"Ugh" Odwin woke up groggily already hating everything.
Minerva chirped, trying to help him wake up knowing how much he stays up late.
"Not the day, Minerva." Said Odwin scowling at his avian familiar before slowly getting out of bed. "I'll be with dad the whole day. My spirits will get you your food when you need it. If you want more, you can hunt for it without leaving the area owned by the family. We don't want a repeat of the conjuring incident."
The 4 winged eagle was clearly happy with this development, but before she could celebrate Odwin continued.
"Also, IF i call for you, make sure to be there or no snacks for a month" said Odwin as he left the room, causing Minerva's shoulders to fall. "And don't break anything."
Minerva knew not to question Odwin when he was angry. The book the guy writes the most in is filled with Eldritch horror like spirits and instruments of torture after all. So she just stared as Odwin slammed the door shut.
Meanwhile, Odwin was getting ready using magic as he walked to his father's workshop.
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"Hey, little bro" said Edric cheerfully "how are you feeling today?"
"Dead inside" Odwin replied in a gloomy tone
"All of this because your missing your time with Skara?" Asked Ed raising a brow in confusion
"I've waited years to put something inside my bard book...years, Ed, YEARS." Said Odwin angrily
"You're 14. It couldn't have been that long" deadpanned Edric as he opened the door to Alador's workshop.
Before the Odwin could reply, abomination sludge hit Odwin straight in the face as they entered the workshop.
Edric couldn't help but snicker at Odwin's misfortune before forcing himself to stop.
Odwin, who was already near the snapping point, burnt the sludge off his face using magic.
"Hm?" Alador turned to the sound of fire "Oh, you're here."
"Yes, we are." said Odwin in a less than friendly tone
"And we're not going to use any dark spells" said Edric, trying to keep Odwin from doing anything crazy.
"Dark spells?" Asked Alador raising a brow
"He saw one torture spell in my book and now he thinks I'm some psycho" said Odwin with a frown as he crossed his arms
"Torture, huh?" Alador thought about those words silently as Edric replied to Odwin
"No offense, Od, but you shouldn't have instruments of torture lying around so casually." Said Edric before he gestured towards his father who was currently opening a secret door in his workshop "look at Dad. He makes weapons, not torture machines-"
"Follow me" Alador said calmly as he walked into the secret passage
Od and Ed glanced at each other before shrugging and following their father.
Alador led his two sons towards a special room...filled to the brim with...
Torture machines.
"I spoke too soon" said Ed in shock as he stared at the sight
"Why do you have this?" Asked Odwin in confusion before a suit made from abomination goo caught his attention. Odwin used magic to see what it was and was shocked "is that an fire powered skin tight iron maiden abomination?"
"Yup" said Alador calmly
"That's SO EVIL!...I LOVE IT!" Odwin exclaimed happily
Edric couldn't speak, did being related to their dad corrupt Odwin's soul or something? Soon he finally found the courage to approach Alador.
"Uhh, Dad, How did you get into making...this?"
"Oh, i happened to see the numerous dark spells in Odwin's books and wondered why there are so many. So i tried making my own." said Alador calmly before approaching one of the torture machines and caressing it "and i must say, it's strangely..."
""Therapeutic"" Alador and Odwin said in union
'OKAY! WHO CORRUPTED WHO HERE?!' Ed wanted to scream, but kept it inside his mind 'this can't get any worse, right?'
"I know we're not the closest father and son, but would you like to build one with me?" Alador asked calmly
Odwin stared at his father with starry eyes "yes"
'Oh no, it got worse'
And thus, an unholy union between between father and son was formed!
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Em and Am hated this day to no end. They had to spend the whole day selling abominations to customers with the occasional marketing ideas.
""Ugh"" the two sister groaned in union
"I hate this so much" said Amity in frustration as she resisted the urge to punch something.
"I'm so bored, ugh" added Emira with a groan "do we really have to stand here waiting for customers all day?"
"So says mom" Amity grumbled
"Hey, wanna do something fun while we wait for a customer?" Emira asked as she poked Amity's cheek
"Ugh, stop. No, mom would kill us if she sees us slacking off"
Emira blew a raspberry before a mischievous grin made it's way unto her face.
Soon, Luz the "human" entered the building with a bright smile
"Amity! What are you doing here?" Asked Luz?
"What are YOU doing here? Today's supposed to be your first day at school." Said Amity worriedly
"Oh, the school day got cancelled. These weird bug things dug their way up from under the school and we had to leave." Said Luz?
"Did you get in?" Amity asked with a smile
"Yup, say hello to your new-" said Luz? Leaning in towards Amity before her face turned into a hideous monster's "CLASSMATE!"
Amity, freaking out, turned a nearby abomination into a snake and trapped the fake Luz in it's constricting grasp and crushed her to the point that she poofed
Amity was panting in fear and confusion before realizing what was going on. She slowly turned around to face her older sister who looked very proud of her little prank.
"Looks like Mittens has a soft spot."
Before Amity could properly rip her sister limb from limb someone spoke.
"That was amazing!" It was a customer "looking at that made me want to buy an abomination. Two, please"
Emira smiled at Amity causing her to sigh and smile as well. It was time to do some marketing.
