The Impish Mage Season 1

Chapter 43: C.H.E.R.U.B Part 2

And with that, the Cherubs decide to show Lyle Liption about the goodness of the world so he can continue to live. They begin by taking him still in his bed, to the hill to overlook a forest and a lake.

Cletus happily says, "Look around, Lyle. God's gift of nature is a wonder to behold, regardless of age... or wealth!"

"If you were to end your life, you'd be missing all of this!" Collin adds.

Suddenly, Zak appears wearing a leopard costume, "Mhm, you're gonna buy that load of shit from a baby and the sheep it fucks?" and does a suggestive gesture with his fingers, indicating sex.

Keenie covers her mouth and gasps, "That is so inappropriate! Especially in front of children!"

Collin blinks in a state of disbelief and Cletus gives a disappointed look.

Then Millie and Moxxie appear in cat costumes.

Millie then shows Keenie two middle fingers and says, "Oh, kiss our ass, prude!"

"Well, I do admit, nature is good, but even nature can have hardship," Blitz says, dressed as a lion.

Keenan, dressed as a wolf pup asks, "Dad, why are we wearing these costumes?"

"I'm not sure, but it's Zak's idea," Loona says, and since she's already a canine, she doesn't need a costume for it.

Then Aurora, who is also dressed like a cat, looks towards Tilla, "Besides, Tilla likes it."

It's revealed that Tilla is wearing a bird costume, a robin to be exact.

She flaps her wings and happily says, "Birdy says tweet tweet tweet!"

Keenie happily blushes and says, "Awww, that is so cute!"

"I have to agree. She's adorable," Cletus says.

Millie says, "I have to agree with them there." Then brings out her phone, "I need a picture."

And Millie takes the picture of Tilla in her costume, who has a big smile on her face.

Zak rolls his eyes, "Alright, enough with the cuteness. But Blitz is right about Nature..."

Then leans to Lyle, "Take it from me, a fellow genius. Nature is no picnic up close."

Then Zak presents Lyle with his binoculars. Lyle looks at the binoculars to see for himself. He sees a group of bunnies and squirrels together, and is suddenly eaten alive by a pack of wolves.

"Oh no!" Lyle says, shocked.

Collin then tries to take the binoculars, "S-stop looking!"

But Lyle continues to hold on to the binoculars, "I can't stop! I've never wanted to die more than I do now!"

Lyle continues to watch. A bear swipes a wolf to the ground and raises its paw to attack. Then the bear is crushed by a fallen tree, by a muscular logger with a chainsaw. Then a beehive lands on the man's head and begins to scream and panic. Soon, his arms are chopped off by the chainsaw and his body skewered by a charging stag. Everyone freezes in horror while Zak fakes it and grins smugly.

"It just goes to show that the world has its hardships, which is why we need to work on what we can do," Bliz says.

"Sounds like you know from experience," Moxxie says.

"Yeah. I've lived in another world full of magical creatures, animals, monsters, and disasters, and magic, so it can be a hard world to live in, but there are good things as well," Blitz says.

"Good point," Moxxie replies.

Cletus nervously says, "Let's go check out someplace else!"

Millie and Moxxie do a fist bump in their cat costumes.