Valentine: Nightshade?


Valentine: I guess she decided to go out for halloween after all...



Himemiya: Whadda ya want?


Valentine: Oh my! ASH!

Elsewhere:

Nightshade: I don't see why we had to leave. I like it at Ash's place. She has cool toys and good food.


Discord: She's the one holding you back. You're better off to be rid of them!
Nightshade: ...and Valentine. She's a goody-goody, but she's not bad.


Discord: Look, is Ash going to help you rule the world? No. If anything, she'll try to stop you. She was probably behind Beressa being cancelled!


Nightshade: She is pretty screwed up. Have you met her cousins?
Discord: I'm aware of them. Do you deny they bode you no good will?
Nightshade: Of course not. It's just, y'know, convenient. All those weapons all over the place and stuff.


Discord: Cease thinking of it. I have a scientist on his way already, who is at least Ash's equal. But first, we must find a lair of operations.


Nightshade: Really? Better than Ash? All right, I'm in. Let's get started!

 

 


Nightshade: I'll give you that it's nice, it's just a little Alice-In-Wonderlandey for my tastes.
Discord: It looked bigger in the online photos.
Nightshade: They usually do.



Belladonna: EEEEEE!

 

 


Nightshade: It's big. Nice. But I sort of pictured my lair having more than one room.


Discord: It was built during the cold war. There are three sub-basements, each as big as this with ten feet of reinforced steel and concrete walls proof against any nuclear or invasive attack. The top floor can be used as a legitimate business front. You have one of those, right?


Nightshade: I have been making a lot of money drugging supermodels, stealing their clothes, and making videos of their naked escapades...

Elsewhere:
Mini-Valentine: Well, it's a lot better than dressing up as stuffed animals and hiding in the nice pink one's room.
Beressa: We'll take it!


Elsewhere:
Ash: So where did you get the lamp?


Valentine: It was at the charity thrift store I volunteer at. It was pretty.


Himemiya: You gonna make your wish or not?


Ash: One minute. If you're some wonderful genie, why did your lamp end up at a charity shop?


Himemiya: My last master died.


Ash: Died how, specifically?
Valentine: Don't be morbid, Ash.


Himemiya: Well, the first thing this guy asks for is the word's biggest dick. The world's biggest dick belongs to a Sperm whale. It's over 12 feet long. So I gave it to him, and then he screamed 'take it away!' and so I did. Blood loss, I think they said it was.


Valentine: Oh my!
Ash: I figured it would be something like that.


Himemiya: Right, so if you aren't going to wish for something I'm leaving. Humans smell. You know how to get me.


Valentine: So what should I do?


Ash: Don't wish for anything. I'm serious. People always want things that aren't good for them.


Valentine: I have nice friends, I help people, and you take care of me. I don't need anything else. I meant what do I do about the lamp?


Ash: ...well whatever you do, don't tell anyone. Nightshade especially must never find out.


Commentary:
This episode is really split into two. In one part, Nightshade and Discord go house-hunting. And if you've ever been house hunting, you'll appreciate this, particularly the mini house. Right now in my town there really is a house that is built on a miniature scale for smaller people. A bit like that Geico insurance commercial 'But The House was Too Small' that was out in 2005. This introduces my second dollhouse, Nightshade's Lair. It also directly addresses what's been hinting at in prior episodes: That Nightshade makes her money by running a porn empire.

Also, we meet Himemiya the Jinn. She is a Jinn, not a friendly Genie, and if you ask her for a wish she will do her best to make sure it makes you miserable. Or kills you. Fortunately Valentine is a rare person whom is perfectly content and doesn't want anything and Ash knows what happens when people get what they wish for. If you've been paying attention, Himemiya's lamp has been prominently displayed in Valentine's room for a while.

Himemiya's name is taken from the Anime/Manga Utena/Reviolutionary Girl Utena/La Fillette Revolutionaire (depending on your country). Valentine bears a strong resemblance physically to the main character, Utena. Anthy Himemiya is her best friend... sort of.