And thus the adaptation begins.
This chapter was a bit longer than I expected but I hope you like it anyway. With the third season not far off, I'm very excited to write this story.
Until then
Small info beforehand: Since I just notice that the story is better in the cartoon category would like to decide not yet prematurely something. To keep it short so that the story is not lost (will be written further do not worry) I still have to see if it's worth it. After all, I do not want to confuse people who have no accounts here and wonder why the story is no longer in this category here.
It is still an experimental phase.
I also have a kind of Christmas story planned. (Yes I know that the Cuphead Show has its own but it would be written differently).
February 18, 2022
It was quiet in the cafeteria as Alicia finished the rest of her peas while looking at her smartphone. The email with the invitation to the interview that Ms. Ross had scheduled with her and a Pixar employee still hadn't arrived. It had been two weeks since Ms. Ross had given her the notice. But since then there was radio silence and that worried her a lot. Oh man please don't tell me he forgot. Well, Turning Red was still in progress, probably he didn't have time. She kept eating until she got a notification from her Netflix account. A new series was added. She tapped on the notification, hoping she hadn't misread it.
The new series that was added was called The Cuphead Show. She hoped it wasn't a joke from Netflix, which is why she clicked on the trailer and watched it. Cuphead and Mugman looked very similar to their book counterparts. Only their skin and the cups they had as heads were a different skin tone. The skins are more of a beige tint instead of gray. Both wear yellow gloves instead of white. Cuphead's shoes are brown with Mugman's having an orange tint. The latter also had thin eyebrows.
Otherwise, they looked very similar to the two brothers in the book. But that could not be said for Elder Kettle. His color scheme is more of a grey shade instead of tan, with his lid and stripe being slate grey. He also wears a small pair of glasses and a pair of red slippers. The cane has more a derpy design. Of course, she already suspected that the devil would also be in the series and looked different from her husband. The appearance looked almost the same just like the Fur. Only his hands and feet were a darker gray than those of his book counterpart, the horns and claws were yellow instead of white and his nose gained a red flush. The eyes were yellow with a red iris.
The rest of the trailer showed other characters but she ignored them and was very excited about it and looking forward to watching the series. But with whom? Jazz and Soos were unfortunately not there. Both had family obligations to do and thus out of town. She thought and knew who she could watch the show with. Cuphead and Mugman. Both brothers had wanted to spend a movie night with her for a long time. All right then, I'll get them out of the book. With this thought she got up and took the tray with the empty plate to the tray cart that was next to the door where it went into the kitchen.
She grabbed her backpack and headed outside to the parking lot to go to her apartment. When she arrived at her apartment, she parked behind the house and got out of the car with her backpack. It was surprisingly quiet, which confused Alicia a bit. She knew that two of her neighbors were gone. She also knew that one of them was working the night shift. But still it was strange.
She shrugged her shoulders and went upstairs to her apartment and took off her shoes and jacket while taking her backpack to the kitchen and turning on the TV. Luckily she had a Smart TV and Netflix was already literally grinning at her. But she still had to quickly get the book to pick up the two brothers. But she already clicked on the series and stopped the TV. She put the book on the table and went into it. But what she didn't notice was that while she disappeared into the book, a spark of magic that glowed golden flew towards the TV. The spark merged with the screen, which then began to flicker and show different areas from the show. From the inside of the house where the two brothers lived to strange places like Sugar Land or the Underworld. But everything seemed so lifeless.
Suddenly, several figures appeared on the screen tapping or hitting the screen with worried expressions on their faces. These included Cuphead and Mugman before the screen flickered again and the devil could be seen approaching the screen with a grin before the picture returned to normal and the N from Netflix could be seen. Alicia didn't notice anything because she was on the Inkwell Isle's in the book and there she was looking for the two brothers who were on the way in the city as Elder Kettle explained to her.
Both brothers walked through the streets. Mugman snapped his fingers while Cuphead started whistling a tune.
Cuppy: Morning on Inkwell Isles shimmers
Morning on Inkwell Isles shines
And I know for absolute certain
That everything is certainly fine
Both brothers continued down the street. A few residents of the town heard Cuppy singing and swayed to the tune as they went about their 's the mayor en route to his office and there's the sofa clerk selling some quills "Morning, kids" said the salesman as Mugman handed him a small box containing eggs from the bag he was carrying. The vendor flipped him a 25 cent coin which Mugman caught with his hand.