Thus, an unholy- does it count unholy?...a union was born. A union that Odalia watched with great interest.
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Skara was worried. Odwin didn't show up to school and she didn't think he'd give up on their bard practice. Something must've happened.
Skara had decided to go to Blight manor to see if everything's okay. she didn't expect to see an entrance to...something and a whole lot of danger signs around it.
Skara thought it was some kind of joke or advertisement. After all, who'd put something so dangerous they'd have to put warnings around it IN THEIR FRONT YARD!
So, Skara went inside...not realizing that it was Odwin and Alador's joint work of hell.
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"I can't believe i helped you guys with this." said Edric with a giant frown "a giant maze made out of abominations and spirits filled with traps and illusions. How did we even finish this in less than a day?"
Odwin and Alador shrugged in union as a reply.
"I totally should've ditched you two" Edric lamented as he crossed his arms
"That doesn't matter now; the maze is complete. All we need to do is activate it" said Alador calmly
"While we're in the middle of it?" Asked Edric raising a brow
"It's because we're in the middle, Ed, that we're safe. Here we can control the whole thing with this control panel" said Odwin confidently before activating the maze "looks like it's working."
Suddenly, a scream was heard. The three Blights were confused before they heard music...Odwin easily recognized that music. It was Skara.
Upon realizing that Skara was in danger, Odwin ran outside the middle safe zone without thinking. Before he could get impaled by the wall, Alador jumped and knocked him under it.
"That was dangerous" said Odwin before another realization dawned on him "wait! The panel! Edr- oh no."
"What are you...oh... i left the safe space" said Edric nonchalantly "not my best idea."
"That's saying something considering your past ideas" commented Odwin with a frown
"Stick together, more traps will activate if we're spread out" Alador ordered with a frown
Odwin nodded and Edric sighed. Odwin used magic to tell Minerva to look for him.
Soon, the Blights saw the 4 winger eagle flying above them "Minerva! Guide us to Skara!" Odwin yelled out.
The three of them got ready to move in a few seconds and Ed spoke
"Even for me, this looks stupid"
"I wholeheartedly agree" added Odwin
"Sadly, it's our only option" said Alador tiredly
Alador was now holding both kids on his back using abomination magic to help him lift them...and with that, he ran. Odwin blocked and redirected traps while Ed used magic to to activate them ahead of time and Minerva made sure they were on the right track as she was able to see through the fake walls, traps and constantly changing maze.
Soon, they made it to Skara who was battling the maze using bard magic.
"Skara!" "Od?"
"What's going on? What is this place?" Asked Skara as she used her violin to redirect a claw that tried to grab her
Odwin got off from his father's back and spoke "Okay, long story short, Mom wanted family bonding and me and dad bonded over making this."
"That's...nice. Can you turn it off now?" Asked Skara with a smile as the traps finally died down
"...not right now, we need to get back to the center for that" said Odwin feeling slightly embarrassed about the situation.
"*sigh* i guess it's never that easy is it." Said Skara with a smile "lead the way!"
Odwin silent for a few seconds before answering "Well, there's a problem. I have to carry you there." He said with a slight blush causing Skara to raise a brow "the number of traps is...determined by the area occupied. It's why dad's carrying Ed and i don't wanna overwork him since he carried us all the way here and you can't use magic while carrying me so...please don't be mad."
Skara smiled "Can't you read my mind?" She asked as she rolled her eyes
Odwin smiled at her tone "I respect your privacy" replied Odwin before two laughed together.
After a few seconds, Odwin scooped Skara off the ground in a princess carry. Odwin and Skara both blushed, flustered from the situation.
After finally getting ready to head out, Odwin spoke. "let's go"
The four headed towards the core of the maze with Minerva as their guide. It was hard since now, the number of traps doubled, but the four prevailed and made it to the control panel which allowed them to turn the whole maze into a relatively small cube.
After all that, Skara spoke while still being carried by Odwin.
"Well, that was something" she said as she saw Alador put away the maze cube.
"Sorry for that, again" said Odwin in embarrassment "if it's any consolation, you looked very cool back there."
"Yeah, you too"
"At least Em and Am had it worse." Grumbled Edric with a frown
As if on que, Emira and Amity appeared looking very happy.
"Why do you two look so happy?" Asked Edric in confusion "you spent the whole day with mom."
"Yup, and guess what..." said Amity cheerfully
"She said she was proud of us!" Emira exclaimed happily
"WHAT?!" Edric exclaimed in shock
"Oh, hey, looks like Bun-bun's carrying his new date" said Emira teasingly
It was only then that Odwin and Skara remembered that he was princess carrying her.
Odwin flushed before he put Skara down as quickly as possible without having her fall in the dirt. Skara, in turn, took a few steps back instantaneously before approaching Odwin again.
Edric could only watch helplessly as Odwin was entering the realm of romance and his sisters overjoyed by their mother's once in a blue moon compliment.
The first thing he did was reach out to his dad to ask him if he was proud of him, but alas, Alador was already preoccupied with chasing a fairy.
In his realization that he had the worst experience in this day among his siblings, he was filled with hatred for one person. That hatred quickly exploded and he yelled out into the sky.
"CURSE YOU, BOSCHAAAAA!!!"
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