Sleep, this is usually what happens to a person when it is night time, and that they want to rest. When they want to sleep, they close their eyes, and go into a furniture that makes them all comfortable, mainly a bed. When they go to sleep, sometimes, inside of their head, they would experience a dream. Dreams can vary in a number of ways. There are good dreams, which make a person experience something inside of their heads that make them feel joy. There are weird dreams that are very bizarre and cannot be explained by what it is. And then, there are bad dreams, or nightmares, which are dreams that scare a person and make them awake. And even demon children are not safe from nightmare, such as in the case of a young single demon girl.
Inside of Hell, there is a mansion of the Ars Goetia, as well as the home of Stolas himself. The entire mansion, at night, it looked very beautiful, and even the inside of the mansion looked glorious in its own ways, besides the carnivorous plants that live in there. And inside, in another door, there is a cry, coming from the other side.
"Mummy! Daddy!"
In another room, there lies Stolas, who is in bed with his 'wife' Stella, who resembles a white peacock with 2 eyes, and has a rather...unhappy scowl present. Stolas opened his 4 eyes, they glowed in the dark, as he wakes up, and spoke out in a such a drowsy tone, as he had been awaken in the middle of the night.
"Mmph. Via's calling us, Stella."
But Stella, without care or concern, spoke back to her husband.
"You get up."
Stolas looks unhappy at Stella, but decides not to press further, and he becomes fully awake, and he goes to open the door, and close it softly, as to not wake her up. Stolas then hears a little bit of crying, making Stolas concerned, as he the. Goes to the door, in order to see where the cries are coming from. He goes inside, and he looks to see that there is a bed, colored purple with yellow stars, and the room is mostly pink. Inside of the covers of the bed, there is a lump. But the lump did not stay like this forever, as Stolas then spoke out.
"Via? What troubles you, my owlet?"
Then, a hand moved the quilt, revealing it to be a little owlet demon. She has a face resembling a Mask, similar to Stolas, but has 2 eyes, the sclera pink with white pupils, and has hair, or, feathers, that are grey in color, and are white at the tips. She wears a dress with pink sleeves, and is dark pink at the torso, with light pink stars all over it. She also has a dark grey bird tail that reaches down to her ankles, and appears to be at the age of 5 years old. She has a distressed look on her face, as tears of fear began to form from her eyes. This is none other then Octavia, the daughter of Stolas and Stella.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
Octavia cries out, as she climbed out of her bed and goes to her father's arms, as Stolas picks her up and cradles her in order to try and comfort her.
"I had a dream! A really bad dream!"
Octavia squeaked a little bit, as Stolas yawned a little, still a little tired, as Stolas corrects her.
"A nightmare."
Octavia, however, does not seem to hear that correction, as she continues to speak out.
"I was looking all over the palace, and... I couldn't find you anywhere! You weren't there!"
Stolas, seeing that Octavia is is not calming down, then tries to soothe her fear and distress, and summons his Grimoire with his mind, the book floating to his hand, as he spoke out.
"There there, Via, it's okay. You're okay. When you're scared, and you don't know where I am, you must remember..."
He then flipped the boom open, as he then spoke out what Octavia needed to hear from her father.
"No matter what happens to me, I will never be far away... from my special little starfire."
Stolas then began to use his power to open a portal, as he sung out his lullaby to Octavia.
Stolas: It always seems more quiet... in the dark. It always feels so stark... how silence grows under the moon.
Stolas then goes through the portal, Octavia in his arms, as Octavia looks, and sees that she is on a giant rock, stars all around her, as Octavia's eyes widened in amazement and awe, as Stolas continues to sing his lullaby to her.
Stolas: Constellations gone so soon. I used to think that I was bold.
Stolas walks on the moon, his bird footprints left a trail, like the footprints left in the hand, as he continues to walk in order to make Octavia feel happy.
Stolas: I used to think love would be fun. Now, all my stories have been told. Except for one...
Octavia looks around, her curious eyes look in the vast deepness of the Cosmos, and her eyes land on a curious object that is descending from the black void.
Stolas: As the stars start to align. I hope you take it as a sign that you'll be okay.
As Octavia looks, she sees that a meteor is descending to a star that is colored pink, almost as pink as the eyes upon her, and then, the meteor sinks into the molten surface of the big ball of fire, as Stolas continues to sing his lullaby, and Octavia, she began to feel sleepy and happy. Then, multiple planetary objects began to go into the star itself, even the moon that Stolas is on, as the moon shattered to pieces. But Stolas is not phased by it.
Stolas: And if the Seven Rings collapse...Although, the day could be my last. You will be okay. When I'm gone, you'll be okay...
Distant planetary bodies fly through the cosmos, pulled in by the pink star's incredible gravitational pull. They disintegrate upon impact and causes the star to explode in a powerful explosion that can destroy a solar system. But Stolas, he made a portal back to Octavia's room, as he slowly goes to her bed, and continues to sing out, this time a little older then before, as to drown some of the sound, and so Octavia can hear it.
Stolas: And when Creation goes to die...You can find me in the sky...Upon the last day...
Stolas then goes to the bed, and carefully puts Octavia onto her pillow, and pulls it over her, and Stolas smiled, seeing Octavia's face, before he spoke out the last of his lyrics.
Stolas: And you will be okay...
Octavia now sleeps peacefully, a content and happy smile on her face, as Stolas smiled himself, seeing that he has been able to make his own daughter happy once more. He then goes to the door, before he closes it, as he goes back to his room. Octavia lies in bed, happy for her father to be in her life. Unfortunately for her, however, that happiness will not last forever.
Currently, at what is now 12 years later, a grown Octavia is in her bed, which looks different, having an appearance resembling stars in the human night sky, now at the age of 17, her hair, or feathers, longer then before, and oddly, the white tips are gone for some reason, as she has her eyes closed, seemingly in peace at first, before a shouting was heard from Stella.
"I can't believe you slept with an imp, in OUR FUCKING BED!"
This disturbed Octavia, as her eyes snapped open, her pink eyes glowed in the darkness, as she wakes up with a bored, yet annoyed expression on her face. Stolas' voice can be heard, and is yelled back by Stella.
"It was unexpected! I didn't have time to go to a motel!"
"A motel?! Like a fucking Plebeian?!"
Octavia, annoyed and not wanting to hear her parents' shouting and arguments, as she has heard it countless times before, took out her earbuds, puts it on the sides of her head, where she can hear, and plays a song in order to drown out the chaotic voices from outside of her room.
My world is burning down around me
She then gets out of her room, now clothed with a black beanie and jacket, with a pink shirt that has yellow stars, black pants and brown boots, as a potted plant with what appears to be a more scarier and enlarged version of a Venus Flytrap, suddenly crashes down to the ground, but Octavia steps over it, almost as if she is used to this, her eyes half-lidded, as if she is used to this sort of thing so many times. As Octavia enters the other room, Stella grabs onto an Imp servant, screeching at Stolas.
"You want to fuck this one, TOO?!"
She then throws the Imp at Stolas, who dodged it and tries to defuse the whole situation.
"No, No! Of course not!"
