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Taking some inspiration from @bonkalore and drew one of my innocent characters as a suddenly larger version of themself.
He’s just scared and confused, luckily his surrogate family and his poofy haired friend do their best to help him out (don’t worry, it’s only temporary)
Something scribbled bc I saw @bonkalore getting this guy drawn on @kiwi twitch stream
Luis here is probably rambling about how to build fertilizer bombs and how my little pony friendship is magic peaked at season 3.
Levi had a “good demon” chart. Every time he does a chore, behaves, or helps out around the house he gets a gold star on his chart. 3 stars gets him an hour out of his room, 5 stars gets him a the whole night out of his room, and 10 stars lets him go out of the house for the night (with limited supervision from either Luis or Eliza).
The chart was originally for Reuben, but they stopped when he got older..
It was a morbid question that gave him a brother.
Seth pondered at the kitchen table one morning when a curious thought fluttered across his mind
“Do-do you think I could visit my grave?”
Luis almost spat out his juice. “Uh-um…you-you want to see your grave?”
Seth nodded. “The school I go-“ he cleared his throat “went to, included a burial plot along with the scholarship I got.”
Luis gave him a look.
“I was getting my degree in cadaver sciences, they offered a lot for anyone who was interested.” Seth added, shrugging it off. “I even got the administration board to agree to bury me along my mom and dad.”
Luis paused as he got lost in thought. He finished his glass and set it down with a thunk. “Well…” He checked his watch “I’m free all day today.”
‘Not surprising’ Seth thought to himself. He could hear Levi chuckle
“We can head out in like an hour, need to get my stretches in.” Luis said with his usual charming smile.
Seth nodded. “Good.”
It was a quiet fall afternoon, and the winds that blows through the Combs Memorial Yard was swift. There was a pause as wind died down and a booming sound was heard. Smoke filtered out of the mausoleum that was by the front gate. Luis stumbled out coughing and waving his hand in a futile attempt to clear the smoke.
“Oh *koff* god. I knew I was rusty in opening a quick portal but that was *cough* ridiculous.” He said, zipping up his jacket and gaining his surroundings.
Another figure stumbled out, coughing as well. “Noted.” Seth said, buttoning up his cardigan. He shivered as the wind picked back up. “All that time down there, I didn’t realize I had gotten used to the heat.”
“Yeah, that’ll happen.” Luis said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cell phone with the words “mortal plain” written on a piece of masking tape on the back. “Alright.. it looks like…oof, you technically died about a year ago. According to this news article at least.”
Seth looked at him “a year…” his gaze floated away from Luis towards the ground.
Luis clicked the phone off and walked up to him, resting his hand in his shoulder “I’m sorry bud. Do you need a minute?”
Seth snapped out of it and looked at Luis “no I’m- I’m good.”
Luis looked deep on his eyes “and Levi, are you okay?”
Seth felt his hand go numb and then move on it’s own, raising out of his pocket and forming a fist and holding it out like for a fist bump, moving up and down. ASL for “yes.”
Luis nodded. “Right.”
Seth felt his hand fall to his side and the feeling returned.
Luis started patting his pockets looking for his cigarettes. His brow furrowed as he was unable to locate them. “The fuck?” He looked back over to the mausoleum, jogged over and picked up some of the debris from the ground “aw man, my fucking smokes.” He walked over and showed Seth. The debris was smashed tobacco and torn paper. Luis sighed as he scanned the horizon, catching the glow of a nearby gas station sign in the sky.
“Okay look” he said to Seth “I’m gonna head over there and get some smokes, did you want to tag along or are you okay going in there by yourself?” Luis paused “well, not alone but- you know what I mean.”
Seth looked at the gates of the cemetery “I-we should be okay.”
Luis nodded. “Alright, I’ll be as fast as I can” he took a breath and phased into his human disguise.
He turned and made a dash for the gas station, leaving Seth there.
Seth took a breath and walked away from the gate and into the cemetery.
