A Halloween Valentine — Scream Queen, Night Realm and Serpent-Goddess Horror

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When it comes to the scariest part of being in love,

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it would have to be realizing that the person you

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care about so dearly isn't who you thought they were.

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But what happens when that's literal? Not only are they

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a different person, but they're also from a different, darker realm.

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story from Shane Migliovoka just for you. And on Friday,

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We're heading to Strickfield and it'll get messy after this.

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A Halloween Valentine by Rob Fields. Hello there, it's me,

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your favorite scream Queen. I know you're used to seeing

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me around that time of the year set aside for lovers,

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but you gotta remember I am a horror starlet, which

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means I'm everywhere. As you may recall, I just shot

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Slasher Valentine Screams back in February. However, the Slasher series

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is what I'm secondly known for in the world of horror.

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To the vast majority of fans, I am now and

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forever Veranda Queen of the Night. When I first shot

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that movie for the Erie City Players for their university's

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film society, it would be my debut into the horror genre.

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I hoped and prayed that this movie would be my

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escape from the porn industry. Don't get me wrong, I

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loved doing porn. I loved all the money I made

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from it. Porn paid my way through Strickfield University, where

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I got my zoology degree, which I'll probably never use.

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At this point, porn kept a roof over my head,

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the lights on, and food on my table. The truth was,

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I really didn't want to be a porn star for

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the rest of my life. I actually dreaded being in

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the business long enough to where I'd eventually become a

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milth Here's the real truth. I never even gave Horror

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much thought before being approached by Mike Gillison Stan Farbers,

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who wrote the original screenplay that would forever change my life.

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I agreed to sit down with them and discuss being

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in their movie. They told me I was their first

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choice to play Veranda, saying they had seen a few

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of my more serious porno movies, ones with a hardcore plot,

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no pun intended, and real scripts. They felt I could

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truly act and wanted me to bring that to the

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lead role of their movie. They wanted me so badly

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they offered me fifty grand. Yeah money, sure talks. But

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I read their script and really liked it. Okay, I

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would have to get naked in this movie, but I

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never had a problem with nudity, not when I had

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been the reigning queen of porn for five years leading

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up to portraying Veranda. I never banked fifty grand right

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off the bat for any of my other movies, but

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I certainly did see that kind of bank. When Vicky

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Valentine became a big enough name to get a percentage

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of the profits. So I showed up on set and

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filmed Veranda Queen of the Night. I couldn't even begin

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to tell you how much fun I had making that movie.

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It took two weeks to shoot it. Months later I

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was given an invitation to attend the premiere. The theater

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wasn't packed that first night, but that would change as

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word of mouth and social media came into play. Before long,

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Veranda was the talk of the area and would spread

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across the state. Soon more screenings were scheduled. I think

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it was safe to say my mainstream acting debut was

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a huge success. For a long time. Veranda, Queen of

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the Night made the midnight movie and film festival circuit.

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Hot Fangoria even caught wind of it and wanted to

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interview me. It wasn't long after that that I was

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approached by the Corgan twins, Jesse and Jenny, and was

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given a script for Slasher. The Corgans could only offer

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me two grand, but I really loved their script and

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agreed to do it. Slasher also took off as fast

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as Veranda, but Veranda was still the higher grossing movie,

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and then I was being invited to lots of horror

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conventions and getting even more horror scripts. With the money

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Slasher made, the Corgan Twins were able to give me

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better bank. I was even making damn good bank doing

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conventions for the record. I don't charge for my autograph

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as long as it's personalized to you when I sign it.

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You want just my signature, well that'll cost you too

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many people getting autographs and hawking them on eBay. Vicky

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Valentine became a name in the horror genre even quicker

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than when I was doing porn. Eventually I would reprise

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Veranda again, but not for a sequel. I was contacted

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by Channel sixty one in North Ridgeway to play my

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entry into the genre on Friday Nights as a horror host.

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I think it was because of what horror had done

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for me that I came to love the genre and

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started watching more movies to become familiar with it. Hell,

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I wish I'd gotten into that genre a lot sooner.

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Better late than never, right, I'm actually racking up quite

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a resume in horror now. I've been doing movie after

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movie for the Corgan Twins. I've also been getting offers

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to appear in other indie productions. I just wrapped on

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a remake of Zombie, which is getting a shitload of

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buzz in the horror community, especially at the conventions. There's

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even a huge article in Roe Morgue about it. My

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popularity as Veranda Queen of the Night really escalated when

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the director's cut was released on the midnight movie circuit.

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Actually it began with a secret midnight screening at the

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Strickfield Centennial Theater during an all night horror on Halloween weekend.

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Just last year. There was such a demand for Veranda

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that a popular boutique label picked up the rights to

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both cuts of the movie and put out some major

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physical media on both. I even got a whole box

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all to myself, along with some more bank to sign

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a bunch of copies for bundles. Channel sixty one just

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offered me a new and even bigger contract to keep

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playing Veranda on Friday nights and hosting double features. Like

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I said, I don't think I'll ever be using my

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zoology degree. I went from being the queen of porn

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to being the scream Supreme. I owe my new life

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to horror for both getting me out of porn and

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into an honest to goodness dream career. Now that I've

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given you some background into Vicki Valentine, not my real name,

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I'm sure you're probably expecting a movie within a movie here.

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The closest thing I ever came to real horror was

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when we were filming Slasher two Valentine's Day. That's when

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some of us actually had to face down real ghouls.

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Oh and then there was last February in Ridgeway Heights

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when one of my co stars, Lizzie Jones, got turned

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into a real life lizard monster. Anyway, No, the story

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you're getting here does have Veranda, Queen of the Night

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written all over it. Now let's get to present day.

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Today is Halloween. The first thing I had to do

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was drive to North Ridgeway and finish shooting my scenes

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for tomorrow night's episode of Up All Night with Veranda.

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I should have had my scenes shot yesterday. I got

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my segments for the first half for the original Babysitter

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Massacre done. When it came time to shoot the second half,

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there were technical issues that weren't going to be resolved

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that night. Now I'm wearing my black ball gown and

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sitting on my throne on my set. Sometimes I wonder

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if my fans truly love Veranda or if they just

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love my ultra hot body enough. People sure love looking

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at my big naturals. In fact, I've been told I

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look like an evil version of Jessica Rabbit Googler, and

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that's what I look like, only I've got blood red

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hair dyed to go with my black ball gown. I

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even have the sleeves and heals Jessica Rabbit wears. And

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then there's the makeup that makes me look both beautiful

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and ghoulish at the same time. I'm finishing up my

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segments for American Nightmare and getting lots of praise from

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my director. Believe me, I'm one of the easiest actresses

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you'll ever work with. Of Course, I'm sure Enrique Cuto

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will tell you a different story, since he's the only

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director I've ever had to fight with. What's sad is

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I'm sure I'll be doing more mood him. Don't even

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get me started on Babysitter Massacre, this little Piggy, which

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just wrapped a month ago. After collecting my paycheck, I

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washed the makeup off and change I got to go

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back to Strickfield and meet up with the Corgan Twins

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to shoot some more yummy horror goodness. Then I got

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a change back into Veranda to host a haunted attraction

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south of the village tonight. I'm sure I'll be seeing

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my fiance Bethany Mirn at some point in the night.

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When it comes to my love life, I look at

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my ruby engagement ring she placed on my finger last

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Valentine's Day. That's when I start crying in my dressing room.

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Bethany and I haven't been getting along as of late.

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We both have very busy schedules, me in horror and

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her in porn. When I told my agent I was

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finished with adult films, he approached Bethany and got her

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to replace me. You know what, I'm too choked up

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to tell you what's wrong right now. I think I'm

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just gonna let Bethany tell you what's going on.

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Don't go away, weekly Spooky will be right back.

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Perspective, Bethany Mirren, who'd have thought I'd be doing a

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dream job like this and making damn good money. Okay,

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it ain't the kind of money my last name comes with. Now.

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Being a Miran comes with being a part of the

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top one percent of the top one percent. But I

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love the feeling of independence at making my own money

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and not leaning on anyone. My parents keep telling me

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to stop doing porn and come back home. Nice to

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know they still love me in spite of some of

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my decisions. Not only am I a high demand porn star,

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I'm also engaged to Vicki Valentine. Oh. My parents hate

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her more than you can imagine. They still blame her

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to this day for my job, even though I keep

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telling them she had zilch to do with it. God

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damn it. I keep trying to put on my makeup

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before shooting the first of my three scenes today, but

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I can't stop getting choked up and crying. Vicky and

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I got into a huge fight last night. With our

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busy schedules, we barely see each other anymore. When we

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are home together, we're both too tired to fuck. We've

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grown so distant from each other that we barely even talk.

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Vicky tried getting a conversation going with me about our

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growing rift, and things turned ugly fast. She just wanted

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to talk to me, and I fucking went off on her.

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I mean we literally crashed and burned. I know, I

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even said some hurtful shit to her. It got so

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ugly Vicky started sleeping in her old room at our

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apartment again. During our last fight, it just shot right

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out of my mouth that Vicky should go sleep with

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her girlfriend, Jenny Corgan. Jenny likes fucking with me about

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wanting to sleep with Vicky. Personally, I think she's attracted

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to Vicky, but I can't prove that. Yeah, I'm jealous

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and a Mirran. We Mirrans are accustomed to always getting

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what we want. Our fight ended with me telling Vicky

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to just get the fuck out. She packed a bag

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and went to the strickfield in I cry again and

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wonder if I'm even going to be able to work today.

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I'm such a fucking twat for the way I treated

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the love of my life. When will I ever learn

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that just because I'm a Miran, I can't always have

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what I want. Vicky ain't a possession, She's a the

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love of my life. I can't help myself. I break

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down even more and ruin my makeup. How many times

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have I taken that girl for granted? It's never bothered

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VICKI that getting laid is my day job. But I'm

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busy making fuck flicks, promoting my Belinda Barnett merchandise, my

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porn name, and even doing conventions of the adult variety.

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I recently just won a shitload of AVIN Awards, including

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Best Leading Actress. I look at my ruined face in

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the mirror and feel the pain deep down. I've gotten

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everything I've ever wanted. Okay, I wasn't planning on being

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a porn star, but I've always wanted a dream job.

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I'm financially independent without any help from my parents. I've

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even what does it even matter if I don't have VICKI.

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I'm such a bitch. Then I get a text, probably

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from my fucking agent, telling me I need to get

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my sexy ass on set right now. I pick up

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my phone and get it's Vicky. She asks if we

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can FaceTime. I quickly call her. She answers to show

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me she's just as much of a wreck as I am.

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I cry more, knowing I made VICKI that way. I'm

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so sorry, Vicky, I managed to squeal, Please forgive me.

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She looks me in the face as well as we

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can do through smartphones. You can't keep doing this, Bethany, Seriously,

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what the fuck happened to us. We used to be

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able to get through anything together. You made me believe

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that true love could keep us together. She holds up

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the back of her hand. I don't want us to

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keep fighting. I'm afraid to come home anymore, knowing we're

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just gonna get into it. She sighs. You told me

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to get the fuck out last night. Do you really

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want to break up? I'll give you your ring back

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and we can go our separate ways. No, I practically scream,

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Oh christ No, I know I really look like shit now.

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Then I really don't give a fuck anymore. I won't

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lose you, baby. You just say the word, and I'll

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walk out of here right goddamn now and meet you

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wherever you want. I'll leave the porn industry behind. If

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I truly have to choose between being the new queen

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of porn and you, I focus on Vicky with everything

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I've got. Then I choose you. Vicky shakes her head. No,

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because it ain't fair to you. I know you'd never

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ask me to give up being a horror starlet. I

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won't ask you to give up your career for me.

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I put my phone down and tighten my fists. I

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won't lose you. She bows her head. We just might

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lose each other, Bethany, you and I are too much

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into our careers. Neither of us wants to leave. It's

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tearing us apart. Now I'm getting pissed, are you saying?

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Then I glare at her, You saying you prefer your

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career to me. We both just look at each other now.

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Then Vicki breaks the silence. It's either us or our careers.

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We've both gotten to the point where it can't be

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both anymore. I shake my head quickly now, and you're

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not willing to give up yours for me. I was

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just ready to give mine up for you. Then I

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lose my shit again. God damn you, you selfish bitch.

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What the fucking fuck do you want from me? Then?

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Now Vicki comes apart before she hangs up, Jesus Christ,

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I did it again. I try calling her back to apologize,

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but she responds with a text message tonight haunted house

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with a house emoji. I reply, I'll be there. But

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then Trinity Vanderbilt, my director and a fellow co star,

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comes into my dressing room. Ain't you ready yet? Your

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guy out here ain't gonna fuck himself. I spin around. Yeah,

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then you go fuck him. I ain't in the mood,

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Trinity laughs. Hugh, not in the mood. You're always in

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the mood. I get up. I ain't feeling it today.

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In fact, I'm out of here. I gotta find out

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if I even still have a fiance or not. Trinity laughs.

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I told you marriage and our business never work well together. Honey.

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I grab my shit and flip Trinity off as I

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walk out. I really don't give a fuck if I

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get fired or not. I'll go and apologize to Vicky

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work things out. If she doesn't want me back, then

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I want her to look me in the face and

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tell me it's over. Perspective Vicky Valentine. I'm on the

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set of the Corgan Twins' newest movie, a slasher called

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Spin the Bottle. Jesse had written the script for this

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one a long time ago, way before she ever wrote

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the original slasher. She found it buried away in some

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of her old high school stuff she kept. She rewrote

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it and brought it up to date. Jesse's also directing it,

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and Jenny's acting in it with me. Nellie trist and

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Ben Deavers are with us again. We're in a very

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scary looking house out on Indian Hollow Road. There's a

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few other actors from Strickfield University who are doing the

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movie for college credits. We're all sitting in the basement

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with these eerie lights on and playing the title game. Eventually,

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my character is supposed to get in a little over

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her head, which is going to make shit get real

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when a bunch of murders start happening. We play the

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game like normal, at least until it gets to the

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part where Jen Jenny's spin is supposed to land on me.

