First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1250572637 Previous: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1261805234 Next: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1261807735 The Eyes That Watch Us-Joel: “Martyn’s in semi-critical with Avid.” That’s the first thing Pearl informs us of. “I think he’ll live, but I don’t know if he’ll still have clarity when he wakes up. We clearly can’t rely on him fighting it off himself. We saw how much pain it caused him.” The room fills with murmurs of agreement. “We have to get Joel those brewing recipes, or we might lose him forever. Joel, are you still up for the challenge?” She asks, looking directly at me. I nod my head vigorously, and open my mouth to say something when I’m cut off by a scream. The source is Scott, who has a sword through his chest. Someone emerges from the shadows, someone with black hair and red eyes. He has a mustache, also black, a suit, also black, boots, also black. Pale skin, pointed ears, and a blood-red tie. He drops the handle of the sword as soon as he’s fully out of the shadows. “Hello, citizens of District City who have chosen to stand against me and my apprentice. My name is Mumbo J Grumbot, but you can call me The Nightmare.” His canine teeth are sharp like fangs. One of them is dripping blood that I’m sure isn’t his. He calmly makes his way over to Ren, ill intent radiating off him like UV off the sun. “I have to say, my newest toy is fond of you. Far too fond, in my opinion. It would be cute, if it wasn’t preventing me from gaining an asset. I think I’ll have to remove you from the situation.” He says, pulling out a concealed blade and holding it to Ren’s throat. “Remove me if it pleases ya, but know that no matter what ya do, Martyn will never break ta the likes of you, don’t’cha know. He’s much stronger than that.” Nightmare growls in frustration. “I’ll be back, in my real body.” He hisses, and then vanishes. “That was epic! How did you know that wasn’t his real body?! If you didn’t, were you really prepared to die?! The whimsy!” Scar yells from across the room. “Scar! Help Pearl with Scott.” Cleo yells his name, and deadpans instructions that he quickly follows. “Don’t worry about me, it’s already healed up. I’m a Creaking Golem, remember?” Scott chirps cheerfully as he sits down. But something behind his tone makes me feel as if he’s lying. And I’ve had to get very good at being able to tell when people are lying.
The Nightmare, for shadow: Mumbo J Grumbot. The Mad Hatter, for hypnosis: Bedubs O Hundred. The March Hare, for brewing: Joel SB Shadow. The White Rabbit, for Runebooks: Lizzie LD Shadow. The Duke, for petrification: Cleo Z Slab. The Cheshire Cat, for wonder: Tucker 'Scar' R Slab. The Queen of Hearts, for transformation: Pearl E Moon. The Knight of Hearts, for fire: Tango Tek. The King of Hearts, for the fawn: Gemini D Taylor. The Clockmaker, for trickery: Etho C Slab. The Twins, for innocence: Grian B and Jimmy G Solidarity. The Doormouse, for travel: ? The Knight of Spades, for generosity: Pyro J Gundo. The Knight of Diamonds, for violence: ? The Knight of Clubs, for sculk: ? The Jester, for chance: Avid M Craft. The King of Spades, for future: Owen Gundo. The Queen of Spades, for past: Dr. Legs Gundo. The King of Diamonds, for ritual: ? The Queen of Diamonds, for water: Martyn Inn-Thuh LittleWood. The King of Clubs, for control: ? The Queen of Clubs, for demonic: ? The Girl Called Alice, for leadership and medley: Scott S Major. The Odd of Hearts, for selfishness: Shelby S Lockthwain. The Jack of Hearts, for leeching: ? The Even of Hearts, for memory: Drift IN Finite. The Odd of Clubs, for vibration: ? The Even of Clubs, for intelligence and understanding: Terry 'Bigb' Terrence. The Jack of Clubs, for words: ? The Odd of Spades, for binding: Impulse S Venra. The Even of Spades, for light: Abolish R Gundo. The Jack of Spades, for mechinry: ? The Odd of Diamonds, for angelic: Skizz Le Man. The Even of Diamonds, for betrayal: ? The Jack of Diamonds, for nature: ?