"It's cleaning day!" rang through the cottage as Elder Kettle opened every door behind which one of the other residents of the house was. Alicia was in the guest room with Blood and Cuppy while Varian was upstairs in the brothers' bedroom fixing their ceiling light. No one knew that today was cleaning day. Which is why most of them stared at Elder Kettle in confusion while he hoped with more vigor.

However, there was no trace of the group. It was as if an explanation was still missing before they got to work. Well, to be more precise, Elder Kettle decided to ask the others to go into the living room so that he could explain everything to them there before they were divided into groups.

The cottage didn't look very clean and really needed a clean. The garden too as there were leaves falling from the trees everywhere. One tree even shook a few more leaves on the ground as if it was dirt on a jacket that you could easily wipe off. Really great.

The group division was extremely important for Elder Kettle. After all, he didn't want to have the same experience as during spring cleaning when Cuphead had used too much detergent and turned the floor into a literal ice rink. Almost everyone slipped when they touched the floor in the living room while Cuphead was walking on it like he was wearing ice skates.

No, Elder Kettle did not want to repeat this mistake, so this time he divided everyone into groups and gave them different tasks in different areas. Alicia and Mugman were to take care of the leaves, rake them up and throw them in the organic waste garbage can. Blood took care of the individual bedrooms and cleaned them while Cuppy and Varian took care of the living room and cleared it of the many cobwebs. Elder Kettle took care of the kitchen as he honored it as his sanctuary.

Everyone was taken care of except Cuphead, who asked what he should do in the meantime. "Oh, you can take care of the attic," the young cup was less than thrilled. "Why do I have to go upstairs to the attic?" he asked. But he knew the answer himself. After all, the others had not forgotten what he had done. At least he couldn't do any damage up in the attic. Elder Kettle had a special task for him there that Cuphead couldn't mess up so quickly. In any case, he couldn't conjure up an ice rink up there.

Elder Kettle led him upstairs, down the hall past his own bedroom and that of the two brothers. At the end of the corridor, a cord hung from the ceiling long enough for Elder Kettle to grab without straining. He pulled on it and the flap opened and the folded staircase unfolded right in front of Cuphead's feet as he looked up into the darkness of the attic.

Cuphead swallowed nervously and was about to try to talk his way out. He wanted to swap places with Mugman but Elder Kettle didn't give him the chance. He had assigned him to go to the attic and there was no way out of it. Even when Cuphead tried to leave, Elder Kettle held him by the handle and pulled him towards him while he explained his task.

"Cuphead your job is as follows" Cuphead listened to him "I want you to clean up the attic and put all the items in the labeled boxes" Elder Kettle set him down in front of the stairs which Cuphead hesitantly walked up. After all, it was very dark up here. "Uh Elder Kettle I don't see any boxes here" Cuphead explained with the hope that Elder Kettle would let him go.

But Elder Kettle just stared at him in annoyance, said nothing and pressed the second switch on the wall to his left. The attic was brightly lit by the light and Cuphead now saw the boxes and the work that was still waiting for him. Things were lying all over the place, actually taking over the entire floor of the attic. From toys to books and old pots, everything that was no longer used was up here. Even Cuphead's old elephant plush toy, which was missing an eye, was up here.

Cuphead spat into his hands, rubbing tehm and set to work "Alright then, let's start with the stupid task" and took some things in his hands before putting them in the respective boxes. The toys were quickly gone. But the old saucepans and photo albums were heavier than Cuphead thought. His arms literally trembled as he tried to lift a photo album that was far too heavy for him.

But he didn't want to give up and decided to use all his strength to lift the photo album. He managed it but staggered back and forth before putting the photo album in the right box. "Why is it so heavy?" he asked himself and opened the photo album. In it were several photos of his family members and of Cuphead and Mugman when they were younger.

