The Great Cornholio Part Deux

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Who: Eva, Becky, Nica, Juice, Katie, Kyle, Dot, Warren, Jonathan, Andrew, Lizzie, Maya, Gwen, Catherine, Michael, Tina, Ethan
Where: Sunset/lair
When: Continuation of Cornholio post

Juice was so glad when they reached the Sunset. He parked (mostly straight) and got out quickly.



"No." Becky said "I need you."

"Because they're tight. And pure," Warren answered.

"It's sort of like why D&D spells prefer flawless diamonds to damaged ones," he added.

Dot climbed out, crown of leaves still perched on her head.

"I'll be there," Ethan said, and hung up.

"Come on, let's get inside." Juice tugged on Kyle, and headed for the door.

Kyle clambered out as well, and hastily headed inwards. He'd pushed his 'not a demon magnet' luck long enough.

"Maybe we should uh... de-virgin someday to be safe," Jonathan said to Catherine.

Nica pulled up with only a minor squeal of brakes. " ... I hate Hallowe'en," she said.

"Although some magics work based on how dirty and corrupt you are," Warren added.

Catherine arched an eyebrow at him. "I don't want to have sex to be safe. I want it to be..special." She was kind of ebarrassed to be talking about this in front of other people.

Juice breathed a sigh of relief once they were inside, and headed straight for a couch to colapse onto.

"THanks Nica." Becky said, heading inside

Michael waved from his spot behind the bar, next to a gigantic bowl of candy. "Hey, George."

"Well, yeah... I mean, me too. I figured we should wait until we're ready," Jonathan said, a little embarassed too. "But I don't want you getting cornholioed by virgin-loving demons..."

"You're almost as romantic as I am," Warren commented dryly.

"Want Maya to give you some advice?"

"...candy," Juice said.

Nica headed inside, still grumbling. Something about smelling like smoke ... AGAIN ...

Jonathan blushed. "Hey, no.. I didn't mean.. .rrgh"

Dot perched at the bar. "Hi Mike! Can I please please get some eggrolls? I have money..."

Jonathan was glad when they made it to the lair so he could get out of the van.

She reached for the candy too.

"Bloodlust," Nica ordered, sounding like she meant it.

"I will be fine. I set virgin demons on fire." Catherine nearly leaped out of the car when they arrived.

Juice called to Dot "Bring back candy, too!"

Tina sat at a table, and looked around for Katie

"You may," Michael said. "Incidentally, the candy's free tonight, so take as much as you like. We've got more."

Becky sat and waited for Ethan

"Get your own candy! Mike says it's free!" Dot called.

Michael started mixing up the Bloodlust, and made a gesture towards the kitchen for egg rolls. Apparently, the gesture was 'thumb and forefinger make a circle, then two fingers thrust through it.'

Juice didn't particularlly feel like getting up, but he wanted candy so he reluctantly did.

Kyle said to Juice, "Bring me back candy?"

Lizzie headed on into the lair. "Let me get those burns cleaned up for you..."

"Can I get a bowl of candy?" Juice asked Michael hopefully. "We've had a really bad night."

Warren followed. "See, that's why the jetpack isn't ready for sustained use."

Prudence looked up anxiously as everyone came in, Han Simian on her shoulder. "Did everything go alright?"

"No, because if you got a bowl of candy, then everyone else would get a bowl of candy," Michael said, gesturing to the large goth crowd.

"Hi, Prudence," Warren called, waving a burnt hand. "Well, your virginity is safe..."

"But... dude, our night Super Sucked. A little bowl?" Juice asked.

"The corn demon won't be taking any more brides," Catherine said.

"Yay!" Prudence said. "Did you defeat the corn demon?"

"Order some food, then eat the food, then put candy in the bowl. Or bring a trick or treat pail," Michael suggested.

"He's had a rough night," Dot said to Michael. "You didn't happen to see the news tonight, did you?"\

Ethan showed up a few minutes after te influx of Corn Warriors and gave Becky a big hug.

Juice pondered this- he still had the basket in the car. He ran out to get it.

"We set him on fire," Warren said. "And... sort of set the festival on fire as an indirect result. I think they're angry."

