Episode 24: The Circus
Inside the Goetia mansion, Stolas, who is a small child around 10 years old, is fast asleep in his bedroom. The little prince continues to sleep surrounded by stuffed animals, and is also hugging a small rabbit-like toy with black and white striped horns and large ears. The little prince lets out a yawn and smacks his lips.
Little Stolas eyes shot open in realization and quickly sits up in excitement, "My birthday, my birthday! It's my birthday!"
He quickly leaps out of the sheets and lands on his fours on the floor. Then runs off to his dressing room in excitement with his arms over his head. Soon, an Imp butler with a monocle shaped blotch, and wears a suit walks into the room to attend to the young prince.
Young Stolas is so excited he pushes the stool in front of the mirror, "Yaaaay! Birthday, birthday! WOOHOO!"
He climbs on the stool and shouts in excitement, "Birthday tiiiiime!"
Then the butler opens a tin of hair gel and applies it to Stolas's feathers as he says, "Calm yourself, young Prince. You know excitement is unbecoming of a Goetia."
"Oh! Right," Stolas replies and takes a deep breath as the butler walks off.
Then returns to retrieve a burgundy and white color vest and red cape. Then helps Stolas put them on.
Stolas says in excitement, "But, Father told me, today is the day, I am old enough to know my purpose and responsibility!" And his eyes sparkle with glee.
"Of course," The butler replies and places a crown on Stolas' head, "I'm sure it will be wonderful."
Fully dressed, Stolas follows the butler down the hall, and the hall is lined with portraits of Stolas at various prior years, from being an The first shows Stolas in his egg, sat upon a pillow and topped with a crown. The second shows him as a hatchling swaddled up in his crib, his swaddling cloth held together by a pin bearing the Goetia family insignia. He is accompanied by the demon plush seen earlier. The third shows him as what can be assumed to be a toddler, smiling as he hugs the demon Max plush. The fourth and final shows him in his current on-screen appearance, hugging the demon rabbit plush as an unknown creature drips green slime on his head.
Soon, Stolas and the butler stand in front of large double doors, and open to reveal the throne room, to see a large monstrous black demon. He stands up and shifts to display various demonic creatures as he transforms into his normal, bird-like self.
The demon is known as Paimon, Stolas's father. A very tall avian demon resembling a great horned owl or raven, with black feathers over his body and larger feathers pointing upwards to resemble horns. He has glowing red eyes with white pupils, and a white face reminiscent of an eye mask that bears intricate red sigils. He wears a long crimson cloak with a pale maroon upper section and gold trimming that covers his body, along with a hood that goes to about his chin. He is also wearing a gold crown on his head that has a golden goetic symbol and star ornaments on the points on top.
The butler walks and stands beside Paimon as Stolas approaches his father.
Once Stolas is in his few, Paimon says, "Ahhhh! There is my little, uh…"
Stolas smiles gleefully at his father.
Paimon then whispers to the butler as he points at Stolas, "Which son is this one? There's so fucking many."
"Stolas, your highness," The butler answers.
"Stolas! Yes! Ha! Right, right!" Paimon says with a chuckle, "That's the one!" Then walks to Stolas, "The owl boy."
Once he's in front of Stolas Paimon leans towards the child, surprising him, "Well, my little one," Then stands up and walks behind him, "It is finally your day of becoming a true part of the Goetia family. How good for you. Are you ready to know what you'll be meant to do to serve Hell?"
"Yes, Father!" Stolas replies.
Paimon then opens a portal to the cosmos.
He explains, "You will be entrusted with the study of the Earth's skies, the stars, the prophecies they hold, all that stuff."
As he explains, there are the stars, two blue comets, blue and pink space and such.
"Isn't that fun?" Paimon replies as he closes the portal.
Then summons a book "You will begin the studies of your Grimoire, which will grant you access to the mortal realm to study and observe,"
And levitates the grimoire to Stolas, "and you will grow to be a mighty Prince of Hell, with your own legions to lead and pass on your knowledge to!"
Stolas then eagerly takes the grimoire and is very easy to read and learn from it.
Stolas then says with confidence, "I will do my best, Father!"
Paimon then leans to Stolas, "Wonderful! Also, son, you are destined to sire," And pulls out a picture from his cloak, "A precautionary addition to the Goetia family, so you are now engaged." And shows the picture of his betrothed, "Congratulations. Isn't she charming?"
The picture of his betrothed which is actually Stella when she's younger. She seems to be the same, except she has her feathery hair in pigtails. Apparently, she is angrily strangling a dog-like creature with a bow in a strand of its hair and tears falling from its eye. A second creature just like it wearing a collar with the same bow lies on the ground, tears flowing as the girl has one foot planted on its head, likely having already been assaulted by her.
