Dave Genesone appears in Harmonia's backyard and just sits in the grass.
Cole steps out and stares at Dave, "What in the fuck do you want?"
"To talk about stuff," Dave stands up and shrugs. Sparrow steps out but stays near the porch as he watches.
"And why can't you just text me?" Cole asks.
"Because its funnier to spam your hud."
"I was taking a nap, you asshole."
Dave shrugs, "Don't care didn't ask"
Cole smirks and walks over to Dave, "I wonder if I can make you just like me"
Dave takes a step back, "Hey wait a minute"
"Hmm, no," Cole takes another step forward as his fingers turn featureless as sharp rounded points form and he plunges his hand into Dave's chest leaving a decent sized hole. Dave screams in pain and stumbles back.
"WHAT THE FUCK"
Cole pulls Dave's soul out, it looks like a perfect sphere, white and pure without imperfection, "Mmm the opposite of mine, let me change that"
Dave continues to scream and wail in pain, "LET'S MAYBE NOT?"
"Let's maybe do that," Cole's fingers pierce Dave's soul as black and green tissue covers the soul as black smoke fills the soul. Dave watches in horror while clutching his chest.
"Uhhh.." Sparrow says.
Cole turns around to look at Sparrow, "Hello, son"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"
"Something wrong?"
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
"Are you scared what's happening?"
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Sparrow is frozen in place.
"I'm just gonna turn back around," Cole turns back to Dave, who is staring at him with fear.
"Don't do it," Dave pleads.
"Eat my entire ass," Cole shoves the soul back into Dave and nothing happens for a second.
"I really thought something was gonn-" Dave is interrupted by black and green tissue covering his body, including his eyes and mouth, as he grows to 8ft tall, his legs turning digitigrade. His fingers become featureless with sharp, rounded points on them. When the tissue uncovers his mouth, his teeth are sharp and jagged. Afterwards, the tissue uncovers Dave's eyes to reveal that they are empty eye sockets with red irises staring out of them.
"....oh," Sparrow nods.
Cole turns back around, "I really thought you had left"
Dave is fucking screaming and wailing in pain. Knight walks out, handing Sparrow a pint of Vanilla Ice Cream and a spoon.
"oh uhh..thank you," he accepts it and tries some.
“So what’s happening here?” Knight asks.
"Nothing," Cole shrugs.
Dave fucking screams, "IT FUCKING BURNS OH MY GOD WHY DOES IT BURN"
“It doesn’t look like nothing,” Knight winces. “Why is that person in pain?”
"He's fine he is just being a big baby"
"HE FUCKING MADE ME INTO A CREATURE OF DEATH OH MY GOD IT HURTS," Dave is on his knees screaming and holding his head
“Uhhhhhhhhhh,” Knight stares.
"Ignore him, everything is fine," Cole assures Knight.
“Who is he anyway?” Knight asks
"My replacement apparently, but his only power is fucking with time or something," Cole sighs.
“Oh shit really?”
Massive 12ft long black feathered wings burst out of Dave's back, "OH MY GOOOOOD"
“Yikes,” Knight says, “Is he going to be okay?”
"Maybe"
“I kind of want to ask him some questions.”
"Like what?"
“Time Fuckery adjacent things.”
Dave is breathing heavily and stands up, "I think I'm good, what uh, what questions do you have?" Sparrow finishes the ice cream and sits down, hugging his knees.
Cole whispers to Knight, "Give it a minute or two, he isn't good"
“I think you should catch your breath first,” Knight tells Dave.
"No really, I'm g-" Dave falls to his knees with a thud and covers his mouth as he starts coughing up boiling tar.
"There it is," Cole smiles.
“Holy fuck,” Knight says. Sparrow watches nervously, hugging his knees tighter.
"So uh how is everyone?" Cole asks.
“Kinda Concerned.”
"Why would you be concerned?"
“That man is clearly dying”
"Not dying just more losing his humanity"
Dave stops coughing and wipes his mouth as he stands up, "I'm uh, I'm good now"
“That’s good,” Knight says, "So, the questions I was going to ask were mainly questions like ‘What have you used time fuckery for’, ‘How did you discover your powers’, and ‘How has messing with time messed with you’.”
