April 17, 2022

Harmonia is sitting in the kitchen. She looks to her wrists then to Kade. "I have new death marks..."

"..What's that mean?" Kade asks.

She shows Kade the marks where the nails were. They're completely black and reflect no light. "When I die the wound turns the skin black. Except I didn't die..."

"..Ah, I see then. Are you feeling alright?" Kade asks.

"Yes? No? I dunno... what if... part of this feels like a dream and that I’ll wake up back in his castle...." Harmonia says.

Kade approaches her and gives her a hug. "Trust me, I'm here and real."

Harmonia hugs back. "It's just weird... being in one place for so long, unable to move... I couldn't even tell how much time went by. It felt like an eternity..."

"Yeah.... I guess you would lose concept of time when you're stuck in a place like that."

"But you're here now! And have one less bastard to deal with, yeah?"

Harmonia nods. She's shaking a bit. "I don't know when I'll be able to sleep... I think I’ll just be sent back..."

Kade holds her close, patting her back. "I'll stay up with you! Or well, provide you some company."

"Thank you... it... it wasn't that bad I guess... I'm being a baby.."

"Harmonia, I am going to politely, kick your ass. You were nailed to a cross that's a legitimate medieval torture method, I'd have gone insane. So no! You're not being a baby!" Kade exclaims.

Harmonia sighs in relief. "Thank you... I just... needed reassurance. Thankfully it stopped hurting after a bit and I was laying down so I could breathe..."

Kade sighs and gives her another pat. "That's very, very good. Anything else I can do for you?"

"Do you wanna go to my room and watch a movie? Or could I talk about it more maybe? Or I could eat something other than KFC and orange juice..." Harmonia asks.

"Do you have any snacks?" Kade asks. "We could do all of those if you'd like!"

"I would like!! I want. water. and. cheesecake." Harmonia says.

Cheesecake appears on the table, courtesy of Cole.

"Oh, nice." Kade says.

Harmonia fucking digs in.

"Moderation!! Don't choke!!" Kade exclaims.

“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-”

After a bit, Harmonia finishes it and goes to the sink, turning it on and putting her mouth under the faucet.

"Understandable." Kade says.

When she's done she goes back to Kade and takes his hand, dragging him to her room

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Harmonia goes to her room and has Kade sit on the bed and sits next to him.

"Have anything you'd like to watch?" Kade asks.

"Hmmm. Unsure right now... I wanna talk first..." Harmonia says.

"That's fine!” Kade responds. "Go for it then, anything you'd like to start with?"

"I just... I'm thinking about the two things Beezlebub updated me about while I was gone..." Harmonia says.

"..Oh. Being..?"

"Spider and Drews argument and Luna's Twitter post...." Harmonia says.

"How would you like to.. uh, unpack it?" Kade asks. "Although, I'm actually completely unaware of the Twitter post."

"I just... The post was a meme of a cat getting pretend crucified and she captioned it "Harmonia" and it just... I dunno... I know I get kidnapped often and it's annoying but..."

"I wouldn't say it's annoying! More unfortunate, if anything. Although I guess it's probably insensitive to speak from my limited perspective, only… But I wouldn't say annoying anyway! Since it's not your choice. I think it's like.. when an event or tragedy happens often, and you're not the one on the receiving end of it, it's easier to make light of it.." Kade says.

"Yeah, it just... hurt I guess... Like my suffering was just a joke..." Harmonia says.

"No, you're completely justified feeling that way! It makes complete sense. I especially feel like it wasn't nice to see while enduring all that.. maybe you should talk with her?"

"Yeah... tomorrow. I'll talk to Spider too I just... I'm too exhausted to tonight." Harmonia says.

"Tomorrow is good. It's been a long day for you I'm sure." Kade says.

"Yeah... I um... made up with someone though... the person who I thought got sick of me?"

“Oh?”

"He's the new Prince of Gluttony. He uh. Apologized for that... I'm happy about that..."

Kade smiles. "Oh, him! That's good! I'm glad to hear so."

Harmonia smiles. "I just... I dunno. It helped. A lot... and Orpheus is amazing and..."

Kade gives a small chuckle. "He is, huh? It's good that it helped. I know I've said it before, but I truly believe things are gonna get better from here. Albeit with days of agony, you did come out with less weights on your back, right?"

Harmonia nods. "Yeah... I think so at least... And Sparrow is actually November so that's good but confusing..."

"The entire situation over there has been confusing for everyone, I think. But as long as it means good!"

"I'm happy he's back... I missed him..." Harmonia says.

"Seems like everyone did. I'm happy to be able to meet him." Kade says.

"He's a good guy... Even if he's not able to talk anymore..." Harmonia pauses, staring at her wrists again. "He was gonna eat me..." Her hands are shaking.

Kade gets closer and wraps an arm around her. "We wouldn't have let him."

Harmonia leans on him. "I... part of me got scared you guys weren't coming..."

"That's understandable... It was a number of days and you didn't exactly have a way to contact us." Kade says. "But also, impossible! We started working on figuring out where you were as soon as word got out. Just needed a good moment!"

"Really? That's good... I'm glad..." Harmonia leans on him. "It... it was really like hell. Alone with my own thoughts..."

Kade doesn't mind in the slightest. "Yeah.. I'm very sorry that had to happen at all."

"It's not your fault... I just... y’know. It feels like he's still alive... despite everything... I don't know why...." Harmonia says.

"I know, but you do deserve some form of apology. I'm sure he's dead though.. or at least, dead enough he won't be able to mess with you anymore. Considering Enoch confirmed the kill. But of course, it'll likely take time for something like that to fully settle for you.."

"Yeah... logically I know he's dead but my brain thinks he's still here, watching me... being treated like meat it... I dunno... it fucks with you a bit..." Harmonia says.

"Mhm..that makes sense," Kade says. "No matter what, we'll help you get through the feeling."

"Thank you..." Harmonia sighs. "So how about we watch a movie now? I was thinking How To Train Your Dragon.”

"No need.” Kade gives another smile. "I actually haven't watched that at all! I'm entirely up to give that a try."

"Bet. We could watch all 3 probably." Harmonia grins and grabs her laptop, turning it on.

"Oh hell yeah!" Kade keeps close to watch as it turns on.

Harmonia puts it on and they watch the movie!!

Movie time. Kade eagerly watches!