"Especially since their corn demon didn't like the bride they chose and wanted to marry this other chick," Warren added.

Juice ran back in a second later. "FUCK!"

Becky returned the hug. "Thank you." she said

"Pitchforks and fucking torches," Nica said, and laughd wildly. "They seriously came at us with torches and pitchforks ... "

Katie nodded. "They did... at least nobody died."

Lizzie got the first aid kit. "Let me see your hands..."

Juice sank down onto the couch next to Kyle in defeat. "My car is gone."

Tina noticed the Katie, and walked over to her. "Hi!"

"Sure, babe," Ethan said. "So, what happened?"

Katie hugged Tina tightly.

Kyle started laughing. "Seriously?"

"No thanks to Annie Oakley," muttered Dot.

"Seriously." Juice rubbed his head.

Juice's cell phone rang.

Juice reached into his pocket, and fished it out. "...hello?"

Jonathan looked awkwardly at Catherine. "Sorry about that..."

Catherine shrugged. "It's ok."

"Right, the gun was a bad idea, but the flamethrowers? Pure brilliance," Nica said, glaring at Dot.

"I was going to come over, but somehow my Papa knew that Nica was ging to some stupid harvest festival, so I had to go, and we went in a stupid corn maze, and it trapped us, and these amish were sacrificing some chick to a corn demon, and then they got mad when it got set on fire, and came after us... and I had to." Becky said

Lizzie took Warren's hands and carefully started cleaning his burns.

"Hey, it's me," Master V's voice answered. "I need to borrow your wheels tonight. Normally, I take the night off, but some racist bitch is blaming black people for vampires, and that shit don't stand."

Prudence frowned. "So... what happened?"

"Well ... you're still alive ... so ... it didn't turn out too badly, right?" Ethan said.

"And none of Nica's friends like me." Becky added "Except for Juice and maybe Kyle... and yeah. I'm still alive." she huge Ethan agaon

"Well, we set it on fire," Warren explained, "and then left before the villagers could kill us."

"...dude, you have such timing," Juice said. "We totally just got here. Earlier, we had this whole thing with a corn demon..."

"What's wrong?" Tina asked Katie, as she huggged

"... the corn demon, or the villiage?" Lizzie asked.

"Ah, hell with 'em,' Ethan said, hugging back.

"A corn demon wanted to marry me," Katie said.

"The flamethrowers were excessive too, but those people didn't have guns," said Dot.

"Anyone want a drink?" Jonathan asked, heading for the fridge.

"Or asbestos suits," Nica said. "What's your point?"

Tina stopped hugging, and took a step back. "A what?"

"I'll take one," catherine said.

"My mouth tastes like overcooked corn," Jonathan complained as he started fishing out sodas.

"I smell like burnt corn," Andrew complained.

"A corn demon. Or something... I went to the Harvest Festival, and I was hanging out with people, and there was a corn maze, and suddenly it started moving, and we ended up at this wedding, and the corn demon wanted to marry me, but they set it on fire," Katie summarized.

Becky hugged Ethan "Can I just stay with you?

"I think we did good," Warren commented, unaware that miles away people were really pissed off at him and his, hehe.

"Well, good. I'll bring it back later," Master V answered, and hung up.

"Yeah, of course," Ethan said.

"...Is it dead?" asked Tina

"I wouldn't go back home if I was you," Jonathan said to Prudence before passing out the sodas.

"It didn't have to get that violent," Dot sighed. "I don't know about the corn demon, but I wish we hadn't had to shoot that them. Okay?"

"Did you get hurt?" Tina added

*at, sorry

"...that was Master V," Juice explained to Kyle and Dot. "He's got the car. Because... um, something about racisim."

Becky looked towards Dot and company. "I kinda have to stay low anyway. Other stuff is happening too."

Lizzie finished banadging Warren's hands. "How's that?" she asked.

"I think so," Katie said. "Um... technically, it ran away while screaming and on fire, though, so maybe not."

"Wish all you like, but if your ass isn't on fire and hasn't been pitchforked, don't complain about how it was kept that way. Capisce?" Nica snagged her drink and went off to set with Becky and Ethan.

"Thanks," Warren said, nodding.

Prudence frowned, thinking about her people.

