Goliath is laying flat on his stomach, holding a stone slab in his claws.
"๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐..."
He picks up a femur from his pile of bones.
"๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ!"
He places the bone on the stone slab. It sticks to it, finishing up the final name in the bracket.
"ๅไนๅฐบไนไนๅฐบใฉไธ"
He lets go of the board, allowing it to dangle above the pit on chains as per usual.
He stares at it, grinning maniacally.
"๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐ฝ."
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Harmonia steps through the portal and appears in a small stone room. It's a dressing room.
"Interesting." Harmonia looks for clothes and finds a wardrobe.
She changes into a tank top and leggings, braiding her hair to get it out of her face and putting on her normal gloves. Once all her possessions are tucked away she goes to the arena door.
It's a portal and she goes in.
"WOOOOO!!! WOAAHHHH!!!! AWOOOO!!!"
Ow. ow ow ow ow. Ear hurts. That's a lot of loud howling and yelling.
She appears in a crowd. A large crowd full of wrath demons. Very rambunctious wrath demons of all sizes.
Goliath howls out.
"๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ! ๐๐'๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!"
His lower half appears to be stuck in the wall as he's laying down on his stomach and only his upper torso, arms, and head are sticking out.
He has white fur, a bloodstained white mask, and glowing red eyes. His ears are large and fluffy. His bone horns are short and stubby. He seems a bit twunkish compared to the larger, hunkier demons more prevalent in the cavern. His claws are easily the most impressive part of his body aside from his overall size. No paws at all, fingers are basically just claws. Large, bloodstained bone claws.
He's smiling so big, showing off his bloodstained teeth, holding his head in one hand, an elbow rested on the ground. His other hand resting on the ground, claws dug into the ground.
...But, underneath him, there sat another demon. One she had never seen before...
And there rests the large beast with fur darker than a moonless night.
Along the edges on some spots of fluff, the fur is tinted a dark red, with a certain 'pattern' being present along its chest.
Each of its heads sprouts two sets of ears, one pair on top, one pair along the sides, each of such seemingly twitching with excitement, as shown with the tail gently thumping against the ground, almost impatiently.
Oh right.. heads? Three of them! Rather expected, and each of them with 2 sets of eyes, one more noticeable than the other, but each of them colored differently, and focused directly on Harmonia, all of the heads bearing a sharp, smug grin.
Harmonia stares back, astonished for a moment before returning with her own smirk, giddy with excitement. The woman was 5'6 and mostly fair-skinned. However, her neck was completely black, the skin reflecting zero light. She wears a black tank top and black leggings, showing off her various scars, gunshots and burns. Her teeth are sharp and her eyes are red and glow slightly. She has large gorgeous butterfly wings behind her, colored black, red, and white. Antennas adorn the crown of her head and her long black hair is braided behind her back, bangs in front. She cracks her knuckles through her black gloves, her nails long and painted black. "Nice."
"๐ฆ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ. ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐! ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ! ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ...
๐๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ."
He snaps, and the stone slab connected to the ceiling by chains falls down.
HARMONIA IRIS REEDS VS "I don't care what you call me bitch."
๐๐โโ๐ผโ๐ VS ๅไนๅฐบไนไนๅฐบใฉไธ
"๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ช๐ ๐๐ข! ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ป ๐บ๐๐๐, ๐ด๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ."
Harmonia and a different person from the crowd are picked up by Goliath and placed in the large pit in the center of the cavern. The bonfire in the middle is lit. Harmonia is fighting an irritated looking hunky wolf with a mace. They're around 6'.
Goliath looks down at Cerberus, snickering.
"Just watch this girl fight, Cerb. It's gonna be interesting."
Harmonia watches her opponent with a small smile, bringing her hand up and beckoning him to her. "Cโmon bud."
The wolf huffs and charges at her, slamming down forcefully for an overhead strike with their mace.
Harmonia dodges, extending an arm and grabbing the mace, ripping it away from him.
She snatches it and swings it at him with a shit-eating grin.
It knocks his fucking arm off.
"Ow, that's gotta hurt!" Harmonia laughs and attempts to smash his skull in with the mace.
It works. He's fucking dead and falls to the ground.
The crowd cheers!!!
"๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ป. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ. ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ."
Harmonia is picked up by Goliath and placed down next to Cerberus.
"๐๐๐ช ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐, ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ! ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข!"
