And on we go with one of my favorite episodes from the show.
The summer is already getting me down. I'm still not quite fit but that will be fine.
Until then
It was a happy day. The birds were chirping, the goat in the front yard was eating its grass with relish, and the flowers in the window box were dancing back and forth, showing a joyful face. The same was true for Elder Kettle who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. He prepared the pancake batter and poured it into a pot while grabbing two spatulas and turning on the stove. He poured the pot with the batter on the stove top so that several small pancakes were formed. He flipped them over with the two spatulas so that both sides were golden brown before throwing them behind his back, the latter still hovering in the air until Elder Kettle threw it behind him with steam coming out of his spout.
At the breakfast table sat Alicia with the three cups. Cuphead was reading his comic and had both feet on the table. My mother would have killed me if I or John had done that. Yes, both her parents would not have been very pleased if Cuphead had done that in their house. He lifted his right leg and hit the table, sending the plate flying and threatening to fall off the table if he didn't catch it and the pancakes that were stuck to his plate while he was enjoying himself.
Alicia who was sitting next to him just shook her head and watched how her pancakes land on her plate without any problems. One could almost think that the pancakes knew where her plate was. If only it worked like that in real life. She was not really surprised about that. Since she lived with cartoon characters she ignored many physical things that were not possible. Like, for example, that the pancakes just stuck to the plate.
And that while they were hanging in the air. However, very surprised was Mugman who sat next to Alicia and thought. He also wanted the pancakes to land on his plate like Cuphead. But unfortunately he was not good at catching the plate, so he held it and hoped that they would land on his plate. But unfortunately he had misjudged the height and the pancakes landed a little further below his plate and stuck to the wall for a brief moment until they all fell down. Well, not all of them.
One stuck to the wall which confused Mugman as well as Cuppy. The former removed it from the wall and to everyone's shock a face appeared? Well, a shock-filled face with empty eyes and an extremely long tongue that wraps itself around Mugman like a snake about to devour its prey. Alicia and both Cupheads were very shocked when they saw this.
"Cuphead, Cuppy, Alicia save me!" Before the others could say or do anything he was pulled into the wall and disappeared before the eyes of the others. "Mugman!" shouted Cuphead as he hit the wall with his fist, hoping that his brother could still hear him. But he didn't get an answer. As soon as Mugman disappeared, the same thing happend to Cuppy.
Only it was not a wall that swallowed him but his own chair. "Cuppy!" Alicia screamed as she stood up and tried to grab his hand, but it was already too late. He was completely engulfed and the chair crumbled to dust that Alicia held in her hands. "No!" she screamed as tears came from her eyes. "Elder Kettle! Help us!" but when he turned to the two, he was only a skeleton and fell apart. "What's going on here?!" Alicia was terrified. She didn't know if this was real or just a dream. She hoped for the latter. Unfortunately, she and Cuphead were not alone. A snake-like body appeared around both of them, which they knew more than enough to know who or what it was.
Oh please tell me this is a nightmare and not real. Alicia hoped it was, because she and Cuphead were wrapped up in the snake-like body so that they couldn't move anymore. Well, Alicia a little. Cuphead, on the other hand, could not. "Remember me?" asked a menacing sounding voice that sounds very demonic. Wait don't tell me that... Oh god no! To Alicia's shock, it was none other than the devil himself who showed himself to the two. His face appeared out of the darkness and grinned at both of them. "N-no I don't know you Mister Giant Snake" while Cuphead said this Alicia noticed flames rising around her.
The entire cottage was on fire. "Your soul is mine!" said the giant snake as its face slowly changed to that of the devil as he devoured Cuphead's soul while the now soulless body was next to Alicia, slowly turning to dust. She was now alone with him and only got more scared than before. "Let me go!" yes she tried to free her arms but unfortunately she was not strong enough for that. "What for? You are mine, my love!" but Alicia didn't want that to be true. She was already taken and married to Lucifer.
"I don't love you so let me go damn it!" more tears flowed from her eyes which the devil wiped away with his claw. This time she couldn't wipe them away because he held her head with his other hand. "Oh but you'll love me" his laughter echoed through the room while Alicia kept crying and hoping it was a nightmare. She hoped it very much.