But Stella does not seem to hear him, too blinded in her own rage to bother listening to Stolas, as she shrieks out at Stolas.
"You are a goddamn embarrassment! I'm not spending another moment looking at your pathetic, Imp-fucking face!!"
Stella then storms out, shoring along the way, as Stolas sighs in stress at what he had to endure, his wife's fucked-up behavior never ceases to amaze him. But he then looks and sees Octavia, and Stolas' mood around his own daughter brightens, as he greets her.
"Good morning~, Octavia! Did you sleep well, my owlet?"
Octavia drank her coffee from the table, before putting it down, her expression is filled of what seems to be annoyed, as she then spoke out, her voice flat and bored, a stark contrast to the little owlet she once used to be back then.
"Was that a serious question?"
Stolas did not seem to be bothered by the tone of that remark, as he then goes to the fridge, and spoke out.
"Mm-hmm... What's that you're listening to?"
He opens the fridge, and pulls out zebra meat in the shape and piece of a steak, as Octavia spoke out.
"This song is called "My World is Burning Down Around Me". It's by Fuck You Dad."
This made Stolas freeze, a hurtful expression appeared on his face, thinking that Octavia had insulted him, until she then spoke out.
"It's a band."
Stolas, although relieved that it is not an insult, felt a little uncomfortable and weirded out at hearing that a band is called as such, and spoke with an uncertain expression on his face.
"Ohhh...how charming."
He closed the fridge, and he quickly recovers from the negative feeling, as he then goes to a plant with 3 eyes, and throws the zebra meat above it. The plant notices it, as it then opened its mouth and snapped it as fast as the eye can see. The plant, feeling satisfied, closed its eyes, and Stolas rubs its head, and Octavia spoke out.
"So you two are done screaming for the day?"
Octavia then takes a sip of her coffee, as Stolas reacted u comfortably at what Octavia said. He tries to say something, only for Stella to suddenly scream out of nowhere,and another crash was heard, as another potted plant was broken. Stolas clearly looks unhappy. But even so, he smiled at his daughter, as an idea came to mind within him, before going to his daughter and putting his hand on her back.
"You know what I haven't done in a long, long time? I haven't taken you to your favorite place in all of Hell! Why don't we go to Loo Loo Land?"
Octavia looks with an annoyed expression on her face, as she spoke out with mild irritation.
"I'm not five anymore."
But Stolas did not seem to listen, as he then spoke out to Octavia.
"You always were so happy when I took you to Loo Loo Land! What do you say we go there again, have a day, just the two of us?"
Octavia was silent for a few seconds, before she spoke out in a flat tone.
"I'd, rather kill myself."
Although Stolas is unhappy, he does not give up on his daughter even a single bit, as he spoke out to her.
"There we go! Anything but staying in this house. Now, I'll arrange our security."
Stolas goes to an injured imp's phone, as he began to make a call to someone he knows of. This made Octavia confused and even more frustrated then before, but she still kept her tone.
"Security for a theme park?"
Stolas shrugged his shoulders, as he made a bit of a giddy smile with his beak.
"We are rich, and we're hot. People want our money and our bodies!"
This made Octavia unamused, as she grabbed a cereal box and pours the contents onto the plate, and she then spoke out underneath her breath.
"Our money, maybe."
Stolas smirked, getting the phone number onto the phone of the Imp, as he spoke out.
"Speak for yourself, princess. Now... I'm calling the only man who can f* me!"
This made Octavia drop a handful of cereal, and she even choked on some of it, as she looks at Stolas with disgust on her face, as she spoke out.
"What?"
Stolas, realizing that he let his perverted thoughts slip of his beak, corrects himself before Octavia could remember what he said, even though it should have been obvious to her.
"Who can protect me! Us! Being part of the Goetia family is rather valuable, you know."
Octavia does not like the idea, as she pulls the beanie over her eyes, and groans in pure irritation and unhappiness, as she whispered to herself, clearly distress that it is going to end badly for her.
"Oh, fuck me."
Back at them I.M.P building, inside of Blitzø's office, he is seen holding onto what seems to be doll versions of Millie and Moxxie, as he began to impersonate them and use the dolls, similar to how a young child would pretend when they use their toys.
"Oh, Blitzo! You're such a good boss! Yeah, I really want you, sir. Me, too!"
He then decided to speak as his normal self, while also quitting to try and impersonate the other 2 Imps.
"Let's three-way!"
Then, Blitzø decides to stop playing with his toys, not wanting anyone, even the other 2 Imps, seeing him like this. He puts them in his pants, at the front of his pelvis, and momentarily has a disturbingly pleasured face, before he is interrupted by the timing of his Hellphone. Groaning in annoyance, Blitzø grabs it and accepts the call, as he grabs a cup of coffee from his desk. He shouted in a very frustrated tone.
"What?!"
He than began to sip into his coffee, and then, Stolas' voice spoke out in a sultry tone.
"Why, hello, my big-dicked Blitzy."
This made Blitzø stop, before he spat out his coffe and he slammed the mug onto his table. And he is not the only one. Octavia also heard it, also drinking coffee, as she also spat out her coffee as well. Blitzø and Octavia both speak together.
"What..."
"The..."
"Fuck..."
"Dad?!"
Stolas, being hypocritical, spoke out to everyone, before he resumes his conversation with Blitzø.
"Language, everyone! Blitzy~...I have a special request~"
But Blitzø, acting on some very bad assumption, speaks out to him back on the phone.
"Aw... Look, I just had a chemical peel. So, you'll have to find someone else's face to plant that feathered ass."
Stolas, however, speaks out to Blitzø, as he now seems to slightly speak in a little bit of a normal tone.
"It's for my daughter."
Stolas, once again assuming, spoke out to Stolas.
"Ah. Well, make sure she washes it."
This made Stolas taken aback, before he slaps the palm of his hand onto his face, as he then spoke out in order to correct Blitzø on what he is assuming.
"No! No, no-no-no. I'm taking my daughter to Loo Loo Land, and I was hoping you brave little Imps would accompany us!"
This made Blitzø annoyed, not getting why Stolas would ask him to come along to Loo Loo Land. After all, I.M.P is a company made to assassinate people. They are not here to become bodyguards for Ars Goetia, who can take care of themselves. They do not even need him and the other members. Blitzø held onto his phone tightly, as he spoke out in an irritated tone.
"We're assassins, not bodyguards, 'kay? Don't invite us to shit unless someone's gonna fucking die."
But Stolas has his ways of convincing Blitzø to come with him. He then decide to use the one trick that he has used sometimes times in the past when it involves having Blitzø help him.
"I'll pay you~"
This made Blitzø almost roll his eyes, but he resisted the urge to do so, as he spoke out to Stolas, wanting to get this phone call done with.
"With what?"
And then, Stolas said the answer that Blitzø had never thought that he would hear from Stolas, even though he has heard it from him multiple times.
"Money~."
This made Blitzø eyes widened, as dollar signs appear in his eyes, before he spoke out.
"Done!!!"
Blitzø was about to end the call, but then, Stolas spoke out.
"And one last thing, Blitzy~..."
