The Broilsnatch of Maudlin Maw
(Part Five of @flotsambottle‘s modern au!)
“… Well, I did find something interesting.” One said.
“Ooh, really? What?” Six asked.
“There’s an entity called the Broilsnatch which is a powerful fae that lives within the woods.” One explained.
“An entity? Powerful? Do you think we’ll be able to defeat it with light or… something?” Six asked. “I don’t think it’ll be that simple.” Seven said. “… Then what would work?” One asked. “I don’t know. Let’s try to dig deeper.” Six said. And so, that’s what they did. They began to investigate.
Six really, really wanted to cover the creature in salt.
“… C’mon! Salt keeps ghosts away or something! It could shield us from the Broilsnatch.” Six whined. “No.” One said. “Never.” Seven added. “Ughhhh, no fair.” Six said, going back to researching.
“How about iron?” Seven asked. “That’s… not a bad idea. It could actually work.” One replied. Six looked annoyed. “NO FAIR! What about my salt plan?!” She asked. Seven and One looked at each other. “… Can I bring salt when we do attack it?” Six asked.
One looked at Seven, who smiled. “Fine. Only cause you’re my best friend.” He said. Six’s eyes lit up, from behind her bangs. “THANKS!” She said, hugging Seven. “You’re the best.” One rolled his eyes. But back to the iron.
The three began collecting all the iron they could find, from railway spikes to doorknobs. The town began wondering where all the iron went, but they were too busy sucking up to the Lady to complain about it.
“… Now how do we actually use this as a weapon?” One asked. “WE WEILD RAILWAY SPIKES LIKE DAGGERS. LIKE REAL MEN.” Six blurted out. “We can barely hurt anyone with our arms or rusty weapons! Let alone a powerful entity.” Seven reasoned. Six shrugged.
“Might I suggest we consult Carmen Carter? Their father was previously Maudlin Maw’s local jeweller. They might have experience to this kind of thing.” One suggested. “… I mean, it can’t hurt.”
When the trio got to school, they looked around for a while, until they found Carmen. Six, Seven, and One exchanged looks, then smirking. They walked up to Carmen, smirks glued to their faces. They put their hands in their pocket, and Six began to ask, “Hey, Carmen….”
Then, in unison, they all pulled out every single bit of cash in their pockets. It was only like, 4 dollars, five quarters, a penny, and a button all together, but eh. “Can you please help us make iron weapons? It’s for the sake of the town.” Six said.
Carmen cocked their head to the side. “… What…?”
One explained everything, and after processing it, Carmen nodded. “I’ll help you… if I need your help, you must all come immediately and help. Alright?” They asked. “It’s a deal!” Six said. And so, Carmen made….
But they worked! And that’s rare!
They made a plan. They would attack the Broilsnatch and lead him to a trap on one of Maudlin Maw’s abandoned train stations.
The trap was only sigils upon sigils, painted on a wide set of ground, iron wires circling it.
But it was good enough! And that’s also rare!
So, the trio went into the forest after school. “Here, broilsnatch… c’mere…” Six said, readying her weapon. And like that, they felt a gust of wind. They turned around to see what they could only assume was the Broilsnatch. “… Three children… hm. What a nice meal~!” The thing chirped, as it attempted to attack. Six slammed her metal weapon into the Broilsnatch, who obviously did NOT like iron. “Why, you…” The Broilsnatch charged at Six.
Six got out of the way, only attacking again, along with One and Seven. They kept doing this, moving towards the direction of the train station until they were actually there.
As soon as they got the Broilsnatch in the trap, they threw iron dust and powder at it, (Six throwing a bit of salt, lmao) which made the Broilsnatch basically powerless. The three began stabbing the thing, when the Broilsnatch smirked as he noticed One. “You… You’re the brother of that girl.” He said.
One stopped, fingers twitching, eyes wide. “M-Maria…? How… How do you know Maria…?” He asked. “… Don’t you know? The Broilsnatch, the monster that consumes children and sends in despicable… disposable… replacements…” One teared up.
“… SHUT UP!” He yelled, slamming his iron weapon into the creature. “MY SISTER’S NOT DEAD! SHE CAN’T BE DEAD!” “Is this really what you want? To kill me?” The creature teased. One didn’t like, no, he hated the thought of actually killing someone.
He looked at the creature, shaking his head. “Then what do you want?” The creature asked. One felt a tear trickle down his face. “… I WANT MY PRECIOUS MARIA BACK!” One yelled, doing the final blow.
And the Broilsnatch was no more.
One fell to his knees, tears pouring out of his face, as he looked down, crying out for Maria. “I WANT MARIA! MARIA, PLEASE! MARIA… please… not you, Maria… anyone but you…” He cried. Six and Seven comforted One.
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