And the second sweater episode is here. But now the questions

If Varian were to have a weapon of choice, might I recommend either a giant wrench similar to Ratchet's OmiWrench or a mallet like Rivet's from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart?

-OmiWrench

What's white water?

- I made a mistake I meant holy water

How do you think Alicia would get along with either versions of Beerus from DBZ: Battle of Gods/Dragon Ball Super?

- Difficult because I have not watched all the episodes with him. But the ones I have seen he was a bit calm so I would say quite good.

Your and Alicia's opinions of the live action remakes of classic Disney movies?

- So Lion King, Aladdin, and Lady and the Tramp are fine. The rest are rather so-so.

Given his tendency to annoy the Devil, do you think Cuphead would have the same effect on Vegeta (before and after his redemption arc) as well as other DBZ villains like Cell and Frieza?

- definitely

If you could go on any high seas adventures with Brineybeard, which would be your most favourite part of it and what would you like to bring home as a souvenir after a successful treasure hunt?

- So with a necklace I would already be satisfied. My favorite part would probably be this feeling when you ride the waves this up and down.

Which type of syrup does Alicia like on her pancakes and waffles? Maple or golden? Or is there there a different type of topping she prefers?

-Maple


In Alicia's apartment, Mugman was still watching the screen with a full bowl of popcorn where the next episode was playing. He still couldn't believe that his brother and Alicia were now in the series. Just as he was about to stand up, the Cuphead book opened by itself and a claw came out of it. It was Lucifer. The devil from the book, the husband of Alicia and king of Inkwell Hell. Mugman showed no sign of fear or anxiety.

No he was good friends with Lucifer thanks to Alicia. But seeing him here was a bit confusing for him. "Um..." Lucifer turned to him. "Where is she?" he asked Mugman as his yellow eyes stared at him. "Where is my Alicia. My Queen?". Mugman pointed to the screen of the TV where the next episode started. He looked at the TV and felt her closeness. She was trapped in the world and could only come back with difficulty. But Lucifer did not want to give up. He wanted to go to her and hold her in his arms again, embrace her and feel her closeness while his tail knotted with hers. This was a feeling he desperately wanted to have. "Don't worry my love I will come to you soon".


It was the next day after the four had visited Quadratus to knit two special sweaters for both Cupheads to protect their souls from the devil. Well, the next day wasn't really. It was late afternoon when the four decided to take a little walk to forget about the devil. But for the two Cupheads it was a bit hard to get used to wearing the sweater forever. Cuppy could get used to it. Only Cuphead could not. As soon as they were on the forest path, he wanted to take off the sweater. "Cuphead keep the sweater on" said Alicia when she saw that he was out of the sweater with both arms. Or did it just look like that?

Anyway, he seemed to put his arms back into his sweater while grinning nervously at Alicia. Mugman, however, was not very enthusiastic. "You're wearing that sweater forever!" he said annoyed as he literally got in his face with his nose. "But-", "No buts!", Mugman interrupted him. "That sweater's the only way the Devil can't get your soul. You can never take it off! Ever!"he explained. Cuppy agreed, "At least I'm glad I know my soul is safe," with these words he continued down the forest path and followed Alicia. Only Cuphead disagreed "Eh. I ain't too worried about it" he said and was about to follow the other two when the devil appeared out of a cloud of smoke behind Alicia and Cuppy.

"Your soul is mine!" said the devil and was ready to grab Cuphead's soul when he received an electric shock from the sweater. For Alicia, it all happened way too fast. That's why she unintentionally turned into her Wyvern form and with her tail end hurled the devil into the nearest tree. The latter was stuck in the tree, twitching, when Alicia and the others looked at him. Dude, don't scare me like that ever again! she growled. But Alicia was not the only one who was angry and annoyed. No also Cuphead, Cuppy and Mugman. "He's never taking that sweater off!" Mugman said as the devil looked at him still slightly woozy from the electric shock. "Yeah. Give it up!" said Cuppy. But the devil was not going to give up so easily. "Never!" he raised his trident and disappeared. When he was gone Cuphead had to laugh for whatever reason.

