And we continue with the next questions
Do you often wish they do a book novel retelling of the game in which the characters are more fleshed out and reveal some backstories such as how and why the debtors had made a deal with the Devil?
-Sometimes I do, especially with bosses like Dr. Kahl, because I wondered why he needs a soul contract?
Which playable character did you enjoyed playing as the most throughout the game (DLC included)?
-I played all three in the DLC so I could adjust to them well. In the main game I always swapped the two characters so that I played through the first and third island with Cuphead while I played through the second with Mugman.
What had inspired you to create Alicia and start writing about her adventures in the Cuphead universes?
-I got the idea from a thought and from the movies Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam. Of course I wanted to use a female character and that's how Alicia came about.
We're there any parts in certain phases in some boss levels that took you by surprise or not expected to happen?
-Not in the main game, but in the DLC, The Moonshine Mob, Glumstone and Esther surprised me a lot because I played these boss fights blind. With the Moonshine Mob it was the Fake Knockout that I luckily survived, with Esther that she was boiled alive and with Glumstone that he ate you alive.
If there had been any voice acting involved concerning the cutscenes, what would be your ideal head canon voices for the characters, mainly Cuphead, Mugman, Elder Kettle, Bon Bon, Kig Dice and the Devil?
-Until now I haven't thought about it except that maybe Maleficent's voice fits to Bon Bon, so Susanne Blakeslee.
You were surprised by the Devil breaking down, crying his eyes out during his final phase in his boss level?
-I was a little confused when I first saw the boss fight and didn't think anything more of it after that. Generally when I fight the bosses I tend to focus more on Cuphead/Mugman/Ms. Chalice but where I had to laugh was when I saw Captain Brineybeard flying into the sea from far away.
Until then
Since the unwanted visit to Roll the Dice, Alicia was now more cautious than ever. She knew that King Dice also exists in this universe and will probably hunt her down and bring her to her unwanted lover. Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach. His constant attempts to flirt with her bothered not only her but also Cuppy and the other two brothers.
But squatting in the cottage for eternity didn't help either. She urgently needed replacement clothes. And since she was the only woman in the house, she could not really ask anyone what kind of clothes she should take. Unfortunately, she was in the 30s. A time in which women wore dresses for the most part. And she was not a friend of that. I really wonder how Bon Bon could walk in her dress without stepping on it herself.
Unfortunately, she had not yet seen the Baroness, but she had seen Sally. Yes, I could ask Sally to go shopping with me. Thus it was decided. She went into the city. Of course not alone but with the three cups. "At least you're getting out for a change" said Mugsy as he grinned at Alicia. Yes, unfortunately, that was true. She was in the guest room for the most part and rarely came out except when Elder Kettle called for them when dinner was ready. But Alicia found it strange that all three accompanied her. One would have been enough. But then it would have become a competition again. And she did not want that. Not again. The competition in mowing the lawn was enough for her.
I still feel sorry for the goat. But one question was still open. "Um, how are we actually going to pay for the clothes?" she asked. She still had the change from Porkrind. But that would never be enough for her clothes. "We still have some pocket money left" said Cuphead and reached into his pocket for $5. Mugman followed suit and also had $5 left. Cuppy, unfortunately, had nothing. "So that gives us $27" said Alicia."That's still not enough money for replacement clothes, I'm afraid" said Alicia, slightly dejected. "Maybe Sally can help us?" said Cuppy, trying to cheer her up. It worked and so the three of them went to the theater.
In these, all the staff and actors are preparing everything for the next play they are going to perform in a few weeks. The title of the play is Private Lives. Alicia plays the role of Amanda Prynne in the play. A woman who is divorced with her husband Elyot Chase. Of course, someone else had to be found to play him. But until then there was still time. "Well, Sergei, I don't want to worry you, but I don't think we need a nursery wallpaper in a hotel room," Sally said, looking at an anthropomorphic borzoi that was finishing the wallpaper in said room.
