The Escape

Lulu didn’t leave because of the fire or the brimstone—she left because the Brimstone Academy’s curriculum was "unbearably dull." After successfully picking the lock on the Great Brass Gates with a hairband, she wandered out into our world, bringing her "family pet," Gnasher, along for the ride.

Gnasher is a high-ranking Duke of the Seventh Circle, but to Lulu, he’s just a big, fuzzy space-heater who’s very good at opening cans of soup (and the occasional car door). They find the "surface world" delightfully weird. Why are the buildings so gray? Why do the metal carriages just sit there? And most importantly, why is everyone screaming? Lulu thinks they’re just excited to see her new dress.