#erik if this ends with hush dying or disappearing i will riot istg

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Getting To Know Your Mysterious Stranger (Halloweek Day 3! New Hush Video)

CW: [threatening tone][brief gore sounds][character death] //// (I'm sorry this one is so long, I typically want to keep these summaries as short and sweet as possible, but there was just so much information in this and so much that I thought was important that I basically gave you the whole video...sorry lol)

Listener, "Doc" is confronted about their involvement in the "murder of a de(a)mon" by...someone. This individual is being quite threatening, and Doc does their best to comply. They are asking about Hush, about why he let Doc live and about the "connection" the two have.

We learn that Hush told the Chorus that he didn't have a name, and this stranger asks if Doc knows what Hush is. Obviously, they're pretty much as in the dark as the stranger.

The stranger keeps pressing, giving further details about what happened to Hush before Doc came across them. Doc defends Hush, but the stranger points out that Hush has and will harm or even kill others for whatever reason he seems fit.

Hush comes in! Threatening this stranger, saying "get away from them, or die."

Hush brutally kills the stranger with ease, Doc is left horrified and Hush is confused. The pair discuss further.

Hush offers to make dinner for Doc, saying "I've read that food and drink can ease the nerves" and that he as "read a lot lately." He points out that Doc is nervous often, and he struggles to understand why...and seems to want to understand why. He says that he is "trying to learn." He doesn't like it when Doc is nervous, he doesn't like when he "contributes to their nervousness" and wants Doc to feel good around him.

Doc asks if he feeds on emotions, and he does not, but he can detect emotions like de(a)mons. He'd claims that he is missing "context." He says that he is better at identifying feels he is more accustom to, saying fear, anger, nervousness...people feel those a lot around him. He's used to them, so he picks up on them easier.

Hush says that he doesn't feed on anything, I assume that Doc asked if he does. He says, "everything I need, I have." Doc asks and Hush says that he does not run out of energy, claiming, "it's not how I work."

Hush doesn't know everything about himself, he's actively learning about that too. He says that he can't explain much.

Hush offers to make food again, claiming that he learned to make some things. His reasoning being that Doc needs to eat, so it seems like a good thing for him to know.

Doc asks, and Hush says again that he has no desire to hurt anyone, but that he is willing to hurt those who "try to stop him."

Hush cleans up his mess (the articulate he killed). He knows that 'they' will send more, and claims that it isn't a smart idea. However, he says that he understand why they do send more. Doc asks why. Hush says, "because they think I'm going to free their gods from the prison they're in." Doc asks, and Hush says, "they think that, because that's exactly what I'm going to do...among other things."

Doc expresses their concern with this, and Hush assures that nothing will go wrong. Doc presses and he says that he won't let anything go wrong.

Hush says once more that he is "instrumental force," given purpose and form. Doc claims the he is being vague, and he claims that he is being blunt. Hush says that they don't have the context to understand. Doc asks if he can make them understand, he tells them to take his hand. Hush says that Doc is a Freelancer.

Freelancer asks if they are about to bridge, and Hush says that he is not capable of bridging.

Doc says that everyone's core sings different, and that if you really listen you can tell the differences between everyone's cores by their songs. He says that everyone's magic makes the 'Spellsong.' Hush says that he is the space between noise, he is the silence in the Spellsong.

Doc asks why he told them this. And he says that he doesn't know...and that he probably shouldn't have. But that he wanted to tell them, and that he's never wanted to tell anyone anything before.

Doc asks what happens 'after.' Hush says that he never thought about it, that he doesn't know. His conclusion is, "when I don't need to exist anymore, I won't."

Hush asks what Doc is feeling, as he is unfamiliar with their current emotions, and they tell him that they will tell him later.

He asks if they are hungry now. Doc offers to teach Hush something (presumably how to cook) and he agrees, saying he has a lot more to learn. That he wants to learn from them.