Chapters of Book Seven

## Warnings and Triggers

* Graphic Depiction of Violence
* Graphic Depiction of Illness
* Sexisim
* Depiction of Domestic Abuse
* Death/ Reference to Death
* Discussions of Human Trafficking
* Severed Body Parts

## Chapter Summaries

### Chapter 115 - Bendy's Office Drama

Despite the air of depression hanging around, life moves on after the funeral. Journalists continue to swirl around the house so the residents hide themselves away inside, passing the time by pranking Jerry. One morning, Dr. Oddswell pulls Bendy into a check-up and informs him that even though his condition seems to be worsening he is still in much better shape than most patients are at this stage. Despite this, Dr. Oddswell still states he doesn't believe Bendy will last until the end of the month and tells him that he has made an appointment for him with Dr. Scratchansniff. While Bendy is at first against the idea he eventually gives in when the two doctors continue to insist. After the meeting with the doctors, the B-Bros and Felix go to lock up the Parts in the old observatory basement. While there Bendy uses a needle and thread on the Doll to stitch up his leg wound. With that complete, they finish locking up the parts and head back home.

When they arrive back home Bendy calls Black Hat's Casino to tell them about his completed Demonic homework. Upon being informed that Bendy is calling him Black Hat comes to the house personally to meet with him. Hat tries to get Bendy to come to continue preparing him for his upcoming meeting in the Upper but their discussion is interrupted by the Warners and their hijinks. The Warners eventually badger Black Hat into taking the three of them with the two Demons down to Hell. They arrive at Hat's resort in Hell and immediately head to his office to continue talking. As they make their way to the office Bendy notes his various observations about Hell well the Warners continue their usual zany shenanigans. Once at the office Hat begins to tell Bendy about the preparations he had made for their meeting with the Angels and what he should expect. They discuss Bendy's cover story, which involves Boris having summoned bendy to the Surface. While Bendy is at first worried that this will put Boris in danger Hat assures him that the wolf will be fine. Hat then goes on to tell Bendy that not only will the meeting with the Angels take place next week but also that one of the Demon lords is throwing a party in a few days that the two of them will attend. With the dates set the two of them go back to discussing Bendy's cover story, which Bendy changes from Black Hat's original story to be more like his actual history. As the business begins to wrap up Hat asks how Bendy has been doing and he expresses some concerns about his magic. Hat once again emphasizes how Bendy needs to practice his magic to gain control of it despite the limitations his Ink Illness puts on him. This leads to a small discussion about Demonic magic before Hat declares it is time for Bendy to return home. However, they suddenly realize that the Warners had disappeared sometime during their conversation with one of Black Hat's artifacts - The Idol of the Spirit-Switcher. Bendy and Hat chase after the Warner's trail of chaos, arguing all the way. They finally find the Warners messing around in one of Hat's large rooms with a crowd of onlookers and Black Hat immediately confronts them over stealing from him. Hat uses his magic to try to grab the trio and another Demon jumping in to try to eat the Warners only adds to the chaos. In the middle of the scuffle, the Idol gets activated, filling the room with a bright blue light.

### Chapter 116 - Bendy Hates This

After the light clears the other Demon grabs the Idol and runs off while the others realize that they have swapped bodies. Black Hat is in Yakko's body, Bendy is in Dot's, Yakko is in Hat's and Dot is in Bendy's. Wakko was lucky enough to not get swapped. Difference between zany and Demon bodies is strange for everyone, though Dot continues to treat it a bit like a game. Before the messing around can get too out of hand Black Hat informs the group that they need to find the Idol within twenty-four hours to reverse the switch or they will be stuck forever. Luckily, Black Hat knows where the other Demon is heading so it's just a matter of finding him before he can give it to his Demon master. While this would usually be an easy task given the abilities of the group none of them with the ability to magically move through space are in the body they actually know how to use. With no other option, the group has to start walking, although Hat hates the idea of other Demons seeing them like this.

The group begins walking through Hell, continuing to get used to their strange new bodies and surroundings as they go. Dot and Wakko run off almost immediately as Dot tries to find a new outfit but Yakko seems unconcerned so they move on without looking for them. When the two youngest Warners rejoins the group Bendy is horrified to see that Dot has dressed his body up in a cute sweater dress, hat, choker and tail ring. Luckily, Wakko reassures Bendy that he still has all his stuff in his bag. The group continues through the city, the Warners steadily driving their companions crazy with their antics. They eventually reach a large, dark, spike-shaped building and are eventually let in. Once inside they are brought to the Demon who owns the tower, Lord Aku, and Yakko does his best to ask for the Idol back without making it clear he isn't Black Hat. Eventually, Hat himself steps up to do the talking, which amuses Aku. The two Demon lords quickly deteriorate into threatening each other and the group begins to tense up in anticipation of a battle but are shocked when the two older Demon's suddenly start laughing with one another. With that, the two Demons make a deal and slip into more casual talk about Bendy and the Warners. Soon, the Idol is handed over to them, however, Aku doesn't have any electricity so they have to go back to the resort to use it. The group heads back out and Bendy begins playing with Dot's talent as they walk. Suddenly, a voice greets them from behind.

### Chapter 117 - Bendy Just Wants Normal

The voice turns out to be an attractive female Demon attempting to flirt with Yakko in Hat's body. When it becomes clear she's looking to eat the Warners as part of the date Black Hat storms over to drag them all away. When Yakko tries to apologize to Black Hat he only gets more upset as apologizing is seen as a sign of weakness in Demons. In the middle of their argument, they realize Dot is missing and go looking for her. Bendy eventually finds her being flirted with by a sleazy Demon but when they turn the guy down a fight breaks out when he refuses to take no for an answer. When the Demon is attacking Dot Wakko catches up with them and joins the fight, saving his sister. However, the attack somehow left Dot as nothing but a dark mass. Wakko grabs Hat and Yakko with his talent and Black Hat instantly yells that Dot is going beastly. The group runs as Dot begins to solidify into her beastly form. Bendy asks what they're going to do now and Hat says that as they are Dot would instantly kill them so they can only hide into other higher Demons come along to take care of it by any means necessary. With their sister's life on the line, the Warner brothers head into the fray once more, quickly followed by Bendy and a reluctant Black Hat. They soon find Dot in her new, horrifying beastly form and the fight begins. Bendy struggles to handle his zany body during the fight, despite Wakko giving him advice as they go. The group is continuing to hold their own when seven other higher Demons arrive, one of which is Ava. The group manages to convince the higher Demons to attempt to catch Dot instead of immediately trying to kill her and the battle begins once again.

With the other Demon's help, it takes less than two minutes to capture Dot. The Demon's eventually find out about the body switch situation and tease Hat for it as they try to negotiate extra compensation for helping take care of Dot. Eventually, Hat and Bendy manage to get them to back off without giving them anything more in return. Unfortunately, they do need Ava's help moving Dot's giant beastly body back to Hat's resort so they make a deal for Ava to spend one day with Bendy as payment since she seems interested in him. Ava transports herself and Dot to the resort while the rest of the group makes the half-hour walk back, leaving the other Demons behind. When they arrive back in Hat's office they sound Dot, back to Bendy's normal form, asleep in a blanket. Since they all need to look at the Idol for it to work Bendy goes to wake her up while the others set up for the switch but Dot ends up going into an ink attack the moment she is conscious. Bendy says they need to do the switch now, while Dot can still see, but Hat points out that he could just let Dot take his place and find a new body without the illness. Bendy is having none of it though and insists on the switch. Black Hat gives in and they switch back to their original bodies and Bendy finds himself in the middle of the ink attack. Bendy suffers through the attack as the Warners help him through it. When the attack is over Black Hat transports them all back up to his casino on the Surface, ordering Dr. Flug upon arrival to clean Bendy up and take some blood samples from him so they can begin researching the disease themselves.

### Chapter 118 - Errands and Plans

Back at Dr. Oddswell's house, the group has realized that Bendy has gone off with Black Hat and the Warners. Boris, Felix, Finley and Sammy are not happy about this but the Cupbros keep any of them from freaking out too badly and doing something stupid. Before Cuphead can be driven too crazy by the other house members Bendy and the Warners walk through the front door, escorted by Dr. Flug. Felix is distressed by the sight of Bendy covered in bruises but, in a surprising move, the Warners take the responsibility for Bendy's situation. With the situation settled the rest of the house members happily welcome Bendy back while Cuphead corners Flug alone. Cup threatens Flug and reveals that he knows that the doctor injected Demon's blood into his system. Flug is frightened by this but Cup just continues to say that Flug and Hat owe him and he has something they can do to pay him back. With the message complete Cup shoves Flug out of the house and meets up with Mugs again. The Cupbros are about to head out to do some work when Boris suddenly pops up to ask if he can come with them. Thankfully, Finley soon arrives to distract Boris with something else. When Boris runs off Finley reveals that, thanks to his large ears, he heard Cup's conversation with Flug but has decided to keep the secret and leave the Cupbros be since he trusts them. Finley then walks away and the Cupbros hurry out of the house before anyone else can catch them.

