Yunan's war journal, it has been 120 days since the Day of Unity and my imprisonment in this enclosure. Out of all the prisons I have been in, this is one that I hate. Don't get me wrong, I like spending time with Eda, Lilith and King, but it's no fun when they're not trying to kill me. That's what made prison tolerable for me in Amphibia, the chance of being killed pumped my adrenaline. But, I'm getting used to this. Anyway, the Clawthornes found out that I had been bathing in the cauldron and they were pretty pissed about it but they got over it as I found a small pond to bathe in. During my imprisonment, it gave me the time to work on some stuff I've been wanting to work on for a while. For example, I wrote a draft for a graphic novel series with 18 stories about a female newt who needs to do a bunch of random things including kiss her best friend in order to save the future. But the problem is, her best friend is dating a rich girl. So, comedic shenanigans ensue. King has still been the Collector's plaything for these last few months so nothing much has changed in that department. Besides the fact that we are now eating pizza bagels thanks to my expert heist skills. Once again, nothing much has changed so things might get a bit boring for the next….I don't know, four months if this continues.
In the Collector's throne room, the Collector and King had returned after another day of playing the Owl House. They jumped off the star with the Collector performing a giddy bounce.
"Woo wee! What a day!" The Collector exclaimed happily. "That was another fun adventure of The Owl House!"
King kicked what appeared to be some water off of him. "I don't know Collector, the Beach Day adventure was a little more intense than I thought it would have been. I mean, I almost drowned."
"Yeah, sorry." The Collector rubbed the back of their head, bashfully. "I got a little carried away."
"Well, I had to find out that I'm immune to the boiling waters eventually." King remarked.
A drunken Terra walked in scratching her gut while drinking some very hard apple blood. "Uh…"
"Hey, Terra!" Collector appeared in front of her. "Are you okay?"
Terra blew a raspberry. "I'll tell you when I had enough hard to drink!" She drank more apple blood. "I need to…To….To get into character as that drunken bitch somehow."
The Collector narrowed his eyes at Terra. "Terra! What did I say about naughty language?"
"Oh, go f…"
Odalia summoned an oracle spirit to block her from attacking the Collector. "Now! Now! Terra, that is not very nice." She walked in with a tray of pizza bagels in her hand.
"Oh, go….Go….Go make out with….With….More inventors with bad hunches….You….You….You….You…" She blew a raspberry instead of coming up with a good insult.
Odalia placed the tray on a table that the Collector summoned and began to assist Terra out of the throne room. "Come now, Terra. Why don't you lie down?" She began to aggressively whisper. "Unless you want to end up like the others, then I suggest we do everything I say."
"Oh…..Bugger off, Odalia!" Terra demanded.
Once Terra was out of the sight, the Collector cheered. "Yay! Pizza bagels!" They shoved a handful into his mouth and made a moan. "Mmmm! Cheesy and saucy. Just the way I like it."
They summoned a chair for King and he sat down so he can eat his dish. "Oh, Collector. This looks appetising."
The Collector laughed. "It's just pizza bagels."
"I know, but still." He ate some and moaned. "Oh for the love of my species, this tastes awesome!"
"By the way, can we read some more of that story your newt friend wrote?" The Collector asked. "I'm really excited to learn who this Physician is."
"Of course." King responded. "I'm surprised you like them."
"I don't even do romance, but the romance in this particular story makes me interested." The Collector said. "Will they ever get together? I hope so! I hope Matt breaks things off with that mean rich girl."
"You know mean rich girl has a name, right?" King said. "And she isn't mean, she seems nice it's just…."
"She's mean because she is getting in the way of Halle and Matt's love!" The Collector cried. "And if there is anyone who thinks Matt should be with the rich girl then I shall destroy them!"
"You mean turn them to puppets?" King asked.
"No! Blow them up and then put them back together again." The Collector replied. "Like so." He summoned a toy rabbit, broke it in half and then put it back together again. "See?"
King looked nervous at the threat. "Right." He then looked away nervously. "I should probably not tell the Collector that."
Back in the enclosure where everyone else was hanging, Eda was drinking her elixir, Lilith was stirring the liquid that was in the cauldron while Yunan was chatting with Pacifica's grave and a Lady Olivia made entirely of rocks they found.