"Alicia! Alicia wake up!" said a voice that brought her out of her sleep. She opened her eyes and saw Cuppy. Thank god he's alright. He was standing in front of her and was more than worried. You could see it in his pupils. They were thicker than normal. "Cuppy why did you wake me up?" she asked him as she rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock next to the closet of her. It was one in the morning. "Because you were screaming in pain and flinging your pillow at me" he explained, showing her the now partially wet pillow. She smiled nervously at him and was about to apologize when they heard Cuphead screaming from his room. "I ain't too worried about it!" he yelled as he woke up in a sweat in the bottom bunk while Mugman was just annoyed in the top bunk. It wasn't the first time he heard someone screaming in bed.
Usually Alicia was the only one with the nightmares, but for a while Cuphead was getting nightmares too. However, unlike Alicia, they were always the same. Therefore, Mugman already knew which dream his brother had. "You had the dream again, didn't you?" he asked him as he looked down at him. But Cuphead did not want to admit it. "It's nothing" he said and was about to go back to sleep until they heard a knock. Both looked at the door, which slowly opened. Alicia and Cuppy came out of it. Mugman was reassured that it was just the two of them and not Elder Kettle. None of them wanted him to know about it. "Nightmare?" she asked him. His nod answered her question. "Did you have a nightmare, too?" Mugman asked her.
She nodded as well. "The Devil probably has a huge operation to run. He's not worried about me, Cuppy and Alicia" he said nervously but the others knew it wasn't true. "That's it!" said Mugman as he tried to get off his bed. Alicia helped him get off the bed and walked with him to the closet. On the contrary of Cuppy, they both wore a red and blue onesie. Of course, Alicia already suspected that Mugman was up to something. "Let's go!" he said and opened the closet. "Where? It's the middle of the night!" asked Cuphead in confusion as his brother threw his clothes in his face. "We're dealing with this Devil thing once and for all!" he explained as he finished dressing. Cuphead was also almost done except for his right shoe. "Come on!" said Mugman, already walking downstairs with the others. Well, he barely made it out the door.
"This is crazy! What do we-" Before he spoke further, his brother held him tight. "Trust me. This one time, can you just trust me?" Cuphead nodded and followed him downstairs where the others were waiting for them. "Shall we then?" asked Cuppy Mugman. Both knew something that Alicia and Cuphead didn't know, which is why they were confused but followed the two. Almost everyone walked normally past the goat sleeping on the stone path. Only Cuphead gave her a wide berth. Alicia already suspected why but did not want to say it. Hopefully my nightmares will soon be gone. She had already gotten used to sleeping normally, but since she was in this world, the nightmares were more frequent than ever.
She knew that Cuppy had told her before that her nightmares could also be visions. But she wanted to hope that the last dream would not be real. She didn't want to bleed to death and marry the devil from this world as the only solution. Or that what she had just dreamed was happening in real life. No thanks. So the four of them went deeper into the forest, not knowing that something had happened in the underworld.
In a control room, many Imps were working on various machines, monitors and others. Almost every Imp wore headphones and had something to do. Even when the devil arrived with his two assistants Henchman and Amnon, the Imps continued to work. "If you'd step over here. sir. This is the Gluttony Department" explained an Imp who was showing the devil around. "Our reports have shown an 89% increase in global overeating" the smile the devil showed was hard to miss. He was very pleased to hear that "Oh! How delicious!" yes he grinned mischievously while his eyes wandered to the right of him.
"Oh! What's over there?"his eyes fell on something that interested him. Henchman and Amnon followed him and said nothing.
He went to an Imp who was sitting at a control desk aand was tapping on some keys when he noticed that there was someone behind him. "Team Famine, sir" He stopped working and turned around. "Not only is famine on a global upswing, but we've branched out into hunger-induced rage. Projected numbers are through the roof!" that pleased the devil even more than what he had heard before. "Wonderful! Did you two know about this?" he nudged Henchman and Amnon with his elbows when he asked them that. Both, however, just shrugged their shoulders.
