Book Two

Art by Fanta, put together by Mercowe

## Summary

No sooner have Bendy and Boris found Dr. Oddswell then they have to go on the run once more. After getting a magical Map from a Angel the two brothers make their way down to New Orleans in hopes of obtaining one of the Ink Machine Parts. Unfortunately for them Cuphead and Mugman are hot on their tails and the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans is not someone to be taken lightly. With the odds stacked against them the B-Bros will have to pull out every trick they've got in order to come out on top.

### Warnings and Triggers

* Graphic Depiction of Violence
* Graphic Depiction of Illness
* Reference to Racist Ideals
* Snakes
* Needles
* Minor Self-Harm
* Death/ Reference to Death

## Detailed Information

***Spoiler warning:** Full book plot summary in collapsable.*

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Book Two picks up right where Book One left off, with Bendy and Boris (who have been dubbed the B-Bros by the papers) being brought into Dr. Oddswells clinic. The boys are introduced to the other patients (Granny, Steven and Jerry), given some medication and set to work translating Wilson's journal. During this same time Cuphead and Mugman have arrived in Toon Town to continue their pursuit of the B-Bros. After trading a favor for some information from the local informant Mortimer the Cupbros learn that the B-Bros were spotted at the University. The Cupbros head to the school and talk with Holly, who denies ever seeing the B-Bros. With no answers from the school the Cupbros then switch tactics and head to a cop bar to eavesdrop, which is when they hear about Dr. Oddswell. Quickly realizing the connection the Cupbros get the doctors' home address from Mortimer and wait there for someone to arrive. Elsewhere, the detectives, Xedo, Wiston and the Warners are all making their way back to Toon Town as they continue following the B-Bros case.

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After spending a boring night waiting at and snooping around the doctor's house the Cupbros jump Red when she arrives to check up on the house. They interrogate Red and, while she tries to protect the others, Cuphead is too skilled at telling when she is lying for her to get anything by him. The Cupbros eventually discover the location of the clinic and leave Red behind as they head towards their new target. Back at the clinic the B-Bros are finally making progress in deciphering Wilson's journal, although their realtionship with the other patients does hit a slight snag momentarily when their status as wanted criminals is revealed. But it's no sooner then they get the first paragraph of the journal page translated that the Cupbros burst in to attack the group. In the ensuing three way conflict between the clinic patients, the Cupbros and the police the B-Bros end up splitting from the rest of the group so they can continue translating the page and begin searching for the Ink Machine parts. Now on their own once more the brothers decide to head back to the casino to hide out while they decide their next move. Meanwhile, the rest of the clinic are taken into custody by the police since the clinic is technically illegal and the Cupbros are forced to flee the scene by the arrival of the cops lest they be caught as well. As the lead detectives on the case Featherworth and Ringtail perform the interrogations on the members of the clinic. During their interrogations with both Jerry and Dr. Oddswell the detectives learn about Ink Illness, and are asked to help with not only spreading the word about the illness but also clearing the B-Bros names. Also during these interrogations it is mentioned that Red is hospitalized following her attack by the Cupbros but will ultimately ok. The detectives also explain that Red is not able to give a description of the Cupbros as her attackers, thanks to being blindfolded, and that no one matching their description had been seen anywhere. But the detectives aren't the only one in Toon Town investigating as Xedo has finally arrived back in town. After investigating around the city looking for leads for awhile Xedo inlists the help of the Warners to get into the local hospital where Red is being treated so he can speak with her. The Warners manage to get them a room in the hospital and Xedo sneaks away to Red's room. Once there he manages to convince a suspicous Red to talk with him about Ink Illness, the B-Bros involvement with the illness and the mysterious forces that seem determined to coverup the existence of the disease entirely. Xedo thanks Red for the information before he leaves her room.

Elsewhere in Toon Town the Cupbros sit in a bar, dreading the fact that they have to once again report a failure to their boss. The brothers head to the bar's basement and draw some magic symbols on the wall to contact the boss but are surprised when it's his right hand man King Dice who answers the call instead. After making their report to Dice they, unhappily, make a deal with him by promising to owe him a favour in the future if he locates the B-Bros for them. When King Dice locates the B-Bros at the casino he also learns of their plans to find the parts. Seeing an opportunity King Dice informs the Cupbros about a women in New Orleans called the Voodoo Queen who happens to have one of the parts (The Doll) in her possesion. Since the woman has been causing the boss problems and the B-Bros will more than likely be heading there to get the part then the Cupbros have a number of opportunities to get back in the boss's good books by either killing the woman, stealing the part or taking care of the B-Bros. King Dice then gives them the information they'll need to find the Voodoo Queen and sets them up with a ride to New Orleans on the Phantom Express. After a bit more bickering and threats King Dice leaves the Cupbros to their new mission. The Cupbros then head back up to the bar to get a drink and cheer themselves up.