He kept flipping through the pages until a barbell appeared from the photo album with some photos of Elder Kettle's youth and of Cuphead and Mugman's uncle. "Oh, so that's where Uncle Tony's dumbbells ended up" Cuphead picked one up and fell to the floor with it as he tried to lift it but failed.

The muffled sound of the dumbbells hitting the ground could be heard both inside and outside the cottage. Alicia and Mugman heard it as they were in the process of shredding the small piles of leaves into a large one. "I hope he doesn't do anything stupid," Alicia hoped as she took part of the now large pile of leaves in her hands and threw it into the organic waste garbage can. "Wouldn't be the first time" Mugman mentioned as he also threw a pile of leaves into the organic waste garbage can.

While the two of them continued to work in the garden, Cuphead had tidied up half the attic and put the things in the right boxes. His work was almost finished. All he had to do was fill a box with the rest of the things with "Old clothes" written on it. However, some of the letters were missing or difficult to read. The L between the O and D was almost unrecognizable. C, T and E were also difficult to read.

Or that's what it looked like. But when Cuphead took a closer look, he noticed that the letters were covered by dust. So he wiped it away and the rest of the letters were visible again. But his hands were now covered in dust and looked dirty. As if he had touched something dirty. Well, the attic didn't exactly look clean. Apart from all the cobwebs, it was very dusty. "Ew, that's disgusting!" Disgusted, he knocked the dust off his hands, creating a huge cloud of dust that covered the entire attic.

He inhaled this dust unintentionally and began to cough as the cloud of dust slowly subsided. But then suddenly Cuphead heard someone else coughing. Confused as to where the coughing was coming from, he looked around and saw nothing at first. Shrugging his shoulders, he thought nothing of it until he heard the coughing again. This time it was even clearer than before. Curious but also slightly anxious, he followed the coughing to a box from which a small cloud of dust came out while the coughing could be heard.

He looked into the box and found a slightly dusted old gold-plated oil lamp. "Huh, what's this?" he asked as he picked up the object and looked at it closely. The oil lamp had various decorations on it. These were barely recognizable due to the dust, which is why Cuphead first tried to blow it away. But the dust stuck to it, so he rubbed the oil lamp with his hand.

But suddenly the oil lamp began to shake and flew out of his hand. Cuphead backed away, startled, as the oil lamp began to glow and smoke came out of it. This enveloped the entire attic, which slowly darkened due to the smoke. "What's happening?!" he asked in panic as something came out of the smoke. Or someone to be more precise.

A red muscular genie wearing a navy blue vest with white inside, and a turban the same color as his vest that has a red gem and a large white feather on it. Between his teeth was a cob pipe. He also wears black and cream arm bands and light blue pants. His shoes were traditional Arabic leather shoes whose toe had a curl. They were gold like the oil lamp from which the genie came. Cuphead twitched when he heard the screaming of the genie and got scared. That's why he hid behind a box as the genie grew bigger and bigger until he thundered his head against the ceiling of the attic.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh! OY!" said the genie as he rubbed his hurting head. This caused his turban to fall off his head and land directly on Cuphead, who had trouble taking it off again. The genie quickly realized that his turban was missing and searched for it while he heard a loud "Get that thing off my face!" and looked down at Cuphead who was trying to take it off. "Oh forgive me" said the genie as he grabbed Cuphead by the collar, lifted him up and easily removed the turban so Cuphead could see again.

He was sweating nervously as he sat on the genie's hand, who grinned at him in a friendly manner. Not because he had his turban back because of him, but because the oil lamp from which the genie came was still in Cuphead's hands. "Ah, I see you're my new master" "New master? What do you mean?" Cuphead asked, confused, as the genie sat him down on the floor.

"How long were you in that oil lamp?" the cup wanted to know as she looked into the spout of the oil lamp from which sand suddenly came out. The genie was about to answer this question when he suddenly heard a loud cracking sound coming from his neck. "Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck" the genie answered him before taking his head off his shoulders and shaking it like a cocktail shaker before putting his head back on his neck.

