#i'm not blue cuphead | mugman

[allhailmuggod]

“Where did you come from?”

“Don’t Belong Here” Sentence Starters

"That's easy!" said Mugman, also known by his alternate versions as Blue Jay, "I came from Inkwell Isles." He gestured with his thumb behind himself.

There were no Inkwell Isles in that direction, of course. Jay stood with his back towards some suspicious dark woods from which he had emerged.

Before he got here, Jay had gotten lost in the wrong part of the Isle One's forest. He must have been walking for hours before he finally saw an opening. However, instead of his house or Cagney's flower field, he was met with this little goat.

So, yes, he knew where he came from. Just not how he got here.

[shortcakelils]

AGGRESSIVELY HAS FUN WITH NEW BRUSHES AAGAHHGFHHHEHGEGHHGE

@mintythecup @whosectype @inkmachine7

edit: I FORGOT MAXY'S TAIL I'M CRYING

edit 2: I fixed it dw guys it's alr

edit 3: I also forgot mugmans handle crack but I can't be fucked fixing that jfhgjf sorry mugs

[4ce-of-2pades-inkwell]

Instead of getting back to answering asks like I should be doing, I put together a fandub of some of Brightgoat's original Casino Cups comics using audio that I recorded back in, like, December.

This isn't super well-made. The audio quality is awful, and I didn't bother with any sound effects or anything. Hopefully the voice acting is good enough to make up for the deficits.

I present to you: At the Reaper's Expense & Mortal Blues

All art belongs to the legendary @brightgoat.

[youngersiblingstournament]

Younger Siblings Tournament Bracket Reveal

A few things I want to mention before I reveal the bracket (and make the post really long because all the matchups will be listed in text):

Seeding of fictional characters in tumblr polls is inherently subjective. I did try to make it so that more popular characters/media would (most likely) face off against each other in later rounds, but I may be overestimating or underestimating the popularity of some characters/media, especially ones I'm not familiar with. There are some round 1 matchups that are probably a closer match but none of them are between the strongest candidates... I think.

The more niche characters will probably get obliterated in the first round as per Squimbus' Law. This is a tumblr poll and I do fully expect more popular characters to sweep, but that doesn't mean you can't encourage your friends to give your niche faves a fighting chance.

Also there are some matchups I literally just thought would be funny. Please don't take this too seriously.

I'm sorry BNHA fans.

(Preliminary Patch Notes 3/14: Swapped brackets 2 and 3, and brackets 19 and 21.)

[Image description: A 64-person tournament bracket labeled "younger siblings tournament" with a smiley face. The top-left quarter is labeled "quarter A" and color-coded red, the bottom-left quarter is labeled "quarter B" and color-coded green, the top-right quarter is labeled "quarter C" and color-coded purple, and the bottom-right quarter is labeled "quarter D" and color-coded gold. The starting brackets are labeled 1-32 and are as listed below. End ID]

Quarter A:

Ritsu Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Ame (Wolf Children)

Malo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) vs. Cat Valentine (Victorious)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) vs. Fern (Adventure Time)

Skeletor (Masters of the Universe) vs. Shuri (Marvel)

Ryotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider Den-O) vs. Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch) vs. Sir Agravain (Arthurian Legend)

Dewey Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle) vs. Siobhan "Shiv" Roy (Succession)

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) vs. Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)

Quarter B:

(9) Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) vs. Louie Duck (DuckTales)

(10) Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Saburo Yamada (Hypnosis Mic)

(11) Noelle Holiday (Deltarune) vs. Krel Tarron (Tales of Arcadia)

(12) Melinoë (Hades) vs. Han Yoohyun (The S-Classes That I Raised)

(13) Abel (The Bible) vs. Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6)

(14) Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Greg (Over the Garden Wall)

(15) Dante (Devil May Cry) vs. Alisaie Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

(16) Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia) vs. Kofuku (Real Life)

Quarter C:

(17) Luigi (Super Mario) vs. Genji Shimada (Overwatch)

(18) Yukio Okumura (Blue Exorcist) vs. Saki Tenma (Project Sekai)

(19) Fleabag (Fleabag) vs. Emerald Haywood (Nope)

(20) Sam Winchester (Supernatural) vs. Jiang Cheng (The Untamed)

(21) Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson) vs. Gaz Membrane (Invader Zim)

(22) Manny Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) vs. Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill (Better Call Saul)

(23) Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs. Sunny (Omori)

(24) Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Mugman (Cuphead)

Quarter D:

(25) Michelangelo Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. The Knight (Hollow Knight)

(26) Vash the Stampede (Trigun) vs. Ruby Rose (RWBY)

(27) Sensei Wu (Lego Ninjago) vs. King Clawthorne (The Owl House)

(28) Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

(29) Jinx (Arcane) vs. Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)

(30) Damian Wayne (DC) vs. Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

(31) Hop (Pokémon Sword and Shield) vs. Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)

(32) Rhyme Bito (The World Ends With You) vs. Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Round 1 is ongoing! Matchups are linked (or if you prefer to scroll through the matchup posts, go to the "younger siblings tournament" tag on my blog)

[cinnamonsakura666]

The holidays had finally started to arrive, mountains of snow appeared all over the land and a group of toons decided to spend their holiday together this year. They all spent time with each other a lot but also, complications for some would come up and this kind of gathering wasn't always as easy to do. So, here they were now, making snow sculptures and throwing snowballs.

"Cuuupheeeeaaaadd….." A lil' devil named Bendy said through a shivering tone. Cuphead, as his name implies, turned to see his friend, chilled to the core, walked up behind him and rested his head on his shoulder, the other male flinching at the sudden contact. "I'm coooollldd…."

Cuphead stopped making a snowball for a second. "Oh yeah…..Yer a demon so you musta be freezin' because you ain't use ta' it!"

"Of course he is, Cuphead!" Mugman, Cuphead's twin sibling, stated. "Even I knew that! That's why I suggested he stay inside!"

"Well, excuuuuuuuse me! I wanted ta' have em' join in on ta' fun!"

"Cuppy~" Bendy cooed, Cuphead flared up at the contact, feeling like he was grinning like an idiot as Bendy traced his shoulder. "Come on~ Let's go inside, please?~" Cuphead immediately nodded a yes, looking at Mugman.

"Ya heard em', Mugsy! He's cold! We gotta take em' in!" The red male decided to pull Bendy in for a hug in-order to keep him warm, Bendy happily returning the embrace. "We can continue ta' snowball fight later!"

Mugman tried to protest but was stopped by another person speaking.

"Leave em', Mugman. No use arguing against em' at this moment." Oswald the Lucky Rabbit said, alongside with his brother, Mickey placing the top hat on top of the snowman he and Oswald were working on.

Mugman sighed, understanding what the rabbit had said. Mugman swore that everytime Cuphead and Bendy came into contact with each other, Cuphead would be more willing to listen to Bendy than his own brother. It was slightly getting annoying at this point.

"Yes, Mugman, it's about time we went inside anyway." Mickey, Oswald's younger brother and main voice of reason among the group, responded, having finished the snowman.

The three headed inside, the house that the holiday festivities were held at was Mickey and Oswald’s home (For Oswald, it acted more as a temporary place to stay while in the toon world and not in Wasteland).

“Hey! Welcome back! How was it out there?” Felix the Cat turned the corner, holding a small tray with three decorative glasses, a dark liquid in them, as he greeted the three who were now inside, taking off the extra layers of clothing by the door.

“Cold.” Mickey chuckled, taking a glass before handing it carefully to Mugman and then to Oswald. Finally, with all drinks distributed, the mouse took one for himself.

Felix snorted at the response; “Cuphead and Bendy mentioned it being cold outside when they came in.”

“Where did they go, anyway?” Mugman asked.

Felix nodded towards the couch, Mugman walking over to peer over it. There the two were, Cuphead, looking completely out of it and Bendy laying on his body, head resting on Cuphead’s shoulder as the two were cuddling close to each other, watching a Christmas themed movie.

The blue male returned to the kitchen, looking back with a feeling that felt familiar but foreign at the same time. 

“Hey, Mugs, why don’t you help me out with making cookies?” Felix called out to Mugman. The younger toon came over to help, putting on an apron. “So…..” Felix began; “What’s got you looking that way?” 

Mugman glanced back over through the doorway. He could see the couch Bendy and his brother was on but couldn’t see over it. “Mmm…..I dunno….Bendy is the only person Cuphead easily got along with other than me when it came to seeing that person over and over again but as much as I trust them, I can’t help but distrust Bendy’s intentions with Cup. It’s confusing….” 

“How so?” 

“Bendy is a demon and from the books I’ve read through to study how to deal with demons since me and Cuphead have run into a few different ones, it mentioned that the type of demon Bendy is, an imp, it’s said that many of them are succubi, demons who feed off affection and love. I feel like that when Bendy comes near Cuphead and uses his charms, Cuphead can barely speak and goes along with everything Bendy says! It’s crazy! He barely listens to anybody, why would he listen to him?!” Mugman explained. 

Felix didn’t respond, simply smirking to himself as he snickered. “No, I get that feeling of worry but honestly, you don’t have anything to worry about! It’s completely normal!” Felix handed some raw gingerbread dough to Mugman and the latter got to work on kneading the dough. Felix, meanwhile, mixed the new batch. 

“Alright, Alright. If it makes ya feel better, I’ll monitor em’ ta’ make sure no funny business goes on for yer sake, Mugman.” Oswald walked up behind the young cup sibling and took a gingerbread man to snack on. “Oh! By ta’ way, great cocoa an’ cookies, Feels. Tastes great!” Oswald followed that up with putting a hand on the cat’s shoulder, squeezing it beneath his grasp.

Mugman almost laughed at the fact that once Oswald had fully gotten out of the kitchen, Felix reacted the exact same way his sibling did near the lil’ devil.

Mickey seemed to have noticed as well, covering his mouth so he wouldn’t laugh out loud.

“See? Perfectly normal for everyone! No magic involved, just love for someone.”

Mugman chuckled, acknowledging that fact but the doubt still lingered. “I got it, Mr. Mickey.”

Mickey smiled and patted the young toon on the head with a smile. “You’re a good brother, Mugs.” Mickey wandered back into the living room, not before he tapped Felix on the shoulder. “Back to earth, Felix.” Felix shook his head, realizing that he was just standing there, lost in his thoughts.

“Heheh, sorry! Anyway, where were we, Mugman?”

The two fixed more cookies as the Disney siblings hung out in the living room, glancing every so often at Cuphead and Bendy, asleep and warm.

“They’re kinda cute, aren’t they?” Mickey whispered to Oswald. Oswald nodded in agreement, returning to whisper in Mickey’s ear. “Yeah but ya heard ta’ blue mug.”

Mickey smiles as he nods. "Yeah. I did. Just something I thought about."

