The Cup Shard

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."

--Haruki Murakami (opening quote)

"We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."

--Chuck Palahniuk (ending quote)

The Cup Shard is a chapter in When the Cold Breeze Blows Away. In this chapter, Cuphead has been killed and his soul has been stolen by Trịnh Thị Kim Chánh of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who uses a rocket launcher as M72 LAW after all of her commandos are dead that it happened when Ngo Dinh Diem ordered her to kill Cuphead in Assassination of Cuphead since she used to kill many Toads in Toad Town Massacre.

It will be major shocking to everyone in other world,especially to Inkwell Isle after Werman Wallop Challenge and The Journey Home affections

It also take place in Hilda's Observatory and it's outside after the Treaty of Strawberry Cake.

The Resistance for Inkwell Isle

 * Baroness Von Bon Bon
 * Beppi The Clown
 * Blaze Brothers
 * Blind Specter
 * Cagney Carnation
 * Cala Maria
 * Cuphead
 * Captain Brineybeard
 * Djimmi The Great
 * Dr. Kahl's Robot
 * Goopy Le Grande
 * Grim Matchstick
 * Head of the Train
 * Hilda Berg
 * Moe Tato
 * Mugman
 * Ms. Chalice
 * Phantom Express
 * Psycarrot
 * Ribby and Croaks
 * Rumor Honeybottoms
 * Sally Stageplay
 * T-Bone
 * The Root Pack
 * Wally Warbles
 * Wally's Son
 * Weepy

Miscellaneous

 * Arnold Perlstein
 * Carlos Ramon
 * Dorothy Ann Rourke
 * Jyoti Kaur
 * Keesha Franklin
 * Ralphie Tennelli

The First Appeared Characters

 * Ngo Dinh Diem
 * Trịnh Thị Kim Chánh

The Secondary Appeared Characters

 * Date Masamune
 * Mousse Benetta
 * Squigly
 * Sólyom Csőrmester
 * Toby Esterhase
 * Blueberry Angel
 * Carl Johnson
 * Shuke

The Third Appeared Characters

 * Cao Thị Xuân Hòa
 * Trần Văn Viên
 * Shuke
 * Vanilla Ellie
 * Bramble
 * Briar
 * Cedric the Prince Filly
 * Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
 * Ensign Nogami
 * Herbert Krcal
 * Lưu Trọng Hà

Transcript
Saigon is now ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem and Ducangers,which they are more savage than evil Lola Loud or an emperors. Trịnh Thị Kim Chánh,the killer of Toads,is being called and tasked by Ngo Dinh Diem.

I heard what Ngo Dinh Diem was saying to her. He was in his president room and now he ordered her. The Anti-Rubyism in South Vietnam give me an nightmare about my village,Ruby Rose and even her innocent supporters. He even more evil than Coalition of the Red Star dictators or terrorists.

"Ngài ghét bất kỳ ai theo Phật Giáo và chủ nghĩa Ruby. Chúng không được chào đón tới chúng ta, để mà ngài sẽ làm nước ta trở thành đất nước mạnh mẽ để không chỉ phá hủy bọn Việt Cộng mà có cả tất cả những gì liên quan tới Ruby Rose hoặc Hoa Kỳ kể từ lúc bọn Mỹ đã làm ở Mỹ Lai. (I hate every Buddhists and Rubyists. They're not welcome to us, so that I will make our nation into powerful nation to destroy not only the Viet Cong but also all anything related to Ruby Rose or USA since American did in My Lai.)" -  said Ngo Dinh Diem that he said to Trịnh Thị Kim Chánh. '' Chúng ta đã rồi lên kế hoạch tới xâm lược Inkwell Isle nhưng nước ta có thể bị đánh bại bởi bất kỳ ai sử dụng chiến thuật du kích ở châu lục đó kể từ khi chúng ta đã lên kế hoạch xâm lược nó. Ngài sẽ ra lệnh cho bạn tới tìm kiếm điểm tử huyệt của Inkwell Isle - ám sát Cuphead và bắt sống linh hồn hắn vì mang nó cho chúng ta, rồi cuối cùng chúng ta sẽ chinh phục nó trong tương lai của chúng ta. Rồi chúng phải tuân theo và dưới sự cai trị của chúng ta với Nam Việt Nam vì tương lai. (We have already tries to invade Inkwell Isle but our nation could be defeated by anyone use guerrilla tactical in Inkwell Isle since we planed invade it. I order you to seek Inkwell Isle's weakness - assassinate Cuphead and capture his soul for bring it to us,so that finally we will conquer it in our future plan ! Then they will be obeyed and be under ruled in our reign with South Vietnam for the future.)" -Diem said again.

