Inky Extras Series

This is the page for all the independent parts of the Inky Extras series that are not contained within the original Inky Extras story of the same name

## Part 2 - The Day to Forget

This short takes place years ago when the Cupbros were teenagers working at Black Hat's Casino. It's The Day to Forget, a demon holiday where people, debtors and regular civilians alike, can gamble with their souls in the hopes of lessening their debt or having a dream granted. After getting into a fight with the casino's head chef, Mr. Biggis (because Cuphead forgot to wear pants) the boys are made to work the tables as dealers. Later in the night, Black Hat approaches Cuphead's table and has him play a game against Biggis, pants less. Cuphead wins the game, causing Biggis to lose his soul to Black Hat and winning him and Mugs the freedom to move out once he turns 18.

## Part 3 - At the Edge of the River

A short taking place before the events of IM, following Cannikin and Demitasse attempted escape from the Labyrinth. The two Dishes fight against the Night Terror and, while they do manage to get back outside the Labyrinth, Cannikin is fatally wounded in the battle. Demitasse tries to take him out of Fairmont with her so they can both escape and bring back others with them to fight the Labyrinth. Cannikin refuses, saying how it's their fault the Labyrinth is awake now so they have to keep it contained before it can spread to the nearby town. Demitasse is fiercely against the idea but eventually gives in and accepts his decision. The two share a sad kiss goodbye before Demi runs into the forest to escape. As Canni sacrifices his soul to create a barrier to contain the Labyrinth his thoughts turn to his sons and his family.

## Part 4 - The Origin of Supers

This is the old story of a young Dish boy named Grail who wished to be a hero. However, no one in Grail's village believed he could be a hero because he was so young and delicate due to being made of porcelain. Grail refuses to give up his dream and leaves his village to begin doing various heroic deeds. Along the way he helps a Micco sorcerer, a Angel and a Demon who each grant him a powerful magical ability (A Super) as thanks. In the end, Grail returns to his village as the powerful hero he always wished to be. This story is told in the style of a folktale and thus it is unknown how much of this tale actually happened in the history of IM.

## Part 5 - The Demon Deal

This short, following the events of Book Eight, details the negotiations between the Demons and the Angels in regards to Ava's and Azazel's punishment for their crimes. The story is told primarily through Isaac's POV as he attends the meeting as a witness to the two Demon's crimes at the Dark Circus. The meeting is also attended by Hannah, Zediel, Michael and Samuel for the Angels while the Demons were represented by Anzu, Stolas and Asmodeus. The meeting begins by once again repeating why simple execution is not a suitable punishment due to the fact that it will only add to the tension and thirst for war that many of the youth of both Angels and Demons feel. Instead of the execution the Demon's offer a deal to the Angels- while Azazel's punishment would stay the same as suggested in Ch 155 they propose a different sort of punishment for Ava. Essentially, Ava's Demonic magical abilities would be sealed and she would be left on the Surface with only her toon and debtor connections to rely on as she was continuously watched and tested by both Angels And Demons. The goal of this is too see if she could successfully make connections with those around her and act in other ways beyond her normal selfish and violent behavior if given a chance. If she fails, the Treaty would be altered to allow the Angels to review and judge the fairness of all soul contract deals between the Demons and debtors. But if she does succeed then it proves Demons can live peacefully on the surface without causing harm to others and a "probationary city" would be built on the Surface for a small number of carefully selected Demons to live in to learn the ways of the Surface and gain the rights of any normal toon while there. While initially shocked by the idea the Angel's eventually agree to the deal with the understanding that Ava will not be told of the terms of the deal in order to see her honest behavior. The rest of the short is the two groups ironing out the details and a short stint of Anzu's POV to show the Demons view of this deal. It turns out that the deal had been crafted on order from The Devil himself and implies that the Demons may have tricks/ulterior motives behind the deal.

## Part 6 - Birds of a Feather

### Chapter 1

The first chapter begins with Isaac getting told by his mother and grandmama that he needs to take a break from all the work he does. Specifically, they both think he should be dating far more than he is. Isaac eventually agrees to take a break soon and the next day at work he tells Michael about the issue. Michael decides to help by dragging him to the front lobby of the building and declaring that Isaac will go on a date with the next woman who walks through the door. Just as Isaac is about to abandon Michael to his shenanigans to get back to work a beautiful female Angel that Isaac has never seen before walks through the door. Isaac is instantly smitten and Michael takes it upon himself to introduce the two of them to the woman, who is named Abaddon and is there to get a permit to open a gardening business. Isaac offers to handle her request personally and she thanks him before leaving. Ignoring Michael's teasing, Isaac heads to take care of her request before trying (and mainly failing) to find out any more information about who exactly Abaddon is.

The next morning, Abaddon heads out on a gardening job. It is revealed that Abaddon has the talent to destroy anything she touches, which she has been using in her gardening work. However, during the job Aba accidentally disintegrated one of the clients rose bushes. This causes the client to yell at her and severely damages her confidence to the point of questioning if she should even open up her gardening business at all. She spends the rest of the day questioning whether she should withdraw her request or not. This is when Isaac spots her through his office window and immediately rushes out to see what's wrong. After talking for a bit Isaac invites her out for a drink at a café so they can both take a break. Aba agrees and the two of them head to the café, with Abaddon telling him an edited version of what happened with the rose bush. Isaac gives her some advice and the two of them continue to talk until Aba has to leave. Before she goes she tells Isaac to hold on to her request so she can keeping thinking about it. Isaac happily agrees and heads back to his office, which is in a panic since he is an hour late to a meeting since he didn't notice how much time was going by while he was with Aba. Meanwhile, Abaddon heads home to do some gardening. There, she meets up with her sister Lily, who has decided to take revenge on her behalf against the woman who yelled at her, and her mother, who is far to supportive of these revenge plans. While she does talk her family out of the revenge plan (mostly) she is still unsure about what to do regarding her request. She talks with her mother about the issue a bit, who supports her creating her gardening business, but she ends up running off to her room in a fluster when she let's it slip that she has a crush on Isaac.