Alicia turned back again when he was gone and exhaled in relief. "Oh man, he scared me," she said annoyed as they continued walking. But Alicia knew that he would not give up so easily and was not surprised when she saw him again coming out of a cloud of smoke. "Alicia, my dearest, do you want to-" before he could continue, she and Cuppy walked past him. "Sorry but she already has a lover" Cuppy said as he turned to face him. The devil growled and was about to grab his soul when he got another electric shock. Cuphead laughed at him again which made the devil even angrier. But he disappeared before demonstrating his anger. This calmed Alicia down a lot, because she didn't want to have another burnt blouse.

A few days passed since the devil had visited them on the forest path. The four of them went to the beach with Elder Kettle to relax a bit. "I'll get us something to eat," Elder Kettle said, leaving the four alone. Alicia sat under the umbrella and helped Cuppy build his sand castle while Cuphead buried his brother under sand except for his head. "So why do you want to bury him again?" asked Alicia, confused as Cuphead looks to her. "Good question," he said, scratching his chin and grabbing the next load of sand on his brother. Or that's what he wanted if it weren't for the devil who suddenly appeared. Seriously not even here we have peace from you? Alicia was visibly annoyed. The same goes for Cuppy whom the devil tried to grab for his soul. "Give it to me!" he said, but before he could reach for the soul he got another electric shock. Cuphead grinned mischievously at him as the devil disappeared again empty-handed.

Alicia was at least glad that he didn't flirt with her again. He had a British accent, but she still didn't like it. Lucifer was far better. His fur didn't scratch when she buried herself in it while cuddling with him or lying in bed with him. She also liked it when he purred and his tail wagged. Yes, he was something special, even if he was sometimes too caring. When he noticed that she had a scratch or a splinter in her finger he immediately wanted to know who did that to her. I still feel sorry for the tree he torched. But she also had to smile. Elder Kettle returned with a tray of ice which he handed to the four.

Two days later after the beach visit, Cuppy, Cuphead and Mugman were playing in the backyard while the latter chased them with a garden hose. Alicia, meanwhile, decided to read a book that Elder Kettle had lent her. She was in the middle of it when she suddenly felt something scratchy behind her. It was no mystery to find out that it was the devil. Like Lucifer, he sometimes appeared behind her to caress her or to kidnap her. Both of them got on her nerves. This was seen by Mugman who held the hose in the direction of the devil and waited for the right moment. Annoyed, Alicia flipped the book closed as she placed her bookmark inside and was about to stand up when the devil's tail knotted with hers. Yes, she was back in her demon form and was annoyed again. "Stay here my love" the devil said as he pulled her to him ready to kiss her. But instead he was splashed wet by the water hose Mugman was holding.

Both Cupheads laughed at him which made the devil even angrier. He leaned his trident against the wall of the house before trying to grab the souls of the two Cupheads with both hands. "Give me-" but he got electrocuted again and went to his trident annoyed as he disappeared. Later that evening, Alicia and the others were in their beds, trying to fall asleep without any problems. Well that was easier said than done when all you hear from above is "...your-" followed by an electric shock. Does he ever give up? She shook her head and lay down. Fortunately, Cuppy had his rest this night and was not awakened by the devil. Alicia was also glad about it because she didn't like it when he sees her with her pajamas.

But for this he was not spared in the shopping center. All four wanted to buy new clothes for the fall as the devil just burst in when Cuppy chose a black anorak he was about to try on. "...soul!" he said and was again electrocuted. Realizing that it was useless to take Cuphead's and Cuppy's soul, he gave himself a face palm and disappeared. "Did I miss something?" asked Alicia as she came out of the locker room with Sally. All three shook their heads while the two women looked at each other and shrugged. The two women went back into the dressing room to try on some more clothes. "Maybe we should try the dress again," Sally suggested to her. "Um no thanks no dresses" said Alicia.