The Cupbros head to their usual bar and contact their boss in the basement, although it's King Dice who ends up answering the summons. Dice tries to get under Cup's skin but Cup ignores him, instead asking why Yosemite Sam was hanging around the last part. King Dice just laughs Cups's accusations off and gives the boys a list of jobs to complete in the next three days. After delivering the instructions King Dice disappears back down the hole he came from, leaving a pair of frustrated Dishes behind. The brothers open the envelope to look at their three tasks for the next few days, finding a marble inside along with their actual orders - 1. Gather the criminals that jumped Cup and warn them to stay out of the Devil's business. Crush the marble to show them an example of what would happen if they didn't. 2. Bring him Jeremy Fairfax and 3. Report everything they know about Black Hat's recent activities. The brothers are unnerved at the mention of Hat due to the implications it may have for Bendy but regardless they head out of the bar to get to work. The first thing they do is head down to Mr. Winky's bar, where Cup roughs up Mr. Winky a little bit before ordering him to gather the criminals that jumped Cup for a talk the next day or else he would burn up everything Winky had. With that taken care of the Cupbros head back out of the bar to focus on their next task. The brothers head over to talk with Mortimer to get information on Fairfax. Mortimer at first plays dumb until Cup slips him some cash at which point he tells the brothers that he lives in an apartment near the docks. The brothers head back out to the street, launching into a snowball fight down the sidewalk as they make their way to Betty's shop.

The brothers enter the shop and Betty soon begins fretting over them since they're soaked from their snowball fight. She rushes them into the back of their store where Holly is working and Snowball soon heads over to greet them. Cup is concerned by the fact that she's acting weird and Holly says that she seems to be going bald in some places. The group continue to talk about possible causes, such as the weather until Cup switches topics to discuss the possible group date with Holly. The trio tries to figure out an activity they could all do but it's difficult because Mickey is missing a leg and winter has moved in on the city. Their conversation is cut off by Alice's arrival and Cup says that the girls should drop by the house later since Bendy could use some cheering up. The girls agree and the Cupbros say their goodbyes before heading back out into the cold once more. Mugs compliments Cup on his thoughtful invitation before their conversation turns to Mug's relationship with Cala. Mugs confronts Cup about how he doesn't like his brother dating Cala and Cup defends himself by pointing out their both debtors and it's only a matter of time before the Devil catches them. When Mug's argues that he'd find a way to deal with Cuphead pushes the issue by pointing out that the Devil would probably take things out on Cup himself as well as Mugs. Eventually, Cup just tells Mugs to drop it. In silence, the brothers make their way back to the house. Cup tells the residents at the house about the group date idea he's been discussing with Holly and the boys also start talking about different options for activities. The group laments the fact that Mickey can't dance since going dancing would be the perfect group date but the topic seems to spark a possible solution for Mickey's dilemma in Bendy's mind.

### Chapter 119 - Whiskers in a Knot

The chapter opens with Felix packing up his books at the house, preparing to go to a meeting at Yen Sid University. Before he can leave, Dr. Oddswell comes up to him to talk about some concerns the doctor has regarding Boris. Dr. Oddswell states that he's concerned about what would happen to Boris if Bendy were to die since he would become a ward of the state and asks if Felix would be willing to adopt the boy as a kind of failsafe measure in case of this worst-case scenario. The doctor even goes further, suggesting that Felix adopt both of the boys. Felix is flustered and overwhelmed by the idea of becoming the B-Bro's father, leaving the house without giving Dr. Oddswell a solid answer. As Felix walks to his meeting he thinks about the idea of him adopting the B-Bros and what being a father to them would entail. With so many different things to consider with an idea as large as adoption Felix makes it all the way to his meeting without concluding whether he would be willing to go through with it.

Felix meets with Professor O'Connell and the two talk about the Ink Illness situation and Felix's current investigation into what happened with Wilson. Felix asks the professor if he can see Wilson's old notes but the professor tells him that they were all taken by the police already. Felix is slightly frustrated by yet another dead end and takes his leave of the university to try asking the detectives down at the police station for help. Unfortunately, Featherworth and Ringtail aren't there so Felix just leaves a message for them to contact him when they can before heading to Sheba's bookstore.

Once Felix arrives Sheba quickly realizes something is wrong and asks him what happened. After briefly trying to avoid the topic Felix finally asks her if she thinks he would be a good father. Sheba is shocked by this new topic and insists he come upstairs to her apartment to tell her everything over shakes. Felix does and eventually explains the full adoption situation to Sheba before asking her what he should do. Sheba said that she doesn't know and he'll have to decide for himself whether he wants to instead of just doing it because Dr. Oddswell asked him to. She also says that even if he does decide to do it he should stop worrying so much and just go for it, but to take his time making the actual decision first. Felix thanks her for the advice and the two switch topics to what happened to Wilson. Sheba warns him that this Ink Machine mystery is dangerous and Felix assures her that he knows but he's having trouble finding suspects since he hasn't run into anyone suspicious. Privately, he thinks that while the Cupbros are still somewhat of an unknown to him his main suspects are the mysterious cult Bendy had mentioned to him before. As Felix's thoughts start spiraling with questions about the cult Sheba snaps him back to reality and points out how late it has gotten. Felix leaves the bookstore to go visit the circus crew, thinking about his mess of a romantic life as he walks.

Felix arrives at the circus crew's apartment and is happily welcomed in. Felix explains that he wanted to check in on Mickey and the bunny kids tell him that Mickey is in a wheelchair now while Goofy goes to tell Mickey Felix is there. Mickey wheels into the room and the two of them catch up with one another as Mickey states that he plans to continue living his life despite his injury. They're soon joined by Ozzy, which once again turns Felix into a flustered mess. The trio continues to catch up with one another and Felix shares some of his worries about the B-Bros but he's still fully believes in the quest. Ozzy says that he likes Felix's determination and likes discovering new things about a person little by little. Felix agrees, saying it's almost like an adventure.

### Chapter 120 - Therapy Thoughts

After training with the Cupbros in the backyard Bendy heads back into the house and cleans himself up. As he does he thinks about the fact that he has a therapy appointment with Dr. Scratchansniff that day and reflects on his past experience with counselling. When he exits the shower he meets up with the other house members for breakfast while they are in the middle of discussing some mysterious footprints they found around the house. The conversation soon turns to the latest excitement caused by the quester's exploits in the Far West being reported on in the papers. Bendy eventually finishes his meal and angrily heads upstairs to complete his dreaded appointment in Dr. Oddswell's study. Dr. Scratchansniff asks Bendy what exactly his issues are, which throws Bendy off guard as he expected the doctor to be telling him what his problems are. Dr. Scratchansniff explains that he can't magically make Bendy's stress go away or change his emotions but he can help Bendy manage stress and better his overall mental health as long as Bendy agrees to work with him. With those facts laid out in the open, the doctor then moves on to talking about Bendy's relationships with the various house members since they're his support system during this time. After Bendy talks through how he currently views his relationships, including his complicated situation with the Cupbros, Dr. Scratchansniff encourages Bendy to open up more to his friends. He then gives Bendy some worksheets for him to fill out about possible sources of his stress and tells Bendy their next appointment will be in two days. Bendy, pleasantly surprised that the session wasn't as painful as he believed it would be, agrees and heads back downstairs.

Bendy rejoins his brother, the Cupbros, Finley and Sammy as they're playing a card game. Bendy explains how he was at a therapy appointment, which surprises them at first before a couple of them start considering making appointments for themselves as well. Afterwards, the conversation transitions to their issues planning the group date for Mickey when Bendy suddenly has an idea. He rushes to the phone and calls Betty's shop, asking to speak to Holly. When Holly comes to the phone Bendy asks if it's possible to animate a puppet. Holly tells him it is before quickly realizing his plan for Mickey and agreeing that it should be possible to create a leg for Mickey that he could move and even possibly feel with. After both agreeing to start working on their halves of the project Bendy hangs up the phone and asks Boris how he would feel about building Mickey a new leg. Boris happily agrees and the two set off to start gathering building materials, the Cupbros leaving with them since they have some work to do in town. The Cupbros ask where they're going and the B-Bros explain they're heading to the circus since there are a lot of spare parts there. The Cupbros agree to meet back up with them there later before heading off to handle their own business. Once the B-bros arrive at the circus they ask Donald if it would be ok for them to take some scrap. Though he's still mad at them for what happened to Mickey Donald eventually allows it and the brothers spend the next little while gathering parts. Just as they're finishing up their search the Cupbros appear and help haul their materials home, though Bendy notices that both of the Cupbros seem quiet.

Meanwhile, as Mugs helps lug back the parts the B-Bros found, he reflects on the unpleasant business he and his brother were taking care of. It was a meeting with the mob bosses that Mr. Winky had gathered. After Cup pushed their buttons for a while he warned the bosses to back off, stating that the events of Nightmare Night and the goings on at Baker Street were their boss's business. When the mob bosses simply scoffed at them Cup crushed the marble they had been given as he said that anyone who crossed their gang could expect the same to happen to them. There was a flash of light as the marble was sailing towards the table and by the time it hit the marble had transformed into Robert Sykes's severed hand. The criminals at the meeting are highly disturbed by this and Cup repeats his warning before the Cupbros took their leave to meet back up with the B-Bros. Mugs is worried that Cup seemed to have enjoyed getting his revenge at the meeting while Mugs only feels guilty about it. Mugman resolves that he has to stop doing things like this to become a person worthy of his new friends but he didn't know how to go about it besides continuing to help the questers gather the parts. Once back at the house Mugs spends the rest of the day and the next morning happily going about his usual routine until it's time for him and Cup to go solo to handle more business down at the docks. The Cupbros head towards Fairfax's home, which turns out to be a rundown apartment building. After checking the nameplates on the mailboxes they find his room number and head up to the third floor. Cup knocks on the door and Fairfax opens it before catching sight of the Cupbros and immediately panicking, desperately trying to escape out the window before Mugman subdues him. Fairfax yells that they're there to kill him but tells him they're just there to make an offer. Cup tells Fairfax that he's impressed their boss and now he wants Fairfax to work for him. Cuphead continues to say that it's all up to Fairfax whether he agrees to the offer or not and that he personally doesn't care whether he accepts or not. Fairfax dismisses the idea but Cup says that they're heading to a meeting with their boss now so if he wants to come now is the time. With that, the Cupbros leave and wait by the front entrance. Mugman says that Fairfax isn't coming but Cuphead tells him to just give him a minute. Shortly after they start hearing the creaks of movement and the Cupbros head outside to start walking down the street. Sure enough, Fairfax calls out to them only moments later, saying that he'll at least hear their boss out. Mug's hides his scowl behind his scarf and thinks about how much he hates this work.