Seeing the picture of his betrothed, Stolas begins to cry and turns away from the picture.
Seeing his son crying, Paimon says, "Ohhh! That's an ugly noise, son. Here," And pats him on the head, "How about you cease this bitch crying?"
However, young Stolas ends up crying harder.
"Hm, that usually works," Paimon says to himself.
Then says with a smile, "Oh, would you like it if I took you to the circus in town? Children enjoy the circus, right?" and pats Stolas on the head, "Would that distract you enough from your non-negotiable future marriage?"
Stolas doesn't respond as a tear rolls down his cheek and drips off.
Sometime later, the sad Stolas and the Butler stand at the top of the stairs into the circus tent. Paimon is not physically present, but is shown on a glass of a mirror the butler is holding up. At the same time, various Imps are seen filling the bleachers.
Paimon looks around from the mirror and questions, "Is there a spot that's close to the front, but also far enough that I don't have to-" He then sniffs and gags, "Ugh- smell the poor?"
Soon enough, Stolas, the butler, and Paimon in the mirror are in the otherwise empty bleacher labeled with a crude cloth sign reading 'GOETIA' in dripping black paint.
In the dark circus area, the spot light instantly lights up, revealing various circus Imps as they perform in the big top Two Imps in clown attire juggle, two more in the background perform spinning front flips into the foreground, and a female Imp does a handstand on a demonic horse as it gallops by the Goetia section of the bleachers. Paimon chuckles and claps within the mirror. There are also stilt-supported legs of an Imp to two clown Imps juggling while on stilts. A female Imp is seen walking and twirling on a tightrope in the background, holding a yellow umbrella as she does.
At the Goetia section, Paimon continues clapping and chuckling within the mirror. Little Stolas however, is clearly not having a good time. Then halfheartedly flick away a peanut that lands on his Grimoire.
Still the circus continues to perform. One Imp breathing fire, fire-breathing Imp atop an inverted Imp pyramid supported by a wooden stand. Two more Imps in the background leap through hoops held by two Imps in the inverted pyramid, land on their hands, then jump to their feet as the crowd cheers. A throwing knife flies across the ring, and sticks itself into a wooden board, right next to the hip of a female Imp shown to be tied to said board. The camera pans out to show the knife throwing Imp as the crowd cheers.
Young Stolas dejectedly slamming his forehead into his grimoire
Then the Ringmaster, Cash Buckzo makes an appearance. He actually looks a lot like Blitz, with the same red skin, yellow eyes, and body shape. However, his horn pattern is more triangular than Blitz's with black that stretches down the sides of his head to resemble sideburns. His fingers are thicker and black, his eyes have bags under them, his tail is mostly black, and he has a small white goatee resting under his chin. His stage outfit consists of a neon green and navy blue striped shirt with a ruffled white collar, baggy purple pants, black boots, a purple and neon green bowtie, and a faded lavender tophat with a neon green band around it.
Cash announces,, "Now, everyone's favorite thing about circus shit: the motherfuckin' clowns!
Then multiple terrifying clowns with glowing eyes leap out at the audience from behind the curtains. Cash laughs as they fly outward, terrifying the audience as they scream and pull away in terror.
Just then, up above, a small foot stepping on a pedestal board along with the sound of a bell jingling.
A child's voice calls out, "You ready, Blitzo?"
Then, the child called Blitzo gives the rope a quick tug and says, "Born ready!"
With that, both young Imps leap off of their boards and begin their flying trapeze act as the crowd cheers. Turns out, those little Imps are actually Blitzo and Fizzarolli when they're children, adn look different than they're adults.
Fizzaroli had a heart-skull marking on his forehead that resembled the one that is on Blitzo, Cash, and their associated circus performers. He also used to have red irises, yellow sclera, normal, non-digitigrade, biological arms and legs, and a pair of large asymmetrically striped black-and-white horns with bells attached. He is also wearing an orange clown nose. He is wearing a green body suit, with a red and black collar, a red stripe on both sleeves of the arms and legs, and red cotton balls at the front, and black boots with purple puffballs on it.
As for Blitz, it is shown that Blitzo lacked the white blotches on his body that he has in adulthood. He also lacked the back spikes under his nape and on his back, as well as the two stripes near the tip of his tail that he has as an adult. He is wearing a pink shirt, with two different purple color overalls, and black boots.
The two little Imps fly across the circus, and soon swing past the Goetia section of the bleachers. Stolas looks up in awe and then blushes to see Blitzo up close. Then watches the performers swing past them. Blitzo then lands on the ball as Fizzatolli swings away.
As he lands Blitzo shouts, Haaaaa! Tada~!" and laughs as he jumps off the ball.
