Special, special thanks to r eaper . d eath for the amazing help (just remove the spaces it won't come up right if they aren't there)! This entire arc is based off of her story the Dollhouse, WHICH IS AMAZING. The horror and plots and amazing twists to it even confuse me to the depth that she has taken, thinking through the story with all her characters in it and OCs. And thanks to those writers who let her use their characters. Check it out when you get the chance! Jackie and perhaps even her twin, Jay, are there ;)
WHITE'S POV
"Well now Mock Turtle where shall we be off to now?" I pleasantly ask as I brush the cotton candy off of myself. I take a small taste of the fluffy stuff humming along pleasantly as the sugary tuffs melt over my tongue. Disgusting. Sweets were never really to my liking. I glance over to Black who is busy stuffing the sweet stuff into a bag for himself later on. Honestly how can anyone stand s*** this sweet? Sour and tart are the best for any occasion.
Here in the Candy forest is where half of the ingredients will be found. Cyan holds up his notepad letting me read his message.
"Excellent." Revolting. I don't want to stay here in this sugar coated s*** place any longer than need be. Being kept from my wife is killing me. Why is it that every time we try to become one something interferes with us?
"Let's just hurry the f*** up and get this over with."
"I agree." I say thankful that Black is just as eager as I to be back holding Jackie. If it were for any other reason of being here no doubt he would stay here for a week picking his dinner off of the trees. Mock Turtle nods and quickly scribbles down three lists on the paper handing it to each of us.
This is the safest territory here. We will separate and meet back here in two time changes. I glance down spying a knife lodged into the ground. When did he throw that knife down? Cyan scribbles down a small list for the both of us containing only five ingredients.
"My, are you underestimating us?" I lightly threaten, tapping the list against my lips. Cyan shakes his head and continues writing.
Not so. Those ingredients can be found around here. I'm faster and know where the more difficult to locate ingredients are within Candy Forest. Without another pause in beat he hops into the bushes, vanishing with the shadows of Candy Forest. Feh, Candy Forest ... a territory where everything is edible. It's an interesting idea that perhaps I can take back to the circus, having a tent and the contents sculpted with sweet and sour things. That would certainly attract guests but I would rather burn then be within ten feet of the sugar coated hell.
"What is on the list, Black?" I ask, glancing over my shoulder as Black looks the list over.
"The eye of a hard sugar skull head, chocolate stars, bone shaped caramel, and ... the f***? Insulting jumping beans?" He asks, raising an eyebrow at the list.
"Sounds interesting. Let's start searching shall we?" I hum, splitting the list in half. "You get these here and I will go fetch these. Any questions?"
"Yeah. Where the f*** are the jumping beans and bone shaped caramel?" Black huffs, already agitated as he crumbles up the paper. My cheek twitches into a smile as I fold my arms. He's going to break and I know it.
"Alas, that is the fun of the hunt, my dear counterpart."
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"Fun fun fun~ oh so fun~," I sing along with the jingling bells, hopping down the river of cream. Sugar candy skulls hm? Well, I suppose they would be in a part of the place that is near desolate and up here in the hills is a good place to start. Tiny chocolate bunnies hop around in the peppermint patty bushes, glancing at me with gum drop eyes before continuing on their way.
I wish I could keep a permanent connection to this place. Then I wouldn't have to spend so much buying candy I can just come here and have some fun collecting it myself. That and watch all the other faceless suffer excruciating ways of death. Already I ran into three man eating plants with sour juices strong enough to dissolve flesh.
My lone eye scans the grounds as I come across a wide open, desolate field of rocky chocolate. Well now this place seems like a good one to start with. I hop up onto a large nearby jawbreaker, taking a quick look around the ground. A multicolored skull catches my eye as I sweetly smile.
"I've found it~," I hum, hopping over to the skull. Oh this is just too easy. I lean down popping the skull out of place and tie a rope through its eye sockets.