The neck pain was now gone and the genie was glad of it. Not only that the pain was gone, but also that he was free again and no longer in the oil lamp. "Whoa! Does it feel good to be outta there!" he said when the end of his ghost tip, or rather genie tip, turned into a microphone with which he now spoke. Amazingly, it sounded like there were speakers in here. "Nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen" said the genie turned his attention to Cuphead, who was still totally confused and didn't know what to say. "Hi, where ya from?, What's your name?" the genie asked him as he held the microphone in his face.

"Uh, Cu- uh—Cuphead" Cuphead said nervously into the microphone. "Cuphead!" said the genie as a neon sign appeared next to him with Cuphead's name on it. Some of the letters flickered or no longer seemed to light up before they lit up again when the genie struck them with his fist. Well, for a moment before all the letters stopped glowing and the genie, annoyed, made them disappear with a snap of his fingers. "Hello, Cuphead. Nice to have you on the show. Can we call you Cup? Or maybe just Cuppy? Or how bout'-"Cuphead is enough!" he interrupted him.

"Okay then Cuphead" said the genie. Cuphead, however, still wasn't quite sure if it was all just real or not. It was definitely not real. No way could genies exist. And yet one was standing right in front of him. No, that wasn't true. Cuphead must have been hit in the head somehow. He couldn't imagine it any other way. "I must have hit my head" he said. His gaze wandered from the oil lamp to the genie who was about to light his pipe when he noticed Cuphead looking at him. "Do you smoke?" he asked him. But Cuphead shook his head. "Mind if I do?" he shook his head again as the genie lit his pipe and a puff of smoke came out of his mouth. Cuphead caught it and coughed as he waved it away with his hand.

The smoke disappeared and Cuphead saw that the genie, still huge and taking up the entire attic, still standing right in front of him. "Say, you're a lot smaller and cuter than my last master," he said as he scratched his chin. "Either that or I'm gettin' bigger". the genie wasn't quite sure and stared at Cuphead apprehensively. Not because he was so small, but also because he was not worthy to be his new master. After all, he had escaped from his last master who still had one wish left.

"Wait a minute! I'm- your master?" asked Cuphead the genie. The latter gave him a diploma while Cuphead wore a diploma hat on his head that hung down crookedly and partially covered his right eye. "That's right! He can be taught! What would you wish of me..." he turned into Arnold Schwarzenegger "the ever impressive," suddenly he was trapped in a Dice from which he tried to free himself. "the long contained,".

He broke out of the Dice and held a ventriloquist's dummy which was very similar to Cuphead except for the color scheme and straw of course in his hand as he continued to speak "...often imitated" he threw the dummy away which disappeared in a puff of smoke "but never duplicated-" he parted and circled Cuphead with his clones. "Djimmi The Great!". He turned into Ed Sullivan as he continued speaking. "Right here direct from the lamp right here for your enjoyment wish fulfillment. Thank you!" said Djimmi as he either shook or high-fived the hands of his clones.

"Whoa! Wish fulfillment?" When Cuphead heard that, he couldn't believe it. "Three wishes to be exact" mentioned Djimmi as he showed Cuphead three fingers. This only made Cuphead ponder even more. "It must be a dream because genies never exist," so he closed his eyes and hoped that everything was back to normal. But the genie was still standing in front of him, waving his finger at him.

"Master, I don't think you quite realize what you've got here! So why don't you just ruminate whilst I illuminate the possibilities" Cuphead was confused when Djimmi picked him up on his hand and he suddenly started singing.

Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves

Scheherazadie had a thousand tales

But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeve

You got a brand of magic never fails!

While he was singing, Cuphead saw his shadow on the wall, surrounded by forty thieves with swords, who approached him until Djimmi appeared from Cuphead's sweater and knocked the thieves away. Cuphead was amazed until he realized that Djimmi really came out of his sweater, which scared him.