Stolas quickly shakes off his awestruck and looks at Blitzo.
"Heya, folks! Wanna see me make a horse?" Blitzo says and takes out a green balloon.
Blitzo then blows it up and attempts to tie it into a horse shape, but the appearance is an incomprehensible knot, and pops immediately after.
Blitzo's eyes wide in surprise, "Crap."
Blitzo then continues to pull out balloons and attempt to make a horse, but the same results happen. He soon grows worried each time his balloon pops. At one point, the balloon somehow appears as a normal oval-shaped balloon. Blitzo is surprised, but the balloon pops nonetheless.. The audience looks dead silent and unimpressed as Blitzo keeps trying and failing at making a balloon horse.
" De-de-de-de-do-do-do-do- Ah, heheh," Blitzo says nervously.
And finally, "Horse!" Blitzo makes a horse, but it doesn't have any legs.
Blitzo is disappointed, but decides to improvise.
He tries to smile and says, "Well, heh. It was a horse, but then it ate too much sugar and its legs stopped working so he had to amputate. Now, it's a gross worm horse."
Stolas begins to laugh softly, and is clearly impressed by the joke.
Blitzo points at Stolas and says, "See? He gets it. Because, horses - they make no sense."
Just then, Young Fizzarolli comes in with a red balloon, "Okay, Blitzo, that's enough horsing around!"
Then makes a balloon horse perfectly, "Hey, everybody! Look at this" Then present it to the crowd. "It's Banana Pudding the clown horsey!"
He makes a neighboring noise and the crowd laughs while Blitzo looks down sadly.
At the Goetia seat, Paion continues laughing and clapping.
Then Stolas says, "I liked his broken horse joke, it was funny. Their legs do stop working when they eat too much sugar, it's called laminitis."
Paimon looks down at Stolas' curiosity as the little owl demon makes hooting laughter. It doesn't take long for Paimon to see that his son has taken an interest in Blitzo.
After the show, Cash is drinking backstage as he sits in on his bed. Then notices the butler walking in with Paimon in the mirror.
Paimon says, catching his attention, "What a show! That was real great. So, ahem that little clown you have my son really enjoyed that one, I was wondering if I could buy him."
"Buy him?" Cash says, confused.
"Purchase him, yes. Accurate," Paimon says.
Paimon claps his hand, and the butler presses a button on the mirror handle. The mirror stretches towards Cash, catching him by surprise
Paimon scratches his hand, "My son doesn't have any friends, you see, and he liked the little clown boy. It's his birthday, he's so sad and I don't want to deal with him. Can I write a check?"
"Well," Cash says, rubbing his chin and smirking, "Fizzarolli is a big draw. He has a few more shows to be in today, so it would be pretty expensive," and rubs his thumb and finger together in a gesture.
But Paimon chuckles and says, "No, no. The other one."
"Blitzo?" Cash asks in shock.
"Correct. How much?" Paimon says.
"Wha- Well, he's my son. So… uh," Cash replies, thinking and rubbing his chin. "Hm… ah, how much ya got in your pocket?"
The butler digs around in his pocket and presents a crumpled-up $5 bill and an unopened condom.
"A wadded-up five and a slim-fit condom," Paimon says.
"Ah, that's plenty. Done," Cash says, shrugging his shoulders.
"Splendid! Fetch him for me and we will be on our way," Paimon says as the mirror retracks.
Piamon claps his hands and portals out, destroying half of the tent.
Sometime later, Fizzarolli and Blitzo are playing with their balloon horses together.
Fizzarlli starts, "I'm Banana Pudding, and I like to dance!"
Then Blitzo "I am Worm Horse. And I…I am sad!
"Why are you sad, Worm Horse?" Fizzarolli asks.
"Because! I have no legs!" Blitzo says.
"Oh, well that's okay!" Fizzarolli says.
Then Blitzo dramatically says, "I lost all my legs in the war."
Fizzarolli gasps, "The war?!"
"Yes! The Great. Pirate. War!" Blitzo says.
Deadpan, Fizzarolli says, "No, no pirates."
But Blitzo continues dramatically, "It's a great pirate warrr!"
If you keep talking about pirates, I will punch you," Fizzarolli says, exasperated.
"I fought bravely, but I could not run fast enough. They took my legs, there was blood everywhere!" Blitzo says.
Fizzarolli laughs, "Oh, no! Eww, no blood! Blood is disgusting."
"No, it's cool!" Blitzo says, and lets out a chuckle.
"Well, Banana Pudding is here to save the day with his magical feet he dances around with. He will dance all over worm horse and make him feel better," Fizzarolli happily says and has his balloon horse dance around Worm Horse.
