(S3) Bonus Short 3

## Chapter Link

(S3) Bonus Short 3

**(S3) Bonus Short 3** is the 3rd bonus episode between seasons 3 and 4 of Cursed Princess Club, and the 113rd episode overall.

## Synopsis

*Jolie finishes the tale of her curse by explaining how The Dealer took her eyes.*

## Characters

*Characters are linked in order of appearance. First appearances will be in bold.*

* Saffron
* Jolie
* The Dealer (flashback)
* Lace King and Queen (flashback)
* Whitney
* Nell
* Thermidora
* Curtis (flashback)

## Music

* CPC OST vol. 8
	+ Track 2 "The Dealer" (excerpt #2)

## Location

Pastel Kingdom

* Haunted Forest
	+ Outside the Cursed Princess Club headquarters

## Story

The episode starts where the last bonus short left off. Jolie is telling the story of how she got her curse to the CPC members who didn't attend Gwendolyn's Dinner Party: The Dealer has just appeared from a pot of peas in the Lace Kingdom's palace, to collect his end of the deal. Saffron thinks he knows what's going to happen next and begs Jolie to not finish the story, but she insists she's almost done and continues telling it. The Lace King informs the dealer that they've been saving the best produce from each season for him, and suggests they go to the storage room. However, the dealer insists that it was part of the deal that *he* would have his pick of a reward, and he chooses Jolie's eyes. The horrified king and queen reminded him of how he had promised it wasn't a deal with the devil, but he reminded them that he'd promised he wouldn't take any *souls*. He then took off his sunglasses, revealing that he didn't have any eyes. The king begged the dealer to take his eyes instead, but this just annoyed him. He then decided that, since Jolie's eyes were apparently still too pink for him, he would come back at the stroke of midnight in 6 years, 6 months, and 6 days; then, he crawled inside the oven and waved goodbye.

6 years, 6 months, and 5 days later, Jolie's father ordered all of the Lace Kingdom's guards to stand outside and inside of her bedroom, and fastened a steel-plated eye mask against her face. However, at the stroke of midnight, she saw a hand reach toward her eyes from the darkness under her mask. At that moment, Whitney places a hand on Saffron's shoulder and asks him what's happening, causing Saffron to scream in shock. Whitney apologizes for interrupting Jolie's story, but she tells him it's fine. Saffron vehemently insists that her having her eyes stolen is *not fine*. Jolie explains that she thinks of it differently; while she used to feel terrible about it, as the years went by, it started to just become a thing that happened in her past. She states that if she could, she wouldn't change what happened, since her kingdom was saved, her parents still love her, and her initiation into the CPC caused her to meet Nell. She also adds to Saffron that she herself doesn't know why she's still able to see, and tells him to ask the dealer about it.

Thermidora asks Whitney if everyone else has come back from Gwen's dinner party. He explains that after having a talk with Curtis outside the Pastel Palace, he decided to go back to the club by himself and rest his head. A flashback to the conversation they had is then shown, where Curtis asks why he's still around the club after fulfilling his goal of making amends with Prez. The club members wish Whitney good night before he goes to sleep, head poking out from the grass. Saffron yells at him to stop staring, and he says he'll turn around. Thermidora notes that it must be nice to be able to sleep out in the open without anything to be afraid of. As Whitney turns his head, he recalls Curtis ominously advising him to "think wisely about where he rests his head" if he has any ulterior motives regarding Prez. The last panel shows his terrified expression.

## Episode credits

* Art, writing and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik
* Art assistants:
	+ @sheidraws
	+ @CatBurgerHelper
	+ @i.aint.shihwi
	+ @kyorin24
	+ @spudinacup

## Trivia

* Next to the episode credits where the comic's logo would typically be, there is a doodle of the Dealer with Jolie's eyes looking into a mirror instead.

## Gallery

The doodle of The Dealer in the episode's end credits.The Dealer chooses to have Jolie's eyes.The Dealer reveals his eye sockets.The Dealer leaves through the oven.The Lace King and Queen protect Jolie in the moments leading up to her eyes being stolen.Jolie in the steel-plated eye mask she wore to protect herself from the Dealer.Thermidora notes how it must be nice to sleep out in the open without fearing anything."No, it's *not* okay! Your eyes were plucked out!! That's awful!!""When Prez approached me to visit and take a tour of this club ... I guess I just found a really good reason to stay."