First I wanna apologize for this death by dialogue in this chapter, I tried my best to add in as much description as I could! I'm hoping there's only one more chapter after this which shall be posted tomorrow :) Promise!
Again, disclaimer - I do not own the Boosh or Jamie and her username x)

Oh and there's some cursing in this again
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The Curse

The streets surrounding him flashed past in a blind panic as he thundered all the way home, his body still feeling the side effects of excessive drinking but his brain felt stone sober with fright. His heart pounded in his skull, thundered in his ears and smashed against his rib cage with both exhaustion and terror.

His lips that were still magically buttoned shut were feeling sore and restricted, he longed to throw his mouth wide open and scream his lungs out. He slowed down a little as he neared the street almost doubling over with stitches in his sides, he tried to gobble down breaths of oxygen but the stuck skin of his lips restricted his air flow.

Stumbling the last few paces to the shop he pounded on the flat door not caring if the neighbors woke and came out to complain or maybe even smack him. He mumbled and moaned as loud as he could while hammering his fist even harder shaking the door in its frame, soon a light flicked on and Bollo wrenched the door open looking more than annoyed.

The gorilla's expression dropped at the sight of Vince who simply shoved past his furry friend and stormed up the stairs straight to Naboo's bedroom where instead of thumping the door he barged straight in.

"Vince! What the fuck, you total jerk off? Do you know what time it is?" The Shaman complained while tossing off the covers of his bed and glaring at the Mod who was frantically murmuring things Naboo could hardly begin to understand "Woah slow down, you sound like you're talkin' with your mouth-full...What happened?" Vince tossed his arms in the air with a dramatic sigh and let them flop back down and slap his sides. With a roll of his eyes he pointed to his mouth, tried to open it, then shrugged and looked helpless.

"What is going on?" Bollo asked appearing at the door with an extremely tired and agitated looking Howard close behind him. Naboo did not reply and instead approached Vince and examined the state his mouth was in.

"Oh no," He muttered as the others listened closely "I think he's been cursed."

"Cursed? He only went out drinking! Usually he comes home with a stranger not a curse!" Howard pushed past the gorilla and stood himself in front of Vince next to Naboo and stared at the patches of skin which seemed to be glued together on his best friend's lips "Who did that?"

"Yeah believe me now don'tcha." Naboo muttered under his breath then a little louder carried on "I've seen this kind of thing before, it's the Curse of Buttons Magoo." He turned away toward a poster, he uttered a few words and it swung open revealing a hole in the wall like a hiding place "Let's see what this book says about her," he pulled a thick black leather book from its place on a shelf and lay it out on the bed as he sat down next to the others "This should give us some answers."

"Who is this person?"

"She's a Shamaness. But get on the wrong side of her and you'll be sorry." Naboo shot Vince a stern look then continued to leaf through the pages of his book. To Howard it looked like an encyclopedia of Shaman and Shamaness, each page had a photo of a different person along with some information about them and their life "Here we go," Naboo pointed to a photo of a young woman dressed not in robes but in every day clothes that seemed normal to Vince and Howard "Buttons Magoo is best known for her curse of buttoning together the lips of her victims. Someone who comes across to Magoo as arrogant and self-obsessive will suffer her 'button it' curse where she will magically button the lips together with invisible buttons, they cannot be undone by any form of magic spell currently known to Shaman. The only way to reverse the curse is to drink from the roots of a well-known Xooberonian plant. Beware when the curse is lifted, Magoo herself will re-appear to try to replace it upon the victim once again."

"She sounds a little...Forceful?" Howard suggested not quite knowing which words to use best.

"No," Naboo retorted "She just doesn't take shit from anyone." He glared back at Vince once again who pulled a face of innocence.

"What's this plant called?"

"I'll go with Bollo and get what we need, it's complicated Howard. Besides, I don't want you stumblin' back to the fountain and drinkin' from it again." Howard protested silently in his head but didn't dare to argue with Naboo who had already ordered Bollo to get the carpet out "You have to stay here Howard, keep him occupied and keep him out of trouble."

"Right." Howard nodded once, again remaining silent instead of protesting.

Naboo and Bollo bordered the carpet in the early hours of the morning under the light of the full moon, Howard watched from the window as they soared up through the clouds and out of sight then a thought caught him. Maybe a silent Vince wouldn't be so bad after all?