Seth gazed from grave marker to grave marker, the leaves crunching under his feet. He smiled,He missed the satisfying sound of them. he took a breath and let the cool air rest in his lungs before exhaling. ‘Right, left, right’ he thought to himself as he navigated the pathway. He could feel his body temperature flare up as he began to see familiar names appearing on the markers.
He was getting close.
And then, there it was. He stopped several feet from the black ebony marker. He stared at the name etched into the stone. The serif font standing out with its bright white coloring.
‘MORRIS’
Seth became aware of something. He should be anxious, his chest should be tightening with worry. But it wasn’t. He felt numb. His temperature ran cold.
“Okay Levi, here we go.” He muttered to himself as he took a step forward.
Then another. The names became clearer.
‘MORRIS’
‘David Morris 1970-2012’ ‘Mary Morris 1972-2012’
He looked down and saw his name on the bottom right, but…
“Wait..”
What he saw made his blood run cold. He hadn’t been this close to the marker before. From a distance you could only see the top two names. But there was a name next to his.
‘Levi Morris 1995-2012’ ‘Seth Morris 1998-2022’
“What?” He found himself saying, his eyes vibrated as they locked on to Levi’s name. “But- but- GAH!”
He felt the shooting pain along his left temple. He staggered back and stumbled onto one knee, he felt the pain spread like fire, his body going numb at it rippled across his body.
He was losing control.
Seth, overwhelmed by this information, let himself slip into unconsciousness as Levi took control of the body.
Levi opened his eyes and looked back at the marker.
“I..I am your older brother?” He said, getting back up and looming over the stone before him.
“I… died that night…in the fire?”
He could feel the tears rolling out from his eyes and down his cheeks.
Levi: (has a very heavy night of fighting and is traumatized by it)
Levi: (the next night, he is more withdrawn and silent, he has gone mute from the trauma)
Luis: (knocks on his door) hey Buddy? You-you okay? (Opens the door and peers in)
Levi: (sits up in his bed, turns to look at Luis and shakes his head) (he hugs himself tightly)
Luis: may I come in?
Levi: (shakes his head no)
Luis: o-okay. (Pauses) Did-did you want to do anything tonight?
Levi: (pauses) (gets up and grabs a stack of cards, shuffling through them and draws one) (walks over and hands it to Luis)
Levi’s card: “I had a very bad night last night and I just want to decompress/relax”
Luis: (reads it) right, right. I’m sorry. (Pauses)I didn’t realize how bad it was last night. (Hands it back to him) You can relax in the living room tonight if you want.
And if you need anything, I’m in my study and Eliza is in her office, okay bud?
Levi: (nods) (shuffles and draws again) (holds it up)
Levi’s card: “thank you.”
Luis: you’re welcome. (looks guilty) Oh, here. (Hands him the key to his snack pantry) help yourself, I’ll take the heat from Seth.
Levi: (looks at the key and grasps it tightly) (picks another card)
Levi’s card: “are you sure?”
Luis: (nods) yeah. I know this won’t fix what happened. (Rests his hands on his shoulders) (Levi flinches slightly) but maybe it’ll make tonight better. (Kind smile)
Levi: (tucks card away) (hugs Luis)
“Is everybody okay?” Luis called out after the dust settled. He scrambled up the slab of concrete and overlooked his surrounds, making sure the skirmish of vermin they got ambushed by was gone.
Reuben came up next to him and dusted off his jacket “I’m fine, I had to bludgeon a guy with his severed arm though.”
Luis grabbed him and hugged him tight “okay well…at least he wasn’t armed.”
Reuben looked at his dad “really?”
Eliza walked out and joined them “oh trust me kid, he’s made worse ones!” She said she straightened up her hair.
Luis smiled as he let go of his kid and embraced his wife “oh good your safe too.”
“Yeah, I was over there when something came crashing down but luckily Levi-“
She stopped when she turned to point to Levi behind her, but he wasn’t. She stared at the empty space instead.
“Oh shit.” She muttered.