He was more than annoyed and mumbled something in Russian that nobody really understood. But Sally ignored it and went to the costumes. Most of them looked okay except for Elyot's suit. It wasn't finished yet and still had holes in it. "Margot why isn't the suit ready yet?" asked Sally as she took it off the hanger. Margot was a humanoid toon with a pear for a head. She was wearing a tailor's outfit and ran up to Sally. "Sorry Ms. Stageplay but I had to take care of the other costumes and completely forgot about the suit" she said as an apology and took the suit from Sally's hand "I'll take care of it right away" she said and disappeared behind a door that said "Costume Storage and Repair".
Sally wasn't too worried about that. They were still in the early stages. The scripts were not yet written, so everyone could prepare for the play in peace. But the peace was suddenly disturbed when the door to the auditorium opened. "Ms. Stageplay, there's someone to see you," said an anthropomorphic kitten. Sally turned to him. "Who wants to speak to me?" she asked.
Outside the theater, Alicia and the others were waiting. Cuphead and Mugman were very bored. "Oh man this is taking forever!" said the former as he sat down on the steps. Mugman sat next to him. Only Cuppy and Alicia stood and waited patiently for Sally. "She should be here any minute," Alicia said. She knew Sally hadn't forgotten her. She very much hoped she hadn't. But when the door opened, everyone looked to it and saw the actress. "Ah there she is my goddaughter Alicia!" said Sally as she walked over to her and hugged her. "Hey Sally I see you haven't forgotten about me" said Alicia as she broke free from her embrace. Sally had to laugh when she heard that. "Of course I haven't forgotten you my dear". This pleased Alicia very much. "But tell me, why are you here? The play is still in its early stages" Sally said as she looked at her in confusion.
"We're here because Alicia needs new clothes and we could really use your help" said Cuppy. Sally nodded and understood. "Of course I'd be happy to help" she said and went back into the theater to get her purse before going shopping with the four of them.
But what they didn't know was that Amnon had been watching them the whole time. He disappeared into the alley next to the theater in the elevator. "I have to tell Silk the news!" he said quietly as he arrived at the Underworld. The devil was with Henchman not in the throne room but somewhere else. This gave him the opportunity to join Silk and the others.
These all sat around a campfire with relish while being served by Imps. Most held either a tray of food or drink while some held makeup or similar feel-good products. "Here comes your servant Silk" said one of the figures when she saw the Husky Demon. "Well, it's about time he came" said Silk as she put the glass of champagne on the tray she was about to drink from. As Amnon is, he landed clumsily on the ground before Silk pulled him up by the ring that was attached to his collar. "And what did you find out?" she asked him. "Well, she's out of the house but not alone" he said nervously as Silk dropped him and he recognized the other figures better now than before. They were Vespae, Daiyu, Caterina and Scorpina.
Vespae is a humanoid wasp demon with the typical black and yellow colouring, gauzy wasp wings and the stripy abdomen. She has a slim build and four arms. She has long, curly black hair, her antennas are slightly curled at the tips and small horns that curled upwards at the tip on each side of her head. Her large, insect-like eyes are pitch black with red reflections and has a small black beauty mark under each her right eye. She wears a dark green strapless and backless dress with a high slit in the left side of the skirt, long dark green ball gown gloves and a black pearl necklace. She also wears dark green eye shadow, a black pearl bracelet on the left wrist of the top set of arms and a pale grey fur boa over her shoulders and around her top pair of arms.
Caterina is an anthropomorphic cat demon with a slender yet athletically toned build, is covered in ash grey fur, has large ears and a bushy tail. She has short black hair, a small dark purple nose, amber yellow eyes and small curved horns. On her upper arm, she has a scar consisting of three slashes. She wears a black chest armour with a black trim. She also wears black armour on her shoulders and hips, with black-purple trousers held up by a large belt and shin guards that cover and protect her knees. She also bares dark brown spats-like coverings over her feet and ankles, exposing her toes and heels. On her right hand, she wears a brown leather shooting glove. On her left wrist, she wears a dark brown medieval style bracer with a specially built-in cross bow and a dark brown belt like armband with a miniature satchel that carries her arsenal of special pebbles she can turn into arrows she can shoot from her wrist bow.
