The Red Winged Angels
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@DivaDoodle Right, ok, well now I thought I had to answer your question properly, but to figure out if he was haunted or not, I felt it necessary to do a bit of time travel, because I hadn't really watched this part before, and doing so, resulted in a completely new chapter...
So, this one is for you!
Chapter 3.1b – Bård and Josefine
https://i.imgur.com/1tXhepZ.png
"Once I had a dream... and this is it..."
Its time to turn back time
Follow the pale moonlight...
..and fly to a dream, far across the sea...
Open the chest once more, dark chest of wonders...
......
This night will hurt you like never before...
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder...
Nightwish – Romanticide
God love and rest my soul
With this sundown never ending
The feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me fail
I am the decadence of your world
I am an eider covered in oil
Happy hunting, you double-faced carnivore
This chapter is perhaps not an "official" chapter, and it goes back in time to shortly after Aaron had aged up to a toddler... The beginning overlaps in time with Chapter 3.1 – Where's Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/cwOYImi.jpg
Even though it was the night before Leisure Day, Josefine was hard at work doing upgrades on the fire truck.
https://i.imgur.com/eGYUZQ2.jpg
Josefine was an ambitious woman, and spent a lot of time over at the fire station. Perhaps a little to much...
https://i.imgur.com/0L2ol8M.jpg
And Natalie? Oh, she was still over at Bård and Josefines house, and something was in the making...
https://i.imgur.com/FuaO6ol.jpg
Natalie was really proud of herself this time, as she left Bård and Josefines bedroom with her head up high...
https://i.imgur.com/2LvmjWr.jpg
After having spent most of Leisure Day working overtime, Josefine eventually went home to find an unpleasant surprise. She had been suspecting that something was going on as Bård wasn't as eager in the relationship as he used to be...
https://i.imgur.com/a52PPqE.jpg
And when she walked into the living room to find Natalie there hanging out, her suspicions were confirmed..
https://i.imgur.com/frmm2oI.jpg
And even worse, Bård didn't appear to have any shame at all...
https://i.imgur.com/Hi9xrhm.jpg
Josefine was naturally furious at Bård and Natalie and didn't hesitate to speak her mind.
https://i.imgur.com/u8IuegN.jpg
She called Natalie all kinds of nasty words...
https://i.imgur.com/Xe0JDiw.jpg
Josefine: You (.....) ! What is wrong with you!? Sleeping around just to get a promotion, is that what you're doing!? Get out of here before I break your face!!
https://i.imgur.com/qe7CAgA.jpg
Natalie had no choice after this, but to leave.. even someone like Natalie would have to understand that she had just messed up big time!
https://i.imgur.com/Ovrfatq.jpg
And poor Josefine was now left with a broken heart and what appeared to be a completely shattered future... how could they!?
https://i.imgur.com/oHbpomU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7Rdu5Jv.jpg
There was only one thing to be done... Revenge.
https://i.imgur.com/cLpbTcw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wIKhaeu.jpg
Josefine: AARRRGGH!!!!
Hell hath no fury...
Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd
The actual quote from the 1697 play "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve, according to Wikipedia. ;)
https://i.imgur.com/FvdKMyS.jpg
Josefine: Invoco te, Surtur, Daemon Ignis!
Josefine: Egredere cum nitido gladio tuo, et imple haec tersus ursos Divino Furore tuo! Bård Josdal, Natalie Goth, ne requiescant!
https://i.imgur.com/650aNx1.jpg
So she picked up the now cursed teddy bear, and put it in front of Bårds bed...
https://i.imgur.com/3h05qT5.jpg
Before she went outside to rest in the sun, waiting until night fell to place the last teddy bear...
https://i.imgur.com/3L7usyX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dnEwV29.jpg
She picked it up, and brought it to a house that we may have seen before...
https://i.imgur.com/bypEMnO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PMaStVF.jpg
She walked over to glance at the mailbox for a while, still muttering the occasional curse under her breath...
https://i.imgur.com/24OtmCZ.jpg
Before she put the bear down by the front door...
https://i.imgur.com/5ZHuMgI.jpg
At home, Bård had gone to sleep in the extra bed that Josefine now had claimed to be hers, because he still wanted to be near her. He actually had hopes of fixing the relationship, though it was all doomed by now...