You got some power in your corner now

Some heavy ammunition in your camp

You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how

See all you gotta do is rub that lamp

And I'll say

Cuphead was in a boxing ring when Djimmi appeared behind him in the guise of a trainer wearing a towel around his neck while massaging Cuphead's shoulders. But then he turned into a firework rocket surrounded by more fireworks while he lit himself and handed the oil lamp to Cuphead in which he appeared and grabbed his hand with which he used to rub against the lamp.

Mister Cuphead sir

What will your pleasure be?

Let me take your order, jot it down

You ain't never had a friend like me

No no no!

A table appeared with a chair on which he sat while a menu appeared in front of him. Djimmi meanwhile wrote something on a notebook while he was dressed up like a waiter.

Life is your restaurant And I'm your maitre'd!

C'mon whisper what it is you want

You ain't never had a friend like me

Djimmi he seemed next to him and poked him several times in the stomach which made Cuphead laugh. A food hood appeared in front of him on the table that Djimmi opened for him under which was a freshly roasted chicken. Cuphead licked his lips as he was ready to bite into the chicken, which turned into Djimmi. This, in turn, frightened him. But Djimmi grew taller again and listens to Cuphead while splitting into four of his kind.

Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service

You're the boss, the king, the shah!

Say what you wish, it's yours!

True dish How about a little more Baklava?

Before Cuphead could say or do anything the four Djimmis took care of him in that one took care of his straw, one took off his gloves before giving him new ones that weren't so dirty, another changed his shoes and the last one wanted to give him a shave. But the chair on which Cuphead sat turned into a throne on which he now sat while behind him lay mountains of money and gold. With a snap of his fingers, Djimmi, who appeared behind the throne, conjured up food that Cuphead was about to eat until he turned over a wrapper from which baklava fell, taking up almost the entire room.

Try some of column 'A'

Try all of column 'B'

I'm in the mood to help you dude

You ain't never had a friend like me

Cuphead looked around as he was suddenly rescued from the pile of baklava and was now standing on a tray of food lifted from that very column. But he threatened to fall down until another column appeared and lifted him up. But even on this he did not stand for long and flew down until he landed on a large soft pillow that held a large Djimmi in his hand. He opened his mouth and his tongue became a staircase from which Djimmi appeared with the same tailcoat that King Dice wears only in white and a top hat on his head. He danced while two hands appeared that belonged to Djimmi and encircled him before crushing him until there was nothing left of him.

Can your friends do this?

Do your friends do that?

Do your friends pull this out their little hat

Can your friends go poof!

Well looky here

Can your friends go Abracadabra, let 'er rip

And then make the sucker disappear?

From a cloud of smoke appeared Djimmi who held his head and began to juggle with them while from them three more appeared. Before Cuphead knew it, Djimmi hurled them in his direction, causing Cuphead to start juggling them and having problems. But he managed to throw one of the heads at Djimmi's headless body before losing control of the others. But that didn't bother him because Djimmi turned into a magic hat while a hand pulled out a red rabbit with Djimmi's face that turned into a dragon resembling Grim and spat fire that Cuphead just managed to dodge.

"Do you hear that too?" Cuppy asked curiously as he sat with Blood and Varian in the kitchen, which was sparkling with cleanliness. The wolf and the fox lifted their heads as they stared in confusion at Cuppy, who looked up at the ceiling as if something was there. But there was nothing there. "What do you mean, Cuppy?" Varian asked before the front door opened and two voices could be heard. It was Alicia and Mugman. They also heard something coming from upstairs and were confused. "Is someone singing?" asked Alicia as she walked slowly up the stairs. "Yes, you're right, someone is singing," Mugman added as he followed her up the stairs.

They both ran up the stairs and followed the singing voice, which got louder and louder with every step. They couldn't recognize the singing voice. It sounded quite unfamiliar. But Alicia had other concerns. It could be the devil. After all, he could not only change his appearance but also his voice. After all, he had already shown several times in front of her that he was able to do this, transforming himself into a carny, a panther and a little girl and changing his voice.