The following day finds Isaac and Michael off on a mission to capture an Angel criminal who has been stealing magic from various magical creatures. They ambush the criminal when he is going after his latest target (a phoenix) but during the chase the other Angel manages to take control of Isaac, forcing him to fight Michael as the situation devolves into chaos. Thankfully, the criminal ends up accidentally running into a cliff which allows Isaac to break free of his control and finally capture the criminal. After working to identify the criminal as Metatron Nefteos Isaac heads in to interrogate him with Michael. Metatron becomes weirdly compliant once Isaac enters the room, explaining how it was his right to take that magic since he had the ability too and it would make him more powerful. He also goes into how he was able to accomplish all of these heinous acts by using his talent to manipulate a being's soul, a revelation which greatly disturbs Isaac as this means that Metatron also manipulated his soul. This is made worse by Metatron talking about Isaac's feelings for Abaddon and Isaac eventually has to leave the interrogation altogether. Later on Michael meets up with Isaac to make sure he's ok and explain what they learned in the interrogation after Isaac left. Apparently, Metatron discovered the information on how to mess with others souls through their mind from an old scroll he found in a cave. Isaac and Michael take a small group of Angels to the cave and discover a whole records room, deteriorated with age and much of it's content practically unreadable. When they find the half disintegrated scroll on a table in the cave the whole group is horrified to see it bears the signature of The Lady of Despair.

### Chapter 2

Abaddon goes to Isaac's office to formally withdraw her application but the receptionist tells her that Isaac is not in. Aba is about to leave when Michael suddenly appears and ushers her into the office to wait for Isaac as he will be coming back soon, much to the disapproval of the receptionist. Michael is proven correct when, only moments later, Isaac walks into the office. The two of them talk for a little bit before getting down to business. Abaddon thanks Isaac for the help even though she is still going to withdraw the application and asks Isaac to go out to lunch with her. Isaac is happily surprised by this but before he accepts he has Aba sit down to explain the situation with Metatron. Once the explanation is complete Isaac says he understands if she doesn't want to go to lunch with him anymore since getting close to him could be dangerous but Aba just asks for Isaac to train her to defend herself instead. Isaac happily agrees to train her and, after talking a bit more about the damage done to Isaac by Metatron, the two of them finally go to lunch together.

Meanwhile, Metatron is using his talent to manipulate one of the guardian Angels into helping him escape. As Metatron and his new puppet guard begin walking out of the jail Metatron thinks about everything he's learned to do with his talent and how looking into Isaac's mind gave him a newfound interest in Isaac's younger sister Abigail. Just as Metatron reaches the main area of the prison a mysterious masked figure suddenly appears in front of him. The masked figure offers Metatron a chance at joining a group that is looking to change the "current systems of the world". As the two talk with each other they continue to fight one another in a mental battle as Metatron tries to sink his claws into the figure's mind. Eventually, the masked figure grows tired of Metatron's attempts and fully overpowers him, forcing him to collapse to the floor in agony. After the display of power Metatron agrees to do what the figure says. The figure instructs Metatron to return to his cell and follow any orders given to him until the mysterious group frees him. The figure explains that he wants Metatron to "influence a few minds" while in jail and Metatron smiles before requesting a favor since there's someone in particular he wants to meet.

Later in the day, after his lunch with Aba, Isaac talks to Mary in her garden about his date. Mary encourages him to start properly dating Abaddon as well as gives him advice regarding the situations with Aba and Metatron, even encouraging Isaac to see a healer due to the linger effects of his encounter with Metatron. The two of them discuss some more business having to do with the Lady of Despair's scrolls before circling back around to talking about Aba again. Mary tells Isaac that he should head over to Abaddon's house immediately to ask her parents to court her, which send Isaac into a small panic over the idea. Despite his flailing's Isaac can't actually argue with Mary and heads into the house to grab himself a drink as he thinks the idea over. While in the house he runs into his mother, who orders him on a month long vacation. Once again Isaac has no chance of winning the argument and reluctantly accepts the vacation. With suddenly very little to do Isaac decides to go to Abaddon's house to officially ask to court her. As he walks to her home Isaac thinks about how he's positive Abaddon is the girl he wants to date and wonders what her family might be like. Just as Isaac arrives at the house and is about to knock he hears arguing through the door. Abaddon's family, especially her sister Lily, are upset that she's been spending time with Isaac without telling them since he could find out the truth about them. When a large crash sounds from inside Isaac can't help himself and bursts through the door. While the crash is revealed to have been a dropped tray from an accident with Aba's talent Isaac's focus is immediately pulled to Abaddon's mother, who is actually the ghost of an Angel. The family scrambles to try to recover but when it becomes clear Isaac has already seen too much Aba begs him not to tell anyone. Aba's father explains that he's the one who brought back his wife's ghost while he was grieving her death by using his talent. Though it pains him to do it Isaac has no choice but to report the incident since he is a council member. Isaac goes to leave but Lily blocks his way, claiming that there's no way she can let him do that. Isaac asks her to step aside but before the situation can escalate too far the mother's ghost hits him over the head with a frying pan, causing him to collapse to the floor and lose consciousness.

### Chapter 3

With Isaac now passed out on the floor Abaddon and her father begin to panic but her mother just calmly states that they'll need to start packing so they can make a run for it. Lily agrees with her mother and encourages the other two to tie up Isaac and begin packing. Realizing the truth of the statement Lily and her father begin to tie up Isaac as Aba looks on in a daze. Eventually, her father pulls her out of her shock enough to steer Aba to her room to start packing. Abaddon begins robotically packing her bag as her thoughts swirl in her mind. After thinking on it Abaddon realizes she doesn't want to run away or hide anymore. She would rather face the consequences of their actions now so she could continue building a brighter life for herself in the Upper, hopefully one that includes Isaac. Just as Aba comes to her decision her mother appears in the doorway, already aware that Aba doesn't intend to come with the rest of them. Instead of being upset her mother tells Aba that she is proud of her choice and the conversation turns to how her parents met. Once her mother finishes telling Aba about her younger years she tells Abaddon that if she ever needs help while she's in the Upper she should talk to an Angel named Gadiel, who will be sure to help Abaddon if she just mentions her mother's name. The two then say their goodbyes, hug each other and then her mother leaves. While Aba is saddened by the idea that she might never see her mother again her resolve doesn't waver as she walks back into the living room where Isaac is tied up. Just after she arrives Isaac wakes up, confused by what's happening. Aba promises to free Isaac after he family has gotten away. Isaac tries to talk her out of running away but is happily surprised when Aba says she isn't running. Moments afterwards Lily returns to the living room and is incredibly upset that Abaddon isn't coming with the rest of the family. The sisters argue and when Isaac interjects about how wrong it is to keep their mother's ghost with them Lily snaps at him, yelling that the only reason Isaac has both of his parents is because they lost their mother. Isaac and Aba are shocked to hear this as Lily angrily explains that their mother died saving Isaac's father in the battle that killed his entire battalion. Isaac apologize for their loss but Lily doesn't believe that he means it. At this point Abaddon's father arrives in the living room, who she also informs of the fact that she is staying. Isaac and Lily then continue to argue about whether or not Isaac's father actually cared for the soldiers in his battalion until Lily's father cuts them off. When Lily continues to try to argue with Aba about leaving Abaddon says that she's tired of hiding before pulling off her gloves and showing Isaac her destructive talent. Isaac is shocked and confused by this and as he grapples with this new development the family continues to discuss Aba staying behind. Eventually, Abaddon tells her family that they can't stop her and pushes them out the door. Aba tells them to get far away by daybreak before closing the door, collapsing against it as she listens to her family reluctantly leave her behind.