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It's actually scripted to be the first spin where it's

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same sex. It's known that Jenny's character is openly by

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I'm playing a straight girl. At first, I don't want

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to kiss Jenny. Ben suggests skipping it and moving on,

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but Jenny's not giving this up. Rules are rules, tally,

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She reminds me, I ain't into chicks, Marcy, I fire back.

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Jenny gives me a menacing grin. Sure you're not. Now,

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she comes at me and manages to get on top

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of me and trying to kiss me. She grabs my

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blouse and rips it open to reveal my big naturals.

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What in the actual fuck? A totally unscripted voice yells cut,

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Jesse quickly says. Then the person comes into the light

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to reveal Bethany, did you hear that?

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Better check the locks on your doors weekly. Spooky will

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be right back.

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Bethany's looking right at Jenny and me now. Then she

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throws her arms up. Oh, I see this is why

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you don't want to give up horror movies. Huh, So

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you and Jenny can start fucking each other. She glares

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at Jenny. Now, I know you've always wanted to take

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Vicky to bed. Jenny gets off me and stands up.

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I ain't gonna lie. I've always been attracted to Vicky,

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but this ain't what it looks like. You want to

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see the script. I get on my feet and start

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buttoning my blouse back up, but Bethany stops me. No, Vicky,

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keep your fucking tits out. I mean, where would you

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be without them? Right? I break loose from her get

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off of me. Then I managed to button my blouse

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back up. Like Jenny said, we were just shooting a

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scene from the new script. I raise my eyebrow. Speaking

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of scripts, how come you're not at work. Bethany doesn't

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even hesitate when she throws her arms outward and yells

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in my face because I came here for you, and

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here you are with Jenny's tongue in your mouth and

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her hands all over your tits. Then she tightens her fists, bitch,

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it's too much. I come apart, right in front of everybody,

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without another thought. I remove my engagement ring and throw

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it right at Bethany. From there, I run off the

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set and away from everybody. I make it to my

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dressing room and slam the door shut and lock it.

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Soon I hear Bethany knocking. I'm sorry, Vicky, she calls out,

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come on, let's talk about this. I tighten my fists

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and scream at the door. Fuck you. I'm so pissed off.

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Right now, I unlock and open the door. I point

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right at Bethany. You will never speak to me that

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way ever again. You got your fucking ring back, and

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now just leave me alone. I push right past Bethany,

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nearly knocking her down. I make my way back to

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the set. When Bethany's coming after me, I grab just

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anything and start throwing it at her. When I hit

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her with a soda in a styrofoam cup. Bethany roars

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and comes at me. The two of us are all

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over each other. Now soon other people are coming to

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break us up. Bethany and me are being pulled apart

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and separated. That's when I look right at her and yell.

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You keep saying you want to talk, but all you

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do is yell and scream and holler. You never used

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to be like this. Well, you know what, go find

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yourself some other person to abuse, and you know what else,

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You're now one mirn who won't be getting what she wants.

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It's over you, hear me over, and without another word,

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I turn away from the people holding me back and

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walk right out the door. I get in my car

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and leave everybody behind. When I'm sure Bethany's gone from

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the set, I'll come back. It ain't long before I

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got to pull off the road. That's when I really

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come apart and just ball my eyes out. I just

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ended things with Bethany, and this really hurts. Then I

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hear my smartphone and see it's her. I turn my

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phone off and finish crying. I know Bethany, Why wouldn't

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I I've been with her for nearly three years, she

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won't leave me alone. Then I remember texting her and

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telling her to meet me at the Strickfield Haunted House

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in Cemetery tonight. No way I can back out of it.

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I already got my bank to be there, so I

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got to show up to pose for pictures and sign autograph,

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says Veranda. I'll also be going through the Haunted House

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with the first group of people. I guess Bethany and

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I are gonna meet up again. After all? Why does

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love gott to be so difficult? Why do relationships gotta suck?

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Major dick perspective, Bethany Miren. I went back to the

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porn set and shot all three of my scenes. I

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was so pissed off that I really sold each scene.

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The truth was, I was angry with myself for the

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way I treated VICKI I may have driven her into

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Jenny Corgan's arms, but I know I've got another opportunity

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to talk to her and make things right. She said

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she was gonna be at the Strickfield Haunted House tonight.

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After I finished taking another shower and left the set,

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I get in my sports car and led foot it

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until I pull into the drive that leads to an

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old house that's being used as the Halloween attraction. From

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what I understand, this house only opens on Halloween night.

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There's usually a lot of people here for this event.

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Then I see the signs that say people can meet

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Veranda here. I park my car and get out. It

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ain't long before I feel eyes on me. Yeah, that's right,

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you prepubescent high school kids stare at my surgically enhanced

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babies all you want? You want to see them, It'll

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cost you. Then I hear some of them. Hey, is

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that Belinda Barnett whoa a real life porn star. She's

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hotter than her calendar. I want to be her guy. Yeah,

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dream on. None of you would know what to do

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with me if I explained it to you in detail.

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I reached the ticket booth and plunk down money for

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the admission. After getting my ticket, I start looking around

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for Vici. All I gotta do is find the line

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where people are waiting to get Veronda's autograph and or

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a selfie wither. It's chilly out here, but Vicky's dressed

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like Jessica Rabbit's evil counterpart and ain't shivering in the least.

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Now she sees me and gives me that look that

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says to go away. Now. Well I won't, not until

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VICKI and I have it out, and I will win

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her back no matter what. We've been with each other

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for going on three years, for if you count us

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being roommates at Strickfield Cove. We've shared intimacy together many times,

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slept in the same bed together, eaten many meals, had

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lots of fun together. I won't just let Vicky kick

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me to the curb like that. Vicky keeps moving people

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in between us to make sure I don't get up

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close to her. Oh, but I won't be beaten like that.

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When it comes time for Vicky to take the first

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group through the haunted house, that's when I insert myself in. Oh,

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you know, people are gonna tell me I'm not a

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part of the group and that I need to step back.

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But you don't have to be a mirran or know

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the mirror ways to know money talks. Vicky shoots me

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an angry glance at knowing I'm part of the first group.

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Now I return one of my own, telling her I

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ain't giving up. Vicky leads the group up to the

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door where a worker dressed as an evil scarecrow says

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it's time to go in after opening the door for

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us our group of six enters. I actually recognize Miles

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Gillis and Stan Farber's in our group. They're the ones

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who wrote Veranda Queen of the Night. What are they

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doing here? Vicky's playing the tour guide and telling us

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what to expect with the scenes coming up. No doubt

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she had to rehearse a script. She probably got to

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do a dry run and come through here and say

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her lines in front of the people run this place.

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We've already passed by a demented butcher shop scene where

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a couple people in flannel shirts, bib overalls and pig

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00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:13.160
masks made a few people in our group shriek. We

471
00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:17.440
came into a mortuary scene where a ghostly undertaker pretended

472
00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:21.160
to take measurements for our coffins. When the fucker tried

473
00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:24.480
running his tape measure across my babies, I gave him

474
00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:28.000
my glare that told him to just try touching them.

475
00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:32.240
He backed off real fast. We're in the dark for

476
00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.880
a little bit before we come into a torture chamber.

477
00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:39.200
Some chick is screaming as a hanging circular saw blade

478
00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:43.319
has her body sliced across her waist. Even I have

479
00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:46.400
to admit the scenes both fucked up and scary at

480
00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:50.319
the same time. We go through a few more creepy

481
00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:55.039
scenes before we return to darkness again. Eventually we come

482
00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:58.920
into what looks like a cathedral these people wearing these

483
00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:03.359
weird robes, and asks her standing there. They all have

484
00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:08.039
their eyes on Vicky. Now then Stan Farber's approaches her,

485
00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:13.480
My queen, you finally return to us after so many years,

486
00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:18.720
Miles Gillis added. Just then they and the figures fall

487
00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:23.119
to one knee like they're worshiping Vicky. She just looks

488
00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:26.559
at them like it's all part of the act. Suddenly,

489
00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:29.720
the other people in our tour group turn and sees

490
00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:33.440
both of us. What the fuck, I yell, let go

491
00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:37.559
of me. The rules say the actors aren't supposed to touch us,

492
00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:42.279
Vicky reminds them. Just then, Stan Farber's talks to Vicky,

493
00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:47.680
remember who you are, my queen, You are Veranda, Queen

494
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.119
of the Night realm. Vicky shakes her head quickly. That's

495
00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:55.799
just a character in a movie. Then Stan opens a

496
00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:00.000
vial with some bubbling green liquid inside in front of Vicky.

497
00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:04.160
She then closes her eyes and puts the back of

498
00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:10.799
her hand to her forehead. Remember, Stan tells her, remember

499
00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:16.480
who you are. Just then, Vicky lowers her hand and

500
00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:24.799
opens her eyes. Only now they're a glowing blue. Remember,

501
00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:31.440
Stan tells her one more time, Altaron. Vicky asks him,

502
00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:36.400
you are one of my wise men. Stan returns to

503
00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:39.880
his knees, takes her hand and kisses the back of it.

504
00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.319
I gasp when Vicky opens her mouth to reveal her long,

505
00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:52.400
glistening fangs. Then her hair turns into snakes and her

506
00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:58.279
skin turns green and scaly like a snake. Vicky now

507
00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.519
smiles a smile I've only ever seen in the original

508
00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:05.240
Veranda Queen of the Night movie. Then she points right

509
00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:09.920
at me. Bring this infidel. We shall go to the castle.

510
00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:14.119
She approaches me, she takes my chin in her hand.

511
00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:17.719
I shriek when her snake's for hair, hiss, and nearly attack.

512
00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:23.440
She laughs an evil laugh. Now we have such sights

513
00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:28.239
to show you, Mortal. I've never been so scared in

514
00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.719
all my life. My heart feels like it's gonna explode.

515
00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.559
When Vicky laughs, I scream the biggest and loudest scream

516
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:41.679
I've ever screamed. Then I break loose stop her. Vicky

517
00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:46.039
tells these people fuck you, I yelled back. I run

518
00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:49.599
and feel my way through the rest of the Haunted House. God,

519
00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.800
I know Strickfield is a place for Twilight tales and

520
00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:57.960
big time superstitions, but this is too much. Finally I

521
00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:00.480
reach the end of the Haunted attraction and grace out

522
00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:04.000
into the open area. I quickly stop and look around.

523
00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.679
Where the fuck are the houses? Where are all the cars?

524
00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:13.119
Where are all the people? I look back to see

525
00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:19.400
the Haunted House attraction, except it's not there anymore. I

526
00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.079
gulp when I feel the eerie winds blowing. When I

527
00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:27.679
see people appearing and coming after me, I quickly turn

528
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:31.400
and run, like hell. I don't know where I'm going,

529
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.920
but I know I can't let these assholes catch me.

530
00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:37.480
I got a hide somewhere and think.

531
00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:43.800
More scares to come. Weekly Spooky, We'll be right back.

532
00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:55.360
Perspective Veranda. How long has it been? How long have

533
00:35:55.440 --> 00:36:00.199
I been living as a mortal? I remember everything now.

534
00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:05.920
It was years ago Lord Paratheemus, of a prominent clan

535
00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:11.039
of werewolves sought to overthrow me. He damn near succeeded,

536
00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:14.760
but the fool would learn why I Veronda am the

537
00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:20.199
supreme ruler of the Night Realm. When I vanquished Parathemus,

538
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:24.239
the rest of his massive pack would not accept that

539
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:28.280
their ruler had fallen to a gorgon. After I had

540
00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:32.239
beaten that vile creature down, I turned him to stone

541
00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:37.280
and shattered him. His pack sought to end me in retaliation.

542
00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:42.480
It was not long before Parathemus's pack would gather other

543
00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.880
allies to come against me. I challenged them to try

544
00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:50.519
and come for me. I do admit that I can

545
00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:54.559
be a very stubborn woman, but do you not have

546
00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.000
to be as such an order to hold your kingdom.

547
00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:01.559
My wise men asked me to take temporarily step aside

548
00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:05.400
and go into hiding until the threat could be fought back.

549
00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:11.239
Of course, I refused, Veranda shall never back down from

550
00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:16.159
her enemies. At one point, some of Perathemus's pack had

551
00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:20.159
broken into the castle. I drew the blood omen my

552
00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:24.199
sword and put many of them to death, allowing my

553
00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:28.280
subjects to escape. When I had slain the first wave,

554
00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:32.840
another dared challenge me. I had slain so many of

555
00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:37.400
those werewolves before far too many of them overpowered me.

556
00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:44.239
Then Parathemus's son, Paladin approached me and sliced my clothing

557
00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:48.519
from my body. Not only did I suffer being violated

558
00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:52.440
by Paladin and his guards again and again in my

559
00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:56.760
own castle, I was slashed and beaten until I lay

560
00:37:56.800 --> 00:38:01.400
in a pool of my own blood. Even then, I

561
00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:06.119
still refused to die. I still refused to abdicate the

562
00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:11.280
night Realm to Paladin. My most loyal subjects had finally

563
00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.760
arrived and came to my aid. Even though they would

564
00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:18.360
see me bloody and quite naked, they would still hail

565
00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:23.800
me as their queen for I refuse to die. I

566
00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:26.719
was brought to my blood pool and placed within it

567
00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:31.320
to help heal my injuries. It was then when Saraphina,

568
00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:36.000
my most loyal of my handmaidens, also suggested that I

569
00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:40.320
go into hiding. I nearly flew into a rage and

570
00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:44.320
almost ripped her head from her shoulders. That was when

571
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:49.760
my wise man Altaron suggested that I hear what Sarafina

572
00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:55.119
would say. My handmaiden suggested that I go into hiding

573
00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:58.239
in the mortal Realm. All it would take would be

574
00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:01.559
for Lord Paladin to catch me off guard and hurt

575
00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:04.519
as I was. He would only have to claim my

576
00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:09.079
head to claim the night realm. Again, I wished to

577
00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:13.079
rip Saraphina's head from her shoulders for the audacity of

578
00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:17.760
her suggestion. It had taken both Saraphina and Altaran to

579
00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:22.239
calm me down. Altaran further suggested that my true form

580
00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:26.320
could be disguised to resemble a mortal and I would

581
00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:30.960
live among them again. I became enraged, and this time

582
00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:35.199
flew from the blood pool. I wanted to destroy them both,

583
00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:41.679
for Ronda is no coward. I roared, but I became

584
00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:45.800
dizzy and fell back into the blood pool. I was

585
00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:50.960
too weak from repeated violations and loss of blood. I

586
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:55.400
eventually came to understand that my handmaiden and my wise

587
00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:59.800
man truly had my best interests at heart, and finally

588
00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:04.559
a greed to their plan. When I became healed enough,

589
00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:09.360
I would consume a potion created by Meridian, my sorceress.