"Yes,Mr. President. " (Vâng,Ngài Tổng Thống.) - Kim Chánh replied,then she and 10 of her commandos are prepared to assassinate.

They're gonna planning kill Cuphead and steal his soul for conquer Inkwell Isle. I can't believe their plan gave me nerves,....fear and nightmare. Those plan will be worse than the Soviets (USRAC) and the imperialists (NCP) ! I must warning to Cuphead,Mugman and all of their friends !

In Inkwell Isle,Trịnh Thị Kim Chánh and 10 of her commandos deployed to find somewhere which Cuphead located until she found Hilda's Observatory after we signed the allied treaty to the Coalition of the Red Phoenix but then Sally Stageplay and her husband spotted her when they were in Inkwell Isle.

"Hey ! What are you doing here ? You tries...." -said Sally when she and her husband spotted her until they being sprayed to sleep by her sleeping spray.

And then Kim Chánh and her commandos are tries to open the door of Hilda's Observatory until Hilda Berg come from outside to spotted them and use the alarm speakers to cause alert and make us,her friends,Team Magic School Bus and even Cuphead are going to deploy themselves for defend.

"The intruders have incoming ! " - Ms. Chalice when she has ready to be first armed.

As her has been spotted, Kim Chánh ordered her commandos to attack us,so we will attack them. "An gunshot sound noises getting more happened".

Some of her commandos shot us and killed more of our guards. Cuphead,Ms. Chalice,Mugman and Cala Maria come into to attack 3 of Kim Chánh's commandos. So as I and my allies with Team Magic School Bus are going to gunning down 3 of those enemy commandos.

Also,some of the CRP leaders and their friends who are in their army camp from that observatory's outside are also hear the gunshot.

" Do you hear that ? I think there are an gunshot from overhere. " - Squigly said.

Rumor Honeybottoms and Baroness Von Bon Bon with Captain Brineybeard,some of us (included team Magic School Bus) and Wally's son run into them for information

"Honeybottoms reporting ! We need your help to handle the intruders ! They commit to kill someone of us !" said Rumor Honeybottoms that she said to some of the CRP leaders

"I believed that I bet someone blasted on bad happen. That thing is why I will make them suffer" - Masamune Date reply.

"True ! The ARVN commandos has incoming up that we will surely encounter and defeat them." -said Captain Brineybeard.

"Oh no. I can't believe myself. But I tell the truth of important one who will die like me on my first time" - said Mousse Benetta

We,Rumor Honeybottoms and Baroness Von Bon Bon with Captain Brineybeard and Wally's son are shocked. We still hear her happen.

"Someone who gifted more important to their homeland. But when it being targed to be dead in the hand of the invaders who commited the assassination, then this is how one homeland will be conquered and sorrowful if there are very much weakness by kill the most important one. I may be died on my first time on the assassination until I come back from dead but the Inkwell Isle will not able to survive from the evil invader, like the Chaos have done to my kingdom in the beginning of Chaotic War if lost the main important hero until we defend. ." -said Mousse Benetta

"And will Cuppy die here ?.....as are we go suffer...?.." - Baroness Von Bon Bon reply in unhappy.

"Sadly,yes. He will be gone in the disharmony ways which worse than the Devil......by in the hand of the rouge Ducangers who want his death....." - Mousse Benetta reply in tearful.

We and Bon Bon getting shocked to fear as the CRP comrades are try help us. We must hurry to come to Cuphead for defend him after Benetta has even warned us.

"Damn ! Those Bustas (ARVN) are giving shits to us !" - Carl Johnson angry saying.

"We must go on here to help Cuphead on the safely. He is in danger as we worried" - said Squigly.

Masamune Date riding his war horse and run fast,as we are run to try defend Cuphead before he dies here.

Meanwhile,Cuphead and Mugman with his friends are attacking Kim Chánh's commandos. Beppi run forward to perform the bayonet charge as Masamune Date arrived. But we believe we are going to attack the most of Chánh's commandos.