### Chapter 121 - Magic Makes Marks

Alice wakes up, musing about how her life is going while the girls get ready to head over to the house. Holly and Bendy are working to finish up Mickey's leg and the project has helped revitalize everyone's spirits. Alice still worries over the fact that Holly's magic hasn't returned but believes her recovery will just take more time. As the girls head over to the house Alice remembers how they had needed to hide everything when Mickey, who was in a wheelchair, and Oswald came to visit to offer them a free show for the whole house sometime. Alice hopes the leg will work as they arrive at the house to find the B-Bros working once again on the elaborate prosthetic. The leg, covered in runes and decorative designs, was a marvel of engineering that showcased the genius of everyone contributing to it. That day, they planned to test the magic runes to make sure they worked properly before cutting them into the metal. Holly ends up acting as the test subject since she is close to Mickey's height and attaches the leg to her knee. The connecting process seems to be a bit more painful than they anticipated but Holly assures them it's fine and they move forward. While the basic mechanisms are working fine there are still some small issues that need to be smoothed out and Holly ends up falling over when she first tries to walk. Much of the rest of the day is spent testing and adjusting the leg as needed.

By dinner time the leg is done and they invite the circus crew over for dinner so they can give Mickey their gift. The crew arrives, along with Donald's nephews, and while the meal goes well Alice is acutely aware of the underlying tension between the two groups. Specifically, some of Mickey's group are slightly distrustful and agitated at the Questers. After dinner, the B-Bros present the leg to Mickey. While Mickey is amazed by it Donald immediately flies into a rage, claiming that a hunk of metal can't fix what they did and that he's sure more is going on than what they're telling him. Alice, realizing the very real possibility of a fight breaking out, steps forward to smooth the tensions by saying that their work is important even if they can't explain it all to him and that the boys spent days working on the leg as a gesture of gratitude and friendship for Mickey. She finishes by asking Donald to please be patient and, while he is still upset, Goofy explains that it just comes from wanting to protect his friend. With that settled, the B-Bros begin explaining how they added magic to the leg to make it as close to a real leg as possible. Mickey is excited by the news and they soon connect him to the leg, with less pain than Holly's initial attempt, so he can test it out. Once he has connected Mickey's eyes fill with wonder and it's not long before he's spinning around the room laughing. Everyone is overjoyed to see Mickey back on his feet and the circus crew tearfully thank the B-Bros. With the tension between groups long gone everyone starts mingling with one another. Alice drifts over to where Cuphead and Holly are talking, the three of them reflecting on how much has happened. Holly then turns to Cup and says she wants to accept the offer he made to her back in Heela City. Holly and Cup discuss how they will go visit "him" tomorrow while Alice is confused about what they are discussing. Holly says that if she is going she wants Alice there, which Cup agrees to, and Holly finally tells Alice that they are going to visit Black Hat. Alice is nervous about the idea but eventually agrees when Holly describes how hard it is for her not to have her magic. With the plan set, Cuphead heads off to go tell Mugman the vague details of their trip while the girls start talking about Bendy. The night continues to wind down, with Bendy asking the circus crew to come on a trip to the dance club this weekend with them to test out the leg. The crew agrees and then takes their leave. The girls also head back to their apartment, where Cala happily tells them that Mugs has asked her to be his date to the dance club. Holly then explains to Alice that they're planning to make the whole thing a group date and, after relaying all the pairs that have been planned out, asks if Alice would go with Bendy. Though surprised, Alice agrees to accept if he asks her to go. The girls then head to bed for the night, Alice dreaming about dancing as she sleeps.

The next morning, Cup, Alice and Holly take a taxi to Hat's casino. Once inside, Cup sends an employee to bring them Dr. Flug and then orders the doctor to bring them to Hat's office so they can cash in the favour he owes them. The group follows Flug into the basement area and soon comes to the office. Hat isn't in a good mood and at first tries to claim he owes them nothing but he eventually relents when Cup points out they're not leaving until he does it. They explain the situation to Hat and he immediately reaches out to do something. Holly jumps away from him and, with some prodding, Hat explains that he needs to look at her soul. At that, Cup and Alice get mad at Hat since he was just going to yank her soul out. Holly is alarmed by this but Cup assures her that it won't cause any damage and that both he and Alice will protect her. With that reassurance, Holly agrees to allow Hat to examine her soul. With a cloud of green magic, Hat pulls Holly's white, heart-shaped soul from her body. The moment it is out Holly's is a mess of tension, struggling to try not to grab at it as Cup warns her that it would be bad if she touched it. The trio further bristles when Black Hat leans in to start examining the soul but he ignores them. Hat soon says that, while he has found the problem, a stain on her soul, he'll need to touch the soul to fix it. Though she clearly hates the idea, Holly tells Hat to fix it. Cup offers to help Holly by restraining her arms and body. The moment Hat touches her soul Holly begins fighting and begging them to stop. Alice is alarmed and tells them to stop but Hat explains that it's just an instinctual reflex and that she'll just ask them to do it again if he pulls back. Holly screams bloody murder when Hat pulls a small, pea-sized grey mass from her soul. Hat pulls back and Holly collapses in tears in Cup's arms. Black Hat puts the piece of the soul into a glass vial, explaining that he will study it since he hasn't seen anything quite like this before and promises to keep them informed on anything he discovers. With the business complete, Cup scoops a shell-shocked Holly into his arms and the trio leave Hat's casino. Holly manages to recover some throughout the ride back to the girl's apartment, much to Alice's relief. Cup walks them to their door, where Holly apologizes for kicking him while she was struggling in his arms, before heading back to the house by himself.

### Chapter 122 - Hell of a Party

After waking up during an ink attack and taking the morning to recover in bed Bendy notices an envelope from Black Hat on his nightstand inviting him to a Demon party in Hell that afternoon. Interested in the party and with nothing better to do, Bendy is about to accept the invitation when he is startled by Angelo's sudden appearance. After talking about Why Bendy is accepting the invitation for a moment they move on to discussing how strange it is that Bendy hasn't been reported to the Angels yet. They conclude that Bendy must have fallen through the cracks thanks to corrupt government officials but Bendy still doesn't feel that that explains how he's escaped the Angels notice for so long. The conversation moves on to what Angelo used to do while he was alive before the bell for breakfast sounds and Bendy heads downstairs to eat.

While eating breakfast, Bendy informs the house about the party. Despite not being happy to hear that Bendy is going back to Hell the others trust Bendy enough not to argue with him on the issue. With Cup's prodding, Bendy goes to call Felix to tell him the news as well. Upon hearing that Bendy is going back to Hell with Hat Felix becomes very worried, insisting that it isn't safe. Upon hearing Felix claim it's not worth it to go back to Hell because it's too dangerous Bendy becomes upset and the two begin arguing in earnest. Bendy eventually loses his cool, yelling that the Demons there understand what he is going through and have the power to help him with the changes he is going through. Bendy hangs up on Felix after making it clear he is going to the party before heading back upstairs and telling the others in the kitchen he doesn't want to discuss the argument. After a few minutes of reading his books in his room Bendy is annoyed, but not surprised when Cup knocks on his door and lets himself in. Bendy tells Cup he doesn't want to talk about it and Cup tells him not to talk than before laying down on the bed. It's not long before Bendy breaks under the silence and eventually asks Cup what his opinion of Demons is. Cuphead tells Bendy that honestly until he met Bendy, he hated every Demon he ever met but Bendy is a decent guy so he shouldn't fully compare himself to the other Demons. He then says that Bendy should go, learn what he needs to, but remember not to get too wrapped up in the other Demon's insanity. After Cup finishes his point the two hear knocking once again, quickly followed by Felix shouting apologies to Bendy through the door. Bendy opens the door and the two apologize to each other before Felix tells Bendy to grab his brother so they can fit in a quick lesson before Bendy leaves.

Time flies during Felix's lesson and before Bendy knows it Black Hat is knocking on the door. Bendy says goodbye to the household and is then transported to Hat's office to change into the formal clothing Hat has prepared for him. Demencia soon bounces into the room, dressed for the party, as Black Hat explains that the three of them were requested for this party since the hostess Lady Nightwing has a fascination with half-Demons like Demencia. With everyone ready to go Black Hat transports them directly in front of the doors to the party. The group is quickly let into the grand hall and begins socializing with the other Demons. The party is going well and is even rather boring until one of the Demons points out that Bendy has a death curse on him. Both Bendy and Hat are shocked by this news before Hat states that it's probably from the basilisk Bendy encountered during Nightmare Night. Realizing they are quickly becoming the center of attention, Bendy pulls their group away to talk in private. The other Demons are shocked that the basilisk curse did not instantly kill Bendy and none of them know how he has lived this long. One of the Demons, a dream Demon, examines Bendy and claims that they can dispel the curse but that they would need to get rid of whatever is protecting Bendy as well. Despite not knowing what the protection is Bendy agrees and the dream Demon dispels both from him. With that done, the other two Demons leave and Hat tells Bendy that he will quickly become the talk of Hell. The two of them head back to the party themselves and Bendy is soon approached by Ava, who offers to help Bendy's fake Hell connections seem more legitimate to the investigating Angels in return for Bendy helping her with something on the Surface later. With the condition that he gets a say in what he helps her with, Bendy agrees to the deal. The party soon ends and Bendy is relieved to get back home. It's only when they arrive at the front door that Hat informs Bendy that he will be picking him up tomorrow morning for his interview with the Angels. Hat disappears as Bendy yells his name.