590
00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:13.800
From there I would become a frail mortal female and

591
00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:18.360
journey into the mortal realm. Meridian gave me memories to

592
00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:21.239
serve me as if I had lived in that realm

593
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:25.840
my entire existence. The truth was I never had parents,

594
00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:29.840
only memories that I did. I would come to live

595
00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:33.719
in a village called Strickfield. I would finish high school,

596
00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:39.840
move on to college, and become a whore. How many

597
00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:42.599
mortals have I lain with for the sake of entertainment

598
00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:48.800
and for money? No matter, Veranda has returned once more.

599
00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:53.519
I am fully healed and much stronger than ever. I

600
00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:56.840
shall seek out Paladin and remove his head from his

601
00:40:56.920 --> 00:41:03.159
shoulders personally. But first the men are pursuing the woman.

602
00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:06.920
Altaran tells me he was the one who gave me

603
00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:12.320
the potion to cause me to remember again. No, I roar,

604
00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:16.480
they shall never lay hold of her. I Veranda shall

605
00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:20.679
lay claim to her myself. I shall show you all

606
00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:25.320
why I am Queen of the night Realm prepare me.

607
00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:29.320
I allow my wise men to return me to my

608
00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:39.559
castle and to my chambers. I allow my handmaiden to

609
00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:43.039
assist me. As I bathe in the blood pool, I

610
00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:47.719
feel its nutrients making me much stronger. Now. It is

611
00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:53.159
then when I see Sarafina weep. It feels that you

612
00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:57.199
have been gone for an eternity, my queen, she says,

613
00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:01.719
It pleases me greatly that you have returneded. Now I

614
00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:08.199
may serve you faithfully once more. I do detest sentiments

615
00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:13.400
such as this, but I simply nod. Saraphina has been

616
00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:16.800
loyal to me since she came to be mine. She's

617
00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:21.280
even proven to be a great confidant at times. I

618
00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:25.159
let her weep for me. When I finish my bath,

619
00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:29.320
I emerge and feel the blood soaking into my flesh.

620
00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:33.519
I growl at how incredibly strong I feel. Once more,

621
00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:38.880
Saraphina approaches me and helps cover my nudity with my gown.

622
00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:43.920
I do not wear armor. Then my handmaiden brings me

623
00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:48.679
my sword and lays it upon my palms. I smile

624
00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:53.000
as I remove the blood omen from its sheath. Yes,

625
00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:58.280
my beauty, you shall taste blood once more. Now I

626
00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:01.840
hunt for the mortal female who came here with me.

627
00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:09.599
She shall be mine soon. Saraphina kneels before me and

628
00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:16.440
Lord Paladin, my queen. I anticipate her feelings. Let him come,

629
00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:20.639
my young maiden. I caress the side of her face

630
00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:26.360
as she still weeps for me. No matter for his

631
00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:30.320
insult that led to my exile, I shall make him

632
00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:36.639
die ever so slowly, so swears Veronda.

633
00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:43.239
More scarce to come weekly Spooky will be right.

634
00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:52.119
Back perspective, Bethany, Miren, I feel like I've been running

635
00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:55.880
for so long, and not just from those people. You

636
00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:59.760
wouldn't believe all the creatures I ran into. I finally

637
00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:03.760
slow down to catch my breath. Seriously, why is this

638
00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:07.280
shit happening to me? Have I been a complete and

639
00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:11.840
utter bitch way too many times? I mean, I treat

640
00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:18.119
my co stars on set good unless they're giving me shit. Ah.

641
00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:22.360
Then I start crying. I know why things are turning

642
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:26.719
to shit on me? Why, just why why did I

643
00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:31.440
treat Vicky like I owned her? Okay, so I was

644
00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:34.719
afraid of losing her. I get we both have a

645
00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:37.599
right to our careers, but no career is worth losing

646
00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:42.000
Vicky over. But how do I even reason with her? Now?

647
00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:48.239
She's turned into some monster with snakes for hair, vampire fangs,

648
00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:54.440
and green skin like that Medusa story in Greek mythology.

649
00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:59.000
I sit down and try to think. Those people called

650
00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:03.400
her Veranda, like the character in her movie and on

651
00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:08.360
Friday nights. Looking at her now, she'd kill my ass,

652
00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:13.960
literally kill my ass. I try looking up at the moon,

653
00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:21.679
except I can't see one. Then it starts raining. Oh great,

654
00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:31.159
Then I notice something's wrong. It's raining blood. Each drop

655
00:45:31.199 --> 00:45:34.719
that hits me splatters red, and it's just as thick

656
00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:39.159
as real blood. In seconds, I'm completely soaked with it.

657
00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:42.760
This is even worse than when I was splattered with

658
00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:47.079
Jenny Corgan's fake blood in the original Slasher. My blonde

659
00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:50.880
hair is so soaked and saturated with blood it feels

660
00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:54.960
heavy on my head. I cry again and beg God

661
00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:58.559
in Heaven for help, but the blood rain just keeps

662
00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:04.440
drenching me. Truly, I've hit my all time lowest. I

663
00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:09.280
lost Vicky Valentine, the love of my life. I'm stuck

664
00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:15.159
in some hell dimension somewhere, forsaken by God to cap

665
00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:21.079
it all off, I'm gonna die here wherever here is.

666
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:26.079
I finish crying, and no, I can't just stay here.

667
00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:29.199
I've got to take shelter somewhere and try to figure

668
00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:33.079
out how to get back home. I'm walking on the

669
00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:37.480
dirt path again. It's not long before I hear a

670
00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:43.480
growl and then something attacks me. I'm taken to the

671
00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:47.159
mud as this creature pounces on me. What the fuck?

672
00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:50.840
I yell quickly when I see it's a two headed

673
00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:55.840
wolf or dog. I manage to get that fucking thing

674
00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:58.599
off me and try to run. I don't get far.

675
00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:02.280
When I'm taken down again, I scream and try to

676
00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:06.559
fight back. I've always hated dogs, ever since Mom brought

677
00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:09.480
this big one home for me as a pet. It

678
00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:12.159
hated me right then and there. It growled at me

679
00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:15.360
and attacked me whenever it had the chance. Oh but

680
00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:19.000
I had the last laugh. I remembered the mirror ways

681
00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:23.559
and turned on Ruffy. I unleashed my inner bitch and

682
00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:27.679
made him back off. He started minding me after that.

683
00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:31.199
I get out from under this beast and get to

684
00:47:31.239 --> 00:47:34.480
my feet. I tighten my fists and scream as I

685
00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:38.480
lose my shit and unleash my inner bitch again. Fuck you.

686
00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:43.199
Both heads growl at me. The creature is ready to

687
00:47:43.239 --> 00:47:47.400
attack me again. I don't back down. Come on, you

688
00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:51.079
might kill me, but you'll remember I fought you. The

689
00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:55.119
creature keeps growling at me, Then it finally stops and

690
00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:59.920
just looks at me. Suddenly, it leaps up and pushes

691
00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:02.480
me back to the ground. Its left head is looking

692
00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:07.719
right in my face now, then it licks up my cheek.

693
00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:15.400
Youw I groan. Then the right head does it stop. Gross.

694
00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:20.480
Both heads make doggy noises before the creature backs off

695
00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:25.000
me and lets me get back up. Great. Now I'm

696
00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:30.039
covered in blood, mud, and creature spit. Then I pet

697
00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:35.199
one of the heads. Okay, what do we do? Where

698
00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:38.519
do we go? I don't even know what to feed you.

699
00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:45.960
Suddenly my new friend or friends start growling. Then they

700
00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:50.000
start barking, but they're not looking right at me. I'm

701
00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:53.159
hit hard and taken to the muddy path again. I

702
00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:55.280
turn onto my ass and look up to see what

703
00:48:55.360 --> 00:49:00.760
looks like a werewolf. Its fur is so dump it

704
00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:04.400
also blends in with the blackness around us. The blood

705
00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:07.800
rain makes it look that much more hideous. I can

706
00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:12.000
easily see its long, sharp teeth and yellow glowing eyes.

707
00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:16.519
Its claws are ready to scratch me. Oh fuck this.

708
00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:20.000
I've seen an acted in enough horror movies to know

709
00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:23.559
you don't want one of these motherfuckers scratching or biting you.

710
00:49:24.639 --> 00:49:28.840
Then my new friend jumps and attacks the werewolf. I

711
00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:31.840
turn and run. It ain't long before I hear two

712
00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:37.519
doggy whimpers and know that thing easily fought my friend off.

713
00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:41.360
One more time, I'm hit hard from behind and taken

714
00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:45.239
to the ground. The monster grabs me and lifts me up.

715
00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:48.320
The next thing I know, I'm having my top ripped

716
00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:52.519
right off. I'm wearing a strapless bra, but my babies

717
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:57.079
are fully exposed. Now it's going for my pants. And

718
00:49:57.119 --> 00:50:03.039
then I see another sh shape. It looks like a woman.

719
00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:08.000
I can easily see she's got a sword. I groan

720
00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:12.639
when I see her hair is moving. It's Vicky. She

721
00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:18.119
is mine, beast, Vicky tells the werewolf. The monster pushes

722
00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:21.599
me back to the ground. I quickly cover my babies

723
00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:25.239
back up. Then I feel my new friend next to me.

724
00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:31.280
I look and see Vicky's ready to fight. That's it.

725
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:36.559
Vicky tells it. That's it, come and fall before Veronda,

726
00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:41.159
Queen of the Night Realm. Then my new friend runs

727
00:50:41.239 --> 00:50:43.599
up to me and lowers itself enough for me to

728
00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:47.880
understand I need to hop on. I mount its back

729
00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:51.320
and let it take me away. I ain't letting either

730
00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:54.519
of those monsters catch me if I can help it.

731
00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:05.400
Perspective div Veranda Paladin is truly a fool to send

732
00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:10.119
these mindless beasts for one mortal. Even the werewolves in

733
00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:14.519
the Mortal Realm are without thought. The monster roams and

734
00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:19.039
rushes to its doom. My eyes glow bright. Soon the

735
00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:22.960
werewolf stops in its tracks and becomes stone before me.

736
00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:27.280
Now I use the blood Omen to shatter the newly

737
00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:32.280
created statue. Aside from my great sword, silver is the

738
00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:37.679
only other method at dispatching these monsters. Before long, more

739
00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:43.119
beasts come for Veranda. I am most excited. How long

740
00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:46.239
has it been since I've had anything close to a

741
00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:51.239
magnificent fight. The beasts waste no time in coming at me.

742
00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:56.960
Clearly they cannot comprehend with whom they do battle. I

743
00:51:57.079 --> 00:52:02.000
cry with glee and engage them. I easily despatch one

744
00:52:02.079 --> 00:52:06.159
beast after another. I do not just utilize the blood

745
00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:11.280
Omen alone. I show these creatures that I am truly

746
00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:15.360
their master. I only spare one. By the time the

747
00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:20.199
battle is finished, I watch as the creature flees. No

748
00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:23.679
doubt it shall return to Paladin. If he has any

749
00:52:23.760 --> 00:52:27.679
intelligence at all, he will understand that Veranda has returned

750
00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:33.320
to rule the Night Realm once more. No Paladin believes

751
00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:36.800
that because he is a man, I am beneath him.

752
00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:40.960
As long as Veranda lives, the Night Realm still belongs

753
00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:45.360
to her. For Paladin to claim it for himself. The

754
00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:49.440
ancient laws state that he must end my life in battle.

755
00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:54.159
Though my sorceress ruled in my place during my absence,

756
00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:57.480
Paladin could not challenge her for the fact that she

757
00:52:58.280 --> 00:53:03.599
was not my surrogate. Hum I would appreciate nothing better

758
00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:08.960
than to find Paladin and finish him off myself. No,

759
00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:12.400
let him come for me that I may strike him

760
00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:18.159
down once and for all. You and your guardsmen violated

761
00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:23.480
me multiple times during our last meeting. Paladin, you shall

762
00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:28.440
never do so again. Your life shall belong to Veranda

763
00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:33.920
soon enough. But right now, that mortal female weighs heavily

764
00:53:34.039 --> 00:53:39.039
upon my mind. I shall find her. Once I have

765
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:44.079
captured her, then I shall have such fun interrogating her.

766
00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:49.039
She will tell me everything that I wish to know.

767
00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:53.360
Oh yes everything.

768
00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:59.559
You're not safe yet weakly Spooky will be right back.

769
00:54:05.960 --> 00:54:12.039
Perspective Bethany Miren, My new friend is really running along.

770
00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:15.039
I'm surprised I'm still able to hold on to him

771
00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:20.119
with the rain still pouring down, I mean blood, We

772
00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:23.599
keep moving fast. I don't know where this two headed

773
00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:27.760
animal is taking me, and I don't really care. I

774
00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:30.480
just know I want to go back home to Strickfield.

775
00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:34.960
But do I really want to go home without Vicky.

776
00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:39.199
I get choked up and lose my focus on holding

777
00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:43.559
on I slip off and take a nasty fall. I

778
00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:47.280
tumble over and over on the muddy trail as the

779
00:54:47.320 --> 00:54:50.920
blood rain keeps washing over me. I'm ready to just

780
00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:55.639
lay there and die. What's the point of even going

781
00:54:55.679 --> 00:55:00.639
back to Strickfield if I can't have VICKI then I

782
00:55:00.639 --> 00:55:05.760
feel something wet and sandy across my face. Ah ew.