Daiyu is an anthropomorphic kitsune demon covered in dark purple fur with white running up her underbelly up to her muzzle and black tips on her ears. She has golden eyes with cat-like pupils and her arms and legs are black. She has mid-back length blue-black hair with the bottom end loosely tied with a red band along with the two strands over her shoulders and nine tails with white tips. She wears a sleeveless black cheongsam with a red obi (sash) around the waist and two slits on each each side of the skirt for extra mobility. Beneath the cheongsam are a pair of red leggings that goes past below her knees, leaving her pawed feet bared and a gold anklet on her right ankle. On both her arms are red handless gloves that covers her knuckles and leaves her palms exposed with gold linings and a black jade brooch in the shape of a fox clipped onto her obi. She occasionally carries around a pair of fans with a golden a fox embroidery as one her primary weapons should her illusions fail.
And Scorpina a female scorpion demon with a rough and scary looking appearance. Like all scorpions, she has claws instead of hands. Small spines are on the sides of the claws that turn from black to red. She wore a black and violet Viking robe with gold decorations on the edge and around the waist. The rest was covered by her tail ending with a pointed spike.
Amnon gulped when he saw the four of them. But Caterina just rolled her eyes and gave him a blow on the head. "Silly, we won't hurt you" she said annoyed as Amnon rubbed his head. "Sorry Caterina but I just got a little scared that's all" he said and walked over to Silk. She wanted to get ready but there was one thing that bothered her. "Nobody knows that Alicia is in town, not even the devil himself?" she asked him as she stared at him with her yellow eyes. Amnon nodded and began to sweat before Silk grabbed him by the throat so that he almost couldn't breathe. "Yeah, nobody knows about that," he managed to say before Silk dropped him.
"Well then, I guess we'll start our hunt for Alicia ladies" said Silk as one by one they disappeared until only Silk remained. "Amnon you will continue to serve the devil and get me as much information as possible!" she said before she too disappeared leaving the Husky Demon alone.
"Here we are at Inkwell Mall!" said Sally as she and the others were in the mall entrance. A fountain stood in the middle, welcoming the guests. Behind it was a marble flower box growing various plants. Next to it, as well as next to the entrance door, were benches on which some customers were sitting, either resting or waiting for others. But Alicia desperately needed new clothes so Sally took her to the nearest clothing store. Where going was another name for Sally. She pulled Alicia behind her and slammed into the store with her and was immediately sent to the dressing room. "You stay right here while I get you your clothes" Sally said outside the dressing room. Alicia didn't know what to say and decided to sit down for now.
Behind her was the mirror in which she looked at herself as she slowly lifted her hoodie to take a closer look at the scar around her waist. Yep definitely a mark from his tail. She saw the triangular tail tip and still felt a slight pain. She hated that it would accompany her for the rest of her life. Lucifer will not be very pleased about it. She would love to cuddle with him, but unfortunately he was not there. Instead, there was only a strange copy of him here with a British accent. Quite funny I must say. But she was torn out of her thoughts when Sally gave her the first clothes. She covered the scar so Sally wouldn't see it.
"I hope that suits you my good one" she said and closed the curtain again. Alicia looked at the clothes and rolled her eyes. Of course it had to be a dress. Well, more like a medium length skirt. A red skirt with belted waistlines, buttons on the side and an imprint of a black rose. The size seemed perfect for her. So she took off her denim pants and put on the skirt. It fit her and didn't rip when she moved around in it. But it still looked funny. The rest of her clothes were normal while the skirt was drawn. But Sally already had a solution ready. A black blouse with gray ruffles that went from the chest all the way down. She had sleeves of medium length that were edged with ruffles.
Alicia tried them on and looked at herself in the mirror before going out and showing herself to the others. Cuphead, Mugman and Cuppy each held different clothes in their arms that Alicia should still wear. "Hmm so what do you think?" asked Sally to her. Alicia, however, shrugged her shoulders. She looked to the three brothers "And what do you think?". Everyone had a different opinion. Mugman didn't really like it while Cuppy liked it and Cuphead abstained. "Well then, I guess it's off to the cabin to put on the next set of clothes!" said Sally, shoving Alicia back into the cabin.
