finally finished the next batch on Creon Gilead in the Cuphead world. Next time I should just release them individually, and not this giant dump. This time I drew the devil as a human, trying to get close enough to curse Creon with a cursed artifact
Continuing last time. The the devil got fed up with Creon's presence. Not only does she yeet things at him, she also trained the brothers to be sneakier and faster. So what does he do? Disguise himself as a human, and attempt to woo Creon, then get a cursed artifact on her. This was a piss poor plan that was doomed to fail, because he didn't read up on the intel the imps barely scrapped together. That intel team is severely traumatized, since they barely escaped with their lives. All he's managed is to get friend-zoned hard, and he only got one "pity" date. He's really offended and continues to play along as "Lucius Mayweather" out of spite.
Creon will only refer to Lucius as "Lucy" just to annoy him, and sadly Lucy puts up with it, because the alternatives nicknames are more insulting. Constantly reminds him that she only his friend and nothing more, and even "friend" is used loosely, since Lucy is a jerk most of the time.
When he does manage to get the cursed "Festoon of Eternal Nightmares" on Creon, Creon suffers from sleep deprivation, nightmares that feed on her fears and past trauma, and not being able to nap or rest to recover. Then it gets worse that she never wakes up and is locked in nightmares that make her relive every horrible experience; from childhood to present day. And there's a lot of trauma. Eventually the festoon will slowly siphon Creon's soul after she dies from exhaustion.
How the boys were able to free her from the curse, I'm not sure. Maybe something so stupid or corny, since this show is one big Saturday morning cartoon. Power of love? Familial love? I dunno. When she does get freed from the festoon, the boys don't hesitate blaming Lucy. Creon violently confronts Lucy, but ends up listening to whatever sob story he has. His excuse? He works for the Devil, and he had no choice.
Sadly Creon is no stranger to bad decisions and not having much choices, so she empathizes. Lucy is still on thin ice, and now Lucy will have to earn her trust all over again. Devil is more than willing to take advantage of the human disguise since there's loads of opportunities to get close to the cups and snatch Cuphead's soul. He doesn't want to admit that he actually enjoys his time as Lucy around Creon, since he's gotten to know here a bit better. Just a shame that Creon's warning the boys to stay far, far away form Lucy. She's also never accepting any gifts or tokens from him.
