Ah yes, Inkwell isles. It's quite a... unique place. Filled with such wonders and possibilities that can't be found anywhere else. Oh, what's this in the distance? it seems to be a ship! one for travelers of the sort. Let's get a little closer, shall we? 

     ...ah, it seems there are only two passengers aboard this ship. One of them is a young excited teen with brown hair, blue eyes, purple sweater and a long black skirt. The other one is an older teen with brown hair, brown eyes, and a white button down with a red tie, khakis and matching suspenders. Let's see what they're up to.

     The younger one quickly runs to the front of the deck, looking out into the sea. "Hey Eric! I can see Inkwell from here!" She shouts to the other one who's aboard the ship. She leans out to feel the sweet ocean air rush against her.

     Eric turns towards her with hint a glamour and chaos. "Ah, believe me, Angel. I'm just as excited as you are, this sentient Moving circus is ready to introduce my works to this new audience, I'm sure they'll welcome it with tomatoes and what ever else they can throw". He laughs kind of like a chaotic clown.

     "Oh Eric, don't be like that! People will love your work! I love your work! and hey, if all else fails, we'll work at some casino together or something! Don't worry about a thing!" Angel says, turning around to face him.

     He shrugs a little. "Yeah I guess that's true, but eh you gotta expect the worst to get the best". He adjusts his rounded shades like a nerd.

     The ship slowly comes to a stop as it makes its way to the deck in Inkwell Isle 1. The two grab their stuff as the ship makes a slide for them to go down, which they both slide down. After landing on the deck safely, They both wave goodbye to she ship as it says goodbye as well and parts ways with the two travelers.

     "I can't believe it!" Angel exclaims, walking across the deck. "It's Inkwell! I've always dreamed of living here! What about you?" She asks, turning around to her friend.

     He snaps out of taking in the scenery. "Huh? Um, well I have, but I more then just dream of it now that I'm here. I'm living it and already loving what I see! Although wonder how they'll think of us outsiders".

     "The tickets for getting here were expensive. We even had to travel by ground bridge, whatever that is. Well, we're here! Now, lets get lost in the wonders!"

     But before Angel can run off like the crazy teen she is, they both hear voices coming from nearby.

     "I swear I heard that boat!"

     "You sure they're here, Mugman?"

     "I'm positive. The deck should be right over here!"

     The two hear footsteps near, and Angel and Eric look to each other. Angel brushes her skirt, making sure it has no wrinkles. Eric makes himself look more presentable, adjusts his tie, cleans his shades, and brushes the dust off his suspenders.He smiles but without showing his teeth, as if he was going to be judged If he did so.

     The two boys make themselves known, walking beyond the trees and to the entrance of the deck. one of them has a small red nose, large eyes, bent straw and red shorts, and the other one has a taller head, bigger nose, straight straw, and blue shorts.

     Oh, did I mention they both had cups for heads?

     "Oh look! It's the new guys we heard about!" He runs up really close to Angel and Eric. "HI, MY NAME'S CUPHEAD, AND I LIKE ROLLER COASTERS,  AND HOTDOGS, AND TILT-A-WHIRL, AND HOTDOGS, AND FLYING SWINGS, AND HOTDOGS, AND DOUGHNUTS, AND ROLLER COASTERS IN THAT ORDER!"

     The other one walks up to the others, grabbing Cuphead's arm and pulling him beside him. "Sorry, My brother gets excited a lot." He let's go of Cuphead's arm and holds out his hand to be shook. "My name is Mugman. We're both brothers who live here!"

     "Ah heh, no worries, greetings I'm Eric. K." He bows like he's a butler at some shmucks mansion. "If you really wanted to you could call me Mr. K, but I'll leave that for you to decide".

     Angel glady takes Mugman's hand and shakes it, smiling at his calming kindness. "I'm Angel, the crazier one. I can be pretty peaceful at times, too. Only when there's someone crazier than me, though!" She says, grinning.

     "It's a pleasure to meet you two!" Mugman says before letting go of Angel's hand.

     "Wanna go to the carnival?" Cuphead asks, stepping forward to butt in.

     Eric smiles at the idea of him being at a carnival, "oh I wouldn't mind joining you for such a thing, it's been some time since I've done anything carnival related, not counting my last performance with my work".

     "Well, Cuphead here was just joking!" Mugman says. "You see, we have to go buy some paint for the fence, so we'll be on our way..."

     Angel turns to Mugman. "Aw come on! Please! I want to know what this carnival he's talking about is like! I mean, me and Eric just got here! let's see the sights while they can still be seen!" She pleads.

     "mmmh..." Mugman thinks for a second, putting his hand on his chin and tapping his foot. "Oh alright! Just this once!" He says like a parent.

     "Sweet" Eric exclaims. He smiles with a somewhat evil grin.

     "Alright! Come on! Let's go!" Cuphead says. The four start pacing along the first isle to find what this Carnival is that Cuphead so desperately wants to go to.

     The brothers and friends stroll to The Middle Isle where they find the "Carnevil." What can possibly go wrong?