But the devil's attention went to another control panel where two Imps were working. The three screens above them showed images of war. One screen showed a castle surrounded by thunderstorms. The second showed several fighter planes dropping bombs and the last screen showed a tank firing.
"So this is where we do war!" said the devil with joy as he looked at the screens. "Three new wars are being waged with catastrophic results on both sides" declared one of the two Imps before continuing his work. "We're breaking all previous records" said the other. The devil was glad to hear that, but there was one thing he wanted clarified.
"Is there already something new about the blood of my dearest Alicia?". An Imp came flying and asked the devil to follow him. He and his two assistants were standing in front of a laboratory table where some Imps were experimenting with Alicia's blood. "We have found out that the blood of the young lady is different from ours and yours sir" the Imp explained to him. The devil was confused. "What do you mean it's different?" the devil asked confused while the two Imps explained it best. "Well, not only is the color different than ours, it almost seems like it doesn't want to be mixed with yours." Another Imp mixed both samples and tried to stir them into a liquid, but unfortunately it didn't work.
The devil now saw what he meant and thought why the two liquids did not mix. Was it because she was a real human and not a toon? Certainly! "Unfortunately, we need more blood from the woman to continue our research," said the Imp. The devil thought. "Hmm so you need more blood from her?" the Imp nodded. "Yes then we can try to find a way to mix the blood" said the Imp. This pleased the devil very much. If they know how then the devil could start the ritual and Alicia would become a toon and belong to him!
"That is amazing!". "Oh, I'm impressed with how fantastically I'm running this whole operation. What's more, soon my beloved Alicia will be mine and will become my wife and queen" the Imps as well as his two assistants stopped working and looked to him "In fact, I think I deserve a celebration!" he turns his trident in a circle and touches the ground with it. From a cloud of smoke all the control stations disappeared and the headphones that the Imps wore on their heads were replaced by party hats.
A few of his finest demons appeared as well. Among them were Alicia's rivals who also wore party hats. On the tables were various foods and drinks. Some Imps held a tablet with glasses with a reddish liquid that foamed and bubbled. The devil, who also wore a party hat, took a glass and tapped it with his trident to attract attention.
"Attention, everyone. We're having our most productive year in a millennia. All thanks to my hard work and dedication..." The Imps and Demons listened to him but were more than confused. "What's he talking about?" an Imp asked. "I don't know, but we haven't had a break in 3,000 years, so go with it," the other answered. "So, let's all raise a glass to me!" the devil declared and raised his glass. The Imps and Demons were not sure, but they clapped. The devil was very pleased about this.
But as beautiful as the celebration was, there was unfortunately one who spoiled the celebration. It was neither Silk nor the other rivals of Alicia. No, it was the auditor. "Um...excuse me!".
A nasal voice was heard emerging from the crowd of Imps as a teal-green hand rose from the crowd. A short, teal-green demon with a large cranium to indicate his smarts with pointed ears, a devil's tail, small horns, and eggplant purple eyes came out of the crowd. He wears a large, blue polka-dotted bowtie, and has white cuffs on his wrists instead of gloves and white spats on his feet. He also keeps a pencil behind his ear and carrys a Book. "Oh, not this guy" Henchman and Amnon said simultaneously as they rolled their eyes. Not only the two of them couldn't stand the auditor, but also all the other demons and imps. Silk and the others rolled their eyes in annoyance as he went to the devil.
"Um according to the ledger, there is two outstanding souls in need of collection" he explained and showed the devil the open book he had with him. Henchman and Amnon heard this and tried to stop the auditor from speaking or even doing anything. But the auditor ignored it and showed him the page. "There are two cups. One played Soul Ball and the other wins on Roll the Dice" he explained him. The devil took a closer look at the page. His pupils shrank when he learned which two cups the auditor meant.
"As of today's date none of the souls are collected" he explained further while the devil lowered the book down and was about to say something when "That's not the only thing missing" the auditor interrupted him. The devil was confused and didn't know what he meant. "Since you have decided to marry this human-demon hybrid and make her our queen, you still need to have her fill out this application" he continued to flip through the book and pulled out a marriage contract from a page which he handed to the devil.