Sooner or later, Felix and Mugman finished up, heading out to the living room. Felix hesitantly sits next to Oswald, glancing at the rabbit to see if he's going to be pushed away.

"Excuse me, Oswald. M-May I share the blanket with you and Mickey? And Mugman would like that too…." Felix blushes as he looks at Oswald.

Oswald looks at him, curious but he eventually sighs and offers his blanket to the two. Felix gets close to Oswald but the rabbit pulls the toon cat closer with an eyeroll.

"Come 'ere. I won't bite." Oswald mutters. Felix looks away, extremely flustered as Mugman cozies up to Felix. The mug snorts at Felix's reaction.

He really had nothing to worry about, did he?

(Btw, Bonus pic! Bendy got a Tattletail for X-Mas this year. He named it "Furball", "Furby" for short.)

[xshimaeraxx]

“You… are my SAVIOUR!”

ehehehe, scene redraws 2 add hcs goes brrrrrr

hcs list:

- SCARS. just- just scars

- mugsy’s straw is cut open :3 which is why the beverage (idk what it is so dont ask) fizzes up THRU that lil hole aswell as the tope

- the spade straw accessory thing was a gift from the casino’s tailor imps after that one imp stole & bloodied mugsy’s bow:3 they wear it 24/7, even while asleep. its the one gift someone other then cuphead has ever given them after elder’s death; they cried the day the imps gave it to them, but only after their shift at the casino had long since ended for the day

- glasses!!! so ye bc of the scar 'cross their eye there, they need glasses bc their eyesight is So Shit it aint even rly funny

- the beverages in the bros' heads always fizz up whenever they're excited/mad/scared/feeling Very Muchly, hence why fizz is poofing up outta mugsy's straw

- the reason those 3 big scars're filled in w [insert magical item thing] is bc in those places, IF they hadnt been filled in, mugsy'd be bleeding constantly (mouth, eye, handle - all important/essential places/things for an animi's body to have [bc i hc that their handles r how the 'bros/animis hear, hence why it'd bleed if just left open]). the other places/scars/chips, however, wouldn't bleed, hence why they're not filled in.

- the scars on mugman's nose r red/more geneally scar-like then crack-like bc a nose, in my hcs, is actually the weakest part of an animi's body! it is LITERALLY the only skin/flesh-y part of an animi's body, and thus the weakest/most vulnerable, bc yk. ceramic. not that easy to scar 'less you LITERALLY end up losin' pieces of your body (which, yes, does mean the fights just fucked up mugsy/the 'bros THAT MUCH for them to have that many scars, that is what i'm implying)

- clothes details/add-ons!! ive always hc'd that cups loves sewin', & given its p clearly stated/implied in cc that the 'bros're pisspoor, it was only natural for THAT to turn into a hc that cuphead's actually sown/made most of the 'bros's civilian/off-work clothes. cups likes adding little details to the clothes he makes to make 'em feel more lively, hence the pattern(s) on mugs's blue shirt & the lil light goldy bits on the collar + the golden button thing.

- TEEF! SHARK TEEF!! basically i hc that 'nimis Hab Sharp Teefers. that's. that's literally it, they just have sharp teeth

[flickynightdarkness]

My Full Comfort Characters List

Oggy, Olivia (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

SpongeBob, Sandy Cheeks, Gary The Snail, Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll (Sanrio)

Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Shy (Little Miss)

Mr Quiet, Little Miss Giggles (Mr Men Show)

CookieSwirlC, Jaiden Animations, Dawko, Rageminer, REU Music Channel (YouTubers)

Chudd Chudders & DangerGrid Of Doom (Skatoony)

Jigglypuff, Eevee, Darkrai, Alice, Alicia, Iris, Sylveon (Pokémon)

Rosalina, Boo, Count Bleck, Tippi, Peach, Daisy (Mario)

Mario, Yoshi, Luigi (Mario/DIC Cartoons)

Cream, Chao, Orbot, Cubot, Zavok, Zazz, Dr Eggman, Vector, Chip, Tails Doll (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Sonic, Tails (Sonic/AOSTH)

Poppet, Dr Strangeglove, Baby Rox, Captain Squirk, Jeepers, Kissy, Shishi (Moshi Monsters)

Hanazuki, Yellow Hemka, Pink Hemka, Light Blue Hemka (Hanazuki)

Charles Calvin, Reginald Copperbottom, Right Hand Man, Dmitri Petrov (Henry Stickmin)

Mama (Cooking Mama)

Pusheen The Cat

Shirousa & Kurousa (Sugar Bunnies)

Pipsqueak (The Lorax)

Mushi Sanban, Numbuh 9/Maurice, Father/Benedict Wigglestein & Monty Uno/Numbuh 0 (Codename: Kids Next Door)

Bubble (BFDI)

Winner (TPOT)

X, Cake (BFB)

Orbulon (Warioware)

Kirby, Meta Knight (Kirby)

PukeyHurlC (Grossery Gang)

Duck Guy, Red Guy, Bread Mother, Electracey (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)

ENA (Season 1/Dream BBQ)

Moony (ENA)

Toriel, Papyrus (Undertale)

Jevil (Deltarune)

Neo Cortex, Aku Aku, Dingodile, Lani-Loli, Kapuna-Wa (Crash Bandicoot)

Scar (Alien Vs Predator)

Secret History! Tails (Mashed)

MX (Mario 85)

N (Murder Drones)

505, White Hat (Villainous)

SCP-049, SCP-999 (SCP)

Sam (Trick R Treat)

Lord X, Majin Sonic, Hog, Curse (EXEs)

Hypno (Pokémon/Poképasta)

Lost Silver (Pokepasta)

XR, NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Ms Joke, Eri, Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia)

Rayman (Rayman/Animated Series)

Snatcher (A Hat In Time)

Scarecrow (BTAS/TNBA/Arkham Asylum/Arkham Knight/Injustice 2/Harley Quinn Series/Happy Halloween Scooby Doo)

Mad Hatter (BTAS)

King Shark (Harley Quinn Series)

Ragdoll, Riddler, Joker (The Batman Series)

The Question (Justice League Unlimited)

Zardy (Zardy's Maze)

Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet & Clank)

Soft BF (FNF: Soft)

Cofi, Bezel, Slushi, Cheezborger (Chikn Nuggit)

Hex, Nikusa, Rascal, Sarvente, QT, Boyfriend, Girlfriend (FNF)

Skid, Pump, Robert, Jaune, Streber, John, Bob Velseb (Spooky Month)

Blitzo, Moxxie, Collin, Stolas, Paimon (Helluva Boss)

Charlie Morningstar, Angel Dust, Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)

Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)

Taki (Friday Night Fever)

Shuey Rhon Rhon (Beijing 2022 Paralympics Mascot)

Miraitowa, Someity (Tokyo 2020 Mascots)

Harry Hill, Robert Englund, Charles Martinet (Celebrities)

Bingo, Snorky (Banana Splits)

Wall-E, EVE (Wall-E)

Mario.EXE (Mario's Madness)

Needlem0use, Luther, Sarah Hendedson (Needlem0use)

Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Bendy (BATDR)

Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

Tari, Meggy Spletzer, Melony (SMG4)

Mugman, Baroness Von Bon Bon (Cuphead Show)

Slender Man, Splendor Man, Lulu, Jeff The Killer, Laughing Jack (Creepypasta)

Moon Knight

Meilin Lee, Abby Park (Turning Red)

Spot The Dog

Edd, Matt, Tord, Tom (Eddsworld)

EteleD, Corrupt Mii (Wii Deleted You)

Perrito, Puss In Boots, Kitty Softpaws, Three Diablos (Puss In Boots)

Grogu (The Mandalorian)

Sayori, Monika, Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Mr Shark, Diane Foxington (The Bad Guys)

Grim Reaper, Jack O Lantern (Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy)

[elm-writes-stories]

Cuphead: Isle of Memories (Rewrite)

*Hey, everybody, I know that it's been a month since I published this. I'm so sorry about that. These updates will be at a slower pace since I have a job and I will be going back to school in a couple of months. Anyway, this is published on November 12, 2023. If you guys like this episode, don't be afraid to heart, reblog, and comment! This will be greatly appreciated. Enjoy!*

Episode Nine: The Growing Problems

Today started out like any normal day.

Elder Kettle was making breakfast for Cuphead and Mugman as if they were back in their old house except they were in the Howling Aces’ base. Elder Kettle flipped the pancakes over in an upbeat rhythm from the music in the morning. He flipped the pancakes over his shoulder, letting the boys catch the pancakes.

Cuphead, as always, caught the pancakes flawlessly with his plate. However, his brother didn’t catch all of the pancakes. Mugman appeared dejected until he noticed a pancake stuck on the wall. He peeled it off and…there was nothing on the wall. His brother shrugged and placed the one pancake he peeled off the wall on the plate.

Elder Kettle noticed the skies getting red from the kitchen window. “Say, the skies are getting red. What’s up with that—?”

It was sudden that everything shook as if something exploded. Cuphead gasped while the fire consumed the Howling Aces’ base.

“Elder Kettle—!” Cuphead screamed for his caretaker, but Elder Kettle was soon burned up in flames.

“Cuphead! What did you do?!” Elder Kettle cried before melting in front of him.

“NOOOO!!!” Cuphead cried while breathing heavily.

He looked to see Mugman being held hostage by a figure of Hunter and The Devil combined.

Cuphead growled and his fists lit up. “You better let go of him!”

“Or what?” Hunter’s and The Devil’s voice mixed in together. “You’re going to shoot me with your magic bullets? Your poor brother has suffered enough from you as it is. Why does he need to stay with you any longer? You’ve already put him through enough.”

“No! Get your hands off of my brudda—!”

“Stop, please,” Mugman whimpered.

“Mugsy—”

“Stop, you’re going to hurt me—”

Cuphead frowned at the sight of his brother being in pain in front of him. “Mugman…?”

Mugman’s veins started to glow blue in front of Cuphead, causing him to breathe heavily in fear. Mugman’s veins went from blue to orange. The mug screamed in pain with tears at the corners of his eyes.

“No, leave him alone—” Cuphead ran towards Mugman and reached his hand out to him. However, Cuphead felt like Mugman was further than he was.

Mugman screamed in pain until he couldn’t scream anymore. The mug collapsed forward on the ground, milk spilled out of his head before Cuphead could reach him.

“NOOO!!!” Cuphead cried, his tears streaming from his face. He approached his brother’s body and collapsed on his knees. “MUGMAN!!”

“Now look what you did,” the figure with Hunter’s body and Devil’s body combined. “Your brother has done so much for you. What have you done for him in return?”

Cuphead drew his brows together, his body lit up in flames. “You’ll pay for that!” Before Cuphead could attack the figure, he realized that his flames were consuming the house around him.