"and theeen," Blitzo dramatically pauses, "There'll be more bloood!" and squirts ketchup on his balloon with a maniacal laugh,
"Blitzo! That's so gross!" Flizzarolli says, laughing, "Stop."
Blitzo dramatically shouts, "Neverrr!"
Just then, Cash appears behind them, grabs Blitzo by his arm, and pulls him up.
"Boy, I've got a job for you! You are gonna spend the day with one of the Goetia princes," Cash says, and drags Blitzo away.
"Ew. Why?" Blitzo questions, not interested.
"Because money!" Cash says, "Now, listen carefully. You are being bought out to be his playmate, but I want you to steal as much from those rich fuckers as you possibly can."
Blitzo becomes scared to hear what his dad wants him to do and says, "Steal? But, what if I get caught?"
"Don't you want your family to be able to buy a bigger tent? better food? don't you want to be able to help me and your mama out?" Cash questions.
"Of course I wanna help mama!" Blitzo says,
"Then, you gotta do this. Everything those rich fucks have will be worth a fortune," Cash says, and hiccups.
Blitzo soon begins to feel doubtful about it, "But, if I'm caught - I'm scared, dad."
"There are scarier things, aren't there, son?" Cash questions.
"But -" Blitzo says, but sees his dad give him the sad eyes.
Feeling defeated, Blitzo says, "Yes, papa."
Sometime later, Cash takes Blitzo over to the Goetia mansion to see Piamon, his butler, and young Stolas in front of their home. Blitzo takes his arm away from his father and looks to see the young prince. Stolas shakes his head as his cheeks blush. Blitzo is a little skeptical about it."
Paimon says to Stolas, "Here is your new friend my son, happy birthday.
"A friend?" Stolas asks, excited.
"I guess?" Blitzo shrugs his shoulders and introduces himself, " Hi, uh, I'm Blitzo.
"I'm Stolas," Stolas says and bows, "It's nice to-"
But interrupted when his father smacks him on the beach of the head.
"Ouch!" Stolas yelps and rubs the back of his head.
Then kneels down to his level and sternly says to him, "Don't bow to that one! He bows to us. Idiot."
"Oh, right. Sorry, father," Stolas says.
Piamons stands up and says to himself, "I'm so good at daddy-ing!
Later on, Stolas and Blitzo are inside the library, sitting on the floor surrounded by the books. Blitzo groans in boredom.
Stolas excitedly shows Blitzo his books, "This is my book on the difference between frogs and toads, there's a lot of differences! And this is my book on plants and herbs! Did you know plants can hear you?"
Having enough boredom, Blitzo stands up and says, "Plants are boring! This is all boring stuff!"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Stolas says, dejected, "I've never had a friend to share my books with."
Just then, Blitzo has an idea, "You know what would be fun? A game. Let's Play 'Treasure Hunt'."
"What's that?" Stolas asks.
Blitzo grabs a feather and pretends it's a sword, "It's where we pretend we are pirates and we go around the house collecting all the nicest things" and grabs one of the books as he climbs up a stack of them, "and then we throw them out the window!" and throws the book aside.
"We…throw them out the window?" Stolas asks, doubtful of it.
"Yes," Blitzo says, confidently.
Stolas then asks, "Since when did pirates throw things out windows?"
"Since like, the dawn of time," Blitzo says, and jumps off the books, "Come on, pirates are always throwing stuff out windows."
"I don't think they had windows," Stolas replies, still not convinced.
"What, did a book say that?"
"Yes, actually!" Stolas says, and brings out two books.
One of them is titled, "Pirates" and the other is titled, "The Porthole Myth".
"Several," Stolas adds.
"Well, in this game-" Blitzo says, grabbing the books, and chucks them, saying, "We're throwing them out the window. Because, it's fun!
"Well, that's an odd game," Stolas replies.
He gasps and sure, "Is this an Imp game?"
"Suuure. Why not?" Blitzo replies, shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, if it's what you want to play?" Stolas replies.
"Let's do it!" Blitzo says, wrapping his arm around Stolas, causing him to blush.
And so, the boys begin to run down the halls. Blitzo holds a bag as he stuffs anything he can find inside.
He sprints ahead as he calls out, "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!"
Stolas runs after him, panting a little.
Blitzo and Stolas continue to find all kinds of treasures and expensive looking stuff. They practically climb on the shelves, and almost hurt themselves in the process. They even ride on the rolling ladder across the shelves. They practically stuff a lot of stuff in the bag from various places. They soon run down the hall and stop to see the shiny chandelier. Stolas walks around as he slides his hand across the crystals. Blitzo ends up taking a piece. The two friends cheer and shout in excitement as they play around the chandelier and lie on their backs giggling.