Back with the B-Bros they're still hidng out at the casino working hard to translate Wilson's journal page. After frying their brains for awhile the brothers finally decide to take a break from the work. Boris goes to sleep but Bendy decides to head down to grab a drink in the casino before heading to bed himself. At the bar he once again runs into Alice, who still doesn't seem to like him very much. The two warm up a bit more to each other after Alice pranks Bendy by getting him the wrong fizz-wizz flavor. The two begin talking to one another and Bendy is shocked when Alice reveals her boss Black Hat is also a Demon. Alice is surprised Bendy wasn't able to tell but Bendy explains that he's never seen another Demon before. Bendy tries to ask Alice some questions but she refuses to answer so he just goes to bed instead. The next day the brothers catch up on what the newspapers are saying about them and finally finish the journal translation. They are very disappointed to find that the journal doesn't actually tell them how to find any of the parts, leaving them at a dead end in their quest. That night Bendy is once again at the bar drinking, though he is already throughly drunk by the time Alice arrives for her shift. Bendy begins questioning her on why she hates him so much for being a Demon and Alice realizes that Bendy can't recognize she is an Angel like other Demons can due to him being raised on the Surface. Alice dosen't know how to answer Bendy's questions and Bendy eventually gives up and goes to bed, although Alice has to help him get there since he is so drunk. During this time Alice also reflects on the history between Angels and Demons, specifically the Angel-Demon War. She also wonders how she will complete her Act of Charity, which is the reason she is on the surface in the first place. As she is walking through the casino halls Alice comes across a crying Boris, who is praying for help to find the Ink Machine parts. Moved by his tears Alice appears in front of Boris and uses one of her miracles that she was given to complete her Act of Charity in order to give Boris a Map with which the brothers will be able to use to locate the parts. Alice then teleports away from Boris and goes back to her job at the casino in a much better mood then before, though she does have to explain to Black Hat later why he felt Angel magic being used in his casino. The next morning the brothers are about to leave the casino to begin heading to New Orleans when they run into Yakko, Wakko and Dot in the lobby. The Warners catch the B-Bros up a bit with whats been happenign back in Toon Town with the members of the clinic and Xedo, who they are happy to hear might be able to clear the B-Bros names through his investigation. When questioned about what they're even doing there the Warners reveal that they're going to give the B-Bros a lift down to New Orleans while they go to "take care" of the Cupbros, who are also heading down south. Using Dot's Talent the group scene jumps to New Orleans in the blink of an eye, something which freaks out the B-Bros a little bit. The Warners also give the B-Bros disguises before saying their goodbyes and once again using Dot's talent to jump to where the Cupbros will be catching their ride down south. Yakko only has a moment to worry about how all three of them seem to be having difficulties with their talents before the Cupbros arrive.

The Cupbros are surprised to see the Warners once again but still agree to fight them if only to get the trio to go away. The Warners bring a band and an announcer that the Cupbros recognize as Mic to add atmosphere to the fight before it actually begins. The fight finally starts and the Warners proceed to use various gags against the Cupbros, leading to Cup complaining about fighting zanies, but eventually the Cupbros are able to take out both Yakko and Dot. Wakko is prepared to fight more but suddenly collapses into an intense coughing fit that soon reveals itself to be an Ink Attack. Cup knocks Wakko out before giving Mic and the band some money to take the Warners to a hospital and get back to their own homes. Mic tries to bring up Elder Kettle but this just makes Cup upset so him and the band take the uncounsious Warners and leave. Alone once more the Cupbros stand at the abandoned train tracks, waiting for their ride and discussing some of what had happened in the fight with the Warners. Finally, the Phatom Express pulls in but when the Cupbros go to get on the employees don't want to let them on due to a combination of the fact that they are still alive and have a bad history with the train. Cup points out that they don't really have any choice in letting them on the train since it's on King Dice's orders and they are begrudgingly allowed to board the Phantom Express before it begins making it's way to New Orleans via the Otherside. On the train the Cupbros run into their old friend Chalice, who is happy to see them. Chalice gives them a little bit of information about the Phantom Express and catches up with the two of them before the draining effect of the Otherside takes it's toll on the brothers, causing them to fall asleep for the rest of the ride. Chalice wakes them up again once they arrive in New Orleans and they say their goodbyes to one another before the Cupbros head to the hotel King Dice had booked them. The hotel turns out to be a river boat owned by the frog brothers Ribby and Croaks, who the Cupbros just barely avoid getting into a fight with thanks to more bad history before they go to take a break for a little while.