Alicia already suspected that it was him or could be him. What's more, Cuphead was the only one on top and was therefore in danger. So Alicia didn't hesitate for long and ran to the folded-out staircase that was still open so that Cuphead could come down from the attic and went up it with the fear that the devil was standing in front of her with Cuphead in his hands while he was already offering to let the cup go if she signed his marriage proposal.

"Cuphead! I..." but when she reached the top she only saw Cuphead smiling nervously at her and hiding something behind his back. Tears of sweat ran down his face like a waterfall. It was as if he was trying to hide something from her. But what? "Cuphead?" She slowly walked up the stairs and towards him. Cuphead was sweating even more than before and swallowed nervously while Alicia stood right in front of him. "Hey Ali," Cuphead stuttered. Alicia stared at him in confusion. Why is he acting so strange? she asked herself before trying to look behind his back to see what he was hiding from her. "What are you hiding behind your back?" she asked, trying to look behind it.

"Uh... Nothing. Nothing at all Ali" he said and always turned around so that she didn't see his back but his face again and again. Okay, that's getting on my nerves "Cuphead what are you hiding behind your back?" She really wanted to know because she was worried and because she wanted to know who had sung. It couldn't have been Cuphead. His voice was never that deep.

He knew that she wouldn't accept his excuse that there was nothing behind his back. That's why he showed her his hands, which he had first closed while he opened them both and in which there was nothing except a few loose buttons. She shook her head and gave herself a face palm while saying to herself how stupid she was.

But then she saw how tidy the attic looked and praised Cuphead for his work while explaining that he could come down as the others were waiting for him in the kitchen. "Sure Ali, I'll be right down" Alicia grinned when she saw his salute and just shook her head. Cuphead exhaled in relief when Alicia was no longer within earshot or reach. The oil lamp which was in the back pocket of his pants with only the spout showing, wobbled briefly before Djimmi appeared out of a cloud of smoke in front of the young cup and asked him who the attractive young lady he had been talking to was. "Oh that's Alicia or Al or Ali as we like to call her" Cuphead answered his question.

Djimmi purred seductively like a tiger while his head turned into one. Cuphead was a little disgusted by this and stuck his tongue out at disgust before explaining to the genie that Alicia was already taken and married to someone else. Djimmi's tiger ears drooped, as did his lips. But that didn't stop him from asking Cuphead his new master about one thing. "So what'll it be, master?" he asked him.

Cuphead was confused until he remembered that Djimmi was a genie in a bottle and granted him wishes. "You're gonna grant me any three wishes I want?". Djimmi turned into William F. Buckley as he continued speaking "Ah, almost. There are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos".

This confused him a bit but Djimmi explained him everything he could not wish for. "Rule number one: I can't kill anybody" he cut his head off from his body while holding it like Shakespeare, sticking his tongue out "So don't ask" he put his head back on his body while explaining the next rule. "I can't make anyone fall in love with anyone else" his head turned into a pair of lips kissing Cuphead. He was disgusted. "Ew!" said Cuphead while Djimmi returned to normal and pulled on his cheek "You little punim, there". But Djimmi suddenly lost his colors while he spoke more and more slowly and deeply when he explained the last rule.

"I can't steal anyone's soul" Cuphead was a bit disgusted. "Ugh why would you wish for something like that?" he asked. Djimmi shrugged his shoulders "It's not a pretty picture and I don't like doing it!" His colors returned when Djimmi said this and explained to his new master that he could wish for anything else he desired. "Other than that, you got it!". But Cuphead wondered one thing "Are these rules that all genies have to abide by?" Djimmi already suspected that Cuphead would ask him that. "Unfortunately not" he sighed and continued to speak "We can set our own rules and well, I added the last rule because of my last master" he sat down on a box while he continued to speak.