Isaac and Abaddon then start their waiting game for sunrise, with Abaddon apologizing to Isaac for his discomfort but not releasing him so the rest of the Harper family can get away. As Isaac sits he thinks about the disconnect between Abaddon's dangerous talent and her gentle nature. Eventually, he asks her why she's staying behind and Abaddon explains that she wants to stay to learn how to control her abilities instead of running away. Isaac then reminds her of his duty to turn her in and chase after her family. In response Aba asks him to just forget all of that for a moment, confesses that she loves him and then two of them begin to kiss. The two continue to sit and kiss each other until morning, when Isaac eventually tugs free of the rope after Aba frees him at some point during their make out session. Isaac tells Abaddon that bringing her in will be the most difficult thing he has ever done and asks her if she will give him a chance at a real relationship when all of this is over. Abaddon tearfully says "of course" before telling him that she admires him for sticking with his principles in this situation and that she trusts him.

Later on Abaddon stands handcuffed in a courtroom as her trial begins. Both sides argue their case and Isaac's passionate testimony in her defense helps sway some of the watching audience to her side. Just as Judge Puriel is about to pass judgement on her Abaddon's father suddenly appears in the courtroom, announcing that he is there to turn himself in and asking them not to punish his daughter for his actions. Isaac and his family fly down to talk with Abaddon and her father about this new development. Abaddon is taken aback by the appearance of Isaac's father in particular, since he is covered by extremely heavy scarring presumably mainly from the same battle that killed her mother. After discussing for awhile it is eventually decided that Isaac's parents will council with the Judge on how to best handle this new development. As those three are busy doing that Abaddon's father thanks Isaac for defending Aba to which Isaac replies that of course he did since he loves her. Abaddon also takes the opportunity to talk with her father, who tells her that Lily and her mother are still on the run. It's not long before Isaac's parents and the Judge return, now ready to hand down judgement on both the Harper's as the trial for Abaddon also covered all of her father's misdeeds as well. Abaddon is sentenced to mandatory mental health counseling, two years of community service and is forbidden from leaving the Upper for three years. Meanwhile, her father is sentenced to five years in prison with an additional five years of community service afterwards and mental health evaluations/counselling for the rest of his life. Abaddon has just enough time to give her father one last hug before he is escorted away. Abaddon's upset at the fate of her father but get's some comfort from Isaac taking her into his arms.

An unknown amount of time later Isaac is out with his family buying flowers for Abaddon as his family both helps and teases him. After buying the flowers the Angel family heads to Abaddon's house where she now lives alone as she works on her community service duties, which mainly consist of gardening and maintenance work. Isaac thinks about how this is the first time he will be officially introducing his family to Abaddon before his inner monologue turns to his work once more. Isaacs thoughts reveal that Metatron was sentenced to centuries in prison with his magic sealed and his halo confiscated. Isaac also thinks about how there's been no sign of Lily or Aba's mother since they escaped from the Upper and how the trail had gone totally cold. Isaac is eventually shaken from his thoughts by his siblings when they arrive at Abaddon's home. Isaac and his parents remind the rest of his siblings to be nice and polite to Aba while they're visiting before they knock on the door. Abaddon shyly opens the door, greeting the entire Angel family.

## Part 7 - The Sea Witch

This short follows right after the events of Book Eight when Cala Maria was reunited with her younger sister Ebi. The two sisters head to the sea witch Ursula in order to make a deal to get a pair of legs for Ebi. Ebi is fearful of doing any business with Ursula but Cala already has experience from when she made her own trade with the witch for her legs so she takes the lead in negotiating with Ursula. After talking with Ursula for a bit the sea witch eventually demands that they give her 3 of Ebi's scale, some more venom and for the two of them to sink a ship for her. Ebi thinks the deal is insane but Cala accepts anyways and the two head off to sink the merchant ship. As the two head to the ship talk about what happened after Cala left Ebi alone. Specifically, how Ebi felt abandoned by Cala since her big sister didn't tell her the full story of what happened and still hasn't. Eventually they reach the ship and sink it, although they did it as subtly as possible and try to save as many crew members as possible. They then head back to Ursula, who talks with them about how they need to be the one to make the changes they want to see in the world as they give her the scales and venom. Once that's done Ursula gives Ebi her legs and the two sisters swim back to Toon Town. They go on shore, steal some clothing to wear from a nearby laundry line and Cala begins teaching Ebi how to walk as she promises not to leave her sister again.

## Part 8 - A Silent Dream

### Chapter 1

The story begins by focusing on a mid-level dream Demon in Hell who used her abilities to give the local children good dreams about fairytales until their parents found out and chased her away. While running from her pursuers in the lower levels of Hell she is attacked by something monstrous in one of the tunnels and passes out in a wave of blinding panic. She awakes about four days later, in the medical hut of a new age turtle-like Demon by the name of Arrolun who had found her in the caverns and nursed her back to health. Arrolun informs her that whatever attacked her actually managed to damage her soul, severely damaging not just her body but also her mind and magical abilities. Thankfully, Arrolun tells her that she's free to choose whether she wants to stay or leave the new age settlement once she is well enough to move again. She chooses to stay and spends the next six months in the settlement as Arrolun continues to help her heal. As her health continues to improve she begins helping out the new age community more and more, becoming a welcome member of the settlement. However, one day Arrolun grows sick and the poor new age Demons don't have the medicine needed to heal him. Desperate to help her savior, the dream demon sneaks into a medical garden on the upper levels to try to steal the needed herbs. She is caught during her attempt and dragged in front of the high-class Demon who owns the garden. The high-class Demon demands to know her name and she eventually manages to admit her name is Roya.