Jonathan sat down next to Catherine, and tried to de-stress.

Tina looked pretty upset. "But you're not hurt, right? Because I kind of want to make sure the demon is dead."

"Capisce. Bitch," muttered Dot.

"I'm going to stay here tonight," Juice said,leaning his head on Kyle.

Juice was tired, smoky, and very exhausted from all the fear.

"Right... I'm fine," Katie said, and fixed her cat-tail.

"You were really cool with the ass kicking," Jonathan said to Catherine.

"Hi, Ethan," Nica said, slumping into a seat.

"Oh ... umm ... hi,

" Ethan said.

Kyle stretched, and wandered over to partake of some free candy.

"Thanks. The magic worked really well, too," Catherine said.

"Bring me back some," Juice said, hopeful.

"I like your costume." TIna said. She was dressed like she should be in a hip hop video.

Jonathan beamed. "Me and Andrew - we really rock together. We should so do that more often. I mean, that's how we got Han Simian, after all."

"I think we all worked well together," Lizzie ventured. "As a team."

"Very true. Maybe you should work together more," Catherine said, "with the magic. We do make a good team."

"So, I have to stay low." Becky said "So, that means, I'm going to live with Ethan until things calm down."

Kyle nodded. "Alright."

"Thanks!" Katie beamed.

"Whatever you have to do," Nica said, lookign worried.

Warren nodded. "So. We should do this more often."

"Agreed," Jonathan said.

"Yeah," Andrew added. "This was good."

Prudence slipped away from the group so that she could have a bit of privacy in which to cry.

"I'm going to see what I can do about the demon." Tina said "Not much, because I'm trapped here, but it wanted to mary you, and I'm REALLY not cool with that."

"Thanks for letting me be a part of the team," Lizzie said.

Juice stretched a bit, and looked to Dot and Kyle. "Tonight was just all kinds of fucked up."

"Oh, I'll call you." Becky said, to Nica "All the time. And I'll be back." she leaned over to hug Nica

"Tell me about it. Want an eggroll?" Dot pushed the plate over.

Juice snagged an egg roll. "Mmmmm"

Jonathan hugged Catherine. "Still, that was pretty scary when all those people were coming after us and everything was on fire."

Catherine hugged him back. "It was, but we took care of them. Pitchforks don't work against fire and fist."

Nica hugged back. "I'm glad," she said. "I'll miss you."

Kyle nodded, and offered up candy.

Warren nodded. "No problem." He frowned a moment after Prudence, but figured it was better to keep quiet.

"I'l miss you too." Becky said "I'm going to say bye to Juice, cause he's really cool."

Juice nibbled his egg roll, and looked up when Becky came over.

"Hey Beck.."

"Whose bright idea was it to bring FIRE to a cornfield? They had pitchforks," Dot sighed.

Katie nodded. "Yeah, it was... weird. And a little scary. Though it got scarier when things got violent... and apparently he marries someone every year."

"Hey Juice... I just wanted to say bye... Sorry I was in such a bad mood tonight." Becky said

"Where you going?" Juice asked.

Kyle waved to Becky. "Be careful. There's CORN out there."

"To be with Ethan." Becky said "Until stuff calms down. But I'll be back after that."

"Um..." Juice pondered. "Be careful getting there, okay? And - did you tell your dad where you're going to be?"

"I wonder what our next big mission will be?" Jonathan pondered.

"He said I had to lay low." Becky said "So, that's what I'm going to do. I guess I should call him..."

Andrew shrugged. "I'm sure we'll get one soon. This place is full of things to vanquish."

Dot waved to Becky. "Maybe someone else should do that, so you can keep laying low. Right?"

"Yeah, you should let him know," Juice said, nodding.

Lizzie nodded in agreement with Andrew. "You can't walk without tripping over something vanquishable in this town."

"I will." Becky said, giving Juice a hug "Bye." she headed out, hopefully with an Ethan behind her

"... that was kinda cool, though," Kyle commented as an afterthought.

Ethan headed out after Becky.

Dot frowned." In what way? A whole bunch of innocent people got hurt."

"Not that I wouldn't have smacked them, but ..that was really excessive," she went on.