Alicia wore a variety of things from ponchos and blouses to sweaters. Some things she liked very much others not so much. Several hours passed before they found the right clothes for Alicia that not only she liked but also the boys. For the shoes, it did not take long. Since Alicia was not a fan of high heels, she took sandals and sports shoes as everyday shoes. Sally paid for the purchase "I'll do anything for my goddaughter" she said while stroking Alicia on the head. Of course, the shopping day ended with a scoop of ice cream. Everyone was satisfied and the way home could be started without anything going wrong.
Well, that's what the four of them were hoping for when they said goodbye to Sally. Cuphead was the first to finish his ice cream and went ahead with a bag of clothes while the rest were still eating the ice cream. Each carried a bag of clothes while Alicia carried her shoes, socks and underwear that they had still bought. The city limits were already within reach and it didn't take long for the others to finish their ice cream as well. "When we get to the forest, I'll change into my wyvern form and fly us back to the cottage," Alicia said. But the three brothers preferred to walk with her through the forest. Mugman already suspected that she would be holed up in the guest room again for the rest of the day before they had dinner.
"Why don't you enjoy the air Alicia?" said Cuphead as he took a big drag and exhaled. She would love to, but there's a certain someone who keeps on filching at her and won't leave her alone. "I'd love to, Cuphead, but you know there's someone who's not only after me, but also after you and Cuppy," she said. "Oh the devil hasn't shown up yet" Cuphead said nonchalantly as he began to whistle. But Cuppy and Mugman were worried. "Well I agree with you Alicia but you can't hide in the guest room forever" he said. Unfortunately, that was true again. Groaning, she went into the forest with the others, not knowing that five rivals were waiting for her.
The group continued along the forest path without any problems. Cuphead kept whistling while Cuppy and Mugsy stayed with Alicia just in case the devil showed up. But Silk and the others watched the four behind the bushes and trees, waiting for the right moment. They wanted to surprise her and for that Alicia needed to be alone and not in the company of three mugs. "We'll never surprise her like this" said Caterina as she aimed her bow at Cuphead. "Should I take out the cup?" she asked but Daiyu lowered her bow. "I think my illusions will get rid of the three cups faster than your bow".
Silk and the others joined in and let Daiyu do her work. Cuphead continued to whistle until he suddenly heard a familiar tune. It was Pop Goes the Weasel. A tune he only heard when the ice cream vendor was around. He looked around until he saw a truck that had broken down. In front of it stood an ice cream vendor an anthropomorphic muffin who offered him as much ice cream as he could eat. "And the best thing is you don't have to pay anything" said the ice cream vendor. Cuphead didn't say no to that and immediately ran to him.
But the illusions have also reached Mugman who sees a cardboard cutout of himself saying that he is a great writer, actor and musician. Of course he ran up to it, which confused Cuppy a bit because he was hugging a tree while Cuphead was talking to some squirrels. "Then I'd like a scoop of vanilla with sprinkles and cotton candy on top," he said, but the squirrels just gave him an acorn to lick. But he was also haunted by the illusion when he saw his brother whom he also missed since they were here in this world. He ran to him and hugged him. Alicia had not noticed that the three were no longer with her when she looked into the bag. "Ooh Alicia..." said a seductive voice that sounded familiar. "Don't tell me..." she turned to the voice, amazed and delighted at the same time.
There he stood. Her husband Lucifer whom she missed since she is here. She ran to him and wanted to hug him until she realized that something was wrong. Thanks to her demon powers, she could see through any kind of magic. Among them were also illusions. He was not real but an illusion. Alicia knew only one demon who was good at creating illusions. Daiyu. She turned around and was not surprised when she saw the five rivals in front of her. I should have guessed. Annoyed, she rolled her eyes. She knew why the five were after her.
"Well, look who we have here!" said Daiyu. "One who wants to steal the devil from us and wear the crown herself," said Silk in a growling voice. Girls, I'm already married and I don't want to be with the devil here. She tried to stay relaxed and not say anything. Alicia knew how the troupe ticked. Silk, Vaspae and Daiyu were the strongest followed by Caterina and Scorpina. But she could be wrong. "I'm sorry to say this, but I'm not interested in being with the devil or even wearing the crown since I'm already taken!" said Alicia annoyed as she transformed into her demon form.