### Chapter 123 - A Holy Interview

Bendy awakes the next morning, already dreading the interview with the Angels to come, and goes about his normal daily routine until Black Hat appears to collect him. Black Hat informs Bendy that they will be meeting with Judge Zadkiel for the interview before teleporting them to the Upper. They enter a waiting room and fill out the paperwork given to them by the Angel at the desk, with Black Hat providing Bendy with the false information he needs to make it look believable. After handing in the falsified documents the two wait until they are sent in to see the Judge.

The two Demons walk into a beautiful white room with three chairs set against the wall by the door and one chair in the center of the room facing towards a raised desk reminiscent of a judges podium with Judge Zadkiel sitting behind it. Beside the podium is a booth where a woman with glasses (Ms. Walker) clacks away at a typewriter. While Black Hat sits in one of the chairs off to the side, Bendy stays in the center of the room as Judge Zadkiel, who seems remarkably disinterested in the entire interview, starts his questioning. Immediately, Zadkiel asks Bendy about a report he received stating that Bendy was involved in an incident in Hell that endangered many and even resulted in death. Bendy is able to explain the situation and both Angels seem surprised by his show of regret about the whole incident. From there the interview continues and Bendy answers all the questions as best he can while sticking to the story he and Black Hat created. When they finish the questions Zadkiel sends Ms. Walker out to get some tea before revealing that, thanks to his talent, he can tell that Bendy is lying. When Zadkiel threatens to have them both investigated Bendy begs him to please not, which only further upsets Zadkiel as he can't understand why Bendy is such a polite Demon yet still lies to him. Bendy ends up blurting out that he has a little brother he's protecting and explains that he has important things to do on the Surface. Zadkiel begins pushing Bendy until he feels on the edge of a panic attack before suddenly backing off. Zadkiel reveals to the stunned Demons that he never intended to fail Bendy, even with the lying, he just wanted to see how Bendy would react to having his lies called out. Black Hat is furious, but Bendy is too shocked to feel much besides confusion. As Ms. Walker returns with the tea Judge Zadkiel officially declares Bendy is allowed a Surface pass which will arrive within two days. Bendy thanks Zadkiel, shocking the whole room before Hat drags him out in an angry rage.

Hat teleports them back to the house, cursing at Bendy the whole way. Within moments the door is thrown open by seemingly every member of the house with Boris in the lead, who asks Bendy how the interview went. Bendy confirms he passed and the house erupts into celebration, with Hat quickly disappearing with a promise to drop by later when Bendy's papers have arrived. The residents of the house spend the rest of the night celebrating and the party eventually becomes a house-wide game of Never Have I Ever. Everyone who plays has fun with the game, though a few get very drunk throughout it, and they all learn more about one another. Once the game is over the sober members of the group begin herding the rest of them back to their respective homes and beds. Boris has a hard time dealing with all their drunken antics but eventually gets everyone where they need to be. At the end of it all, he and Bendy happily go to bed for a well-deserved sleep.

### Chapter 124 - The Group Date

Mugs reflects on what life has been like since they got back from the Far West and how the plans for the group date that weekend had been going along smoothly. He was going with Cala and, together with Daisy, they had convinced Minnie to come as well. Research for the machine has also been progressing well as they discovered more about the Micco people, who had mysteriously died out just before the Ink Machine they created was dismantled and hidden. Mugs had even started visiting Dr. Scratchansniff in order to work through some of his issues, the ones he could talk about at least. As Mugman finishes his reflection he arrives at the Toon Town Hospital where he leaves a message for Fanny and Dovil to come out to meet with him when they're not busy with patients. Mugs takes a seat in the waiting room to wait for the nurses, thinking about how Cuphead will kill him when he finds out about what he's doing but his brother deserves to enjoy himself on the group date so Mugs was going to set it up for him. Soon enough, the nurses come out to meet him and Fanny immediately drags him to an empty patient room to interrogate him on what trouble he and his brother have gotten into. Mugman assures her that they're fine and invites them to the group date. Fanny is at first completely disinterested in attending but she eventually cracks in the face of Dovil's enthusiasm. Happy with his successful mission, Mugman thanks them for coming and heads back to the house.

The night before the group date Bendy sits wringing his hands after dinner, thinking about how he still hasn't asked Alice to go with him. Everyone else who was bringing a date had already asked them to go and Cup was starting to needle him to just ask her out already. Holly invites everyone into the backyard, summons a ball of magic that shifts colour and then sits with the rest of them to watch the show and talk. Alice happens to be sitting next to him and, working up his courage, Bendy finally asks him to be his date to the dance club. Alice agrees to go as his dance partner and the two begin happily joking with each other. The two continue to talk until the whole group goes back inside and Alice returns home. Once the girls are gone Cup and Bendy begin teasing each other, with both accusing the other of being a Jerry. Jerry, who is standing right next to them throughout the teasing, eventually gets so offended that he heads to his room in a huff. The rest of the people in the kitchen break into giggles at his departure.

Finally, the day of the group date arrives and the whole group from the house arrives at the club dressed for the evening. In a few minutes, Minnie, Daisy and the circus crew also arrive. Bendy checks up with Mickey about how the leg is working and the conversation soon turns to their various group members' work, stories from their past and Alice's family. Eventually, Dovil, Puphead and Fanny show up. This causes a bit of a commotion as it becomes clear the Fanny and Oswald have some bad history between them. The other members of the group quickly ease away the tension with small talk as Mugman not so subtly has Cuphead switch seats to be next to Fanny. After talking for a while more about Ink Illness and various histories between group members Finley stands up from his seat, declaring that this is supposed to be a party before heading over to talk with the band. Soon enough, Finley is stepping on stage to sing as the band follows his lead into a new song. Bendy asks Alice to dance and the two of them hit the dance floor as other couples, both from their group and the other customers, join them on the floor. At the end of Finley's song, the room is filled with applause. Finley jumps off the stage to take Holly by the hand to the dance floor and the couples that hadn't already done so get up to dance. Fanny even manages to drag Cuphead out onto the floor as the music picks up. Bendy makes fun of how stiff Cup is while dancing and offers to teach both Cupbros how to dance to repay them for the training they've given him. The couples continue to dance and Bendy is thrilled to find that Alice is his dream dance partner. As they continue to move together Bendy thinks that this is the best night of his life.

### Chapter 125 - Walk You Home

As Cup awkwardly dances with Fanny, he watches the others enjoying the date, including Bendy and Alice, dancing like they're professionals. Soon, Cup and Fanny sit back at the table to talk with the others and each other. As he talks with Fanny Cup finds it difficult to ignore his growing feelings for her. Their conversation covers a variety of topics, such as the odd responses Cup has gotten for his looks, Fanny's history with Dovil and, finally, Cup thanking Fanny for the help she's given him. As Cup laughs at Fanny's blush, he thinks about how he's actually having fun.

As Cup and Fanny talk, Ozzy glares at them from the other side of the table. Eventually, Felix manages to rip his attention away and asks if Oswald wants to leave since he clearly has a bad history with Fanny. Oswald refuses, claiming it would just make things worse, but as the other side of the table erupts into laughter he can't take it anymore and decides to make a move. Ozzy walks up to Fanny and asks her to dance with him. Fanny at first refuses but as Ozzy makes it clear he won't take no for an answer she finally agrees and the two take to the floor. Ozzy asks her just what she thinks she's doing and Fanny claims she's just having fun. They soon devolve into arguing, both accusing the other of leading them on. When Fanny demands Oswald mind his business he asks her what she's doing with Cuphead and why her husband isn't here. Fanny in turn accuses Ozzy of having a relationship with Felix and tells him to leave her alone or she'll share the scandal with the papers. The two begin arguing again about their history until Fanny says that if she drops dead right there Ozzy wouldn't even give her casket a second glance. Ozzy is horrified at the implication but, as the song ends, Fanny just pulls back and tensely heads back to the table as she reminds him one final time to leave her alone. She leaves Oswald reeling, both at her apparent impression of his feelings and her threat to Felix. As the night goes on, Ozzy stays quiet about what happened with Fanny and ignores the worried/curious looks of the others. However, he finds it difficult to ignore the worry in Felix's eyes and tries to figure out just how he's going to handle his relationship with the cat. Eventually, Oswald is able to calm down a bit and is able to have some fun the rest of the evening. At the end of the night, the group all leaves the building together before parting their separate ways. Many of the men walk their dates home and Ozzy watches as Cuphead begins to walk Fanny home.

Cup walks along the street wondering what Ozzy could have said to Fanny until she snaps him out of his thoughts. The two banter with each other until they arrive at Fanny's house. As Fanny is about to head in Cup reminds her that he still owes her a drink for the free treatment she gave him last time he was injured. After a bit more teasing they say goodnight to each other and Fanny heads inside. As he walks back home at is surprised to discover he's already making plans for the next time he would go out with her. Cup reprimands himself with the reminder that Fanny is married and resolves himself once again to just be friends with her, nothing more. He ignores the way his heart clenches at the idea as he continues back to the house.