Sometime later, Blitzo and Stolas run by the balcony giggling when Blitzo hears whistling noises. Blitzo runs up to the edge of the balcony with the bag of treasure. Then his dad pops out of the bushes below. He makes gesture hands 'throw to me.' Blitzo looks behind him to see Stolas, bouncing on the stool trying to reach something. Blitzo lifts the bag up and throws it back down to his father, and he ducks back into the bushes.
Suddenly, Blitzo hears Stolas calling out to him, "Blitzo, over here!"
Then Blitzo runs back inside to play.
Soon after, Blitzo and Stolas are sitting outside by a tree. Stolas is sitting on the root of the tree reading his book while Blitzo is climbing on the tree. Blitzo then falls out of the tree, hanging by only his tail.
Curious, Blitzo asks, "So, what is that, your diary?"
"No, this is my new grimoire!" Stolas answers, and shows him the book, "It's a spell book! I have to learn it so I can access the living world!"
"The living world?" Blitzo asks in amaze, "Like the world with humans and stuff? Where the sinners come from?"
"Mmhmm," Stolas nods.
"That's cool!" Blitzo says, amazed.
He then climbs down the tree and sits next to Stolas.
Stolas says, "Yes! I'm supposed to use it to study the sky!"
"Why?" Blitzo asks.
"My dad says I can find prophecies, but I don't really know. But, I'm supposed to, that's what my job will be when I grow up. To join the rest of the Goetia family," Stolas explains.
Then Blitzo says. "Well, you know what I'm gonna do when I grow up?"
He then climbs up the tree as he explains, "I'm gonna run my own circus and I'm gonna be the most famous Imp ever and I'll be able to do what I want to do, all day!"
Then climbs until he stands on the thick branch of the tree, "I'm gonna make so much money and buy myself a big building, with a big office!"
"A big office? For a circus?" Stolas asks.
"Yeah! A big office!" Blitzo says. And continues as his eyes sparkle, "Circus business with clowns and horses! And the horses will all have good names like Stapler and Biscuit Queen."
Stolas giggles and says, " 'm sure you will. That sounds like a good business."
"Yeah! And, if you want to apply, I'll hire you," Blitzo says.
He thinks a bit and says, "Maybe."
Stolas laughs, "You'll hire me?"
"Yeah, if I feel like it," Blitzo replies.
"Well, I hope I qualify," Stolas says as Blitzo jumps down from the tree.
Stolas giggles and says, "You'd be a good boss."
"You say that with sarcasm, but I totes would," Blitzo says with confidence.
Soon, the two laugh together with big smiles on their faces.
25 Years Later:
Stolas wakes up feeling dejected. He sits up and groans as he gets out of bed. He soon dressed in his burgundy robe and hoes to his boudoir. He brushes back his feathery head, and takes a bottle of pills. Then he walks to the library and opens up the grimoire and sees the magic floating out of the book. Unknown to Stolas, Blitzo, who is grown up as well, peeks through the window to see the book. He tries to open the window, but it won't budge. Stolas soon closes the book and walks away as he lets out a yawn.
Stolas walks down the halls as a Stella's voice muffled, "Yes, together we're-"
Stolas opens a door that has three stars on it to see Octavia sleeping in bed, which harms his heart. He then gently closes the door so he doesn't disturb her.
Stolas walks in the kitchen and grabs a kettle, as Stella talks loudly on the phone, "I know still being married isn't a big enough occasion, but to be fair, it's no picnic being married to a boring stiff like Stolas."
Amnd turns to Stolas. Stolas tries to start a conversation, but she holds her index finger at him. Knowing she's on the phone, Stolas walks away and to the kitchen table to drink his morning beverage. He uses his magic to open the newspaper in front of him. He soon notices something particular in the paper. It reads, 'Not Divorced: Anniversary Party! Couples only.'
He turns to his wife and asks, "Stella, what in Hell is this?"
Stella turns to Stolas and answers, "Ugh, Stolas, you know I like throwing parties. Plus, it's true, so you know you can come if you want." And flips her hair feathers.
Stolas decides to drink his morning beverage, hoping to ignore what Stella has said.
Later in the ballroom of the Goetia mansion, the 'Not Divorce' Party takes place. Prince Stolas is taking a sip of his wine and looking around to see the Goetia demons dancing, and chatting. Among them is his wife Stella along with two other Goetia Demons.
Stella laughs loudly, "No, Stolas is terrible in bed. I swear to fuck, he just lays there staring at the wall, and I have to do everything. It's embarrassing." Then lets out a sign, "I'm glad two eggs fell out of me so I could stop pretending to want to fuck his scrawny twig ass."
She then drinks from one of her glasses, and tosses it behind her, and it smashes at the window. Her friends soon laugh with her.
