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Halloween was…boring.
To Cuphead anyway.
It’s not like they can go trick or treating, nobody lives by them. So they mostly just sit around and eat candy while listening to “scary” radio shows.
(And after midnight, they start telling actual scary shows, mostly for the adults. But you didn’t hear that from him.)
But this year, Cuphead wanted to do something different.
“Hey Mugsy, look what I found in the paper!” He showed his brother the article.
Mugman read the headline. “A new house just finished construction and has an owner. Huh, that’s nice.”
Cuphead grinned. “We should ruin it.”
“Are you crazy? They just finished construction and somebody actually lives there!…If it was old and run down, maybe-“
“Too late!” Cuphead was already back with…toilet paper rolls.
“No. No no no no no. Do you know how much trouble we’ll get into if we get caught?”
“Yeah…if we get caught.” He shrugged and ran outside.
Why is he like this? Mugman sighed and reluctantly followed his brother.
-
They arrived at the house.
“Yep, looks brand new all right. And fancy too. Whoever bought this house must be rich!”
“Can we keep it to one bad thing tonight?” Mugman just wanted to go home and listen to radio shows and maybe even carve a pumpkin. Elder Kettle did buy one this year…
His brother studied the house and backed up a bit.
“Uh, Cuphead, I don’t think this is a good idea…” Mugman looked around nervously.
“You never think any of my ideas are good!” He tossed a toilet paper roll up and down. “But this is genius! I should’ve thought of this sooner!”
He took aim and fired.
-
“I love Halloween!” The Devil was eagerly waiting for the “scary” radio show to come on. He decided to buy this fancy house and make it his other headquarters!…with Monopoly money. Eh, the guy fell for it anyways, and it was too late when he realized what happened.
The Devil still thought it was funny.
”Come on…” He turned the knob. Why wasn’t the show coming in? Stupid radio…
He went to look out the nearby window but there was white all over it. “I must’ve closed the curtains…” He went to open them, but all he felt was glass. Who puts curtains up outside the window?
The Devil was confused until he saw a roll of…toilet paper.
Someone was vandalizing his new house.
Hoping he didn’t set anything on fire on the way over, he headed to the door and opened it.
-
“Whoohoo!” Cuphead was obviously having way too much fun with this new idea of his. He even got some on the chimney!
”C-C-C-C-Cuphead?” Mugman tried to get his attention when he saw who was at the door, but that would just ruin his fun! He always does that. Why can’t he just break the rules for a change?
”Not now Mugsy! I’m almost out of toilet paper!”
”But-“
”WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE???” The devil roared, causing Cuphead to freak out and throw his roll upward and accidentally landing in his brother’s cup. He took it out, sticking out his tongue. “Ew, now it’s all soggy…”
”Uh, w-what he means is…we’re gonna go.” Mugman dragged Cuphead away before he could say anything else.
”Cool! That means I can get a new roll!”
”Oh no you don’t!” The devil chased after them, cursing at them and saying something about paying for damage.
And of course, his radio decided to work now of all times.