Cuppy: My neighbourhood is so wonderfully good
But things could not go wrong
There's no way that they could
When both arrived on the main street, they were accompanied by several residents of the island who sang and danced along with them.
Morning on Inkwell Isles shimmers
Morning on Inkwell Isles Shines
And we know for absolute certain
That everything is certainly fine
While they were singing they passed some former debtors who were enjoying the sunny day. Sally and her husband were sitting in the park on a picnic blanket enjoying the beautiful weather.
Look! The Stageplays are off on a picnic
Said one of the residents as he pointed to the two actors who were a bit startled by the singing and dancing but thought nothing of it. Sally even laughed when she saw the blushing face of her husband who wanted to sink into the ground. But the two were not the only ones in the park. Ribby and Croaks were also out and about in the park. Both were training and were a bit distracted by the music when they saw the two mug brothers and the crowd of people running after them.
Look! Ribby and Croaks are sparring
Out of the park, the two brothers continued walking while the people behind them went other ways.
Cuppy: Yes, my Inkwell Isles are so gentle and still
Can things go wrong?
I don't think they will
As Cuppy continued to sing, Mugman noticed that someone was suddenly standing not far away from them. "Hey Cuppy!" said Mugman, but his brother didn't hear him and walked on with his eyes closed while the younger brother followed him. "Hey Cuphead watch out!".
Morning on Inkwell Isles shimmers
Morning on Inkwell Isles shines
And I know for absolute certain
That everything is certainly…
The older brother felt like he ran into something and was lying with his butt on the floor. "Hey, watch where you're..." he looked up and saw Alicia standing in front of him. "Alicia!" both brothers shouted as they both hugged her legs. "Hey you two mugs how's it going?" asked Alicia as the two disengaged from her legs. "Pretty good," said Mugman. "Yeah it couldn't be better" added Cuphead. Yep it was pleasantly warm on the islands. She felt the warmth through the hoodie Alicia wore. "Aren't you a little warm with that hoodie on?" asked Mugman. But Alicia shook her head.
"It's fine so far from the warmth" she said, gently stroking Cuphead and Mugman over their heads. Or rather the edge since she was otherwise reaching into the liquid. "So why are you back in the book?" asked Cuphead. She only came into the book when she visited the two brothers or was brought into the book by her husband. "Well, I promised you both that I would take you both to a movie night at my house," when they both heard the word movie night, their pupils grew thick with joy. Both mugs were very happy and went back to their cottage with Alicia. There both packed spare clothes which consisted only of a black sweater and red and blue shorts. "Is that all you're going to take with you?" asked Alicia when she saw the almost empty suitcases of the two brothers.
But that's all the two brothers needed. It didn't take long until the three were back in Alicia's apartment. "So what are we watching?" asked Cuppy as he came out of the book first and looked to the TV where he saw himself and Mugman in a graveyard. Mugman jumped out of the book and looked at the screen confused as well. "Since when is there a series about us?" asked Cuppy. "As of today," Alicia said as she went into the kitchen and prepared the popcorn while the two brothers set their things aside.
From the kitchen you could smell the freshly popped popcorn that Alicia filled into a large bowl before she went into the kitchen to the two brothers who sat down to her right and left respectively. She pressed the start button and the N of Netflix dissolved into several threads before Cuphead's head appeared. Mugman flew around it in his plane. "Nyeow!" Mugman said before disappearing. Both brothers and Alicia had to laugh. Once because Mugman sounded so funny and once because Alicia knew that it was a reference to the Universal Pictures logo from 1929 where also an airplane flies around the earth before the logo appeared.
The image becomes dark until a table appeared on which an oil lamp, an inkwell, an old pen next to which were two rolls of paper tied with threads. Two red dice with black dots from the perspective on which the table was showed the numbers 1 and 4. Another scroll opened on which a familiar island appeared. The Inkwell Isles.
Come with me to the Inkwell Isles, it's just off the coast maybe twenty-nine miles.