Not far from the group, Stolas is simply standing and clearly hearing everything that is being said about him to his immense displeasure. Stolas simply turns to see Stella walking away with her two friends as they laugh.
Stella then looks directly at Stolas, "What a pathetic fucking man."
Stolas snarls and makes bird sound effects in pure anger.
Then catches a waiter's attention, "Do you have anything stronger than this?"
"We have absinthe, your highness," The waiter says.
Stolas places the wine glass on the trau and takes the skewers of mice, "Bring me all of it."
Then eat them all in one bite.
Stolas can still hear Stella's voice, "Poor people! Ugh, I'm so glad that they're not allowed into this thing. I don't want them anywhere near me." along with her laughing, "Can you imagine if you didn't have money?" and still laugh.
During the time, a different waiter brings Stolas a tray with a tiny shot and a green bottle of absinthe, and he pours a shot. But instead of taking the small shot, Stolas takes the entire green bottle and chugging it down.
Suddenly, someone calls out, "Stolas, Sir?"
Stolas turns his head and soon chokes on his drink and spits it out. He then coughs and clears his throat.
He finally says, "I'm fine!"
What Stolas sees are the two Hellhounds who are holding Blitzo, all grown up as well between the two. Blitzo seems to be covered a bit with dirt and a flower
The wolf Hellhound says, "We saw three intruders trying to sneak into your chambers and we managed to catch this nasty Imp, what should we do with him?"
Blitzo sheepishly smiles to see the Prince.
Stolas is a little surprised to see Blitzo
Finally, Stolas says, "Into my chambers, really? Oh, well, that is, concerning."
He clears his throat and says, "Leave him to me I will handle him accordingly." and starts blushing.
And so the two Hellfounds unceremoniously drop Blitzo to the ground. Blitzo rubs his back in pain as he sits up, then notices the Goetia Prince looking down at him.
"Follow me, Imp," Stolas says as he walks past.
Blitzo quickly follows. Blitzo looks around to see the many Goetia Demons around, and is a little nervous being here.
Soon, Stolas and Blitzo walk down the halls, and Blitzo notices the photographs. One is a picture of Stolas as a teenager, and is holding a mirror with another demon's appearance on it. The second one is the picture of Stolas and Stella, both of them have frowns on their faces. The last one is Stolas and his daughter Octavia, who was a younger age at the time. They seem to be happier in the picture.
Blitzo speaks up, "Look, I didn't mean to interrupt your whatever party. I was just trying to-"
But Stolas interrupts him, "Don't bother with excuses, I know why you were here."
Blitzo cringes, "You do?"
Stolas leads Blitzo into his dark private room, and closes the door.
"Yes, you are here," Stolas says, gaining Blitzo's attention.
Then poses against the closed door, "To ravish me, weren't you?"
"Uhhhhhh, you?" Blitzo asks, dumbfounded.
"Why else would you be breaking into my room? You could've asked to visit, you know, it's been a long time, but I have a very good memory," Stolass ays, walking towards Blitz.
He then claps his hands and the room's candles light up.
"Oh, yeah," Blitzo replies.
Then notices Stolas' grimoire on the top of the shelf, which is his main reason for being here.
Blitzo walks to Stolas and says, "Well, you know I figured since you're a prince and all it might just be easier to scale the walls and slip on in." and wiggles his eyebrow at him.
And says in an annoyed tone, "Certainly is easier than going through your fucking staff…"
"One would think you might be here for nefarious reasons, if you are sneaking in during the cover of night," Stolas says.
"Well, I wanted to crash the party, and it's always more fun, you know, to make an entrance," Blitzo replies.
"I recall how you enjoyed making an entrance!" Stolas says and walks towards the couch to sit down.
Blitzo does the same.
"So, over two decades since I last saw you. Are you still a circus clown?" Stolas replies.
"Oh," Blitzo says and laughs, "No, not anymore. No, I kill people now."
"Oh," Stolas laughs nervously and pulls away a little, "How afraid should I be?"
Soon, Blitzo looks at the grimoire and then back to Stolas.
"Well, I mean-" Blitzo says in a flat tone.
Then makes a seductive tone, "How afraid do you want to be?" and intertwines his fingers with Stolas'
Stolas begins to get flustered, confused if this is a joke or if Blitzo is being serious.
He gently moves back "Oh! Um, well. I, uh…You know, I was teasing. I don't really-"
"Yeah, you seem pretty tense," Blitzo says, and crawls towards Stolas, "How about I... help you out there?"
Stolas grows more flustered, ""Umm…"
Solas nervously runs away off the couch and Blitzo falls over.