“Cuphead! Cuphead! Wake up, you’re setting the place on fire—”

~.~

Cuphead gasped and the flames around him died as soon as soon as he opened his eyes. It turned out to be Natalie waking him up from his nightmare with a concerned look.

Cuphead looked around to find that there were burn marks on the wall and on the bed. He sweated nervously. “Uh, hehe, sorry.”

“You okay? You look like you are having some sort of nightmare,” Natalie uttered.

“Eh, it’s nothin’,” Cuphead responded. “Just a stupid dream.”

Natalie frowned and sat next Cuphead. “You know, you don’t have to toughen up around me, right?”

Cuphead blushed and shook his head. “No, I ain’t…”

She smirked a bit.

He sighed. “Fine, maybe a little. But I really mean it when I said it’s nothin’.”

“You were screaming your brother’s name in your sleep.”

He paused and looked away.

“That is why I woke up…and then I noticed the flames rising in your sleep. Luckily, it didn’t burn the entire place down,” Natalie added.

Cuphead looked around to not find Mugman anywhere. “Did…Mugman hear me?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “I’m not sure. I know he’s awake…but he must be helping your dad with somethin’…along with Cassi. He probably didn’t hear it.”

“Good—”

On cue, Mugman zoomed into the room. “I heard someone screaming for me. What happened? What’s going on?”

“Nevermind, he heard you,” Natalie responded.

Cuphead straightened up. “Oh, it’s, uh, nothin’.”

Mugman squinted at his brother for a brief moment. “You sure?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m sure. Everything is fine, buddy,” Cuphead reassured.

Mugman arched a brow while Werner suddenly popped out from his ceramic head.

“He’s lying,” Werner whispered to Mugman.

Werner was picked off of Mugman’s head by Mugman and was set down on his shoulder. He patted Werner on the head with a small smile and looked at his brother.

“W-Well, if you need me, I’ll be over by the gates with Cassi,” Mugman informed his brother and Natalie.

“Okay,” Cuphead replied while Mugman walked away. The cup sighed sadly. “I oughta stop worrying Mugsy.”

Natalie turned her gaze to him. “What do you mean? He’s your brother. He wants to look after you.”

“Yeah, but…I feel like him being worried about me is going to get him killed if we ain’t too careful,” Cuphead confessed his fear.

She softened her gaze. “I-Is that what your nightmare is about?”

He hugged himself and gazed at his shoes. “Yeah…”

She frowned. “Do you think that it’s still your fault?”

“For what?”

She shrugged. “For everything that might have to do with Mugman, I guess.”

He nodded his head. “Yeah. I mean…I know that Mugman is okay now and he got Cassi back. And I’m happy for him that he was getting better. But I can’t help, but think that something might happened that will hurt him. It’s been a couple of days since Cassidy is back and he’s been actin’ somewhat normal again. Everything was somewhat normal…it’s only the matter of time before the shoe drops.”

Natalie placed her hand on top of his. “Well, we have some normalcy now except for the infectees…we might as well make the most out of it before something happens.”

He smiled and nodded. “Yeah. Thanks, Nat.”

She grinned at the new nickname. “No problem, Cups.”

They blushed at the use of nicknames. She scooted closer to him and leaned against him, which shocked him a bit.

“It’s gettin’ chilly,” Natalie explained.

He giggled. “Heh, don’t worry about it. I don’t mind.”

Unbeknownst to them, Mugman was standing by the doorway, listening to the conversation with Werner on his shoulder. He frowned and walked away from the bedroom.

Once they’re out of ear-shot from them, Werner glanced at Mugman and sat on his shoulder. “Zo, do vu zink he’s vorrying too much?”

Mugman shook his head. “I don’t think so. Geez, I didn’t think Cuphead feels bad about me worrying about him. I wonder if I’ve ever made him feel that way.”

Werner shrugged his shoulders. “I’m nein exbert on Cup bzychology or vat’s koing on in zat liquid prain of your prozer’s, put it zeems to me zat vu poth haffe peen through ein lot from zee Night Sdalkers to now. “

“Yeah, I guess. I feel going back and telling Cuphead that he doesn’t need to worry about me worrying about him…”

“Vat’s sdobing vu?”

“I-I don’t know…Guilt? I’m not sure.”

Werner frowned. “Vell, if vu poth truly loffe und vant to brodect each ozer, zen vu poth need to sdop vorrying apout purtening one Hanozer.”

“That’s easy for you to say. You never have a brother,” Mugman said with a frown.

Werner appeared to be taken aback, which the mug noticed.

“Do you have a brother?” Mugman asked.

“Once.”

Mugman frowned and walked further down the hallway. “I’m sorry.”

Werner waved it off. “It doesn’t matder.”

“Look, there has to be another way to get the cure!” they heard Chef Saltbaker’s voice from the kitchen.

Mugman and Werner exchanged looks of confusion and entered the kitchen to see Saltbaker arguing with Charlie, Esther, and O’Fera.

“We can’t keep using Chalice’s blood to make the cure for the infectees outside,” O’Fera replied, siding with Saltbaker.

“Look, she might be the only answer we have left!” Esther responded.

“Yeah, besides, she’s half-ghost. I’m sure it won’t bother her,” Charlie argued.

“Look here, eight legs!” Saltbaker barked at Charlie, his eyes turning yellow. “She may be half-ghost, but she’s also half-mortal! Meaning that she could die if we drain all of her blood—”

“Which can turn her into a full ghost,” Charlie responded. “But hey, it counts as her making a sacrifice for the greater good.”

Saltbaker drew his brows and took out his knife. “You wanna say that again?!”

O’Fera and Esther stopped Saltbaker from charging towards Charlie with the knife. Charlie stumbled back against the wall, pulling out his fists.

“Whoa, whoa, chef, take deep breaths!” O’Fera replied.

“Wanna say that again?! I’d be happy to feed you to the infectees!” Saltbaker barked at Charlie.

“Calm down, psycho!” Charlie shouted at the chef.

“Who are you callin’ psycho?! You’re the one who wants the draw all of the child’s blood out!” Saltbaker argued.

“Chef, c’mon, calm down. Charlie didn’t mean it like that, right?” Esther questioned while trying to hold Saltbaker back.

“Well, if you put it like that, I guess I did mean it like that—”

“You son of a—!” Saltbaker broke free from O’Fera’s and Esther’s grasps, tackling Charlie to the ground.

“Are ya kiddin’ me?!” Esther yelled.

O’Fera groaned and pulled Saltbaker away from Charlie.

“Let me at him! Let me at him!” Saltbaker shouted while slashing his knife through the air.

“Put the knife away!” Esther barked while forcing Saltbaker to drop the knife.

Mugman and Werner watched it all unfold.

“Do vu know if zere’s ein cure for Tremaine ozer zan uzing your friend’s plood?” Werner questioned the mug.

Mugman frowned and shrugged. “I-I don’t know.”

Saltbaker noticed Mugman with his yellow eyes faded and his plastered grin widened. “Ah, Mugman, you totally didn’t see me waving a knife around.”

O’Fera groaned in discouragement. “Look, we need to find an alternative for the cure. Just because Chalice somehow has the blood of the Calix Animi, it doesn’t mean we can draw all of her blood out. There has to be another way.”

“Well, at least someone is on my side,” Saltbaker responded.

“Why not speak with Quadratus?” Mugman suggested shyly.

Everyone turned to the mug.

“Who’s Quadratus?” O’Fera inquired.

“Ah, the all-knowing pool of wonders,” Saltbaker said with a sigh. “He knows anything and everything next to the Most High. Well, I don’t think he knows as much as the Most High. Great idea, Mugman! Let’s go find this Quadratus fellow!”

“Uh, chef—”

Saltbaker rushed out of the base before O’Fera could say anything.

Mugman shrugged to the group and hurried after the chef with Werner perched on his shoulder.

O’Fera arched a brow. “Now I’m curious.”

~.~

Mugman led Saltbaker, O’Fera, Esther, and Charlie through the forest as soon as they passed through the infectees with Werner peering over his porcelain head.

“He should be around here somewhere,” Mugman said mostly to himself.

“Be careful, we don’t know if there are any demons nearby,” O’Fera cautioned.

“Ha! I dare zem to come out und blay!” Werner replied with a laugh.

“The German rat will get us killed if he doesn’t lower his tone,” Charlie grumbled.

“What are you afraid of, Charles? Are you afraid that demons will just appear out of nowhere and bite your neck like rabid zombies?” Saltbaker teased the spider. “Man, even being the head of a gang doesn’t make you less afraid.”

“Listen here, salt shaker,” Charlie growled with his finger pointed at the chef. “You gotta a lot of nerve to talk to me that way.”

“And you got a lot of nerve to tell me that Chalice will make a sacrifice for the ‘greater good’,” Saltbaker responded.

“Hey, I’m just making a point!” Charlie snarled.

“Are we seriously still fightin’ about this?” Esther groaned. “Look, if we get the answer from this Quadratus guy, we should be set. Hopefully, Chalice ain’t the only way to get the cure.”

“Here we are,” Mugman informed the group once he spotted the pool. He hurried to the pool and took out a jawbreaker from his pocket and dropped it into the pool. The pool bubbled and the ground shook. The blue light shined, blinding nearby group.

“Come one! Come all! Seek my wisdom and heed my words! The broken pieces will soon mend and the cries of the suffering will fade!” The pool announced.

Werner turned to the rest of the group. “Und vu all kot onto me for peing too loud.”

Saltbaker rolled his eyes and focused his attention. “Ah, Quadratus, the all-knowing pool. The legends say that you know everything.”

“Yes, the legends were true,” Quadratus said with his face appeared. “And you’ve come to seek my knowledge.”

“Yes,” O’Fera answered. “Do you know if there’s another cure for Tremaine other than using Chalice’s blood?”

“Chalice has the blood of the Calix Animi warrior. I’m afraid that’s the only way to cure someone of Tremaine,” Quadratus stated.

“Now, hang on just a minute. Chalice is just a child,” Saltbaker argued. “You expect all of us to drain her blood?”

Quadratus sighed sadly. “I’m afraid that is the only way unless you can reach Heaven to gather gold, holy fire, and the feathers from an angel’s wings. But Heaven is unreachable.”

“Not unless I cook up the Wondertart,” Saltbaker determined with a growl.

“Are you serious?!” O’Fera shouted at him. “You were just in jail for it!”

“Hey, at least I got a different motive this time,” Saltbaker responded. “If I cook up the Wondertart, I can get to the Astral Plane and reach up to Heaven to gather the ingredients to cure everyone infected with Tremaine.”

“But doesn’t cooking up the Wondertart require a soul?” Esther questioned.

“Oh, I’m not going to get anyone’s souls. Why, I know someone from prison I can use to make the Wondertart,” Saltbaker said with a mischievous grin.

