Bonesborough had finally begun to look normal again... Well, as normal as it ever looked before.
Luz and Amity had decided to spend the afternoon walking through the town, and enjoy the familiar sights for nostalgia's sake. It had rained the night before, so a lot of the buildings and streets had a thin layer of boiling puddles and shine to it. Not boiling enough to hurt much, but steam could still be faintly seen coming off the surfaces it pooled on. It actually made for quite the sight, peaceful almost.
Though something new amongst the wet buildings had made the sight slightly less peaceful. The Collector, floating near the sidewalk... Almost completely covered in mud.
"Collector?!" Lumity exclaimed, both shocked at the state of the star child.
"Hi guys!" The Collector cheerfully waved.
"Oh! Eda sent me to go get some milk... But as I was flying, I saw this cool three eyed frog..." The Collector began to explain, "And I wanted to catch it! So I chased it around into the town for a while, and accidentally fell into a couple mud puddles as I did."
"A couple?" Amity deadpanned, "I could mistake you for an abomination golem..."
The Collector blushed a bit, but couldn't help but chuckle.
"Look at you, you're a mess! You need a bath or something..." Luz remarked, approach the star child and pinching at his muddy sleeves.
"Aww, but I don't want a bath!" The Collector whined, "Plus, I haven't even gotten the milk yet!"
Luz thought for a moment, before getting an idea. "How about this...? If you take a bath, I'll make those special pizza bagels you like." She offered, and the star child perked up almost instantly.
"With the extra pepperoni?!" The Collector asked excitedly.
"Yep! Amity will make it with all the extra pepperoni you want!" Luz claimed, to which Amity turned to look at her like she had gone nuts.
"Luz, I don't know HOW to make pizza bagels... I barely know how to make pizza on it's own!" Amity quietly told Luz.
"It's easy... You'll be perfectly fine." Luz quietly replied, confident despite Amity's lack of human culinary abilities.
Amity seemed unsure, but shrugged. "I'll try I guess..." She said back.
Luz smiled, and turned over to the muddy Collector.
"Come on, little buddy." Luz motioned for him to follow them, "Let's get you back to the house and get you clean."
"Alright! To the Bird House!" The Collector cheerfully exclaimed.
Luz and Amity didn't even bother correcting him as they began to make their way there.
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Bathtime for the Collector
FanficAfter getting muddy from chasing a frog, the Collector is cleaned up by Luz and Amity at the Owl House. (aka: The Collector gets given a bath by his two older sisters figures, with the promise of pizza bagels afterwards.)