### Chapter 2

Captured by the high-class Demon, who introduces himself as Lord Adiv, Roya has no way to escape as he begins questioning her about what she wanted with the two plants she attempted to steal. Despite her not saying much to him besides asking him to just kill her, in part due to her continuing troubles with speech after her injury, Adiv manages to piece together that she most likely wanted the plants for their medicinal uses. He tells his minions that he will be taking her and sends them back to their stations before transporting her to his beautiful study. As she looks around he explains that he's one of the Devil's researchers before offering her a pen and paper so they can communicate easier. Roya asks why he hasn't killed her and he explains that he's curious about why she would risk her life for just two plants. Not wanting to reveal anything about her new age community Roya lies and claims she was going to use them to start her own business but Adiv doesn't believe her. He begins guessing who the medicine could be for and asks if the sick individual is a risk to others since they don't want other Demons getting sick. While she at first refuses to tell him anything after he points out that he is fully capable of following her trail back to them himself she rushes to reassure him that the person is far enough away from others not to be a threat. From there Adiv pieces together that she must be from one of the new age Demon communities. This causes Roya to panic and snatch up a letter opener in an attempt to stab him but Adiv quickly restrains her with his own magic. He begins talking about how curious he is about new age Demons and how he could torture the information out of her. Roya believes he's finally going to kill her but instead, he lets her go and prevents her from turning the letter opener on herself in her panic. After restraining her in a chair he starts trying to talk to her about the new age community as he claims he has a personal interest but Roya refuses to speak with him. The two argue, silently of Roya's part, for a while before Adiv actually apologizes to her. Roya is shocked to hear a high-class Demon apologize but Adiv laughs it off, saying he never saw the big deal about such a simple word when Surface dwellers have no issue with it. The two begin talking again as Roya offers to pay him back for the plants if he let's her take them to her friend but Adiv offers a different deal instead - he lets her take the plants back and promises she won't be followed in exchange for her returning to him to answer all his questions, no matter how long that may take. Though Roya isn't sure about the deal her loyalty to Arrulon is stronger and requests a written, binding oath from him that she won't be followed.

### Chapter 3

Though surprised by the fact she wants a written contract Adiv writes up one for her and they sign it. He then gives Roya four plants and she races off down the tunnels back to the new-age Demons. While the other new-age Demons are excited about the plants she brought the mood dims when they discover she must leave but they send her off with a great feast. Roya then heads out of the tunnels and back up into the more populated levels as she is directed to Adiv's mansion on the third level. While she is looking for the mansion she has a slight altercation with Black Hat on the street as he attempts to question her about Adiv's research into Dishes but, lucky for her, Adiv shows up to save her from the interrogation and leads her back to his home. Adiv comforts her as they walk and then leads her to a lavish bedroom, which just makes her cry more at the sight of it. She settles herself in her new room, and the two fall into a routine in the coming two months. While Adiv works during the day Roya will wander around the mansion, as she can't leave without permission, and usually spent most of the time reading. During his free time, Adiv would ask her a seemingly endless amount of questions about new-age Demons which she answered as honestly as she could. After those first two months, Roya begins to go stir-crazy so the two of them start going on outings around the nicer parts of Hell. Adiv even begins bringing her along to business meetings as an assistant of sorts. Things are going well until, after Adiv has a meeting with the Devil they have a run-in with a fallen Angel who works for the Devil named Marcus. Marcus is one of the Devil's top men and warns Adiv to be more subtle with his research as he's starting to get noticed too much, even making a subtle threat toward Roya when it seems Adiv isn't taking him seriously. The two quickly make their way back to the house where they both begin worrying over the other's safety. Once they calm down Adiv tells Roya that he will soon be travelling up to the Surface and that he plans to take her with him once they get her registered for a Surface pass. The two of them finish up all of Roya's needed paperwork and she passes her interview without an issue. Her first time on the Surface Adiv takes her to a hill for a candlelight picnic. The two of them spend the whole night looking at the stars, talking and holding hands.

### Chapter 4

As they're sitting under the Surface stars Roya surprises Adiv by offering to bring him to visit the new-age Demons. While wrapped up in the happiness of the moment Roya kisses Adiv on the cheek, which he quickly returns with a kiss on the lips. Roya becomes flustered as Adiv teases her but he becomes more serious when she asks what they are to one another. She tries to say that she doesn't deserve to be with a powerful high Demon like him but Adiv quickly argues otherwise, saying that Roya is amazing and has helped him and his household become much happier in the short time she has been with them. He goes on to say that Roya deserves to have a comfortable and happy life and that he planned to work to change Hell into a kinder place for all of Demonkind. He asks Roya to help him and she happily agrees, tears rolling down her face. The two return down to Hell and, a few days later, travel down into the lower levels of Hell to meet the new-age Demons. The new-age Demons are very wary of Adiv at first but Arrolun soon appears and easily welcomes the two of them which helps elevate some of the others' suspicions. As Arrulon deals with the other new-age Demons Roya begins to show Adiv around the community until the finally settle in a cave filled with crystals to talk. Adiv clearly loves the settlement and Roya tells him he would fit right in but he points out that if he did join other high Demons would take notice and they would never have peace. Plus, he still wishes to finish his research despite the danger some of it can bring. The two finish their visit without issue and return back to their home. They go about their usual routine with much more affection now that they are officially a couple and things go well for months until Adiv has another meeting with the higher Demons and the Devil. Adiv comes out of the meeting looking grim and he began taking more trips to the Surface without her, sometimes returning in bandages. Eventually, her worry becomes to much and the next time Adiv leaves on a trip Roya snoops through his work to see what he was researching. She finds notes about the Micco, runes, temples, remodelling blueprints for the Devil's casino in the Inkwell Isles and a hidden library with various notes about the Ink Machine and the other races. None of it makes sense to her but when Adiv returns home to discover her snooping he is furious. He avoids her completely for two days before coming to see her once more on the evening of the third. He hugs her and says he can't really blame her for her actions since if their positions were reversed he would have been losing his mind with worry. He then tells her that he plans on bringing her on his next trip, which will be searching for potential leads down in the lower levels of Hell instead of on the Surface. Though she doesn't understand it Roya goes along with Adiv and the two of them leave for the lower levels.

