Son of Envy Arc

This main arc chiefly deals with Eric and Envy's partnership.

The Incident

Eric, Grant, Steph, Luke, and Trenton are hanging out at UTC mall. Eric picks up on some residuals and begins investigating a disturbance incited by Envy to lure him there. Envy corrupts/possesses Eric. Eric’s “Brain Rot” technique corrupts Grant, Steph and Luke. With their wills weakened, Envy is able to spread their influence between these hosts. Trenton is strangely unaffected, but is forced to retreat. Eric’s “Brain Rot” kills everyone else in the mall. This event is known by the public as the “UTC Massacre.” Trenton survives, maybe because he instinctively activates Midnight Steel (but has no memory of this). He catches a glimpse of Eric committing the massacre before he passes out but is unable to believe that his friend was behind it.

Eric finds the seal but doesn’t open it till the mall when everything breaks loose. Eric’s feeling of being betrayed and Envy’s influence combine to form the cursed user Eric becomes. Luke and Stephanie are not directly under Eric’s control, but they are convinced by him at the mall to join his mission once he reveals the truth about their parents' deaths. Stephanie joins eric immediately while Luke hesitates (this foreshadows the fact that Luke is never really completely on board).

Funeral

Trenton is recruited at the funeral for victims after The Incident. It is revealed that there may have been more to the Steiners than Eric had let on. Mr. C comes up to Trenton and takes him to the academy.

Gang vs Devious Lick Curse

Devious lick eats children in a school.

Trenton, Daniel, and Rhianan are dispatched to exorcize the Devious Lick curse plaguing an elementary school. By working together and combining their strengths, they are able to defeat it. Trenton has some PTSD. Perhaps Rhianan gets frustrated with Daniel and Trenton in this chapter.

Devious lick is only vulnerable from the inside. Daniel uses squid constructs. Trenton uses bronze medal form. Rhianan tries to lodge her bookunai in the curse, but it's skin is resistant. The curse catches one and eats it, revealing the location of its soul to Rhianan. Trenton enters the curse to kill it from within. He rescues the kids while Daniel fights the curse from the outside.

Hallucinates friends in the children.

Back at Buzzutsu Academy

The trio returns to Buzzutsu Academy and we are introduced to several other characters. I think we need to spend a little more time at the academy to get to know all our characters. So we do some moping about for maybe a month or so. Trenton has a nightmare about his friends, and wakes up in a cold sweat. His guilt drives him to leave the academy to pursue Eric, but he is stopped by Osman, who takes him to the underground racing ring. Osman shares why he feels the need to always be moving (backstory elements), but encourages Trenton that he is different and needs to stay at the academy instead of running away from his problems. Trenton argues that he is not running away, but comes to realize that he is in fact taking the easy way out (more than likely getting killed by curses) and must become stronger to defeat Eric. He sneaks back into the academy and falls asleep. Perhaps it is conveyed in some way that Mr. C knew Trenton snuck out. Perhaps it is hinted very subtly that Diligence is speaking through Osman at this moment. Perhaps Trenton shares a small moment with Isabella.

Some events: Cass’ forge. Coach oversees sparring. Mr. C helps with cursed techniques. Mrs. Goddard is the librarian. Mrs. Ayling just hangs around. Dr. Mchofrey. Trenton has a nightmare and wakes up. Trenton talks to Osman and they bond. Osman leaves the academy, but Trenton decides to stay. Alternatively, Trenton spars with Liam. Trenton could also do this when he gets back from his drive with Osman.

The Impact

During this time we cut away and see Alex defeat the vessel of sin on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Hundreds of curses attack as the Vessel confronts Alex. Alex defeats the Vessel and seals six sins within himself.

COVID Curse

Then, we cut back to the academy. Danny’s surveillance has detected something big. Mr. C calls an assembly and tells the academy that the sorcerer's ancient enemy, Sin, has reawoken. The last seal has reportedly been broken in Mount Kilimanjaro, so the stakes are higher than ever. The administration has decided that all of the sorcerers will go to defeat Sin in a final showdown. Daniel is told he will be staying behind to defend the academy, but doesn’t mind much because he’ll be able to continue his drawings. Trenton is disappointed to hear he will be staying behind because he wants to grow stronger by facing tougher curses. Rhianan rubs this fact in his face, but is shocked to hear that she will also be staying behind. She believes she is above this task and deserves to be out fighting curses. She is quite annoyed. We do some character development here and explore the main trio’s motivations and desires. They do some loafing about and Rhianan eventually get bored of guarding the vault. So she creates this elaborate contraption that launches her bookunai at anyone who enters. Then the three of them go loaf about elsewhere. Luke sets off the trap when he steals the COVID curse; this gives Rhianan plot importance because she is able to read Luke's thoughts and determine his location. Due to him being a very complex and evolved cursed spirit, his mind is almost indistinguishable from a sorcerer's. Trenton thinks he sees Luke but figures he must be hallucinating. Eventually, Trenton notices that the door to the vault is open. The covid curse is missing.