“You can’t really reach up to Heaven, even if you have any control of the Astral Plane,” Quadratus said.

“Oh, come on!” Saltbaker scowled.

“How will we get to Heaven?” O’Fera questioned.

“By following Most High’s son since He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” Quadratus answered.

“How do we physically get there?” O’Fera clarified.

“No mortal can ‘physically’ get to Heaven. Spiritually, sure. But not physically. You can only enter the Heavenly Realms once you die,” Quadratus responded.

“Wait, how come we can get into Hell so easily, but it’s harder to get to Heaven?” Charlie questioned.

“The pathway to Heaven is a narrow path while Hell has a wider path. Take that for what you will,” Quadratus answered. “However, I have just received knowledge that based on the recent findings that there is more out there than the Eternal’s Orb and the boys’ powers are adapting to the new changes.”

“Adapt to change? Does it mean that there’s another way to cure the infectees?” O’Fera responded with a bright smile.

“Well…sort of. We’ll have to see,” Quadratus responded. “Speaking of Eternal’s Orb, it’s mixed with two gifts such as the gift of bravery and the gift of visions. There are other gifts from the Calix Animi, such as the gift of nature, the gift of love, and the gift of knowledge out there in the mausoleum in this island. The gift of memories and the gift of light were already inside two of your friends. Maybe that can be the answer you’re looking for.”

“Uh…”

“Search for the rest of the gifts and let the powers adapt to the new surroundings! You’ll find the permanent cure for the curse of Tremaine!” Quadratus’ voice boomed until his face disappeared from the pool.

“Well,” Saltbaker responded. “He didn’t give us an exact answer we’re looking for.”

“Soo…maybe using Chalice is the only solution,” Charlie replied.

“No!” Saltbaker denied. “He said that the boys’ powers are adapting, right? Maybe there’s a way that one of them could get Tremaine out of the infectees in Chalice’s place.”

Esther crossed her arm. “Maybe it doesn’t require blood of the Calix Animi warrior anymore.”

The group turned to the cowgirl with their brows arched.

“What do you mean?” O’Fera asked.

Mugman watched the conversation along with Werner.

“Like…maybe blood is out of the question,” Esther responded. “Maybe it’s something else that doesn’t drain someone’s body.”

“You make a good point,” Saltbaker replied.

They heard a loud boom in the distant, causing them all to perk their ears up.

“Uh…vhat vas zat?” Werner questioned.

O’Fera bolted through the forest. Mugman dashed after her with Werner hanging onto his head.

Saltbaker, Charlie, and Esther didn’t hesitate to follow after them.

~.~

O’Fera sprinted through the forest and realized that the base for the Howling Aces was caught on fire as the infectees started to pour in like zombies.

Mugman, Werner, Saltbaker, Esther, and Charlie approached O’Fera and saw the base burning up.

“Holy cow,” Charlie uttered.

One of the infectees turned her head and roared at them, catching half of the infectees’ attention towards the group.

O’Fera snarled, her fists clenched.

Mugman glanced up at Werner. “Uh, Werner, you might want to get out of my head.”

When Werner noticed the sparks coming from the mug’s body, he nodded his head. “Roger zat.” The rat hopped out of Mugman’s ceramic head and crawled up onto Saltbaker’s arm. Werner took out his mini-gun and aimed it at the infectees.

Saltbaker took out his knife and his eyes turned yellow.

Mugman’s eyes glowed blue along with his veins, his blue glowing wings spread out. The electricity were under his control this time, glaring at the infectees invading the Howling Aces’ base.

Charlie Left-Legs pulled out the bombs wrapped in his webs from his teal suit jacket.

Esther Winchester took out her shotgun with a daring smile at the infectees.

Half of the infectees turned and charged towards the group.

O’Fera swung her fists at the incoming infectees while Mugman used his electricity to electrocute them.

Werner fired his small mini-gun with a maniacal laugh, and Saltbaker slashed through his enemies with his knife. Charlie threw bombs at them to blow them up. Esther started to shoot from her shotgun with a smirk. More infectees turned to see them and were about to attempt to charge at them until a bomb was dropped and electrocuted the infectees. The electricity had a shape of the familiar mad scientist as O’Fera looked up to see Dr. Kahl and his robot flying up in the sky and firing the bombs at the infectees.

Inside of the Howling Aces’ base, Bulldog took out his larger mini-gun and fired at the infectees charging at him and the Yankee Yippers.

The fire lit up inside of Cuphead’s ceramic head. His fists were covered by fire and his orange wings spread out. He zoomed through the base, taking out every single infectee he encountered.

Brineybeard picked Aurora up and placed her on his shoulder, taking out his blades to protect her from the incoming infectees.

Ribby and Croaks teamed up with Sally and Philip to take out the infectees. Chips Bettigan, Mr. Wheezy, and Phear Lap joined them with their guns drawn out.

Djimmi used solar balls to throw at the infectees, protecting Bowlboy. Bowlboy was holding the lamp close to his chest while watching the red genie fight the infectees.

Cagney’s face contorted into a machine gun with a crank at the bottom of his chin. He grabbed the crank and spun it around to shoot seeds at the infectees, letting the seeds grow into plants within the infectees.

Hilda flew up into the sky and came back down, shape-shifted as a cloudy bull. She started to run over the infectees with her horns, pushing them out of the building.

Rumor Honeybottoms joined to help Cagney and Hilda along with Pirouleta, Ginette, Rumulus, and Ol’ Ethan. Rumor used her wand to cast purple balls at the infectees while Rumulus and Ol’ Ethan worked together to spill whiskey at the infectees, burning their eyes.

Ginette took out her shotgun and started to shoot at the infectees with her teeth gritted together.

Elder Kettle took out his sword with a battle-cry, slashing through the infectees in the kitchen. The Root Pack hopped into battle with Elder Kettle with Sal spitting out a brown potato and thrusted it at the infectees while Chauncy used telepathic powers to fire at the zombies. Ollie was the only one who was frozen in fear as he was ready to cry.

“Ollie, no! You’re gonna make us cry if you cry!” Sal shouted at Ollie.

“I-I can’t help it,” Ollie muttered.

Dice noticed the situation and ran towards the onion. “Hey, uh…”

“O-Ollie,” Ollie sniffled.

“Ollie, it’s okay to cry,” Dice replied while taking out his cards.

Ollie whimpered and began to sob loudly.

“Hey, what are—?!” Sal shouted at the die until he realized that Dice was blowing Ollie’s stench away from the others with his cards and aiming it at the infectees attacking them. The infectees started to break down in tears once Ollie’s stench hit them.

Elder Kettle slashed through the infectees with his sword until one of the infectees jumped behind him. Before the infectee could get to Elder Kettle, Murray touched the infectee’s head to get into his memories and trapped the infectee into one of his most loving memory he had.

Elder Kettle whirled around to find Murray behind him, his eye glowing purple. The old tea kettle soon let Murray joined him in the fight with a smirk.

Meanwhile, Light Bug used her radio outside of the gates and managed to make the infectees dance around her while Lenny and Announcer Snail were on top of Anteater’s shoulders.

Porkrind, Jerry, and Cassidy fought the infectees together while Natalie, Canteen, and Chalice slashed their weapons at their enemies.

Cassidy found herself cornered by the infectees at one point and Porkrind managed to hit the two other infectees with his hammer. Natalie saw this and charged at the remaining infectee from behind with a battle-cry. She jumped on the infectee’s back and stabbed him with her steak knife.

Cassidy watched Natalie take out the infectee and smiled brightly. However, Cassidy noticed an infectee charging towards her best friend.

“Natalie, look out!” Cassidy cried out. When she was about to leap to protect Natalie, a sword stabbed through the infectee. Natalie whirled around and found Brineybeard being the one to stab the infectee with his sword.

“Are ye alright, Natalie?” Brineybeard asked.

Natalie nodded her head. “Yeah, I’m fine.”

Brineybeard nodded his head and set Aurora down next to Natalie. He stepped in front of the two sisters to protect them from the incoming infectees.

Cuphead flew by Natalie and gave her a small smile while standing by her to protect her from the infectees.

Cassidy growled at the infectee coming towards her. The infectee in question was a cactus girl ready to attack the red feline until Mugman crashed through the roof and shot electricity at the cactus girl.

The electricity went through her veins until she threw up Tremaine and collapsed on the floor.

Cassidy gasped in shock to find Tremaine being extracted out of someone without using Chalice’s blood. Before she could say anything to her boyfriend, Mugman shot another electricity at the black cat coming towards them, causing him to throw up the Tremaine in his systems. Mugman gasped in shock when he noticed that the electricity from his body was getting Tremaine out of people.

Mugman didn’t hesitate to use his electricity on the apple, the orange fish, the coin with a bag of coins, and a metal axe that had a chip on his blade.

Jerry and Porkrind witnessed it with gasps in shock.

Dice started to see demons pouring in along with the infectees. “Uh…guys…I’m not sure if we can stay and keep fighting.”

“We gotta get out of here! Now!” Charlie shouted to the group.

Anteater gathered the Moonshine mob and placed them on his back while the Casino Gang hopped into Esther’s wagon. Esther joined them while Phear Lap took the reigns to move the wagon. The people Mugman managed to get Tremaine out of it seemed to be disoriented about what was going on.

Cassidy and Mugman exchanged gazes at each other and then jumped in to help the disoriented individuals.

“Come on, we got to get out of here,” Cassidy urged the others.

Cuphead, Natalie, Canteen, and Chalice noticed this while joining them to help the disoriented people.

Elder Kettle and Murray hurried to the kids, protecting them from the incoming infectees.

Porkrind and Jerry noticed O’Fera and her crew pulling up in the truck.

“Hop on!” O’Fera shouted to the others.

Porkrind grabbed Jerry by one of his arms and pulled him out of the building with Dice following them to the car. Elder Kettle and Murray urged the kids and the individuals no longer affected by Tremaine to follow them to the car. Once everyone was in the car, O’Fera drove away from the base.

~.~

They ran through the forest as fast as they could.

Phear Lap pulled Esther’s wagon that had the Casino Gang inside of it with all of his might.

Anteater managed to carry the Moonshine Mob along with the rest of the fugitives on his back.

O’Fera was driving Bulldog, Yankee Yippers, Elder Kettle, Murray, Porkrind, Jerry, Dice, the kids, and the ex-infectees through the forest. O’Fera had her driver window down so that she could listen to the others while driving.

“Where are we even going?!” Charlie shouted to anyone who could hear him.

“A safe place!” Sally answered.

“That’s not specific enough!” Charlie barked.

“Where can we go where the infectees and the demons won’t find us?!” Saltbaker yelled.

