Dagary

Chapter 3

"Step right up folks!" Sebastian boasted, grabbing one of the beakers off the table and holding it up in the air. "Have you always been ashamed of your eye color your whole life?! Well worry no more! Come and change it permanently for just 20 dollars each!"

Arthur's eyes widened. Was he serious?! These people would be lucky if they had a dollar in their filthy pockets! No one has had that type of money ever since the First World War!

The townsfolk seemed eager to test out his concoction, however, and hurriedly looked through their pockets for some change. Of course, most of them were empty.

Then one lady stepped out through the ruckus towards Sebastian. Arthur looked up and gasped, his face turning as red as a tomato.

She was blindingly beautiful, with long blonde hair that was very curly at the ends. Her black knee-length dress with pink roses decorated all over it flowed in the breeze as she walked toward them, her red pumps clacking at every step she took.

To be fair, Arthur thought, she probably looked this gorgeous due to the pounds of makeup on her thin face. He tried to hide his blush under the collar of his lab coat.

"Hello!" she said with a voice sweet as honey. "I'd LOVE to test out your little experiment of the day, if you gentlemen don't mind!" She smiled, showing teeth whiter than the Lightning shaped patch in the center of Arthur's hair.

"Well then, that'll be 20 bucks, m'lady." he replied, holding his hand out.

"Sure thang! Just hang on for a itty bitty second!" She pulled out her purse and rummaged through it. "Now where on earth...oh! Here it is!" she beamed, handing him the 20 dollar bill as the townsfolk glared at her in jealousy.

He quickly took it from her. Arthur rolled his eyes. He wouldn't be surprised if Sebastian grew dollar signs in his eyes like they do in the cartoons they sometimes play in the local theatre, as obsessed as he was with the idea of money.

"Great!" Sebastian exclaimed. "Now step right over to that man over there." he pointed at Arthur. "And he'll help you make your dreams come true!"

"Alright then! Thank you very much!" she replied, starting to approach Arthur.

"Um....h-hello, ma'am..." he replied, stuttering. "Wh-What is your name?"

"Priscilla." she replied, smiling sweetly. "And what's yours, sugar?"

He couldn't stop the blushing at this point. "I-I'm Arthur.....um...." he was nervously moving his hands around the table, searching for the correct beaker whilst trying to keep eye contact with her.

Little did he know that while they were getting the lady to pay up, Mitch had switched up some of the shiny tubes out of boredom.

"Ah! Here we are!" he picked up one at random, still trying to keep his green eyes locked with her eyes as blue as sapphires. "Just drink this, and your eyes will change to any color you please." he explained as he handed it to her shakily.

"Why thank you sweetums!" Priscilla replied, and started to sip at it. All the towns folk watched closely to see what happened.

She looked zoned out for a minute, then looked up, and her eyes were as yellow as the sun.

Arthur smiled. His experiment was a success! For once....

He handed Priscilla a mirror, to show her the results. She gazed into the mirror and gasped. "But...this wasn't the color I wanted!!"

His smile immediately turned into a frown. "....I-It wasn't?!'

"No!! I wanted green like yours!!" she replied, then she proceeded to scream as what looked like dark blue tentacles started to grow out of her mouth.

Arthur shrieked in horror, and quickly looked at the beaker he had given to her. "CTHULHU?!?" he read out loud.

The townsfolk watched in horror as she transformed into the horrifying sea monster. "WHAT?!?!" Sebastian exclaimed, glaring at Arthur. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?"

"...Oopsie...." Mitch muttered, scooting away into a corner.

Priscilla, or in this case scenario, Cthulhu, looked up at all three of them with deep hatred. She tried to speak, but all that came out were menacing growls.

"Oh no....oh no no no no!!" Arthur exclaimed, running his hands through his hair.

"AHA! WE GOT EM BOYS!!"

Arthur looked up to see where this unknown voice was coming from, then gasped and ducked as a man swinging down on a rope grabbed Cthulhu by one of the tentacles.

"RRRRARGH!!" it roared. "Waaaaahoooooo!!" cheered the man.

He swung back up and landed on what looked like a giant pirate ship in the sea water.

Sebastian, Arthur, and Mitch just stared in confusion, but it was suddenly halted when black bags covered their heads, shielding them of their sight.