"My HeAd! Oh My HeAd! HaVe YoU sEeN iT kInD sIr?" The skull shouts in a twisted, warped voice. I turn the skull around to face it seeing it's unhinged jaw and single eye ball rolling around in the left eye. My cheek twitches into a smile. Oh goodie, I have something to amuse myself with here.
"I'm afraid I haven't kind sir. Where did you leave it?." I purr, kissing it on the forehead and nearly gag in disgust. It's pure sugar that I'm kissing. Bleh.
"Oh! I'vE sEeMeD tO hAvE mIsPlAcEd My HeAd! WoN't YoU hElP mE fInD iT kInD sIr? Oh! I'vE sEeMeD tO hAvE mIsPlAcEd My HeAd! WoN't YoU hElP mE fInD iT kInD sIr? Oh! I'vE sEeMeD tO hAvE mIsPlAcEd My HeAd! WoN't YoU hElP mE fInD iT kInD sIr?" It chatters incessantly, repeating the same phrase over and over again. I study the slacking jaw as it flops around, somehow producing the sounds without moving it's nonexistent tongue. If a good portion of this survives I could put this here on display. So many fun things to bring back to the circus to enhance my role. It's all simply delightful! A slight cracks snaps my attention to behind me. I barely duck out of the way on time as a powerful blow shatters the candy rocks I was just standing on. "Oh! ThErE iT iS! My LiTtLe OlD hEaD! SoMe sTrAnGeR iS tAkInG mY hEaD!"
"Well then, Mr. Candy Skull, I've seemed to have found your body." I croon watching as the twitching and clattering bones jerk back up. It freezes before sharply turning my way, leaping crazily high into the air before slamming the club up between my legs. Oh! What a low blow~
"Oh, My HeAd! CoMe BaCk WiTh My HeAd YoU dIrTy CoWaRd!" It shouts, before I perform a perfect line straight up with my legs, letting the potentially fatal move miss the luggage by inches.
"Hey now, be kind down there! That's only for my wife to touch, you know." I purr watching as the skeleton figure freezes. I catch myself with my hand and leap back with a small twirl, effortlessly sliding onto my feet. Oh~ it's stopped moving again?
"My HeAd! My LoVeLy HeAd! WhErE hAvE yOu GoNe?" The skull shouts, drawing the attention of the hard sugar skeleton. Ah. So the voice captures the attention of the body and draws it in my direction. No wonder! Silly old me, I forgot to silence this thing. I pop the skull up, feeding a rope into it's one eye socket and out its mouth. It's eye hatefully glares over me as I loop the rope around it's jaw bone, keeping the teeth from chattering.
"Now how will you face me, little skull, hm?" I purr, kissing the forehead. Bleh, I really need to stop doing that.
"HmCoMeMrSkElEtOn!" The skull screams as the candy eye looks around. The skeleton performs a perfect side twist, clicking it's bones together before bring the sugar club across my leg. I simply leap over the attack hooking my knee behind it's spine.
"Little candies should know their place, or else something just might break." I tease before slamming the body against the jawbreaker. A sharp crack rings out before it's fingers curl around my ankle and throw me across the field. My, what amazing strength it has! I had forgotten how fun this place could be. I don't come here often since this place proves to be more tedious than it is worth. However, I have also forgotten the joys of the Candy Forest.
"My, thank you so much for reminding me how fun it is here, but I really should be going." I purr, unraveling my whip for display. It's strength is insurmountable. It's bones are too hard for me to crush. How else to kill it besides it breaking itself? Oh, so much fun thinking about all the ways to kill it!
"MuRdErThIsMoThErF***InGcLoWn!" The skull screams in its muffled voice.
"Sweet things shouldn't utter such sour words. It makes me think you are tasty when in reality you are so sugary it makes me want to barf." I smile, watching it's body make a powerful lunge towards me. I crazily laugh before dancing away from the interesting creature, flipping over to a jaw breaker.
