Book One

Art by Bunni!

## Summary

Bendy and Boris, two small town mechanic brothers, have their lives changed forever when they encounter Wilson Wiseton. The brothers soon find themselves thrown head first into conspiracy and mystery surrounding a mysterious Ink Illness, which Wilson himself is deeply involved with. Following the death of Wilson the brothers soon end up on the run as they try to not only avoid the unknown forces trying to silence the truth about the Illness but also attempt to find the infamous Dr. Oddswell, who just might be the best chance of cure there is. Along the way, Bendy and Boris meet a colorful cast of characters who each have their own role to play in this inky mystery.

### Warnings and Triggers

* Graphic Depiction of Violence
* Mention of Starvation
* Death
* Graphic Depiction of Illness
* Blood
* Suicidal Ideation
* Fire
* Guns
* Reference to Racist Ideals

## Detailed Information

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

The Book starts off in Sillyvision with Bendy and Boris going about their normal lives until they run into Wilson Wisteon outside of their friend Sasha's club *The Dancing Lady.* Wilson begins talking to the boys about them being able to stop some terrible fate, which they don't particularaly understand but nevertheless still allow the owl to stay the night at their apartment seeing as he has nowhere else to go. At their apartment Wilson tells them more about Ink Illness, the Ink Machine and his friend Dr. Oddswell before leaving. During this time Bendy also get's fired from his mechanic job and takes on a new position as bouncer at Sasha's club. While working at the club Bendy and Sahsa hear a loud noise outside. After pushing through the crowd they find Wilson on the street, dying from injures sustained in a car crash. With a dying message to Bendy about finding the Ink Machine Wilson pushes a piece of his coded journal into Bendys hand and passes away. Panicked, Bendy flees the scene.

After Wilson's death both the local police, who have a bad history with the brothers, and some out of town detective from Toon Town (Featherworth and Rigntail) start investigating the brothers involvement with the death. The local police try to push the blame onto Bendy however they can but the detectives are more interested in investigating the actual truth of the matter. Both Bendy and Boris try to be as helpful as they can considering their circumstances. Before the investigation can finish everything becomes derailed when a fire breaks out at the mechanic shop that Boris works at. While everyone does survive the fire unharmed the local police once again take the opportunity to attempt to balme the arson on the two brothers. Luckily, the police are unsuccessful in their attempts to pin the crime on the boys and they are freed. However, between the conversations they've had with the detectives and break-in's at both the police station and their apartment that appear to be related to Wilson's case the boys decide it's too dangerous to stay in Sillyvision any longer. The brothers pack their bags and, after saying their goodbyes to the few allies they have in town, they board a train to Warnerburg to begin their journey to Toon Town where Dr. Oddswell supposedly is. Unbeknowest to the brothers they are soon followed to Warnerburg by both the detectives and two unknown men who had previously been chasing Wilson.

The brother arrive late in Warnerburg and decide to sleep on the streets for the night since they're used to doing that. This turns out to be a bad desicion as they wake up to find Bendy's bag has been stolen during the night with all their money inside. The brothers begin searching for the bag since they need it to get to Toon Town. During this search the brothers meet Finley and Sammy, two street performers , as well as the infamous Warner siblings Yakko, Wakko and Dot who all offer to help the brothers with their search in their own way. It is also during the early phases of the search that Bendy first coughs up splatters of ink, confirming the longheld suspicion that he has Ink Illness. This new development with Bendy's health only increases the brothers need to get to Toon Town to find Dr. Oddswell. Their search is further hindered by the fact that the police have put out wanted posters for the brothers seeing as they fled Sillyvision before being cleared of the various crimes they were accused of there. The brothers end up spending days with Finley and Sammy, in which they split their time between searching for the bag, running from the cops and performing for money. It's only after one of said performances that they get a real lead on the bag when the mugger who tries to steal their earning ends up being connected to the theft ring. Bendy is able to use his acting skills to scare the mugger enough to keep him from fighting them to much as they bring him to the Warners to be interrogated but the act is so convincing that between that and the recently discovered wanted posters Finley believes the brothers were just bad guys tricking him into helping them. Finley walks off in a rage and Sammy follows, though not before promising to try to talk with Finley. With a criminal still left in their custody the brothers begin the journey to the watertower. While the brothers are handing the mugger over to the Warners Sammy does talk with Finley and convinces him to give the brothers another chance. The two pairs meet back up outside of the Warners studio, reconcile and then head off to wait for the Warners to contact them with the information about the thieves from the mugger.

It's almost a week later when the Warners finally get back to the group with the information and the Warners insist on coming along to the criminals hideout to retrieve the bag. Elsewhere in Warnerburg the mysterious men who followed the brothers form Sillyvision have discovered the fact that they are looking for the bag and tracked down where the thieves are holding it. They plan to grab the bag themselves that same night to use as bait for the brothers. If that wasn't enough the detective have also partnered with the local Warnerburg police and plan to attend a raid on the thieves hideout also happening that same night.