This made Blitzø stop what he is doing, as Stolas then spoke out to him.
"I want you to bring that human that you have with you to Loo Loo Land."
This caught Octavia's attention, as she whispered in a curious tone.
"What? An actual human?"
Blitzø, for real, now rolled his eyes, as he smacks himself in the face, as he spoke out.
"Oh, fine, gone-fucking-damnit!"
He then ends the call and slams the phone onto the desk hard enough to accidentally smash it to pieces. Blitzø looks at the smashed remains of his phone. Clearly, he really needs to find a way to get Stolas to stop acting this frisky over him. He than shook his head, gets his Megaphone, in order to call out to Millie, Moxxie, and Hodr.
Hodr is shown to be on the lower floor of the building, as he is seen trying to take care of the weapons that have arrived at the I.M.P building. Hodr took a deep breath and sighed, as he then manages the weapons and puts them into the weapon storage room, and tries to place it carefully and gently. After all, he does not want to accidentally break them. Blitzø did pay a lot of money just to bring them I.M.P. Hodr picks up what seems to be a rocket launcher, as he goes to the door of the storage area. He walks sideways, carefully making sure not to make the Rocket Launcher hit the side of the door, and goes to a spot where a weapon has not been hanged yet.
"Okay...I can do this."
Hodr then puts his hand up, as he goes on his toes, and he does all that he can in order to put the weapon onto the metal hooks. He gets a little bit tired trying to do this, as he has been packing and putting up a lot of weapons since morning. But Hodr kept on persisting, as he then puts the rocket launcher in place. He then sighed, before he then took some deep breaths, in order to ease the stress that he feels in carrying such heavy equipment, and that is if Hodr can still feel stress. Besides the stress that made him sad and lead him to crying back at the hotel he was in, he never felt stress to get frustrated or angry. Hodr looks, as Loki then spoke out.
"Whelp, and that seems to be the last of them."
Hodr nodded his head, as he then spoke out.
"Yeah, it does seem to be so. After all, had to take a bunch of stuff out of the amount of boxes."
He turns to Loki, and once again, he has changed his appearance. Coming out of his back, are wings, similar to that of a Raven, as well as having feet of the same bird. His hand now have claws similar to those of a bird's talon, most similarly to a falcon's, with the claws glowing white. He still has the ram horns, but he now has horns that resembles that of an Antelope's. The Imp Tail still remains, and his fiery hair is gone, now resembling normal hair again. Loki then spoke out.
"But seriously, how does Blitzø even make all of this stuff?"
Hodr shrugged, as he spoke out.
"I don't know. Maybe from Stolas? After all, he is a Ars Goetia, a Prince of Hell. So he would most likely have the wealth to give to Blitzø in order to get this amount."
Loki then spoke out.
"Well, then Stolas is gonna run out of it soon. Speaking of which, I wonder what Stolas uses his wealth for."
Hodr looks down, a little bit conflicted, before he spoke out.
"I think its best that we don't know. Anyway, I think it's best fo go back up and let Blitzø know that we're done."
Loki nodded, as he vanished in thin-air, and Hodr began to walk up the stairs. But as he did, Blitzø's voice suddenly boomed from his Megaphone.
"M n' M, get in here! We're goin' to Loo Loo Land!"
This made Moxxie open the door, as he spoke out.
"Loo Loo Land?"
Them, for no apparent reason, Millie crashed her head through the window of the door, as she has an excited look on her face.
"Loo Loo Land?!"
But because they are loud, this made Loona shout out from above!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"
This made Hodr confused, as he steps up the stairs, reaches to the 2 Imps; and spoke out.
"Uhhhh, what in the world is a Loo Loo Land?"
This made Millie giddy, as she gets down, and she then speaks out to Hodr.
"Oh, simple. It's-"
But then, Loona comes out from nowhere, as he head looks down at Hodr and she then spoke out.
"It's basically just some fucked-up amusement park in the Greed Ring that is supposed to resemble Lu Lu World, but is far less impressive and get so people killed a lot
Hodr then spoke out.
"So, you are saying that it is a deathtrap, in the form of an amusement party, which is a sort of ripoff of another amusement park, in the Greed Ring, where the Demon King, Mammon, resides in?"
Loona nodded her head, as she spoke out in a rather unamused tone.
"Pretty fucking much."
Hodr looks just as unamused, as he than pinched his nose, before he then spoke out.
"Something tells me that I am so dead when I go there. Well, thanks for clarifying for me, I guess."
Loona then goes out of sight, as Blitzø appears, and spoke out.
"Alright, you 2, quit fucking standing still and get ready!"
Moxxie and Millie nodded, and Blitzø then spoke out
"And you, Hodr! You're coming along as well!"
This made Hodr stand still, as he spoke out.
"What?"
Loki appeared, as he then spoke out.
"Oh shit."
Hodr sighed, as he rested inside of the limo. Clearly, he is not in a very happy mood, although being in an unhappy mood is always his thing. He looks out the window, and he looks outside for a little bit, as he sees the buildings pass by. Honestly, he does not feel comfortable in the fact that he will be able to go outside. But what else can he do? After all, Blitzø gave him a home to live in. And now, now he does not want to let him down. He is not here to get himself kicked out of the home he is now in.
Loki is shown to be sitting next to him, as Loki looks at Hodr and spoke out.
"So, Stolas wants us to come with him, and is bringing his daughter with him? Huh, I never knew that he can have a daughter."
Hodr does not answer, as he looks to the side, in order to see when he will arrive at Stolas' house. Moxxie and Millie, who are at the back, are acting normal and sitting down as usual, whine also wearing black suits and ties, as well as black sunglasses, that makes them look like agents, but Blitzø is acting loud and noisy. Thankfully, Blitzø is able to drive like normal, which is surprising for someone such as him. Hodr continues to look unamused, as he and Loki look to the side, and as they did, they see that the limo is slowing down, and after a little bit, they are not next to what seem to be a mansion of some sort. The mansion is very big and is beautiful in appearance, bigger then even the largest mansion that exists in Earth, or that is what Hodr supposedly thinks. He looks and sees that Stolas is here with his daughter. Hodr gets a good look at them, and while he does not mind the appearance of Octavia, not caring much about appearances anyway, with Stolas...he now looks...weird. He is wearing short red pants with a white t-shirt that has an apple with a face on it. He almost looks like a giant kid then he looks like the regal, mature demon that he has seen back when he has first met him.
Thing is, Hodr is at the very left, and in the middle, there is room for 2 others, meaning that Octavia and Stolas are going to be sitting into the area that Hodr is in. The door opens, and Octavia looks inside. Her eyes widened as she sees Hodr in there. She realized that this is the human that he has mentioned to Blitzø before. Octavia thought that Stolas was simply joking about a human coming, but now, she realizes that she really means it. Stolas looks at Hodr, and spoke out.
"And there he is. Hello, Hodr. It is nice to see you come along!"
Stolas sounds as giddy and happy as a young kid, as Hodr spoke back.
"Hello, Mister Stolas. It's a pleasure to meet you again. And I assume that this is your daughter, right?"