"Will the fireproof pants of Dirk Dangerous be enough to save a flaming bank vault full of orphans?" said the radio announcer as Cuphead lay on the ground in front of the radio, drenched in sweat, and slowly got up. "Tune in tomorrow for the stunning conclusion of Dirk Dangerous vs. Pyromaniac Pete!". Alicia came out of the guest room with Cuppy as they both saw Cuphead straining and sweating, clutching the table the radio was on as he turned it off. "So sweat-inducing!" he said and settled down on the floor while the others looked at him in confusion. Alicia skillfully ignored the puddle under him. She knew it was cartoon logic and didn't want to get into it. "You wanna see something even more sweat-inducing?".

Mugman asked him as he pointed to the newspaper in front of him. Alicia bent over it and saw that it was a new ride they had seen at the pier a few weeks ago when it was not yet finished. On the front page was the name of the ride "The Obliterator". "So fast it'll..." Cuppy couldn't read the rest because it was torn away. "Says here it'll go so fast, it'll... something. I dunno. But it's new, Cuphead, new!". He was more than impressed. "Oh! If we go now, we can get there before Elder Kettle wakes up from his nap" Cuphead explained to the others and was about to run out the door when Alicia stopped the three cups. "Wait a minute I sense someone is behind the door" she said looking from the three to the door. Yep no doubt she sensed the devil behind the door. "Do you think that..." he didn't want to say it out loud but what Cuppy meant they all knew. Alicia nodded and thought about how they could best avoid him.

"We'd better go out the back door so he can't see us" she hoped as all four went out the back door but suddenly heard a familiar voice. "Stupid cups making me go around the back. I'm the Devil! Nobody tells me what to-" furiously, he walked around the house until he stood in front of the four. So much for getting out of his way. Annoyed, she rolled her eyes as the three cups stared at him in annoyance. "Do you have any idea how much trouble we'll be in if Elder Kettle sees you here?" Cuphead said annoyed. Trouble is rather overrated. He would rather have a heart attack from fear if he saw the devil. "You already are in trouble! You owe me your soul!" the devil told him. He looked at Alicia "And you will marry me and become my queen or else-", "Hey!" everyone fell silent when they heard the voice of Elder Kettle.

The four didn't want him to see the devil so Cuphead took the opportunity to push the devil into a bush before the partially tired and annoyed Elder Kettle looked out the window. "What's with all the noise?" he asked annoyed as his gaze wandered to the three cups. He suspected that the three were responsible for the noise. "Uh, nothing," Cuphead said nervously as Mugman grinned at him. "That was just a large cat..." said Cuppy as he couldn't think of what else to say until Alicia helped him out "Man". Still annoyed, Elder Kettle looked at the four as his eyes fell on something else "Well, tell him I'm taking a nap! And another thing" he points to the fence "Paint that fence! It looks terrible!".

With these words he closed the window behind him and you could hear him sleeping quietly. But the four were not very happy about the extra work. Not even when they saw the guilty one coming out of the bush. "Thanks to your little tantrum, the fence is all burnt up!" said Cuphead annoyed. "Yeah! What do you intend to do about that, huh?" asked Mugman, also annoyed. But the devil didn't seem to care. "Nothing! I'm the Devil!". "Nice excuse" said Cuppy annoyed as the devil looked at him and growled. Arguing doesn't help the matter though. Alicia knew more than enough that it would be useless to argue with him any further. Cuphead noticed it too and had an idea "Hmm... Tell you what. You paint the fence, and we take off the sweater". But neither Alicia nor Cuppy and Mugman wanted to hear that. That's why the latter pulled Cuphead away and asked the others to follow him while the devil looked after them and was confused.