Cassidy looked up to find they were going towards the mountain and gasped happily. “Guys, go up the mountain!”

“Are you sure that’s safe?” O’Fera questioned.

“Yeah, I know someone up there who could help hide us,” Cassidy replied.

“How many people do you know that can help us?” Natalie questioned.

Cassidy blushed in embarrassment. “Um…well…many I think…I can’t keep track of the number.”

“Well, we’ll take whatever can keep us safe!” Chalice determined. She turned into a ghost and phased out of the car to go ahead and tell the others.

“Do you know the path to get up to the mountain?” O’Fera asked Cassidy.

“Yeah…”

O’Fera gestured Cassidy to come up by the driver’s seat. “Then take the wheel.”

“What?! Are you insane?!” Porkrind gasped. “She’s just a kid!”

“I did have her drive while we’re on delivery runs,” Jerry replied.

Porkrind looked at the bug with a withering glare. “First, you pulled her into your secret operation and then you made her drive!”

“Hey, she was actually pretty good,” Jerry replied.

“Great!” O’Fera responded while taking her hands off the wheel. “Take the wheel and lead the way!”

Cassidy yelped and jumped onto O’Fera’s lap to grab the steering wheel. O’Fera pressed her foot on the gas pedal as Cassidy steered the wheel onto the pathway to the mountain. Anteater and Phear Lap followed with their haul of their friends and family.

Mugman gasped in shock while hanging onto Cuphead. Natalie was holding onto Cuphead, clinging on his shirt.

Chalice came back and sat next to Canteen, holding on his arm. “I got the others to follow us!”

Dice glanced back from the back window to find the infectees and the demons catching up. “Oh no, they’re going to catch up!”

It was sudden that a missile bomb landed on the ground, electrocuting the infectees and the demons. Dice arched a brow and looked up to find Dr. Kahl and his robot landing on the ground.

“Get ‘em, sonny!” Dr. Kahl encouraged from within the cockpit of the robot’s head. He cackled like a mad scientist.

Dr. Kahl’s robot took out his guns on his shoulders and replaced his hands with bigger guns. With a glare, he blew his last bubblegum with a smirk. He fired lasers from his antenna and his bullets from his guns, pushing every demon and infectee away from the group.

Dice noticed with a shock gaze. “Okay, the robot’s got it. Cool.”

Cassidy steered the car up the hill with Anteater and Phear Lap following the car. O’Fera pressed on the brakes for every time Cassidy was about to make a turn.

“Are we almost there?” O’Fera asked.

“I think so!” Cassidy answered.

It was sudden that the resistance group noticed boulders coming down on them. Cassidy swerved to dodge them while the others were screaming in the car.

“O’Fera, this is a perfect time for you to take the wheel!” Murray shouted.

“I’m sorry!” Cassidy panicked.

“Don’t apologize—!”

“WATCH OUT!!!” Porkrind screamed while O’Fera slammed her foot on the brake. The car screeched to a stop to find a silhouette of a giant staring down at them.

“Who dares come into my mountain?!” the silhouette giant shouted, causing everybody to fear him except for the red feline.

Cassidy brightly smiled. “Glumstone!” She climbed out of the driver’s side window and onto the car rooftop. “Hey! It’s me, Cassidy!”

Glumstone leaned down to get a closer look at Cassidy and brightly smiled. The small gnomes peeked around the bumps of his head.

“Cassi!” the gnomes rejoiced.

“Gee, sorry about hurling boulders at ya. I thought you was one of the demons and the infectees comin’ to get us,” Glumstone explained.

“Well, they are chasing behind us. We need a safe place to hide,” Cassidy replied to Glumstone.

“Oh, are these people all of your friends?” Glumstone asked.

“Yeah.”

Glumstone nodded his head. “Any friend of Cassidy is a friend of mine—wait, what are you doing here, Saltbaker?! You should be in jail!”

Saltbaker, who was on Anteater’s back, grinned nervously. “Well—”

“We need him,” Cassidy replied. “He was able to make a cure to save me and my boyfriend from Tremaine.”

“Boyfriend?” the gnomes started to whisper around each other.

“It’s a long story,” Cassidy responded.

Glumstone hummed. “Hmm, alright. I’ll take you all to the safe place where there’s plenty of food, water, and shelter. No demon or infectee will ever come to this place.”

“That sounds too good to be true,” Djimmi whispered to the others.

“How does that sound?” Glumstone asked Cassidy.

“Yeah, that sounds good,” Cassidy answered.

With that said, Glumstone picked up the car Cassidy was standing on. He also picked up the wagon Phear Lap had been pulling and put the wagon on the same arm that was holding the car. He then picked up Anteater while the people on his back like Cagney, Hilda, Djimmi, Bowlboy, Rumor, The Moonshine Mob, Sally, Philip, Ribby, Croaks, Brineybeard, Saltbaker, and Werner screamed and held onto Anteater’s fur.

Glumstone began to carry the others over the mountains while being approached by Dr. Kahl’s robot, guns raised up to aim at the giant.

The top of the robotic helmet opened and Dr. Kahl popped out.

“And where do you think you’re going to take our friends?!” Dr. Kahl growled.

“Wait, don’t shoot!” Djimmi shouted. “He’s going to take us someplace safe!”

Dr. Kahl blinked in shock. “Oh…nevermind! Lower the guns, sonny!”

Dr. Kahl’s robot lowered his guns.

“Let’s go then!” Dr. Kahl encouraged the other. “Sonny managed to hold them back long enough.”

Glumstone nodded his head and hurried through the mountains with Dr. Kahl’s robot flying behind him. 

~.~

It felt like hours and Glumstone was still taking them to the safe place. He stepped over every mountain he came across.

“We’re almost there,” Glumstone reassured everyone in his arms.

Dr. Kahl’s robot caught up beside the giant.

“We better be almost there. Sonny here is running low on battery,” Dr. Kahl replied, patting on his robot’s head.

“Vu keep calling your ropot ‘zonny’. It’s getding Hannoying,” Werner commented.

Dr. Kahl glared at the rat on Saltbaker’s shoulder.

“Is that the name of your robot? Sonny?” Saltbaker asked in curiosity.

“Nah, it’s a nickname I give him,” Dr. Kahl replied. “His real name is Automation. But, uh, I am considering changing his name to either Junior or something.”

“Let me guess, it’s because he’s like zee zon zat vu’fe neffer had,” Werner said in a mocking tone.

Dr. Kahl softened his gaze while patting on the metal head. “I lost my son during the war. What do you mean he’s like a son I never have?”

Werner immediately dropped his mocking tone and blinked in shock. “Oh, um, I’m sorry—”

“I don’t need your pity,” Dr. Kahl responded with simple waves of his hands. “Or your sympathy. Let’s just get to the safe place and not talk about it anymore.”

Dr. Kahl’s robot, Automation, flew forward to avoid talking about it.

Glumstone soon approached the safe place. “We’re here.”

Everyone looked to find a lake surrounded by the mountains with luscious grass and trees all around the lake. The light reflects on the water, glimmering as the sun sets down on crests of the mountains to the west.

The giant set the group down and let them explored the safe place.

Cuphead, Mugman, Natalie, Aurora, Chalice, and Canteen got out of the car with the ex-infectees to look around. Cassidy jumped down to join her boyfriend and her friends.

“Wow,” the apple uttered in shock.

“Are we really safe?” Natalie asked the others.

“Aye, we are!” Brineybeard shouted in joy.

“This is amazing,” Sally replied.

As the others were looking around the new area they were in, Djimmi glanced over at Bowlboy, who was still holding the lamp. “Do you still want to make a wish?”

“Hm?” Bowlboy uttered in shock.

“You haven’t been making wishes in a while. Usually, my masters would wish things in one day.”

“But…I’ve already made my wishes though—”

“Including your father’s wish?” Djimmi said.

Bowlboy nodded his head sadly.

Djimmi placed a hand on the bowl’s shoulder. “Hey, don’t let that wish get you down. Besides, you’re here and you are taking your father’s place as the wish-holder. Although, this is your last wish. I’m excluding the one where we teleport to the Howling Aces because you were forced to make that wish. So, what do you wish for?”

Bowlboy blinked. “Um…um…uh…wait! What about you? What do you wish for?”

“Me?” the genie questioned.

“Yeah,” Bowlboy chirped. “If you can grant yourself three wishes, what would they be?”

“Hm…well, I don’t normally have masters ask me what I wish for. Let’s see…well, the first wish is definitely to be free from the lamp. The second wish would be…hm, well, being able to help people without having someone make a wish to help someone. The last wish would be…well, I guess to have limitless powers to help people. Hey, if someone has a tumor, I can take it out less than a second. You know what I mean? But, those are just dreams at this point.”

Bowlboy blinked in shock to hear the genie’s wishes. He looked at the lamp he was holding and then smiled softly. “Okay, I know my next wish.”

“Really?” Djimmi asked.

“Yeah! I wish for you to be free!” Bowlboy replied.

“Alright, let’s make the magic happen and—wait, what?”

“I wish for you to be free, so that you can help people with your limitless power,” Bowlboy repeated.

With that said, Djimmi could see the lamp glowing dim and falling on the ground as he was able to gain legs. He blinked in shock at this gesture.

Bowlboy grinned happily. “Now you get to help the people you want without someone making a wish for you.”

Djimmi stuttered. “I-I don’t know what to say—”

“You’re welcome,” Bowlboy responded.

Djimmi cracked his knuckles and let sparks fly from his fingertips. Tents and houses appeared, housing each resistance member.

The Howling Aces were able to have their base, and the Moonshine Mob were able to have their own casino.

Saltbaker had his own bakery to shelter him and Chalice, and Elder Kettle had his own house that would house Cuphead, Mugman, and Murray with him.

Dr. Kahl had his own lab in the tent, and Werner had his own workshop to build all of his machines.

Sally and Philip got to live in their theater that appeared out of nowhere, and Rumor Honeybottoms had her own honey company to make honeys.

Brineybeard, Ribby, and Croaks had their own ships with Ribby and Croaks owning a ferry with their own restaurant and Brineybeard having his own ship that would house both Natalie and Aurora.

Porkrind had his own shop to shelter him, Jerry, Dice, and Cassidy.

The Root Pack had their own garden and soil to eat. Cagney was given a space for his flowers while Hilda was given a house to live in.

The apple, the fish, the coin, the cactus girl, the black cat, and the metal axe a house to recover from Tremaine.

Then, Djimmi got his own tent with all of his wooden puppets, adding a room for Bowlboy to sleep in.

Everyone looked around at all of the houses that were given to them.

“Holy cow!” the cactus girl gasped in shock.

“This is amazing!” the black cat replied with joy.

Glumstone smiled brightly to see everyone settling in on their new home without the infectees and the demons lurking around. Then, the giant had a bright idea.