Stolas nodded, as he spoke out.
"Bur of course, this is my daughter, Octavia."
Octavia took note on how he spoke. He sound flat and unhappy, sounding like he has given up on living his life a long time ago. Octavia couldn't believe it.
"Are you for real? Is this actually a human? The one you talked about in your phone call?"
Stolas nodded his head, as he spoke out.
"But of course, Via! And one that can use magic! He is special, isn't?"
Hodr sounds doubtful, as he turns to the side and spoke out.
"I'm not that special."
Octavia then gets into the car, sitting on the middle, while Stolas sits next to Octavia, and he closes the door. Stolas smiled, very eager to go to Loo Loo Land again with his daughter. Too bad Octavia doesn't feel the same way. As Octavia looked annoyed, she looks at Hodr, wearing his normal clothes, hood over his head. But she can see his fingers, which are normal, and not of a demon's. Truth is, Octavia has never met a human before. So this is the first time for her to see someone such as him.
"So, you're that human that Dad was talking about."
Octavia said in her usual bored, cynical tone. Hodr turns to the side and nods at the daughter of Stolas.
"Yeah."
He looks down, as he hears Blitzø speak out.
"Alright! Next stop, to fucking Loo Loo Land!!"
He presses the pedal to the metal, and the Limo goes out fast. Hodr looks unhappy, as he spoke out.
"And into Mammon's territory."
He then pinched his nose, clearly unhappy with this. Octavia turns to the side, not really caring much, as she does not the and bother with the human that is beside her. But even so, this is very curious as to how the a human got here.
Coming into the Greed Ring, normally, Hodr would find some interest in doing that, and that is when he normally feels like himself. When he is not feeling emotionless all the time. But in all honesty, he is not fond of the Greed Ring. Mainly because it is home to Mammon, the Demon King of Greed, which he does not want to go to. Honestly, he'd rather get into the Sloth Ring, and that is if there is such a Ring that exists.
The sky closely resembles that of Earth's, except it is a more greener color, almost the color of human dollars. Not that surprising for Hodr, since this is so much of a Mammon trait. The Limo stopped, and Hodr looks outside, and although it is a little bit difficult to see, he spots the amusement park. It has the same apple theme, but the carnival looks damaged and decayed and decrepit. It looks like it is on the verge of being taken down by even a single gust of wind, even one a little as a gentle breeze.
Moxxie and Millie goes out, as Moxxie opens the door. Stolas turns his 4 red eyes to the door, glowing with joy, as he steps his tall body out of the door. Octavia turns, as her and Hodr's eyes glowed red. Octavia sticks her head and torso out, while Hodr teleports out. They both look and saw that Stolas is now putting on a hat that belongs to Loo-Loo Land, the apple having a happy smile and having cartoonish eyes. This made Hodr spoke out with a weirded out tone, despite sounding flat as usual.
"Okay, you can't be serious..."
Octavia also looked annoyed to the same extent as how Hodr feels, as she spoke out in a bitter tone, her beanie over her eyes.
"Oh he is. My fucking old man is very serious at this."
Loki appears to the side, his wings spread and flapped a little bit, as he then spoke out.
"Okay, now I've seen everything."
Hodr nodded, as Loki vanished. Unbeknownst to Hodr, Octavia looked to see Hodr, and saw that he hasn't spoke. This made Octavia have a face that made her confused. It is almost as if she hears Loki, which shouldn't be the case. Blitzø comes out, wearing the same suit that Moxxie and Millie are in, as he spoke out.
"Now, remember. this is work and work only. Me and my crew are not here to satisfy your perverted bird needs, alright?"
Hodr then spoke out.
"Wait...hold on a moment."
This made everyone turn around, as Hodr waved his hand, red mist coming off of it, as a pentagram formed beneath him. Then, it rose up, surrounding Hodr, as it went up to the top of his head. Now Hodr is inside of his demon disguise. He has pale skin with Ram horns present, and bull horns at the side of his head, not to mention a tail similar to that of an Imp's. Now this time, he was able to finish and finalize the spell. This made Octavia surprised, and Stolas spoke out.
"Ahh, I see you manage to perfect your disguise."
Hodr nodded, as he spoke out.
"Yeah, after a few months of creating and finalizing it."
This caught Octavia by surprise. Seems Stolas is also being truthful of a human able to use demonic magic. The entire group then began to go to the Carnival, as Hodr looks around and sees the Ferris Wheels and all of that sort of stuff. Octavia looks very unhappy, as she spoke out.
"Hey... Dad... Do we have to-"
But Blitzø then came in front of her and stopping her, and surprisingly speaks in a somewhat polite tone.
"Okay, yeah. Hold on right there, sweetie."
He then turns to Stolas with a very irritated and very annoyed look on his own face.
"If you try fuckin' my little ass in that park, I swear to-"
But Stolas smiled seductively, as he spoke out, while stroking his finger down his face.
"You are so cute when you are serious!"
Hodr shook his head, as he spoke out to himself.
"Is he always like next to Blitzø?"
Octavia looks at the scene before her and spoke out in flat tone.
"I'm literally gonna be sick."
Moxxie,thinking that Octavia really is about to get sick, gets out his pack, and pulls out some syringes.
"Oh, crumbs! I knew today would be a lot! What do you need? Anti-acids? Ibuprofen?"
He takes out some pills in bottles, and then some syringes with a green substance, as he spoke out.
"Morphone?"
Hodr looks at the syringes that are in Moxxie's hands, as he looked a little uneasy at that. Octavia does not look amused, as she then spoke out in somewhat of an insulting way.
"That was figurative, old man."
Moxxie looks at the syringes, as he spoke out.
"Oh, right."
He then puts the syringes in a baby carriage, as he spoke out under his breath.
"But she said it is literal."
Hodr looks on the baby carriage, and his eyes widened in alarm, as he says a baby imp reaching out to play with its new, 'toys.' He can hear the fire alarms inside of his head ringing. Reacting quickly, Hodr looks and sees a rather cute plushie hanging from string inside of a booth, along with many others, and he then used his powers to teleport the plushie, and the needles, switching their places. The needles fell inside of the booth, the glass breaking and the contents spilling. The Baby Imp, however, grabbed onto the plushie, and hugs it.
"Phew."
Hodr felt relived. Although normally, he wouldn't care much, even he would not let Moxxie do that. He is going to have to call out on Moxxie for this later. Speaking of which, Moxxie went next to Millie, who looks excited at going to Loo Loo Land, after what must have been so long for her.
"Wooooow! I haven't been to this place since I was a tot! It hasn't changed a bit."
Then, a letter of the sign meant to resemble the carnival nearly fell on top of a Teenage Imp. Luckily, Hodr used his powers to use the wind in order to push the teenage imp out of the way. Moxxie then feels Millie's arm wrap around his shoulder, as she spoke out.
"Ohhh! LOOK! It's Big Woobly!"
Moxxie and Hodr looked, and then see what seems to be a creature in the shape and appearance of a T-Rex, wearing a T-Shirt of some sort, and has yellow eyes, one on the right side of its face, and the other below the right jaw. It then roared, and the roar, it did not sound friendly. Hodr looks at the sight, and even he is a little bit uneasy and disturbed looking at it.