"And that is the end of episode five." Yunan said. "Will Matt and Halle end up together? We shall see." There was some silence. "Oh, I'm glad you liked it my dear, Lady Olivia. Come here, you!" She began to kiss the top rock, but the force of her kiss caused its head to fall off. "Nooo! I decapitated Olivia!" She then turned to the grave of Pacifica. "I'd ask if you're available, but you're dead."
"Please stop talking to things that aren't alive, Yunan." Eda said. "It's freaking us out."
"Yeah, we're here." Lilith pointed out.
"Oh! Did you get the time to read my stories?" Yunan asked. "I've been meaning to do something healthy when I return to Amphibia and settle down with my darling Olivia. So, I thought, why not writing."
"I expected you to write something violent." Eda remarked.
"No, that's the old General Yunan! Scourge of the Sand Wars! Defeater-"
"Stop!" Lilith interjected. "We know who you are!"
"Right, sorry." Yunan said. "By the way, did you two get the chance to read my stories? If so, tell me how you feel about it?"
Eda and Lilith gave her a look before shrugging their shoulders. "Meh." The sisters said simultaneously.
"Meh?" Yunan responded with disappointment.
"M-E-H." Eda spelled. "Meh."
"I mean, I've read worse." Lilith said. "I read some of Amity's Good Witch Azura's fan fiction out of boredom that was way worse than your stories."
"But what's wrong with them?!" Yunan asked with disappointment. "I worked so hard!"
"Firstly, it feels a tad rushed." Eda said. "Like, I feel I'm not getting enough time to know Halle or her family or her relationships with everyone. Also, the Physician is clearly the daughter of Halle and Matt. I mean, of all the random things Halle needs to do to save the future, kissing her best friend is one of them. Unless, it's the ensure that they both fall in love so the Physician may exist. It's like a kid friendly version of that R-rated action movie I saw one time. The Manslayer."
"Also, there are two things I hate about romance stories." Lilith said. "The will they/won't they and the love triangles."
"But will they/won't they's are exciting." Yunan argued.
"There is no tension because the protagonist and the love interest are obviously going to get together in the end." Lilith said. "And the love triangles! Uh! I hate love triangles! They're just lazy excuses for unnecessary drama and unnecessary conflict and is just an another part of the will they/won't they problem. It's obvious, they're gonna get together. Just speed it up!"
Lilith began to pant while Eda looked surprised. "Wow. For someone who has no interest in romance, you sure do criticise aspects of romantic fiction amazingly."
Lilith sighed. "I'm just tired of love triangles Edalyn. They always think they're good drama, but are just tedious and annoying."
Then King entered the enclosure. "Hey guys, what's happening?"
"They don't like my work!" Yunan said.
"We don't hate it, we just think it's meh." Eda responded.
"Well, you two may think it's meh, but you know who actually likes it?" King asked.
"You?"
King gagged. "Sorry, but romance is not my forte. The Collector."
Yunan grinned. "Ha! Thank you! Least someone understands art!"
"But I have to ask, how do you know so much about Human Realm stuff?" King asked.
"Oh, Master Marcy told me so much about it and in great detail." Yunan replied. "I at first tried to use her as a means to sleep, but she was surprisingly interesting." She then hung down her head as she realised that she didn't just miss Olivia, but Marcy as well. "Oh, what I'd do to hear her voice. Would any of your kids like my work?"
"Luz definitely would." Eda replied with a smile. "She is the biggest sucker for romantic conflict."
"Not surprised." Lilith remarked sarcastically.
"I hope my darling Olivia would love my work." Yunan said. "I only made this so I could have something healthy to do when we're together. She will be so happy."
Meanwhile in Amphibia, Lady Olivia had visited the Plantars to discuss to Hop Pop about being a part of the new democracy which he politely declined so they just decided to spend the night having a meal and relaxing on the porch.
Olivia and Hop Pop had slept on the porch together for a good while until she woke up from a dream. "Woah!"
Hop Pop soon woke up as well. "Something the matter, Olivia?"
"I just had a dream that my darling Yunan wrote something so…Meh." Olivia replied.
"Meh?"
"It's so meh that I want her to find another healthy option if we decide to live together." Olivia replied.
"Fair enough." Hop Pop responded.