Alice shifts in the cab she shares with Bendy, Holly and Finley, thinking about how, despite having an amazing night out, she had no idea what she was doing. She may have been having fun but none of it would help her accomplish her goal of earning her wings. They arrive at the girl's apartment and Bendy helps her out of the car, thanking her for being his dance partner for the evening. He then continues on to ask her out on an actual date and Alice immediately panics as she thinks about all the trouble such a thing could cause. Despite liking him, Alice turns Bendy down and tells him they should just stay friends. Bendy asks if it's because of his race and only becomes more upset when she claims that it's a complicated issue. Unable to handle it all and on the edge of tears Alice cries out an apology to Bendy before racing into the apartment. As Alice races through the door, tears streaming down her face, Holly turns around in shock. As she falls into Holly's arms she berates herself for every being stupid enough to think she could have something with Bendy. Holly comforts her as best she can and, when Alice asks why she's crying, Holly asks her if it's because she didn't want to reject Bendy. Just as Alice is about to instinctually reject the idea she realizes that it's the truth. Holly begins comforting her once more.

### Chapter 126 - Two Broken Hearts

Mugman and Cala happily walk home after the group date as Mugs tells Cala that Cup is apparently working on a plan to get them out of their tough situation with the Devil. Mugs exclaims that he doesn't want to hurt anyone anymore and Cala tells him that she thinks it's so brave they're even trying to escape. Cala says she wishes she could help but Mugman assures her that she's doing just fine and doesn't need to put herself in danger trying to help them. The conversation turns to the two of them making a backup plan for Cala in case the Cupbros plan goes wrong. After some debate, Cala agrees that she'll find a safe house of some kind to hide in if it comes to that. As they arrive at Cala's apartment, the two kiss before she heads inside for the night.

A lovestruck Cala enters the kitchen only to find her two roommates tense and tear-stained at the table. Alice explains that she's just trying to figure some stuff out about her and Bendy and Cala, understanding how complex a relationship like that could be, tells Alice she's sorry. When Cala says it must be tough since Alice likes him Alice is once again surprised by the idea even when Cala tells her that it's fairly obvious to everyone else. When Alice begins to panic once again Cala tells her to just stop and try to enjoy the feeling. When Alice protests that she can't just enjoy it since a relationship could ruin both of them Cala points out that Alice has already bent or broken plenty of Angelic rules before, such as not killing Cala herself, and that it's kind of ridiculous that dating Bendy is a step too far for her. She continues to say that if people judge Bendy just for his race then it's up to Alice to help show them just how good of a guy he actually was. Since Alice still looks confused Cala tells her to just take her time and think about it before they change the topic of conversation to what a good time Cala and Mugs had on the date. Alice and Holly are thrilled to hear that Cala kissed Mugs and that the two of them are official now. The girls continue talking about the various couples from the date, spirits lifting as the night went on.

Back at the house, Cuphead stands smoking on the front lawn. Bendy walks up to the house looking miserable and Cup offers to go out for a drink with him instead of heading into the overly happy atmosphere of the house. After telling those in the house that they're going out the two of them begin walking to the bar. Bendy tells Cup that his situation with Fanny is moonrocks and tells Cuphead that it's good he isn't planning on trying anything with her even though she's married since Bendy couldn't forgive Cup for doing something like that. Cup then asks why Bendy is so upset and Bendy explains that he asked Alice out but she had said no. As the two arrive and take their seats at the bar and Bendy tells him what happened between him and Alice. Cup is surprised to hear that Alice actually started crying when Bendy pressed her about why she was saying no and claims there must be more to her Angel business than they know. Cup tells Bendy that Alice definitely cares about him before the two of them commiserate their unfortunate romantic lives. Cuphead is surprised when he hears that Bendy had also believed Alice may have turned him down since he's sick and therefore more than likely gonna die. Cup exclaims that there's no way Bendy is dying on their watch and only gets more riled up when Bendy claims that the doctor only gave him a month left to live. Bendy tells Cup everything that's happened to him in the last few weeks and even about the existence of Angelo. Cup tells Bendy that he can't keep fighting no matter what the doctor says and offers to keep any secrets Bendy needs to get off his chest in the future. In response, Bendy asks Cuphead to kill him before he can hurt anyone if he ever goes beastly. Cup agrees to Bendy's request, which seems to help Bendy relax a bit. When Bendy offers the same thing to Cuphead about keeping any secrets he needs to get off his chest Cup considers telling Bendy everything for a moment but decides not to since there's nothing Bendy could really do to help and it would just cause the Demon to worry about him. Cup turns away from Bendy and instead brings up his issues with Fanny once again. The two of them then toast to their broken hearts and laugh as they drink together.

### Chapter 127 - Painting in Grey

The next morning, Bendy wakes up and goes about his normal morning routine. After breakfast, Bendy heads to his appointment with Dr. Scratchansniff where he discusses the events that happened when he and the Warners were in Hell. When Scratchansniff asks how Dot feels about the whole thing Bendy surprises himself when he realizes that not only had he not heard anything about the incident from her but that she has generally been more quiet and distant than usual. The doctor suggests Bendy talk with her about it later and the session ends soon afterwards. Bendy spends the next couple of days simply relaxing and enjoying time with his friends, though he is upset that all the girls seem to be avoiding the house since the group date. After thinking for a while he decides to give Alice a week to cool down before trying to make amends with her. During this time Bendy's official Surface papers also arrive. Eventually, he summoned up the courage to knock on the Warners door to talk with Dot. Upon seeing him at the door, the two Warner brothers leave the room to give them some privacy, warning them not to make their sister cry or they would come after him over their shoulders as they leave. When he enters the room Bendy finds Dot sitting in front of a canvas painting a picture of all the house occupants and their friends having fun in front of the house. Oddly enough, Dot is very calm and almost melancholy when he begins talking with her. When Bendy asks her why she's acting like this she admits that part of the reason is that, after being in his body, she understands just how painful Ink Illness is. Dot goes on to say that it made her scared to think something like this could be hurting her loved ones and reaffirmed her need to find a cure no matter what. She then goes on to say that her beastly transformation also left her rattled as she felt so amazing while she was causing that horrible destruction that she wasn't even sure if she would have cared if she killed her brothers while in that state. A chill goes down Bendy's spine at the thought as Dot warns him to be careful. Bendy agrees to be careful and soon enough Dot cheers back up and begins acting more like her old self as she thanks him for checking in on her. Dot then says that she has to finish the painting soon since it's her Christmas gift for Granny and the holiday is approaching fast. Bendy then leaves the Warner's room with his mind swirling with the question of what he's going to buy everyone as gifts for Christmas.

The next day, Ringtail and Featherworth visit the house to talk with the B-Bros about Nightmare Night. Ringtail ends up launching into a rant about the chaos that has occurred since the B-Bros trial and how they know the boys know more than they're saying. Bendy agrees to tell them as long as they agree to 3 conditions- 1. they can't arrest any of their friends for the events they explain, 2. they can't obstruct the Questers' work and 3. they can't tell others about what he tells them. Reluctantly, the detectives agree and Bendy tells them the truth about everything that has happened with the quest. After hearing the explanation the detectives agree not to do anything as long as they don't put more civilians in trouble and insist on seeing where the parts are being held to insure their security. Bendy initially panics since all the people who know how to disable the magical security are out at the moment but then decides he probably knows enough from his studies to do the job and takes the detectives to the observatory. Bendy successfully navigates the group through the security spells and gets to the safe, which he opens to show the detectives the parts inside. The detectives, satisfied that things will be ok, leave the situation to the questers and head back to the police station.

Later that night Bendy has nightmares about going beastly and can't sleep so he goes downstairs to get a glass of water. He's surprised to find Mugman also in the kitchen, also suffering from bad dreams. The two share their bad dreams with one another - Mugs of being unable to save his brother and friends while Bendy's is of turning into a monster and killing his brother. Mugman asks Bendy if any of his fears come from Hat, which prompts Bendy to question him about what it was like growing up with the older Demon. Mugman explains how they were both taught and trained by Hat and Dr. Flug while in their care as well as experimented on by the doctor, though the Demon blood in Cup's head was the worst that ever happened. Bendy comments that it must have been an interesting childhood and Mugman points out that the B-Bros probably had just as much craziness. Bendy recounts the time when Boris bit someone who tried to adopt him by force before explaining the origin of his "widdle wolfie" saying. The two boys talk about their brothers more before moving on to planning pranks for Jerry. Mugman also informs Bendy that anything that goes down Cup's straw will end up in his head and that putting things like tea leaves in his head would be a good prank. Mugs then heads off to set some pranks and go back to bed, wishing Bendy a good night as he leaves. Bendy also goes back to his room, where he runs into Angelo outside the door. The two of them chat for a bit about how Angelo hasn't seen anyone skulking around the house lately and the fact that Angelo doesn't believe Bendy needs to be too worried about going beastly since, when compared to other Demons, Bendy is far calmer than most. Angelo winks out of view after telling Bendy where he can locate the loose-leaf tea for his prank.

### Chapter 128 - Promise to Poker

The next day at work, Fanny goes about her tasks with thoughts of last night's group date swirling in her mind. As she meets up with Dovil for lunch, she starts to think about what Cuphead would want from her to be acting the way he has. During their meal, Dovil asks when she's going to see Cup again, which leads to the two friends arguing once again about how Dovil thinks Fanny should leave her husband. The two finish their meal and then later, after work, they go to the grocery store together. Dovil ends up helping Fanny bring the groceries back to her home before leaving for her own place, fully ignoring Fanny's husband Brute while she is there. As Fanny goes to patch up her aching feet, Brute asks her if he can borrow some money, fifty dollars, for a poker game the next day. The game is set up to help a man win back a deed and an old woman who will be playing is supposed to be a fairly big player willing to put a lot of money up for whoever can win. Fanny tries to argue that she doesn't have that much disposable income to spend on a game but Brute gets angry and backhands her into the counter. Terrified, she runs to the kitchen and shrieks for him to just take the money. Brute tells her to come to give it to him herself and when she does he lifts her off the floor by the ears and yells about how she needs to learn to respect him. Fanny desperately apologizes and Brute eventually tosses her aside, causing her to scream as her foot hits the hardwood floor at a bad angle. Brute then leaves for the bar, saying she better have dinner ready for him when he gets home.