Sang the narrator while the camera zoomed in on the map. The map changed and showed not only the islands but also three other faces that the three immediately recognized. They were Grim, Cala Maria and Captain Brineybeard.
Where there's good and there's bad, and then there's in between,
The camera switched to an owl sitting on a branch and flying away as the camera passes through the trees. With the trees out of the way, the owl reappeared flying toward a fence that opened to reveal a cottage that resembled a porcelain teapot with a thatched roof, a wooden door and two windows that were next to the door. A stone fountain with a roof stood on the left side of the stone path while a goat tied to a wooden peg stood on the right side gleefully eating its grass.
With Cuphead, and Mugman, you'll see what I mean.
Suddenly there was a rumbling in the house as Cuphead and Mugman came flying out of the front door on a red rocket. Both had a cone of ice cream with two scoops in each hand. Cuphead had a light blue and orange scoop while Mugman had a pink and mint green scoop. The expressions on their faces were different. While Cuphead looked happy, Mugman looked more worried and didn't want to sit on the rocket. Cuppy slapped himself in the face when he saw how stupid his version is here.
Ice cream and rockets, trouble never ends!
Also annoyed was Elder Kettle who came out of the door with his cane raised before ducking in shock as both brothers flew by overhead while he looked annoyed at both of them. Meanwhile, the two brothers flew through the forest. Mugman no longer looked scared, but grinned just like his older brother before they both flew into a branch and fell off the rocket.
Watch these ding-dongs as they make new friends! (Zig-zag, Zig-zag!)
Both landed in a puddle of mud and got Ribby and Croaks dirty who were not very happy about it and held up their boxing gloves to punch both brothers in the face. But Mugman reacted quickly and grabbed the handle from his brother and ran away with them while the two frogs punched each other. Or to put it better, they flailed around and kept their eyes closed and didn't even notice that both brothers were already gone.
They'll need some help just to stay on track.
As Mugman continued to run through the town they were in, three more familiar faces appeared. It was Ollie, Chauncey and Sal who looked after the two brothers. While they were looking at a newspaper. But both ran on and ignored the three other figures that walked through the streets. One was Porkrind holding a box in his hands, a kind of spider toon with a red and white striped sweater and a blue cap on his head and a presumed figure with a long red nose wearing a turquoise cape and a similar hat to the one Professor McGonagall wears but in gray instead of black.
Two arms appeared that grabbed both brothers by the handle and pulled them towards them. It was Chalice. The rocket on which both brothers were sitting flew past them and changed the scene. On a throne sat the devil in the company of King Dice and a fat purple Imp holding a tray with a golden teapot and a white small teacup while Dice looks at his gloves. "So one thing never changed" said Alicia as she looked annoyed at the Dice before turning her attention to the devil sitting annoyed on his throne.
Oh no, there's that guy! You better watch your back!
The camera moved closer to him. His left eye changed and showed both brothers appearing on a dirt road that had several small flowers next to a fence that looked very much like Cagney.
So if you're lookin' for fun,
While both brothers were walking along the path, beaming with joy, the rocket appeared again, making its rounds in the background.
Yes, we're lookin' for fun!
Both brothers now looked at the camera as the two began to sing. But the mood changed when lightning struck. Instead of the fence, gravestones were now visible and the flowers had skulls while ghosts flew in the background.
And a dash of heebie-jeebies,
Both brothers were shaking like aspen leaves and held on tightly while they calmly walked along the path.
We've got the heebie-jeebies.
Cuphead and Mugman looked at the camera again as they started singing along again.
Then pack your bags and let's go!
The rocket took them both again as they flew into a building that was an orchestra. Seriously? Alicia gave herself a face palm when she saw the "orchestra" made up of live instruments.
Welcome to The Cuphead Show!
The conductor was also a living instrument, but she couldn't quite make out what kind of instrument he was supposed to be because Cuphead hurled him away with the rocket that Mugman was still sitting on and conducted the orchestra himself.
Welcome to The Cuphead Shooow!