"'Kill the infidels who ruined our demonic sacrifice' doesn't sound that innocent," Kyle pointed out.

"Who were innocently trying to get someone raped by a corn demon," Nica said. "Yeah, I'm all sympathetic about that."

Tina hugged Katie again, and tried to think of a way to make sure the demon was gone for good

"It's hard to determine guilt here," Juice said. "I mean, I feel kinda bad about it... and maybe they were brainwashed like in a cult but, they were trying to get us."

Katie hugged Tina, and was trying to be mellow.

Lizzie went to wash some of the soot and smoke off her hands and face.

If this were a Judge Juicy case, Juice really wasn't sure which way he'd rule.

"Especially considering that the demon was about to change its mind and snag Katie, and might've done so by force," Kyle added.

Jonathan sipped his soda, and thought about the night.

"There's nobody to apologize to, over this," Nica went on. "We lived to fight another day. That's all."

Becky really did feel bad about actually hurting other people, but she was glad she was alive. Ethan would make her feel better about it.

"The weird part was that the demon seemed kind of cordial," Juice said.

"Yes, they were trying to get us. Okay, I misspoke, but come ON, we went above and beyond, don't you think? They didn't HAVE guns or fire. Just because we had it didn't mean we had to use it. I'm not above defending myself OR MY FRIENDS, where did anybody get the idea that I was?" Dot sighed.

Juice hugged Dot.

Kyle nodded. "But considering the demon was planning on coming back next year, this sounds like some sort of tradition. And considering they wanted to murder us all, I don't think hand-to-hand with people armed with long stabbing instruments would've been smarter."

"You complained about all the weapons used in defending you and your friends," Nica said. "That might have given that impression."

Gwen came walking through, grumbling as she toyed with a strand of her hair. "Dude? This blows. I think I torched a tiny bit of my hair. This is gonna give me split ends like a BITCH."

"Warren burned his hands," Lizzie said. "I bandaged them, though."

Kyle nodded in agreement with Nica. "If you want to yell, yell at the people who had the weapons."

Prudence was sitting by herself in the corner, her head in her hands. She just needed some time to deal with this.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to need better insulation if I'm going to use the jetpack, that's all there is to it," Warren agreed.

Dot nodded. "I will. I'll give 'em all a piece of my mind, see if I don't."

"Okay... then stop yelling at me for not wanting to be stabbed to death," Kyle said, and ate some candy.

Juice helped himself to some candy too. "I just need to forget today happened, man..."

"My best friend is leaving town because she saved you, among other people, tonight," Nica said. "So your giving her a piece of your mind will have to wait."

"Warren..." Gwen had a grim look on her face and sighed in defeat. "This is bad."

"I wonder why the corn demon wanted to marry Katie?" Juice said, pondering. "I mean, no offense to her or anything... but y'know..."

Warren nodded. "Yeah, kinda."

"I would have fought them for you too," Dot said to Nica. "I would have fought them for her too, if she needed it."

Tina seemed to think highly of Katie

"With what?" Nica asked.

Kyle shrugged. "Beats me..."

"She doesn't have any cool powers or anything, does she?" Juice asked.

"You realize what this means? It wanted a VIRGIN, right?"

Jonathan flipped on the TV absently, to have something to do. He was surprised to see burning farmer's market on a Special Report news bulletin. "Um.. guys..."

"Yeah. But I don't think it's planning on blessing those guys' crops after getting set on fire," Warren commented.

"Ooh, that's bad," Catherine said, looking at the tv.

"Yeah, but if Katie's a virgin?" Gwen looked genuinely sad there. "That means Tina's not gettin' any. What kind of bullshit is THAT?"

"...is that Warren?" Lizzie said, eying the jetpack above the shot of the flames.

Jonathan turned up the volume.

Warren snickered. "Catherine's a virgin too... hey!" He went to take a better look at the TV.

Catherine threw a throw pillow at him from the sofa. Luckily for Warren, she missed, because she was pissed.

"Repeating the story -a gang of thugs caused extensive damage and ruined Halloween for many children tonight," the reporter, Tanya Oake, was saying. She looked very distressed.

Warren ducked. "And here comes the explanation."

"No cool powers," Nica said.