The brothers group is the first to arrive at the hideout and, thanks to the Warners, they locate the stolen bag without to much trouble. Unfortunately, only moments after they find the bag a large group of thieves discovers them. In the ensuing conflict with the thugs the majority of the group does manage to escape further into the hideout realtively unscathed but also get seperated from the Warners. They find a car among the stolen items and Boris begins hotwiring it so they can go find the Warners but they're interrupted by the arrival of the two men who had been following the brothers, who are revealed to be Cuphead and Mugman. Boris continues to hotwire the car in the background as the rest of the group questions the Cupbros on who they are and what they want. This comes in handy when Cuphead get's tired of talking, opening fire with his finger gun, Mugs quickly following suit, and the group is forced to drive away as fast as they can to escape. The group manages to find the Warners in their escape but they don't have much time to celebrate the reunion before they have to flee from the attacks of both the Cupbros and the remaining thieves. Once they escape the hideout the group drives straight through the police blockade and the brothers make brief eye contact with the detectives before they have to continue running, now from the police instead of criminals. During the chase Bendy has a severe Ink Attack and falls into a daze, leaving the rest of the group to lose the cops and find somewhere safe for the night. The next morning the group wakes up and they outline a plan to sneak the brothers onto a train to Toon Town after some discussion of the crazy events of the previous night. The group then says their goodbyes to one another, with Finley and Sammy telling them that they'll probably head to Toon Town themselves in the near future, before the brothers are successfully smuggled onto the train.

Elsewhere in Warnerburg the detectives discuss the events of the raid, which they are now expected to participate in a press relaese about. They make plans to do further investigations before the press release and lament about just how complicated the case has become. The detectives aren't the only ones upset as a furious Cuphead sits in a Warerburg bar, stewing over the loss of his targets. Luckily, Mugman finds a newspaper reporting on the car chase which reveals that some of the people with the brothers that night were the Warners. Cuphead then questions a bar employee about the Warners, The employee tells him about an incident at the train station that morning involving the Warners and Cup pieces together that they were probably helping the brothers sneak onto a train there. Since he still has to discover just how much the Warners know before he can continue chasing the brothers Cup get's the Warners location from the employee. The Cupbros then head to the watertower and knock on the door. Dot answers and Cuphead smirks when he recognizes her from the hideout. At the same time elsewhere in the city Xedo Tiptail and his younger brother Wiston head to the police press release. Xedo is a journalist from Toon Town who has been following the detectives to get the scoop on their mysterious new case. The detectives recognize Xedo at the press release and aren't thrilled to see him there but there's not much they can do about it so the Tiptail brothers sit down to listen to the press release.

Meanwhile on the train one of the passengers recognizes the brothers so they're forced to run to the back of the train and pull the emergency stop in order to escape before they can be caught by the train employees. After successfully evading capture the brothers begin trekking through the woods towards Toon Town, chatting with one another as they do so. They eventually come across a road that seems to head towards Toon Town and follow it all the way to a odd casino located strangely far outside of the city. The brothers head into the casino to get directions and end up staying to get some food. While Boris is in the bathroom Bendy unsuccessfully flirts with a female employee at the bar named Alice. When Alice ends up getting harassed by some drunk soon after Bendy comes to her defense but she just get's upset with him again for getting involved. Before he can get into an argument with her Alice's boss appears to call her into his office and apologize to Bendy but the dangerous atmosphere around the other man sets Bendy on edge. After Alice and her boss leave Boris returns from the bathroom and the two of them grab their food to go as Bendy wants to leave the casino as soon as possible.

Back in Warnerburg the Cupbros confront the Warners, which leads to a fight between the two groups. While the Cupbros put up a good fight they are eventually knocked out by the Warners. The Cupbros wake up tied to chairs in the watertower where the Warners then attempt to interrogate them. This attempt is fairly unsuccessful as the Cupbros give them next to no important information and actually trick the Warners into revealing information to them such as where the brothers went. When issues with the Warners Talents and the police distract the trio the Cupbros escape their binding, leaving the watertower to continue their pursuit of the brothers.

Elsewhere the brothers have finally arrived in Toon Town and, after dealing with another Ink Attack, start searching the city for Dr. Oddswell. While visiting the university Dr. Oddswell used to work at a student named Holly May informs the brothers about the various rumours surrounding the doctor and even slips them the address the doctor had a file when he worked for the school. She also explains some of the basics of rune magic to the brothers seeing as it is used around the campus. The brothers thank her for the information and head off to Dr. Oddswell's house. Upon arriving at the house no one answers when they knock so the brothers make the questionable desicion to break in. While wandering inside the house Dr. Oddswell's assistant Red discovers them and questions them about what they want. Once she discovers they're there because of Ink Illness she drives them out to a "clinic" the doctor has set up in an old observatory. As they drive they discuss the doctor and Ink Illness. When they arrive at the clinic the brothers are given a check-up by Red before finally being introduced to Dr. Oddswell himself. Dr. Oddswell asks them about Wilson and, when they inform him that Wilson has actually died he momentary falls into grief before pulling himself together to move forward. It's then that he see's the page from Wilson's journal, which had accidentally fallen from Bendy's pocket. Recognizing it quickly as his old friend's work the doctor declares that they must translate the page and get the brothers set up in the clinic as soon as possible, leading the group further into the observatory as he talks.

## Characters

* **Appeared:** Bendy, Boris, Cuphead, Dot, Featherworth, Finley, Mugman, Pete, Ringtail, Sammy, Sasha, Wakko, Wilson, Yakko
* **Appeared Briefly:** Alice Angel, Betty, Black Hat, Dr. Boo, Dr. Oddswell, Hogsmen, Holly May, Officer Jones, Officer Snoutfer, Pinky, Ralph the Guard, Red H.R. Hood, Skippy Squirrel, Slappy Squirrel, The Brain, Wiston Tiptail, Xedo Tiptail
* **Mentioned:** Bimbo, Felix, MIckey, The Devil, Yen Sid

## Locations Visited

* Sillyvision
* Warnerburg
* Toon Town

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* According to Holly's Journal, the events of this Book take place over July up to the first day of August (Inky Extra's Ch 1)