He liked it very much and saw only much too late the Mugman who flew with the rocket directly into the was another bang and behind the smoke and sheet music you could see the damage from the explosion. Cuphead ducked while there was a hole in the middle where there should have been some and the conductor lay unconscious on the right edge. The rest of the orchestra members were slightly burned and a bit confused by the explosion while Cuphead just looked nervously into the camera and bowed while the curtain was closed.
On the curtain was the logo of the show while Mugman appeared from the right side and was also slightly burned while the end of his straw was slightly torn. He played with the trombone before falling over from exhaustion and spilling the contents insinde of his head on stage. Cuppy was not really pleased with how he was portrayed in the intro. Mugman and Alicia, however, had to chuckle when they saw his pout. Yes, he was a bit more mature than Cuphead here, but he also likes to play pranks and such.
"Oh come on you're always messing around too" said Alicia as she and Mugman looked at Cuppy with a smug grin. Cuppy just stuck out his tongue and didn't want to talk to them, he wanted to watch the show. The first episode was called Carn-Evil and so far the episode was quite enjoyable. Both brothers were given the task of painting the fence by Elder Kettle, which did not please Cuphead very much. "It's the same old stuff every day! What we need is a little fun and adventure" he said while waving the brush full of white paint in the direction of his brother who, of course, got a few white spots on his face. Alicia had to grin and chuckle. Not only because of the white paint on Mugman's face but also because of Elder Kettle who got a full load after Cuphead loaded it into a cannon to speed up the process.
Of course it didn't work out the way he thought it would because now they had to get new materials. Of course, the next one in question was Porkrind. But before Mugman went to the door and could open it, Cuphead pulled him away and... "Oh come on!" said Alicia annoyed when the picture was frozen. Both brothers were confused until Alicia stood up and walked over to the screen. She was about to tap the screen when a portal appeared instead of Mugman, who was halfway in the picture, and Alicia slowly get suck into it.
"Alicia!" Cuppy yelled as he grabbed her legs and tried to pull her out of the TV. But he wasn't strong enough and fell with her into the world of The Cuphead Show. Mugman sitting on the couch with the full bowl of popcorn didn't know what just happened. "You know what I do when I'm not so sure? I double down!" Cuphead said as Mugman looked at him in confusion. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by two screams. "What was that?" he asked. "I don't know let's go see what it could be!" said Cuphead as he ran into the forest.
She opened her eyes and saw at first only everything in black until she saw leaves of a treetop. "Ow, my head hurts," Alicia said when she regained consciousness and realized she was lying in the middle of a bush. She didn't know exactly why she ended up here, but what she did know was that everything but herself looked like it had been drawn. Almost as if she was in a cartoon. "Alicia?" said a familiar voice. "Cuppy is that you?" she asked as she walked out of the bushes and looked around. She found no sign of the cup. "Um up here," he said. Alicia looked up and saw Cuppy dangling from a branch with his handle stuck. He wasn't too pleased about it.
"Don't worry I'll help you" said Alicia as she transformed into her Wyvern form and with extreme care removed the handle from the branch while gently bringing it to the ground before transforming back into a human. "So where are we?" she asked him. Cuppy looked around and shrugged. "I don't know maybe somewhere on Inkwell Isle's?".
Alicia thought "Let's think back to what happened before we landed here" Cuppy nodded and thought as well. "So we were in your apartment trying to watch the show when the screen...", "Froze over and I was going to see what the reason was until..." they both fell silent when they knew what the reason was why they were here. They were on Inkwell Isle's but it was the one from the cartoon. But that wasn't the only thing they noticed "Where's Mugman?" asked Alicia as she looked around and called out to him. "He didn't come with me when I tried to pull you out of the TV or did he?" no matter what it was he also called for Mugman.
Both shouted and did not even notice that two people were standing in front of them on the path they were on. It was Cuphead and Mugman from the series who were both more than shocked. Once because of Cuppy and then because of Alicia. She was a real person in a cartoon world that actually consisted only of drawn characters. Seeing a real person shocked both brothers a lot. Mugman shivered while Cuphead curiously walked up to them and grabbed Cuppy's face, which he didn't like. "Hey what's this nonsense!" he said annoyed as he grabbed Cuphead's hand and took it out of his face which shocked him a lot. "Wow, a real clone of me!" he said before turning his attention to Alicia. "And what are you?" he asked her.