Dot handed Nica the snake stick. "I woulda stood in front of them to give all of you time if that's what it took."

Kyle raised a finger. "Didn't you run away?"

"After setting the corn maze on fire, they released lifesize robot toy over the area to cause further chaos and terror..."

"Which would have been five seconds and a well-aimed poke with a pitchfork," Nica said.

Gwen seemed to be focusing intently on the TV, before: "Wow... that's amazing. That reporter is one hot piece of ass."

"..you're a toy robot," Jonathan said, laughing.

"That is seriously awesome," Warren commented, grinning.

"Well, at least they are playing the 'blame thugs' game," Andrew said, more than a little relieved.

The scene cut to a sniffling little boy and his mother. "I was bobbing for apples when we had to leave, 'cause everything was on fire. It sucked. But the big robot was kind of cool..."

"I'm a Mecha Godzilla, baby!" Warren cheered, easily amused.

"We saved a girl from a lifetime of torment, we defeated a demon, we set a bunch of shit on fire." Gwen grinned and stood back up. "Fuckin' A... IT'S MILLER TIME!"

"Instead," Nica said, "we're all alive, they're probably all alive, the demon probably went away."

Prudence looked horrified at the burnt footage of what was once her home.

"Um..." Lizzie glanced over at Prudence.

Catherine looked over at Prudence. "Turn off the tv."

"If anyone knows the whereabouts of this gang, or the giant robot - please call police at 555-" Jonathan turned off the TV.

Gwen looked around, at the rather glum faces of those around her. "Um. Ok... so... not Miller Time?"

Warren patted Gwen on the shoulder. "Maybe later."

Juice just rubbed his temples. "Look, we're all stressed.. let's not fight, okay?"

Dot nodded, and sighed. "I'm no slouch with that stick, you know."

"I love you guys," Juice said.

Prudence sniffled. "I'm sorry," she said. "I know you had to, to defeat the corn demon.. but.. my parents and my siblings and my uncles and aunts and grandparents live there..."

Nica rubbed her eyes, so if she rolled them, it was hard to tell. "Rotton weekend."

Gwen tried to be comforting, and rubbed Prudence's back. "Sweetie... it'll be ok. I don't know how yet, but I know that's the thing to say there, and I do mean it. We'll take care of you."

Dot nodded again. "You've got that right."

Prudence sniffled. She was wearing normal clothing for a change - Lizzies clothing, in fact. "Thank you, Gwen. I.. I can't go back there, if there's even a back there to go to.

"Yeah, I'd say they're pretty cranky," Warren agreed.

Juice hugged everyone. "C'mon... feel the love here."

"Free hugs!" Kyle hugged.

"At least you're not Mrs. Corn Demon," Lizzie offered. "That's good news, right?"

Katie munched a piece of candy. "At least the hay ride was nice."

"If nothing else, I know Wes and Laili would let you crash with us for a while..." Gwen felt like hell for the girl. She knew what it was like to suddenly find yourself with nobody.

Jonathan glanced towards Catherine. He thought maybe he should talk to her about tonight.. but not in front of all these people. Tomorrow, maybe.

Catherine caught Jonathan's glace, then looked back at Prudence. "We will find you somehwere to stay."

"I liked that part," Nica agreed with Katie. She hugged Juice and Kyle.

"I was going to see if I could go with my girlfriend but... she's disappeared, too," Prudence said. "I haven't seen her in weeks."

It wasn't a good time to be Prudence.

"Yeah, the hay ride and the candy apple rocked," Juice agreed. "Too bad the rest of the night got sucky..."

"But oh, how cool is it that Mike has free candy tonight?" Juice said.

"...I'm really glad all of you are okay, and I really really hate that demon." Tina said

"Candy is a good thing," Nica said, and unwrapped a roll of Smarties.

"At least it wasn't that fuckin' clown from 'It'. Clowns scare the shit outta me." Gwen shivvered there.

Dot hugged Juice, and Kyle, and held her arms out to Nica, regardless. "I'm sorry I got snappy. I'm not a shrinking violet, but I don't have to LIKE the violence, do I?"

Jonathan rubbed his eyes. "Anyone think we should all crash at the lair tonight?" he asked. "We could have a big ol' slumber party."