Eric is presumed dead although Trenton suspects/has a hunch that Eric is still alive but he’s not sure nor does he tell anyone about this. Rhianan has difficulty reading Luke for some time due to the telepathic struggle of reading his mind. Rhianan eventually learns Luke’s identity and that Eric, Stephanie, and Grant are alive but doesn’t reveal this to the academy as they make a deal. Rhianan won’t tell about their identities (as Eric commands), and in turn Luke will keep their link hush hush and cooperate.

The Impact Part 2

Anyhow, we cut back to the battle with Sin. All of the sorcerers surround Sin and get handily defeated by him, except Mr. C. Mr. C is like, yo, Sin, why are you evil? And Sin is like, I'm not Sin dummy, my name is Raphael. Then he calms Raphael down and knocks him out or something.

Teachers Return

Probably opens with Mrs. Goddard being upset that the trio fumbled the bag (“You did WHAT?” and Mr. C thinking it's kind of funny. Mr. C says something cheeky like, “I guess you’ll just have to go get it back then.” The other teachers think this is gross negligence, but do not oppose Mr. C. Despite being dormant, the covid curse still possesses a distinct cursed energy signature, and the trio is tasked with tracking it down and retrieving it. They prepare (weapons, advice, who knows?) and set out north on their journey. Trenton thinks he sees Luke so he's invested and Daniel is happy to do whatever!

Joey Pepper and Chicken Man

Rhianan communicates with Luke telepathically, but Luke is initially distrusting of Rhianan and feeds her false information. Jhonny is at a warehouse trying to convince other cursed spirits to join Eric’s cause. Luke leads students to Joey Pepper and Chicken Man where they fight. Drew Scott is there too but he portals out to the Eaze. Portal captures everybody except trio.

Jhonny Joins

Jhonny, disguised as a human sorcerer, pretends to have been a captive of Joey and asks if he can join our trio for protection. Jhonny joins them on their hunt for the Covid Curse or goes back to the Academy to gather info by pretending to be helpless.

Alex at the Academy

It is revealed that Buzzutsu Academy has deep ties to the American government. Dr. Mrchofrey is the head of a department which studies cursed beings. He wants to experiment on Alex, but Mr. C does not allow him to. Alex is kept isolated in a remote government facility.

Rhianan Confronts Luke

Rhianan is furious at Luke for trying to get our trio killed. She probes the depths of his brain and discovers that he is a cursed spirit. She reveals this fact to Luke and he stops communicating with her.

Luke Confronts Eric

Luke confronts Eric. Eric confirms Rhianan’s hypothesis, so Luke has a mental breakdown and sends the COVID curse to the trio. Curse gets intercepted (Jhonny?) and heads to the Auction. Eric kills/lobotomizes Luke for what he did, tells Stephanie that Rhianan did it.

Auctioneer

Auctioneer (Andrew) has the COVID curse. In order to enter the Auction the gang is dressed in formal attire and has to somehow gain COVID curse without fighting due to binding vow.

COVID Curse Fight

Fight against COVID with remaining students plus Mr. C. Mr C fights COVID curse and gets infected and physically wastes away after the fight to prevent Liam from unleashing Ragnarok. After they win the fight, our heroes return to the Academy only to find the students who were pulled into The Eaze have returned.

The Eaze Part 1

This is a flashback. Julia, Danny, Marc, Cameron, and Vivvy were sucked into The Eaze. They find crucial information to beat Eric and then find their way out, but Julia gets injured. She can only be healed by something in The Eaze, so Danny stays behind with her. The rest of the group leave without them.

Versus Steiner

Big battle. COVID curse is destroyed so Eric gets mad and lashes out by creating a curse army. Stephanie and Rhianan fight, Rhianan tells her she didn’t kill Luke but that Eric did. Stephanie changes sides. Grant kills Pedro during the fight, Daniel goes beast mode but is still bested by Grant. Trenton swoops in. Eric realizes Stephanie turned and doesn't want Grant to turn too, so he opens his domain… Trenton goes after Eric, says “You don’t have to do this.” Eric is like “But I want to.” Trenton realizes he’s too far gone and defeats Eric.

Sins Unleashed Arc

WIP. This main arc chiefly deals with the aftermath of the Seven Deadly Sins being unleashed, as well as dealings with the Spirit World.

Buzzutzu Civil War

Jhonny Takeover Arc

Eadric War

Final Battle