### Chapter 5

When they arrive at the new age settlement Adiv continues to disappear by himself, this time into the lower levels of Hell, and begins having secretive talks with Arrulon about searching for something in the lower levels while Roya keeps herself busy around the village. Eventually, Arrulon convinces Adiv to focus more on Roya than his research and he begins spending more time with her around the village. He even sets up a picnic for her in the crystal room and asks her to marry him, which she tearfully agrees to. They get married in the new age village with only a few trusted friends of Adiv being invited to attend along with the villagers. For the next year, the two live in matrimony bliss as they split their time between Adiv's work, home and visits to the new age village. The two of them even begin considering having children and starting a family. But Adiv's secretive work continues in the background all the while, despite the success of his other projects in Hell. Then one day, during one of their visits to the new agers, Adiv travels into the lower levels and doesn't return. The villagers begin searching for him after a few days but quickly have to retreat and hide when a high level beastly escapes a containment facility and attacks the village. Once the danger of the beastly and the high level Demons sent to fight it is over the searches pick back up again as news of Lord Adiv's disappearance spreads. Finally, word comes back that they had found Adiv but there was hardly anything left of him. Roya spirals into grief, not helped by the attitude of the high Demons around here. Though, one Prince who was a friend of Adiv says that he believes Adivs death was actually a murder and a cover-up due to the research he has been doing. Her paranoia and grief goes as Roya returns to the new agers, who do their best to comfort her to no avail. She eventually corners Arrulon and asks what exactly Adiv had been searching for. Arrolun tells her that Adiv had been searching for a mythical river in the lowest levels that could supposedly show people things, such as secrets or the future when they found it. He also mentions that he had recommended Adiv find an outcast Demon named Malik who had a lot of experience with the deeper tunnels and Demon history. Arrulon asks Roya not to do anything reckless but she just tells him she loves him before leaving the village. Roya ventures into the seventh level of Hell, determined to find the truth and with nothing left to lose, and is never seen again. As the years pass Arrulon tells the story of Roya and Adiv to the children of the village as a fairytale to show that, even in Hell, one could still find love.

## Part 9 - Wakko's Birthday Surprise

This extra takes place during the events of Book Twelve, following the gala event. In celebration of Wakko's birthday, the Warners utilize his talent to pull a fan from the IM discord server (Bandy) for the day to explore Toon Town with them. This adventure consists of appearances by many IM characters, Cuphead getting slapped, a wonderful meal from Granny and far too many ducks. This piece was ThisAnimatedPhantom's gift for April Fool's day 2023 and is questionably canon at best.

## Part 10 - Not So Ancient History

Years before the beginning of IM, Felix heads back to his old university to visit Professor Wilson Wiseton after finishing up a trip in Martos. While he's walking through the archeology building he is stopped by two female students, Ramona Dust and Kit Rosier, so that Ramona can ask him to sign her copy of his book. He chats with the girls while he signs and learns they are archeology students hoping to gain internships with Wilson in the future. He wishes the girls luck and tells them to keep working hard before continuing on his way to Wilson's office. He soon enters the office and greets Wilson, explaining that he brought with him some documents with information from his latest expedition that Wilson might be interested in. As Wilson begins to look through the papers the two chat about how Wilson's classes have been going and how boring it is reading through student papers all day. They also talk about what Felix was like as a student, the effects his books have had on bringing in new archeology students, and just how much trouble they both have gotten into over the years. Finally, Wilson finishes reading the papers and asks if what he's reading is really true. Felix confirms that it is- he's found the location of unexcavated Micco ruins.

## Part 11 - O Peewee Tree

Christmas time is fast approaching in Sillyvision and the B-Bros are hard a work collecting various pieces of metallic trash to use as Christmas decorations for their tiny, hidden tree. As they walk towards their tree with their haul the brothers notice what may be footsteps in the snow but brush it off since they seem old. Once at the tree, they begin crafting their ornaments from lightbulbs, clothing hangers, cutlery, and other odds and ends. After spending the whole morning working they finally finish their decorating and step back to look at their tree sparkling in the sunshine.

After spending the days leading up to Christmas mostly avoiding the tree for fear of leading anyone back to it the day has finally arrived! After a breakfast of stolen bread and cookies, the boys head to their tree where stockings and presents await them. The stockings have coal in them from Santa but Boris asks Bendy if he ever wonders where the presents come from since they know it's not Santa. Bendy says he doesn't know and doesn't want to go poking around for answers since it could land them in trouble even if both B-Bros would like to say thank you to the mystery person somehow. Their presents contain second-hand but still warm winter clothing and some food like oranges, bacon and hard candies. There is also an old broken record player and a couple of clocks that the boys can fix up to sell for some cash. Boris even gets an old harmonica to play. As night begins to fall the B-bros make a campfire and start cooking some of their new food. As they watch the firelight glint of their tree's decorations the brothers wish each other a Merry Christmas.

## Part 13 - A Bat out of Hell

### Chapter 1

After finishing up his anatomy class a young shadow Demon named Murklin is dared by his friends to run through some of Hell's tunnels up to the surface. Despite knowing that this was a common dare (often with fatal results) and his attempts to get out of it Murklin is soon talked into agreeing to the dare by his friends. After school, Murklin meets up with his friends at the entrance to one of the tunnels and claims he'll be back in time for dinner before heading in. While things start off well an encounter with a moleman soon sends Murklin racing through the maze of tunnels, leaving him lost and only able to keep moving forward in the hopes of finding his original tunnel. Instead, Murklin actually exits onto the Surface much to his own disbelief and amazement. While he is exploring the forest he has exited into an owl startles him, sending him running through the trees until he is once again hopelessly lost. Murklin spends days wandering through the forest trying to find the tunnel again, surviving by foraging, hunting and stealing from local campers. Still, he has trouble finding enough food and for some reason the longer he is on the Surface the weaker his magic seems to get. However, he does have enough magic to shapeshift into something he believes will appear more "cute" to any Surface dwellers he comes across.