Fanny checks her injured foot and wraps it in ice as some basic first aid before going to make a basic stew for dinner. Once the food is made Fanny goes to lie down and read the newspaper. Fanny is surprised to see the questers on the front page and she begins to think about Cuphead again. She's at first frustrated thinking of his behaviour but then she remembers that she gave her far too much money for patching him up after a fight he got into a few days ago. Now much happier due to the fact she'll be able to get through the month ok she cuts out the picture of him from the paper and tucks it away in a journal. As Fanny lays back down again she wonders if maybe she shouldn't just take Dovil's advice and just leave. Later, once the sun has set, a much happier Brute returns home. He presents her with a gift, gives her an apology about his actions and tells her that he found some money stored away from his job so he would only need twenty-five dollars instead of fifty. Fanny is relieved to hear that she doesn't need to lend him quite so much and the gift turns out to be a beautiful hat and matching gloves. Seeing her leg, Brute offers to bring her dinner in the living om and even brings her favourite flavor of fizz wizz to drink with it. Brute explains how the old woman he'll be playing against, whose known as Viscious, is supposed to be a very tough player but he's nonetheless looking forward to the game. Brute continues to pamper Fanny for the rest of the night and when they go to bed she thinks about how her life really isn't so bad and how their fights really weren't that bad. She thinks about how, despite the difficulties, she's happier here then any place else and how she can't afford to lose her whole life again.

Elsewhere, Cuphead had awoken that morning to find his head feeling strange. As he's combing his hair it catches on something but Mugman pulls the thing away before he can see it. The B-Bros give him strange looks but it's not until after their run when he meets up with the rest of the house for breakfast that Cup finds out about the tea leaves in his head. Cup at first blames Mugman but it soon becomes clear that Bendy is the true culprit. Cup chases Bendy out of the house and down the street, where the two of them run into Felix. Felix helps calm the two of them down, though Cup still swears vengeance on Bendy, before they all walk back to the house. After breakfast, Cup cleans out his head as best as possible with Mugman's help. Afterwards, they continue to go about their normal day until the Cupbros are sent out to do some shopping at Betty's. The Cupbros arrive at the store and are buying what they need when Bimbo suddenly runs in, grabs them and pulls them outside claiming he needs to talk with them. Bimbo nervously explains that he lost the deed to Betty's store in a poker game against an old woman. He's arranged a rematch for that evening and is gathering people to help him win the deed back, offering to let whoever wins it for him keep all other winnings besides the deed itself. Mugs asks what happens if they don't get it and Bimbo admits the old woman is planning to kick them out and change the store into something else. The Cupbros both groan when they hear that the old woman is none other than Viscious but they still agree to help on the condition that Bimbo comes clean to Betty about what's happening. Bimbo thanks them but Cup says he's only doing it for the girls and he'll string Bimbo up himself if he ever does something like this again. With the matter settled the Cupbros head back down to the shop where they run into Alice and Holly. They begin talking with the girls and Cup says they should come visit the house again soon. The subject of the detective's visit comes up and when Cup mentions the fact that the detectives were considering calling the Angels the group is surprised by Alice's fearful reaction to the idea. When questioned about it Alice admits that when she summoned the Map she accidentally stole it so if the Angels found it with the Questers they could all get arrested. Cup isn't happy to hear this and the group agrees to avoid Angels as much as they can. Moments later Holly and Mugman walk off, leaving Alice and Cup to talk. Cup reassures Alice that Bendy's not mad at her, just worried and she agrees to come to the house later. Cup then turns and spots a cutesy piece of clothing, which he adds to their purchases as the Cupbros finally check out all their items. Mugs looks at the clothing and says he won't be able to stop Bendy from killing him for this. Cup just smiles and says he hopes he hates it.

### Chapter 129 - A Halo of a Day

That night, the girls arrive at the house for dinner and are enthusiastically greeted by the residents there. After greeting the others, Alice heads into the kitchen to help Granny with dinner but as she works her mind is still clouded with thoughts about her feelings for Bendy. Soon enough, dinner is ready and Alice heads out into the kitchen where many of the others are already seated, though Bendy wasn't among the people already there. Moments later the B-Bros, Felix and Xedo walk in. Upon noticing her Bendy immediately locks eyes with the Angel but Alice can't discern exactly what he's feeling. Despite that, he nods when she greets him and the others are happy to see her as well. Dinner goes well, with everyone sharing various mundane pieces of news, but Bendy continues to act a bit more distant to her than usual which causes her and a few of the others to get concerned. After dinner, Alice pulls Bendy aside to talk after a bit of prodding from Granny. The two head into the doctor's study and Alice apologize to Bendy for how she acted, explaining that it was done out of fear. After confirming that the issue is their races Bendy states that he's nothing like the evil Demons in stories so why can't they make their own stories? Alice argues back that it's too dangerous and her own family might even try to kill Bendy simply because he's a Demon. After seeing how upset Alice is getting he apologizes, saying he doesn't want to come between her and her family. Overwhelmed by emotion, Alice apologizes more and confesses that she likes him but can't date him because it would just put him in danger. Bendy accepts her reasoning but the two agree they'll both be holding a candle for one another for a long time. With that taken care of, the two reaffirm their friendship with Bendy assuring Alice he doesn't blame her for any of the things she said since he knows she never meant to hurt him. The two then head back downstairs and enjoy the rest of the night with their friends.

The girls get back to their apartment late that night but when Alice heads into her room they're shocked to find Alice's old friend Willen there. Willen apologizes for breaking in while they were gone but says he couldn't risk waiting alone outside. When pressed, Willen claims that he's there both to give Alice a warning and ask for her help. He explains that Hat and his subordinates have suddenly disappeared along with that orb of Angel magic they had. Polly had also gone missing a few days ago and when other Angels came by the casino to ask about the Map again they didn't seem to be taking her disappearance seriously. Since she didn't tell anyone and all her things are still at her apartment it doesn't seem like Polly choose to leave herself. To make matters worse Willen has noticed that someone seems to be following him lately. Before they can continue talking Holly knocks to ask if Alice is ok since she hears a man's voice and Alice decides to bring her into the conversation. They continue talking and Willen asks Alice to report that three fallen Angels have disappeared. Alice says she'll try her best but he insists she *has* to get them to listen since by coming to her apartment the people who are following him will probably start investigating her as well now. Alice is upset that Willen would set her up like this but since they're in it now they continue discussing what information he has. Willen explains he hasn't been able to spot the people doing this but the disappearances started this year. Holly then leaves the room to get something that "might help" and Willen writes his and his fallen Angel friend's number on Alice's notepad so she can get any information out to the other fallen Angels even if he disappears. Holly then returns with her Angel-finding map of Toon Town she made during some rune tests, which both Angels are shocked to find even exists in the first place. This begins to turn the conversation to the fact that Angels can be used as "ingredients" for a variety of magic purposes so it's not unheard of for people to try to kidnap them to use them. Willen also says that he doesn't think contacting many of the other Angels on the map would be a good idea since it could lead to some bad situations but Alice offers to do it instead. He thinks she's crazy but Alice insists she'll do whatever she needs to help the fallen. Willen also tells Holly how important it is that her map never falls into the wrong hands since the kidnapping and black market sale of Angels is big business and there are plenty of evil people who would love to get their hands on her map if they ever discovered it's existence. Holly realizes how dangerous it could be and adds a fire rune to it then can burn it if activated by her or Alice. With the reassurance that they'll do what they can, Willen takes a cab home. Alice and Holly talk about their plans to deal with the situation, specifically talking to the other Angels and potentially the Cupbros to see if they've heard anything. Holly also explains to Alice how she made her Angel-finding map by using Micco runes and that it would be very difficult for anyone other than a university professor to make something like it. Resigned to the latest ordeal dropped in their laps, the girls go to bed

### Chapter 130 - A Vicious Gamble

That same night, the Cupbros head out of the house and down to a bar for the poker game. They meet up with Bimbo outside of the bar along with the others he rounded up for the game- Mortimor, Brute, Gappy and Bubby Boop. Mortimor is alarmed to see the Cupbros there but Brute and Bubby have no clue who the brothers are, which comes as a surprise to Cup. Moments later, Vicious catches sight of them from inside the bar and asks if they're going to come sit down. Cup leads the group into the bar and the game begins with some sharp banter between Cup and Vicious. As the game continues Vicious lives up to her name, making aggressive plays and insulting the others at any given opportunity. Eventually, Brute's frustration at Vicious bubbles over into a rant about how she's just scum for hustling all of them out of their hard-earned money. Vicious answers by pointing out that all of them except for Bubby is a thief, thug or swindlers themselves, noting how Bimbo lost the shop his girlfriend ran because his manly pride was threatened and then needed to come back for a rematch with a whole gang backing him up. Mugs argues that they aren't sore losers and Vicious says that she knows the Cupbros at least won't do anything like that since they would have done it after her first game with them if they were ever going to since Cup was a lot meaner back then. She then turns back on Brute, asking if all the money he was playing with was taken from his own wife. Brute loses his cool and tries to make a grab for the old woman but Cup stops him and gets the game moving again. In the next round, Cup has a good hand and decides to go all in to force Vicious to bet the deed. Vicious accepts the deal, betting the deed, and all the other players besides her and Cup fold. The two show their hands and realize that the determining factor will be the last, unflipped card from the dealer- If it's the ten of hearts then Vicious wins but if it's any other card then Cup wins. The dealer flips the card and its none other than the ten of hearts. The others are shocked and enraged at Vicious's incredibly lucky victory, but Cup accepts his loss and says he'll have to apologize to the girls. Vicious takes the deed and money before walking away, ignoring Bimbo's begging for the deed. Brute tries to take the deed by force but before the Cupbros can interfere Vicious hits him with her purse, which is revealed to have a brick inside of it. Vicious leaves and the Cupbros talk Brute from running after her. With that settled, Cup walks over and decks Bimbo in the face after discovering he hadn't told the girls about the issue with the deed as he promised. With a parting threat from Cup the Cupbros leave with Brute hot on their heels, insisting they come over for dinner sometime which Mugs eventually agrees to just to get the wolf to go away before Cup punches him too. As the brothers make their way home once more they discuss their worries about the girls.