On this appeared both the name of the devil and that of Alicia, as well as two lines under which both the devil and Alicia must sign for the contract to be valid. That Silk and the other rivals were not very happy about this could be seen and heard. In any case, the growling, hissing and threatening buzzing came from their direction.
He took the application and tried to improve the mood that the auditor had broken. "Thank you, Stickler, our very diligent auditor" he patted him on the head when he said that. "But I'm sure it's just a clerical error,everyone" he said and pushed him away while hiding the contract behind his back. But Stickler came back and told him it was no mistake.
"Doubtful. As you-", "Hey! Let's get that music going!" with a snap of the fingers suddenly music played and the devil started a polonaise with Stickler in the front. The latter was not very enthusiastic about it and wanted to say something several times but his voice was overheard by the music. Henchman was about to grab Devil's fur when Silk intervened, so he had to grab her tail, which didn't really please him. Also the devil was not very pleased that Silk came closer to him than he wanted.
Meanwhile, the four had gone deeper into the forest and were surrounded by mist. Surprisingly, Mugman didn't seem to be afraid because the trees here looked exactly like the ones in the graveyard. "Mugman, where are you taking us?" asked Cuphead, confused. Alicia wondered the same thing, but she could already guess from the surroundings where or who she was going to meet.
"You'll see" he said and pushed some grasses out of the way so the four of them could go on. This was no problem for Alicia since she could jump over the grass and also see the crumbling ruin. Yep I knew it In the middle was a kind of stone pond in which was shining water. Alicia and Cuppy already knew who they would meet. It could be only one at which the two could think.
From his pocket, Mugman pulls out a bag with a Jawbreaker inside. Cuphead saw that and was shocked that he knew the Jawbreaker his brother held in his hand. "Is that my sour fizzy jawbreaker?" he asked, but before he could react Mugman turned it upside down and the Jawbreaker fell out of the bag and landed in the pond and the water started to bubble.
"Aw, man! I was working on that for months!" Cuphead said sadly as he looked into the pond. Alicia stroked his cheek to soothe him. "I'm sorry, Cuphead, but I gotta make the water fizz so he'll appear" He looked at him confused. Alicia and Cuppy knew who he meant. "So who will appear?". Suddenly a bright beam of light came from the pond and the wind became stronger. This startled the two cups who were hiding behind Alicia as a deep voice came from the pond.
"When in doubt, young man of mug, give your brother one last hug" Both looked at the pond but were still hidden behind Alicia's legs. "What was that?" asked Cuphead in a trembling voice. "A sage advisor, rumored to know all" explained Mugman as he detached himself from Alicia's leg and walked towards the pond. Cuppy peers into it.
A face appeared from it. It was an older man with a bald head and a thick nose. "I am Quadratus, the great and wise! Come closer, young ones, so I may advise" Mugman bends over the pond. "We come seeking your wisely wisdom" he explained to Quadratus. "Protection is your mugly goal, for the Devil seeks they cuply souls" In the pond appeared the image of the Devil trying to grab the souls of the two Cupheads.
Both Cupheads swallowed nervously when they saw this. Both had not forgotten that they still owe their souls to the devil. "But fear not, there is one way to save their souls and keep the Devil at bay" The picture with the Devil and the two Cupheads changed and showed a sweater "A sweater, knit with invisible fur from a long-extinct creature, will deter". The sweater also disappeared and Quadratus appeared. "Uh, basically, the sweater is impenetrable to the Devil, so..." Alicia noticed that he stopped rhyming. "Uh, you stopped rhyming." Quadratus sighed. "Eh. It gets old" he explained. "If you two wear it, he cannot collect your souls". This pleased them both greatly. The water in the pond began to move as Quadratus searched for something until he found something and held it out of the pond.
"These are the last balls of invisible yarn!" he explained and asked Mugman to take the two balls of wool. "Take it, Mugman!". The latter took both and was more than confused. Alicia was also confused. The ball of wool was invisible. How could he knit a sweater with it if he couldn't even see the wool? He didn't seem to like that either when he found out that he had to knit the sweater. "Wait. Why do I gotta do all the work?". "The sweater is only effective if it's made with brotherly love" a heart appeared in the pond.
