Treasurehats

"You know, Dr Lamprey, had you told me that you know him to be a vampire, I would have brought a spare hat for him."

"I never said THAT! I just SAID he was at the DENTIST a lot!"



"Sigh... I am gonna make a headwrap out of my shirt, maybe it will work."

"Can't we just carry him home in statue form?"



"No. I don't like anyone being hurt or incapacitated on my watch. Not one bit."

"Hm. HM."

> Get as far away from there as you can.

You run, you run from this psychopath. Discard weight.



You have no idea where you are running.



But you think you have seen these buildings while traveling offspace...



No, can't get distracted, run, breathe, make a lot of turns, this is less scary than the direbear you met once.

>Effie: Run into Bad Luck (Meramis).

Wait, is that--?

"Whooa, whooops! Meramis, d-d-d-did you come to rescue--oh--"



"Of course not."



"F-f-from grass's heart I stab at thee!"



"Oh"



"I am terribly sorry Miss Dryad, but I'll need this cat alive to test this. "



"And since I saved your life, you owe me, clearly!"

"You k-k-know what."



Grasping at straws, grasping at straws...

"What if I-I-I made an interview with you about this wonderful forest instead? I am sure people would b-b-be interested!"

"Hmmm, hmmm, hmmmm. PR would be nice. Just, got to ask, you have no more gadgets rights?"

"N...no..."



"Eh, I would rather see what happens."

"Hurk."







Oh great.



Who said that?

I am Fe.

Who?

I am Fe!

I am Effie?

Wonderful.

What?

I am Fe!

Um...

Something about a boon?

You want to help me?

Blood or Tears?

Confusing. Who are you?

Helpful but price!

No other option?

Want to help but the price.

I just want to go home.

Blood or Tears!

Neither...

No that is both!

Where?

INSIDE

Why?

Pact pact for boon.

Confusing, terrified.

Fe young, sorry.

Elaborate?

Wounds or humiliation.

How much?

Proportional.

Details.

Where home?

Other world.

Oh no.

Too much?

Fe agrees.

What if no boon?

First one mandatory...

Who make it mandatory?

INSIDE.

I have been humiliated enough today.

Blood?

Blood.



"Hmm, hmm."

"What a boring treasure."



"Aaaa"

"Oh, hmm, certainly more interesting. Maybe it contained some sort of bone god's tears, maybe?"

I am Fe!



"Eeek!"



"Ah! Forgive me majestic creature! I am sorry for what I did!"

Changed tone fast.

"That is nice."

Not nice.

I know.



"Please let me go, and I will pledge you an alliagence! ...But what are you, anyways?"

Shadow.

"She is a shadow."

"Er, well, I will forever revere the power of shadows! In fact, from now on, my chosen name shall be Reverend Seth!"

Begging after merely touched. I don't care anymore. I just want to go home.

Home...

"That is nice."



"Ooof"



"Hey, errr, you! Wake up!"



"Thank Flex, I was wondering where you have gone!"

"H...how... long?"

"Well, I noticed you being gone about five minutes ago, but you have been gone for an hour probably.."

"And you seem to have been infected by a parasite, according to my goggles?"



"The good news is, that I can contain it in this vase! It also happens to be your colour!"

No no no!

Oh no.

"That... is nice..."



"Memory ends here. I won't say "I hoped you enjoyed", but I'll say "I am sorry"."



...

"An abrupt end. There is still a gap between your first vived memory, I smell. But your benefactor ran out of credit."

...I better go.



"Transaction completed. You no longer have any boons to cash in with us. I do hope that you have found the subclient's vision beneficial. Eavesdropper."



"I did."

"Enigmas escalate."

SpoilerShow

And that wraps up the two year Intermission! Hopefully next year will have less hiatuses. Depends on me fixing my sleep schedule, and reducing stress... At least last year, I managed to make 244 doodles and facts of the setting.

Anyways, next chapter is either about Audrey or Mister Seth. Which one? You decide!

Also note: I cheated a bit and edited some panels in the nightmare sequence in the beginning...