Also, The Root Pack and the Phantom Express took down 4 of Chánh's commandos. Squigly took the the AT4 Rocket Launcher to perform the assault as her comrades are attacking Chánh's commandos. The rest of Kim Chánh's commandos are under attacked.

"(Chánh,chúng tôi đang bị áp đảo bởi chúng nó ! Chúng đông quá ! (Chánh, we are being overwhelmed by them ! They are overcrowded !)" - Sgt. Cao Thị Xuân Hòa said to Chánh.

She said that they are being outnumbered but Kim Chánh keep on going to attack. She order them to keep resist. We get our advantages to take down them.

We and the CRP comrades took down the most of her commandos,only her,Xuân Hòa and the last one.

Meanwhile in ARVN Base of Bến Tre, General Trần Văn Viên was think about the mission

"Chuyện này không ổn. Chúng ta nghĩ nhiệm vụ của chúng ta liên tục để thất bại, đại tướng (This is not okay. We think our mission ongoing to fail,General.)" - the ARVN communication officer informed.

"Chúng ta không sao. Nó sẽ rất khó khăn tới ám sát Cuphead nhưng Kim Chánh sẽ thử sau khi chúng ta thất bại tới việc kiểm soát tâm trí Cala Maria tới xâm chiếm Trường Sa trong trận đó." (We are okay. It will hard to assassinate Cuphead but Kim Chánh will try after we fail to mind controlling Cala Maria to invade Truong Sa in that battle) - General Trần Văn Viên said. That's mean the Ducanger admited they fail to invade Truong Sa.

Hear an gunshot,Sally Stageplay and her husband wake up and confused.

"Wake up,comrades. I long live to see you here" - Sólyom Csőrmester said when saw her

" ....What happened to here ? .....I bit confused." - Sally reply.

"Our comrade Cuphead is gonna to be dead by none other than the rouge Vietnamese ! I believe comrade Benetta predicted your bad future ! We has no choice but to defend him ! "- Blueberry Angel said.

" Yes, our leaders will not see how broken cup shards made." - Toby Esterhase said about Cuphead's fate.

Sally shocked. "Oh my god ! I won't have an chances to see him dies !" - she said.

Sally and her husband helping us to attack Kim Chánh.

Kim Chánh have no choice to survive or fail her missions. Her last commando and Sgt. Xuân Hòa threw smoke grenades at us and Cuphead's friends. We may confused to see due to the smoke cloud affections but Kim Chánh threw stun grenade at Cuphead,which make him stunned after Mugman,Ms. Chalice and Cala Maria can not see Cuphead due to smoke cloud affections from that smoke grenades.

Kim Chánh firing M-16VN to injure Cuphead which made him badly injured due to accurate shot from her. We almost tried to defend him but she still kill.

"Cuphead ! We won't let you dies in our homeland ! " - Mugman yelling as he worried to tearful and witnessed his brother being badly injured. Ms. Chalice and Cala Maria with us and our friends worried but we are trying to get off the smoke cloud

But we are too late. "Big lose,you guys." - Kim Chánh committed to say. She launched and firing at injured Cuphead. A rocket flying from her M72 LAW being launched and eliminate him in one hit.

"Boom !" " Explosion noise louder and blow Cuphead into the cup shards which turned him into a soul while his body has been destroyed."

" CUPHEAD !!!" - Mugman, Ms. Chalice and Cala Maria yelling in tearful emotion to crying when witnessed Cuphead's demise by rocket launcher. I can't believe it. This is not assassination but turned into homicide-assassination for Ducanger dictatorship which we hate them.

It would make worse than Benetta's assassination that some of Cuphead's friends suffered the lost.

" Cuppy.......! Please...don't leave...us... !." - Baroness Von Bon Bon tried to say some words in tearful pain. Poor Bon Bon. She could not an chance to rescue him when cruel Chánh killed him in brutal ways,like we tried to save him but too late. So as Mugman and Ms. Chalice also become pitiful like her.

We and the CRP leaders are also witnessed Cuphead's demise,some of us will crying but we believe he still alive in his soul form that at least time Ms. Chalice believe that she and Mugman got the an chance to restore Cuphead by their parry skills at his soul but Kim Chánh won't let his soul escape by her ghost catcher gadget trap.