Alicia was glad that she didn't have to knit the sweater. "Well, looks like I'm knitting two invisible sweater, then". Both Cupheads were happy and hugged him while thanking him. "Gee! Thanks, Mugsy! You're the best brother a cup could ever have!" said Cuphead as he hugged him. Alicia had to giggle when she saw the three of them hugging each other while Quadratus disturbed the mood. "Now get knitting!" he yelled. All four of them flinched when he said that.
Meanwhile, back in the underworld, the celebration was still going on. The devil leaned against a table while talking to a few Imps. One came with a tray of deviled eggs. The devil saw it and took an egg. "Oh! Deviled eggs! You know, I invented these" he explained before eating it. Of course, Katerina also took a piece and was about to join the devil when they suddenly heard a familiar voice. "Excuse me!" from a group the accountant appeared to draw attention to himself.
The devil groaned when he saw him "There goes my appetite" he flung the egg away before continuing. The cat demon was not very enthusiastic about it either and dropped the egg while she walked away grumbling. But the Devil's attention falls on something else. "Oh, games!" on a table lay a dart that he approached. "Anyone up for a round of darts?" he asked as Silk appeared next to him. "I'd love to," she said, but the devil just rolled his eyes in annoyance.
He was about to throw the dart when he heard Stickler's voice again. "Excuse me, please". He turned to the voice, which appeared from a group of balloons. The devil sighed again and threw away the dart that hit Amnon. He jumped up in pain while Henchman removed the dart. Silk growled when she saw that Stickler had lured the devil away from her. The latter went to a bowl with a reddish liquid inside. He poured some of it into a glass for himself and was about to drink from it when someone appeared from the bowl. He was startled when he saw that it was Stickler.
Surprised and shocked at the same time he spat out the drink and hit Amnon who talked with two Imps and was wet from head to neck. His fur took on a bit of color from the drink. But his wet fur suddenly became dry as he and the others looked to the devil who was on fire again. "FINE!" he roared when he noticed that the others were looking at him. "Attention, everyone. I have a teensy-weensy thing to take care of" he said with a nervous smile. "Don't stop the party. I'll only be a minute," he said, reaching for his trident as he gave Stickler an annoyed look before disappearing.
The Imps were talking among themselves. Henchman and Amnon went up to him. "Duh, nice work, Stickler" he said sarcastically "Yeah, some life of the party you turn out to be" Amnon said, also slightly annoyed. But Silk was angry. She pushed them both out of the way and walked toward Stickler as she glared angrily at him. "Thanks to you, I lost my chance to have a romantic dance with the Master!" She growled at him, but Stickler stared at her emotionlessly. "I hope you're pround of yourself!", "I will not apologize for doing my job" he explained to her. But that made Silk even angrier than she already was. She held him by the collar and growled even more. "Duh, calm down, Miss Silk!", "S-silk! No! H-h-he ain't worth it!". She dropped him and walked away, annoyed.
Meanwhile in the woods, Mugman finishes knitting the last sweater. Cuppy has already put on his sweater and finds it cozy and warm. "There! All finished!" he said, holding the invisible sweater in his hands. "Okay, Cuphead. Put it on" Mugman said as he handed him the sweater. He noticed the smell coming from the sweater. "Yuck! It stinks!" he said, disgusted. "You heard Quadratus. It's the only thing that'll stop the Devil taking your soul". Alicia agreed with him.
She had the devil's mark that gave everyone an electric shock when she was angry and uncomfortable. "All right. I'll put it on" Cuphead said annoyed when he put on the sweater and suddenly noticed that the sweater is cozy warm. "Oh! I guess it is nice and toasty" he said and hugged himself. Alicia was pleased but suddenly she heard Quadratus trying to talk to her. She bent down and looked into the pond. "Yes?" she asked quietly so the others wouldn't hear.