     Eric looks at the old carn-evil sign, he gives a smug look, "I can already tell I'm going to love this place."

     Angel looks at the sign, instantly telling it says Carn-Evil. She decides to not acknowledge it as Cuphead already strolls in. "Ready to have some fun, guys?" She asks Eric and Mugman.

     Mugman turns to Angel, a smile plastered on his face. "You know it!"

     Eric looks at Angel, lowering his shades his to the bridge of his nose, "Oh, indeed I am!" Angel and Eric stroll into the carnival, but Mugman stays behind a moment to pay attention to the sign, muttering to himself.

     Mugman gasps after finding out the secret behind the words. "CARN-EVIL?!"

     "Come on, Mugman! We ain't waitin forever!" Angel says, walking back and nudging Mugman's arm.

     Eric is strutting ahead of the group and is chuckling to himself. "Come on ya slow pokes! It's time for chuckles and games!" He shouts to the two behind him.

     Mugman looks back to Angel, blinking for a moment. It was probably just a typo or a joke. He's sure it means nothing. "Coming!" Mugman says before following behind the few.

     The four ride rides, eat food, ride rides, eat food, ride rides, eat food, ride rides, vomit, ride rides, eat food, and ride rides. Soon, however, they come upon this game called "Soul Ball" Cuphead walks up to one of the machines, mesmerized by all the lights and colors the machine has. He grabs one of the balls and throws it across the lane, landing the ball in the middle hole. The game shouts 'winner' as if congratulating him. He takes another ball and throws it again, getting the same result.

     "Wow, has your brother always been good at these games?" Angel asks, looking at Mugman, who is also watching, while eating a hot dog.

     Mugman chuckles. "Nope."

     Eric is watching as well, and decides to add on to the conversation. "Heh, sometimes you just have a natural neck for these things, and your brother seems to have, well Just that," He says to Mugman. Mugman nods in agreement.

     "Ooh, look! a crowd is gathering!" Angel says as Cuphead continues getting perfect throws. And indeed, a crowd is gathering around to watch Cuphead as he is now doing all sorts of tricks.

     Eric looking at crowd generating, "hmm well this is quite the show," He says, eating a bowl of popcorn. Angel takes a few pieces and shoves them all into her mouth at the same time.

     "And I call this one... uh... the doohickie!" Cuphead says before tossing the ball in the air, then slaps it with his straw and it lands in the hole, winning once again. The crowd cheers for his victory and talent.

     Angel looks over to the other machine that's there, and feeling overly confident, she decides to give it a go, too. She grabs one of the balls and is about to throw it. But, before she does, a dark fog seeps through the cloud and a crash of thunder overwhelms them as... uh... oh no... I should get outta here!

     "Oh my fans, they love me!" The Devil says to himself.

Eric hears the voice behind him and, slightly startled, turns around "oh- ...hello," He says.

     Mugman turns around as well and notices the Devil himself standing behind the four. Fear overwhelms him as he starts tapping Angel and Cuphead's shoulders, barely able to speak their names in attempt to get their attention.

     "Why hello~" The Devil says, waving his fingers at the two. Hearing the Devil's voice only fills Mugman with more fear as his tapping becomes more of repetitive pushing, still trying to get the others' attention.

     "Oh, would you cut that out!" Cuphead says as he messily throws a ball, causing it to land in the losing hole.

     "Hold on for a second, Mugman!" Angel says, also awkwardly throwing her first shot, missing it by landing it in the gutter.

     The Devil grins at both their losses. "And that's game~!"

     "OVER" The machines say at the same time. Then they both attempt to suck the souls of the two players who had failed, that being Cuphead and Angel.

     Eric mildly panics and grabs Angel's soul and crams it into her body. "You know you should hold on that thing a little better, or you might loose it". He smiles like it's just a casual situation. Mugman also reaches out for his brother's soul in a panic, grabbing it and shoving it back into Cuphead.

     He gasps for air as his soul returns to his body. The only thing he can shout afterwards is, "RUUUUNNNNNN!!!" Angel doesn't hear the voice, however, due to still being in some sort of... shock... Instead she stands there, still. Meanwhile, Mugman and Cuphead run ahead, only hoping the other two are following close behind.

     Eric turns back around, facing the Devil. Despite how others had feared him, Eric was clueless in the situation. "Uh, um hi," He says in a shy, small voice. "W-who are you, exactly?"

     Before the Devil gets to answer, Cuphead and Mugman turn around, noticing that the other two didn't follow. They stretch back and grab the arms of Eric and Angel before pulling them back to where they are, and the four begin to run all over the carn-evil.

     However, the Devil only chuckles to himself at the amusement of the newcomers. "Oh, I love it when they run!~" He coos amusingly. He then laughs as he glides over, chasing the four as they run.

     "I'm sorry I made you guys miss! This is all my fault!" Mugman shouts while crying in fear at the same time.

     "I suck at the game anyways! This isn't your fault!" Angel says while being slightly out of breath from the running.

     "We shouldn't have even come here in the first place! This is all my fault!" Cuphead shouts.