"You know. This is, um, getting a wee bit… Is it hot?" Stolas nervously says, and pulls the collar of his cloak.
Stolas walks back as Blitzo steps towards him.
Stolas continues to step back as he says, "I'm starting to feel it getting very hot…"
Blitzo then slams Stolas against the bookshelf, causing it to shake.
Stolas nervously says, "Oh! What are you doing? I barely remember your name!"
The grimoire wiggles and falls to the floor. Blitzo tries to grab it but it bounces off his knee and falls to the floor.
Seeing the book on the floor, Blitzo utilizes the ladder to pull Stolas into a dip.
"It's Blitz," Blitz says.
While Stolas isn't looking, Blitz tries to grab the book with his tail.
Stolas nervously says, "Didn't it have an "o" at the end, like a clown name? I remember - oh!"
They both soon trip and Stolas stumbles back, hitting his back on his bed as the grimoire slides by it.
Blitz pins Stolas to the bed with a sigh, "Yeah, well. It's silent now, 'kay? So, call me... Blitz."
Stolas scoots backwards further up the bed, but Blitz pursues him.
"Okay, Blitzo, what are you doing to me?" Stolas asks.
Blitzo crawls over and questions, "What do you want me to do to you?"
"I, uh. Well-" Stolas tries to answer, but leans his head beside Blitz.
Blitz realizes that Stolas will be able to see his grimoire is missing. Without even thinking, Blitz bites down on Stolas' neck as a distraction.
Stolas lets out a moan of pleasure and begins to sweat a bit, "Oh my fuck! Oh, wow!"
He lets out another moan and falls back on the bed.
"You are so forward, Blitz!" Stolas says.
Ge begins to sit up as he asks, "Oh! What are we doing?"
At the same time, Blitz is on the other side of the bed, trying to pick up the book.
Seeing Stolas sitting up, Blitz jumps and pins him down, "N-no! Stay down, dammit."
"Oh?! So, you like to command? You like to be in charge, hm?" Stolas asks.
"Yeah, I sure do-" Blitz says, trying to reach for the book.
But Stola turns around on his stomach and bounces Blitz on his ass, and pulls him away from the book.
Stolas says to Blitz, ""Oh, so you're a kinky little imp, aren't you? Do you like it when I talk dirty to you? I want you to [CENSORED] me with your [CENSORED] imp [CENSORED] get it all the way [CENSORED] get it all the way through me, you [CENSORED]!" which is getting on Blitz's nerves.
Blitz is finally able to grab Stolas' head and turns around 180 and covers his mouth with his hand.
Unamused, Blitzo says, "Ew. Stop it."
"Yes, if that's what Blitzy wants," Stolas says, flirting towards Blitz.
Blitz turns to notice the curtains. He grabs the curtains from the bed poster and rips them to make stripes. Then tied one of them over Stolas' eyes so he couldn't see.
Blindfolded, Stolas says, "Blitzy, Oh, my! Yeees!"
Then Blitz ties Stolas hands and feet to the bedpost on the bed, and does it pretty tight.
"Oh, I've never had anyone want me this way!" Stolas says.
But doesn't see Blitz jumping off the bed, taking the book and heading towards the balcony.
Stolas continues to talk and says, "You have no idea how long I've craved this kind of passion, and how much it means that the one who wants me is ... my first ever friend!"
Blitz stops and looks back towards Stolas, and is a little surprised that Stolas remembers that they both used to be friends. He looks at him and back at the book.
Blitz sighs to himself, "Alright, fine." He inhales and says, "I can do this real fast."
The Morning After "Real Fast":
Stolas is asleep in his bed, but startle awakes to hear a loud thud coming from outside. Stolas puts on his robe and walks outside.
As he walks out, he hears Blitz says, "Sorry, I fucked your husband.
Stolas looks down to see Blitz scrambles off the table and leaves, unaware that he has the book. Stella and her two friends are covered in cake that Blitz has fallen on and splatters.
Stella looks up and screams in rage, "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT, STOLAS?!" and smashes her wine glass to the ground.
Stolas yells from the balcony, "THAT was the sound of a FUCKING DIVORCE!"
He then tears a celebratory "Not Divorced!" banner to just say "Divorced" and laugh triumphantly.
Now:
Stolas blinks his eyes slowly as he wakes up, groaning in pain. Stolas is lying on the ground with a bottle of absinthe and still wearing his outfit from Ozzie's, but his mascara runs down his cheeks. Stolas quickly sits up and feels like he's getting a headache. Stolas lets out a groan as he walks towards the sink. He then reaches for his Happy pills, but knocks it down by accident. He takes a piece in his claws and takes the medication. He then turns on his phone and scrolls down his photos, which are a series of Blitz or things related to him. And soon, Stolas begins to sing.