"This is...deeply unsettling."
Hodr nodded his head, as he spoke out.
"You're telling me. Who would put such a thing in a place like this?"
Loki appears beside Hodr, as he spoke out.
"This makes the theme park more of a park for trauma, than a park for entertainment, unless it is entertainment for Mammon."
Millie, sounding stubborn and happy as usual, spoke out to Moxxie.
"Oh, come on! It's fun! You've never been here?"
Moxxie shook his head, as he spoke out.
"No. Theme parks always disturbed me, especially the mascots."
As if on cue, before Moxxie knew it...
"Well, hey there!"
"AAAAAAH!!!!"
Moxxie cried out, as he jumped into Millie's eyes, and Hodr looks to see the mascot. It is of Loo Loo, mostly red with a green on a tiny bit of the top side, and has a grin that lacks a tooth in its mouth.
"I'm Loo Loo! Welcome to Loo Loo Land! If y'all get hurt here, just try and sue us!"
Hodr steps back, not out of fear, but because Stolas and Octavia are coming here. He doesn't feel that freaked out with Loo Loo, however, as he looks blankly at the mascot. Stolas smiled, gasping happily, as spoke to Octavia.
"Look! Via! It's Loo Loo!"
Octavia, however, does not feel excited. In fact, she feels like she wants to get some frustration out of her, as she spoke out.
"I have a question."
Hodr looks at Octavia, as he has a feeling on what Octavia is gonna say to the mascot.
"Well, ask away, little girlie! A-hyuk a-hyuk a-hyuk!"
What Octavia says, however, is not what the mascot expects to say.
"Is it true this park is just a really shameless spin-off of Licifer's far more popular Lu Lu World?"
The mascot remained silent for a few seconds, before he spoke out.
"Umm...no?"
Hodr looks expressionlessly at the mascot, his red eyes, which are not covered in the shadows of his hair, looked blankly at the mascot, as Octavia sniffed a little, and a look of disgust is present.
"This place reeks of insecure corporate shame."
Stolas looks nervous, but tries to brighten the situation.
"Hehehehehehehe...why don't we go check out the rides?"
He than walks away with Octavia, Hodr looked a little uneasy, before he himself walks away, and Loo Loo spoke out.
"That chick's creepy, huh?"
But Blitzø, who has arrived and heard what Octavia said, spoke out to him.
"Eh, wait till her dad tries to diddle your holes."
As Blitzø walks away, Loo Loo looks confused, as he turns to the other 2 Imps.
"What does he mean by that?"
Bur Moxxie, overtaken by fear, finally shouts out what he is thinking inside of his mind.
"Don't talk to me! I know you're a pervert under there!"
Moxxie walks fast as he leaves Loo Loo, and Millie follows him. after a few seconds, the Mascot looks down and spoke in a depressed tone, clearly knowing how Moxxie is right about him.
"Yeah..."
Okay, so Hodr is clearly not enjoying his time inside of Loo Loo Land, due to how weird and creepy some of the stuff inside are. And the thing is, some of the Imps that are inside of Loo Loo Land tried to attack Stolas and Octavia. Thankfully, Hodr felt worn them by freezing them in their tracks. But even this does not make Hodr feel any better. Then, Blitzø catches up, and Stolas then spoke out, stroking one of Blitzø's horns.
"You know, it's quite thrilling to see you on the job, Blitzy."
Blitzø moved out of the way, as he spoke back.
"Save it, bitch!! I'm working."
Octavia, looking at the imp and her father, spoke out to the both of them in a snarky tone.
"You both need to get a room."
Blitzø, in a feeling of annoyance, spoke out to the daughter of Stolas.
"Hey, I am not a day-hooker!"
Hodr rolled his eyes, as Loki spoke out.
"Sure you aren't."
A female demon passes by, and glared at Blitzø with what he says, as Blitzø took notice of that, before he then shouted out.
"What? I just said I'm not one, bitch!"
He raises both of his middle fingers and flips her off, as Hodr shook his head.
"This...this is just waiting to turn into a disaster soon."
Octavia nods her head, on the same page as Hodr.
"You tell me."
Even though Octavia tries her best not to care about Hodr being in hell, she cannot help but feel interested in the fact that Hodr, a live human, and one that can use magic, exists like that. So she decides to initiate a conversation with him.
"So, tell me, Hodr, if that is what my dad calls you. How in the Seven Rings did you get in Hell with my Old Man's plaything?"
Hodr looks to Octavia, his red eyes looking at her pink eyes, before he looks down and spoke out.
"Well, put it simply, I...went in at one of their contracts at the wrong place and at the wrong time. In other words, I...got shot on accident, as I was not their target. And since knowing that I can use magic, and I have no home to go back to, I'm staying in Hell, as I am considered useful for them."
Octavia raised one of her eyebrows, if she even has eyebrows, as she spoke out.
"Huh, that must fucking suck for you, isn't it?"
Hodr looks to the side, as he spoke out.
"That's putting it mildly. No words can describe how messed up for me it is, you know? But...I at least try to find some good parts in my mostly bad life, even though thinking as such is naive."
Octavia nodded her head. Surprisingly, for a human, he seems very chill and polite. Stella always had huge contempt for humans, seeing them as chaotic and pathetic cannon fodder. Octavia then looks down at Hodr's hip, and sees that he has a Grimoire of his own. This made Octavia surprised, as she spoke out to him.
"Is that a Grimoire?"
Hodr nodded, as he picked and held it.
"Yeah, it is. And if you're wondering, this is where I learned my magic from."
This made Octavia curious, as she goes to Hodr to grab it, only for Hodr to turn and see an Imp coming to attack. Rolling his eyes, as well as looking annoyed, Hodr held his hand out, and a blue pentagram formed underneath the Imp, which is in the form of a 10 pointed star. 5 of the points spun in opposite directions, and stopped, and when the Imp tried to jump, he sees that his legs are stuck to the ground. And then, a shot happened.
"Bullseye, bitch!!"
Blitzø said, as Hodr lowers his hand. Octavia was impressed, as Hodr looks at Stolas, who is busy flirting with Blitzø.
"Your old man, he is very strange person. He acts Royal, but also acts lustful and immature."
Octavia looks at Stolas and lowered her eyes, as she spoke bitterly.
"Strange, huh? Hodr, you have no idea how far from the fucking truth you are in it. He didn't come here just to make me happy or make me feel even a little bit entertained. He came just to flirt with that little Imp and get his shit away from the argument he had with mum."
This made Hodr spoke out.
"Argument...your parents fight or something?"
Octavia cynically laughed, a sarcastic smile present, as she spoke out, her voice becomes louder and louder as she rants to the end of it.
"That easy to catch on, huh? Yeah, that's right, and now cheats with that Imp that had to be with you. Like that will make me all better! I can't even bear hearing their argument for even a single second!"
Her fists began to clench, her teeth began to grit and clench themselves, as she then full on shouts at Hodr, her anger boiling over at all that has happened to her.
