Can't Be Erased

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"So what song are we listening to next, darling?" Polly ask. "This song is called 'Can't be Erased'." Lucy said. Everyone started to look at the screen when they heard someone snapping their fingers and food appears before them. "Oh I'm so sorry that the forgot about the snacks." the girl grievously said but she have a smile on her face.

"All is forgiven." Donald said as he hungrily look at the food. Everyone got up, grab their snacks, and sat down as the song was beginning to play.

*Music Starts*

I'm the dancing demon
Watch me twirl and hop and spin

"'Dancing demon'?", Bendy ask confused that this. Meanwhile Cuphead was struggling to hold in his laughter.

"Well, in this world you are know as: Bendy the Dancing Demon." Lucy explain. Bendy sat there dumbfounded as Cuphead started to laugh really hard.

I'm quick to give a smile
But I won't forget your sins
Hahahahaha

Everyone started to get creep out by the music now turning sinister. According to the songs they listen to something really horrible must have happened to them.

Ah, ah, ah, the wonders of imagination
Welcome home, dear friend
How long we've all been waiting
Let's create a masterpiece, breathe life into your dreams
All you gotta do is start up the machine
I'm the product of an artist
Whose creations bring delight
Upon this somber threshold
Imagination comes to life
Just free yourself from reason
Soon you'll see in black and white
Call me a seed of evil
But what's that mean
If I'm conceived within your mind?
Leaking from the ceiling
Ink is bleeding through the lines
Is that your heart that's beating
Or illusion you're alive?
Collect what's necessary
Keep appeasing the divines
It's me you should be believing
'Cause he's deceiving you with lies
Holy Conniption, has it been thirty years?
It appears Mickey Mouse might've been murdered here

"WHAT!!!!" Oswald yelled as he hugged his brother. He lost his wife, so to find out that he might have lost another person who he deeply love and care about startle him. "Oswald it's ok, I'm still here." Mickey told his brother to try to keep him calm.

Everyone else was also looking over to Mickey to make sure he was alright. 'Frist Boris, now Mickey?' Donald and Goofy thought with shocked.

"Don't worry, the song only said, 'might've been' not he really was." Lucy explain trying to calm everyone down. "Wait so am I the character with Bendy and Boris?" Mickey ask. Lucy shake her head. She then explain that in this world they are cartoon characters but he isn't the character.

This shock everyone more. A world where they are people on a screen?

Lifeless pie-cut eyes, I have learned to fear
Kinda reminds me why I quit working here
Why did I come?, lemme go home, I should be leaving

"But who is this guy talking?", Bendy yelled. With each lyrics he is having more questions than answers.

Whatever happened, don't wanna know
What are these demons?
Guess if I gotta be stuck here
Then I might as well investigate
Secrets are unlocking, but too bad the exit ain't
Despite this mask of happiness
I drown in dark despair
The world may be your canvas
What you paint on it 'Beware'
The pen is mightier than the sword
It has no limitation
Don't refrain, this ink will stain
And nothing can erase us now
Can you describe the face you saw?
Could it be one you recognize?
We'd never harm the hand that draws
Imagination cursed us all with life

"'Imagination cursed us all with life'?" Felix ask to himself as he wortr down on this notebook. Ever since the first song, he been writing down any clues that might help solve the mystery of this world.

But this seems to be a breaking point. Were they brought to life somehow? And did the Ink Machine have a role in it along with this Joey character?

Shamed and defaced
Scathed and disgraced
Tainted by hatred
And can't be erased
Creators betrayed us

Everyone stop eating and stay silent during this part. It seems their friends don't have a good life. Before everyone was hoping that they were the character with Bendy and Boris but now, they aren't so sure.

We've got it on tape
We've written your fate
And it can't be erased
I was not always a monster
Once, I was somebody's muse
Innovation made us stronger
But that power was abused
The machine is thumping
And the ink is pumping
Now you need to run
Because the demon's coming
I really need help, someone send a telegram
I'm surrounded by upside-down pentagrams
I don't have a guide
Just little bit of candlelight
With an axe that I don't know how to handle right
That little devil darlings on a lot of reels
Long as he's on one, he cannot be real
Stop the projectors, Bendy's off his reel
Got a feeling he and Joey got a deal
An unholy bargain, a demonic seal
With a master plan that I must reveal
Won't be long till this ink's all congealed
Upon my body, head to toe all concealed
But a little bit of bleach should do the trick
I'll never watch another damn cartoon, I quit
Look at you, you're scared of a moving pic
Hey Bendy, how'd you get that tutu to fit?

Cuphead chuckle a bit at this part. It's always fun for him to tease Bendy about his tutu. Meanwhile Bendy seem to be embarrassed. Mugman and Boris just look at them with a deadpan look.

I'm blinded by this evil growing
My heart is full of people-loathing
With secrets that I keep from showing
I am the wolf in sheepish clothing
Flood the shop with ink a-flowing
Push it to the brink of blowing
We hope you don't think of going
Weigh you down to keep from floating
Come with me, we'll bring you Joey
You'll be kept from being lonely
Kicking, screaming, sinking slowly
Give your soul, it's what you owe me

"Soul?" Cuphead and Mugman said. They couldn't help but remember the devil. He collects souls afterall. But what does this Bendy want with a soul?

Shamed and defaced
Scathed and disgraced
Tainted by hatred
And can't be erased
Creators betrayed us
We've got it on tape
We've written your fate
And it can't be erased

No one said anything for a moment until Lucy clear her throat. "Ok now here is another song."

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