However, Cuphead was more interested in who Djimmi's old master was and why he kept looking in and out of the attic as if he expected someone to be down there. However, Djimmi seemed to want to hide from him who his original master was. Apparently there was a good reason why Djimmi fled from him. But why is he here in the attic? Aren't genies supposed to live in dungeons, caves or ruins? That's strange.

However, Cuphead wanted to know how strong Djimmi really is and decided to play a little game with the genie without losing a wish. "Some all powerful genie can't even steal the souls of people. I don't know" Djimmi stared at Cuphead in confusion, wondering what his new master had planned for him. "I bet he can't even get me downstairs where the others are waiting for me" Djimmi scratched his head "Looks like I'll have to go out the window to-" Djimmi stared at Cuphead in confusion, wondering what his new master had planned for him.

"Excuse me? Are you lookin' at me? Did you wake me up, did you bring me here? And all of a sudden, you're walkin' out on me?" The more he spoke, the angrier Djimmi became. "I don't think so, not right now. You're getting your wishes so sit down!" He grabbed Cuphead and put him on a flying carpet that appeared under Djimmi and Cuphead. "In case of emergency, the exits are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, anywhere! Keep your hands and arms inside the carpet".

Several arms grew out of the genies body pointing in different directions. Cuphead grinned and was ready to fly. "Weeee'rrrrrrreeee...outta here...!" The carpet flew down the attic with the two of them and landed at the end of the stairs. Cuphead dismounted and was about to head to the kitchen when He suddenly realized that something was being packed into the back pocket of his pants. Confused, he turned around and saw the oil lamp with the spout sticking out of his pocket.

"Wait Master, there's one more thing I have to explain to you" Cuphead nodded as Djimmi looked out of the spout. "No one should know that you have a genie". "Why?" asked Cuphead, confused. "Because otherwise I'm afraid my old master will know where I am" he explained. Cuphead knew he had to hide Djimmi well. He was reluctant to let the genie meet his old master again. However, he knew that Alicia and the others should know about Djimmi. After all, he couldn't walk around with his full pocket without attracting attention.

"Understood Djimmi but you should still get to know the others" said Cuphead and went into the kitchen with the genie where the others were waiting for him and talking to each other. They were both surprised and shocked to see the genie. However, they made friends with him faster than Djimmi thought. They accepted him and explained that he had nothing to worry about. However, Cuphead asked him one thing."What would you wish for?" he asked Djimmi.

The genie looked a little perplexed when he was asked this question and pointed at himself with his thumb "Me? No one's ever asked me that before"the others wanted to know the answer. "Well, in my case, ah forget it" he turned around but Alicia and the others asked him. "What? No tell us" Djimmi turned to Alicia and looked at her with a "you're serious" look.

But she and the others wanted to know. "Freedom" he said and sat down on the floor. Cuphead walked over to him. "You're a prisoner?"asked Varian. Djimmi nodded with a sad look "It's all part-and-parcel, the whole genie gig" he grew to a gigantic size while his voice echoed "Phenomenal cosmic powers!" Mugman hid behind Alicia as Djimmi took over the entire room. Yes, he was huge and didn't seem as friendly as before with his pupil-less eyes. But he suddenly shrank and landed in the oil lamp while the lid spun in the air. Cuphead and Alicia looked into it.

Djimmi was stuck in it and said in a squeaky voice "Itty bitty living space" the lid fell on him while Djimmi appeared from the sink. "That's terrible" said Cuphead "The only way I get outta this is if my master wishes me out. So you all can guess how often that's happened" "Let me guess not too often?".

Djimmi's frustrated face answered Alicia's question. Djimmi hoped very much that he wouldn't end up in the oil lamp again. He wanted to be his own lord and master. That's why Cuphead decided to make a wish for him.
However, to take his mind off things, Mugman decided to show the group a newspaper clipping with a picture of a new attraction that appeared on the pier a few days ago. "The Tower of Terror" a kind of free fall attraction that looks like a tower. Only there were decorations and a warning written on it.