"Cuphead are you crazy?" he asked him "Hold on. Let's see where I go with this" Cuphead said and whispered his plan to the others. Alicia wasn't very happy about it, but there was nothing else they could do at the moment and the three of them really wanted to ride the new ride. "Um I'm still here waiting for an answer" said the devil as he peeked around the corner. "Yeah we'll be right there" said Alicia rolling her eyes as the four decided on a plan and returned to him. "Well, what do you say?" asked Cuphead as he held out his hand to the devil. "Let's see. I paint the fence. You take off the sweater. I take your soul" the devil thought and chimed in while Cuphead and Mugman gave him the buckets full of paint and brushes. He stood in front of the fence and was confused at first until he started tapping with a brush on several spots in the fence. "Painting the fence" he said and was thrilled with the way he did it. "Oh yes." But the others just looked at him confused. "Have you ever actually painted a fence or anything?" Alicia asked him, confused, because she had never seen anyone paint a fence like that before.

The same goes for the three cups that were also confused. "Looks like you have no idea what you're doing" said Mugman as they continued to watch him. Annoyed, the devil turned to the three cups while Alicia leaned against the fence. "Is that so? His gaze wandered away from them as he looked to the buckets of white paint, "Watch this." He put the brush on the ground next to the others and prepared a force that Alicia could as well. The color in the buckets changed and started bubbling as if they were boiling. Um what? For whatever reason, she heard the music of In the Hall of the Mountain King softly in the background as the brushes were in the air and the devil chugged them one by one into different buckets before painting the fence in rainbow colors. He was completely distracted from his work. The four took advantage of this to disappear undetected while the devil continued to paint the fence "And on the one, and on the two, here we go" he said while the brushes moved as if by magic over the fence and painted the bare spots. Out of the gate, Alicia changed into her wolf form to get to town faster with the others so they could make it in time to ride the new ride.

Even though Alicia was not a fan of roller coasters she rather wanted to enjoy the ocean view with Cuppy. Both of them didn't want to ride a ride that was so high and fast and because the long queue in front of them already spoiled the mood. "This line!" Cuphead said annoyed before the other two wanted to go. Only Mugman didn't seem to mind. "Hmm, say, Mugsy and Cuppy, hold our spot. While me and Alicia go and grab us some funnel cake" he explained. "But you don't like funnel cake?" said Mugman confused. "And you don't like knitting soul-saving invisible sweaters, but you made me and Cuppy one" That was true he was not very happy about knitting the two sweaters especially since the wool itself was invisible and he pricked his finger several times. "The least I can do is buy you some funnel cake" that pleased Mugman very much. "Can I borrow five bucks?" asked Cuphead as he felt someone tap his shoulder. It was Alicia who had some money left. "I think I should pay" she said as Cuphead grinned nervously at her and Mugman while the latter just shook his head.

Both went to the stand of funnel cake sold. "That'll be ten bucks" said the vendor an anthropomorphic hippo who handed the two two bowls with six pieces of funnel cake. Alicia paid him while Cuphead sprinkled over the two bowls with the powdered sugar shaker that was also at the stand. Only with him it means so much that he sprinkled the complete load on it whereby he and Alicia were in a cloud of powdered sugar smoke. Without thinking about it, the two walked past the line to Cuppy and Mugman while still inside the cloud that was made of powdered sugar. "Excuse me" said Alicia to the others in line "Are you kidding me?" asked a tiger with a blue bow tie that they passed.

The two arrived at Cuppy and Mugman's who were surprised by the cloud of powdered sugar. "There was a little powdered-sugar mishap," he said, but Alicia just rolled her eyes. She knew he was shaking too hard. "No problem!" said Mugman who didn't mind and took a piece of Funnel Cake from Cuphead. "I never say no to extra sugar" he poked Cuphead with the piece he had in his hand. Both enjoyed their portion as did Alicia and Cuppy. Their portion was not sprinkled with powdered sugar as much as Cuphead and Mugman's. But it tasted just as good. Only now did Alicia notice that they had made more progress in the queue than before. Actually, she and Cuppy didn't want to go with the business, but since Cuphead dragged her along, she had to wait in line, too. "Hey, Cuppy, want to go to the dock?" she asked him as Mugman suddenly panicked. "You what?!" he asked confused.

