"Mari, I need to tell you something." Sock looked uncharacteristically serious. He always held a straight face even when he was warning everyone of alien invasions and reptilian impostors, but this change in demeanor gave Mari chills. He spoke quietly, casting his gaze about as if he was fearful of being caught. "The world is going to end."
"Sock! I thought you were being serious! What was that for?" Mari scolded.
Sock winced. "Not so loud… Look, I am serious. The Creator—as soon as all the color is restored, it's gone. Everything."
"How do you know this?" Mari humored him, though she still looked sour. When Sock mentioned the Creator, she thought she saw a cold look on his face.
"I can't tell you unless you say you believe me."
"I can't believe you until you tell me. You're so frustrating, Sock, you know that?" Normally she'd be treating the silly raposa slightly gentler, but seeing Wilfre again—disguised as that rascal Salem!—that had set her on edge. Maybe she should soften up on Sock—
A too-familiar voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Well, you're alone now, anyway."
Mari couldn't believe her eyes. First she was talking to Sock, who was making another outlandish claim. And then he transformed into Wilfre, just as Salem had in Mayor Rose's garden.
"You…" Mari shook her head in disbelief. Wilfre waved his brush-tipped staff threateningly in front of her face.
"Don't make this any harder than it has to be. How I know, you asked?—"
He was cut short when Mari worked herself up to a scream and ran off. "Stupid kid," Wilfre muttered. He opened up a portal in front of her. She was sucked in, and Wilfre followed her in shortly after.
and then wilfre tells mari about the thing. there was like, some more about them in wilfre's castle thing but it was boring and you can imagine what happens then anyway.
im not talking about kissing you filth