"Caution, danger of vomiting when riding this attraction" Okay, I'm definitely not going on this ride. Alicia was generally not a fan of roller coasters or the like and rarely if ever rode a roller coaster. Yes, she remembered the exact day she rode a roller coaster for the first time as a small child and couldn't stop throwing up because her father didn't think a whole cotton candy ride would upset her stomach.

That was a big mistake because Alicia definitely had to puke. Luckily we were sitting right at the back otherwise I would have thrown up on the other guests. Since then, Alicia has been reluctant to go on rollercoasters, even though she knew she shouldn't have gone on them as a child. Or simply should have done without the cotton candy. After all, she had thrown up because of it.

However, she was reluctant to spoil the fun for the three cups. That's why she decided to go along despite the bad experience. After all, she didn't have to go with them. "Hey Ali, do you want to come with us?" Cuphead asked her curiously with a smile, while Alicia just rolled her eyes and thought to herself. Really great.

Who was also very enthusiastic was the devil himself who could watch everything through his mirror and not only knew where the group was going next but also where his genie was who still owed him a wish. "Wonderful Not only do I know where my dearest Alicia goes with those dirty little annoying cups, wolf and fox, but also where my beautiful genie Djimmi is." His fingers ran slowly over Alicia's cheeks as if he wanted to caress her.

"But Djimmi can't force Alicia to love" Amnon interrupted him, standing with Henchman in front of the devil's throne where he was still sitting and looking in the mirror until he was interrupted. "What's more, the others seemed to know that you were the genie's previous master and will probably try to protect him," Henchman added. "I KNOW THAT!" roared the Devil. But he didn't want to give up. No, he would not be beaten so easily and had a devilish idea of how to get what he wanted most.

Arriving at the pier, the group decided to have a wonderful day. Well, they would if it weren't for the long queue at the entrance area that squeezed through the entire pier. Don't tell me they're all queuing for the new attraction. Alicia used her phoenix eyes to see better from a distance and saw that the queue went all the way to the new attraction. Really great. She wanted to give herself a face palm but then she remembered that they had a genie with them who might be able to help them out.

"Aw nuts, we can wait a long time!" said Mugman annoyed while his stomach growled like crazy. Yes, he was hungry. Hungry for funnel cake. "Well no wonder the new attraction has attracted a lot of people" Alicia pointed out.
She was right about that. After all, it was advertised in the newspaper and well, the name sounded very interesting. However, there was one big negative point. A few visitors walked past the group whose cheeks were greenish as they filled up like hamster cheeks and the group ran to the nearest toilets to relieve themselves.

"Ugh!" Varian was slightly disgusted by this and didn't want to go at all. "I agree with you Varian," Alicia agreed and stuck her tongue out in disgust while Blood just shook his head. The three cups, however, were all the happier to ride the attraction. If only there wasn't the absurdly long queue in front of them.

"Does the queue ever move?" wondered Cuphead, lightly nudging the elephant in front of him. However, the elephant was far too heavy to push and he pushed Cuphead back in annoyance. This caused the oil lamp to fall out of his trouser pocket and Djimmi appeared from it. "Maybe a wish could help here?" he suggested while Mugman took the oil lamp in his hands and thought about what he could wish for.

Unnoticed by the group, however, the devil appeared not far away from them and searched for them in vain. The crowd of visitors was too large for the group to find them. After all, he had already found three people who had black hair but did not resemble Alicia. Where is this cup? he asked himself and looked around. He looked around until he saw something.

A bright glow appeared from the queue and slowly moved forward. Bingo there you are! He followed it. Or so he wanted, but an elderly lady with a walking stick stood in front of him. She moved forward very slowly and this annoyed the devil so much that he pulverized the old lady out of sheer rage before she could say anything.
"Whoa okay that was unexpected" Alicia and the others floated further forward and were now suddenly standing in front of the queue. A sandwich kid was about to board when Cuphead appeared in front of him and sat down in the last carriage with Mugman and Cuppy. Alicia and the other two stayed outside so that the sandwich child could sit down.