“When Levi what? Where is he?” Luis questioned
Eliza slowly turned her head back and looked at him with a stone cold stare “he pushed me out of the way of some falling debris…I thought he made it out…”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUGH!”
The cry turned the casual conversation into exchanged looks of panic.
“Hon, go protect Reuben. I’ll go and check up on Seth” Eliza order Luis.
“Right.” Luis said, nodding and grabbing a nearby hammer.
Eliza filed out of their room, her husband right behind her.
Luis darted off to their son’s room, opening the door and slinking inside.
Eliza, bat in hand, tightened her grip and approached the door.
She opened it with gusto “Seth! Are you okay?!” She shouted, her eyes locking on the bed. But she found it empty. Then she saw him, huddled by the side of the bed with his head in his hands. Despite her shouting, he didn’t seem to notice. She then heard him chanting something.
“Please go back in, please go back in, please, please PLEASE GO BA-ACK IN!” He said in a panicked voice, she could see him gently rocking in place. She then saw that his hands weren’t on his head, they seem to rest just above it. His palms seem to be resting on something…something pointed and tapered…she knew what they were…Demon horns. It wasn’t Seth she saw there…it was It. The beast.
“Hey!” She shouted, partly in anger but also in shock
He jerked his head to face who called to him, the tips of his horns slicing his palms thusly. “Eh?!” He said in a panicked voice, locking eyes with Eliza.
That’s what immediately struck her, it’s eyes. The damn thing now sported a pair of milky, luminescent eyes. They were up on his forehead, hidden by the hair that had fallen in front of them. That wasn’t all, they had tears welling out of them and down his pale pink cheeks. She also saw in his agape mouth that his once pointed snaggle teeth were now flattened and resembled average teeth. What also surprised her the most were it’s next actions.
It fell back away from here in panic, it eyes wide with fear “No, No. No Please! I-I did not want to be here Mrs. Lynch! Believe me! I do not want to harm you, I do not want to harm ANYONE!” It said, looking at her as it scudded away, it’s back bumping into the wall. “I did not want to be here. I just…I woke up in the bed…and-and and..” it raised its hands up in a panicked state, showing its bleeding palms to her, the blood trickling down his arms and staining his shirt. “I know I promised I would not take over him while he was here, I know that. I KNOW THAT!” He yelled at her before breaking down into crying. It’s body heaving with every sob.
Eliza, feeling the anxious panicked energy coming off the creature, lowered the bat and looked on at the beast. The same one who smiled with wicked glee and blood stained teeth now sat cowering away from her in fear. She knew that this demon wasn’t the same one from earlier tonight.
“Oh-okay. Okay” she said, setting the bat down and putting out her hand to try and comfort him. “I’m not going to hurt you. Hey, shhh. It’s okay.” She said in a more hushed tone. She got close to him.
He turned his head slowly, his crying now stifled and his hands lowered. He winced as he closed his hands. He tensed up as he saw her hand coming closer to him and he froze when she rested it on his arm.
“Hey…it’s okay.” She said warmly. They way she used to with Reuben.
The demon sniffled. “It is not okay. I broke your promise, even though I did not mean to. And- and you said you would-would-“
“Hey listen.” She said, interrupting him. He stopped and looked at her “Okay? We can talk about it.”
“We-we can?” He said, confused
“Yes, we can. But first…we should patch you up.” She said, gesturing her head to his hands.
He looked at his right palm and saw the cut from his horn. “Oh…okay…” he said, still shaken by all that transpired.
Eliza turned and shouted out the door “HONEY! GET THE FIRST AID KIT AND RUBBING ALCOHOL !”
“Why? Are you hurt?” He said, approaching the door way and leaning in. “Wha- Oh!” He stared at the demon cowering from his wife with bleeding hands.
“He-hello,Mr. Lynch…” it said, weakly waving his hand to him with a strained grin on his face.
How to get into the right headspace to write Luis Lynch
Step one:
Step two: repeat
