Calamitous Intervention

Cursed Eclipse

Previously on Calamitous Intervention

Ivy's grandmother Sylvia had stopped by to visit and offer some help with the stand. Hop Pop had gotten nervous and flustered and wondered how he could express his feelings for her. With Luz's help, they would organize a date together that went pretty smoothly.

Luz was excited to share her lore and knowledge of the Azura books to everyone around her, but Sprig and his friends had also happened to get into the Cynthia Coven books that had been circulating around Wartwood for some reason. After an uneventful war that spilled out of someone defending the books too much, peace was made, but there was still that question of how those books, which were definitely from the human realm, ended up here.

Chapter Twenty-Five - Cursed Eclipse

It had been a mostly ordinary morning so far for Polly. She woke up, had some mediocre breakfast cooked by Hop Pop, and did some chores (at least the ones she could, considering she was a legless tadpole). By then, it was approaching noon, and Polly figured Luz was off doing magical nerdy stuff with Maddie until she heard the basement door open.

"Ugh! Why did they only give the show nine episodes for season one?!" Luz vented, plopping on the couch next to Polly. "Oh, but even with the pacing, it's so good. I could listen to the music for hours! Could Shull secretly be an Eradicator behind the scenes? Is he going to betray the Inn?"

"Am I missing something here?" Polly asked, rolling her eyes. "I'm not exactly a great person to vent to, sister."

"Oh, right, I haven't told you about it, have I?" Luz replied, snapping out of her thoughts. "Well, I probably shouldn't, but it's a show called Purgatory Inn. I am so lucky that the season auto-downloaded onto my phone before I came here."

Polly was slightly intrigued, glancing at the human. "Go on."

"Well, it's about the prince of demon kind wanting to help lost souls," Luz explained. "Shull's a main character and is a bat demon that really... loves to drink... And it has a lot of curse words that Mama would kill me if she found out I was watching."

"Ooh, that sounds like my kind of show!" Polly said excitedly. "I wanna watch it!"

Realizing she had made a mistake in telling a literal child about a mature show, Luz decided to backtrack. "Well, uh, you're not old enough to watch it. No way am I letting you."

"Aw, come on!" the tadpole protested, jumping on Luz's head and pulling on her hair strands. "You can't just tell me about something that cool and then say I can't watch it!" Polly hopped down onto Luz's arm and tried to snatch the phone out of her pocket.

"Hey!" Luz protested, swatting the little tadpole's hand away. "Not until you're older! This show is very unfit for children!"

"Then why are you watching it?!" Polly yelled angrily, trying to grab her phone more aggressively now. "You hypocrite! Let me see it!"

"Alright, kiddos, none of that," Hop Pop scolded, walking into the living room. "The Julecoming's happening today, and we can't afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance!"

"The Julecoming..." Luz pondered, wondering where she had read that term before. "I think I can recall reading it in one of your books, Hop Pop, but I forgot what it's about since any information about it is scarce."

"That's because little has been recorded about it, or any detailed information was lost to time," the old frog explained. "The Julecoming is a huge event in Amphibia that happens once a century, where the Sun and Moon perfectly align. They say the sky darkens, the water stops stirring, and it marks the return of an ancient amphibian known as Julius Thopomas III, who will provide food and water for everybody. And for one day, frogs, toads, and newts will live in peace without conflict or bloodshed. Even the most violent creatures submit to it, and the entirety of Amphibia is peaceful for the rest of the day."