Quadratus appeared and spoke to her. Of course, he didn't rhyme, which calmed her down. "I couldn't hold it back, but I need to talk to you about something important" Alicia looked at the three cups before looking at Quadratus. She nodded as he explained that her nightmares were not normal nightmares. As she already suspected, they are also partly visions. "The last nightmare you had is unfortunately also a vision," Quadratus said in a sad voice. Alicia already suspected it.
"But I can reassure you. To get back to your world, you and your cup friend need the help of two people" the pond showed an anthropomorphic wolf and fox before Quadratus disappeared completely. She wanted to know who these two are. But the three cups were with her and clung to her legs in fear. "What's going on now?" she asked the three when she suddenly heard a poofing sound. She knew it and turned around where the devil appeared from a cloud of smoke.
He looked annoyed and also always wore a red party hat for reasons. Okay yet a little strange All three cups started shouting "The Dev-" but he slapped Cuphead's hand away pointing at him while holding onto Alicia's leg with the other. "Yeah. I'm here for the souls. Let's make it snappy" he said, ready to grab Cuphead's soul before he got an electric shock from the invisible sweater. This scared Alicia very much. So much so that she fell to the floor while the others still clung around her. "YOWCH!" he said, ready to grab Cuphead's soul before he got an electric shock from the invisible sweater. This scared Alicia very much. So much so that she fell to the floor while the others still clung around her.
"Hey, it worked!" Cuphead said as he broke away from Alicia and got off her so she could stand up. "You're wearing an impenetrable invisible sweater!" He was confused and angry at the same time. Actually, he wanted to catch the two souls without problems, but now there was a problem. "But how?" he asked Cuphead and Cuppy, who grinned at him. "Mugman made it for us," Cuphead said with a grin. "It works on account of our brotherly love" Cuppy added as he pulled Mugman towards him who just grinned nervously at the devil. "Of course it does" he said with rolling eyes before his gaze moved from the three cups to Alicia. He ignored the fact that Cuphead, Cuppy and Mugman walked past him. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we'll be on our way home" Cuphead said casually while Cuppy grinned.
No he walked over to Alicia and held out his hand. But she rejected his hand and slapped it away while she stood up by herself and wanted to follow the three cups. But the devil stood in her way and grinned diabolically. In his hand he held the marriage proposal. Alicia guessed what he was up to and backed away from frightened her. "Um could you please..." She walked backwards away from him. She didn't want him to get too close since her last nightmare. His claws looked threatening from being so close. But before he could touch her he got an electric shock. Alicia was confused because her devil sign did not light up.
"Grrr WHAT'S THAT!" he said annoyed when Alicia saw that Cuppy was standing in front of her and that his sweater had saved her. "Hands off her she's already taken!" he said in a growling voice while the devil sucked his index finger. Before he could say anything the two were already gone and followed Cuphead and Mugman. But the devil did not give up so quickly and reappeared in front of the four of them. Of course Cuphead screamed again until the others calmed him down. "You're wearing the sweater, remember?" said Alicia as Cuphead looked to her. He had almost forgotten and calmed down again "Oh, right", "Yeah, about that. Why don't you two save us all some time and take it off?" the devil asked him.
But the two do not think about it. "Fat chance!" said both Cupheads. The devil thought until an idea came to him. Alicia rolled her eyes when she saw the $10 in his hand. "Take it off, and I'll give you ten bucks!" Cuphead was happy when he saw the $10 and was about to take off his sweater until Mugman stopped him. "No! Your soul's worth more than ten bucks", "Hey, you're right!" he said also annoyed. "Make it 20" Seriously? Alicia and the others looked at him confused and annoyed. "You're keeping that sweater on" said Alicia as she walked past the devil with Cuppy. "Now let's go home" said Mugman and followed the other two with Cuphead while the devil scratched his chin. He had an idea and had to laugh mischievously before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
After a while, the four heard circus music but were confused when they saw no tent. Only when they almost passed a tent, the four turned around. "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up!" said a man standing behind a lectern. He wore a dark purple tailcoat, circular saw straw hat with a purple band, white gloves, a magenta bow tie and yellow hand cuffs. Under his red nose was a standard black moustache. "See the teapot tentacle lady!, Encounter the bearded Flamingo!" He exhaled before continuing to speak. "Gawk at the really big squirrel." Alicia wasn't really excited about it but the three mugs wanted to see the squirrel. "Big squirrel?!" the three said as they walked to the entrance. Alicia rolled her eyes and unintentionally followed them. "We gotta see how big it is" said Mugman.
