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• The Debtors of Inkwell by dreamitini, FaerieBottle (Littlefaeriebottles)

  Fandoms: Cuphead (Video Game), The Cuphead Show! (Cartoon)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M, M/M, F/F
  • Work in Progress

  12 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Goopy Le Grande/Hilda Berg
  • Blind Specter/Cagney Carnation
  • The Devil & King Dice (Cuphead)
  • Cuphead and Mugman and Miss Chalice
  • Captain Brineybeard/Cala Maria (Cuphead)
  • Baroness von Bon Bon & Beppi the Clown & Djimmi the Great
  • Sally Stageplay/Sally Stageplay's Husband
  • Grim Matchstick/Wally Warbles
  • Cuphead (Cuphead)
  • Mugman (Cuphead)
  • Elder Kettle
  • Ms. Chalice (Cuphead)
  • The Devil (Cuphead)
  • King Dice (Cuphead)
  • The Root Pack
  • Goopy Le Grande
  • Hilda Berg
  • Ribby and Croaks (Cuphead)
  • Baroness von Bon Bon
  • Beppi the Clown
  • Djimmi the Great
  • Cagney Carnation
  • Wally Warbles
  • Grim Matchstick
  • Werner Werman
  • Dr. Kahl (Cuphead)
  • Dr. Kahl's Robot
  • Sally Stageplay
  • Rumor Honeybottoms
  • Cala Maria
  • Captain Brineybeard (Cuphead)
  • Blind Specter
  • Original Characters
  • Horace Radiche
  • Background & Cameo Characters
  • Chef Saltbaker
  • Angst
  • Fluff
  • Shipping
  • Romance
  • Friendship/Love
  • Friendship
  • Depression
  • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Loss
  • Family
  • Background Relationships
  • Past Lives
  • Gambling
  • Pining
  • Crimes & Criminals
  • Death
  • Loneliness
  • War
  • Points of View
  • Character Development
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Heartwarming
  • POV Multiple
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Best Friends
  • Father-Son Relationship
  • Introspection
  • Heaven & Hell
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • LGBTQ Character
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Unrequited Love

  Summary

  Cuphead and Mugman made the mistake of gambling their souls away at the Devil’s casino and now are faced with a choice…they can either surrender their souls, or go to retrieve the contracts of the Devil’s previous runaway debtors and let them share their fate.

  Or could they find these runaways and turn them to their side, for one last stand against the devil?

  This is the story of Cuphead, Mugman, and Chalice if things had gone a different way: and they formed a camaraderie with their fellow debtors to stand against the Devil.
  Also feel free to check out the comic that is based on this AU/fic!

  Latest update: Floral Fury and Intermission One!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  51,540

  Chapters:

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