You do not even get how that feels, to having to hear their fucking arguments over and over again, every day and every year!! It's driving me fucking mental with their bitching!!!"
Octavia screeched out at the end. Her eyes flared an even brighter pink, as they white out, her feathers rise a little bit, as she felt her rage released within her a little bit. Hodr, however, felt very familiar with this feeling. Although Octavia looks intimidating, as even though Hodr's tall, Octavia is taller then her, but shorter the Loona, he does not look afraid of her a single bit. Besides, family fights, he knows what she meant by that. He looks at her, sympathetically, as he knows that she is not just angry. She is in pain, from whatever it is that is happening in her life. He doesn't know why...but he feels a strange urge to help her, and it almost seems familiar to him.
"Have you told your dad? About how you feel in this? About how you feel with how your life went? How it makes you feel pained by it?"
Octavia shook her head, as she crossed her arms, and looks down, eyes dimming, but still glowing, as she spoke bitterly.
"No. but what difference would that make? If I were to bet, he'll just laugh off and ignore my excuse. He's not gonna fucking listen. And besides, it ain't like mum will listen. She doesn't give a single fuck about me."
Hodr decides to not continue, as he then looks away, as he spoke out to Loki, whispering so that he does not make Octavia notice.
"Octavia is going to be hurting himself if she does not talk to her father."
Loki nodded, as his hands are in his locket, before he then spoke out.
"Agreed. She'll fuck herself over if she keeps her feelings bottled up inside. You'll need to reason with her at some point."
Hodr nodded, as Loki vanished. But as he did, Octavia turned, and she looks at Hodr. She looked very confused. Because in her field of vision, she sees a black imp tail, coming from the same direction that Hodr is at. This made Octavia suspicious at Hodr. But before Octavia could speak out to him, Stolas spoke out to Octavia, as he points at something.
"Oh! Look, Via! You used to cry such tears of joy at this show!"
This made Hodr turn to the area that Stolas is pointing at, and when he did, he saw that there is a tent. And when Hodr looks at Octavia, as she has an unusually frightened look on her face, and even her voice shakes a little bit at what she is seeing before her very eyes.
"Oh no."
Octavia, as a young owlet. She can see something before him. A tall demon in the outfit and face paint of a clown. She can feel it, a push from the countless people of the crowd, in the form of young imps as children. She is then pushed closer and closer to the Clown imp, unable to stop the crowd behind her, as the clown demon leers down at her with a sinister, sickening grin. This made Octavia cry alright. But it is not out of happiness. No, the tears in her eyes, they are of fear itself, as she looks at the abomination before her eyes. She wanted to scream, but her throat won't let her. She is paralyzed and filled with fear.
Octavia and Blitzø looked at the tent, as the both of them spoke out.
"I hate that fucking clown."
This made Hodr confused, as he is about to speak out, but then, a voice spoke out to the Imp.
"Oh, Blitzy~ I need my bodyguard, please!"
The 3 of them look at Stolas, as he is picked up by a crowd of Imps, and one of them tried to sewer him with a pitch fork. But Hodr intervenes, as he raised his hand, wind fired at the midair imp, and knocked him away, before he then puts his hand down, and made the grown freeze onto the Imps, making them into ice statues. Hodr then slammed his fist to the ground, as the imps shattered. His arms and neck glow cyan with chain marking all over, wrapped around said body parts, and this is despite the fact that said markings aren't present in his demon disguise. Octavia blinks, as she spoke out.
"Woah."
Hodr shook his head, clearly unamused, as he spoke out.
"Your, an Ars Goetia, can defend himself. He doesn't even need us."
Octavia scoffed, as she spoke out.
"He's always making fucked up excuses to get what he wants."
Hodr looks at the tent, as Stolas, Octavia, and Blitzø began to go to the tent. Hodr then follows them...but not to the point of getting inside of the tent. Hodr then looks inside, as he sees a tall demon robot, wearing a clothing resembling that of a jester, which is colored blue-black, yellow, and red. There are hearts on the lower part of the shirt, and his pants are black with white stripes. His face is white and has green eyes, as the robot spoke out.
"Hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyyy, Implings! It's me, the Robotic Fizzarolli! Shipped from Big Ozzie's factory to bring you a wonderful show celebrating Loo Loo Land, spelled with Os, to avoid lawsuits! H-H-H-H-H-Hit it!"
The robot then began to sing a song, and needless to say, Hodr does not like the song. He may not care, it at least he has certain limits in the types of song that he himself can like. He touched the side of his head, as he then spoke out.
"Okay, now this is the turning point where it is a disaster. Why did Stolas even want to bring me to this place anyway?"
Loki then appeared next to Hodr, his arms crossing, as he looks at him.
"I don't know. Maybe to show it to Octavia, that a human is here? After all, she is only a teenager. And she seems to be 2 years younger then you. So, it is no surprise that she would react like this, seeing you."
Hodr then sighed, as she leans against the tent's walls, and he waved his hand. The disguise went off of him, as he looks down.
"The look on Octavia's face...it is more worse then when I had it, and yet, doesn't desire what I had wanted before, although I still want it."
He then looks down at his locket, and grabbed onto it. He sighed, as he looks at the rest of the theme park, his hood now put over his head, as he spoke out.
"Loki...tell me...if I confront Octavia about her problems...about her family life, why do you suggest that I say to her?"
Loki shrugged his shoulders, as he spoke out.
"I don't know, relate to your pain in a way? Tell her of your family struggles? After all, she is not the only one that suffers from her parents fighting."
Hodr looks down and nodded at his head, as looks down. But as he did, he hears Octavia cry out.
"I can't fucking take this anymore!!!"
As soon as that halo red, Hodr looks, and he sees Octavia running out, and as though time has slowed, he can see a new expression on her face. She is saddened and stressed, as tears leaked out of her eyes. Hodr looks, as he is about to follow her, but then, Stolas appeared, as he goes after her.
"Octavia!"
Hodr shook his head, as he spoke out.
"I think it is best to go after her."
Hodr nodded, as he ran, and he than waved his band. A symbol of a Raven appeared on the palm of his hand, almost in Norse design, a green magic pentagram manifested on the air, as the raven turns to Hodr, who is running. He flies, and Hodr spoke out.
"Follow Octavia. Lead her to where she is."
The Raven's red eyes nodded, as it flies into the air, and follows Octavia in order to see where she will go, as Hodr ran from the tent in order to chase the 2 owls. His right eye turned green, as he is looking through the eyes of the demon Raven he had summoned. But as he ran...
BOOM!!!
Hodr turns around and saw that green fire had bursted from the tent. He looks and sees the animatronics burning and fleeing, their screams sounds glitched and robotic, but Fizzarolli appeared, half of his face melted, showing his endoskeleton, as he cackled madly, and Blitzø appears to be fighting him. Hodr then looks and saw that Blitzø is getting launched into the air by the robot, and is about to land onto an Imp with torches, wearing a white suit with a cane at his back, white hair and a black mustache.
"Torches, I say, I say! Get your inconvenient torches here!"
But then, Blitzø lands onto the torches, scattering them everywhere, which lit a big fire.