"Come on, dear skeleton. I am over here and wish to see you shatter!" I laugh, watching as it heavily brings down it's club across the jawbreaker. A defined shudder runs through the club and into its arms, traveling quickly through all its body. Part of its spine snaps before its arm falls off, and then it's knee, and then one of its ribs. My My~ I seemed to underestimate my opponent here. It went ahead and broke the large jawbreaker in half. I'm getting soft.
"Ha ha~ thank goodness I was wise enough not to block!" I madly laugh, mingling my cheers with the skull's screaming.
"EeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeKkKkKkKkKkKkKkK!WhAtHaVeYoUdOnE?! " The skull screams as the body disintegrates, grain by grain.
"I have collected the item needed for my lovely wife. Oh, what joys her body will bring me! I must, however, get her some appropriate clothing for the night. What do you think is best?" I hum, tapping my knuckle against the skull. It's eye rolls up to my face and back to its destroyed body, clearly frightened and now finally aware of the dangerous Role Holder that I am.
" ... SoUrThInGsToMaTcHyOuRtAsTe!" It shouts at the top of it's lungs, beads of nervous sweat dripping down its skull.
"Oh~ good answer." I purr, making the mistake to kiss it's skull again. I spit out the sugary saliva. "Despite your sour answers you are very sweet." Hee~ just like Black.
"Shut the f*** up!" Black hisses through the mask, frustration and annoyance clear in his voice. I laugh and gently sweet a finger across the mask.
"HoWnOwWhAtIsThIs?AmAsKwItHvOiCeSsTiLl!" The skull shouts, startled at the little mask. I lightly tap against the hallowed head, listening to it repeat the same words again and again.
"Why the anger, Black? Haven't you found any yet?" Of course he hasn't. If he had he would be gloating instead of sulking.
" ... Shut the f*** up."
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I skip along to the small jingle of my bells, popping a lemon head into my mouth. I'm glad that I found these before I got sick from all the sweets around me.
"OhMyHeAd!HaVeYoUsEeNmYhEaD?" The skull shouts in a muffled voice. I heavily sigh and tap the hallow skull to the beat of the bells, singing along to the voices in my head.
"Oh~ Mr. Head, where are you Mr. Head~ it. Seems. Your body is dead dead dead with no~ chance. Of. Returning ever a~gain~," I sing listening to the skull sing along to the lyrics with me. Well, at least the skull knows how to make a bad situation into a tolerable one. Not that I care but it will be a wonderful amusement back at the circus.
My feet waver dangerously close to the edge of a sharp cliff, easily a hundred foot drop down. I glance over the ledge, pausing as I see the sharp tip of a brown projectile. Oh? I lean over the edge spying dozens of chocolate stars lumped together in a big, inviting pile.
"Oh how wonderful! It seems a cute forest creature has gathered them all just for me~," I happily hum, sliding out my whip.
"IhOpEiTeAtSyOuRfAcE!" The skull shouts, cursing all the way. So sweet and then so sour. Hm ... I lift up the skull, dabbing my tongue against its forehead. How interesting! It turns sour when it curses. I smile at the happy find and let it swing back to my hip. It tastes good when it is so sour.
I glance over the ledge humming along as I spy certain death among the bone crushing rocks far at the bottom. Oh now this is just too easy. The whip unravels before I lash it around a projecting root, hopping off the cliff's edge and gracefully swing down to the pile.
"Chocolate stars~ chocolate stars~ oh, look! Chocolate stars for Black and me~," I sing, clicking open the square container. Cool air brushes by my fingers as I pick up the chocolate delight. I'm sure Jackie would love to have some of this. Although I do not favor this taste Jackie is a woman and therefore likes chocolate. I chuckle. Just like Black~
"I heard that you ugly mother f***er!" He spits from the mask.
"ThEmAsKsPoKe!AgAiN!" The skull chatters, trying to click its teeth together.