783
00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:09.519
I sit up and see my two headed friend came

784
00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:12.440
back for me. The next thing I know, I'm in

785
00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:17.559
between both heads as they nuzzle me together. This thing

786
00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:20.960
could easily tear me apart and share me as a meal,

787
00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:27.440
No doubt about it. This creature really likes me. I

788
00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:33.159
sigh and scratch underneath their chins. I think I'm gonna

789
00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:38.760
name you two Fur. Seeing I'm still alive, two for

790
00:55:38.920 --> 00:55:42.239
lowers themselves so I can get on their back again.

791
00:55:43.039 --> 00:55:46.599
I hold on again as two four runs fast along

792
00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:50.199
the muddy road. Soon we're turning off and running through

793
00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:53.800
the grass. We go through a forest and eventually come

794
00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:58.320
out near some little village. As we come into it,

795
00:55:58.920 --> 00:56:03.320
I can see everything lit by torches. Two fur brings

796
00:56:03.320 --> 00:56:06.199
me to a place where it sounds like fun and

797
00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:11.519
fellowship are going on a bar. Maybe I climb off

798
00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:16.880
and walk inside, and I practically shit my pants. There's

799
00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:20.880
all kinds of creatures in here, from skeletons dressed up

800
00:56:20.920 --> 00:56:25.280
to vampire looking things, to a few mummies, to even

801
00:56:25.320 --> 00:56:30.480
a really hunky senataar. Yeah, you heard me, a half

802
00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:34.119
man and half horse creature. You'd have sworn a chill

803
00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:38.119
filled this bar as soon as I walked in, almost

804
00:56:38.159 --> 00:56:41.480
like I was on some wanted poster or something. The

805
00:56:41.519 --> 00:56:44.280
next thing I know, I'm being swept off my feet

806
00:56:44.320 --> 00:56:47.400
by the coal black Senataar and brought to the bar.

807
00:56:48.199 --> 00:56:51.559
Then he says to the four armed, three breasted, red

808
00:56:51.599 --> 00:56:55.079
skinned bar tender, she looks like she needs something to

809
00:56:55.119 --> 00:56:58.679
calm her nerves, Risha. I dig into my pocket and

810
00:56:58.760 --> 00:57:02.119
pull out what money I have have. Then that thing

811
00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:07.000
called Risha looks confused. Now the Senataur looks at me

812
00:57:07.079 --> 00:57:12.159
with its red hot eyes. Is that money? Now? Risha

813
00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:16.920
looks pissed off. Money is no good here. The next

814
00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:19.320
thing I know, she puts a glass down in front

815
00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:22.239
of me and pours me something that kind of looks

816
00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:28.039
like Absinthe drink up. I put my money away. How

817
00:57:28.039 --> 00:57:31.400
do I pay for drinks here? Then? Do I gotta

818
00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:34.000
get on my knees and give somebody a blowjob or something.

819
00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:40.760
Now everybody's laughing their monstrous asses off. Finally, Risha leans

820
00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:44.280
forward so we can see eye to eye. I can't

821
00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:48.760
help noticing the two cleavages. We do not deal in

822
00:57:48.920 --> 00:57:52.280
money here in the night realm. As I've told you,

823
00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:56.719
it's worthless here. Drink up, mortal, I don't even think

824
00:57:56.760 --> 00:58:00.760
about it. I pick up the glass and toss it back. Wow,

825
00:58:00.800 --> 00:58:04.360
this stuff don't taste the least bit like absinthe. It's

826
00:58:04.400 --> 00:58:08.519
more like a grape flavored mead. Believe me, I know,

827
00:58:08.719 --> 00:58:11.400
since VICKI and I have gotten are drunk on quite

828
00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:14.639
a few times. As soon as I put my glass down,

829
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:18.800
Risha pours me another. This shit's so good, I can't

830
00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:23.840
help myself. Soon I'm feeling a little more cheerful. I

831
00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:28.880
think I'm even feeling horny. I'm so fucking drunk now

832
00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:31.559
that I forgot I was even on the run. Now

833
00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:35.360
I'm just losing myself in the company. I'm just blithering

834
00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:39.000
and talking about I don't know, human kind of shit.

835
00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:43.039
I guess. When I knock back another drink, I'm feeling

836
00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:47.199
the arms of that nightmare around me from behind. Yeah,

837
00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:51.119
that's what those horsemans are called. I turn around and

838
00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:56.639
face this nightmare. Now, yep, these creatures are actually called nightmares.

839
00:58:57.760 --> 00:59:01.119
Flirting with him now, when I ask him if he's

840
00:59:01.280 --> 00:59:05.000
really hung Before he can answer, I tell him it's

841
00:59:05.119 --> 00:59:08.719
one time I'd let a horsey ride me. I even

842
00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:11.480
say it would be a new kind of porno. Then

843
00:59:11.519 --> 00:59:15.000
I burst out laughing. These other monsters are laughing it

844
00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:18.679
up too. I think it's safe to say they've never

845
00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:23.280
had a mortal in their establishment before. Then I turn

846
00:59:23.400 --> 00:59:29.960
and see Lord Paladin. What brings you here? Risha asks,

847
00:59:30.719 --> 00:59:35.119
kind of sounding scared. Now I'm seeing this broad shouldered

848
00:59:35.199 --> 00:59:38.519
monster standing in front of me. He looks like he's

849
00:59:38.559 --> 00:59:42.719
halfway between man and werewolf. He also looks like he's

850
00:59:42.840 --> 00:59:46.760
really pissed off. Then I see his sword in his hand,

851
00:59:47.320 --> 00:59:51.760
and I burst out laughing. Are you really gonna stab me?

852
00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:56.039
I ask, in a baby like voice. When I laugh

853
00:59:56.159 --> 01:00:00.559
my ass off again, the man sneers. Then he puts

854
01:00:00.599 --> 01:00:03.840
his hand on my shoulder. I gasp when he drives

855
01:00:03.840 --> 01:00:08.000
his sword right through me. I groan at how much

856
01:00:08.039 --> 01:00:12.400
pain I'm in. Then he pulls the sword back out

857
01:00:12.840 --> 01:00:17.880
and drives it through me again. One more time. When

858
01:00:17.920 --> 01:00:20.760
he pulls it out, I fall over and land on

859
01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:26.039
my back. I'm hearing lots of screams now as I

860
01:00:26.079 --> 01:00:33.440
start fading away. I love you, Vicki, I whisper. Then

861
01:00:33.639 --> 01:00:44.559
everything fades to black perspective Veranda. I wait patiently for

862
01:00:44.639 --> 01:00:50.159
the mortal to awaken. Soon. Bethany Miron finally does. Then

863
01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:53.239
she finds herself immersed in the healing bath that my

864
01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:59.480
sorceress Meridian has prepared for her. Now the mortal finally

865
01:00:59.519 --> 01:01:05.480
sees me. Me, I, I am alive. Most fortunate for

866
01:01:05.599 --> 01:01:08.400
you that I found you when I did, I tell her,

867
01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:14.559
most unfortunate that you encountered Lord Paladin. However, he learned

868
01:01:14.599 --> 01:01:17.840
that I was hunting you and reached you first. He

869
01:01:17.920 --> 01:01:21.119
truly meant to end you, just as he ended your

870
01:01:21.159 --> 01:01:25.559
new pet as a message to me. He truly learned

871
01:01:25.559 --> 01:01:30.760
that Veranda indeed rules the night realm once more. When

872
01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:34.320
the mortal moves to get out, I lower myself before her.

873
01:01:35.159 --> 01:01:38.599
Do not be so hasty to exit the bath. Use

874
01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:44.000
it to heal yourself fully. In the meantime we shall converse.

875
01:01:45.239 --> 01:01:49.679
Bethany Mirin begins to cry, what happened to you? Vicki?

876
01:01:50.519 --> 01:01:54.599
Why did you turn into In truth, I was never

877
01:01:54.800 --> 01:02:01.320
Vicki Valentine, mortal. I answer. In fact, the name I

878
01:02:01.400 --> 01:02:06.360
came to the mortal realm with was Jennifer Smith. Eventually

879
01:02:06.440 --> 01:02:09.239
I came to be a mortal whore who sold her

880
01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:14.360
body for money time and time again. In becoming a whore,

881
01:02:14.800 --> 01:02:20.559
I was re christened Vickie Valentine. I leaned forward a little. Now.

882
01:02:20.559 --> 01:02:23.840
It seems that you have accepted the same degrading mantle

883
01:02:24.360 --> 01:02:30.159
for yourself. I'm not a whore, Bethany yells. I'm an actress.

884
01:02:30.760 --> 01:02:33.960
I help bring sexual fantasies to life. It's a job.

885
01:02:34.760 --> 01:02:37.760
I ain't a fucking street walker. I would never lower

886
01:02:37.760 --> 01:02:41.199
myself to doing that. The two of us look at

887
01:02:41.199 --> 01:02:44.760
one another. It seems the sight of the snakes that

888
01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:51.599
are my hair no longer frightens her. She cries again, Look, VICKI,

889
01:02:52.199 --> 01:02:53.920
I don't know if you can hear me in there.

890
01:02:54.599 --> 01:02:57.679
I point right at her. Do not speak to me

891
01:02:57.800 --> 01:03:01.760
in that way, mortal, make no, miss I am very

892
01:03:01.880 --> 01:03:06.920
much Veranda. I lower myself to sit before her. However,

893
01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:10.840
I remember everything that has happened during my masquerade as

894
01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:14.159
a mortal in your realm. The way you see me

895
01:03:14.280 --> 01:03:17.920
now is my true form. I have lived for thousands

896
01:03:17.960 --> 01:03:20.880
of years. I was born of the night Realm and

897
01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:25.239
would become its queen. I am the only gorgon in existence.

898
01:03:26.159 --> 01:03:28.920
My power is second to none in the night Realm.

899
01:03:30.159 --> 01:03:34.840
I don't care, the mortal says with despair, you should

900
01:03:34.840 --> 01:03:38.119
have just let me die, Vicky. She looks right at me.

901
01:03:38.239 --> 01:03:42.079
Now I get it, okay, I know I fucked up

902
01:03:42.119 --> 01:03:44.719
with you. I was a real bitch to you. I

903
01:03:44.880 --> 01:03:47.039
just wanted us to be able to spend time together.

904
01:03:48.199 --> 01:03:51.760
I missed you at our apartment. It's like all we

905
01:03:51.840 --> 01:03:55.360
ever did was just come back to our home to sleep.

906
01:03:56.159 --> 01:03:59.360
We never talked to each other, we never ate together,

907
01:03:59.440 --> 01:04:02.039
we never eat and made love anymore. All I want

908
01:04:02.079 --> 01:04:04.559
to do is make things right. I want things to

909
01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:07.119
be the way they were when we first got together

910
01:04:07.159 --> 01:04:12.800
and became a couple. And now now you turn into

911
01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:17.280
a monster. She throws up her arms. Veranda is a

912
01:04:17.400 --> 01:04:20.840
character in a movie. She's a Friday night horror host

913
01:04:20.880 --> 01:04:26.320
on TV. Not you, I stand and turn my back

914
01:04:26.360 --> 01:04:29.719
to her. That version of me was a failed attempt

915
01:04:30.079 --> 01:04:33.760
to get me to remember. Meridian wished for me to remember,

916
01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:37.679
but the potions I became exposed to were unsuccessful in

917
01:04:37.760 --> 01:04:41.920
restoring me. This movie, as you call it, only made

918
01:04:41.920 --> 01:04:46.440
a mockery of me. Then I hear a splash. Suddenly

919
01:04:46.480 --> 01:04:49.400
the Mortal grabs my shoulders and turns me to face her.

920
01:04:50.000 --> 01:04:53.880
She stands naked before me. I won't give up on you,

921
01:04:54.280 --> 01:04:57.480
she tells me. I want VICKI to tell me to

922
01:04:57.599 --> 01:05:00.320
fuck off. Then I'll go away and never come back.

923
01:05:01.159 --> 01:05:04.719
I fucking love you. Doesn't that mean anything to you?

924
01:05:06.039 --> 01:05:09.000
I am annoyed. Did you not hear me when I

925
01:05:09.079 --> 01:05:14.480
said that I remember everything? Mortal? Before Bethany can comprehend things,

926
01:05:14.719 --> 01:05:18.119
I pull her naked form to me and kiss her.

927
01:05:19.199 --> 01:05:23.000
I feel her gasp and become stiff against me. I

928
01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:29.599
cease kissing her and look into her eyes. I remember everything, Bethany, Miren,

929
01:05:30.239 --> 01:05:33.440
I tell her again, I am fully aware of our

930
01:05:33.519 --> 01:05:36.480
time together. The emotions that I feel for you cannot

931
01:05:36.480 --> 01:05:39.760
be given. What I feel for you is as genuine

932
01:05:39.760 --> 01:05:45.159
as your feelings for me. Do not lie about your feelings.

933
01:05:45.679 --> 01:05:49.159
You know what I am to be true. I kiss

934
01:05:49.239 --> 01:05:52.840
the Mortal again. Then I feel her arms around me

935
01:05:52.880 --> 01:05:56.719
as she returns my affection. When we stop, I bring

936
01:05:56.760 --> 01:06:00.360
her to my bed, I allow the mortal to undresss me,

937
01:06:00.880 --> 01:06:05.039
which only takes mere seconds. I take her hand and

938
01:06:05.159 --> 01:06:08.480
guide her onto my bed. In all of my time

939
01:06:08.519 --> 01:06:13.519
and existence, mortal or immortal, I have never shared my

940
01:06:13.639 --> 01:06:19.519
bed with anyone. However, this mortal has seized my very heart.

941
01:06:20.360 --> 01:06:23.679
It seems that I have hers as well, for she

942
01:06:23.800 --> 01:06:27.719
no longer fears me. She can look into my blank

943
01:06:27.800 --> 01:06:32.840
yellow eyes freely and not fear turning to stone. At

944
01:06:32.880 --> 01:06:36.039
the moment, I wish nothing more than to have a

945
01:06:36.119 --> 01:06:38.840
passionate night with my mortal lover.

946
01:06:41.119 --> 01:06:45.360
More scarce to come weakly, Spooky will be right back.

