. HE LOOKS AT THE GRAVE, NOTICING SOMETHING IS WRONG. SUDDENLY, A PALE HAND GRABS HIM AND FANGS SINK INTO HIS NECK. WE THEN SEE ELIPHAS, HIS BODY FRAIL AND BONE-WHITE LIKE A CORPSE. HIS EYES ARE TWO MILKY-WHITE ORBS AND HIS TEETH HAVE ELONGATED INTO FANGS. HE HOLDS THE DEAD MAN IN HIS ARMS AND MUTTERS THE NAME OF THE WOMAN HE LOVED.

SUDI: FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, HE SEARCHED FOR HER. AFTER EVERYTHING SHE DID TO HIM, HE STILL LOVED HER. AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT, HE BROUGHT DEATH. HE SOON LEFT THE OLD WORLD, FOLLOWING HER TRAIL TO THE NEW. HE MET A TRIBE WHO RECOGNIZED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DEFEAT HIM, AND THEIR DEATHS WERE BLAMED BY THE DISEASES BROUGHT ONTO THEIR LAND BY THE COLONISTS. HE SOON FOUND HER IN NOVA ROMA AND FOLLOWED HER TO THE PRESENT DAY, BUT HE WAS TOO AFRAID TO APPROACH HER. HE NEEDED SOMETHING TO APPEASE HER. AN OFFERING. TO MAKE HER A GODDESS. TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AGAIN.

AS THE STORY ENDS, WE LOOK AT THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF HER. LAURIE IS BITING HER NAILS, HER FACE GHOSTLY WHITE. JAY AND SOORAYA ARE EQUALLY SCARED. JOSH TELLS SUDI THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE HER ANYMORE WHILE ALANI AND BRIAN WANT HER TO TELL THE STORY AGAIN. SUDI THEN SNAPS OUT OF HER DARKENED STATE, SMILING AND ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY. WITH THAT, LAURIE FAINTS.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE DRAGS SOFIA INTO HER ROOM AND INTO HER BED. SOFIA GRASPS AT CLARICE’S CLOTHES BLINDLY AND CLARICE SAYS THAT SHE REFUSES TO HAVE SEX WHILE SOFIA IS HIGH. AFTER SOME STRUGGLED PROTESTS, SOFIA FINALLY CALMS DOWN, AND CLARICE SITS BESIDE HER AS SHE LIES DOWN.

SOFIA: CLARICE… CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?

CLARICE: YEAH.

SOFIA: I LOVED THIS NIGHT! I… I’M GLAD I COULD CUT LOOSE FOR ONCE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT STUPID FINALS! AND I’M GLAD THAT I HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WITH MY FATHER, I WANTED SOOO BADLY TO IMPRESS HIM, BUT NOTHING WORKED! I STUDIED HARD AND WORKED HARDER JUST TO MAKE HIM NOTICE ME! BUT HE NEVER DID. I GUESS I KEEP STUDYING FOR TESTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I DO, MAYBE HE WILL NOTICE ME FOR ONCE. BUT I’M GLAD I WAS HERE TONIGHT. I’M GLAD YOU WERE HERE FOR ME. I…

CLARICE: I KNOW, BABE. JUST REST. YOU’RE SAFE NOW.

CLARICE SLOWLY BEGINS TO STROKE SOFIA’S HAIR AND BEGINS TO SING ‘CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU’ TO SOFIA. DURING THIS MOMENT, WE SEE JOSH CARRY A SLEEPING LAURIE TO HER ROOM, CESSILY AND ROXY MAKING OUT WHILE LAURA AND JULIAN MAKE LOVE IN JULIAN’S ROOM, AND SANTO AND MEGAN CURLED UP WITH ALANI, SUDI, BRIAN, JAY, AND SOORAYA. AS THE SONG ENDS, SOFIA IS FAST ASLEEP AND CLARICE KISSES HER CHEEK AS THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK.

UNDERNEATH SALEM CENTER, WE SEE THE BODY OF ELVIRA, THE PROSTITUTE FROM THE OPENING SCENE, BEING DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND. HER CORPSE IS THEN LEFT TO REST ALONGSIDE A WALL WITH MELANIE AND ROSE’S BODIES AS A KNIFE SLITS THEIR PALMS. A PALE HAND DABS AGAINST THE BLOOD AND BEGINS TO DRAW SOMETHING AGAINST THE WALL. WHEN FINISHED, THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT, REVEALING A DRAWING OF A PENTAGRAM.

THE FINAL SHOT REVEALS THE IDENTITY OF THE HOODED KILLER. IT’S ELIPHAS.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN THIS CITY. EVERY SINGLE SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

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HEY GUYS! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPLOAD! JUST GOT A LOT ON MY MIND! ANYWAYS, MAKE SURE YOU LIKE THE EPISODE CAUSE I WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT!

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