“Say, I got a swell idea to celebrate this new place. How I put on a puppet show? My gnomes love the puppet shows. However, I only got two sock puppets, um—”

“Oh! We can add some elements from the theater!” Sally said excitedly. “Ooh! I wonder if Djimmi added some costumes into our theater.”

“I got my own puppets if you need more than one,” Djimmi interjected.

“Ooh! We can pull off our own entertainment!” Ribby replied while nudging Croak’s chest from hearing an excited opportunity.

“And I got the singing voice,” Dice replied with a smirk.

“Same and the dance moves,” Light Bug added.

“Ooh, we’re going to have to compete,” Dice teased Light Bug.

“Make that three!” Chalice joined in Dice’s joke.

Cassidy smiled brightly. “That sounds like a wonderful idea.”

Glumstone nodded his head with a smile. He took out his hand puppets, one that looked eerily similar to King Dice only except in a jester outfit and the Devil only except in a royal robe and crown.

“Let’s do this!” Glumstone told his puppets with a grin.

~.~

The night was young.

Djimmi was able to snap the stage into existence in front of everyone.

Glumstone had his hand puppets prepared while the gnomes were watching as the audience.

Cassidy and Mugman were seated in the middle of gnomes with Porkrind and Jerry sat behind them to keep an eye on them. Elder Kettle sat a few inches away with Murray sitting close to O’Fera and her crew.

Esther had the whole Casino gang with her on the back row.

The Root Pack sat in the middle row behind Rumor Honeybottoms.

Aurora sat on Natalie’s lap while Cuphead was sitting next to her. Brineybeard sat behind the cup kids with a bright smile in excitement.

Canteen watched on by himself, seeing Chalice in the backstage with Dice, Sally, Djimmi, and Light Bug.

Charlie sat on the front row in support of his wife along with his gang.

Anteater sat at the back with Dr. Kahl’s robot with Dr. Kahl resting on the robot’s shoulder along with Werner.

The apple, the black cat, the orange fish, the coin, the axe, and the cactus girl sat in different spots, surrounded by the gnomes.

Hilda and Cagney sat next each other in the second row, a few inches away from The Howling Aces.

Philip sat at the very front row to watch his wife in the shadows of backstage.

The show was about to begin. The cards were holding instruments to play the music when given the cue. Ribby and Croaks were the first to appear in the spotlight.

“Ladies and Gents and Gnomes,” Ribby announced. “We proudly present to you the performance of a lifetime!”

With that said, Ribby and Croaks stepped out of the spotlight. Under Ribby’s cue, the band started to play an upbeat jazzy beat as the spotlight moved towards Dice onto the stage, dancing towards the center while scatting.

“Heedle-Heedle-Heedle

Skideedle-be-diddly-doo

Zoobediddleday!

Dee-Diddily-Doo.”

Dice soon approached the mic with a swift confidence he once had. He sang with swag in his steps, a grin placed on his face.

“Now, I have been chained—I have been enslaved too.

I’ve rolled the dice and collected the souls.

I have risen an empire of fame,

Only for it to crumble under my feet.”

Dice smiled and danced on stage while holding the mic to sing more verses, the music building up unexpectedly. As Dice was dancing on stage, he gave a wink to both Jerry and Porkrind. They both blushed a bit while listening to him sing beautifully.

“Oh, but I’ve never felt this feeling, this feeling.

Oh, but I feel alive, alive.

And I don’t think I want this feeling to end.”

Chalice started to tap dance while sliding next to Dice, who welcomed it with a bright smile. They both sang together in a beautiful unison as the jazzy music build up more.

“Oh, but I’ve never felt this feeling, this feeling.

Oh, I feel alive, feel alive

And I don’t think I want this night to end.”

The beat dropped while King Dice started to sing on his own.

“Oh, don’t bet on what the days will bring.

You can never know until it comes.

Dance the night away, my friends.

For tomorrow’s worries are only a day away.”

During Dice’s chorus, Glumstone pulled out laid behind the stage and pulled out his jester hand puppet that looked like King Dice, bouncing up and down. The gnomes clapped their hands to the beat of the chorus while Cassidy and Mugman danced together in their seats.

Then Chalice had a turn to sing with the most angelic voice Canteen had never heard before.

“I’ve danced my way to the top.

Makin’ trouble and friends along the way.

I’ve turned up my charm,

Always looking out for number one.”

Canteen brightly grinned to see her sing and tap-dance on the stage. Who knew she was a lovely sight when she sang and danced? He got up from his seat in excitement and went up to Djimmi to whisper something to the genie. The genie grinned brightly and snapped his fingers, the violin appearing in Canteen’s grasp.

Before she could continue to sing, she heard a beautiful strings from the violin and looked to see Canteen strumming the violin from the shadows of the stage. She blushed at the sight and smirked at him. She headed towards the shadow and pulled him into the spotlight, skipping towards center stage while he played violin.

She began to sing beautifully.

“Oh, but I’ve never felt this feeling, this feeling.

Oh, I feel alive, alive.

And I don’t want this feeling to end.”

Light Bug joined Dice, Chalice, and Canteen on stage while her and Dice sang with Chalice again.

“Oh, but I’ve never felt this feeling, this feeling.

Oh, I feel alive, alive.

And I don’t want this feeling to end.”

Light Bug sang all by herself while dancing on stage, gaining admiration from her husband, Charlie.

“Oh, don’t bet on what the days will bring.

You can never know until it comes.

Dance the night away, my friends.

For tomorrow’s worries are only a day away.”

Everyone in the audience started to dance to the rhythm of the music.

Brineybeard lifted Natalie and Aurora onto his shoulders to dance with them. Cuphead smiled and danced with Elder Kettle watching him with gleam.

Cassidy got up and pulled Mugman up to his feet, pulling him close to the stage and danced with him. He giggled and spun her around as the gnomes joined and danced with them.

Hilda brightly smiled and pulled Cagney onto the dancefloor, leaving the flower blushing.

O’Fera saw this and decided to pull Murray to the dancefloor as well.

“Dance with me!” O’Fera replied in pure joy.

“Wait, what?” Murray uttered in confusion.

Djimmi summoned his puppets in the shapes of cups and danced with Glumstone’s hand puppets.

Charlie snapped his finger while Saltbaker clapped his hands with a jolly laugh.

Automation moved his shoulders in a rhythmic motion, rocking Dr. Kahl and Werner side to side.

Anteater bounced in his seat with a grin.

Philip danced on the dancefloor, waiting for his wife to come out from the backstage.

Sally came out of the backstage and danced in the spotlight. Djimmi soon joined, dancing along with his puppets with a grin.

Ribby and Croaks soon came to the spotlight once the music was reaching to the bridge with Ribby singing first.

“We was dreaming of makin’ our ma proud.”

Croaks wrapped his arm around his brother to croon.

“Only to keep running into dead-ends.”

Djimmi appeared between the brothers and wrapped his arms around them with a grin and sang in a deep harmonious voice.

“I’ve granted wishes for tyrants and lazy bums.

Never able to make my own wish.”

Sally walked forward to her husband while pulling her husband onto the stage and singing.

“I’ve performed and pursued my dreams,

Now I have the love of my life with me.”

All four of them came together and sang harmoniously together as the jazzy music filled with trumpets and violins started to pick up more.

“Oh, but I’ve never felt this feeling, this feeling.

Oh, I feel alive, alive.

And I don’t want this feeling to end.”

King Dice finally stepped forward, taking the spotlight to sing his final chorus as the music started to soften up.

“Don’t bet on what the days will bring.

It will be a losing battle.

Let the night last long, my friends.

For tomorrow is coming soon.”

The song ended while the gnomes were clapping ecstatically, hollering and whistling.

Everyone laughed from the good time as Chalice and Canteen looked at each other and held hands.

“Now where did you learn to play the violin?” Chalice asked with a blush.

Canteen shrugged. “It’s…a long story.”

“Well, you can tell me another time if ya want.”

“That actually sounds nice.” They tightened their grip of each other’s hands.

Mugman and Cassidy exchanged looks of euphoria and smiles. She cupped his face and gave his big blue nose a few licks.

He giggled. “Hehehe, Cassi. That tickles.”

She purred while rubbing her head against his.

Porkrind softened his gaze at Dice, who was just socializing with the others. The one-eyed pig felt his heart thumping against his chest when Dice looked to notice Porkrind in the crowd and gave a flirty smirk.

The pig grumbled and closed himself off a bit.

Jerry noticed this and chuckled with a blush. “Boy, he can really sing, can he?”

“I’m not even going to look at him. I’m not even going to look at him,” Porkrind grumbled that to himself, earning giggles from Jerry.

Meanwhile, Cuphead watched everyone laughing and talking to each other. He looked up to find Natalie chuckling with Brineybeard and Aurora. His face went red at the sight of her, and his heart turned to mush at the sight of her.

For the rest of the evening, everyone celebrated for the place to live in a wonderful place where they have food, water, and shelter.

To Be Continued... 

[mythicaldemigoddess-of-deltarune]

Crossover: Everyone & Mugman x Clara Carmine (2024)

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[Note: I plan to use this as a Cover for one of the Crossover stories I'm working on over at Quotev, so while I'm free to use this for both here and over there, please respect the whole "do not reblog without permission" tag thing...Oh, and it is best to click on the drawing to get a bit of a better view of it to see it better.]

Credit for Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss goes to Vivienne “Vivziepop” Medrano

Credit for Cuphead goes to Studio-MDHR

Credit for Undertale goes to Toby Fox

Credit for Steven Universe goes to Rebecca Sugar

Credit for Red Vs Blue, RWBY & Camp Camp goes to Rooster Teeth

(and even though Monty Oum, we can only hope his legacy that is RWBY will always live on for many years to come...)

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well besides Kaikaina being confirmed to be Bisexual, and she can make that whole "bi-phase excuse" all she wants, she can't hide the fact she's into girls as well...

but anyway Fan-Headcanon about Nerris and Ruby, is that Nerris is a Nonbinary-Girl and their pronouns are She/They.

and Ruby Rose is Transgender and Asexual, oh yeah and she is Nonbinary as well, but it is a part of herself she has yet to fully discover.

Kaikaina being like another Big Sister Figure to Ruby, could be interesting in a fan fic.

anyway I don't really have a name for that Hellhound that is suppose to be OC, doesn't really have a name, but I might have her appear in That "Third Bride Of The Garden" over at Quotev, just not right now but maybe later on...which means this drawing could end up as one of the covers for the future chapters of that story.

and I might end up add a bit more worlds to Crossover into that story.

it might be weird, but I couldn't help but like the idea about Older-Mugman and Clara being ship together, even if it is in a fanon timeline and the ship isn't canon.

if they got married, Mugman's Mother-In-Law would be a Overlord.

the female version of Moxxie, who can be thought of as a version from one of those Alternate Universes in one of the Fanon Timeline.

her name is Moxxanne, like being a mix of Mox and Roxanne put together.