947
01:06:49.599 --> 01:06:58.719
Perspective Bethany Miren. Vicki's body truly feels different. Her skin

948
01:06:58.880 --> 01:07:02.960
has the texture of a snake. Okay, I never held

949
01:07:02.960 --> 01:07:07.239
a snake, but they look the same. I'm really taking

950
01:07:07.280 --> 01:07:10.519
that leap of faith. When I'm kissing her, I feel

951
01:07:10.559 --> 01:07:14.480
those snakes on my head, moving in my hair, but

952
01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:18.440
they never bite me. I almost scream when one's moving

953
01:07:18.480 --> 01:07:22.280
and slithering across my ear, but I keep holding Vicki.

954
01:07:22.960 --> 01:07:27.440
We make passionate love again and again. I truly feel

955
01:07:27.480 --> 01:07:33.320
we found each other, even if it is under different circumstances.

956
01:07:33.880 --> 01:07:37.679
I know what I feel for Vicky. Veranda or whatever

957
01:07:37.719 --> 01:07:42.599
she is, is real. I always knew Vicky Valentine was special.

958
01:07:43.039 --> 01:07:46.639
I just never knew she was a real monster who

959
01:07:46.760 --> 01:07:52.039
ruled over a secret world of monsters. Okay, so I'm

960
01:07:52.039 --> 01:07:55.519
in love with a monster. When we're done being intimate,

961
01:07:56.239 --> 01:07:59.400
we're holding each other in her bed. I swear this

962
01:07:59.440 --> 01:08:02.440
bed's big enough to fill our entire living room back

963
01:08:02.480 --> 01:08:06.559
at Strickfield Cove. This bed can probably sleep a good

964
01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:10.280
ten people at least, and it's just the two of

965
01:08:10.400 --> 01:08:15.000
us in the center. Veranda's looking into my eyes. Now,

966
01:08:16.119 --> 01:08:20.039
do you still wish to spend eternity with me? Knowing

967
01:08:20.079 --> 01:08:25.079
what I am? Eternity is just that mortal. I have

968
01:08:25.159 --> 01:08:27.760
seen enough of the mortals upon your world to know

969
01:08:28.640 --> 01:08:31.680
many couples who have given themselves to each other do

970
01:08:31.840 --> 01:08:36.640
not last. Do you think we won't last? I ask her.

971
01:08:37.600 --> 01:08:42.600
We come from two different realms. She reminds me, I

972
01:08:42.600 --> 01:08:45.800
would gladly marry you. I don't know if we'll be

973
01:08:45.880 --> 01:08:49.119
together ten years from now or not, or even twenty.

974
01:08:49.760 --> 01:08:53.600
I sit up. She sits up with me. Vicky, I

975
01:08:53.640 --> 01:08:56.920
am sorry for everything. I don't want to fight with

976
01:08:56.960 --> 01:09:00.159
you ever again. Just say the word, and I'll I'll

977
01:09:00.199 --> 01:09:03.640
leave porn forever and be with you. I make damn

978
01:09:03.680 --> 01:09:06.439
good money doing porn, but I'm a miron and I'm

979
01:09:06.439 --> 01:09:11.840
going to say this money doesn't mean shit. I only

980
01:09:11.880 --> 01:09:17.199
care about you. I take her snake textured hands. I

981
01:09:17.279 --> 01:09:20.520
know you're a monster, but I don't care about that.

982
01:09:21.439 --> 01:09:24.920
I know what I still feel for you. Marry me.

983
01:09:26.479 --> 01:09:31.239
You are already mine, mortal, she says, squeezing my hands back.

984
01:09:32.479 --> 01:09:35.720
Or do you still wish to be married according to

985
01:09:35.720 --> 01:09:42.600
mortal customs? Why how do you marry here? I ask?

986
01:09:43.880 --> 01:09:47.800
We have just consummated our love, but I suppose you

987
01:09:47.880 --> 01:09:52.920
must know marriage very well. I shall accept your marriage

988
01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:58.680
proposal again. We seal the arrangement with a kiss. As

989
01:09:58.720 --> 01:10:01.800
we're about to make love again, I shriek when I

990
01:10:01.840 --> 01:10:05.840
feel someone else in Vicki's bedroom. We've been making love

991
01:10:05.920 --> 01:10:12.079
by torchlights, so we can easily see. It's Meridian, my queen.

992
01:10:12.760 --> 01:10:17.560
Your forgiveness for my intrusion, she says. Lord Paladin has

993
01:10:17.600 --> 01:10:21.640
mobilized as forces and are moving in our direction, possibly

994
01:10:21.720 --> 01:10:25.600
for an invasion. He means to usurp your throne and

995
01:10:25.720 --> 01:10:30.000
rule the night Realm once and for all. Then Vicki

996
01:10:30.119 --> 01:10:32.880
surprises me by coming right out of one of the

997
01:10:32.880 --> 01:10:36.720
shiny blankets that spreads across the bed. It surprises me

998
01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:40.439
more that she's not even bothered that Meridian is seeing

999
01:10:40.479 --> 01:10:45.439
her queen naked. How are our forces, Vicky asks her

1000
01:10:45.479 --> 01:10:50.680
sorceress weak in number when compared to Lord Paladin's. She answers,

1001
01:10:51.560 --> 01:10:55.439
we may win, but not without significant numbers being lost.

1002
01:10:56.479 --> 01:11:01.279
Vicky growls and tightens her fists. There shall be no war, Meridian,

1003
01:11:01.520 --> 01:11:04.800
I Verandah shall face this usurper in a battle to

1004
01:11:04.840 --> 01:11:09.119
the death. He seeks to claim my head, I shall

1005
01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:11.600
claim his life and lay waste to his body for

1006
01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:16.199
all to see. She raises her fists high and declares

1007
01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:21.520
Paladin shall pay dearly for violating me all those years

1008
01:11:21.520 --> 01:11:26.640
ago and forcing me to abandon my realm. I can't

1009
01:11:26.640 --> 01:11:31.039
believe Vicki made her intentions known to Meridian all while naked.

1010
01:11:31.600 --> 01:11:35.880
Meridian doesn't even seem to be bothered by her queen's form.

1011
01:11:36.720 --> 01:11:39.920
I mean, she doesn't seem to be phased in any way.

1012
01:11:40.600 --> 01:11:44.680
Meridian never once looked her over. Now, Vicki turns to

1013
01:11:44.680 --> 01:11:47.960
face me. I do not plan on losing to Paladin.

1014
01:11:48.000 --> 01:11:51.600
My love However, I cannot pretend to be unaware of

1015
01:11:51.640 --> 01:11:55.720
that coward's treachery. He violated me in Cowardice when his

1016
01:11:55.800 --> 01:11:59.600
minions overcame me. He is truly insane with his intentions

1017
01:11:59.600 --> 01:12:03.239
of slaghying me and seizing my realm. I move and

1018
01:12:03.319 --> 01:12:06.880
stand on my knees. I'm not even caring that Meridian

1019
01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:10.760
is seeing me naked as well. I thought you said

1020
01:12:10.760 --> 01:12:16.319
you were an immortal, Vicki, I am, she tells me.

1021
01:12:17.119 --> 01:12:20.920
But even Veranda has a vulnerable point. For nothing is

1022
01:12:21.000 --> 01:12:26.199
truly invulnerable or invincible. As you understand, I only need

1023
01:12:26.199 --> 01:12:29.600
to lose my head for my life and my immortality

1024
01:12:30.079 --> 01:12:34.000
to end forever. Paladin was a fool to not take

1025
01:12:34.039 --> 01:12:37.520
my head when he had the chance, before he let

1026
01:12:37.520 --> 01:12:41.720
his loins decide my fate on that day. Today I

1027
01:12:41.760 --> 01:12:46.600
shall make him regret ever violating me. Vicki approaches me now,

1028
01:12:47.239 --> 01:12:50.880
so I implore you, in the presence of my sorceress, if

1029
01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:53.199
you will become my queen and rule at my side.

1030
01:12:53.760 --> 01:12:56.000
I know this is much for you to absorb, but

1031
01:12:56.640 --> 01:13:01.560
I will. I tell Vicki immediately. Vicki raises an eyebrow.

1032
01:13:02.520 --> 01:13:06.479
Are you certain you understand that there is the possibility

1033
01:13:06.520 --> 01:13:09.880
of paladins seizing both my head and control of the

1034
01:13:10.000 --> 01:13:13.560
night realm. He would take your head just as quickly.

1035
01:13:13.600 --> 01:13:17.960
At knowing that you would be my bride. Please consider

1036
01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:22.560
your decision carefully. I take a deep breath and move

1037
01:13:22.640 --> 01:13:25.800
to stand on the floor. Then I move to Vicki

1038
01:13:25.920 --> 01:13:32.680
and take her hands. I Bethany Miron, take you vic Veranda,

1039
01:13:33.239 --> 01:13:36.079
to be my wife. I will have you and hold you.

1040
01:13:36.119 --> 01:13:38.199
I will bless you and keep you. I will be

1041
01:13:38.359 --> 01:13:41.119
with you for better or for worse, for richer or

1042
01:13:41.159 --> 01:13:46.039
for poorer, forsaking all others in sickness and in health,

1043
01:13:47.279 --> 01:13:50.479
for as long as we both shall live. I lose

1044
01:13:50.560 --> 01:13:53.159
it and am crying again at knowing there's no way

1045
01:13:53.199 --> 01:13:57.079
I can talk my love out of this. I love you, Veronda.

1046
01:13:57.840 --> 01:14:00.720
I'm just understanding who you really are, and I still

1047
01:14:00.760 --> 01:14:04.840
love you anyway. I nearly threw you away once before

1048
01:14:05.680 --> 01:14:09.199
I took you for granted. Then I won't lose you again.

1049
01:14:10.439 --> 01:14:14.680
If you die today to save your people, then I'm

1050
01:14:14.760 --> 01:14:18.600
dying with you. I know I told you this before,

1051
01:14:19.239 --> 01:14:22.640
and you've told me back on Earth the mortal realm.

1052
01:14:23.680 --> 01:14:27.479
I can't imagine my world or my life without you.

1053
01:14:27.960 --> 01:14:33.439
In it. I can't be without you. If you die,

1054
01:14:33.680 --> 01:14:41.399
then I die. So yes, Veranda, I will be your queen. Now.

1055
01:14:41.439 --> 01:14:45.119
The two of us turned to Meridian. She herself is

1056
01:14:45.199 --> 01:14:50.239
crying a little. I shall conduct the ceremony immediately.

1057
01:14:52.159 --> 01:14:56.520
U sh it was only the wind, Your safe weekly

1058
01:14:56.560 --> 01:14:58.159
spooky will be right back.

1059
01:15:02.039 --> 01:15:07.439
Perspective, Veranda. My subjects have gathered upon hearing that I

1060
01:15:07.479 --> 01:15:11.079
am to be wed. My sorceress and my handmaiden have

1061
01:15:11.199 --> 01:15:16.800
placed ceremonial clothing upon us. My bride trembles before me.

1062
01:15:17.680 --> 01:15:19.600
I do not know if she is in fear for

1063
01:15:19.680 --> 01:15:23.399
her life or mine, or if knowing she is to

1064
01:15:23.439 --> 01:15:29.000
be mine causes her to become overwhelmed with feeling. Meridian

1065
01:15:29.159 --> 01:15:32.600
speaks to our people in our native tongue. She tells

1066
01:15:32.640 --> 01:15:36.000
them that I have chosen Bethany Miren to be my queen,

1067
01:15:36.399 --> 01:15:40.039
and that I am being joined with her forever. My

1068
01:15:40.159 --> 01:15:44.359
subjects roar with thunderous applause. I often wonder why my

1069
01:15:44.479 --> 01:15:47.760
subjects hold such high praise for me, when I am

1070
01:15:47.840 --> 01:15:51.359
but one gorgon. It is true, I am the last

1071
01:15:51.439 --> 01:15:54.800
of my kind. The rest of my people were slaughtered

1072
01:15:54.960 --> 01:15:58.399
ages ago. The hell Weaver sought to lay waste to

1073
01:15:58.479 --> 01:16:02.239
my village long ago. Bethany Mirn was not even a

1074
01:16:02.319 --> 01:16:06.239
mere thought, but I was a warrior apprentice when that

1075
01:16:06.399 --> 01:16:10.439
evil goddess invaded our valley without warning. We had a

1076
01:16:10.479 --> 01:16:13.960
powerful sorcerer at the time, but even he could not

1077
01:16:14.039 --> 01:16:18.680
have foreseen what was to render us into extinction. Our

1078
01:16:18.800 --> 01:16:23.960
warriors fought valiantly against this seemingly invincible foe, but the

1079
01:16:24.039 --> 01:16:29.239
hell Weaver easily overcame us all. It was down to

1080
01:16:29.399 --> 01:16:33.920
just myself and a few remaining male warriors. Meridian was

1081
01:16:33.960 --> 01:16:37.720
the last of the line of sorcerers. Like me, She

1082
01:16:37.960 --> 01:16:42.319
was but an apprentice herself. We were but eight remaining,

1083
01:16:42.760 --> 01:16:45.520
but we were determined to stop the hell Weaver at

1084
01:16:45.560 --> 01:16:49.800
any cost, even if it meant our lives. It is

1085
01:16:49.880 --> 01:16:52.960
better to die fighting for your life than to surrender

1086
01:16:53.359 --> 01:16:57.920
into slavery. We were badly wounded, but we would never

1087
01:16:58.079 --> 01:17:01.880
bow to the hell Weaver. It finally came down to

1088
01:17:02.039 --> 01:17:05.720
just Meridian and I. The hell Weaver held me to

1089
01:17:05.800 --> 01:17:09.960
her as she ran her fiery sword through me. When

1090
01:17:10.000 --> 01:17:13.359
I spat my blood into her face, she ran that

1091
01:17:13.439 --> 01:17:17.319
saber through me again. I could not allow Meridian to

1092
01:17:17.439 --> 01:17:20.800
die at the hell Weaver's feet. A sorceress was far

1093
01:17:20.840 --> 01:17:25.079
more significant than a warrior. When the hell Weaver removed

1094
01:17:25.119 --> 01:17:28.920
her blade, I spat my blood into her face again.