This continues until one day he is awoken by a dog licking his face. Murklin tries to make a run for it but this just causes the dog to get more excited as it happily chases him through the trees to a field of flowers. He ends up literally tripping into the lap of a girl, who turns out to be the owner of the dog as she apologizes for her pet's behaviour and holds the wriggling dog back from Murklin. However, Murklin is more concerned with the halo hanging over the girl's head as fear fills him at the realization that she is an Angel. Overwhelmed by everything Murklin bursts into tears and any attempts to wipe them away just grinds the mud on his hands into his eyes. In response, the girl sends her dog home and, after hearing his stomach rumbling, she offers to help him get cleaned up and give him some sandwiches. Despite his distrust, Murklin silently accepts her offer and she leads him to a nearby stream to begin cleaning the mud off of himself. As the clean up Muklin can't help by wonder why he feels so comfortable and warm in the Angel's presence. As they continue cleaning up the girl notices Murklin becoming frustrated as he has difficulty washing some of the dirt from his face. With his permission, the girl helps clean the dirt from Murklin's face and even shows him how to clear the dirt from his eyes himself. Now that they're tidied up the girl once again offers him some sandwiches but before Murklin can decide if he wants to accept one of his tails is attacked by a fish that he quickly kills and begins to eat raw. He freezes, realizing he just displayed aggression in front of an Angel and turns to find her with an unnervingly blank stare on her face. But she soon gives him a small smile and tells him he can still come to get some sandwiches if he's hungry after the fish before she heads back over to her spot in the field where she begins eating some of the sandwiches for herself. Confused and curious about her odd behaviour towards him Murklin creeps up on her, snatches one of the sandwiches and starts to eat it near the girl. It's so good that he grabs a second one but in the middle of eating it, someone calls for the girl which sends him rushing into the forest as he panics at the idea that Angel reinforcements could be arriving. Unbothered by his panic the girl stands, grabs her stuff and begins to make her way out of the field with Murklin following behind her in the shadows. The girl soon arrives at a cute house with a fence where a female wolf toon and several Angel/wolf children, who call the girl Aunt Lei, excitedly wait for her. As Murklin watches the children begin to excitedly tell Lei about their day he thinks that he doesn't like how Lei's behaviour doesn't match up with everything he knows about Angels.

### Chapter 2

Murklin continues to watch the house from the shadows of the forest until he is drawn out of hiding by a bundle of food Lei left for him on a bench by the fence. He eats the food, especially enjoying the apple, before the sound of children startle him back into the forest. As he continues to watch the house he sees the wolf woman doing some beekeeping, although he doesn't know what that is. When Murklin goes to investigate the bee boxes he ends up chased up a tree by the dog, He spends some more time watching from the tree until Lei heads out to have a picnic in the nearby field again, which he follows her too and accepts the food he shares with him. They eat in silence until Lei brings out some honeycombs with crackers, which Murklin ends up loving despite the sticky wax. Lei asks if this is his first time eating honey and Murklin actually replies to her, leading to a short conversation which ends when she tries to trade him the rest of the honeycomb for his name. Murklin denies the trade and races of to the forest with an apple from the picnic basket, though he stays close enough that he can see her disappointment at his disappearance.

From then on the days fall into a routine of Murklin watching the house, eating the food Lei sets out for him every morning and the two of them having a picnic lunch. Lei continues to bring various forms of honey everyday and always tries to trade him for his name at the end of every meal, which he always denies. Still, the two of them continue to get more and more comfortable in each others presence as Murklin begins sitting next to her on the blanket at lunch and Lei nicknames him Fruit Bat. Things are going well until one day, while eating honey ice cream for the first time, Murklin's physical form begins to become intangible, leading to his bowl of ice cream falling right through his hand. While becoming intangible is a part of his normal magic powers it has never happened without him choosing to do it, causing him to begin panicking. This only gets worse when the sun suddenly becomes painfully burning on his skin, causing Murklin to shriek in pain before bolting back into the shadows of the forest. Lei, who has been left with Murkins clothes as they fell through his body, begins frantically looking for Murklin to check on him but when she gets close he growls at her to leave him alone before running away to hide from her in the trees. She eventually gives up and goes home, leaving Murklin to panic about his magical issue for awhile before he pulls himself together.

The next morning he heads to the house, intent on sneaking in to get his clothes back from Lei while she's outside doing chores with the wolf woman. Unfortunately, his plan is ruined when Lei brings his clothes outside with the rest of the laundry, determinedly scrubbing off all the mud stuck to them from living in the wilderness for so long. That afternoon, Murklin joins Lei for a silent lunch. At the end of it, Lei tries to trade him some food for his name as usual but Murklin reveals he hasn't been able to taste anything since the previous day before running away. As he settles down to watch the house as usual that afternoon he is surprised to see Lei disguising herself and a pegasus as normal toons before heading off down the road to an unknown location. Murklin is upset and confused to see her go, so much so that he doesn't notice one of the wolf children approaching until they're right in front of him. The young wolf boy begins talking with him, despite Murklin's annoyance at his presence, and eventually dubs Murklin "Barry Bramblewood" since the Demon won't tell him his name. Once the wolf pup heads back inside Murklin hunkers down to wait until Lei comes back.

### Chapter 3

Later that night Lei returns and, after settling the pegasus back in its stable, she finds Murklin in the tree line to begin talking with him once more. Since it is going to rain again that night she offers to give him a bath and set him up with a cot in the shed so he can stay warm and dry. After a bit more talking Murklin agrees and Lei happily skips off to draw him a bath in the outdoor washtub. Murklin only has a short while to think about what she might want in return for all of this before Lei gives him a bar of soap and leaves him to clean up on his own. The little Demon cleans up as best he can and once he's done Lei wraps him up in a towel to dry. Despite his suspicion of Angels Murklin allows Lei to set up the cot for him. However, as she is setting up the thunderstorm begins, trapping them both inside the shed lest they get soaked through trying to venture outside. The two begin talking with one another and Leila mentions that she is only visiting and will be going home at the end of the week. Murklin is upset at the thought of her leaving and Lei quickly discovers that Murklin has been wandering the woods alone for over two months. Lei begins crying at Murklin's terrible situation and says she wants to hug him, which leads Murklin to ask if that is her price for doing all of this for him. She is surprised that he thought she wanted something but Lei tells him that she knew he was lost from the first time they met and has only been trying to find out enough about him to help Murklin get home. Lei also tries to explain the concept of kindness to him but Murklin doesn't quite understand it. After a few moments of silence, Lei admits to him that, in order to help him get home, she had to tell the other Angels about him and that a squad is on its way to pick him up.