But none of the five rivals cared. "Prove it!" said Silk and was surprised like the others when they saw the wedding ring Alicia showed them. "It could be a fake," said Vespae as she approached Alicia. But suddenly she received a violent electric shock and lay on the floor twitching, burned and smoking. She had touched Alicia's devil's mark. Everyone except Silk took a step back before she slowly walked over to Alicia to take a closer look at the wedding ring. In the ruby she saw Alicia and the devil. But it was not the devil from her world but another one. "She's right ladies, she's taken" Alicia was pleased and hoped they would leave her alone from now on.
"But that doesn't change the fact that the devil is still interested in you and wants to make you his queen!" Silk said as she jumped toward Alicia. The others followed her and also jumped on Alicia until she was buried under a pile. Cuphead and the others were still trapped in the illusion until suddenly a loud bang was heard and the illusion disappeared. Cuphead realized that he was licking an acorn and not an ice cream, Mugman who thinks he is standing on a stage thanking everyone who helped him become famous realized that he was talking in front of some trees and Cuppy quickly realized that he was hugging a bush.
"Ewwww!" Cuphead said as he cleaned his tongue and threw away the acorn the squirrel caught before looking at him with his fist raised and disappearing into the tree. "Cuphead there you are!" said a voice behind him. He turned and saw Mugman and Cuppy running toward him. But Alicia was not with them. "Where's Alicia?" asked Cuphead as he looked around but didn't see her anywhere until he saw the bag she had her underwear, socks and shoes in.
The rest of the bags were with them. But where was Alicia, the three did not know. Only when they heard a loud roar they knew where she was. "She's in danger!" said Cuppy as the three ran toward the roar. "Where could she possibly be?" asked Mugman as they looked around and saw something from a distance. Something big. Out of the pile that consisted of the rivals came a huge Wyvern. Cuphead and Mugman hugged each other when they saw it, while Cuppy just rolled his eyes. He knew that it was Alicia and already suspected that the rivals must also exist in this world. After all, the devil was interested in her in this world and wanted to make her his queen.
Of course, the rivals were not very pleased about this and now want to go for Alicia's throat. Whereas it was now rather the other way around. Alicia was much stronger in her Wyvern form than the five rivals and flung them away one by one with her tail until only Silk remained, which she lightly lit with her blue flames before she disappeared as well. Cuppy ran towards them while the others were still unsure. Especially Mugman was shaking like a leaf. "Oh thank God you're all right Alicia" said Cuppy as he ran up to her and hugged her dragon snout while she bent down to be at the same eye level as him.
She noticed that Cuphead and Mugman were afraid of her. That's why she changed back into her human form. The two calmed down and went to her as well. "Sorry Mugsy, I didn't mean to scare you" she said as she stroked the younger brother's cheek. "It's alright Alicia" he said nervously "But say couldn't we fly on your back?" he asked her nervously as his cheeks flushed. To that she didn't say no and let the three of them on her back as she turned into a Wyvern. Without worry she flew back with the others to the cottage where she put her purchase in her closet while the boys helped Elder Kettle with dinner.
For the four of them, today was more than exciting. Well, for Alicia more or less. She now knew that Silk and the others also existed here and would probably not leave her alone like the devil and a certain Dice. Oh man sometimes I hate myself for having inherited the beauty from mother. But when she thought of it again she had to think of Lucifer again.
She missed him very much. He took care of her and made sure that nothing happened to her. And he would never hurt her. Yes, the world here is different from the one in the book. She had to deal with the fact that the former debtors like Sally would react differently to her because they didn't know her. In the book they knew her because of her mother. But here she has to get to know them first. Kind of like mother. She had to smile. From the kitchen she already smelled dinner. There was macaroni and cheese. One of her favorite dishes. "Alicia are you coming?" asked Elder Kettle as he looked out the door and stared at her. "Yes, I'll be right there," she said, putting the rest of her things in the closet before closing it and going to the kitchen where the others were waiting for her.