She did not know what to answer him. It won't go wrong. "A real human," she said. Cuphead and Mugman were very fond of her looks. Especially how she was dressed. She didn't wear typical clothes that women and girls of that time wore. "Ah cool and what are your two names?" he asked curiously. Alicia and Cuppy looked at each other annoyed. Yep this Cuphead is a little weird. "My name is Alicia Powell but you can call me Alicia" Alicia introduced herself. "And I'm Cuphead" Cuppy introduced himself which annoyed the other Cuphead a bit. "Hey my name is Cuphead!" he said as he got in Cuppy's face and pointed his thumb at himself.
But Cuppy didn't put up with it "Well too bad but I had the name before you so..." his gaze wandered from the other annoyed Cuphead to Alicia. Her look told him not to overdo it. "Yes Cuphead is my full name but many people call me Cuppy" he said annoyed. "But we can't call you two Cuphead 1 and Cuphead 2 so we'll just call you Cuppy" said Mugman who had calmed down and approached the two. They were no threat to him as he introduced himself as well. "Alright since we all introduced ourselves what do you say we go to that carnival over there?" suggested Cuphead to the others as he pointed to said carnival.
The carnival was located in a large meadow surrounded by trees. Besides food stalls, there were other attractions such as a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, a carousel and many game booths. A carnival would not be bad to make friends with the two here and maybe find someone who could help them. Alicia nodded as did Cuppy. Only Mugman was unsure and didn't want to go. "Absolutely not!" he said and showed the carnival his back as he stood in front of the three. Cuppy and Cuphead looked at him confused until Alicia knew why he didn't want to go. They still had to repair the fence that Cuphead had destroyed with the cannonball to speed up the "process". "I agree with Mugman, we should gather the stuff for the fence first and then we can go to the carnival" she suggested.
"Yes or we could..." before Alicia could say anything the four were already at the carnival. So much for first the work and then the fun. She sighed which Cuppy noticed and tried to cheer her up a bit by walking with her through the carnival while the two brothers enjoyed themselves. Both went to a booth that sold cotton candy from which both took one and enjoyed it before they wanted to devote themselves to the game booths. Well, the names were already strange. Almost every game booth had the word soul in it. From Soul Ball to Shoot a Soul, everything looked strange. Cuppy and Alicia kept their hands off them. "Well, I don't find the names very attractive, I must confess," said Alicia while Cuppy nodded and threw away the wooden stick on which his cotton candy was stuck.
They both walked back until they suddenly heard something flicker and looked up at the entrance sign where it actually said Carneval. But when they looked closer they realized that it didn't say Carneval but Carn-Evil. "So either someone was joking or..." she fell silent and was shocked just like Cuppy when she saw a visitor losing his soul while standing at the booth where you had to catch a soul with rings. He didn't hit a single one and lost his soul when a kind of vacuum cleaner came out of the mouth of one of the little souls and sucked his soul out of his body. His body became darker and was no longer as colorful as before. In general, he looked like a zombie, only he was not hungry for brains, but just stood there and slowly moved forward as if nothing had happened.
But both were frightened by this and wanted to leave as soon as possible. They took a few steps back until they bumped into something. They both turned around and saw more visitors who had lost their souls and were wandering around aimlessly, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings. "We need to find the other two and get out of here as fast as we can!" said Alicia. Cuppy nodded her agreement and the two of them went looking for Cuphead and Mugman. While the two searched for Cuphead and Mugman, no one noticed where the stolen souls went at all. Under each game booth were tubes that led to the underworld where the devil looked at the collected souls rubbing his hands and rejoicing. "Everyone loves a carnival" he said, joyful as he walked over to a counter next to which sat a purple Imp with yellow gloves writing something in a notepad while the devil appeared next to him, looking at the counter as it rose rapidly. "What a haul".
Whoa! In case you ain't heard, I'm the Devil.
He started singing while looking at the camera and pointing at himself, tapping his left foot to the beat of the tune.
I'm real low down, not on the level.
Like a snake, he began to move while walking towards his trident that was leaning next to a rock.
They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D
He grabs his trident and started dancing lightly with a white top hat he pulls out from behind his head.
