Carmen: What did you two do?
King:
Char:
Carmen: You're not in trouble, I just need to know if I have to lie to the police again or not.
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Carmen ran through the boiling rain, Ollie in hand, into a strange building she found. They inspected their cloak, which now had several holes in it.
They walked through the sort of lobby area, where there were several of these little rock buildings, all looking identical. She heard something run past.
"Who's there?" She held Ollie defensively. "Reveal yourself!" She turned around and gasped.
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Char was currently failing to come up with glyph combos. "Lottie!" King jumped over to her. "I need your help! I think Francois is trying to start a rebellion." He gestured to his staffed rabbit, who had a fucking knife.
"In a minute, King. I'm getting so close to figuring out this glyph combo."
"It's always glyphs and portals with you these days. What about King?" King requires attention or else he shall go feral. "Why don't you ask Sasha for help? She was in the Emperor's Coven." Char suggested. "She has more experience with unruly mobs than anyone."
Happy Sashy laughter. "Watching the ink dry is the best part." Hooty came over, setting down a cup of tea. "A fresh cup of tea for my favorite cup of tea! That's you, Sass." Sasha smiled and smoothed her hair. "Hootsifer, you truly are a gem. How do you always know what to do?" Hooty headpats.
"What's going on? Do you think Hooty's blackmailing her or something?" King whispered. "Oh, I think they're actually friends. Isn't that nice?" Char smiled before standing up. "Okay, this will work for sure. Now you see me-" They pressed the glyph to their chest and vanished. King did a gasp and he and Sasha just kinda stared at each other for second.
"Now you don't!" Void reappeared. "Oh. I guess it only lasts a long as I hold my breath. Still pretty cool, huh?"
"Don't ever do that again!" King cried, grabbed onto her ankle.
"Do that again!" Sasha stood up. "However did you accomplish it?"
"Well, since you guys discovered that we can make new spells by combining glyphs, I've been experimenting. I got the invisibility idea from your history books, Sasha."
"Fascinating! As the lead historical scholar in the Emperor's Coven, my aid could be very helpful in-" She tripped over King's mountain of plushies.
"An ambush! Men, defend your ruler!" King tossed a green elephant at Sasha, but, alas, Hooty took the hit for his dear friend. "I'm done for, Sass."
"Hootsifer, this is make believe."
"Ah, to die in your arms. Avenge me." Hooty then perished. Fs in the chat. Anyway, King threw another plushie at Sasha. "The King of Demons yields to no one!" He proclaimed. Sasha's bouta hit this child with some knowledge. "Historically, demons have never been united under a single rule till Belos. There is no such thing as a King of Demons."
King threw another plushie because violence is a question and the answer is yes. "Blasphemy!" He yelled. "Clearly, you know nothing of my reign of terror! Allow me to tell you; I was once the mighty King of demons. I was beloved almost as much as I was feared. But one dark day, an evil spell was cast, transforming me into this!" King fell to his knees, utterly devastated.
"Oh, what happened to your crown of power?" Hooty asked.
"A trifle! That was just a test to trust Carmen and Char's dedication to me. They passed." Only test Char has ever passed, I'll tell you fucking what. "My real crown is still out there. But when I shrank my memories got, uh, fuzzy." Char bent down to place a hand on his shoulder.