"Owww! I say, OWWWW!"
Hodr's eyes widened...seeing this...fire...he remembers...flames...inside of a house. He is dragged away from it by his hand. The fear, the smoke, the pain...his mother's touch, as she fears for his life. This made Hodr shake...but he then shook his head, as he then realized that he cannot think of that now. Octavia, he needs to focus on her.
Hodr shook his head, as he ran away from the robot as fast as he can, and he then made a dome of freezing air around him, as he leapt through the fire, and looks through his right eye. He sees that the Raven is inside of a funhouse of some sort, with Octavia running, and it sounds like that she is now...sobbing openly. Stolas does not appear to be behind her. It appears Octavia manage to outrun her own father. Hodr narrowed his eyes, as he then used his normal left eye to see where he is, as he continues to run as fast as he can, dodging and avoiding the chaos her is surrounding everyone, green fire all over the place, as Hodr leapt over some broken down booths. He even hears a voice spoke out.
"Goddammit, Nathan! You ruined another bloody photo! Why were you even born?!"
He then went on top of a tree, one that is still safe from it all. He jumped up there, then made a Sigil beneath him, as he then goes onto the tree. He then takes a breather, as he spoke out.
"Had he found her?"
He then closed his left eye, as his right eye shows that she is now in what appears to be a ride of some sort. She is sitting down, hugging her knees to her face, as she is sobbing. Hodr nodded his head, as he teleports, just before the tree found her blasted.
A red flash is shown in the darkness, as Hodr began to walk towards the sounds of what appears to be sniffling. Hands in his pocket, as he goes and sees the Raven above a part of the wall of the funhouse, as Hodr sighed. He then looks in front of him, and sees Octavia, riding in an apple themed rail car, and it is moving. Hodr, wanting to talk to her for a little bit, decides to speak to her.
"There you are."
This made Octavia stop crying, and he sees Hodr walking towards her. Hodr waved his hand, and the ride froze in place, as he goes up to her. Octavia looks down again, as she cries.
"I-I can't...I can't fucking take this anymore! This...it is all too much!!"
Octavia spoke out, as she continues to sob. Hodr goes to her, and looks at her, before he spoke out.
"Tell me about it. I'm not enjoying this myself. This place a disaster...but...I guess that is not the only thing you are stressed of, right?"
Octavia looks at Hodr, and he bends his head, waiting to hear what she has to say, ready to listen. Octavia looks down, her eyes narrowed angrily, her sadly, as she spoke out.
"Yeah, right. It's of dad! He's sure enjoying his time here! Enjoying it, while making me get hurt! He...he's only doing this to get away from mum! It's already worse that they are constantly fighting for years, and yet, they never fucking bothered about me!!"
She then looks down, as she felt her body tremble, and she then spoke out.
"He's just enjoying his time with that Imp. He'll just leave me, to stay away from mum! He doesn't even want to give a damn about what I think. He doesn't even care."
Octavia than sniffled with renewed tears, and Hodr looks at her with pity. His mouth opened a little bit, and yet...he understood where she is going to. And suddenly...the familiar feeling within his mind, within his soul...it has become clear to him. It is what he used when it is involved with his parents. He sighed, before turning around, and sat down in front of the cart, as Hodr spoke out.
"Octavia...do hear this."
This made Octavia turn to Hodr, before he sighed once more, and he spoke out.
"You are not the only one that had to go through such a stressful life like that."
This Octavia confused, as she spoke out, she is still sniffling.
"What do you...mean?"
Hodr looks down, as he then spoke out.
"Truth is...I, too, had to see and hear my parents fight."
This caught Octavia's attention, her eyes wide, as she looks at Hodr, her head bending down at him, as she spoke out.
"You...you had that as well?"
Hodr nodded, as he then spoke out, a feeling of empathy bubbles from his soul.
"Yes. Like you, I too had heard them fight, and I had also seen them fight. And it is one of the worst experiences in my years of living. I had to witness them throw some stuff, drop stuff and break then roughly, shout at each o her, and it repeats for some years. It wasn't any easier...however...because...I was not the only child of my family. I had younger siblings, that witnessed the whole thing as well."
This made Octavia stare at Hodr, as she spoke out.
"Younger...siblings?"
Hodr nodded, as he spoke out.
"Yes...younger brothers, in fact. Their names are, Hevel and Set. Hevel is a year younger then me, whine Set...he is...3 years younger. And the thing is...they too witnessed it, and it made them sad...so much that they cried. It was a bad experience for them, especially at night. Our parents, they wouldn't fight when separate or in front of us, and even act like descent parents. But when together and alone...they just do that. And whenever my brothers cry, I had to put in so much painstaking effort, just so I can lessen their pain. It was horrible, but I had to do it, if it meant making my brothers happy.
Octavia's eyes widened, as she looks at Hodr. Octavia...she thought that nobody was willing to understand how she feels, and here, she that Hodr was the same as well. But...the truth is, he knows that pain way more then even she realizes. And this includes something similar to herself.
"Didn't you...cry as well?"
Octavia whispered, as Hodr nodded.
"Yeah. I did. But...but I did not want my brothers to know that I am suffering myself. So...I tried to...be happy, to smile, all for them. A pain, hidden behind a mask of false happiness, all so that I can give them some comfort, while condemning myself to more pain then ever. Very fitting, isn't it? I had to let myself get hurt more, so that the pain of my brother would be less compared to what I wound gain."
Hodr took a deep breath and exhaled, as he then stood up and turned around, before he goes to Octavia and spoke out.
"Octavia...remember what I said to you before...about telling your dad how you feel?"
Octavia looks down, as she spoke out.
"He's not going to listen to me."
Hodr than spoke out.
"Don't say that. This time...I think he will."
He puts his hand onto Octavia's hand, and Octavia looks down, as Hodr spoke out.
"Octavia...you need to tell your dad how you feel. Get him to understand you, get him to realize how you truly think under all of this. If you don't tell him, then it is when he truly never starts to listen. Okay? After all, communication is very important, even family needs it. Even if it's just once."
Octavia looked down, conflicted, as Hodr began to rub his thumb against Octavia's hand, as if to soothe her pain. Octavia began to think. She felt unsure. But...she remembered what Hodr said, even if it is just one time she says it. Octavia looks looks at Hodr, her tears continue to leak out, and Hodr puts his hand onto her mask-like-face, and he caressed her tears off gently with his thumb. No one has ever done that, not even her father. She is not used to this sort of comfort before, and yet...it made her...feel warm. She looks down once more, before she nodded.
"O...Okay."
Hodr nodded, as he stood up, and spoke out.
"Stay here. I'll get him."
Hodr then ran out from the tunnel, leaving Octavia by herself with her thoughts about the talk that she has with Hodr. Hodr continues to run, and he looks to see that Stolas is getting attacked by an Imp. Hodr, not wanting time to be wasted, blasted fire off of Stolas, as he spoke out.
"Stolas."
Stolas turned to look at Hodr, as he then spoke out.
"Hodr? What, how did to get in here?"
Hodr then spoke out.
"Teleported, and I know where your daughter is."