Before Lei can even finish her sentence there is a knock on the shed door. A voice calls in asking if Lei is ok and if the Demon is there with her. After answering yes to both questions Lei tells them that both of them will come outside. Despite Lei's best efforts to keep Murklin calm, he is filled with terror by the presence of the other Angels and rushes to cling to the back of her skirt so they do not get separated. Outside the shed, they meet the eight members of the squad which mostly seems to be made up of Guardian Angels and whose weaponry only serves to heighten Murklin's fear. As the captain of the squad gives Lei some rain gear he explains that they're there to escort them to a handoff point elsewhere. Unfortunately, the unlucky combination of the captain raising his hand a bit too close to Murklin and a clap of thunder proves to be the breaking point as Murklin yelps in fear, melts into shadow and races away into the forest. Some of the Angels startle at his sudden movement and some even go for their weapons or light up spells, though the captain is able to keep them from doing anything too rash. Still, the Angels have no choice but to give chase after the young Demon as Murklin runs further into the forest looking for a hiding spot. He eventually finds a bolt hole in the side of a hill and hides away in there as the Angels unknowingly pass right over him. But just as he thinks he is in the clear Murklin discovers that his hiding spot is actually the den of a badger, who is very angry to have its home invaded. The badger attacks the young Demon and Murklin curls up into a ball in a desperate attempt to protect himself as he cries out in pain. Hearing the commotion the Angels quickly find him and use some magic to knock out the badger. As he is pulled out of the den Murklin looks up into a familiar, frantic face before falling into unconsciousness.

Murklin drifts in and out of wakefulness to the sound of Lei and the captain telling off some of the other members of the Angel squadron for their behaviour. When he finally returns to the waking world for good the Angels are making plans to set him up in Lei's family stables so their field medic can begin patching Murklin up while they send word to the other Angels about what happened. Lei refuses to let anyone else into the stable but her, her brother and the medic, which the captain agrees to and once again apologizes for his squad's actions. Lei carries him into the stable and the trio of Angel's begin dressing Murklin's wounds as best they can. His wounds are bad enough that the medic has to give him stitches, during which Lei distract him by talking about food and promising to get him his favorite when they're done. After the stitches are complete Lei and the medic step aside to talk. The medic, Jenius, tells Lei that she's worried about Murklins since he doesn't seem to be healing like a Demon should from these types of wounds and that his magic appears incredibly. To add onto all that she's not quite sure what they can do to help since she doesn't know much about healing Demons, much less Demon children. After agreeing to sleep in shifts to continue monitoring Murklin Lei pops her head in to tell the young Demon she is off to get the food she promised before heading back into the house. Murklin falls asleep dreaming about baked apples.

### Chapter 4

Murklin spends the next while hazily slipping in and out of consciousness thanks to his fever. When he is awake the Angels try to get him to eat and drink as much as they can. Lei stays by his side constantly, watching over him, helping nurse him back to health and indulging in some of her own hobbies like reading or embroidery. Despite his continuing confusion at the kindness shown to him Murklin takes comfort with Lei and grows even closer to her, even snuggling up to her at times. Murklin slowly heals up and is eventually able to get his stitches and bandages removed. Still, Jenius orders that he continue his bed rest. One time, when Murklin wakes up to the sight of Lei working on embroidery again, he asks he what she is working on. Lei tells Murklin that she's actually embroidering the child symbol onto a shirt for him since she thought it would make him more comfortable to have it again. Before she can even finish speaking Murklin scrambles up to hug her, grateful tears rolling down his face at her kind gesture. Murklin then settles back in to continue watching Lei embroider until dinnertime. That night Murklin falls asleep cuddled up in Lei's arms.

The next day was spent much the same as the last and watching Lei continue to embroider gives Murklin fond memories of watching his Mama do embroidery as well. That night Murklin once again falls asleep next to Lei, but during the night he is awoken by a conversation she is having with her brother Ruman. He asks if there is something on her mind and she responds that everything that has happened over the past couple of weeks has made her want to rethink her career path, though she isn't quite sure what that is yet. While talking about having to switch divisions Isaac, the leader of the Guardian Angels, is brought up and Ruman observes that Lei is mad at him. Lei explains that she's hurt because, even though she is close to Isaac and trusts him, it seems like he didn't listen to what she said and she is disappointed at the way he responded by sending that somewhat aggressive squad of Angels. Ruman hugs his sister as she begins to cry and Murklin hugs her around her waist while purring to help soothe the upset Angel. Once she pulls herself together Lei thanks them both for their comfort before leaving to go get her and Murklin breakfast. While she is gone the same pup who dubbed him Barry Bramblewood before runs in and distracts Murklin by giving him his first orange to try. Lei walks in on them and quickly shoo's the pup off to go find his dad to take him back inside to eat cake. The pup rushes up to hug Lei and wish her a happy birthday before doing as she instructed him to. Murklin asks her about her birthday, to which she replies that she is just turning fifteen. He thinks about how she is just a few years older than him as Lei gives him his very own piece of cake to try. As he eats Murklin asks her what type of cake it is, which leads him to start panicking when she replies that it's angel food cake until she explains that it's just a name the Surface toon who invented it gave it. With his fears calmed Murklin finishes his cake and watches as Lei starts to embroider blackberry and bramble designs on the shirt she had completed the child sign embroidery on. Murklin thinks about how he is feeling better but will continue to take the any cuddles or comfort he can from the Angel girl for a little while longer.

