December 12, 2022

Claire and Roxy wait in Claire's living room for the others. Harmonia joins them.

Kade appears from underneath the couch, hitting his head with a grunt as he crawls out, "Have you ever considered getting a better couch?"

Harmonia lays on top of Kade as he tries crawling out.

Claire's wearing her typical black crop top with grey sweatpants covered in blood and coolant. Roxy's wearing a black hoodie with rolled up sleeves, blue tinted round framed sunglasses, torn jeans with fishnets beneath, and combat boots. Her forearms are wrapped and she's wearing fingerless gloves. She's got on a backpack, a baseball bat poking out the top. There's rusted nails in the baseball bat. "Where's snakewhore?" Roxy asks. 

"Should I go naked" Harmonia asks casually.

"No," Claire and Roxy say in unison.

Kade screams as he's laid on. He's wearing his usual, a long sleeved shirt, some thick cargo pants, boots, although his hair looks cleaner than usual, "Probably better not to."

Ari appears on the coffee table. Harmonia starts lightly chewing on Kades hair. The water pipes creak.

Ari looks around, "What are we doing again?"

"I dunno," Harmonia shrugs.

"Meeting the Zingers of Hell!" Roxy says, excitedly.

The sink in the kitchen turns on as it fills with black water. Dren climbs out and heads to the living room with the others. Dren greets them with a smile, "Aloha!"

Ari looks at Dren, "Wait, why is the weird eyemouth cat here?"

"Dren Rose Moore you FANCIFUL beast of a man!!!!!!" Roxy smiles at Dren.

Harmonia looks over. "Wow they really look like Drake-"

"Well I mean yeah they're the new timeline's Juliet so," Claire stares at Dren, head tilted.

"You're speaking words at me and I don't understand them," Harmonia adds.

Dren puts a hand behind her head and her other hand on her hip as she poses "Fanciful and ready to get me a zinger!"

"We know who this is?" Ari asks.

"Did you never meet Drake, Ari??" Harmonia asks, still laying on Kade.

"Remember Drake or Nicole or Rose or whatever," Roxy says, "She's that but skrunglked."

"Oh it's the one I found in the bathroom," Kade mumbles.

"I own your soul, remember?" Dren says to Ari with a smile.

"Drake also gave you the 3 weed smoking girlfriends I think..." Harmonia stands up.

"Soooo we ready to go get us a zinger?" Dren smiles ear to ear.

Ari shrugs, "Well yeah, but I ran across this guy in the city. And yes, they apparently own my soul. How dangerous is this should I have some like. armor or something?"

Dren doesn't even wait for everyone's answer before she starts heading outside and to the forest.

"You survived the Abaddon fight almost a year ago, you'll be fiiiiine!" Roxy says, following Dren. Ari shrugs, and starts following Dren.

Claire looks to the others, "I love it when she references traumatizing events," and she follows.

Harmonia picks Kade up and follows.

Kade goes "Ack," as he is taken.

They all follow Dren who is waddling along the woods. As they walk the area slowly turns into a foggy sky and a forest of pine trees. Dren continues waddling as she leads them, "Zinger of slinger is a really goof. Took all my cigars and traded them for shivs."

"Am I high?" Ari asks.

"I wish," Kade sighs.

"Dastardly," Roxy adds. 

Claire says, "We should take his shivs and trade them for cigars..."

"Wait, did anyone get containers? For collecting the tears?" Kade asks.

"I probably have a container in my stomach somewhere," Harmonia comments.

"Wonderful Idea. Now this zinger is the first zinger since he guards the door to the other zingers. And hope you do, we need to make them cry and collect a tear," Dren explains, "Make a big old boohoo."

Roxy reaches into her bag for some vials and finds a couple, distributing them amongst the group, "Container :]."

"Such preparedness!" Dren smiles happily.

"Hm. Great work?" Kade is trying to ignore the fact he still feels he knows jack shit right now.

Theres no birds in the area and its eerily quiet. They reach a worn down archway with broken light bulbs. It's too washedout to read but past it looks like an abandoned carnival.

"Oh vibes," Roxy says walking towards it as Claire gazes upon it in silence. Harmonia follows. Dren waddles in and down a path. Ari shoves her hands into her jacket pockets as she looks around, a small frown on her face. Kade is following along, just keeping an eye on the surroundings.

Dren stops at a large clearing full of golden grass. On the top of a shallow hill is an old carousel. Something stands in front of it. There's a slight feeling of bad luck. Dren sits down and points at the figure, "Zinger of Lust, have fun out there wackadoodles! Make Dren proud!"

Claire walks forward towards it to try and make out what the figure looks like.

The figure slowly walks out from in front of the carousel. Its silhouette against the white sky is like an oversized moose with the velvet of its antlers handing off in patches. It seems around three stories tall and has its head turned to the side, not looking at them.

"Okay! Will do Dren" harmonia says, following Claire. Roxy takes out her bat as the air around Claire's hands slightly warmens. 

Ari pulls a pistol from its back pocket and checks it out, "So do I just...shoot at it?"

"It's a giant moose that'll be like a bug bite probably," Roxy says.

"Well what else should I do against a giant ass moose?" Ari replies.

Kade gets closer, watching the others, "So..."

The moose-like figure slowly turns its head to face them. Now facing them they see it has 3 heads, 4 antlers and a dreamcatcher made of hair weaved between them. The bad luck grows to feel sickening.

Roxy makes a connection, "Wow. Rose had some balls killing that thing last timeline I guess." She readies her bat.

"Had" Dren adds.

"You TERRIFY me," roxy mumbles. Claire starts running towards the moose.

"Hm..." Harmonia looks like she's ready to run at it as well. She decides to join and runs behind Claire. Both of them run with their arms straight out behind them.

"It's area 51 all over again..." Roxy gasps.

Kade watches them and visibly cringes, "What the fuck."

The moose stops turning as it faces them straight on. The middle head has 3 lights that cut on as its eyes. Green, blue, and red. It stays in place waiting for them.

Claire continues running as her hands catch fire. Roxy starts walking and swinging her bat intimidatingly. Just before they reach it...

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