He slept well, dreaming sweet dreams of his political career...
https://i.imgur.com/qFu2EvD.jpg
..until he was awaken by a ghostly figure standing by his bedside...
https://i.imgur.com/F2VxmWl.jpg
Ghostly figure: Wake up, Bård, and stop dreaming... You have just made a grave mistake...
https://i.imgur.com/Ui7Lfm9.jpg
Ghostly figure: Consider yourself lucky you didn't wake up dead... That would be all. For now...
https://i.imgur.com/86URnAc.jpg
The next day Josefine went to work at the fire station as usual, and was adviced by one of her colleagues that also happened to be a nun, about the only thing to do now.. she had to break up, and move out.
https://i.imgur.com/oJjM0MW.jpg
It was going to be tough, but eventually she had settled for a decision. She had to do it, there was no way she could have any kind of future with this man after what had happened...
https://i.imgur.com/6NsEBLD.jpg
She was determined and steadfast on her way home, but once she made it inside and saw Bård heading up the staircase, the emotions got the better of her.
https://i.imgur.com/77Cby2j.jpg
She found herself unable to do it right of the bat, but after spending the afternoon doing her best to relax and gather strength in the hot tub, she was ready.
https://i.imgur.com/KI7qWon.jpg
This was it. There was no turning back.
https://i.imgur.com/2sXWgaE.jpg
"We're through! I'm breaking up!"
The moment was laden with tension, but her voice was clear and to the point.
https://i.imgur.com/wWZYWOI.jpg
Bård tried to pretend he had no idea why she would say such a thing, but that only made her more sure about her decision. "We're through, Bård! I'm leaving!"
https://i.imgur.com/7Ob2Has.jpg
As Bård walked out of the hallway pretending not to care, she picked up the phone and called her mother, Jacqueline Hammurabi-Josdal. She told her all about the break-up, and that she was coming to stay for a while, until she could get herself sorted out and find a new place to stay. Her bag was already packed...
https://i.imgur.com/KxTz1tW.jpg
Her mother Jacqueline lived in this house with her youngest daughter, Ina. Ina, a fresh high school graduate, had recently celebrated her 18th birthday and was now a young adult. She was still living with her mom, but was on the lookout for her own place to stay. Ina would later move in with, and become the girlfriend of Ragnar, the father of Isaac and Aaron.
https://i.imgur.com/JefgjLC.jpg
The next morning, Jacqueline woke up to make breakfast for her daughters, and called them downstairs to eat.
https://i.imgur.com/jJSi9U6.jpg
Ina was still very young and hadn't found herself a man yet, but had big thoughts of settling down and getting married one day.
https://i.imgur.com/vaIKnbj.jpg
Josefine, that had just suffered a break-up just hours ago, didn't share her sisters thoughts and feelings at all. She thought that she could do with getting away from Lagash for a while to "find herself again" as she called it. It didn't matter where it was, anywhere would do.
Their mother was more caught up with her stylist career. She had always valued beauty and looking good.
--
https://i.imgur.com/0eNo5qZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yyNOuw2.jpg
Bård was still plagued by the ghostly hauntings for a good year or so, never really getting any sleep or much of a peaceful moment.
https://i.imgur.com/EzeMGU6.jpg
Consequentially, just like with what happened to Natalie, his work results kept dropping, so he eventually found himself right at the bottom of his political career. Back to square one.
https://i.imgur.com/xnMzlC3.jpg
Josefine kept her job at the fire station where she to this day still spends most of her time. She eventually moved in with and married Matias Aske, and they are at present happily married. She made sure to find one with the unflirty personality trait this time, much unlike the flirtatious Bård... (Bård also has the terrible heartbreaker life time wish...)
https://i.imgur.com/by8DW2L.jpg
Matias Hammurabi-Aske sleeping in his bed at home, while Josefine is at the fire station.
..
https://i.imgur.com/gqMRGLD.jpg
And Bård? Well, he is still polishing the podiums for the other politicians at the Dreamland Parliament Assembly and lives alone in the same house, though he is no longer haunted by the ghost. Eventually he found a new girlfriend in a human called Ann-Karin Michalsen that also works at the fire station.
https://i.imgur.com/w6QRrmH.jpg
So there is still hope for a happy ending, just not excactly like everyone had thought at first.. but then again, thats life, isn't it?
So, this one is for you!
Spoiler
And about the room in the cathedral, yeah, I wish I knew what it was too. I have searched google many times, but never found an answer.. But I think most likely it could be that someone was buried there, probably an old pope (?) or someone else important.