Load howls from the crowd.
Harmonia drops the mace. "Hi.โ
Cerb's main head gives a small huff as it faces Harmonia. In a good way!
"๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐ '๐๐ข."
"๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐~!"
Harmonia smiles. โThank you! Never used a mace before but it wasn't that hard to get used to.โ
One of the other heads chimes in with a bit of a grin
"๐ผ๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก!"
Harmonia nods. "I'm Harmonia by the way.โ
The main head pipes in again!
"๐'๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ~"
"๐'๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ."
"Oh- yeah fair-โ She laughs nervously. "I like it, it's a good name. Greek mythology names-"
Goliath gives Cerberus a good scritch on the heads. "Your turn~" He picks up Cerberus in the palm of his hand (cause he's a fuckin 20' monster lol.) and places him down in the pit.
"๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง! ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ก๐! ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ง๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ!"
Someone from the crowd is flicked into the pit. Their appearance is unimportant, for they simply have no chance.
"Wooo get em!" Harmonia calls.
Cerberus is immediately dazed with the scritches but perks right back up again when theyโre done.
Then, would stand proper after he's placed into the pit. The cocky grin returning as each of their heads tilt to the side as they gaze upon their opponent.
The main head speaks up once more.
"๐ผ๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ ๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ, ๐'๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ."
"๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐."
They scramble up and pick up their lil puny knife.
"whhwhat.??"
Cerberus grins even wider, opening their arms. "๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐."
They whimper but decide to try and stab him!
..It doesn't even feel like the knife entered his flesh at all. "..." He stifles back a small chuckle. "๐'๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช." And then, lifts them up into their paws. Plucks the knife away, throws it aside, and lifts them up higher, where the main head opens its jaws underneath them.
And simply just drops them in, and snaps his jaws back shut.
Harmonia stares. "I'm so fucked.โ
The crowd is silent. And then starts to howl and cheer!!!
Cerberus revels in the cheers! Grinning even wider as he stands tall and prideful.
Harmonia claps.
Goliath also claps.
"Alright, alright..." He looks down at Harmonia and grins. Smugass grin.
Harmonia looks back, forcing a smile and hiding her fear.
Goliath picks her up and places her across from Cerberus in the pit.
Everybody goes silent.
Harmonia watches Cerberus intently, trying to figure out how the hell she was getting out of this one.
Cerb watches her just as well!
The same grin remains, broad and confident.
"๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช."
"๐'๐ก๐ก ๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ."
Harmonia smiles back. "I've died before. To enemies much worse than you. And I'll tell you one thing, I don't go down without a fight." She spins, kicking dirt into the demon's eyes and grabbing 2 more fistfuls as she runs at him.
Great shot!
She manages to get the main gaze on the primary head.
It stifles with a small grunt at the fact, said head ducking back as the other heads focus and aim a clawed swipe towards Harmonia.
She skillfully dodges, throwing more dirt to try and get another pair of eyes.
It manages to hit the lesser pair of eyes on the right, but it still recoils from the fact!
Although with the dodge from the claws, its tail tries to swat her back.
It works and she falls back. โFuck-" Harmonia tries to get up.
With that, Cerberus's left paw tries to hold her down as soon as she falls back.
It works as she struggles. "GET OFF-โ
The left head sneers
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ."
"๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ~!" He clenches down on Harmonia, softly, but then tries to throw her across the arena.
Harmonia goes flying but manages to catch herself with her wings, gliding back to the arena and keeping her distance.
Plan... I need a plan. The eyes are my best shot but I need something better than throwing dirt. Getting close puts me in danger. God having a gun would help so much right nowโฆ
Goliath is enjoying this very much.
Cerberus doesn't seem very keen on standing by. Seems like he's closing distance! By running straight in her direction.
Harmonia kicks more dirt in his direction and runs at him, attempting to climb him.
The heads close their eyes in a slight recoil to avoid the dirt this time, but that gives Harmonia easy access to climb onto him.
She gets on their back and tries to claw out the eyes on their right-most head.
The heads shake off the last dirt attempt, but Harmonia's attempt is successful.
The eyes are damaged as it tries to shake her off in the meantime, giving a sharp yell of pain while a paw would grasp at her.
It caught her and she yelps. โShit shit shit-โ
The grasp was less than soft this time around, clamping down with strength as the heads let out a pained growl in response.