The next morning at breakfast Granny asks the house residents if they're excited about Christmas, causing the room to explode into chaos as they realize that the majority of them had forgotten the holiday entirely. They organize a large shopping trip consisting of the Questers, the girls, Finley, Sammy, Xedo and Wiston. Mugs and Cala talk about what they should buy for the others, with Mugs pointing out he wants to get people things they'll like instead of random trinkets. Soon the whole group is travelling from store to store helping each other buy gifts for those who weren't on the trip with them. Once they've bought gifts for those not there the group splits into smaller groups to start buying gifts for each other. Mugs travelled with Cala, Boris and Finley between stores, picking up gifts for his friends here and there as they go. He even buys Jerry a gift since they had been going so hard on him with the pranks and the man had been a relatively good sport about the whole thing. After buying for the others, Mugs slips away from his group members to buy their gifts. He's particularly worried about getting something nice for Cala and is thrilled when he finds a silver, rose-shaped necklace with a diamond set in the middle for her. With his mission accomplished, he rejoins his friends who then go to meet up with the larger group once more. As the group heads out for lunch Cup asks Holly and Alice to hang back for a moment so they can talk to them. Cupbros are upset to hear Bimbo still hasn't talked to the girls about what happened and explain about losing the deed in the poker game. The brothers apologize to the girls and Alice takes the opportunity to ask if the Cupbros have heard anything about the fallen Angels disappearing. They haven't but promise to ask around about it, though Cup warns the girls not to do anything reckless since disappearing Angels is never a good sign. The girls promise to be careful but, as they walk away from the Cupbros, Cup mutters that he finds that hard to believe.

### Chapter 131 - Depressing Dinner

After the shopping trip Cup leaves the others happily chatting with each other in one room of the house while he goes to a different room to brood over how much he doesn't want to go to the dinner at Brute's that night. Holly soon joins him in the room and, after a little prodding, he tells her about why he's dreading the dinner. Holly tries to soothe Cup by pointing out that he can just put in the minimum effort needed to appear polite before she leaves for work. As she's leaving Holly kisses him on the cheek in thanks for trying to save Betty's shop, which shocks Cuphead. Finley, having seen the kiss from the doorway, walks in and begins teasing Cup by asking if he should be worried about Cup making a move on Holly. The two begin talking, which not only brings the rest of the house members into to room but also brings up the topic of the card game once again. The group continues to talk until the evening when Brute shows up at the house to walk the Cupbros to his house.

The trio walks back to Brute's house, making small talk about the famous people they know and what the quest has been like. The Cupbros are shocked when Brute leads them to Fanny's house. Cup is shattered at the revelation that a jerk like Brute is Fanny's husband. Mugs, realizing his brother's distress, sends Brute in ahead of them before telling Cup that they don't have to do the dinner and apologizing for agreeing to it in the first place. Cup, determined to get past his feelings for Fanny that he knows he can't ever act on, decides to go through with the dinner and the Cupbros head into the house. Fanny is shocked to see the Cupbros are the guests Brute brought for dinner and quietly instructs them to act like they've never been to her house before. The brothers are confused but go along with her wishes. They all sit down for dinner, continuing to talk about the quest and the Cupbros magic. As Mugs continues to handle most of the conversation Cuphead thinks about how weird it is to see Fanny acting so subdued and overly sweet. Her behaviour doesn't sit right with Cup but he continues to act as a charming house guest instead of commenting on it. As dessert is served the topic of dating comes up. The fact that Mugs is dating Cala is brought up but when Brute starts to imply that Cala might be cheating on Mugman while he's away questing Mugs begins getting upset. As Brute continues to talk about how untrustworthy and shallow women are, pointing out how he made sure to get Fanny expensive, high-quality gifts, both of the Cupbros begin getting more upset and uncomfortable. Once he begins talking about how you have to be strict with a woman or they'll walk all over you Cup decides they've heard enough and tells Brute that they have to be heading back home. They offer to help clean up but both Fanny and Brute insist there's no need. As they're leaving Brute happily gives the Cupbros their home phone number and encourages the brothers to call anytime so they can make more plans to get together again. Cup takes the number, thanks Brute and then the Cupbros begin walking away down the street in silence.

After walking for a while Mugs finally breaks the silence as he rages about the way Brute implied Cala might cheat on him. As he calms down, Mugs asks Cup if he's ok but Cup keeps trying to deflect away from his own feelings. Eventually, Mugman whips around to face Cuphead, forcing them to stop walking, and tells Cup not to just pretend everything is ok and bottle his feelings up. Finally pushed to the breaking point Cup explodes on Mugman about how hard he has been trying to be the good guy for Mugman, his friends and even his own sake but he feels like he just can't get it right. He eventually starts sobbing as all his current stresses spiral down into every other hardship he has endured and how his best isn't any good at all. Mugman hugs his brother, telling him that he'll always be his hero and reminding him that he doesn't blame Cup for getting them into debt to the Devil. The Cupbros comfort one another and calm down from the emotional blowout. Once they have collected themselves again they head back home.

### Chapter 132 - Don't Drink with Oswald

The house has been decorated for Christmas, despite the antics of some of the more eccentric house members, and the biggest worry Bendy currently had to deal with was what Cuphead was going to do with the mistletoe he had stolen. While the calm has been nice Bendy was getting frustrated that nothing new had shown up on the map. The crew discusses the possibility that proximity to the parts might help activate the map and talk about potentially travelling around to increase the chance that it would show them a part. As they're talking Wakko asks if they think Angelo would enjoy travelling too. When asked who Angelo is Wakko explains he's the ghost who lives in the house, which brings the rest of the residents up short since the majority of them didn't know he existed. At first, they don't believe Wakko but when Bendy reluctantly vouches for Angelo's existence the others accept it as truth. The others begin asking questions about Angelo which leads to Wakko calling him out of the walls to officially meet the others. Those with ink illness are shocked at his appearance while the rest of the healthy household is still unable to see him. The Cupbros mention that they can't feel or see Angelo like they normally would be able to with a ghost, which is odd, and they're also confused when Angelo explains he can't touch anything. Finley asks why he's been hiding from them and Angelo explains he didn't want to scare anyone into an ink attack. With that reassurance, the house members generally accept that he is not a threat. Upon further questioning, Angelo also says that he doesn't have any unfinished business that he can think of, nor does he have any additional information that could help them on their quest for the Ink Machine. The doorbell ringing interrupts the conversation, surprising everyone into turning to face the front door. Once they turn back around Angelo has vanished, although the Warners seem unconcerned by the matter.

Mickey and the circus crew then enter the house, bringing along plenty of Christmas presents with them. Oswald also orders Cup and Bendy to come with him since it's time for them to endure their punishment for losing the drinking contest back in Heela City. Cup and Bendy aren't happy to hear that and try to escape while the bunny kids are singing Christmas carols but one of the kids notices and Ozzy sic's his children on the two of them. The children capture Cup and Bendy, proceeding to physically carry them through town all the way back to the circus with their friends trailing behind to watch what happens. It is only when they are brought into one of circus tents that Cup and Bendy are released. Cup is dressed in a sparkling flapper dress while Bendy is forced into a tutu and tiara combo. The others laugh at the outfits but it dies down when the circus crew brings up the fact that all of them have cross-dressed as part of their acts before. Cup says he'll believe it when he sees it, leading to a challenge between Cup and Bendy to push their punishment into full-on cross-dressing with Ozzy dressing up alongside them. Ozzy disappears to change into a open-backed evening dress and high heels before leading the boys to another tent with some vanity mirrors, wigs and props. Koko the clown is brought in to do the boy's makeup, despite Bendy's horrified protests. Their makeovers are soon completed, despite Bendy's reluctance and confusion over how to style Cup's unique hair, and everyone is surprised by how attractive all the boys look. Bendy thinks to himself that he's gotten in over his head with all this.

### Chapter 133 - Ad-dress-ing a Consequence

With the makeovers complete Ozzy insists they have to go out somewhere where Bendy and Cup could possibly be recognized, with Mugman quickly offering the shooting range as a destination. The rest of the group gets dressed up and a new bet is made - if Bendy and Cup can go until dinner without getting recognized then Ozzy will owe them a favor of their choosing. The group begins making their way to the shooting range, joking and teasing the whole way, as some of the other boys in the group pretend to be the disguised trio's escorts.