"Oh hush Black and concentrate on your ingredients." I hum, picking up some chocolate stars.
"I don't even know where the f*** to start!"
"Well you had better figure it out quick. The longer you take the longer you are holding me from my wife." I warn in an icy tone.
"Oh~YoUiSaDeAdLiTtLeMaSk. Oh~YoUiSaDeAdLiTtLeMaSk. Oh~YoUiSaDeAdLiTtLeMaSk " The skull babbles, repeating the phrase a few times.
"Well, how insightful, little skull." I hum, delighted with its observation. Well it's not wrong.
"OUR wife dips***!" He angrily corrects along with more cursing.
"That all depends on who gets in her first." I tease, placing the chocolate palm sized stars into the ice box. I pause and take a look in the box. Where did the ones I just set in here go? I slowly place the next star in watching as a large pink mass expands and swallows the chocolate whole before reverting to its tiny, pinkie nail size. I smile and reach in, pinching the pint sized pest. This land really has strange creatures. It's hard exterior sticks to my glove before I roll it around in my palm.
"SoUrThInGsArEsOuRsTiLl." The skull chatters. I stare at the little pest, tilting my head as I smile. Is this sour then? I flip the vermin up, popping it into my mouth before biting down on the hard candy. Oh~! It's so sour!
"Why, thank you little skull. Maybe I won't crush you after all." I purr, feverishly searching the rest of the pile for more sour bugs.
" ... ThAnKyOu." It mutters, clearly self conscious all of a sudden. I eagerly brush aside some chocolate stars finding more of them hiding within the pile.
"You're mine now." I croon with an evil grin. I swipe up a few handfuls and bag them into another little pouch, devouring any others I find on the stars before placing them in the icebox. So much fun~ these things are actually very tasty for creatures that eat something as sweet as chocolate. Without warning all the little balls scream with horror. I glance up watching as they roll away with wide mouths emitting terrified screams. Did they just realize I'm eating them? How slow.
"Oh!Oh!WhYhElLoThErE!HaVeYoUsEeNmYhEaD?" The voice cries as it bounces off my hip towards the path down here. Well I didn't even see that there. It was covered by the ledge above. Glowing yellow eyes study me from deep within a large burrow dug into the walls of the jawbreaker cliffs. Oh dear, it seems I have a visitor.
"Are you the adorbable little forest animal that collected these? Don't worry, I'm only taking a few." Otherwise these things are very difficult to harvest. The must be caught in midflight to make the chocolate the most whipped and stay at their tastiest. This little Candy Forest animal is very sweet to have gotten it for me. My eye widens as a giant bear bunny with large claws fit for a mole to have and fierce orange buck teeth crawls out of the hole. It's roughed up fur only adds to its fierce appearance.
Oh well that's new.
"I assume you are the one who collected these, yes?" I nervously chuckle, hiding the ice box from its yellow flashing eyes. I'll bet I can swing across so I don't waste anymore time here.
"KiLlHiMkIlLhIm!HeIsStEaLiNgFrOmYoU!" The skull shouts. Oh~ this naughty little bugger. I raise the skull and lick it's cheek bone as more nervous sweat beads up. Oh~ how sour! The more it wants to kill me the tastier it gets! Oh, I think I understand now.
"Your skull is sweet but your sweat is sour! How delightful!" I shout, taking another quick lick before the creature unleashes a mind obliterating roar. "Oh my. It seems my fun with the skull will have to wait." I fasten the knot to the skull waiting for the bunny bear to attack. This creature isn't made of sweets. I wonder what territory it is originally from?
The animal bounds forward with impressive speed, jutting it's buck teeth right across my throat. My spine falls parallel to the ground as I dodge the attack, turning to see it sink it's fangs into a nearby jawbreaker boulder. It struggles for a moment before ripping the chunk out, crushing it between its jaws before letting out a terrifying roar.