Moxxanne has her Mother's Flower in her hair, and her outfit is a bit different from her Canon Male Counterpart...

and I don't think any of the other Female versions of Moxxie, would have their outfit like the one in this drawing.

anyway in a hour or so, I will work on the next chapters of some crossover stories over at Quotev that I haven't updated since maybe a few months ago...anyway hope some like this drawing. :)

[nerdysleepybunny]

Can you write about a non binary reader who’s new to inkwell isles and becomes best friends with cuphead and mugman:D And it makes them happy bc they used to get bullied before they moved?

I’M FINALLY GETTING CUPHEAD REQUESTS LET’S GOOOOO!! Thanks for the request, hope you enjoy!

🩷☁️N E R D Y S L E E P Y B U N N Y☁️🩷

Fandom(s): The Cuphead Show

Character(s): Cuphead, Mugman (ft. Elder Kettle)

Reader: Gender neutral (they/you)

TW: N/A

Style: Hcs

Summary: You meet the two twin idiots, Cuphead and Mugman and decide to befriend them!

🩷☁️N E R D Y S L E E P Y B U N N Y☁️🩷

You were a new citizen living in Inkwell Isles. You didn’t know much about the place, but you were exploring around and so far you loved it here! The people seemed lovely, and there were many fun areas to visit.

You were inside a paint shop, looking for a brush to decorate your new house. When suddenly you picked up the sound of two voices screaming, the noise getting closer and closer. Looking towards it, you see two boys barge into the once-quiet shop, the sound of panting filling the small building. The clerk at the counter rolled their eyes and continued doing whatever they were up to, it seemed these two did this often.

The boys looked rather similar in appearance, though they had their differences. One had a large round nose that was blue, with a black long sleeve turtleneck and blue shorts to match. His twin had a smaller red nose, with the same shirt and shorts except his shorts were red, and they both had on brown shoes. And they both had cup heads.

The one in blue walked up to the counter, placing his hands on the edge and placing some money in front of the clerk. The one in red then walked next to you, grabbing two buckets of white paint. He then looked over at you, noticing your staring at him and his brother.

"I've never seen you before... Are ya new?" You responded with a shy nod, and he smiled.

"Great! Mugman, look, this person's new here!" The one wearing blue, apparently named Mugman, looked over and the two of you locked eyes. He then grew a large smile and walked over, shaking your hand.

"Welcome to Inkwell Isles! I'm Mugman, and this is my brother Cuphead!" You nodded at the information, shaking his hand in return before the two of you let go.

"I'm Y/N. Thank you for the welcome!"

"Of course! We got some extra money, what'cha buyin'?" Cuphead walked over to the counter and placed the buckets on top, the worker scanning the labels and putting the money in the register before returning the buckets to Cuphead. You turned to the side and pointed at the wall of hanging paintbrushes. You wanted to find the perfect one to do exactly what you were hoping for.

"Oh! You're a painter?"

"Not exactly, I just wanted to paint my walls. I'm not really good at it..." Mugman patted your shoulder, giving you a reassuring smile. You smiled in return before finally picking a brush that seemed good enough, picking it up.

"If you're up for it, Cuphead and I got a fence that needs paintin'. Some extra hands would be helpful!" Well, you had nothing better to do.

"Sure, I'd love to help!"

"Great! I'll take that for you." Mugman said before gently grabbing the paintbrush from your hands, walking up to the counter that Cuphead was leaning against, watching the scene before him. The boys paid for you, and the three of you began walking to their house.

✎ ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

The boys had barely finished one portion of the fence, and when they turned to work on another side, they saw you already finished!

“Gee Y/N, this looks amazing!” Mugman complimented, and you blushed at the praise with a giggle.

“Thank you, Mug.”

“Say, Y/N, I think we make a good team! We should hang out more!” Cuphead barged in, and you immediately agreed, already loving the brothers’ company.

“Yeah! Are you doing anything this weekend?” Mugman asked politely, looking at you with hopeful eyes.

“I’ll probably just be finishing up my unpacking.” Cuphead walked next to you, wrapping his arm around your shoulders and pulling you into his side.

“Well, I think you deserve a break then! How about we all go to the carnival together?”

“Sounds fun!”

“Oh, perfect! We can meet at our house on Saturday?” Mugman suggested since the two cups didn’t know where you lived.

“It’s a plan!” You hugged the boys before the three of you bid your goodbyes, grabbing your things and walking home.

“Bye Y/N!” The boys waved as your figure disappeared into the horizon. They walked back into the house, needing to be quiet due to the kettle that was sleeping soundly in his room. The boys laid on the wood floor in their room, staring at the ceiling as they thought and talked about you. For the first time, they had a true friend. And they planned to keep you around.

🩷☁️N E R D Y S L E E P Y B U N N Y☁️🩷

[allhailmuggod]

"Hey, Mugsy! Betcha can't make a sentence without the letter A!" (from Cuphead)

"You thought you just did something there, didn't you?"

"Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but numerous sentences could be constructed without employing the first letter of the English lexicon."

[dawnstudies]

Some more art though I'm not sure anyone will recognize the characters-

It's an AU of Cuphead and Mugman, a high school au to be more specific and no it won't be full of cringe femboys and softies and god knows what other things people have created in the past-

It's also a superpower au and while yes they already canonically have "superpowers", here it is different-

Basically, their family is a big hero family, and they have two powers. One is the family power, the whole shooting blue power and the other one is the one they develop.

But Cuphead has neither. He didn't inherit the family powers, neither did he develop a power of his own, so it's sort of like a MHA situation except it's not. Cuphead does actually have a power but I still haven't decided why it's kept under wraps-

Well, whatever, enough of my blabbering, though I'll probably draw the rest of the characters too someday.

[ireallylovepupplies101stuff]

Spiderdemon AU 3

Part 3!!!!

Previously https://www.tumblr.com/ireallylovepupplies101stuff/739916085361508352/spiderdemon-au-2?source=share

Safe to say Bendy's thoughts are going crazy with what he just learned about Cuphead.

His boyfriend, is Red Diamond/Venom, and has been unknowingly trying to kill him, because Cuphead has no idea he's Spiderdemon.

It's certainly a lot for Bendy to take in.

He pushes that aside for the moment though. Cuphead and Venom are both hurt and needs help.

He helps Cuphead onto his bed, starts treating his injuries, and interrogates him to get some answers.

Cuphead: *sighs* I made mistakes. Mugman got dragged down with me because of my choices. We're both stuck with a job neither of us want, but it's either this or we throw away any chance we have at actually getting to live normal lives... Well, as normal as they can be now that I'm stuck with a parasite for a wingman.

Venom: UNGRATEFUL CUSSER.

Cuphead: I NEVER wanted you to find out like this, when things are still dangerous and could put you at risk. I swear I'll be ready to protect you from all of this.

Bendy: ..... *starts working on Cuphead's arm* I can protect myself just fine.

Venom: Told you.

As Cuphead bickers with Venom, Bendy's trying to keep calm as he processes how Cuphead has been trying to kill him unknowingly. Wondering how he'd react if he found out he's Spiderdemon.

And also wondering how much danger Cuphead would be in if he decided he didn't want to hurt him for the people he's forced to work for.

Though Cuphead's arm is too damaged and he and Venom are way too hurt to try saving Mugman as soon as Cuphead wants. Hell Cuphead practically passes out in Bendy's bed, so Bendy calls Boris for him to come over and finish fixing Cuphead's arm (ignoring Boris yelling at him over how he's cussing crazy for helping his apparently secret supervillain boyfriend instead of dumping him) and goes out as Spiderdemon to save Mugman himself.

He keeps his secret identity though. When Mugman questions why he's saving him, Spiderdemon explains that Red Diamond's romantic partner reached out to him for help, so for the sake of doing the right thing, he's willing to make a truce for the night.

So Spiderdemon saves Blue Spade, Bendy keeps his secret identity, Cuphead recovers, and things end decently that night.

Cuphead of course is angry at Bendy for reaching out to Spiderdemon for help, worried Spiderdemon will use him to get to him, even if Bendy insists he won't. Either way when Red Diamond and Spiderdemon fight again, Red Diamond warns Spiderdemon to stay the cuss away from his pipsqueak.

Ignoring the urge to snap at the pipsqueak jab, Spiderdemon claims he wouldn't hurt someone just to get at his enemies.

Now that he’s in the know about Cuphead and Mugman’s secret identities, and jobs, AND Venom, Bendy would have some questions. He doesn’t pry when Cup and Mug claim they can’t share everything, but at least he learns more about Venom, and does his best to treat him nicely (Even if Venom tried to kill him when he’s out as Spiderdemon.) Bendy even gets Venom tater tots stuffed with bacon from the store when Cuphead mentions Venom’s getting hangry.

Bendy jumps a little when one of Venom's, black goo tentacle things, comes out of Cuphead’s back and grabs the tater tots.

Venom: Keep, him.

Cuphead: *rolls his eyes* He says thanks.

Unfortunately, Bendy and Cuphead's relationship becomes a bit strained. Bendy doesn't like lying to Cuphead's face now that he knows, and he hates fighting him as Spiderdemon.

Cuphead meanwhile is getting agitated that Bendy seems to be distancing himself from him. Thinking it's because Bendy's spooked from what he learned, and to make matters worse, Spiderdemon is being a cussing coward trying to avoid him in fights, and is obviously holding back.

THAT, makes Cuphead MAD.

Now I don't know how things would lead to this situation, but I had an idea that when Spiderdemon is saving people from a big building collapsing, Red Diamond, angry beyond belief from everything, goes after Spiderdemon and starts fighting him in the extremely unstable building. Wanting to cussing defeat him once and for all.

Spiderdemon manages to hold him back long enough for him to save everyone, but at one point Red Diamond gets caught under falling debris and gets stuck as the building completely collapses.

Red Diamond not at all expecting Spiderdemon to charge after him and save him from being crushed to death.

Unfortunately, they're both officially buried alive, Spiderdemon, with Venom's help (though he can't take full form because the space is too small), is holding up what's threatening to crush them, Cuphead still stuck under debris, and none of them can move.

Boris from the safety of his room is watching all of this going on from his computer, through Spiderman's body cam, and is desperately trying to get help for them. But it'll take them time.

While stuck, Red Diamond realizes Spiderdemon is in arm's reach. Killing him would be foolish, but he might as well learn who this cusser is so he can find him easier.

So, he yanks off Spiderdemon's mask.

"... Bendy?"

Bendy, not at all looking surprised that his mask was ripped off, sighs as he does his best to keep them from getting crushed. "Hey Cuphead..."

