LU 49 - Dr. Thornberry 12

I don't know why I went back I mean aren't I supposed to be undercover? As I walked across the lantern bridge, I saw a child sitting on a bench, alone. Interested, I went up to say hello. Upon some conversation I learned that this child was the future Prince of The Ones Below All, Boulty. And their adoptive father was my worst enemy. Of course with this information, I was expecting Boulty to be the biggest brat but he ended up being quite friendly! We then walked a bit further and saw a few others. Boulty walked away to talk to some other person while I watched as two others talked. One of them seemed quite familiar.. a bird.. do I know a bird? I shrugged it off, I was too cool to think about silly little things like that. While the others were talking I walked into a shop at Spawn I've never seen before. Animal heads lined the walls. I thought about it and realized how pretty it would be if I could do that to the heads of my enemies. But my thoughts were interrupted as the others outside seemed to gather together. I went to join them. There, I met a starborne named Avery and a Fae named Cyn. Avery seemed to not like me very much, but I guess it's justified. As we all spoke, THE OFFICER CAME. Thank goodness I was in my disguise. The Officer told me how similar I looked to someone and I ended up telling him that he must be talking about my twin brother Thorn. He was suspicious but seemed to let it slide. Feeling anxious, I quickly started to walk away when Cyn grabbed me by my arm excitedly. They asked me if I was "him", "the scientist", "the lab guy" I laughed and told them that that was my brother and most definitely not me.

*"My name is.. Vice.. uh.. Sparkleberry!"*

They seemed to believe me. I ended up dragging them over away from Spawn to ask a few important questions. Just the regular stuff along the lines of, "your opinion on murderers?" and "your opinion on torture?" Their responses were a bit vague but I decided to take them to the Safe Haven anyway since they seemed... slightly the right fit. I handed them the book and talked to them for a while about the place and our code. After Cyn finished reading they decided that they would think about joining. But before Cyn went on their merry way, Thorn had to slip in a few parting words;

*"If you tell anyone about this place, I will have your head on a stake displayed in Spawn Town, for all to see."*

Later I go back to Spawn. The bird man from earlier approaches me. He asks me if I want to join a Comedy Club he's setting up. I was a bit taken aback by this statement. He thinks I'm good enough to join a comedy club!? Wow. I knew I was great. I tell him a bad joke and ask him to tell me one too. He doesn't. Kind of suspicious for a comedy club leader to be so serious and non-comedic. Eh, whatever. He tells me to follow him to the club site. I do but to my utter surprise it ends up being a trap! Silly me. The bird man was Tori. Yes, Tori. The one who helped me and then betrayed me.. (why do I have so many of those..?) He then explained my purpose of being there....

*"You will treat me like your god. You will do everything I say. You will stay here from sunset to sunrise everyday to fulfill my labors."*

As you might guess, I was pissed, *beyond* pissed I was livid. But I couldn't let Tori see this.

*"Yes sir, I will abide by those rules."* The first night he let me out I gave myself a pep talk.

*"You will follow their commands until the day comes that you can take revenge."*

Night after night, torture, pain and labor.

*Tori, your head will be the first I display.*