"StRoNgErThAnMyBoNeSyOuSeE! YoUwILlDiEaNdIwILlLaUgH!" The skull trills with laughter as the creature tosses the jawbreaker chunk into the deadly chasm. Foam drips from its mouth as it snarls, ears pulled all the way back as it approaches in a threatening manner.
"How cute!" I shout, silencing the mask. My cheek twitches into a smile as I set the bags and ice box down.
"CuTe?" The skull squeaks, rolling its eye up at me. Nervous sour sweat immediately begings to pour from my face as I untie the rope, setting the skull into a more rounded star so the sour liquid will be collected.
"My my, that's quite the bite you have there. Now ... would you like to feel my bite?"
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This bunny bear is much more agile than I originally gave it credit for. I crack the whip by its front paw as it balances on its nose, keeping exactly four chocolate stars stacked on its feet from falling over. It was actually very easy to tame. All I have to do was stab it twenty seven times in the chest and place bloody lashes on every inch of its body before it started to slow down. I would love to have this rare creature in my show!
"Good, good! Now, give me a little ballerina twirl. Unless, of course, you would like to feel my 'bite' again?" I croon, snapping the whip by its ear. The creature lets out a frightened squeal before flipping to its feet, twirling around on the balls of its hind claws. So cute!
"Hey! Enough f***ing around! Did you even get the other one yet?" A frustrated hiss growls through the mask. The creature's ears twitch, looking up to my pursed lips. It's face visibly pales before it dashes off like a mad creature. I sigh, disappointed.
"Awe~ you scared it off with your nagging." I sigh watching it flee. As fast as I am there's no way I'll be able to catch up with it. Oh well~ another time then.
"AmOtHeRbEoFtHrEe,BuTwHeNtHrEaTeNeDyOuSeE,sHeWiLlU nDoUbTaBlYfLeE!" The skull shouts. Oh how fun! This skull knows riddles. Let us see ... a mother be of three?
A faint little chirp catches my attention from within the burrow it emerged from. Oh? It was a mother. A tiny pink nose slowly emerges from the hole as a baby hardly bigger than my arm hops out. I smile gently and trot over to it, watching it's white ears twitch with my every step. It's eyes haven't even opened yet. Oh well, since I can't have the mama I'll settle with this little cutie here. I'm sure Jackie would like something so adorable.
"Wouldn't you agree, Black?" I hum
"It's a filthy animal."
"Then you can give it a bath." I tease, gently wrapping my arms around it. "You are mine now, little bear bunny." I gently hum along to the jingling of my hat, trotting up the path I had missed before. I have what I need and now I get another little performer. Oh? I glance back, spying another one, this one black, hop out of the hole with the same puzzled twitching nose. "Oh look, Black there's one to help you out in the jail too!"
"Shut the f*** up!"
"Shouldn't you be concentrating on getting your ingredients instead of yelling at me? You haven't even gotten one yet." I tease, scooping up the other little bunny. So cute~ wait, of three. I glance within the hole spying a third clambering out. This one is a candy apple red, more like it's mother. I sweetly smile and brush my fingers through its soft fur. And then this here makes Jackie. I balance one on my shoulders and cradle the last one with care.
"Awe~! You three are going to grow up to be big and vicious, won't you? I hope so." I coo, nuzzling my nose against the one's head. Jackie will appreciate these I know she will. She can't often cuddle with my other creatures but, while these are young, she can have her fun with them.
"I'll be over to lend you a hand, counterpart, since I've collected my ingredients." I think it's funny how he hasn't found even one yet. Pathetic, even. Is he trying to keep me from my wife? I might shoot him myself if he slows me down any more than this.
"F*** off and it's OUR wife!"
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Awe~! So cute! They're still thinking about their wife even though they are in a perilous environment. So, about White. Creepy or sweet? Your choice! 10 REVIEWS for the next chapter~ and this is the one with Black collecting his ingredients :3