Alicia and Cuppy looked at Cuphead who continued eating "I took off the sweater" he said without thinking about it. "Well, where is it?!" asked Mugman while shaking him and removing the powdered sugar from his body. Cuphead thought "Looks like I don't remember". This didn't make the situation any better as Alicia sensed that the devil was no longer near the cottage. "What happened to never take it off?!" Cuppy asked him. He was still wearing his, but Cuphead just took it off like that, which is typical for him. "Big deal. It's not like the Devil's around or anything," he said, but he was wrong when Alicia sensed that he was very close and appeared behind Cuphead in a cloud of smoke, even angrier than before. Startled by this, he jumped into the arms of Cuppy "The Devil! "Stay calm, Cuphead. He doesn't know you took the sweater off" Mugman whispered softly in his non-existent ear. That calmed him down a bit.

"Oh, yeah!" relaxed, he looked at the devil while Alicia tried not to be in his field of vision. Why does no one here react in panic? This confused her very much. At the carnival, all but the zombie visitors had run away. But here they pay no attention to him. "I painted your little fence. Now, off with the sweaters. Let's go" said the devil in an annoyed voice. "How do we know you painted the fence?" Cuphead asked him. "I don't know. Go look!" Yes for sure. Alicia just rolled her eyes when he said that. She didn't know if it was a trick or not. "It's actually quite good". But the four of them were not convinced. Once because they had been standing in line for a while and because no one felt like going back with him. At least not Alicia. "Fat chance, buddy. We've been waiting in line all day ro ride the Obliterator".

This confused the devil a bit. "The what now?" he asked the pouting Cuphead until he looked up at the ride. Um no thanks. Alicia wasn't thrilled about it. She didn't want to lose her clothes like the group that was now on the ride. Cuppy swallowed nervously. He knew if he rode the Obliterator he would lose his invisible sweater. A sock fell on the devil's face as he thought of what Henchman and Amnon had shown him before he left. "Hey, boss. It's the Obliterator, remember? It'll tear the clothes right off of you" when he remembered it, he had to laugh mischievously. Alicia, who was standing in front of him, heard it and had a bad feeling. "On second thought, I think I'll join you, boys and Alicia" Okay I'm off. "This ride looks like fun". Cuphead was very pleased "That's the spirit!". "And I'm off with Cuppy" said Alicia and was about to walk past the devil when he wrapped his tail around her waist. "But dearest stay here" he said and pushed her in front of him at the place in the queue where she was standing before.

Cuppy knew he couldn't do anything about it, or could he? His eyes wandered to Mugman who was trying to remind Cuphead to get his sweater, which was probably still in the cottage. "But it's almost time for the ride," he replied, which annoyed Mugman. "I'll go" he said annoyed and walked past the others. "Always doing everything around here because he took off the sweater" he whispered annoyed. However, Cuppy followed him "Wait, I'll go with you" he said. This pleased Mugman very much. But Alicia wasn't, who was now alone with the devil and Cuphead. Don't you dare try to get close to me again. Alicia kept her distance from the devil because he wanted to use the opportunity to force her to sign the marriage contract. But she was wrong. He leaned against the wall next to his trident and began to trim his claws with a nail file.

"Hey, Devil. Wanna hear a joke?" Cuphead asked him when he got too close. "I hear nothing" he replied annoyed as he tried to ignore Cuphead. But it didn't work. "What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?" he asked him. But he got no answer. "Finding half a worm in your apple." Alicia shook her head when she saw that it was no use telling the devil a joke when he was already annoyed. But Cuphead tried to explain it to him, which made the devil even angrier. "Yes, I get it! Thank you!" he yelled at him before showing Cuphead his back again and looking at Alicia who paid him no attention. The devil grinned though "Maybe Alicia can tell me a better joke" Um what? She looked at him with her arms crossed and gave him a "you're serious" look while he nodded.

She rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Which is faster, heat or cold?" she asked them both. Both shrugged their shoulders. "Heat, because you can catch a cold" the devil had to grin and stifle his laughter. But you could hear it. "I saw a smile" said Cuphead. "You most certainly did not" he said, trying to deny it until he had to laugh himself. It didn't take long for the three of them to get to first place and just wait a bit. To pass the time, they took turns telling jokes. Some were good while others were rather so-so. Of course, the two do not know Kermit the Frog. Alicia gave herself a face palm as she told the joke and had to explain. "And then the banana says, Thursday!" Cuphead said as he and the devil laughed. Only Alicia remained neutral and didn't feel comfortable riding the ride. I would hate to lose my clothes. Her devil's mark turned from white to yellow.

"How delightyfully unexpected!" the devil said and wiped away his tear before taking a breath. "You know, Cuphead, you're not so bad after all," he said, patting him on the back. Oh damn. "Thanks," Alicia guessed that eventually the devil would notice that Cuphead wasn't wearing his sweater. The devil touched Cuphead's shoulder several times before turning him around and touching his belly to be sure. He did not get electrocuted. "You're not wearing the sweater!" said the devil as he pointed at Cuphead, who now also realized that he was in trouble. "Um...Am too!" he said trying to talk his way out of it, but the devil had seen through him and went with him behind the barrier. Alicia wanted to follow them, but an invisible barrier prevented her from doing so. Damn, he's smart. She banged her fists against the barrier, but it did nothing. The devil reached out and grabbed Cuphead's soul. "Are not!".

The soul was pulled out of his body until only the ghost tail hung in Cuphead's body. But the devil didn't care, he had a soul from both Cupheads with him. Just as he wanted to pull them out of the body, they heard the voice of Cuppy. "You're right. He's not wearing the sweater" confused he turned around and saw Cuppy and Mugman running towards him. The latter jumped on him with something in his hands. "You are!". With a jerk, the devil now wore the sweater and received one electric shock after another. The barrier also disappeared and Alicia was able to run up to Cuphead and push his soul into his body. Feels cold. But the electric shocks that the devil got pleased Alicia very much. They only had one sweater left but it didn't matter for now. Both brothers jumped into the now empty seat and enjoyed the ride on the new attraction while Alicia and Cuppy went to the dock and enjoyed the ocean view.


"Well the view is much nicer than the new ride" said Cuppy as he took a big tug and exhaled. "Yeah and I don't have to worry about my clothes" said Alicia as the two heard the voices of the two brothers behind them slowly getting closer and closer. "Wanna bet they're not wearing anything but underwear?" asked Alicia as she held ten bucks in her hand. "You're on!" said Cuppy, shaking her hand. They both turned around and started laughing when they saw Cuphead and Mugman. Alicia had won and kept her money while Cuppy lay on the floor laughing. Both brothers were confused but thought nothing of it as they walked home with Alicia and Cuppy. "Wow! What a great day" said Cuphead. "Except I'm pretty sure the Devil's angrier than ever, and you no longer have the one thing that'll stop him getting your soul" Mugman explained to him. "Hey but Cuppy still has his sweater" said Alicia to lighten the mood.

Alicia still had to pull herself together since both brothers were still wearing their underwear and none of the visitors minded. "True and I got the best brothers and friend in the world looking out for me" said Cuphead as they continued walking. "Really make me feel so much less exposed". Now she really couldn't help but laugh when Cuphead said that and she looked at his underwear. Fortunately, it was night when they arrived and went to sleep. They only had one sweater left, but Alicia tried to look on the bright side. Maybe we can find some kind of replacement for it. She hoped so, anyway. Because if she should sign this marriage proposal, which the devil always has with him, she also belongs to him. I almost feel like an object. She didn't want to think about it. Lucifer was her husband and that was it. But as soon as she thought of the name, the tears ran from her eyes. Yes, she missed him.