Perseus vs. Joey

Perseus walked downstairs one morning to see his kids sitting around and watching with delight as Bendy and Boris, two residents of Toon Town and the main stars of The Misadventures of Bendy & Boris gave them a little show. Bendy and Boris, along with their friend Angel Alice, were the creations of cartoonist Joey Drew, the founder of Joey Drew Studios and, as Perseus calls him, "a Satanic Walt Disney".

Joey Drew was an estranged man from the start. While his cartoon characters were popular, he had come to work one day acting very strange. Things grew crazier every day, and accounts made by former workers of Joey Drew Studios only confirmed these rumors. The most prominent rumor, and one of the first ones to be proven true, was of the supposed "ink machine" that was built by Joey in part of a crazy scheme to bring Bendy and Boris to the real world.

Things got worse over time as leaks from the many pipes running throughout the studios began, pipes that supposedly carried ink to the Ink Machine. Then came the strange Satanic rituals held by Joey to bring Bendy and Boris to life, with quite a few upside-down pentagrams found in various spots of the studios. And finally, there was Bendy and Boris, whom at some point after the co-creator, a man only known as "Henry" had left Joey Drew Studios, had been repeatedly abused and beaten by Joey.

Eventually, Joey had ripped out Boris' guts and replaced them with mechanical parts and gears, while battered and beaten Bendy was locked away in the depths of the studios and was forgotten. After this, both Joey Drew and his sound manager, Sammy Lawrence disappeared one evening, and the studios were closed. Thirty years later, hell broke loose when Henry came back to see what had happened since, and was quite surprised to see what the hell had happened. And after getting everything fixed and saving Bendy and Boris, Henry took them and their old show to his bosses at Warner Brothers, who "adopted" the whole group and rebranded the series as "The Misadventures of Bendy & Boris", with Henry at the helm. Henry would go on to create some more characters for the show, including two female counterparts to Bendy and Boris, aptly named "Betty and Natasha", whom the boys would regularly get into bouts with over certain items throughout the series, such as opening restaurants directly across the street from each other to a beach battle with life-size sand castles and makeshift pirate ships.

Perseus smiled while Bendy and Boris did their rendition of "Jailhouse Rock" with Boris keeping up with the pace of the old player piano with a drum set. The Sakura kids joined the band and were about ready to bring the house down with their music!

As the boys finished their song and took a bow on the coffee table, Perseus clapped his hands. "Not bad at all." he laughed. "A regular pair of Blues Brothers." Bendy and Boris smiled more than usual after hearing Perseus compare them to the very famous Blues Brothers, Elwood and Joliet Jake.

Cadance giggled. "It's so hard to believe that these two adorable toons were created by a true psycho."

At the time, Alex, Ember, and Mako were visiting Chokotto to relax, and all three were present when Bendy and Boris gave their pre-breakfast show. It was then that Mako asked a question that made all the Sakuras tremble.

"Who was their creator?"

Everyone turned to Perseus when he walked over and sat down next to Cadance. He rested his hands in his lap and sighed. "The creator of Bendy and Boris was Joey Drew, the founder of Joey Drew Studios."

"I remember him." Alex chimed. "I watched a news story about him when I was little. From what I heard, Joey Drew was described as being like some kind of mad scientist, who used Satanic rituals and some device called an 'ink machine' to bring to life his two cartoon characters. I didn't know that Bendy and Boris were his creations." Alex looked over at Bendy and Boris, who had already sat down on the ground and were staring at the ground at their feet. Boris was even rubbing his hand along his chest, from his collarbone to his stomach.

"Wait, didn't​ they say that Joey repeatedly abused and attacked his creations, and even replaced the guts of one of them with gears and other mechanical parts?" Em piped in. She noticed how much it was hurting the two toons sitting in the center of the room, and then regretted saying anything. "S-sorry, guys."

"It's alright, the only ones who know what kinds of torment Joey did to me and Boris are dead now." Bendy said. "Henry passed away about three years ago. He was the last one who knew, and he kept his promise to us to take our secret to the grave."

Perseus kept quiet throughout this, and didn't even bat an eye. But then Em asked a question he wished she hadn't. "So, whatever happened to Joey Drew?" she said. "If I remember, the investigation found no trace of his body."

It was quiet for one intense moment, before Perseus finally broke the silence. "Joey Drew... became an Ink Hollow." he said.

"Ink Hollow?" Em asked skeptically. "I understand that you Soul Reapers deal with all kinds of hollows, but an Ink Hollow? I'm calling your bluff here, Perseus, because I've heard you tell a few whoppers before." But to her surprise, all of the Sakuras and Soul Reapers in the room threw cold glares at her.

"I don't think he's bluffing, Em." Alex whispered to her lover.

"Joey is the first and only Ink Hollow, who lives in the caves on the outskirts of Hueco Mundo." Perseus said. "He is a demented, hell-bent demon who has become fascinated with resurrecting the first Vista Lord. He believes that only the strong can survive, so he'll eat Arrancars and other weaker hollows, and his inhuman deeds don't end there."

