Helluva Boss: A New Add-On to the Family

Seeing Stars

The scene opens with a shot of a galaxy, with Stolas narrating over it.

Stolas: "In the great expanse of the nether there exists boundless amounts of magnificent phenomenon the great brilliance of an exploding star, the nimble dance of space dust through a nebula but once every one thousand years our corner of reality is treated to an incredible sight from the deep eldritch recesses of the cosmos the tears of a forgotten colossus begin to fall."

Stolas: "Tears made of the hopes and dreams of every living thing that never came to be. Condensed and sent shooting across the night sky in a dazzling final display. What appears to mortal beings as a meteor shower we can see for what it is: Azathoth's Tears."

Octavia (Young): *Giggles* "Daddy, can we go see it someday?"

Stolas: "Yes, dear. I promise, when the day comes nothing will be able to keep me from being there with you. Good night, my Owlette."

Octavia (Young): *Yawns* "Good night!"

She turns and wiggles and giggles in her bed.

Scene shifts to present Octavia, still looking happy; she's circling a drawing on a calendar of her face, Stolas' face, and a meteor shower. The starfall is "today". She hops down a hallway putting on her boot.

Octavia: "Hey, dad!"

She looks in her kitchen and around the manor, but he isn't there.

Octavia: "Dad? Dad?"

She sees an open foyer door, we hear Stolas' voice coming through it.

Stolas: "Yes, I know!"

The scene jumps to Stolas out front on the phone with Stella, squeezing a servant in his other hand. Imps are loading items into a van.

Stolas: "It will be there, shortly."

Stolas: "Of course they're being careful!"

Octavia: "Dad, what's going on?"

Stolas: "Apparently, your mother can't exist somewhere for two minutes without the entirety of her possessions--

Stella is yelling something incomprehensibly in response through the phone as he speaks.

Stolas: "What? No! I'm not turning her against you-- Yes, Stella!"

Stella: *through the phone* --never have to see your fucking face again!"

Octavia: "Dad?"

Stella: *through the phone* "Everyone-

She continues to yell incomprehensibly.

Octavia: "This is going to be done before tonight, right?"

Stolas: "What? Oh. I hardly think so. Knowing your mother, this will take all weekend. *turns to the imps loading the car* Don't be gentle about it, now! Break whatever you have to to get it all in there."

Stella: *through the phone* "What?! What did you just tell them to do?!"

Octavia: "But, tonight was supposed to-

Stolas: "Darling, can we not talk about this now? Your mother's being a real B-I-T-C-H."

Stella: *through the phone* "The fuck do you mean-

More incomprehensible yelling is heard from Stella's end.

Stolas: "Well, how was I supposed to know you can spell?! I've never seen you read!"

Stella: *through the phone* "I'm going to take everything! Everything you own!"

Out of frustration, Octavia slams the door and yells she rips up the calendar page, angrily topples her telescope over, and grabs a bag with her things and leaves the mansion.