1095
01:17:30.520 --> 01:17:33.800
She ran it through me once more. I screamed with

1096
01:17:33.840 --> 01:17:37.960
both pain and the fire that burned within me. This

1097
01:17:38.159 --> 01:17:40.960
fire drove me to hug the hell Weaver to me

1098
01:17:41.279 --> 01:17:46.279
and bite deeply into her shoulder. The evil goddess never

1099
01:17:46.359 --> 01:17:51.039
expected me to do that, or consume her very blood.

1100
01:17:52.119 --> 01:17:54.760
The hell Weaver easily threw me from her and to

1101
01:17:54.840 --> 01:18:00.000
the ground. I immediately felt her blood burning me seemingly everywhere.

1102
01:18:00.920 --> 01:18:05.279
I truly felt that this was my end. In my heart,

1103
01:18:05.399 --> 01:18:08.119
I knew that I had won against her, since she

1104
01:18:08.159 --> 01:18:12.039
would never bind me to be in her servitude. The

1105
01:18:12.079 --> 01:18:17.039
pain had finally subsided. When Meridian gasped upon me. I

1106
01:18:17.119 --> 01:18:20.319
knew that I was no longer the same. I had

1107
01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:25.079
become a completely new being. I had become transformed into

1108
01:18:25.119 --> 01:18:29.680
what I am now. I became quite powerful in tasting

1109
01:18:29.920 --> 01:18:33.880
the hell Weaver's blood. Though her power now coursed through me,

1110
01:18:34.479 --> 01:18:37.600
I was nowhere near as powerful as the goddess herself.

1111
01:18:38.720 --> 01:18:42.079
The hell Weaver and I battled again when she saw

1112
01:18:42.119 --> 01:18:44.720
that I would not surrender to her. That I would

1113
01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:49.239
never yield my life to her. She abandoned Meridian and I,

1114
01:18:50.159 --> 01:18:53.640
telling us that we could have our existence only long

1115
01:18:53.760 --> 01:18:58.600
enough for her to seize the multiverse. Then she took

1116
01:18:58.640 --> 01:19:02.399
her leave of us. I had become cursed by the

1117
01:19:02.439 --> 01:19:05.600
hell Weaver's blood. I now had the flesh of a snake,

1118
01:19:06.399 --> 01:19:09.880
snakes themselves for my hair, the immortality of the hell

1119
01:19:09.920 --> 01:19:13.640
Weaver herself, and a multitude of powers that I would

1120
01:19:13.640 --> 01:19:17.760
have to discover on my own, including the ability to

1121
01:19:17.880 --> 01:19:23.199
render another life form into stone. Meridian was repulsed by

1122
01:19:23.239 --> 01:19:26.199
me at first, but she remembered that I had protected

1123
01:19:26.199 --> 01:19:29.279
her with my life and would remain at my side

1124
01:19:29.279 --> 01:19:32.880
of her own free will. She had been my second

1125
01:19:32.920 --> 01:19:36.680
ever since. Now she takes the hands of both myself

1126
01:19:37.159 --> 01:19:41.000
and my bride into her own. She joins our hands

1127
01:19:41.039 --> 01:19:45.600
together over an emerald chalice. Next, she produces a ceremonial

1128
01:19:45.680 --> 01:19:50.000
dagger and slices both of our hands. She tells us

1129
01:19:50.039 --> 01:19:53.119
to tighten our fists and let our blood offerings collect

1130
01:19:53.199 --> 01:19:56.680
into the chalice. All that was left was for us

1131
01:19:56.680 --> 01:20:00.800
to drink. Because I had asked the mortal for her hand,

1132
01:20:01.279 --> 01:20:04.520
it fell to me to drink first. I would have

1133
01:20:04.640 --> 01:20:09.359
to consume half of our offering. When it came Bethany's time,

1134
01:20:09.920 --> 01:20:13.359
Meridian handed her the chalice. I could see the look

1135
01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:17.920
of both fear and uncertainty on her face. Both I

1136
01:20:18.159 --> 01:20:23.560
and my sorceress waited with patience. Finally, my bride took

1137
01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:28.239
a breath and brought the chalice to her mouth. She

1138
01:20:28.439 --> 01:20:32.159
drained her share, gagging a few times at knowing that

1139
01:20:32.239 --> 01:20:35.640
it was blood. I knew that she wished to stop,

1140
01:20:35.880 --> 01:20:38.800
but she forced herself to drink and finish the offering.

1141
01:20:39.880 --> 01:20:44.760
Upon finishing, she handed the chalice back to Meridian. You

1142
01:20:44.880 --> 01:20:49.560
belong to one another now, Meridian says. Then she turns

1143
01:20:49.600 --> 01:20:53.960
to the subjects. It is done. Our queen and her

1144
01:20:54.000 --> 01:20:59.199
bride are joined forever. She turns back to us, to

1145
01:20:59.279 --> 01:21:02.239
the one of you who who forsakes the other, her

1146
01:21:02.359 --> 01:21:06.840
life is forfeit. This is your sacred covenant and it

1147
01:21:06.880 --> 01:21:12.560
cannot be broken, even in death. And then Bethany comes

1148
01:21:12.560 --> 01:21:17.079
into me and kisses me in front of our subjects.

1149
01:21:17.600 --> 01:21:20.680
It is not customary for us to kiss as part

1150
01:21:20.720 --> 01:21:24.279
of the ceremony. Our blood offering is our sacred pact.

1151
01:21:25.119 --> 01:21:28.399
Then I remember how immortal wedding is ended with a

1152
01:21:28.479 --> 01:21:33.239
kiss between the betrothed, so I allow it. Also, there

1153
01:21:33.319 --> 01:21:36.680
is nothing written in our laws about this, so there

1154
01:21:36.680 --> 01:21:42.520
will be no punishment. Now the Night Realm has two queens.

1155
01:21:43.239 --> 01:21:48.960
I love you, Vernda, Bethany tells me with tears. I

1156
01:21:49.039 --> 01:21:53.760
love you, my bride. I return. However, we do not

1157
01:21:53.840 --> 01:21:58.000
have time for any further celebrations. Two of our warriors

1158
01:21:58.079 --> 01:22:03.680
return and come before us. They kneel before me prior

1159
01:22:03.760 --> 01:22:07.920
to speaking of their news. I raise my hand. You

1160
01:22:08.000 --> 01:22:13.119
must address your second queen, I say, for she now

1161
01:22:13.199 --> 01:22:17.079
rules at my side. The guards move so they may

1162
01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:20.720
address both of us. We beg your pardon, our Queen.

1163
01:22:21.439 --> 01:22:24.199
When I nod to acknowledge them, they tell me that

1164
01:22:24.279 --> 01:22:27.960
Paladin is near. He has come with his personal guards

1165
01:22:28.239 --> 01:22:31.119
to demand that I relinquish my reign as ruler of

1166
01:22:31.119 --> 01:22:35.079
the Night Realm to him. Let him come, I tell

1167
01:22:35.119 --> 01:22:40.000
them rise. When the warriors rise, we stand and wait.

1168
01:22:41.239 --> 01:22:45.359
Soon I see they have spoken true. Paladin comes on

1169
01:22:45.439 --> 01:22:48.720
a Nightmare, while the others have come on other beasts.

1170
01:22:49.399 --> 01:22:52.560
When Paladin sees me once again, he shows me that

1171
01:22:52.640 --> 01:22:55.560
he is still consumed in his plans to remove my

1172
01:22:55.720 --> 01:23:00.159
head from my body and bring my immortal existence to

1173
01:23:00.199 --> 01:23:05.279
its end. Forever. From there he would rule the Night

1174
01:23:05.359 --> 01:23:09.760
Realm and taint it with his own agendas. My subject's

1175
01:23:09.800 --> 01:23:13.920
part to allow Paladin to pass. Soon, he stands before

1176
01:23:13.960 --> 01:23:16.880
my platform and looks up at both of the Night

1177
01:23:16.960 --> 01:23:21.439
Realm's queens. He draws his sword and points it at me.

1178
01:23:22.680 --> 01:23:26.359
I shall await you no longer veranda. For years you

1179
01:23:26.439 --> 01:23:29.159
have evaded me, knowing that I could never lay claim

1180
01:23:29.239 --> 01:23:32.880
to the Night Realm so long as you remained in existence.

1181
01:23:33.840 --> 01:23:38.399
I draw the blood Oath and point down at him. Fool,

1182
01:23:38.960 --> 01:23:42.960
did you not have your chance to seize the Night Realm? Ah?

1183
01:23:42.960 --> 01:23:46.399
But you sought to satisfy your loins by violating me

1184
01:23:46.520 --> 01:23:50.039
again and again. You even allowed your guards to do so.

1185
01:23:50.920 --> 01:23:54.279
Even in this, you could not promise my demise. You

1186
01:23:54.359 --> 01:23:57.359
even ran your sword through me, as the hell Weaver

1187
01:23:57.479 --> 01:24:01.159
did centuries ago. By the time time you determined to

1188
01:24:01.199 --> 01:24:04.560
remove my head, I had risen to run my blade

1189
01:24:04.600 --> 01:24:10.239
through your guards. I would even turn you away. Paladin

1190
01:24:10.359 --> 01:24:15.720
raises his blade face me. Now, you abomination. He gives

1191
01:24:15.720 --> 01:24:19.920
me a face of glee. This day the Night Realm

1192
01:24:19.960 --> 01:24:25.199
shall belong to Paladin, Lord of the Sticks. I laugh

1193
01:24:25.279 --> 01:24:30.680
in both contempt and scorn you. Are lord of nothing, Paladin.

1194
01:24:31.119 --> 01:24:34.680
I Veranda am queen of the Night Realm. The stix

1195
01:24:34.760 --> 01:24:38.119
is of the Night Realm, so it belongs to your queen.

1196
01:24:39.039 --> 01:24:43.399
I raise the blood omen Veranda accepts your challenge, and

1197
01:24:43.479 --> 01:24:46.319
when you lose, I shall bind you with chains that

1198
01:24:46.399 --> 01:24:49.760
can never be parted. And then I shall spend all

1199
01:24:49.840 --> 01:24:54.000
eternity torturing you for both your insurrection and your violation

1200
01:24:54.119 --> 01:24:58.840
of my body. Your actions drove me into exile. I

1201
01:24:58.880 --> 01:25:02.840
am here before you. Now. Now let us finish this despot.

1202
01:25:03.800 --> 01:25:06.960
Now that I have answered this infidel's challenge, I scream

1203
01:25:07.039 --> 01:25:09.960
with my own anticipation of knowing that I shall slake

1204
01:25:10.079 --> 01:25:16.159
my thirst for both vengeance and redemption. So very soon,

1205
01:25:18.000 --> 01:25:18.960
are you afraid?

1206
01:25:20.039 --> 01:25:23.359
Good weekly Spooky, We'll be right back.

1207
01:25:27.239 --> 01:25:32.359
Perspective Bethany Miren. I don't know that I ever believed

1208
01:25:32.399 --> 01:25:35.279
in God, but I know I'm praying deep down that

1209
01:25:35.399 --> 01:25:39.000
this bastard doesn't claim my new wife. I wish there

1210
01:25:39.039 --> 01:25:42.159
was something I could do to help her. I gasp

1211
01:25:42.199 --> 01:25:45.119
when I feel Meridians taken firm hold of my wrist.

1212
01:25:45.960 --> 01:25:49.640
I know what you feel, but you cannot interfere. I

1213
01:25:49.720 --> 01:25:52.720
really gasp when I realize She's spoken to me in

1214
01:25:52.720 --> 01:25:57.119
the night Realm's native language, and that now I understand it.

1215
01:25:57.960 --> 01:26:03.039
I want to I tell her back using my new language,

1216
01:26:03.159 --> 01:26:07.079
and I understand. All that we may do is believe

1217
01:26:07.159 --> 01:26:11.760
that Veranda shall be victorious. She says softly. We may

1218
01:26:11.800 --> 01:26:16.800
only witness this final conflict again. You may not interfere.

1219
01:26:17.640 --> 01:26:21.600
Meridian holds my hand as a means of comforting me. Also,

1220
01:26:21.640 --> 01:26:26.560
I feel Veranda's entrusted this woman to protect me. Looking

1221
01:26:26.600 --> 01:26:29.640
at Veranda and Paladin, I don't think I could come

1222
01:26:29.640 --> 01:26:33.279
in between them. With the way they're fighting. I'd probably

1223
01:26:33.279 --> 01:26:37.279
get sliced into lunch meat. I feel myself shaking and impatient,

1224
01:26:37.520 --> 01:26:40.760
as the pit of my stomach pangs hard. I love

1225
01:26:40.840 --> 01:26:43.319
Veranda and I want to make good on my vows

1226
01:26:43.359 --> 01:26:47.199
to her, but I can only do that if she wins.

1227
01:26:47.640 --> 01:26:51.159
She must win. Meridian now tells me that I may

1228
01:26:51.199 --> 01:26:54.640
flee if I wish, reminding me that should Vernda lose,

1229
01:26:55.199 --> 01:26:58.880
Paladin will more than likely behead me after killing her.