I'm the king of the underworld. Yeah, it's great to be me.
With a purposeful jump he landed on his throne and was surrounded by statues and portraits showing him. He looked to the left at a statue that showed only his head, which he tickled under the chin before turning around with his throne and playing a Organ.
Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.
While playing with the instrument, his head detached itself from his body, which he moved back and forth with his shoulders before it repositioned itself in its original place.
Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.
His gaze wandered to a couple of Imps working on a boiler and singing along with him.
Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee!
The devil continued to play the organ while souls flew by through a pipe that was behind him.
Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee!
These also sang along before they disappeared.
I'm a real naughty boy, I'm sure you'll agree.
The devil now looked somewhat seductive and moved his left shoulder into a circular motion while wrapping himself around the purple Imp into his dragon form and grinning diabolically at him while the latter, notebook in hand, grinned nervously at him and nodded.
I get my kicks playing tricks on the locals.
In his spider form, the devil dangled on a thread in front of a mirror on the wall, which he touched with one of his many legs.
They're easy marks, they're real dumb yokels.
The mirror shows an anthropomorphic bread child holding a red balloon and a lollipop in his hand, which he just licks until the devil with his tail end burst the balloon and the child starts to cry.
But now folks, listen closely,it's time I made a confession.
Without thinking about it, he took the lollipop and up into it before throwing the stick away and walking out of the mirror while everything went dark except for him.
Collecting people's souls is my greatest obsession!
It became brighter again and the devil was now standing in front of a safe in which the souls flew in. He began to laugh diabolically. Alicia heard this through her wolf ears and had to tremble briefly before she and Cuppy continued to look for the two brothers. They hadn't found the two yet until they suddenly saw a large crowd of visitors standing in front of a game booth watching someone. Please tell me it's not them. But the visitors kept shouting "Cuphead!, Cuphead!, Cuphead!". So she knew where he was now and went with Cuppy to the crowd.
But what Alicia and Cuppy didn't notice was the periscope that appeared from the ground behind them from which the devil watched the area but saw nothing until he turned to the crowd and saw Cuphead hit four balls in a row into the hole. The light turned green and a ding noise was heard while the machine said "Winner" and the crowd rejoiced and cheered Cuphead on. The devil was not thrilled by this and was about to look away when his gaze wandered to Alicia. The purple Imp with the notebook walked up to him and saw the devil wagging his tail. "Uhh do you see something you are interested in boss?" asked the Imp. The devil pushed the periscope up and had slightly flushed cheeks while his pupils were heart shaped.
"You could say that Henchman" said the devil as he opened his mouth and rolled out his tongue. He behaved like a dog waiting for his treat. This confused Henchman very much. "So you're not going to do anything about why no more souls are coming?" he asked him until the devil shook his head and went back to normal. "Of course I found out why no more souls come!" he said annoyed. "Looks like we have a real show-off" he said as he teleported away with his trident.
Alicia sensed that something was on its way to them. Her demon powers told her. "Um, Cuphead, I don't want to bother you, but we'd better go," she said as she grabbed his shoulder. He noticed and was about to throw the next ball when he looked up at her. "But it's going so well right now!" he said and threw the ball against a pole that hit the roof of another game stand before it landed in the hole of the machine and the green light lit up again. She already suspected that she could not talk him out of it so easily. While she was standing behind him, the devil appeared in the middle of the crowd, which looked at him in fright until they realized that the devil was standing in front of them. "The devil!" screamed an elephant as it pointed at him and ran away in panic. The others also ran away. Wait, what the devil? Alicia didn't want to turn around but she did and there he was.
He was the same size as her husband Lucifer. Why do I have to be so small? She tried not to pay attention to him, but it didn't work because she saw him staring at her seductively. Cuppy saw it too and stood in front of Alicia while looking at the devil with annoyance. The latter saw it and actually turned his attention to what he was actually here for. Mugman felt someone standing behind him. He turned around, hoping it was Alicia or Cuppy, but when he saw them behind a tent and saw only a furry figure, he looked up and saw the devil.