     "You're right! It is your fault!" Mugman says. Usually he would say that just to be a brother, but this time he means it.

     While the others are shouting about who's fault it is, Eric attempts to scout about for an escape spot, and intentionally let's Cuphead and Mugman go ahead, cause they might know their way around better.

     As the four run, the devil amusingly chases them, shooting fire at them and missing on purpose. Maybe it's his kink or whatever. Nobody really knows. They go through different areas of the carn-evil, funhouses where the devil will only taunt them even more. 

     In the end, they all wind back up where they started. Hope seems to be lost for them as they seem to be cornered. The Devil chuckles evilly as he points his pitchfork at the four, ready to fire at them.

     But wait! Mugman's eyes then light up, an idea on his mind.

     Eric looks at the others, his head almost doing a complete 180. "Hope one of ya's got an idea." Mugman nods to Eric, signaling he has a plan. Soon they all end up right back where the chase had first started, the Soul Ball machines.

     "Now, pretend you're cornered!" Mugman tells the others.

     "Ok," Eric whispers, compressing himself to look like he's in fear.

     "But we ARE cornered!" Cuphead shouts back, scared to death of what could happen.

     "I trust you," Angel whispers, but even then, she's still scared something bad is going to happen.

     The Devil points his pitchfork at the four as the end of it lights on fire. He's ready to shoot the fatal blow when...

     "Now!" Mugman shouts to Eric, pushing his brother away from the Soul Ball machines. Eric jumps out of the way quickly, grabbing Angel's arm in the process. and pulling her away. The Devil finally fires the pitchfork, but only after the squad run clear of the projectile. Instead, the fire destroys both Soul Ball machines, causing all of the souls in them to fly out and return to the bodies they belonged to.

     "NOOOOO!!" The devil shouts in agony as the souls he spent so long to collect are now freed from his grasp. He rubs his face as he takes in what is happening, then flares in anger, quite literally.

     Cuphead and Mugman quickly run away, but Angel and Eric stay behind, staring at the Devil and watching his reaction to destroying his own machine.

     He shouts in anger before noticing the two. "YOU STILL OWE ME YOUR SOUL, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO GET IT!!!" The Devil shouts before reaching for Angel, grabbing her soul and beginning to rip it out of her body.

     Eric slaps the Devil's hand like a disciplining mother and the devil quickly pulls his hand away, letting go of Angel's soul. Eric grabs's Angel's soul and puts it back into her body. "Darling what did I say about that thing of yours, Keep it in, keep it in you fool!" Eric says to Angel as he adjusts his tie.

     "Owie!" The Devil says, rubbing his hand.

     "Ya know, getting my soul pulled out was a pretty cool experience and all, but I think we better scram!" Angel says, looking to Eric and pointing back to where the others went.

     "Agreeable. T'was nice meeting you, sir," Eric says before shaking the devils hand and skittering off with Angel.

     "So dapper of you to shake his hand. You're a real gentleman," Angel jokingly says as they both run off to join the brothers.

     The Devil wipes his hand on his fur, fuming with anger. "I'll get those kids!"

     "Um, you mean teenagers?" Henchman asks next to him. 

     The Devil wacks him in the head with his pitch fork, scoffing at his comment. "Same difference!"

     Shortly after, The four are on their way to Cuphead and Mugman's house to finish painting the fence.

     Cuphead sighs in happiness. "What an amazing day!" He says, looking at the other three. "We rode rides..."

     "And two of you owe the Devil your soul..." Mugman continues.

     Eric's eyes widen. As he mutters to himself "Oh and I shook hands with the Devil... oh- oh dear".

     "And your friend owes the devil her soul..." Mugman says.

     "I got my soul pulled out of me twice!" Angel says in excitement.

     "And you owe the devil your soul..."

     "And hey, we're almost done painting this stupid fence!" Cuphead says as he hammers down the last piece of the fence into the ground.

     "AND YOU TWO OWE THE DEVIL YOUR SOULS!" Mugman shouts, angered with fear of what's to come of the two.

     "Eh. Ain't too worried about it." Cuphead replies as he fills his cannon with white paint.

     "If anything, it excites me in knowing my time here will be interesting." Angel replies as well. Eric notices the canon while the others are talking and sees that he is in the way of it, so he quickly steps aside to avoid getting hurt.

     "Hey, Mugman, are the four of us friends now?" Angel asks the blue mug.

     "Well, there's no reason for us not to be!" Mugman replies, smiling.

     "Sweet!" Eric says, watching as Cuphead lights the cannon and kicks it forward.

     The boys' elderly caretaker walk outside, checking up on Cuphead and Mugman. "Hey boys, how's that fe-" But his speech is cut off by a boom of white paint covering him. Eric is startled and also holding back laughter.

     "Eh. Still too much gunpowder," Cuphead says in disappointment.

     Eric slightly chuckles, "eh maybe, maybe"

     But Angel has a complete different reaction. She turns to Cuphead and stares at him for a few seconds...

     "Gunpowder?!"