This made Stolas' eyes widened, as then, a crash was heard, and both Millie and Moxxie appeared, as Stolas spoke out.
"Where is Blitzy? He's my knight in shining armor, not you littler ones."
Millie and Moxxie decided to speak out.
"He's, uhhhh... busy."
"Being a fool."
Stolas looked curiously at the 2 Imps, as he spoke out.
"What kind of fool?"
Moxxie decides to give the answer.
"The 'everything is now on fire' kind."
Stolas sighed, as Hodr spoke out.
"No time for that. Stolas, you wanna go to your daughter or not?"
Stolas looks down at Hodr and nodded, as he spoke out.
"Yes. Take me to her, please."
Hodr nodded, as he ran, and Stolas follows him. But then, 2 winging pendulums came out of nowhere. Hodr than made some snowballs, and froze the pendulums in place, as he and Stolas ran as fast as they can. When they arrived, they see Octavia, crying. Stolas looked shocked and disheartened, as he looks down at Hodr, who then speaks out.
"Stolas...Octavia...she had something to say to you. And I...I think that this time...you should listen to what she has to say."
Stolas, seeing what Hodr means, nodded.
"Yes...yes, you're right. I...I suppose it's time I do listen to her."
Hodr nodded, as Stolas took off the hat, and put it on the ground. He walked to Octavia, and sat down, before Hodr waved his hand, and the ride resumed, as Stolas then spoke out.
"I take it you are... not having fun."
The voice he is using is now different from the voice he had. No longer did he sound happy and excited. He sounded sad and, downtrodden. Octavia spoke out.
"I didn't even want to come here!"
Stolas looks at Octavia, feeling foolish for not realizing his own daughter's feelings, as he spoke gently, and regretfully.
"I'm sorry, sweetie. I... I thought you loved it here."
Octavia shook her head, unhappily, as she then spoke out.
"When I was a kid and my parents didn't hate each other... and my dad didn't flirt with some... weird red dickhead the entire time...that was when I was happy. But this...it doesn't feel the same."
Stolas looked down, reflecting on what he had been doing, how his choices affected how Octavia felt, before he spoke out.
"I'm sorry, Via. I'm sorry for... everything... happening right now. I know it's... a lot. I, uh-- I should have listened."
Octavia hugged herself, her body shaking, as she spoke out, a part of her feeling upset at what her dad had done.
"I just want to go home... but home doesn't even feel like home anymore... You ruined it."
Stolas' eyes widened, now seeing that Octavia felt upset at what has been happening. He knew that the fights he has with Stella gave her a rough time, but this...he never understood the depth of how she feels.
"You need to understand... your mother and I... I just-... I felt-... She's always been... I haven't been- Ha-... We weren't in..."
Stolas wanted to say something, to get her to understand why the life is the way it is. But...Stolas...he stopped himself, as he thinks that Octavia would not get it, not at the age of 17. All he can do is say this to her.
"I'm sorry, I- I- I don't have the words."
Octavia than looks down. Then...she remembers what Hodr said to her when he had talked to her.
"After all, communication is very important, even family needs it. "
Octavia then speaks out, all for the moment of truth, to know what he dad's answer will be.
"Are you gonna run off with him? And leave me behind? Go away where... I can't find you?"
This made Stolas look at Octavia with wide eyes, as he then realized her deepest fear. Even through with how intelligent and wise he can be, even those of wisdom can be blind to something. And this...this is one of them.
"What? No! No, no, never. I'd never do that. Never."
He then hugs Octavia into him, and Octavia, she was surprised, but she smiled. She had been problem wrong, as her inner innocent child within her blossomed once more. For the first time in what must have been so long...Octavia...she feels happy. Stolas then picks up Octavia, as he began to walk out of the ride, after going full circle.
"I think it's time to leave this place. You were right. You are too old for it, anyway."
He walks towards the entrance, where Hodr is waiting at, and Hodr looks at the pair. He felt happy, as he made his Raven disappear, and would have smiled...if an Imp decided not to come and attack them. Hodr than raised his hand to freeze the imp, but Stolas, hearing the imps, turns around and used his 2 lower eyes, a red light flashed from his venomous glaring, as the Imp recoiled in fear, before being turned to stone. This made Hodr surprised, as he spoke out.
"Woah. Admittedly, that is cool."
Stolas chuckled, as he spoke out.
"Why thank you, Hodr. It is nice that you think highly of what I did."
Hodr and the 2 Owl demons walked out of the burning theme park, and Hodr had to cast some Sigils along the way to prevent the debris from getting to them. Stolas and Octavia began to speak to each other
"So, what would you like to do now?"
"Oh, can we go to Stylish Occult? They sell weird taxidermy there."
Stolas, although a little reluctant, decides to agree to make his daughter happy.
"Hmmm, Okay..."
Stolas, Octavia, and Hodr walked side-by-side out of the theme park and in front of the Limo, as Octavia had laughed for the first time in years.
"Hahahahahahaha...Thanks, dad. You're okay, sometimes."
Stolas, smiling at her, spoke out to his daughter.
"Thank you, Via. Thank you."
BOOM!!!"
The carnival exploded, and coming down, as the other 3 Imps landed onto the ground. Their bodies blackened by ash, as Moxxie spoke out.
"Way to ruin another good thing, sir!"
Blitzø, however, disagrees, as he spoke out.
Worth it! That fucking slutty toy clown had. It. Comin'!"
Then, a creature tries to grab Millie, but Hodr held his hand and made a Sigil to block it. He than goes to it, Bedford pushing the Sigil, making the creature get pushed back as well. Hodr then takes a stance, and before the creature knew it, Hodr ran and kicked it as hard as he could, the creature being launched like a Soccer Ball, as it is then sent into the burning Loo Loo Land. Hodr sighed, as he spoke out.
"Well, guess I'm gonna take a break for that, especially since the other imps are burned to a crisp.
Octavia than decides to come down, her father let her, as she walks up to Hodr, looking down at him.
"Hodr..."
Hodr turns to Octavia, and spoke out.
"Yeah?"
Octavia then decide to speak out what to say to him.
"I want to say...thank you, for helping me in this, and for telling me of your problems. For a human...you've very...nice."
Hodr then looks at Octavia, and spoke out.
"Oh...ummm...it was not problem. I figured you needed to hear that."
Octavia smiled, her eyes glowed slightly, before grabbing Hodr's shoulders, and hugging him tightly. This made Hodr surprised, as he is not used to this sort of gesture in such a very long time...but Hodr returns the favor, as he wraps his arms around her, his chin under Octavia's shoulders, due to Octavia being taller then him. Hodr then smiled again...and this time...it was a bit more bigger and noticeable then before. He strokes the feathers on Octavia's head, as Octavia's cheeks became pink a little bit, clearly finding this pleasant. Stolas looks at the scene, as he smiled, and even Moxxie and Millie found this scene so touching, with Blitzø being just as unconscious, and missing this scene. Loki also appeared, and he crossed his arms, a smile present onto his face, and a proud look present, clearly happy with what Hodr had done for the princess. Perhaps the future will not be the only one bright for Hodr after all.
