The Owl House: Along Came A Wolf

Sense and Insensitivity

Open on Eda's Human Collectibles stand in the market. King holds up a tray of mostly inedible human things.

"Partake of my free snack samples! Take them; I demand it as your ruler, the King of Demons!"

Several people pass but none even look at him. King throws the tray on the ground.

"Nyeh! Why isn't anyone paying attention to me? I'm their rightful overlord. Intellectually and such."

"Yeah... hey!" Eda grabs a passerby by the cowl and sniffs. "It reeks more of nerd than money today."

"Guys!"

Eda lets go of the passerby.

"Ah!"

"You will not believe what's going on!" Luz poses under a banner. "It's a book fair! Where books come to life!"

A book jumps off one of the stands next to her.

"Hello."

Luz screams and kicks it.

"A fair without rides?"

"Who needs rides when this," A boy shoves a book in King's face. "can take you anywhere?"

"Nyeh."

King throws a strip of bacon on the boy's head. A winged demon flies by and picks him up. The boy screams.

"A, ew." Eda throws the book on the ground. "B, I'm bored. C, I feel like pickpocketing some dork while they browse." She walks off.

"I'm going with Eda, anything is better than looking at books I don't care about," Kaito says before following Eda.

"No, wait! Will you give it a chance? I'll let you ride in my hoodie!" Luz puts her hood up.

"Ooohoohoohoo!"

Cut to Luz walking through the book fair with King in her hood.

"This book fair's got everything! A zine-making workshop, meet and greets, and—what's that?" Luz gasps. "A writing competition!? I've always wanted to be a writer."

"Writer? What? I thought you wanted to be a witch?"

"Of course I wanna be a witch. But where I'm from that's kinda... impossible. So my runner-up dream was to be a writer." Luz pulls a picture out of her pocket. "I've had this about the author picture since I was seven years old. I know my good angle. I'm gonna enter the competition."

Bo laughs as she runs by.

"Ugh! What are these basement dwellers doing out in natural sunlight?"

"Um! We're in line for Jon De Plume, most famous writer on the Boiling Isles, famed author of the Realm Warriors series! I'm gonna have him read my story... and marry me."

Cut to Jon signing a book.

"Jon, will you sign my child?"

"I'll sign anything!" Jon laughs evilly.

"Such power. Such command he holds over his minions. I must have the same! Luz the human! I too shall enter the competition."

"Really?" Luz gasps. "We could work together! It'll be perfect! We're best friends, so we'll make the best team!"

"Team! Yes!"

Luz begins walking away.

"My name goes first on the cover."

Indistinguishable chatter.

Eda grabs a book and tosses it. "Boring," She knocks books onto a child's head. "boring." She grabs another book. "Boring." She gasps as she looks in a mirror. "Another wrinkle! The curse is quickening!"