Warren shrugged. "Sounds good to me."

Catherine yawned. "Slumber party sound good, actually."

Katie hugged Tina again. "We're fine..."

Kyle hugged. "And free candy is good."

Gwen looked completely deflated now. "Oh great. You guys had to wait until I was practicing monogamy to have a giant slumber party? God dammit."

"It takes getting used to," Nica said, and gave Dot a quick hug.

Warren shrugged. "Sucks to be you, Gwenners."

Andrew shrugged. "I don't think it's *that* kind of slumber party."

"If I could leave, I'd track the demon down." Tina said, hugging Katie

"... I didn't mean that kind of party," Jonathan said, blushing.

Lizzie laughed, and leaned on Warren.

"I've got my pillow."

And now Catherine just wants to crawl into a hole and die of embarassment.

"So, who wants to play truth or dare?" Warren added.

"Considering how many worse things are out there, I don't feel so worried about the pumpkin-headed guy," Katie said.

Dot hugged, and nodded.

Prudence quietly headed off to the place where she slept. Han Simian fluttered after. Someone had a demonmonkey friend.

"...and I think Han's left us for another woman," Jonathan said. "Erm, not that we're all women, but..."

Catherine laughed a little. "Han has made a friend. That's good, though."

"But I don't want ANYTHING to hurt you." Tina said "You're important to me."

"... I wonder what Master V's doing about the racisim?" Juice said, suddenly remembering that.

"I know..." Katie siad, and smiled.

"As long as he doesn't chew on her," Warren commented, amused.

"He's a good monkey," Jonathan said, grinning. "She gave him a bath, even. He smells like lavendars instead of monkey now."

"What racism?" Kyle asked.

"What he said," added Dot.

"Lavender kind of gives me a headache. Maybe we can guy something else for him to be bathed with," Andrew said.

"Oh- Master V is totally using my car to combat racism," Juice said. "I don't know why. Something about some chick on the news."

"Lavender always reminds me of naked chicks," Warren commented unhelpfully.

"So this town has racisim too?" Tina asked "That really sucks..."

Lizzie rolled her eyes. "Everything reminds you of naked chicks."

"Not everything. Men don't," Warren pointed out.

"Good to know," Lizzie said.

Catherine just looked at Warren as if he had grown a second head. "Why lavender?"

"Maybe we should buy him some monkey shampoo?" Jonathan said. "Or well, they probably don't make that - but dog shampoo would probably do the same thing."

"Any shampoo is probably fine. His hair is probably similar to ours," Andrew said.

"Oh, well, good for him," Dot said, reaching for candy.

"Because it smells faintly exotic," Warren shrugged, "and mostly worn by women."

"Maybe we should buy him some little monkey pants too," Jonathan mused, with that contemplation that only seems to make sense late at night after a long day.

"Yeah, he's pretty cool for a vampire," Juice said, snagging more candy too.

"Is he black?" TIna asked "Since he's fighting racisim..."

"Like on the animal cracker?" Catherine asked.

"Cracker?" Warren inquired.

"With animal crackers, only the monkey has pants," Catherine told him.

"Oh. Really?" Warren inquired.

"He is," Kyle agreed.

Catherine nodded. "He's the only one to get pants."

Catherine shook her head. "All of the other animals are naked."

Jonathan nodded. "It's a mystery why."

"Wouldn't he just crap in them?" Warren asked.

Juice nodded. "Yep, he is."

"So how was your Halloween?" Katie asked Tina.

"He's potty trained," Jonathan said.

"Yeah, but is he trained to take off pants?" Warren asked.

Lizzie pictured an incontinent winged monkey, and laughed.

Dot yawned. "I'm glad he is fighting the good fight with the help of your car."

"...no," Jonathan admitted.

"That's so cool." Tina said "Not that he's a vampire, but I really thought Sunnydale had just one black person." She turned to Katie "It's been okay. I've just been hanging out here, watching goth people get even gothier."

"Yeah, I noticed -- some of them look like real vampires," Katie observed, rubbing her neck. "Creepy."

"But they aren't" Tina said "I don't think. I think they're just goth."

"That's good. But their makeup is excellent," Katie commented.

"Hope it comes back soon," Kyle added.