Meanwhile the B-Bros are having trouble using the Map to locate the Doll, both because the Map is out of date and because only they can see it thanks to the Map's magic. After lots of unsuccesful searching and the news that the Warners were hospitalized following their defeat at the hands of the Cupbros the B-Bros are in pretty low spirits when they come across a woman named Lady Facilier. Facilier offers to help them and brings them back to her shop. Once there she gives the boys a psychic reading with her cards before using her magic to locate the Doll in a hidden cavern located in the nearby swamps. She then ushers the brothers out so they can begin making their way to the swamp and Boris thanks her for her help. Unbeknownst to him Lady Facilier is actually the Voodoo Queen who not only already has the Doll but also stole the Map from them in order to try to use it to find more of the parts for herself. The next day it's the Cupbros turn to deal with Lady Facilier as she once again leads them back to her shop when she hears them asking around about her. Lady Facilier then does a card reading for the Cupbros and tries to convince them that she can help them gain freedom from their boss The Devil, who they are indebted too. She claims she can break their soul contracts in return for them getting her an Angel but the Cupbros believe she's just crazy. Cuphead eventually turns down her offer for the two of them to work for her and the three of them begin fighting. After being restrained Cup is able to free Mugs but not himself and ends up getting transformed by the Voodoo Queen's magic into a normal teacup. Now outmatched Mugs has no choice but to flee, barely escaping from the shop. Mugs worries about how to get Cup back and eventually decides to try asking the frogs for help but they just laugh at him. After getting kicked off of the frogs river boat Mugs begins wandering the streets of New Orleans, trying to think of what he can possibly do now.

In the swamp Bendy and Boris also aren't having a good time, narrowly avoiding getting eaten by gators as they wander aimlessly without the Map to guide them. By sheer luck the brothers come across a strange pile of rocks with an odd symbol carved into one of them that opens up a doorway into a large cavern when Boris pushes it. The brothers enter the cavern but soon find themselves in a deadly magical Rune trap that they can't seem to escape from. It's only thanks to the arrival of Mama Odie, who uses her own magic to disable the trap, that the brothers are freed. Since Mama Odie is also trying to find a way out the group decide to search through the winding tunnels of the caverns together. As they explore the tunnels the trio is suddenly attacked by a giant snake, who begins chasing after them. The eventually lead the snake into a room where Mama Odie uses her magic to shrink it down to normal size. The snake is actually grateful for being shrunk and is able to explain to Mama Odie that it was the guardian of The Doll but now that the Doll was stolen it has nothing left to guard. The snake, renamed Juju, then leads the group to the room where the Doll used to be held and Mama Odie instantly recgonize that it was Lady Facilier's shadow magic that stole it. Juju then leads the group out of the tunnels and Mama Odie invites the brothers back to her home for the night before they head back into the city so they can rest and use her magic to find someone to help them fight Lady Facilier. During this time Lady Facilier sends out her shadows to capture both the B-Bros and Mugman but these attempts are unsuccessful. She also fails to make progress on cracking the magic of the Map so she can use it.

Now rested and with instructions to looks for "someone in debt" the B-Bros head back into the city. While grabbing some food at a restaurant they overhear a busboy getting abused by the managers and piece together the story of the busboy working to pay off a meal he had. Boris points out that the busboy might be the someone in debt Mama Odie told them to look for so the brothers stand up for him and pay off his debt. However, all parties involved are shocked when the busboy is revealed to be none other than Mugman. The B-Bros immediatley run from the Dish but Mugs catches up to them and begs them to help him save his brother from the Voodoo Queen. Bendy is still rightly suspicous of Mugs but Boris is sympathetic and agrees to hear Mugs out. They end up at a different restaurant where they discuss why exactly the Cupbros have been after them, though Mugman can't tell them much seeing as even more dangerous people then the Cupbros will come after the brothers if they learn too much. After more discussion the B-Bros agree to partner up with Mugs in return for him letting them take the part, promising that neither he nor Cup will attack them right after the fight and agreeing that the Cupbros won't attack their friends while they're chasing after the B-Bros. As the group begins to plan their attack against the Voodoo Queen Mugman get's a chance to talk more with Bendy and begins to reflect on himself and the situation he is in. After a slight incident where Mugman stands up for the B-Bros at a restaurant the trio head towards Lady Faciliers shop to begin their attack.