1230
01:26:59.560 --> 01:27:03.920
I shake my head slowly. No, Meridian, I'll honor and

1231
01:27:04.039 --> 01:27:08.760
keep my vows to my queen. Meridian nods. Once our

1232
01:27:08.840 --> 01:27:14.800
queen has chosen her eternal companion. Wisely, all eyes are

1233
01:27:14.840 --> 01:27:17.720
on this final battle between the Queen of the Night

1234
01:27:17.760 --> 01:27:20.880
Realm and this despot who would take her mantle and

1235
01:27:21.039 --> 01:27:24.920
enslave this Realm's people. Even though Veranda is the only

1236
01:27:25.000 --> 01:27:28.439
Gorgon in existence, these people came to make her this

1237
01:27:28.520 --> 01:27:32.640
Realm's queen. Veranda is with honor and is committed to

1238
01:27:32.680 --> 01:27:36.119
her people. Her commitment was repaid when she was sent

1239
01:27:36.199 --> 01:27:39.680
to the Mortal Realm to recover and regain her strength,

1240
01:27:39.720 --> 01:27:44.159
as that's right. Her given Earth name was Jennifer Smith,

1241
01:27:44.680 --> 01:27:49.119
but she became Vicky Valentine to most. I've often wondered

1242
01:27:49.159 --> 01:27:51.720
why we always have to fight all the time. It

1243
01:27:51.800 --> 01:27:54.640
seems like every time you turn around, there are always

1244
01:27:54.720 --> 01:27:58.239
wars that never seem to end. It can be countries

1245
01:27:58.279 --> 01:28:00.720
fighting each other, to even what goes on in our

1246
01:28:00.760 --> 01:28:05.920
own government. Clearly Paladin wants Veranda's power for himself. I

1247
01:28:05.960 --> 01:28:07.880
don't know what she ever did to make him want

1248
01:28:07.880 --> 01:28:13.279
to kill her. Oh wait, I think I do. I'm

1249
01:28:13.319 --> 01:28:16.960
a mirn how many people in my own fucking family

1250
01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:21.039
have assumed positions of great power. There are members of

1251
01:28:21.079 --> 01:28:24.079
my family in our own government, in Congress and the

1252
01:28:24.079 --> 01:28:28.079
Supreme Court. I never wanted to say this, but my

1253
01:28:28.199 --> 01:28:33.279
own father is running for president. My own father can

1254
01:28:33.359 --> 01:28:37.840
be a bastard, but he's always been my father. Even

1255
01:28:37.880 --> 01:28:40.640
when I went into porn, he taught me the mere

1256
01:28:40.720 --> 01:28:43.159
in ways. I know how to shit on people and

1257
01:28:43.279 --> 01:28:46.239
use them as stepping stones to get exactly what I want.

1258
01:28:47.000 --> 01:28:49.800
He taught me to never settle for being second best

1259
01:28:50.000 --> 01:28:54.520
at anything. Paladin reminds me a lot of my own father.

1260
01:28:55.359 --> 01:28:59.319
Paladin doesn't want to be beneath anyone. At the same time,

1261
01:28:59.399 --> 01:29:02.600
my new wife, though she's the Queen of the Night Realm,

1262
01:29:03.119 --> 01:29:07.319
is fighting to protect her people. If my father wins

1263
01:29:07.359 --> 01:29:10.279
and becomes president of the country, I can only imagine

1264
01:29:10.279 --> 01:29:13.760
what horrors he would do. Paladin and my father aren't

1265
01:29:13.800 --> 01:29:16.920
that much different, except that my father uses the law

1266
01:29:17.000 --> 01:29:20.199
to his advantage and Paladin takes what he wants by

1267
01:29:20.199 --> 01:29:24.720
brute force. Veranda and Paladin have inflicted wounds on each other.

1268
01:29:25.159 --> 01:29:27.560
They're both bleeding out as they fight this ever so

1269
01:29:27.640 --> 01:29:32.119
important fight to the finish. I believe in my queen

1270
01:29:32.199 --> 01:29:35.479
with all my heart and soul. I have to. She

1271
01:29:35.600 --> 01:29:38.119
took me back even after I took her for granted.

1272
01:29:38.239 --> 01:29:41.039
Back in the mortal Realm, I want to spend the

1273
01:29:41.039 --> 01:29:44.039
rest of my life with my wife, what little time

1274
01:29:44.079 --> 01:29:48.119
there is left for me. I don't want her to die.

1275
01:29:48.279 --> 01:29:51.479
I don't want to die. I want to tell myself

1276
01:29:51.680 --> 01:29:54.359
that Vicki and I are in a Corgan Twins movie,

1277
01:29:54.520 --> 01:29:58.439
But there aren't any cameras. Also, I'm not seeing any

1278
01:29:58.479 --> 01:30:03.960
redheaded twins around. No, this is very real. I gasp

1279
01:30:04.000 --> 01:30:08.159
when Paladin manages to disarm Veranda. Now he's swinging like

1280
01:30:08.199 --> 01:30:11.520
he's never swung. He wants her so badly he can

1281
01:30:11.560 --> 01:30:16.039
taste it. But then Veranda surprises me by grabbing the

1282
01:30:16.079 --> 01:30:19.520
blade of his sword with one hand. With her free hand,

1283
01:30:19.840 --> 01:30:21.880
she pops him hard in the face to make him

1284
01:30:21.920 --> 01:30:24.880
let go of his sword. Then she flings it away.

1285
01:30:25.720 --> 01:30:28.520
She howls and lunges at him. The two of them

1286
01:30:28.560 --> 01:30:31.600
are throwing punch after punch at each other. You can

1287
01:30:31.680 --> 01:30:35.800
literally feel the hatred between them. Now they're on the ground,

1288
01:30:35.920 --> 01:30:39.479
rolling over each other. At one point, Paladin tries to

1289
01:30:39.600 --> 01:30:42.720
choke her, but she clasps his neck and gets him

1290
01:30:42.720 --> 01:30:46.000
off her. He lays into her with punch after punch.

1291
01:30:46.319 --> 01:30:49.159
Then he picks up her sword and tries to decapitate her.

1292
01:30:49.840 --> 01:30:54.239
Veranda strikes and disarms him with a kick. Ow. I

1293
01:30:54.319 --> 01:30:57.199
know it's not my barefoot, but seeing Veranda kick a

1294
01:30:57.199 --> 01:31:01.720
sword handle with hers makes me really feel. Veranda and

1295
01:31:01.760 --> 01:31:04.600
Paladin have beaten and bled each other, but they refuse

1296
01:31:04.720 --> 01:31:09.600
to back down. They mean to kill each other. Paladin

1297
01:31:09.680 --> 01:31:12.960
keeps going for Veranda's head like he's trying to just

1298
01:31:13.600 --> 01:31:17.439
rip it off her shoulders. One more time, Paladin gets

1299
01:31:17.439 --> 01:31:20.359
hold of a sword. He looks right at Veranda. Now

1300
01:31:21.119 --> 01:31:25.720
she's ready to move to dodge his attack, except I

1301
01:31:25.880 --> 01:31:29.399
gasp when I feel the sword suddenly burn hot as

1302
01:31:29.399 --> 01:31:35.319
the blade goes right through me. Vernda. I choke out,

1303
01:31:36.039 --> 01:31:39.079
knowing the blade is all the way through me. I

1304
01:31:39.119 --> 01:31:42.840
can literally feel it sticking out of my back. I'm

1305
01:31:42.880 --> 01:31:46.279
feeling my own blood dripping from my mouth as I

1306
01:31:46.359 --> 01:31:50.359
sink to my knees. I'm not even aware of Meridian

1307
01:31:50.479 --> 01:31:54.560
trying to help me. I know Paladin truly meant to

1308
01:31:54.680 --> 01:32:03.359
kill me now his throat was spot on. Heart literally hurts,

1309
01:32:03.800 --> 01:32:07.239
but I won't be in pain anymore when I fall

1310
01:32:07.279 --> 01:32:15.800
to my side. Please win, Veranda, avenge.

1311
01:32:15.279 --> 01:32:21.199
Me, don't go away. Weekly Spooky will be right.

1312
01:32:20.960 --> 01:32:34.000
Back perspective Veranda. Once more, Paladin had his opportunity to

1313
01:32:34.079 --> 01:32:37.600
seize my head. The first time, he chose to violate

1314
01:32:37.640 --> 01:32:42.439
me repeatedly. This time, he's chosen to take my queen

1315
01:32:42.600 --> 01:32:46.640
from me. Now there is no secret here in the

1316
01:32:46.720 --> 01:32:51.039
night realm that I have quite the temper. But now

1317
01:32:51.119 --> 01:32:54.279
I feel that my body has taken on a will

1318
01:32:54.319 --> 01:32:57.520
of its own. I roar with utter rage and leap

1319
01:32:57.600 --> 01:33:00.560
right at Paladin. I take him down to his back

1320
01:33:00.600 --> 01:33:04.159
and throw fist after fist right into his face. He

1321
01:33:04.199 --> 01:33:06.399
tries to remove me from his body, but I will

1322
01:33:06.439 --> 01:33:11.319
not be removed. I shall destroy Paladin forever. I must

1323
01:33:11.359 --> 01:33:14.600
remove this pestilence that has plagued my realm for far

1324
01:33:14.680 --> 01:33:17.359
too long. It was one thing for him to taint

1325
01:33:17.439 --> 01:33:20.800
me with his seed, but now he has taken my queen.

1326
01:33:21.479 --> 01:33:26.279
There can be no other option but death. In time,

1327
01:33:26.399 --> 01:33:30.439
I have bruised Paladin severely, opened wounds on his face,

1328
01:33:30.680 --> 01:33:34.039
and have his blood about my fists and body. None

1329
01:33:34.039 --> 01:33:36.800
of my subjects dare move to restrain or stop me.

1330
01:33:37.319 --> 01:33:39.880
I am only thankful for this, for I do not

1331
01:33:40.039 --> 01:33:43.720
wish to wrongfully slaughter any of them. I feel I

1332
01:33:43.760 --> 01:33:48.359
am possessed, for I refuse to stop with beating Paladin. However,

1333
01:33:48.479 --> 01:33:53.399
one finally dares to approach me, my Queen. When I

1334
01:33:53.439 --> 01:33:57.079
feel arms moving around me from behind, I stand and

1335
01:33:57.199 --> 01:34:00.720
howl with unbridled rage to throw the full fury of

1336
01:34:00.760 --> 01:34:05.399
my fist. On this day, I could have slain Sarafina,

1337
01:34:06.039 --> 01:34:10.119
my most loyal of handmaidens. My fist does not touch

1338
01:34:10.159 --> 01:34:14.600
her flesh, but I have ceased my blow just in time.

1339
01:34:15.800 --> 01:34:20.199
Saraphina's face reflects the trembling of her body. She falls

1340
01:34:20.239 --> 01:34:25.079
to her knees and cries, please, my Queen, no more.

1341
01:34:25.920 --> 01:34:32.439
You've beaten paladin, Please stop. Then she takes my hand,

1342
01:34:33.119 --> 01:34:38.319
no more death. Then I shed a few tears of

1343
01:34:38.359 --> 01:34:42.359
my own. Knowing that I could have wrongfully slain my handmaiden,

1344
01:34:43.399 --> 01:34:47.039
I lower myself to her and beg her for forgiveness.

1345
01:34:48.079 --> 01:34:51.079
She comes into me and holds me to her. I

1346
01:34:51.119 --> 01:34:54.039
have never had any young of my own, but this

1347
01:34:54.199 --> 01:34:56.880
handmaiden is the closest thing that I would have to

1348
01:34:56.920 --> 01:35:00.079
a daughter. I could tell that she looked upon on

1349
01:35:00.239 --> 01:35:03.399
me as a mother, the way she obeyed me and

1350
01:35:03.520 --> 01:35:07.239
listened as I would advise her. When I know that

1351
01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:10.600
my handmaiden will be well, I stand and move to

1352
01:35:10.640 --> 01:35:15.800
the platform where my sorceress is seeing to my bride.

1353
01:35:15.960 --> 01:35:20.760
She is past, Meridian tells me. And then I see

1354
01:35:20.800 --> 01:35:25.880
Paladin rising to his feet. I shall see you dead, yet,

1355
01:35:25.920 --> 01:35:30.920
foul Gorgon. Truly, this fool does not know when to cease.

1356
01:35:32.079 --> 01:35:35.880
He is beaten, yet he persists. There is only one

1357
01:35:35.960 --> 01:35:39.640
option available to me. I drop from the platform and

1358
01:35:39.680 --> 01:35:42.399
go to meet him. I can see that my handmaiden

1359
01:35:42.520 --> 01:35:45.840
is fearful that I will beat Paladin yet again. I

1360
01:35:45.880 --> 01:35:50.279
grab this despot and unleash my power upon him. No

1361
01:35:51.000 --> 01:35:55.920
release me. Paladin shrieks in fear, and those are the

1362
01:35:55.960 --> 01:35:59.399
final words that he would ever say. As he becomes

1363
01:35:59.439 --> 01:36:05.960
still and becomes stone, I release him. When his transformation

1364
01:36:06.159 --> 01:36:10.319
is finished, I retrieve the blood omen and shatter Paladin,

1365
01:36:11.319 --> 01:36:18.479
finishing him once and for all. From there I return

1366
01:36:19.199 --> 01:36:24.319
to my queen. I weep for Bethany. Now then I

1367
01:36:24.359 --> 01:36:28.560
truly understand that Paladin never meant to take my head.

1368
01:36:29.319 --> 01:36:34.039
He never truly wanted my crown. He wanted to destroy

1369
01:36:34.159 --> 01:36:38.399
me by attacking me personally. He failed to break me

1370
01:36:38.520 --> 01:36:41.560
when he violated me, but he took my bride, whom

1371
01:36:41.560 --> 01:36:44.760
he knew was worth far more to me than even

1372
01:36:44.800 --> 01:36:49.960
my own realm Yes, Paladin, has truly defeated me to day,

1373
01:36:50.520 --> 01:36:55.680
even at the cost of his own existence. I would

1374
01:36:55.680 --> 01:36:59.399
give up my kingdom to have you back my queen,

1375
01:37:00.399 --> 01:37:05.439
I tell my departed bride. Meridian glances over her shoulder.

1376
01:37:06.680 --> 01:37:09.319
It will not come to that, my queen. There is

1377
01:37:09.359 --> 01:37:13.159
a way that she can be restored. She stands and

1378
01:37:13.239 --> 01:37:17.800
faces me. It would require something that only you can

1379
01:37:17.840 --> 01:37:21.840
give her. If my queen can be restored to me, Sorceress,

1380
01:37:22.119 --> 01:37:25.960
then I shall pay any price, I shout, even if

1381
01:37:25.960 --> 01:37:29.800
I must die so that she may live. You would

1382
01:37:29.800 --> 01:37:34.880
not perish my queen, my sorceress tells me, you would

1383
01:37:34.960 --> 01:37:38.479
forfeit your immortality. I would channel it into a new

1384
01:37:38.520 --> 01:37:43.439
life force to restore our queen to you. I do

1385
01:37:43.479 --> 01:37:48.560
not hesitate begin Meridian at once. My sorceress does not

1386
01:37:48.680 --> 01:37:52.399
ask me if I am certain. She asks for my hand.