### Chapter 5

The next several days Murklin and Lei continue their usual routines as he continues to rest up until one morning they hear shouting from outside. The source of the noise is soon revealed as Abby Angel shoves her way inside the barn, with her brother Isaac and Jenius hot on her heels. Abby is upset at having to fly such a long way to help a Demon and her bad mood only serves to heighten Murklin's nerves at the appearance of these new Angels. After some arguing they finally get Abby to calm down enough so they can explain Murklin's injuries and some basic information about him to her. As Abby gets to work her hostile attitude softens a bit, even approaching nice, as she begins to give Murklin a check-up. As she's working Murklin requests she do the same thing Lei did before by saying everything she is doing before she does it, which Abby is amused to hear since Lei got that technique from listening to her and Alice talking about their healer duties in the first place. The physical check-up continues with only a slight issue with establishing how bad of a fever Murklin has since he has a different base temperature than Abby is used to working with but that proves to be the only issue. But things get tricky when it comes time for Abby to evaluate Murklin's magic since light magic and dark magic don't tend to mix well. Abby talks out loud as she works her way through whether she should check it or not since it would be a large risk for her own safety but they can't tell how severe his magical issues are without her going deeper. Eventually, the possible backlash from handing a sick kid back to the Demons outweighs her concerns and Abby decides to proceed with her magic check. Abby instructs Murklin to lie down and relax while she uses her evaluative spells on him and Murklin does his best to obey, though it's difficult since Isaac's immense magical power is hard to ignore. The group chats amongst themselves to help distract Murklin until Abby completes her check-up. After going over her information Abby reports that Murklin's magic is still there and seems less than it should be but it didn't want to interact with her spells and she has no idea why this happened or how to reverse it. As Murklin resigns himself to a soul exam when he gets home Abby and Jenius step outside to start making the needed preparations to get Murklin home.

Now left alone Isaac takes Abby's abandoned seat and apologizes to Lei for doubting her initial report and to Murklin for his men scaring the young Demon. Isaac explains that when Lei called him about a lost Demon child he believed she had been tricked since it's not uncommon for some Demons to pretend to be a lost child and then attack the Angels or any others who attempt to help them. He says he is regretful that he didn't listen and that his guardian Angels should have properly acknowledged his child symbol. Isaac finishes by taking the blame for everything that has happened, telling Murklin that he did nothing wrong and didn't deserve what happened to him. Murklin is still somewhat confused by what Isaac has said but Lei tells him to take all the time he needs to think it over. As Murklin thinks it over Isaac switches focus back to Lei, apologizing once more for not listening to her. Le explains that it was more than the fact that he didn't listen that made her upset. She trusted Isaac since, unlike many of the other Angels, he didn't treat her like she's dazzled due to her interest in Demons so to have him still not listen to her hurt all the more. Isaac replies that he would never call her dazzled and was just worried that her lack of real-world experience with Demon's had led to her being tricked, putting both her and her family at risk. He reassures her that she did the right thing and that it was him who let her down before wrapping up by telling her he hopes he can make it up to her someday. Lei and Isaac share a hug before Abby throws open the door, reentering the barn with a bottle of medicine for Murklin to bring down his fever. Abby announces that all the preparations have been made to take Murklin to the drop-off point before giving Murklin some tea to take home that should help restore his magic. Lei says she'll put the tea in the basket of items her family is already making for Murklin to take home. Abby tells Lei that the two of them can head back home to the Upper that night but Lei refuses, stating that she wants to go to the drop-off point. Abby is immediately against the idea but Isaac supports Lei, leaving Abby with nothing else to do but call them both idiots before storming out of the barn. Resigning themselves to Abby's wrath for the foreseeable future, Isaac leaves Murklin and Lei alone for a bit so Murklin can get a few more hours of sleep before they leave.

Once Murklin wakes up from his nap Lei leads him outside, where a pegasus-drawn chariot is waiting to take them to the drop-off. Once Murklin and Lei get settled in the chariot Isaac takes the reigns and they take off for their long flight to the designated meeting spot with the Demons. After crossing an ocean and arriving at a completely new landmass the Angels land the chariot so they can begin making their way through the wild forest. They carefully make their way through the forest until they arrive at a tall pile of rocks that Isaac dips behind to lead Lei, Murklin and two other Angels down a set of weathered, rocky steps to a cave. The group enters the cave and pauses once they reach a cavern inside of it. Isaac blows a magic whistle once they arrive and they only have to wait a couple of minutes before the Demon envoy arrives. The Demon group is made up of King Dice, Prince Urxe and Prince Stolas. Isaac quickly briefs the Demons on what happened to Murklin before handing them a full report on everything. The Demons tell Isaac they are going to investigate the matter as well, making a comment about this potentially creating a spark between their people as they do so. Isaac tells Murklin the Demons will take him the rest of the way home and Lei tells Murklin she will miss him before asking the Demons if she will be able to write to him. King Dice informs her that she can't since only legal paperwork can be sent between Hell and the Upper. Lei is disappointed at the news and Murklin finds he also doesn't like the idea of not being able to talk with her anymore. He asks the other Demons if he can keep her, causing the Princes to chuckle before asking if she signed a contract with him. Murklin reluctantly admits she didn't so the Princes tell him he is unable to bring her with him. With a parting threat to Isaac that the next time Angels act recklessly around a Demon child they will demand blood in recompense the Demons prepare to leave. Lei hands Murkln the basket with Abby's tea in it and, as Murklin is towards the other Demons, he bows to Lei and tells her he will "See you where the stars lead." Lei responds and Murklin turns back around, rejoining the Demons and telling them he is ready to go. With a wave of cool, shadowy magic the Demons transport themselves from the caver to the street outside of of Murklin's house. With a quick smile and chirp to the Princes Murklin rushes inside where he is quickly swept up into a pair of crushing hugs from his moms. After their joyful reunion, Murklin is sent off to his room to rest where he reflects that even though everything there is still the same he feels that something is different now.

## Part 14 - Inky Poetry

A collection of poems written by the authors and fans about the IM series. Mainly catalogues the various fan entries from the 2020 Inky Mystery Poetry Contest but also contains two poems by authors Mercowe and SpectorOdyssey about Book Ten: The Labyrinth as well as a IM parody version of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" written by Mercowe.

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* On February 10, 2022 it was decided that the original Inky Extras story was getting too long and burying previous work. As a result, Inky Extras was turned into a series instead of one ever-growing document, with "Birds of a Feather" being the first original addition to this series
* The Day to Forget, At the Edge of the River, Origin of Supers and The Demon Deal were originally part of the main Inky Extras story before being moved to become separate stories when Inky Extras was converted into a series
* Not So Ancient History and O Peewee Tree were originally written by SpectorOdyssey as gifts for an IM Secret Santa exchange. After they were published ThisAnimatedPhantom approved them as canon IM shorts. They were officially added to the Inky Extras series on July 9, 2023 a short while after SpectorOdyssey was officially granted co-author status
* Bat out of Hell was released the same day as the 300th chapter (2023-09-16) as a celebration of the achievement and Murklin's official debut in the story