The trio try to sneak up and surprise Lady Facilier but she's ready for them and soon Mugman and Bendy are completely occupied with fighting her off. Lady Facilier manages to hit Mugman with a burst of magic that seemingly transports him back to his childhood home. Lady Facilier begins promising Mugman that she can allow him to go back to his home if he'll join her but Mugman turns her down. After continuing to deny her offers Mugman is confronted by what seems to be the present day version of Elder Kettle. Elder Kettle and Mugman have a tearful reunion, filled with apologies and questions, before Elder Kettle invites Mug's to sit down and tell him what happened to him since he disappeared from home. While Mugman wants to accept the offer he can't ignore the void in the room where Cuphead should be and promises to return to Elder Kettle one day with Cuphead if Elder Kettle can please just keep waiting for them. Elder Kettle sadly promises to wait as long as he can and the two say their goodbyes before Mugman leaves the room, breaking the magic and bringing him back into the battle with the Voodoo Queen. The fight continues on but the boys soon finds themselves caught by the Voodoo Queen's magic, including Boris who had been using the chaos of the battle to grab the Map, the Doll and the transformed Cuphead. Facilier decides to just kill Boris but intervention from Mugman and Bendy are able to hold her off long enough for Mama Odie to arrive. Mama Odie and Lady Facilier then begin to argue and fight while the boys creep around the room trying to find an opening. Bendy ends up accidentally hitting her crystal ball, which panics the Voodoo Queen. Noticing the panic Mugs and Bendy attack the crystal ball until it shatters. With the ball shattered Lady Facilier begins begging the voodoo masks on her wall for more time but they end up enveloping her in a magical fog that leaves her physical body lifeless on the shop floor and an animalistic shadow hovering over it as the last remains of the Voodoo Queen's soul. Mama Odie sadly explains what happened and promises to take care of Lady Facilier's son as best she can now that Facilier is gone, even though it seems his mother had already gotten him wrapped up in some of her magic.

With the fight doen the B-Bros pocket both the Map and the Doll, which seems to bite Bendy, but Cuphead has still not transformed back to his orginal form. Upon hearing the issue Mama Odie uses her magic to turn Cup back to normal, who Mugs happily reunites with before quickly having to stop from attacking the B-Bros in order to keep his promise to them. As the B-Bros make a run for it Mugman explains the deal he made with them and Cuphead grumpily agrees to honor it, complaing that they now have to find something else to do with their day since they can't chase the B-Bros. As they make their way through the streets Mugman begins to fill Cuphead in on what happened while he was gone. Elsewhere in the city the B-Bros have finally stopped running from the Cupbros. After catching their breath the brothers then buy some train tickets for Toon Town as subtley as they can and sneak onto the train. Once in their room on the train the brothers are surprised to find that the Doll has transformed to look like Bendy and seems to be bonded with him now as anything that happens to the Doll happens to Bendy and vice versa. This comes in handy later when an Ink Attack causes Bendy to hurt himself and the brothers are able to heal the wounds by sewing up the corresponding rips on the Doll.

## Characters

* **Appeared:** Alice, Bendy, Black Hat, Boris, Cuphead, Dot, Lady Facilier, Mama Odie, Mugman, Wakko, Yakko
* **Appeared Briefly:** 5-0-5, Blind Specter, Chief Bobby Club, Demencia, Dovil, Dr. Facilier, Dr. Flug, Dr. Oddswell, Fanny, Featherworth, Holly, Jerry Vermin, King Dice, Legendary Chalice, Martha Vermin, Mic, Mortimer, Officer Clawhauser, Fairfax, Red, Ribby and Croaks, Ringtail, T-Bone, The Phantom Express, Wiston, Xedo
* **Mentioned:** Avery, Felix, Officer Snoutfer, Robert Sykes, Sasha, The Devil, Willien

## Locations Visited

* Toon Town
* New Orleans
* The Otherside

## Links and References

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