♫ When I'm gone, you'll be okay... ♫

Distant planetary bodies fly through the cosmos, pulled in by the pink star's incredible gravitational pull. They disintegrate upon impact and causes the star to explode in a powerful supernova just as the portal closes behind Stolas causing him to sing louder.

♫ And when Creation goes to die ♫

♫ You can find me in the sky ♫

♫ Upon the last day ♫

Stolas drapes the sleeping Octavia in a blanket.

♫ And you will be okay... ♫

His lullaby finished, Stolas leaves as his young daughter settles to sleep, content.

Cut to several years later, where a teenage Octavia is jolted awake by smashing objects and her parents screaming at each other, far less content.

"I can't believe you slept with an imp, in OUR FUCKING BED!"

Octavia, annoyed at being disturbed, gives a long groan.

It was unexpected! I didn't have time to go to a motel!"

"A motel?! Like a fucking PLEBEIAN?!"

Octavia grabs her phone and puts in earbuds, playing "My World Is Burning Down Around Me" to tune out the screaming as she strides down the halls of the Goetia estate, stepping over the smashed remains of a plant thrown in her path. In the kitchen, Stella continues screaming at Stolas.

"You want to fuck this one, TOO?!"

Stella grabs an imp servant and violently tosses him in Stolas' direction.

"No! Of course not!"

"You are a goddamn embarrassment! I'm not spending another moment looking at your pathetic, IMP-SUCKING FACE!!"

Stella storms out of the room, shouting angrily the entire time, and smashing more potted plants.

Stolas sighs in exhausted exasperation before he notices his daughter has entered the kitchen.

"Good mooorning, Octavia! Did you sleep well, my owlet?"

"I guess?" She shrugs.

Stolas opens the refrigerator to retrieve a massive chunk of zebra meat.

"Mm-hmm... What's that you're listening to?"

"This song is called "My World is Burning Down Around Me". (beat) It's by Fuck You Dad"

Stolas looks down, thinking the name of the band his daughter mentioned is a hurtful remark.

"It's a band"

Stolas bemusedly, "Ohhhh! How charming..."

Stolas grabs the zebra meat and feeds it to a massive potted plant situated in a small alcove off the kitchen as he pets it. Sated, it falls dormant, closing its three eyes.

"So, you two done screaming for the day?" She sips her coffee.

"Umm..."

Stella lets out another scream of anger and another potted plant is heard shattering in the distance.

"You know what I haven't done in a long, loooong time? I haven't taken you to your favorite place in all of Hell! Why don't we go to Loo Loo Land?"

" I'm not five anymore dad"

"You always were so happy when I took you to Loo Loo Land! What do you say we go there again, have a day, just the two of us?"

"I'd... rather not"

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