Comic Demon (Archive)

Learning

"What's your question?" Angel asked.

"I, uh," I started. "D-does Husk... enjoy my company?"

"Why do you care about Husk? I thought you hated him."

"I don't! I just wanna know..."

He smirked.

"Stop! I know what your thinking!"

I morphed my hand into a clock and pointed at it.

"It's time to stop!"

I morphed my hand back. Angel laughed and shook his head, mumbling.

"Oh, kid..."

I frowned, crossing my arms and walking away.

"Hey, Alastor," I called, my quickly smile returning. "I'm bored, will you teach me something?"

He seemed surprised by the sudden request.

"Hmm," he hummed. "Would you like me to teach you how to dance?"

I shrugged.

"Sure. I have nothing else to do."

"Alrighty, then! Watch closely..."

We started off with something easy: the Charleston. He explained all the steps and demonstrated how to do it.

"Okay. Alright. Here goes," I said, taking a deep breath.

I was always a fast learner. I began smoothly, trying not to look at my feet as I completed all the steps.

"Good," Alastor said. "Now, can you do that while walking forward?"

"Uh... can you show me?" I asked.

He nodded. I watched intently.

"I feel like I could learn all of this just by watching you," I said.

"Well, why don't you try this?"

He grabbed my hand and pulled me to his side. Soon enough I was mirroring his every move.

"This is actually really easy, but it's also really tiring," I said.

"Well, then," Alastor said. "Why don't you take a break?"

I nodded and sat down. Husk and Angel walked through the door and decided to sit down as well.

"You know, when I was a teenager, everyone was obsessed with the 1920s," I stated. "...That was also during the 20s."

"The 1920s?" Alastor asked.

I shook my head and smiled.

"Nope! The 2020s!"

He nodded. Charlie, Vaggie, and Niffty, came downstairs to join us.

"If you don't mind me asking, when did you die?" he asked.

"Oh, 2035. That's when we started calling the 20s and 30s 'The Meltdown'."

"Well, that must've been interesting!"

"Well, I'll agree it was interesting, but not in a good way," I said. "The world started getting major problems at the very beginning of 2020, and then it just kept on getting worse and worse."

"Really?" asked Alastor. "What happened?"

"Well, first there was an outbreak of the coronavirus in Asia, Australia started getting massive forest fires which then got washed away in the floods..."