What nobody knew, however, was that while the three cups were riding the attraction, the oil lamp fell out of Mugman's trouser pocket and fell straight into the hands of the devil, who had just reduced the next visitor in front of him to dust so that he could continue forward. He was just wiping his hands when it landed in his hands.

He stared at the lamp perplexedly until he shook his head and his tail wagged with joy. "Finally I have you!" he rubbed the oil lamp out of which came red smoke and finally Djimmi appeared. "You know Cuphead, I'm getting..." he turns around and sees the devil instead of Cuphead. "realyyyyyy- I don't think you're him" he tried to slowly disappear into the lamp "Tonight, the role of Cuphead will be played by a tall, furry, dark and sinister Demon" The genie tried to disappear even deeper into the oil lamp but the devil grabbed his vest and said with a devilish grin on his face "Hello my most faithful genie Djimmi, how are you?".

Djimmi nervously swallowed what he was about to say. He knew that there was nothing he could do now. The devil was his master again and he now had three wishes instead of just one. "Why so quiet?" the devil asked him as he pulled him close to his face and grinned diabolically at him.

"I am your master now!" Djimmi didn't really feel comfortable hearing that. Especially not when he heard the first wish. "I wish Alicia falls in love with me" said the Devil but Djimmi stoped and shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that," his grin was hard to ignore. But the devil didn't give up. "Then I wish...".

Alicia sat on the jetty and looked into the distance. There she saw some islands and ships. But nothing more. "Hmm seems to be one of those" Excuse me? Alicia turned around. Or she wanted to but Blood and Varian were already sitting next to her, staring into the distance while Blood put the treasure map in his belt pouch. "You got one step closer?" she asked him? "You could say that," the wolf confirmed and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's strange to see the sky like this without machines working on it" Alicia and Blood looked at Varian in confusion when he said that. "What do you mean machines have to work on it?" She knew Varian was from the future, but surely there had to be a sunrise and sunset in the future. Well, as Varian told her, there was a sunrise and sunset, but his city was under a cover and there was only artificial sunlight and therefore only artificial sunrises and sunsets. This surprised Alicia and Blood very much.

So much so that Alicia suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Blood and Varian looked perplexed and didn't know what to do. Even when the three cups returned, they didn't know what to say. The only thing that remained was a note with a familiar symbol on it showing the devil's head. "Alicia?" said Cuppy as he watched the smoke slowly clear. But there was no sign of Alicia.

The group already knew and suspected where she was. She was in the underworld in the clutches of the devil who sat on his throne with her and cuddled her. "My queen" caressed her cheek with his fingers while his other hand stroked her stomach. His tail was wrapped around her waist, preventing her from escaping. This really annoyed Alicia, who tried to free herself from his captivity. But she wasn't strong enough and couldn't free herself.

Oh no don't tell me. She turned around and saw his lips coming closer. She already suspected that he wanted to kiss her and ducked so that the devil would kiss his trident instead. Confused, he opened his eyes and quickly realized that he wasn't kissing Alicia but his trident. "Where is..." he also realized that Alicia was no longer sitting on the throne but was about to open the large heavy door that would take her out of the throne room. He didn't want to let this happen, so he flew towards her and pushed her to the ground with his right hand. "Let go of me!" she growled.

"You can't escape me, my love Alicia". She tried to get up but the devil only pushed her down even more. Alicia was not strong enough to fight him. She gave in and let him pick her up. "Come let's go to my, or should I say our, bed chamber" before she could say anything she disappeared in a puff of smoke and lay with him in his bed while he cuddled with her. She already suspected that he had the genie and was therefore even stronger. Escape brought her nothing, so what else should she do now? Sometimes I hate my beauty very much. She let a tear run and hoped that the others would find her.

Friend like Me - Robin Williams (Disney's Aladdin 1992)