Chapter 5: Next, Branding the God

God is mad about Joost's time with Eren...

**Season 5: Next, Branding the God** is the fifth chapter of YES and of Joey's Special Experience

## Summary

Losing to Joost in their fight, God laments about how weak he is. Some of his blood splatters onto the mask, causing it to fall to the floor. God cries to Joost how much he loves them and how mad he is that they chose Eren over him. Just as God pulls out a knife, Joshar appears, wondering what all the commotion is about. He send the two boys to their rooms.

Meanwhile, one of the mansion servants throws out a box, and burns it with the rest of the trash. He knows a servant was put in there and thinks it smells amazing. He is just so happy about killing Dionysus, wholesome!

Later, Joost is walking outside, and comes across a cock that someone gave to them when “he passed.” Joost sees Eren and tries to hide from her. He thinks that the kiss was a joke and that Eren really does love God, making Joost depressed. Back at home, Joshar shows Joost a grave he made for them. Joost only gets 2 hours of sleep that night, and Dionysus’s ghost cries, remembering how Joost really did die, even if she revived him.

There is a brief cut to 17 years later, with the narrator pondering what Joshu was up to, and implying that the mask will be destroyed.

## Appearances

### Main characters:

* Joost
* God

### Secondary characters:

* Joshar
* Jodocus Mansion's Butler (debut)

### Minor characters:

* Eren
* Dionysus (death)

## Lore notes

* Joshar is racist, using “Jew” as an insult.
* The servant who kills Dionysus could possibly be breaking the fourth wall, talking to the narrator and/or audience. That, or he is insane. Either way, “I” is used in narration in Chapter 3. Is Hirohiko Archie a character in universe?
* Joost may be able to understand animals, as he says something in quotations and then replies to it, as if he had repeated what the bird said before calling it out on its swearing issue.
* Rocker is a swear word.
* Joost could be recording himself, perhaps suggesting he runs a vlog. That or the bird has recording tech on it - Birds Aren’t Real!
* It is unknown who sent Joost the cock.
* The Jodocus mansion has security issues, as a thief just robbed them. Joshar also blames Joost being too keen on killing.
* Joost has a husband named DIY Master, who is healthy but still at school. It is unknown if this is the alien leader’s name, or if Joost has multiple husbands.
* Joost is described as a horse again.
* The EU is concerned, suggesting the alliance of countries is heavily invested in the going ons of the Jodocus family.
* God worries he may be going to jail soon (“taken away”) after seemingly kidnapping a baby. He hit it in a cage for a while but they will soon find out. Strangely, he is only upset about not learning to drive, not leaving Joost.
* Joshu survives for the next 17 years and is involved with the mask, which is heavily implied to be destroyed. God’s time stopping abilities are also referenced - that or “time to stop” just means the mask must be stopped, or rather, that breaking the mask is actually a bad thing that needs to be prevented.
* Joost’s death is mentioned several times throughout the chapter. It is unknown if this refers to when he drowned in the river, or if he had actually died a second time following his resurrection.

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