"That's because it's halloween," Juice said. "They try extra hard.'

Lizzie yawned, and leaned on Warren (her designated pillow) again. "I'm beat."

"Yeah, we shoudl get some sleep," Jonathan agreed. He headed to get out the sleeping bags and pillows and such they kept for such occasions.

Catherine and Andrew both took sleeping bags and pillows so that sleep could be gotten.

"Night team," Jonathan said, smiling as he settled in. "We did good."

Warren nodded. "We didn't get killed."

"I think we should get some rest," Juice said. "You guys gonna crash here? We could ask Michael about getting some rooms in the back."

Dot yawned again. "Okay, that sounds great."

"I should get home before mom thinks I got hurt in the fire or anything," Katie commented.

"She's already going to be mad..."

"Why?" asked Tina

"Can you just call her and say you're staying over a friend's," Juice suggested. "I wouldn't go home with all that's going on right now..."

"Crap, I've gotta do that too," said Dot.

"Well... what time is it?" Katie asked.

"Nearly four in the morning," Juice said.

"Bedtime!" Dot hugged around again, then headed off to make a reassuring call to her family.

"... if I called now, I'd REALLY be dead," Katie said, frowning. "My mom goes to work in three hours."

"Can you go home after she goes to work?" asked Tina

"Thank goodness it's Sunday tomorrow," Katie added, after pondering. "I could... and just hope she doesn't notice that I never came home."

"She's not going to ground you, right? You could say an emergency came up at work? Cause you have been here all night."

"I'd say just do that and hope for the best," Juice said. "Do NOT go out there again tonight, in case that corn demon survived and still wants to marry you."

He headed towards Michael to see about rooms.

"I hope not..." Katie fretted.

"The corn demon is NOT going to marry you." Tina said, firmly

"I'm not marrying any corn demons," Katie agreed.

"Hey Michael - can my peeps get some rooms tonight?" Juice asked.

"... er, Juice, this isn't a hotel," Michael pointed out. "Why, how many people need one?"

"Dude, if they go out there tonight they coudl get cornholed," Juice said. "Like.. Katie and Dot. So two. Or they could share. Or Katie could stay with Tina and take care of that whole virgin problem."

"Or Tina, Dot, and Katie could stay together and take care of that whole virgin problem." Juice's eyes glazed over a little.

He might be gay, but he was still a dude.

"Aren't you supposed to be gay?" Michael commented.

"Yeah, sorry," Juice said.

Kyle chirped, "I'm bi!"

Katie just shot a withering glare at the back of Juice's head.

Dot, who was JUST DOWN THE BAR, blinked. "You're an idiot, Juice."

Nica blinked and tried not to think about that in too obvious a way.

"No." Tina said "No offense Dot."

"None taken! ...Hey, wait, aren't I cute enough?" Dot pouted.

"Sorry!" Juice said, ducking his head.

"You're kinda female." Tina said "I mean... ok, I like Katie, but that's because she's Katie, and I know her. I totally wasn't into girls before I met her."

"Damnit, Juice. You're an idiot." Dot glared. "I am so cute enough."

"Okay, folks, I need to go take a long shower and fall into bed," Nica said, leaving money on the bar. "That was ... Honestly ... the best Amish-like harvest festival involving a potential wedding between a corn demon and a friend of mine I've ever attended. Goodnight."

Katie wasn't even sure she could kiss one girl, let alone two. She didn't comment aside from to glare at Juice.

Juice felt guilty.

"G'night, Nica," Michael said, waving.

Nica hugged everyone in turn, then left, smelling a little like a bag of popcorn that had ben in the microwave too long. Not that anyone noticed ... they all sort of smelled like that, too.

Katie hugged.

Michael didn't smell like popcorn. Heh heh.

Kyle hugged.

Tina didn't smell like popcorn, but she hugged

Dot hugged, still glaring at Juice.

Juice hugged, then slunk off to sulk about being male.

Katie mumbled something about weirdos.

Dot threw Katie a understanding look. "Boys."

"Creepy," Katie agreed.

"Night! I hope you don't get yelled at or anything." Dot wandered off to find somewhere to sleep.

Michael made sure to get Dot and Katie each a room to stay in.