1387
01:37:52.600 --> 01:37:54.680
When I give it to her, she opens my wrist

1388
01:37:54.920 --> 01:37:58.039
and utters a spell as she pours my blood onto

1389
01:37:58.119 --> 01:38:02.479
Bethany's form. Normally my blood does not glow so brightly,

1390
01:38:02.720 --> 01:38:06.960
but I understand that this is my immortality leaving my body.

1391
01:38:07.880 --> 01:38:12.000
Meridian continues her sorcery as I feel my essence leaving me.

1392
01:38:13.239 --> 01:38:17.239
The ritual takes a great deal of time, but it

1393
01:38:17.359 --> 01:38:21.960
is eventually finished. I am weakened by the ritual and

1394
01:38:22.159 --> 01:38:26.439
fall to my bottom. Meridian heals my wounds and then

1395
01:38:26.520 --> 01:38:31.079
turns her attention to Bethany. My sorceress finishes her spell.

1396
01:38:31.800 --> 01:38:37.680
Bethany remains so deathly still. Soon she begins to move.

1397
01:38:39.119 --> 01:38:45.159
Then she opens her eyes and moans. Meridian eases her

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01:38:45.239 --> 01:38:50.680
up to sit. You live once more, my queen. Meridian

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01:38:50.760 --> 01:38:59.239
tells her how Bethany wonders. Then she gazes upon me, VICKI.

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01:39:00.479 --> 01:39:03.560
When Bethany comes to see me, I reach up to

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01:39:03.600 --> 01:39:07.960
take hold of her. Now I see see that my

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01:39:08.119 --> 01:39:13.960
flesh appears mortal. I do not care. Bethany and I

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01:39:14.039 --> 01:39:17.359
hold on to one another and cry together. I have

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01:39:17.520 --> 01:39:21.359
my queen once more, and that is really all that

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01:39:21.520 --> 01:39:33.920
matters to me. Epilogue one year later, perspective, Vicki Valentine.

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01:39:35.239 --> 01:39:38.760
It is the day the mortals call Halloween once more.

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01:39:39.600 --> 01:39:43.039
Bethany and I are lying together in our apartment in

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01:39:43.119 --> 01:39:47.239
Strickfield Cove. I still remember everything that has happened one

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01:39:47.319 --> 01:39:51.199
year ago. On this day, I am still Veranda, but

1410
01:39:51.279 --> 01:39:54.479
I have since returned to being known as Vicki Valentine.

1411
01:39:55.520 --> 01:39:58.359
Even though we've been married for one mortal year now,

1412
01:39:58.960 --> 01:40:02.079
Bethany still find meanins it difficult to believe that I

1413
01:40:02.119 --> 01:40:06.319
have given up both my immortality and my realm for her.

1414
01:40:07.600 --> 01:40:11.840
Thinking about Paladin, his victory over me had become nullified

1415
01:40:11.920 --> 01:40:16.119
upon my sorceress restoring Bethany to me, But I know

1416
01:40:16.239 --> 01:40:19.560
that in the end he had proven victorious, since I

1417
01:40:19.600 --> 01:40:23.920
would still lose my kingdom. Not only have I lost

1418
01:40:23.920 --> 01:40:27.479
my immortality in order to restore Bethany to me, I

1419
01:40:27.520 --> 01:40:31.079
have been living as a mortal woman once more. Having

1420
01:40:31.119 --> 01:40:34.119
lost all my powers, I was no longer able to

1421
01:40:34.159 --> 01:40:37.399
reign over the Night Realm. I would pass my crown

1422
01:40:37.520 --> 01:40:42.359
to another. In truth, Bethany and I would both have

1423
01:40:42.479 --> 01:40:48.079
to relinquish our crowns. Meridian and Seraphina now rule over

1424
01:40:48.119 --> 01:40:52.680
the Night Realm together. I know that I shall age

1425
01:40:52.680 --> 01:40:55.760
with my mortal bride, and perhaps die with her when

1426
01:40:55.760 --> 01:40:59.279
my time comes. For many centuries I wondered if I

1427
01:40:59.279 --> 01:41:02.680
would be alone in life. I never imagined that I

1428
01:41:02.680 --> 01:41:07.359
would lose my heart to a mortal woman, but I

1429
01:41:07.439 --> 01:41:12.159
have and hold no regrets in doing so. While I

1430
01:41:12.239 --> 01:41:15.720
shall always be Veranda since it is my birth name,

1431
01:41:16.560 --> 01:41:19.199
I am a different Veranda. Here in the mortal realm,

1432
01:41:19.840 --> 01:41:23.560
I have gone back into making fantasies called horror movies.

1433
01:41:24.119 --> 01:41:27.479
I've also returned to being Veranda, Queen of the Night

1434
01:41:28.000 --> 01:41:30.800
on Fridays for Channel sixty one in the city of

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01:41:30.800 --> 01:41:34.319
North Ridgeway. The first time I came to be in

1436
01:41:34.359 --> 01:41:38.640
the mortal realm, I was no longer Veranda. Now that

1437
01:41:38.680 --> 01:41:42.640
I have returned and remember everything, I know that I

1438
01:41:42.680 --> 01:41:46.359
can live the remainder of my existence here so long

1439
01:41:46.399 --> 01:41:49.680
as I have my bride by my side. I had

1440
01:41:49.720 --> 01:41:53.159
even given her my blessing to return to making her

1441
01:41:53.199 --> 01:41:56.760
sexual fantasies where she lays with both men and other

1442
01:41:56.840 --> 01:42:08.600
women alike, but she refused. Perspective Bethany Miren, even after

1443
01:42:08.640 --> 01:42:11.920
a year, I still can't forget that I died in

1444
01:42:12.039 --> 01:42:16.199
Vicki's realm. I still don't know how to describe my experience,

1445
01:42:17.000 --> 01:42:19.880
even when I was brought back, I don't know it.

1446
01:42:20.960 --> 01:42:25.920
Just I can't put these experiences into words. I mean,

1447
01:42:26.560 --> 01:42:30.680
we can only pretend to experience these things working on

1448
01:42:30.760 --> 01:42:34.000
horror movies with the Corgan Twins or Enrique Kuto. But

1449
01:42:34.119 --> 01:42:38.640
what happened to me was so real. When I saw

1450
01:42:38.680 --> 01:42:42.000
that Vicky was no longer a gorgan but human again.

1451
01:42:42.640 --> 01:42:45.960
I knew deep down she sacrificed so much to bring

1452
01:42:46.039 --> 01:42:50.399
me back Before that I don't feel I ever understood

1453
01:42:50.680 --> 01:42:55.479
how love worked even during my courtship with Vicki. That's

1454
01:42:55.520 --> 01:42:58.960
probably why I took her for granted and almost lost her,

1455
01:43:00.000 --> 01:43:04.880
possibly forever. Vicki gave up both her immortality and her

1456
01:43:05.000 --> 01:43:10.479
kingdom for me. I truly understand how committed she was

1457
01:43:10.520 --> 01:43:13.840
to me, and knew she understood what real love and

1458
01:43:13.880 --> 01:43:19.159
commitment to another person was. To be honest, I wouldn't

1459
01:43:19.159 --> 01:43:22.720
have minded staying in the night Realm with her. At

1460
01:43:22.800 --> 01:43:26.479
least there we don't have to worry about bigoted assholes

1461
01:43:26.479 --> 01:43:30.600
who are against same sex couples. Truly, there was no

1462
01:43:30.720 --> 01:43:35.520
discrimination of that kind there. Vicki knew if she stayed

1463
01:43:35.520 --> 01:43:37.880
in the Night Realm, she could never have protected her

1464
01:43:37.920 --> 01:43:41.399
people the way she once did. Also, she said that

1465
01:43:41.560 --> 01:43:45.319
I was now her people and said she would return

1466
01:43:45.359 --> 01:43:48.520
to the mortal realm with me. As far as my

1467
01:43:48.640 --> 01:43:52.960
days in porn go, I'm officially retired. I just couldn't

1468
01:43:53.000 --> 01:43:56.479
bring myself to have sex with other people, even for money,

1469
01:43:57.319 --> 01:44:00.680
even though Vicki gave me her blessing to continue. I

1470
01:44:00.760 --> 01:44:02.880
wanted to be loyal to my new wife and give

1471
01:44:02.920 --> 01:44:07.600
my everything to her, that included my body. I also

1472
01:44:07.720 --> 01:44:10.600
had to apologize to Jenny Corgan for the way I

1473
01:44:10.720 --> 01:44:13.600
lashed out at her when I thought she was staking

1474
01:44:13.640 --> 01:44:17.520
her claim to Vicki. She said there was nothing to forgive.

1475
01:44:18.600 --> 01:44:21.359
While she admitted to having a huge crush on Vicki,

1476
01:44:21.800 --> 01:44:24.880
she always understood that Vicky was with me and would

1477
01:44:24.880 --> 01:44:28.199
have never tried to separate us, even saying she was

1478
01:44:28.279 --> 01:44:31.960
no home wrecker. When it comes to horror movies, I

1479
01:44:31.960 --> 01:44:35.159
could always take or leave them. Now I'm appearing in

1480
01:44:35.199 --> 01:44:38.600
more of them with Vicky and going under my real name,

1481
01:44:39.239 --> 01:44:43.359
Belinda Barnett is ancient history. My parents still say I

1482
01:44:43.399 --> 01:44:46.800
should get a real job, but they're essentially happy I'm

1483
01:44:46.840 --> 01:44:51.199
no longer doing porn. As for my dad, he won.

1484
01:44:52.039 --> 01:44:55.039
He's the President of the United States now, and believe

1485
01:44:55.119 --> 01:44:58.319
me when I say Vicky and me are not happy

1486
01:44:58.359 --> 01:45:03.960
about it, I'm okay with doing horror movies, especially when

1487
01:45:04.000 --> 01:45:08.000
I'm with Vicki. Oh, and my parents actually insisted on

1488
01:45:08.119 --> 01:45:12.720
us having a real wedding if they only knew Vicky

1489
01:45:12.800 --> 01:45:15.279
agreed to it, and we had a chapel wedding on

1490
01:45:15.399 --> 01:45:20.479
Valentine's Day, which was a huge adventure in itself. As

1491
01:45:20.520 --> 01:45:24.600
for Halloween, Vicky and I will always celebrate that as

1492
01:45:24.640 --> 01:45:28.680
our true wedding anniversary. In fact, when we left the

1493
01:45:28.800 --> 01:45:32.600
Night Realm and came back here, it was still Halloween night.

1494
01:45:33.560 --> 01:45:36.439
It was like we had never left the Strickfield haunted house.

1495
01:45:36.520 --> 01:45:40.960
In Cemetery. Present day, Vicky and me spend some quality

1496
01:45:41.000 --> 01:45:44.079
time in bed in our apartment, then we went out

1497
01:45:44.119 --> 01:45:47.439
and had a celebration dinner. I let Vicki take me

1498
01:45:47.520 --> 01:45:50.079
to the Night Realm with her, where we actually hit

1499
01:45:50.159 --> 01:45:53.800
up a few bars and other places there. We even

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01:45:53.840 --> 01:45:56.720
went to the castle to visit with Meridian and Sarafina.

1501
01:45:57.760 --> 01:46:02.800
So far, everything continued to be peaceful. By the end

1502
01:46:02.800 --> 01:46:05.479
of our date, Vicky and I both feel we want

1503
01:46:05.479 --> 01:46:09.079
to stay here, but as humans, we know we don't

1504
01:46:09.079 --> 01:46:14.079
belong and we go back to the Mortal Realm. Vicky

1505
01:46:14.119 --> 01:46:17.359
and I are still making horror movies together. You could

1506
01:46:17.359 --> 01:46:21.039
say we're kind of a double bill now. We almost

1507
01:46:21.039 --> 01:46:24.600
do them exclusively together now, though I have starred in

1508
01:46:24.640 --> 01:46:28.119
a few on my own. I even did Babysitter, Massacre,

1509
01:46:28.199 --> 01:46:32.319
The Return of Aaron Mercer for Enrique Cuto recently, where

1510
01:46:32.359 --> 01:46:34.760
he still manages to get quite a bit of nudity

1511
01:46:34.800 --> 01:46:38.000
out of me. Call him what you will, but he's

1512
01:46:38.000 --> 01:46:42.239
one hell of a screenwriter and director. One thing's for sure, though,

1513
01:46:42.960 --> 01:46:47.600
I've never taken my life for granted on anything again. Also,

1514
01:46:48.319 --> 01:46:51.359
I've never yelled at her like before, unless it's in

1515
01:46:51.399 --> 01:46:54.640
a script. I was given a second chance at life

1516
01:46:55.239 --> 01:46:58.760
thanks to my wife, and I'm not gonna blow this one,

1517
01:46:59.399 --> 01:47:04.039
not when she gave up everything for me. Still, why

1518
01:47:04.039 --> 01:47:07.119
do I keep feeling that something bad's waiting to happen

1519
01:47:07.720 --> 01:47:11.479
for my being brought back to life. I've just never

1520
01:47:11.520 --> 01:47:16.720
been able to shake the feeling. No, it's not Valentine's Day,

1521
01:47:17.680 --> 01:47:20.560
but this sure was a hell of a Halloween Valentine,

1522
01:47:21.279 --> 01:47:32.720
wasn't it? Happy Halloween? Well, my spookies, I hope you

1523
01:47:32.880 --> 01:47:37.199
enjoyed a little story of love and death to help

1524
01:47:37.279 --> 01:47:42.520
us bring in Halloween coming straight at us tomorrow. It's

1525
01:47:42.560 --> 01:47:46.720
been an incredible journey celebrating Halloween with all of you

1526
01:47:46.880 --> 01:47:50.039
this year, and doing thirty one shows in thirty one

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1528
01:47:53.760 --> 01:47:57.600
so incredibly rewarding. Thank you all so much for the

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1552
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Thank you for listening. Make sure to find your way

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