While enjoying dinner, the five rivals had to listen to how angry the devil was with them. Not only that they were on the surface without his permission. No, they dared to attack Alicia, his queen. "I'm so angry at you and I want to wipe you out right now," he said as he slowly burst into flames. But a figure standing behind him calmed him down again. He was no longer on fire and calmed down again. "I don't want to do this but you give me no other choice" said the devil pointing his trident at the five. "You'll be down here for quite a while and you can't leave the underworld!" he said as a golden bracelet appeared on each of the five rivals and they couldn't take it off.
With these bracelets, the five could only teleport within the underworld. Of course, none of them was not pleased. But the five had to live with it now. For Silk, however, this was more than a humiliation. She belonged to the top demons if not to the Finest Demons of the Devil. But now she was more than dejected about it. Amnon, who took care of her, saw that. She lay on a couch while Amnon held a bottle of devil's wine in his hand, ready to pour it into her glass. "Uh, more wine?" Amnon offered nervously.
"What's the point?" Silk groaned. "Some finest demon in the Devil's legions I turn out to be. I'm a disgrace!". "Who? You?" Amnon exclaimed in disbelief. "Silk, you gotta pull yourself together" She ignored him and would not look him in the eye. But Amnon did not give up and was always in her field of vision when he started to sing.
Gosh, it disturbs me to see you, Silk
Looking so down in the dumps
Every girl here'd love to be you, Silk
Even when taking your lumps
There's no demon in Hell as admired as you
You're everyone's favourite gal
Everyone's awed and inspired by you
And it's not very hard to see why
But Silk was not amused by this, sat down and showed Amnon his back while he came closer to her and patted her on the back. Some Imps heard this and came closer to the two. Silk felt Amnon stroke her head and pinch her cheeks together. But she was not very happy about that when he turned her around to the Imps who were now standing in front of her.
No one's slick like Silk
No one's quick like Silk
No one's fur as soft and thick as Silk
For there's no she-demon in Hell half as gorgeous
Amnon went over to an Imp and pulled her tail, causing her to cry out in pain, while the others laughed at him. But Silk was not very happy about it and just looked bored. But Amnon jumped onto her lap and ran his hands through her fur before jumping down and Silk looked after him.
Perfect, a pure paragon
Sang the Imps who appeared behind Silk and admire her. This made Silk a little happier when she saw the picture of herself held in the air by two Imps.
You can ask any Tom, Dick and Stanley
And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on
Amnon sang as he jumped on three imps while spinning in circles on the last one before jumping again on the second and first imp before standing again in front of Silk who now looked interested and smirked. But the Imps did not put up with Amnon jumping on them and pulled him to them.
Who plays darts like Silk?
Who breaks hearts like Silk?
Of course, they didn't beat him up but held him tightly by the arms and legs while swinging him back and forth so that Amnon almost flew into Silk's face.
Who's much more than the sum of her parts like Silk?
Silk was more than attracted by the singing and rubbed her chin as if she was thinking whether she should sing herself. She decided to do so and began to sing.
As a specimen, yes, I'm amazing
Sang Silk as she showed off her athletic body. Most of the Imps fell over in amazement while the others looked at the body with sparkling eyes.
My, what a gal, that Silk
Chanted Amnon and the rest of the Imps who let go of him. He landed with his butt on the ground before Silk helped him up by not pulling him up by the ring attached to his collar. This surprised him a bit. "I needed encouragement"Silk said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, Amnon". Amnon blushed when he felt the kiss."Well,there's no one as easy to bolster as you!" When Silk heard that, she growled and pulled up to him again as usual. "Too Much?" Amnon asked nervously "Most definitely" Silk answered bluntly.
She was back to her old self and that pleased Amnon very much. But now he had to work extra for her as a newsboy until Silk somehow gets rid of the bracelet. With this she could not take revenge on Alicia. "If this human demon hybrid thinks she could be the queen of the underworld, she's clearly mistaken," Silk said in a growling voice as she clenched her hand into a fist. Just the thought of it made her furious.
For Alicia, it wasn't really any easier now than it had been before. The devil was interested in her and the rivals wanted her throat. Oh man sometimes I hate myself.
Song: Gaston from Beauty and the Beast