"Right this way, lady and gentlemen!" he said as he pointed to the entrance. But Cuppy stopped when he saw the sign. "Wait, Cuphead. It says, No sweaters allowed" he said pointing to the sign that stood with in the entrance. Alicia already suspected something was wrong and gave herself a face palm when she saw Cuphead about to take off his sweater before Mugman stopped him. "Hold it! Something's fishy about this!" he said. Alicia saw the carny standing behind the tent. He looked at the two Cupheads. Don't tell me it's the devil. She walked away from the tent with Cuppy while the two brothers followed them. "Come on. Let's scram," Alicia said.
She did not see it but she felt it like the devil was not far away from her and was angry. After a while, the four of them smelled something delicious. "Something smells delicious!" said Cuppy. But Alicia wondered where the smell came from. You're serious? Not far from them was a hot dog cart with a sign that said Free Hot Dogs. "Oh, boy! Free hot dogs!" said Cuphead as he ran toward the hot dog cart. But Alicia, Mugman and Cuppy were confused until Alicia got a bad feeling. She ran up to him and took the hot dog away before he could bite into it. "Hey!" he said annoyed as Alicia threw the hot dog away. Mugman was also confused until he looked at the sausage and saw something written on it.
"One bite of this free hot dog may unleash a plague of sweater-eating demon moths" When Alicia heard this, she took the sausage from his hand, threw it in the air and destroyed it with her own trident. This frightened Cuphead and Mugman. Cuppy knew she had her own trident and thought nothing of it when he followed her and asked them to come along. But the devil that had turned into the hot dog cart was both angry and surprised when he saw Alicia's trident. Hearts appeared in his eyes as he followed the four.
These went past a familiar pond. Wait what? Alicia stopped, which caused the three cups to run into her. "I know I said wear a sweater, but take it off, and that's much better" said Quadratus who looked different. He had yellow horns, a red nose and yellow eyes. "Yeah sure" said Alicia and went on with Cuphead and Cuppy while Mugman blows a raspberry. The four knew that it was the devil who transformed himself not only as Quadratus but also as the Carny and the hot dog cart.
"Look! We're almost out of the woods!" Mugman said as he pointed to the exit of the forest. But Alicia sensed the devil approaching them and was the first to stop. The three cups ran into her again and heard the devil's voice "No, you're not!" he said angrily. With his trident he pointed at Cuphead and Cuppy. The latter was annoyed and rubbed his nose as the tip of the trident poked at him. "Now you two take off that sweater!".
"It's not happening, Devil. Just give up already" Mugman said annoyed. "Yeah! You should try transforming into someone who doesn't fail all the time" Cuphead said sarcastically which made the others laugh. Even Alicia had to laugh, which only made the devil angrier. Alicia already suspected it and saw how the devil was on fire. The heat was not as bad for her as for the others. As she already suspected, Cuppy and Cuphead started to sweat. Even if the sweater was warm it was not suitable for a heat like the two felt now. The fire that circled the devil was extremely warm. "Phew! So hot" Cuphead said as he tried to waft wind to himself. "You said it I'm sweating" said Cuppy and also waved his hands at Wind. The devil saw it and grinned diabolically.
He took a deep breath and his flames grew. "I'm cooking in here" Cuphead said as he sweated even more. "I gotta take this thing off" said Cuppy and was about to take off his sweater. But he knew that he would lose his soul. That's why he fought against it. Cuphead, however, did not. He wanted to take off his sweater. "No! Keep it on!" Mugman said but Cuphead was sweating even more and wanted to take off the sweater "I can't! I can't take it!" he said and slowly took off his sweater. Mugman was very desperate and looked at Alicia and Cuppy who also tried to prevent him from taking off his sweater.
