#mechademon

You’ll have to forgive him bc his horns are still growing in and its also happening while he's teething 😔 he’s usually a happy little dude tho!

Robert somehow drank holy water. Maybe it was placed maliciously, maybe it’s part of some hero’s gear that they misplaced, maybe it was a souvenir gift from a religious co worker who just came back from their vacation in the Vatican or somewhere equally consecrated.

Whatever the case, Robert consumed holy water, and spent a good amount of time vomiting his guts out and having to be checked by the SDN doctors and resident occultists. Baby daddy Malevola and Grandpa Chase are beside Robert the whole time while uncle Sonar is on the case to investigate who tried to kill his niece.

Flash forward to Evangeline drinking holy water behind her parents back like teenagers do with alcohol. Does it get her inebriated? Does it burn her mouth? Does it send her into a miserable rule upon the porcelain throne that unapologetic lactose-intolerant people are so familiar with? Yes.

Oh gosh that sounds terrible. XD

A lot of cases show that most holy water samples are contaminated with all sorts of nastiness cus; 1: its not sterilized after bottling, 2: the clergy may not wash their hands prior to use, and 3: churchgoers may not wash their hands before using the fonts. Your poor throat.

Before recent decades, Holy Water (i.e. water thats had fancy prayers said to it) had blessed salt added to it - probably to make it just a little cleaner.

Robert did not know this.

Robert saw what the thought was samples of fancy mineral water being given out around the office by a co-worker/supernatural hero who'd just been on vacation (maybe a Blade-type of hero). In some religious shops, holy water is even sold in small plastic bottles like soft drinks.

Robert, takes a sip: "Blehh... salty." Robert: (*impending sense of dread*) Robert: "I should not have done that." (*cut to Robert in the medical wing, vomiting his guts out while Malevola and Chase worry over him*)

The co-worker who brought in the holy water gets grilled by Blonde Blazer for bringing improperly labelled "hazardous materials" into the workplace. Yes, she knows that Holy Water isn't typically hazardous to humans, but they have demonic co-workers! They should have known there was a risk of exposure!

Sonar is barely held back from eating the co-worker by Mal herself. Yes, they were all super scared that Robert nearly lost the baby, but the guy had no way of knowing.

Robert, still in recovery: "I'd let him eat 'em." Sonar: "Thank you, Bobby." <3

They jokingly blame this accidental holy water exposure to why Evie is so obsessed with religion as a child.

Many cults learn how Malevola and Mechaman learned to kick ass feral style.

Afterwards, maybe they share a beer, some ice packs, and Evie gets her warm milk with honey.

Also, can you imagine being a cultist, kidnapping the prophesied demon child, expecting words of the end of the world or promises of absolute power-

Just to be hit with “have you heard of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?”

Me and my sibs came up with the idea that Grandpa Gibb was a member of Australia's later "stolen generation" - a governmental and religious scheme of forced removals and adoptions to less populated/more white areas of Australia between the 1900s to 1960s. Because of witnessing the cruelty of the Church firsthand, Evan Gibb decided to turn his back on religion and organised government all together.

So when Evan's casual girlfriend became pregnant via an incubus, he was just like "oh cool! Im going to be a dad!". Didn't matter that Mal was born obviously a hellspawn, he loved her all the same.

But that doesn't mean he'd ignore the hazards in having a demonic child...

Grandpa had been visiting his daughter and her family in Torrance when Evie went missing.

Within mere minutes, the tiny Aussie was geared up to the teeth with knives and religious artifacts.

Trackstar/Star Blazer just knew he had to bring this feral firecracker with him to get their shared grandbaby back.

The Cultists are busy worshipping of Evie as some "foretold ruler", when one of Mal's portals opens up in the middle of the room, and they get their shit beaten in by two older men. It's clear where Evie's parents got their fighting styles from. >:D

As the cultists are being gurney'ed away, Evie sweetly tells them; "All things heal through God's love."

Prev.

Me, an autistic person with a special interest in mythological beliefs and modern theology;

Little Evangeline "Evie" Robertson is an odd child by many definitions.

With dark hair, peachy skin, bright eyes, she's a typical adorable (mostly) human girl. If not for the budding horns, hooves, and prehensile tail.

Robert and Mal had difficulty finding schools that were open to demonkind, but they eventually found one that accepted hybrids and magical beings of all types. Evie fit right in.

The school was also recommended to them for it's disability and neurodivergent resources.

Evie was diagnosed when she was six. Something she inherited from her surprised papa (Robert: "Autistic? But my dad never got me- no wait, that tracks.")

Evie's autism manifests through; physical stims, aversion to certain textures, dislike of heavy vibrations, and transforming into a chatterbox when one of her favourite subjects comes up (even coincidentally).

It concerns and worries them when their daughter comes home one day asking about "God".

Turns out during movie time, one of the other kids asked to put on Veggietales; exposing the raised-non-religious Evie to her first Christian iconography.

And the little girl wants to know everything. The "official" stories, the apocryphal tales, the characters, the events, the associated rituals...

Malevola, head in hands, dismayed: "Where did I go wrong?" Robert, comforting her: "Well, at least she's more interested in it from a scholarly perspective than a faithful one." Malevola, relieved: "Thank Pazuzu." Evie: (*busy watching "Prince of Egypt"*) :3