Soon, the group arrive at the shooting range. The owner is upset when he sees Mugman since Cup still owes money for destroying a wall there a while back but nevertheless, the group gets set up without issue with the Cupbros helping the group members with less experience. Once everyone is set up the group begins shooting. While many in the group aren't able to hit much since it's their first time shooting Felix, Mickey and Alice all do well. The group is particularly impressed by Alice since it's her first time using a gun. As the group continues to shoot a different group of four men walks up and one of them begins talking to Bendy, quickly proving himself to be quite the fan as he recognizes many of Bendy's friends. Holly notices Bendy talking to the man, recognizes him as Jeremy Fairfax and walks over to pull Bendy away from the man. Holly and Fairfax begin arguing until Bendy is able to pull her back to their group where she warns them not to get involved with Fairfax. Also recognizing Fairfax's name Cup looks over to the man, who soon recognizes Cup's true identity and comes back over to tease him. Mugman claims Cup is actually his cousin, which Fairfax appears to accept for the moment as he turns to many of the other group members to greet them one by one. The group doesn't trust Fairfax, eventually, once it's brought to light that he was one of the journalists writing slander about the B-Bros before the trial. Eventually, his teasing of Cup reveals he never believed the cousin excuse to begin with and that he recognizes Bendy as well. After explaining that their dressed like this due to a lost bet, which Fairfax had already guessed, and rebuffing all of his attempts to act friendly towards various group members Fairfax finally leaves them alone. With the mood ruined, Cup asks if they can just leave but Ozzy says he wants to see the Cupbros shoot first. The Cupbros step up, each shooting two targets through the middle, obliterating the inner two rings of the bullseye as well as the backs of the targets. The others are impressed with how powerful the Cupbros finger bullets are and, now that everyone has shot, leave the shooting range with a pointed glare at Fairfax from Cup. The group chats with one another all the way back to the circus as they try to lighten the mood leftover from the range. Once at the circus Bendy and Cup change back to normal and agree to come up with a prank to get revenge on Ozzy for the whole mess.

### Chapter 134 - Finding the Right Angle

Alice walks through the city with Holly, thinking about how close Christmas is, when the pair come across a tearful Betty standing on the street outside of her shop. Betty tells the girls that Vicious just showed up that morning, telling her to pack up and leave without giving her a chance to plead her case. The girls are upset on her behalf but she tells them it's fine and instead asks them to wait with her a bit while she waits for her Grampy to come pick her up. The girls stand with her on street continuing to offer comfort until her Grampy arrives to pick her up. After seeing Betty off the girls head back home for a moment before deciding to head out again to find Alice a new job and start asking the local Angels what they know about the disappearances. The girls follow the Angel map to the nearest fallen Angel, a male janitor at a local elementary school. The Angel is skittish and doesn't want to talk with them so they soon leave after giving him a warning about what is going on. This pattern of reluctance continues with all the other Angels they talk to. One young Fallen Angel flat-out runs when he sees them approach them and Alice has to tackle him before they can get him to talk to them. Once he calms down the Angel, who introduces himself as Cazziel, reveals he's a new fallen and asks if there's anything he can do to help. Cazziel joins them in meeting the other fallen Angels and his presence helps ease the other Angels tension. Cazziel is a cheerful guy who chats with Alice as they make their way to the final fallen of the day. Unlike the others, this Angel actually has some information to share. There's been a group snatching magical creatures in Toon Town and using a warehouse as their hideout. The girls thank the man and than Cazziel for their help before heading back home.

At the house the girls discuss the situation and Holly voices her suspicion of Cazziel since he seemed almost too eager to help, though admits that this could just be due to him being so newly fallen. The two being talking more about fallen Angels and Holly mentions that they should contact Willen again. The idea of using Willen as bait and then following his kidnappers after they take his is proposed but Alice isn't sure if she could just stand there and watch her friend get taken like that. Holly says she'll watch instead and then when they find out where they take him they can possibly bring the Cupbros into help so they can avoid involving the Upper. With a plan set, Alice calls Willen to tell him about the warehouse lead and get his address. The girls start planning how they're going to be able to have Holly following Willen around without him or anyone else noticing. As they're talking about using runes to hide her Cala comes home. Cala asks if Alice had another friend over since she can smell someone else on the things in their shared room and it doesn't smell like Willen did. Alice begins inspecting the room and finds evidence that some jimmied the window open. Realizing the severity of the situation, the girls ask Cala to pick out everything in the room that has the new scent on it. Cala soon finished her inspections, reporting that nothing seems to be missing either, and the items she pulled are mostly personal clothing items Alice wears. When Cala reports it seems like he was searching for something around furniture too Alice realizes he was after her bag of Angelic miracles, which is thankfully still safe under a floorboard. The girls agree that Alice shouldn't be left alone anymore. They decide to tell the rest of the house after the holidays have passed so they can enjoy the celebrations and Cala says she'll stay by Alice's side from now on to guard her. Alice also decides that, instead of her carrying the bag of magic, Holly should instead since they wouldn't expect it to not be with Alice. Out of anxiety Holly checks her own things and is panicked when she discovers that she no longer has the page from Wilson's journal, unaware that it was Cup who took it from her back in Book Six. Holly calls the house to tell them she lost the page and, though she is still upset, she has calmed down once the call is complete. The girls finish planning the runes they're going to use to hide Holly while she follows Willen. With the serious business finished the girls spend the rest of the night wrapping presents, decorating and joking about donuts. While her mood is greatly lifted by the time she goes to bed, Alice still dreams of shadowy figures and the sound of locks turning.

### Chapter 135 - A Wonderful Winter

Dr. Scratchansniff sorts through his notes thinking about the chaos of the last few weeks and how his life had changed since moving to Toon Town. He reflects on the various severe mental health problems present across the various house members and Dr. Oddswell's patients before launching into an internal rant about how many psychologists would have already sentenced many of these individuals to the asylums already. His thoughts then carry over to Bendy and the unique way his Demon heritage related to his mental health issues. Thoughts of Bendy soon led to Boris, who the doctor believes to be near delusional in his denial about the possibility of his brother's death. Between the two of them, Dr. Scratchansniff was more worried about Boris having a severe breakdown then Bendy. His worried musings on the B-Bros is eventually interrupted by Wakko knocking on his door to ask if they can talk. Knowing that Wakko had been acting more hesitant since the loss of access to his talent and understanding that a Warner coming to him to talk was was not a common situation Dr. Scratchansniff smiles as he tell Wakko that they can indeed talk.

Cup enjoys a relaxed evening at the house after the stress from their day trip with Ozzy, watching the house excitedly prepare for Christmas. Cup realizes he hasn't celebrated Christmas since he was a kid. That thought is soon pushed to the side as he teases Holly about how much she likes Finley. She asks how their dinner with Brute went and tells them she's sorry when Mugs admits they shouldn't have gone in the first place. They keep talking for a bit and when Mugs leaves to go see Cala Holly tells Cup she's worried about him bottling things up. The two of them head outside to walk and talk privately. Cup tells Holly about Brute's sexism at dinner and how Fanny of all people was his wife. Holly quickly deduces that the real reason Cup is so upset was due to how strangely Fanny had been acting. Holly, becoming more concerned the more she hears about Fanny odd behavior, insists that Cup has to ask her what's going on since the situation sounds bad. Cup says he will and the two agree to never let Brute near Boris before the head back to the house.

Bendy is awoken by an excited Boris on Christmas morning but is horrified to discover someone had dressed him in cutesy footie pajamas during the night. The culprit soon becomes clear as Cup leads in the other house members to witness Bendy's embarrassment. Christmas starts with a bang as an enraged Bendy chases his laughing friends around the house. After they all calm down and Bendy is freed from the pajamas the festivities begin as the girls and the circus crew arrive to celebrate with them. Many gifts are exchanged between the various house members. Mugs give Cala a beautiful rose locket while Holly is thrilled by the tree bracelet and coupons for 10 "free answers" about Dishes from Cup. In return, Holly gives Cup a personalized cigarette case which he seems happy with as well as gifting all the questers some runed lanterns to use on their journeys. Boris is happy when Mickey offers fencing lessons as his gift to him. Bendy gifts Alice a beautiful handmade necklaces made out of various mechanical parts in the shape of a pair of wings which she quickly puts on. After the present exchange, while everyone is socializing, Cuphead pulls out the mistletoe he stole days ago and begins springing it on various couples by suddenly appearing around them to hold the plant over their heads. As Cup continues to corner the couples when they least expect it Mugs and Holly try to stop him, though Cup proves to be too slippery for them to catch and they are unable take the mistletoe away from him. Still their efforts are effective in making Cup put the mistletoe away for the time being as the celebration continues. After dinner the circus crew heads back home to put the bunny kids to bed and Cuphead pulls the mistletoe back out again to continue harassing people. While the others are distracted with their own activities Bendy calls Sasha to wish her a Merry Christmas. The night continues to wind down as more visitors head back to their own homes for the night and Cuphead catches Alice and Bendy under the mistletoe just as she is saying good night to him. The two are about to kiss when Dot jumps into to stop it, knocking Cup into Bendy and causing them to accidentally kiss. The rest of the house laughs at Cup and Bendy's misfortune.

Fanny marches her way through the cold night air towards Dr. Oddswell's house, furious at Cuphead for the dinner. Granny answers the door and then fetches Cup for Fanny, who is confused as to why she's on his doorstep. Fanny pulls him around to the side of the house and the two of them begin interrogating one another about their relationships with Brute. Fanny demands to know what Cup's game is and Cup responds by asking why she's keeping him a secret from Brute. When Cup demands to know why she's acting like he did something wrong Fanny is shocked to realize Cuphead hasn't actually done anything wrong and she was just scared Brute would find out she'd been spending time with him and the questers. Now that Fanny has calmed down Cup once again tells her he wants to be her friend, though he warns her he doesn't like games so if he finds out she's been manipulating him in some way he won't be happy about it. Fanny tells him to cuss off and, when Cup begins to tell her if she needs anything she can come to him, Fanny tells him she's not a charity case before storming off back towards her house. As she walks Fanny tries to figure out whether Cup is a good or bad guy, though what evidence she does have for him being a good guy she keeps making excuses about how he probably had some nefarious ulterior motivation behind it. As she stomps home Fanny decides she'll cut ties with him after Cup has paid her back and repeats to herself about how she didn't care about him at all.

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