One of the other heads pipe up with a faint but angered:
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐๐๐-"
Before then reeling its arm back, and this time, trying to throw her directly against the ground.
There she goes! Harmonia screams in pain as something cracks.
The main head huffs, starting to try and wipe its eyes to get the dirt out of them while the rightmost continues to grit its teeth and simply continues to hiss in pain.
Cerberus starts to walk closer to her nonetheless.
Harmonia gasps and forces herself up, black spots filling her vision from her broken rib! Harmonia watches, scooping up more dirt.
Cerberus watches as well, the main head seeming amused, as it simply watches for her movements before it starts to try and lean in and grab a hold of her once more.
Harmonia takes the moment of weakness as a time to attack, a burst of adrenaline allowing her to run at the beast and kick one of its teeth in at full force as she attempts to pull the tooth out and stab Cerberus.
It immediately is stunned by the sudden burst of movement, easily taking it aback, especially with the kick further dazing it and making it unable to react right.
The tooth is pulled out with some struggle! And the stab into it immediately makes it stumble back as it gives a sharp cry of pain.
Harmonia stabs again.
It immediately grabs at her with the second stab.
It ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด to clench down and crush her, but the attempt only manages to squeeze her rather hard.
Afterward, the grip feels like nothing.
In fact, its strength seems to be dissipating rapidly, even starting to seem like it's... decreasing in size? As he falls backward.
Harmonia watches, trying to stay conscious. โDon't.. pass out." She mumbles.
Cerberus tries to get back up, clawing at the ground weakly with a huff, as the heads seem to turn to look at her.
"๐๐๐..!"
"๐๐. ๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!"
"๐๐๐.. up..!"
Each of the heads would give a small, pained huff despite it all, trying to get closer despite continuing to shrink in size, parts of the fur beginning to become more red than black.
There's a noticeable change in voice as well.
Harmonia stumbles back, realizing that she hopefully only needed to wait.
Cerberus only bares its fangs further with so, the other heads seeming to steadily shrink as well...
"๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐?!"
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!!"
"GGET OVER H-.."
He digs his claws into the ground as he tries to tug himself up one last time before he seems to give a small:
"gghhmyhhead.."
And pass out properly.
Harmonia stands there, taking deep breaths and holding her side. She had to stay strong. But for the crowd, she throws her fist into the air.
โWOOWOOAOWOAOWOAOAOWOOAOOWOWOZOWOAOAOWOAOWOAOAOWOOW!!โ Screams the crowd.
The red becomes clearer than ever in the fur.
In fact, most of the fur seems to have left as well! The extra heads along the sides shrinking, fading too, as most of the bulk seems to go away with it.
In due time, what remains is less tall, less muscular, but still very much so by human standards, male with red hair and dark skin, hair obscuring most, if not all facial features.
"๐๐บ๐บ๐บ. ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด." Goliath clears his throat. "๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ! ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป! ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ!!!!"
The crowd erupts once again into loud howling and cheering and clapping and shit. Y'know. Woohoo! Awoo! The usual.
The both of them are picked up from the Arena and held in Goliath's palm as wolves file out of the cavern.
Harmonia sits down, holding her side. "Fuck man..." She watches Cerberus, waiting for him to stir.
Oh, he's actually snoring faintly.
"..Sooo. Any ideas for what you'd like for a prize this time around?"
"Oh, I get one?" Harmonia raises an eyebrow. "Uh... can you bring someone back from the dead?โ
"No?? I can give you like a target gift card or something but I can't revive people that's insane. Unless you're talking about a demon? But I know you aren't, so."
"Yeah uh. Eh, I'll take a taco bell gift card." Harmonia tries to shrug but winces in pain.
He snaps and a $99.99 taco bell gift card appears on her lap.
โWin. Thanksโ
"Mind if I, uh. Send this lil guy home with you?" He gently pokes "Cerb"'s stomach. "...He's boring like this."
There's a lil twitch from him with the poke.
โUhhhh go for it. He won't turn back and try to kill me when he wakes up, right?โ
"Probably not." Pause. "Yet." Pause. "I think."
Harmonia nods. "Eh. Worst case scenario, Cole can help. But Iโll take him."
"Cool! Enjoy nuking your toilet lmao."
Their vision flashes red and they disappear.