The latter waved at him with wagging fingers. "Hello" he said while Mugman starts stuttering "Cup... Cuphead!". But Cuphead ignored him and prepared for the next throw. He hadn't noticed that the devil was standing behind him. But what he did notice was Mugman shoving him in the shoulder, causing Cuphead to lose his concentration and the ball to roll into the bottom hole. A buzzer sounded and the machine said "Looser!". Cuphead was not very happy about this. "Aw, heck. Now look at what you made me do!".
He looked at Mugman and was not very pleased that he had lost because of him. But he noticed that Alicia and Cuppy were not with them but hiding behind a tent that was nearby. But that wasn't the only thing, he also saw his brother pointing up to the devil that Cuphead now saw and also started shaking and stuttering. The machine began to shake as a sucker appeared from the center hole. "And that's game!" said the devil as the Machine sucked in Cuphead's soul. Alicia and Cuppy were shocked to see Cuphead looking so lifeless. But Mugman was still able to save his soul and return it to his body.
Like Charlie from All Dogs Go to Heaven, Cuphead briefly became colorless until he took a deep breath and regained his colors. "Run!" he yelled and ran with Mugman past the devil in the direction of Alicia and Cuppy. "Ooh, I love it when they run" said the devil as he flew after them. The four ran past several game booths while trying to get rid of the devil. But no matter how many times Alicia tried to run away between two game booths. The devil was always on the other side trying to either hug her or aim his trident at Cuphead or Cuppy.
"Damn we need to split up!" said Alicia as she turned left at an intersection while Cuppy followed her. The two were now alone and hoped the devil didn't run after them. "Wait, I don't think he's chasing us anymore!" said Cuppy as he stopped. Alicia also stopped and looked in a mirror across from her to see that she was back in her demon form. "Damn, I hope no one sees me" but that was not the case. Above her on the roof of the stand she and Cuppy were standing in front of was the devil, seemingly aiming his trident at Cuppy before looking down at Alicia, dazzled by her appearance. She already suspected that he had fallen in love with her and used the chance to escape with Cuppy before the devil realized that she was no longer in front of him.
"There the exit!" said Cuppy when he saw this one. They both ran out of the carnival until Alicia stopped and turned around. Cuppy noticed and looked after her "What is it Alicia?" he asked her "We have to find the others!" she said and changed into her Wyvern form as she grabbed Cuppy by the sweater with her mouth and put him on her back before she flew off and searched over the carnival for the two cups. She saw them standing in front of the Soul Ball machine. She also saw the devil aiming his trident at them and noticed the giant Wyvern grabbing both cups with his foot claws and flying away from the fireball he threw at them. However, it flew towards the machine, destroying it and freeing the souls.
Frustrated about it and also amazed at the same time. He had never seen such a force that the young woman had shown him. No, her name was Alicia if I have not misheard. But that did not change the fact that the souls he had collected were free. Growling and with flaming fur, he looked after the Wyvern that landed outside the carnival and turned back into a human. "Wow, boss. I never saw you let no one escape before" said a voice that suddenly appeared next to him. It was Henchman. "He didn't escape! He played the game. He lost. His soul belongs to me!" the devil roared at him while he looked at the exit, ignoring the fire in the background. "I'll get that cup!".
"Head?" said Henchman as the devil hit him on the head with the trident. "Oh shut up!". "So let me get this straight, you're immortal, a demon, can turn into a wolf, wyvern, and phoenix, and you're married to the devil?" enumerated Cuphead as the four made their way to the cottage where Elder Kettle was already waiting for them. Alicia was back in her human form and had explained everything to the two brothers after she had saved them. Both were a bit scared at first but now they understood. Only the thing with the devil was not yet so really clarified. "Of course not the devil here but another one" she said and explained that she and Cuppy came from another world. "Oh, that explains a lot," said Mugman.
Elder Kettle was very surprised by the visit. Especially when he saw Cuppy. But he thanked them and offered them to sleep with them until they found a way to return home. As a small thank you, Alicia used her magic to paint the fence so that the four of them could talk in peace in the guest room. That both had to stay here in the world for the time being was clear for them. But Alicia wondered how Mugman was doing and if he cared about her and Cuppy.
Songs: Morning in Ponyville, Welcome to the Cuphead Show! and The Devil's Song