Its interesting about those pearls too. And though I can't consider myself to be religous, the concept of religion is very interesting. There are many things we don't know, and what if there actually is something more out there? But I feel I cannot conclude, so.. its hard to not believe in anything, but part of me still thinks thats an option until I see evidence of something else...
And about the room in the cathedral, yeah, I wish I knew what it was too. I have searched google many times, but never found an answer.. But I think most likely it could be that someone was buried there, probably an old pope (?) or someone else important.
Its interesting about those pearls too. And though I can't consider myself to be religous, the concept of religion is very interesting. There are many things we don't know, and what if there actually is something more out there? But I feel I cannot conclude, so.. its hard to not believe in anything, but part of me still thinks thats an option until I see evidence of something else...
Chapter 3.1b – Bård and Josefine
https://i.imgur.com/1tXhepZ.png
"Once I had a dream... and this is it..."
Its time to turn back time
Follow the pale moonlight...
..and fly to a dream, far across the sea...
Open the chest once more, dark chest of wonders...
......
This night will hurt you like never before...
Old loves, they die hard
Old lies, they die harder...
Nightwish – Romanticide
God love and rest my soul
With this sundown never ending
The feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me fail
I am the decadence of your world
I am an eider covered in oil
Happy hunting, you double-faced carnivore
This chapter is perhaps not an "official" chapter, and it goes back in time to shortly after Aaron had aged up to a toddler... The beginning overlaps in time with Chapter 3.1 – Where's Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/cwOYImi.jpg
Even though it was the night before Leisure Day, Josefine was hard at work doing upgrades on the fire truck.
https://i.imgur.com/eGYUZQ2.jpg
Josefine was an ambitious woman, and spent a lot of time over at the fire station. Perhaps a little to much...
https://i.imgur.com/0L2ol8M.jpg
And Natalie? Oh, she was still over at Bård and Josefines house, and something was in the making...
https://i.imgur.com/FuaO6ol.jpg
Natalie was really proud of herself this time, as she left Bård and Josefines bedroom with her head up high...
https://i.imgur.com/2LvmjWr.jpg
After having spent most of Leisure Day working overtime, Josefine eventually went home to find an unpleasant surprise. She had been suspecting that something was going on as Bård wasn't as eager in the relationship as he used to be...
https://i.imgur.com/a52PPqE.jpg
And when she walked into the living room to find Natalie there hanging out, her suspicions were confirmed..
https://i.imgur.com/frmm2oI.jpg
And even worse, Bård didn't appear to have any shame at all...
https://i.imgur.com/Hi9xrhm.jpg
Josefine was naturally furious at Bård and Natalie and didn't hesitate to speak her mind.
https://i.imgur.com/u8IuegN.jpg
She called Natalie all kinds of nasty words...
https://i.imgur.com/Xe0JDiw.jpg
Josefine: You (.....) ! What is wrong with you!? Sleeping around just to get a promotion, is that what you're doing!? Get out of here before I break your face!!
https://i.imgur.com/qe7CAgA.jpg
Natalie had no choice after this, but to leave.. even someone like Natalie would have to understand that she had just messed up big time!
https://i.imgur.com/Ovrfatq.jpg
And poor Josefine was now left with a broken heart and what appeared to be a completely shattered future... how could they!?
https://i.imgur.com/oHbpomU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7Rdu5Jv.jpg
There was only one thing to be done... Revenge.
https://i.imgur.com/cLpbTcw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wIKhaeu.jpg
Josefine: AARRRGGH!!!!
Hell hath no fury...
Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd
The actual quote from the 1697 play "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve, according to Wikipedia. ;)
https://i.imgur.com/FvdKMyS.jpg
Josefine: Invoco te, Surtur, Daemon Ignis!
Josefine: Egredere cum nitido gladio tuo, et imple haec tersus ursos Divino Furore tuo! Bård Josdal, Natalie Goth, ne requiescant!
https://i.imgur.com/650aNx1.jpg
So she picked up the now cursed teddy bear, and put it in front of Bårds bed...
https://i.imgur.com/3h05qT5.jpg
Before she went outside to rest in the sun, waiting until night fell to place the last teddy bear...
https://i.imgur.com/3L7usyX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dnEwV29.jpg
She picked it up, and brought it to a house that we may have seen before...
https://i.imgur.com/bypEMnO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PMaStVF.jpg
She walked over to glance at the mailbox for a while, still muttering the occasional curse under her breath...
https://i.imgur.com/24OtmCZ.jpg
Before she put the bear down by the front door...
https://i.imgur.com/5ZHuMgI.jpg
At home, Bård had gone to sleep in the extra bed that Josefine now had claimed to be hers, because he still wanted to be near her. He actually had hopes of fixing the relationship, though it was all doomed by now...