Perseus took a sip of his coffee. "On hollow extermination expeditions, whenever we have him cornered, Joey uses his powers to gain the upper hand. His first power is Ink Silhouette, in which he can create an ink copy of a Soul Reaper that will mirror said Soul Reaper in every way, including attacks. And once that Soul Reaper lowers their guard, the Silhouette immediately goes in for the kill. It keeps the Soul Reapers from directly attacking him, but Joey can only create so many of them without stretching his power to the limit, so he uses Ink Silhouette on the stronger Soul Reapers to keep them busy while he attacks the weaker ones.

"However, he can increase his power for a certain time by consuming fear from his victims. Aside from that, he also has powers such as Ink Bomb, which works similarly to a smoke bomb, but covers the entire area and anyone within range in a thick black veil of ink. His inky body allows him to hide his zanpakuto inside of him along with other stuff, and that body also allows him to create little inklings to attack at will. And it finally allows for him to regenerate any lost limbs in a pinch."

"Most normal zanpakuto can't phase him, and the only two whose Bankai can affect him at all are Head Captain Yamamoto and Princess Celestia, whom both have a fire-based Bankai." Unohana added from the kitchen.

"However, there is one effective way to injure Joey and leave a permanent scar on him." Byakuya said.

"What's that?" Alex asked.

"Have you ever heard of a chemical called 'dip'?" Celestia asked as she brought in a tray of coffee.

"Doesn't sound very tasty to me." Alex said, holding her stomach.

"'Dip' is the more common name for the chemical​ mixture Turpentine Acetone Benzine, the three main ingredients of paint thinner." Bendy said. "It's the only sure-fire thing that can kill a Toon."

"Tia and I are the only ones who know the exact measurements for each ingredient to make the same Dip created by Judge Doom." Perseus said. "The stuff is harmless to humans and other living creatures, but to Toons, it is a lethal cocktail. Every time I find that the hollow extermination expeditions have Joey on their list of targets, I'll coat the blade of my zanpakuto so that when I have Joey in my sights, I can take him down.

"But that bastard's a slippery one, he is. Every time I have him cornered, he blinds me with Ink Bomb and he disappears before I can slice his head open to kill him. And then I have to make the humiliating journey back to the Soul Society to wash the ink off with a Dip bath."

"Why don't you just try bleach?" Mako asked.

"First, I don't want to be permanently blind. Second,I don't want to look like the fella who killed the other fella when my hair turns a light blonde." Perseus was a bit cross when everyone around him tried their best to stifle their laughs.

"Bit of humor aside," Perseus said. "Check out what we found online, for the Porsche enthusiast."

"Boy have you got to be an enthusiast." Mutt said as he and his brothers reached behind themselves to grab their surprise.

Each brother pulled out a tobacco pipe from his back pocket, along with a bag of tobacco and a lighter. All three pipes were of different designs. Mutt's was reminiscent of the old billiard brandy pipe but finished in aluminum, Justin's was more of a traditional British pipe, and Perseus had the typical full-bent pipe smoked by old sailors.

"Porsche designed pipes." Perseus grinned.

"These are genuine." Mutt explained with his pipe in his mouth. "They come in four different shapes and colors-" Before he could continue, Mutt's pipe fell out of his mouth. "I spun out in me Porsche!" he laughed.

"Mine won't start properly." Perseus said, trying his best to get his pipe to light to no avail.

"Of course not." Mutt said. "It's a Porsche, persevere." But to his and everyone's surprise and shock, Perseus stuck the bowl in his mouth instead of the bit. "What're you doing, man?! You got it the wrong way."

Perseus only took the pipe out to reply to his brother's comment. "It's a 911 Porsche; hot bit goes in the back."

"You don't have it right, though have you noticed..." Mutt pointed the shank of his pipe over to Justin, who with his pipe, looked so natural, so perfect.

"Look at him!" Perseus laughed. "I've never seen--!" He couldn't stop laughing at how natural Justin looked with a pipe.

"With the chair, the pipe," Mutt smiles. "we're building up the perfect image for ya, Justin I think next week...!"

Justin leaned over to his younger brother and pointed at him with the stem of his pipe. "I'll tell you something." he nodded.

"See?" Mutt said. "He's pointing!"

"I haven't actually got anything to tell you, but I wanted to point at you with my pipe, like pipe smokers." Justin said. "And I'll tell you something else."

Suddenly, Perseus sputtered and coughed as his pipe fell out of him mouth. He mouth was burned with hot tobacco ash, and desperately he tried to cool his mouth with water. "That's not gone well." he said with his mouth still burned.

Everyone was laughing as he spat the hot ashes into a tray. "Perseus, hold on, Perseus..." Mutt laughed hysterically. "Can I just get quite clear, what you did as a grown stallion, was light a pipe and stick the wrong end of it in your mouth! What're you like on Bonfire Night? You bloody idiot!"

And so, the rest of the day wen well. Alice Angel arrived later that morning and the three toons gave a wonderful show. Justin spent the rest of the morning relaxing by the pool, puffing on his pipe while Chokotto sunbathed on Marcy's back. And Perseus spent the better half of the morning talking funny after burning his mouth.