"Hey Ramona... have you ever dated anyone who wasn't evil? Not that fighting harder and harder battles for your love is getting old or anything..."
"Yeah, once. This guy Doug. He was kind of a dick, though."
"Even your non-evil ex-boyfriend was a dick?"
"Well, he dumped me. Unceremoniously."
Doug "Mandusa" O'Donnell
Doug is a struggling artist. He met Ramona at a local bookstore while she was making a delivery. She agreed to one date simply because she thought his art wasn't half bad.
The date went smoothly, so they decided to keep dating. Doug enjoyed Ramona's good feedback, and soon fell in love with the positive criticism, not Ramona.
One morning, after sleeping over Doug's place, Ramona woke up to find Doug gone. Assuming the worst, she thought he left her. However, Doug got a phone call and somehow managed to win a free ticket to a local convention. Excited, he completely forgot to tell Ramona, and left with some of his belongings.
Later that day, Doug came home to find all of Ramona, including herself, was gone. He assumed Ramona had left because she no longer liked his art. Thus, quickly spiraling into a deep depression, which would soon become hatred towards Ramona.
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At the convention center
Giddy to have finally won something in his life, Doug had a great time exploring and gathering all sorts of free merchandise. Taking a quick break for some fresh air, he steps out one of the many exits.
Doug walks around for a short while, before stumbling upon what seems to be a collectible Genie Lamp. Taking it to be leftover swag, he dusts it off and goes to place it in his bookbag, when suddenly a real Genie is conjured. Given one wish, Doug decides to have the power to bring his art to life!
[The dreads being one of his live drawings, with his real hair being much shorter.]
So coolllll
MAN WHAT IF I DON'T GET IN NOW /weep
Fun work!