He slept well, dreaming sweet dreams of his political career...
https://i.imgur.com/qFu2EvD.jpg
..until he was awaken by a ghostly figure standing by his bedside...
https://i.imgur.com/F2VxmWl.jpg
Ghostly figure: Wake up, Bård, and stop dreaming... You have just made a grave mistake...
https://i.imgur.com/Ui7Lfm9.jpg
Ghostly figure: Consider yourself lucky you didn't wake up dead... That would be all. For now...
https://i.imgur.com/86URnAc.jpg
The next day Josefine went to work at the fire station as usual, and was adviced by one of her colleagues that also happened to be a nun, about the only thing to do now.. she had to break up, and move out.
https://i.imgur.com/oJjM0MW.jpg
It was going to be tough, but eventually she had settled for a decision. She had to do it, there was no way she could have any kind of future with this man after what had happened...
https://i.imgur.com/6NsEBLD.jpg
She was determined and steadfast on her way home, but once she made it inside and saw Bård heading up the staircase, the emotions got the better of her.
https://i.imgur.com/77Cby2j.jpg
She found herself unable to do it right of the bat, but after spending the afternoon doing her best to relax and gather strength in the hot tub, she was ready.
https://i.imgur.com/KI7qWon.jpg
This was it. There was no turning back.
https://i.imgur.com/2sXWgaE.jpg
"We're through! I'm breaking up!"
The moment was laden with tension, but her voice was clear and to the point.
https://i.imgur.com/wWZYWOI.jpg
Bård tried to pretend he had no idea why she would say such a thing, but that only made her more sure about her decision. "We're through, Bård! I'm leaving!"
https://i.imgur.com/7Ob2Has.jpg
As Bård walked out of the hallway pretending not to care, she picked up the phone and called her mother, Jacqueline Hammurabi-Josdal. She told her all about the break-up, and that she was coming to stay for a while, until she could get herself sorted out and find a new place to stay. Her bag was already packed...
https://i.imgur.com/KxTz1tW.jpg
Her mother Jacqueline lived in this house with her youngest daughter, Ina. Ina, a fresh high school graduate, had recently celebrated her 18th birthday and was now a young adult. She was still living with her mom, but was on the lookout for her own place to stay. Ina would later move in with, and become the girlfriend of Ragnar, the father of Isaac and Aaron.
https://i.imgur.com/JefgjLC.jpg
The next morning, Jacqueline woke up to make breakfast for her daughters, and called them downstairs to eat.
https://i.imgur.com/jJSi9U6.jpg
Ina was still very young and hadn't found herself a man yet, but had big thoughts of settling down and getting married one day.
https://i.imgur.com/vaIKnbj.jpg
Josefine, that had just suffered a break-up just hours ago, didn't share her sisters thoughts and feelings at all. She thought that she could do with getting away from Lagash for a while to "find herself again" as she called it. It didn't matter where it was, anywhere would do.
Their mother was more caught up with her stylist career. She had always valued beauty and looking good.
--
https://i.imgur.com/0eNo5qZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yyNOuw2.jpg
Bård was still plagued by the ghostly hauntings for a good year or so, never really getting any sleep or much of a peaceful moment.
https://i.imgur.com/EzeMGU6.jpg
Consequentially, just like with what happened to Natalie, his work results kept dropping, so he eventually found himself right at the bottom of his political career. Back to square one.
https://i.imgur.com/xnMzlC3.jpg
Josefine kept her job at the fire station where she to this day still spends most of her time. She eventually moved in with and married Matias Aske, and they are at present happily married. She made sure to find one with the unflirty personality trait this time, much unlike the flirtatious Bård... (Bård also has the terrible heartbreaker life time wish...)
https://i.imgur.com/by8DW2L.jpg
Matias Hammurabi-Aske sleeping in his bed at home, while Josefine is at the fire station.
..
https://i.imgur.com/gqMRGLD.jpg
And Bård? Well, he is still polishing the podiums for the other politicians at the Dreamland Parliament Assembly and lives alone in the same house, though he is no longer haunted by the ghost. Eventually he found a new girlfriend in a human called Ann-Karin Michalsen that also works at the fire station.
https://i.imgur.com/w6QRrmH.jpg
So there is still hope for a happy ending, just not excactly like everyone had thought at first.. but then again, thats life, isn't it?
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