But suddenly Alicia and Mugman got an idea when they thought of Quadratus' sentence. "When in doubt, young man of mug...". "Give your brother one last hug!" both hugged their Cuphead so that they could not take off the sweater completely. "Hey! What are you doing?" the two asked in confusion as Alicia and Mugman hugged them. The devil saw it and was even angrier than before. The flames moved towards them but thanks to the two sweaters, the flames circled the four of them. An explosion was heard from the forest. The animals that heard it immediately disappeared as the smoke slowly cleared.
Alicia looked around and saw the part of the forest around her being destroyed. The trees were splintered and burned. Also that they were standing in around a small crater. But all of them were still intact. Alicia was back in her demon form and smelled something burning. She looked at her right shoulder. "Great" her blouse was burned and torn. But thanks to her fur, she was not completely naked. The devil was shocked by this and blushed.
Once because he saw what he did to Alicia and when he saw how the three cups were intact. No scratches and burns had the three. Furious at this, he transformed into his several forms. From his dragon form to his octopus form. Alicia rolled her eyes and transformed into her wyvern form as she put the three cups on her back. But before she could escape, the devil appeared in front of her. "No you stay here!" he said pointing his burning trident at her. Alicia, however, was not impressed and flew away without thinking about it while the devil looked after her in confusion.
But what she didn't expect was that the devil flew after her and threatened to wrap around her. "Oh no, not again!" she said and transformed into her phoenix form, which made her more agile and allowed her to escape the devil. He was very surprised by this and fell in love with her even more. Her wolf, Caribou and dragon form looks beautiful but her phoenix form appealed to him even more. He followed her trying to reach for her with his hands. His claws touched her leg and clawed at it.
Alicia cried out in pain and transformed into her Wyvern form as she spat a fireball in his face. He let go and Alicia disappeared with the others. Chasing them did him no good he unfortunately had to admit one thing. He could not collect the souls from the cups and could not get them to sign the application. Annoyed, he disappeared and returned to the party.
"Well, I got them!" he explained to the others as he walked over to a table. "Old Scratch did it again. Where's that cake?" he was standing in front of the table asking for the cake when an imp brought it to him on a tray. He pulled out a knife and was about to cut off a piece when he was interrupted again by the accountant. Annoyed, he rolled his eyes and looked at him with a slightly annoyed smile because he had to pull himself together not to freak out. "Where are the souls that has been retrieved?" he asked him. The devil thought about what he could lie to him. "I put it in the soul vault. With the others", "You mean you didn't register it?" Stickler lifted the book and began to explain to the devil that he must actually register every soul.
But just as he was about to finish his sentence, the devil fired a stream of fire through the book. "Oops. I guess the auditor will have to do a full recount" the devil explained. "But I'm the auditor", "Oh, that's right. Well, don't let us keep you" he pushed him away before turning to the cake. "Who still needs cake huh?" the devil asked the other Imps and Demons. But before he could even think about cutting the cake, the devil noticed that something red ran down his hand. It was blood. Alicia's blood.
This pleased him. Which is why he went with the bloody hand to the Imps who asked for more blood samples while the knife got stuck in the cake. Henchman saw it and cut himself a piece before eating it.
Meanwhile, Alicia and the others arrived back at the cottage and were able to continue sleeping with peace of mind. But when Cuppy noticed that Alicia was bleeding, he was more than worried. He and the others tended to the wound before they all went to their beds and tried to sleep. Cuphead was able to sleep without any problems. But Alicia not really. When she saw the marriage proposal and learned that her nightmare could come true, she was even more worried than before. "Whoever the two people are that could help me and Cuppy get back to my world, I really hope they are on our side". She didn't want to experience something like Gaston did. A would-be hero.
She closed her eyes and had to think again of Lucifer as she lays in his arms and feels his soft fur. Yes, she missed him very much. And he missed her too. "Oh my love Alicia I feel your pain" he got up from his throne and was ready to go to her wherever she is. No one will take her away from me! He disappeared in a puff of smoke and left Inkwell Hell.