Venom: Well, this explains a lot.

Safe to say they're kinda, stuck, arguing with each other.

Cuphead: YOU'VE BEEN SPIDERDEMON THIS WHOLE TIME?! You kept this a cussing secret from me after I told you I'm Red Diamond?!

Bendy: Cuphead-

Cuphead: What? Did you not trust me?! Did you think I would have killed you if I found out?! You really think I'd stoop so low to hurt someone I cussing care about?!

Boris, hearing all of this, gets fed up and turns on a speaker in Bendy's suit.

Boris: HE KEPT THIS A SECRET BECAUSE HE WAS PROTECTING YOU, YOU CUSSING SCUMBAG!

Bendy: Boris stay out of this!

Boris: Oh like hell I'm letting him yell at you while you're trying to keep both of you alive! Listen up Cuphead! Bendy didn't tell you because he didn't want to put you in the position where you had to choose between his or your life! He didn't worry about you killing him! HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU DYING FOR HIM! Now stop being a scummy boyfriend to my brother so I can cussing focus and get you two help!!!

This leaves them in a tense silence. Neither of them know what to say. Even Venom is at a loss.

But then the debris starts to shift, and Bendy and Venom both cry out when the weight gets worse. Boris swears through the speaker and tells them more of the remaining parts of the building are starting to fall and begging Bendy to hang on.

Cuphead's eyes widen fearfully as he watches Bendy struggling even with Venom's help. Bendy sees Cuphead's expression, growls, and REFUSES to let them die like this.

Watching in alarm, and horror, Cuphead witnesses Bendy shapeshift more than just giving himself horns, claws, and a tail. Bendy starts growing in size, he gains extra arms, extra eyes, black fur, and BIG rows of sharp teeth. Witnessing as Spiderdemon, turns into a SPIDER, DEMON.

In this new form, Bendy's able to get Cuphead free from the debris crushing him, holds him close, and busts the two of them out from where they were buried.

The first thing Cuphead processes is the overwhelmingly bright lights from being above the surface again, and people screaming in terror at the "monster" that just burst out.

He then hears cops yelling and sees some of them drawing their weapons.

Cuphead quickly yanks Bendy behind some cover, right on time for Bendy to shape shift back to his human form and pass out in Cuphead's arms. Wrapping his jacket around Bendy to keep him hidden with his mask now gone, and his suit in shreds, Venom gets them the hell out of there, and takes Bendy back to his room at Felix's house. Simply knocking on the wall separating Boris' room from Bendy's before leaving without a word.

Venom: ... What are we going to do now?

Cuphead: ... I don't know…

When Bendy wakes up and Boris tells him Cuphead dropped him off and left without a word, he texts Cuphead and asks him if they can talk at his dorm later. (Boris plans on talking to Mugman so Bendy doesn't have to do this twice and gets some decent privacy with Cuphead.)

Cuphead doesn't respond, but he is there waiting at Bendy’s dorm room when Bendy comes back.

So, Bendy starts from the beginning. Explaining how Wilson used the spider to save him from his deathbed, and how he wants to use his powers to help people since he couldn't help Wilson.

Cuphead keeps a poker face expression during the whole explanation. Doing his best to keep his emotions in check.

It sorta helps Bendy stay calm but at the same time is making him nervous.

When Bendy’s done explaining, Cuphead explains that the reason why he and Mugman are hunting spiderdemon is because his boss knows he got his powers from a spider experiment. So now he wants Spiderdemon captured, preferably alive. Cuphead can only imagine for cuss knows what.

Cuphead claims he and Mugman aren't going to hunt Bendy now. He's not hurting someone he cares about and he isn’t handing him over to a monster of a man. He and Mugman can come up with an excuse or something to buy them more time.

Bendy: ... What about, us?

Cuphead: .... I don’t want us to break up, but right now things might be too complicated for things to go back to how they were... How about we just, pause for now?

He understands Cuphead’s reasoning, but that doesn't mean Bendy likes it.

He agrees, Cuphead says they'll all meet up later as a group to figure out a plan, and leaves Bendy’s room. Leaving Bendy alone with his thoughts and feeling like absolute garbage.

[pupcup-cafelatte]

Ummm hello can you please explain your soul au I looks so interesting and I would like to hear about it

Oh! Yes, of course! Thank you for showing interest in it!

↓ Below is an explanation of the Soul AU. I'm not entirely sure if it makes sense, and it is very long, I apologize! ↓

The Soul AU takes place mostly within the game's canon, but with an important distinction: Chalice is a ghost who made a deal with the Devil to attain her physical form (quite like the show!) and is now helping Cuphead and Mugman collect the debtor's soul contracts.

Anyways, the AU is mostly canon-compliant— until Cuphead is killed in one of the fights with the debtors. That on its own isn't too much cause for concern, all of them have been killed a good amount of times now. All they have to do is parry his soul when it starts flyin' up and he'll be fine!

But that never happens.

He is very clearly dead, his head is cracked open and so close to being shattered entirely, but there's no spirit that flies out of his body. Just a faint blue glow where he should be bleeding.

After finishing the fight (and panicking for a long time) they decide to take him to Quadratus. The guy "rumored to know all" might have an idea of what's going on.

Turns out, his soul has somehow become trapped inside of his body. The only way to save him is to free him, and the only way to free him is to, well... I'm sure you can imagine what has to happen next without me describing it.

He cannot be revived, and is now stuck as a mix between his soul and his now destroyed physical body, i.e. the incorporeality of a soul but still with the capability to think and move and talk. He bears a permanent crack over his eye as a grim reminder of the attack that killed him.

He makes up for his inability to interact with the physical world through a different sense of feeling. As a soul, he has a much deeper connection to emotion, and far augmented empathy.

Sometimes this ability overwhelms him, and he will go periods of time being very quiet and monotone in expression. Other times his emotions are much more volatile and expressive than they would be normally, and the aforementioned empathy lets him act as an adept consoler and mediator.

Still, he can't touch anything. Being deprived of such an important sense would have quite an impact on one's mental health, and with both of the game's major villains' goals being soul-stealing, he isn't having that great of a time.

As for the context behind this art, Cuphead, Mugman, and Chalice seek out Chef Saltbaker after the Devil is taken care of, looking for a way to bring Cuphead back into the material realm.

While on Isle IV, they find a relic that, somehow, Cuphead can feel. He can hold it, he can touch it, and after going so painfully long without such a simple sense, he clings to it, carries it all the time.

It's fine at first, but the relic is cursed, and while normally it would slowly corrupt the holder's soul, since Cuphead is a soul, it corrupts him at a much faster, and much more worrying rate, to the point it might as well be possession.

At a certain point when this becomes very obvious, Mugman and Chalice try to convince him to let the relic go. He refuses, both out of his own desperation for feeling and the influence of the cursed relic. Which, as you may expect, ends in a fight.

(They do manage to get it away from him eventually, don't worry! <3)

That is all I can think of to include in this explanation! There is a little more to this AU, but nothing very relevant, and this post is already way too long. Anyways... you can probably expect more art of this AU soon! I have a lot of ideas...

[babitim-in-fandoms]

Uhhhhhh Introduction?

Heyyy uhmmm.......... idk.

FANDOMS I CHOSE TO USE FOR THIS ASK BLOG:

Doki Doki Literature Club

Baldi's Basics

Cuphead

Bendy And The Ink Machine

Hello Neighbor

Among Us

Bendy and the dark revival

Cuphead DLC

Amanda the Adventurer (@/Cupheadfan96)

Hello Puppets

Hello Puppets Midnight Show

So these are the options. I'm not adding anymore. I didn't include some popular Fandoms because I don't wanna.

Feel free to ask. But be specific which fandom your asking. There all in their own worlds.

Also in Cuphead and Bendy And The Ink Machine some characters are switched up.

Hehe..... bye.

NEW ASK ABLE THING!

From this list, you can ask for song art of any of these.

Only ships that are in IM.

NO BENDYSTRAW. It makes me sick and uncomfortable.

Character list:

The titles that have the character designs are clickable!!

DDLC

Sayori: Mugman

Monika: Cuphead

Yuri: Bendy

Natsuki: Boris

Player: Holly

Cuphead

Cuphead: Bendy

Mugman: Boris

The Devil: Oswald

King Dice: Felix

BATIM + BATDS

Bendy: Cuphead

Boris: Mugman

Henry: Cannikin

Alice: Cala

Alison: Holly

Butcher gang: dot, wakko, yakko

Sammy Lawrence: Felix

Baldi's Basics

Baldi: Mugman

Player: Cuphead

Principal of the thing: Bendy

Playtime: Boris

This is a Bully: Fanny

Arts and Crafters: Red

1st Prize: Holly

Gotta sweep: Cala

Ñ#Łl / fıłə ñªm3 ² : Alice

Mrs. Pomp: Dot

Cloudy copter: cog holly

Chalkles: yakko

Beans: wakko

Hello Neighbor

Neighbor: Cuphead

Player: Mugman

Among us

Red: Cuphead

Orange: Boris

Yellow: Alice

Dark Green: Black Hat

Blue: Mugman

Cyan: Oswald

Purple: Cala

Pink: Holly

Black: bendy

White: Fanny

Brown: felix

Bendy And The Dark Revival

Bendy: Cuphead

Audrey: Alice

Tom: Mugman

Wilson: Black hat

Betty: Betty bop

Alice: Cala

Alison: Holly

Joey drew: Bendy

Cuphead DLC

Cuphead: Bendy

Mugman: Boris

Chalice: Alice

Chef saltbaker: Cog Holly

Hello Puppets (+Midnight show)

Scout: Holly

Host: Cuphead

Mortimer Handyman: Felix

Riley Ruckus: Canola

Rosco: Boris

Daisy Danger: Mugman

Nick Nack: Cala

Owen: Mickey

Amanda the Adventurer

Amanda: Sarah Songbird

Wooly: Boris

Player: Bendy

Main blog

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my pinned blog!

so uhm guess I will introduce myself, I go by juju/gigi for a nickname because I am uncomfortable about saying my name on the internet

My hobbies are!: drawing playing games, literally anything that's fun :D

My fav color(s) is(are!: purple, grey, black, white, royal blue, blue, red, green, orange, neon orange, yellow etc

I like watching TikTok's, listening to songs, playing Roblox, Youtube

fandoms I'm in rn: tmnt, hazbin hotel, helluva boss, cuphead and mugman, Bendy and Boris the quest to find the ink machine, and others that I have forgotten the names of! :_D

things I don't like, gore (I can handle blood), the feeling of some fabrics, loud noises, super high pitch sounds( my ears hurt from those sounds)

I have one dog (black Labrador) and 5 cats that I forgot the breed of I can maybe upload some images of them up on here