Stolas:
Owl in a cage
Stolas then tosses his phone aside.
Then Stolas walks to the bookshelf. He stands on the ladder and pushes it to roll across the shelf.
Stolas:
You show your age
Your sweetness has run foul
Then he walks away from it.
Stolas:
Without a change you're lost, exhausted
By your time on stage
Then Stolas' cloak begins to flow.
Stolas:
Then you walked in my room
And light sparks in the dark
A diamond appears in Stolas' hand before he lets it fly into the sky, and explode into stars.
Stolas:
Life was suddenly thrilling and new
What between you and I
The stars fall like shooting stars, and a silhouette of Blitz appears.
Stolas:
Just a comfortable lie
And soon it all disappears.
Stolas:
I'm the fool who believes when you look in my eyes
Stolas then takes out a book from the shelf and looks to a specific page that has the word 'Asmodean Crystals' and seems to have pictures of stones, some in a necklace or a bracelet.
Stolas:
Prince, all alone, upon your throne
Stolas then tosses the book on the bed and remains on the page he has it on.
Stolas:
Your power is so frail
Stolas then opens the door to the balcony and walks out.
Stolas:
You raise your voice
You have no choice
Stolas takes steps outside and reaches his hand out towards the sky full of twinkling stars.
Stolas:
Inside your gilded jail
Stolas lowers his hand as he continues to look at the night sky in sadness and regrets.
Soon, Stolas hears footsteps, and reveals to be Stella walking up behind him.
Stels walks over and demands, "The fuck are you doing?"
"Reflecting," Stolas answers, without looking back.
"Well, stop. It's annoying to hear you screeching your silly woes all the time," Stella says.
Stolas turns around to face Stella and questions, "Why are you still here? You leave with Via on weekends, but then you stay around the house despite everything."
Stella steps forward with a smirk on her face, "I like tormenting you. I want to keep reminding you of what you did."
"I know what I did," Stolas says, sounding upset.
Then says, "I would feel bad if I hurt you, but we both know I didn't do that. You and I were arranged for one reason; to birth a precautionary heir to the Goetia family, nothing more. I tried so many years to make it comfortable for us; to have this family, but it was never enough. The only reason I have endured your constant insults and cruelty was for our daughters to have a normal life, and I couldn't make it possible for one of them after what happened sixteen years ago."
Solas remains silent, and shows he is at his limits.
Then Stolas says, "" ...I cannot do this anymore. I want you out. Now."
"What do you mean, out?" Stella questions, bitterly.
"I mean out! Out of this palace, out of my life! We are getting The Divorce!" Stolas shouts, upset.
This makes Stella furious, "How dare you?!"
She steps forward as Stolas shrinks backwards, looking slightly frightened at her, "What do you think the rest of the Goetia family will think?"
Then moves her hand towards Stolas to back hand his face, "Andrealphus-!
But Stolas grabs it and angrily says, "I don't care what your arrogant brother thinks! And the only thing the Goetia family wanted from our marriage is already 17, both of them are. So, it's over! I'm DONE!"
Stella stares intensely, then pulls her hand away from it in- silent rage.
Despite being enraged, Stella calmly says, "Fine. I have no desire to stay in the place of a traitorous embarrassment. You have fallen from what little grace you had, and I know you'll pay for it."
Stella begins to walk away as Stolas stares at her, but notices that she stops for some reason.
Stella sighs and says, "So then… you know, don't you? About Amara… About who she really is?
Stolas sternly stares and asks, "So you know as well, don't you?"
"About Amara being our daughter… Yes, I know. She has your eyes and your face," Stella says.
"But she also shares plenty of your features, especially her white feathers, And yet, she also inherits my magic, and developed a bit of her own. And most of all, she has that pendant. I recognized it anywhere, I gave those pendants to Octavia and Maribelle for their first birthday. A month before… the incident…" Stolas says, and tears begin to run down his face, "And despite you and the other Goetia have given up, I didn't. I tried so long to find Maribelle or the ones who stole her, but it wasn't enough. And now, after all these years, she found her way back home, but I didn't tell her who we are because of how much she suffered. I want her to feel comfortable around us, to know that she doesn't have to keep suffering anymore than she has to. I failed to protect her all those years ago, and I promise myself to never let this happen again when I know more than ever that she's our daughter. I promise myself to not let her suffer anymore."
Stella remains silent as Stolas finishes his statement, and begins to walk away.
Then Stella calmly says, "Good luck trying to get Maribelle to come back, you're going to need it."
Then Stella walks away, and leaves Stolas alone on the balcony. Stolas lets out a sign as he collapses onto the balcony. Then looks up at the sky with remorse, regret, and sadness.
