Mushroom finds herself in a void of darkness. All around her, there's nothing to be seen. It feels cold but comforting. Not frigid. The air is like that of a cold winter breeze.

Mushroom snaps awake, laying on the cold floor of a dark food court.

Mushroom tries to groan but realizes she still can't talk, and sits up, looking around in confusion.

In the reflection of one of the reflective windows of the mall, she can see... herself?

She's relatively the same build, although her skin is a pale pink. Her hat appears to have fused with her body, now appearing more like a Wrinkled Peach mushroom. She looks to be wearing a dress that looks like a mushroom cap, a pink one to match her hat. Her hair looks to be a similar texture to her skin and clothes, appearing fleshy and rubbery, although it appears to have gills.

Her arms and legs are stubby at the ends, although she still has fingers. Her pale skin darkens at the extremities into a more saturated pink. There are various spots of discoloration on her body, almost like vitiligo, although they look more. wet. Some are slightly dripping. Her eyes are glowing bright pink as well.

The area around her is just a mall food court. It looks to be abandoned. Empty. Dark. A cold breeze flows by.

Mushroom's eyes widen and she tries to gasp but... she doesn't have a mouth. She gets up shakily, trying to take in this new place and what the fuck happened. Why was she different?? Maybe she could ask someone??? She starts walking around to find someone.

As she moves, the lights come on around her. Looking up... wow. This mall goes on forever, doesn't it?? She can't even count how many floors there are. Looking to the side she can see a balcony on the floor she's on, and heading over to look down, she can't see the bottom.

Almost like clockwork, a song begins to play over the speakers.

Mushroom hits the railing in anger, desperately wanting to scream in annoyance or desperation or SOMETHING but unable to, her emotions bottled inside her. She keeps walking. There has to be someone else here or an exit. She can't be alone. She doesn't want to be alone…

Walking around, she can see a lot of stores, restaurants, etc. It's massive. The only sign of life, though, is her.

Panic sets in and she starts running, looking for someone else, anything else. Was this hell? What did she do to deserve an eternity in this place?

After a while she finds a mattress store and curls up on a bed, crying herself to sleep.

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JORMUNGANDR:【Interesting developments in Gluttony.】

LUNA: Hm? I take it you mean Sisyphean Gluttony?

JORMUNGANDR:【Yeah.】

HARMONIA: tell us what's goin on jorg

L1MB0: [Jorge.]

JORMUNGANDR:【Gluttony Demons aren't the most common, but we have a new one. There are currently four in existence at all. Rarer than Greed demons, which is hard to do.】

HARMONIA: ooo? whys that?

JORMUNGANDR:【They're usually killed for absorbing Impurity. Goes against Lucifer and Abaddon's goals, so. You know how it works down there.】

HARMONIA: oh fucked up. should we do something about this new demon??? to make sure they dont get k worded

KADE: I love culling!

JORMUNGANDR:【Up to you. They're gonna spend a lot of time alone. I love the shifting architecture of Hell! If I remember correctly, I think...... Andromeda was the one who invented most of that, as a way to harbor more demons in Lust. That didn't go very far, considering Asmodeus' plans. It's helped other Layers out a lot, though. Mostly Heresy.】

HARMONIA: well… what do you guys think? considering they can absorb impurity that sounds pretty valuable. plus itd probably be best to get em before catacombis does? assuming that theyd want them? idk.i mean theoretically they could heal spider

KADE: Spider seems pretty fine I think

HARMONIA: true

KADE: Idm having them though

SPIDER: I doubt they could heal me

HARMONIA: i mean worst case scenario i can bring em to claires house if nobody wants them around?

HARMONIA: hey joeg.... wheres the demon

JORMUNGANDR:【Gluttony in one of the 60 billion mattress stores.】

HARMONIA: eugh so this is gonna be a trip. how do we get there

JORMUNGANDR:【That's an exaggeration but there's a lot of them.】

LUNA: Sounds more like Metamorphosis sloth to me /jest. So many beds

JORMUNGANDR:【Find a Door or a Staircase or something. I can't teleport anyone, I'm trapped in a USB!】

HARMONIA: gotchaaaa