[ THROWING THEIR UMBRELLA AT HER ]

EWWW A RAT HUNGERN KILL IT

// him and umbrella can have a cute faux rivalry.. i promise she wont hit him over the head with hungern again

— too scared of hungern to say anything. but umbrella doesn't know that.. ]

i guess it's almost halloween, so.. say "trick or treat"!

[ she takes them to this little candy store on the corner. a nervous shopkeeper slides bags of treats over to her without a word and umbrella turns back to face mokou with a big grin. ]

this place is the best!! can you believe you don't even have to pay?

[ ....it's because the cashier was —

you DON'T?! dude, we gotta get you, like.. a bunch of candy! and chocolate!! AND ICE CREAM!

[ she tugs on their sleeve, insistent. ]

don't worry, i've got you covered! i know the BEST spots to get snacks.

garbage, mostly!!

[ ???????? ]

i'll put him somewhere so i can actually have some.. he's been so bad lately!

yeah!!! are you gonna get some too? what's your favorite flavor? i'll lose respect for you if you say vanilla, cus vanilla's the worst. do you get more than one scoop?

[ jeez, slow down.. ]

!!!!

[ instantly forgetting about everything they were just talking about. ]

a treat?! what kinda treat? can hungern have one too?

[ ...........hungern swallows the entire tray. ]

.

CAN WE HAVE SOME

[ she pouts. ]

but.. i'm a big girl, too!!

[ hungern chomps at the smoke like a dog. ]

c'mooooon, SOMETHING'S on your mind! you can tell me! c'mon. c'mon. c'mon?

[ Annoying Ass Little Girl. but she's being cute about it at least. ]

what're ya sulkin' about?

[ curious.. ]

i want ice cream...

HEY

jeeezzzz im so boreedddd....

parasoul said i can't feed hungern garbage from the dumpster anymore :(

say what? friends?

[ she reaches the top of the stairs, excitedly looking around the cabin. ]

sure i can! i'm friends with a lot of people! i think you're just sayin that cause you don't like me...

[ pouting. ]

[ she talks as she walks back up the stairs. ]

what do you mean? aren't we still gonna be friends? even though you're kind of a cunt about the way you say things, i still like you a lot!

[ ??? CAN SHE SAY THAT ]

wow. nobody cares about a sweet little girl dying of starvation. i'll remember that in the afterlife...

she was alive then and now she's dead!! that's the difference! i don't let him eat roadkill, jeez...

[ ????? ]

and yeah, i guess that is a pretty lame reward. you gotta get better at those, miss mysterious.

can we just have ice cream instead?

i'll DIE if i don't get five scoops of ice cream RIGHT NOW. DON'T LET A LITTLE GIRL DIE!!!

[ unfortunately for the narrator, he's dealing with a bratty spoiled child who was definitely expecting a reward. ]

....hey, wait!! don't you have anything to give us?

[ hungern growls in agreement. ]

...EAT THE BODY?! no, hungern, no!!! you'll get sick!!

[ that's her only objection??? ]

...is it really over? did we really save the world..?

.... hungern, we're heroes!!!! ^^

[ after a few stunned seconds, umbrella cheers and hugs hungern tight with a big smile. in doing so, she turns her back to the presumably slain princess.. surely this isn't a mistake.. right? ]

— draw closer with hungern wounded like this. he's reached the point where he's practically starving; there's not much he can do now. it's just her and this monster of a princess.. and this disembodied voice she's starting to think doesn't actually want to help her. ]

[ the silence is concerning, even more so when the princess taunts her, putting that seed of doubt in her mind. ]

uh.. she doesn't seem very dead to me.. isn't she supposed to like, die immediately?

[ a small tremor to her voice as she steps back once, then again, too afraid to —

— it into her chest.

...it's too bad she seems to have forgotten which side one's heart is actually on. ]

[ hungern takes another harsh bite, and she decides right then and there that enough is enough. umbrella scowls, pulling her companion all the way back and swinging it at the beast's face with all the force she can muster; immediately running over with the blade in hand to sink —

uurrrgghhh!!!!!

[ she huffs. this princess is real tough— hungern can tank the bite, of course, but he won't be able to do so forever. she's gotta put an end to this before this goes too far. ]

at least TELL me what to do!!