"I used it to escape the Foundation and to fight Cole. I discovered them after Death let me test them in the death realm and practice fighting Cole. It has messed with my perception of time, I don't know what day it is anymore and I can't sleep without accidently reversing time to when I went to sleep."
“That’s pretty cool to be honest.”
"Yeah I, uh, guess it is"
“It’s nice to know that there are….what would you call a person with time powers?”
Tar starts to build up in the back of his throat, "Uhh time user I guess?"
“Oooh! How about a Time Walker?” Knight smiles.
"That sounds cool, though I'm not sure why you're acting like this," Dave sighs
“Well you’re kinda the first person I’ve met that has time powers similar to mine.” Knight says, bouncing on his heels slightly, “It’s somewhat exciting”
"I'm surprised you haven't met anyone else like you," Dave coughs and more boiling tar comes out.
“That’s true….actually, there was that one guy but I’m pretty sure that was just a near death hallucination.”
"What do you mean a near death hallucination?"
Cole gets bored and strolls over to Sparrow, who's shaking slightly. Cole sits next to them and his fingers return to normal.
“Basically when I was corrupted by a future version of a pocket watch that was meant to keep me from overusing my powers, my friends got my original one to me and fixed said corruption. I disappeared, Had a meeting with this gangster guy who took my gun, and then got sent back. I’m 95% sure that was a near death hallucination.”
"Huh, that gangster guy sounds like Cole but not an asshole"
“Dude, the guy smelt like terrible cigar smoke and cheap whiskey.”
"Ah Cole doesn't drink cheap whiskey"
“Huh, I didn’t know that. The more you know.”
"Cole is easily tricked with a bottle of whiskey"
"No I'm nooooot," Cole whines.
"Death told me so, fuckass," Dave smirks.
"Mean," Cole whimpers. Sparrow feels a chill.
“So what you’re saying is I could fill a whiskey bottle with, say, gasoline and give to Cole and it would trick him?” Knight asks.
"No, he knows what good whiskey looks like and smells like."
Cole grumbles and looks at Sparrow, "Are you good?" Sparrow then fades away like fog into nothing. Cole says, "what the fuck," Cole points at Dave, "did you do that?"
"No why the fuck would I be able to do that?"
"Cause you're a little bitch."
"Why are you so god damn mean to me?"
Cole just shrugs. A thin, curled wood shaving falls from the roof onto the ground, along with the sound of a blade.
Cole looks up, "Dad?"
"What?" Dave asks, confused.
"Dave you should know who I'm referencing"
"But I don't?"
"Fuckin lameass."
On the roof, someone is sitting in the dark watching them with their feet hanging off the edge.
“Who the fuck is that?” Knight asks, pointing to the person on the roof, “MOTHERFUCKER IDENTIFY YOURSELF”
"Who is it?" Cole asks, not looking up.
They can make out the silhouette of... Nicole? But.. it's not right. They hear what sounds like Nicole but with a very raspy voice, "I've missed you."
“It looks like a certain rat-“ Knight says.
"Ohhhh you motherfucker," Cole growls.
Knight takes out a .38 caliber rifle and aims at them, “BEGONE THOT! LEAVE!”
Cole stands up and walks over to Knight, aiming his revolver at the shadow. Nicole steps down from the roof and lands on one knee, before standing up straight. In a bit of the light, they can make out Nicole's face and empty eye sockets where her eyes used to be, she gives a strange smile.
Knight immediately shoots them in the chest. Cole shoots them in the eye socket.
“I SAID BE GONE!” Knight yells. Nicole tries to doge but still gets hit in the shoulder, their ear gets a chunk taken out. They lunge at Cole with their sharp teeth and a knife aiming for his chest.
Cole rolls out of the way and yells, "CRAZY WHITE BITCH ALERT"
Knight puts the gun away before grabbing out a set of brass knuckles.
"Why did you do this to me?" Nicole's voice is scratchy.
"I did this because you're a fucking manipulative bitch," Cole stands up.
She gives a smile, this time Cole can see her teeth are still covered in dried blood, "But you were so happy!"
“Oh shit that’s a zombie,” Knight says.
"I was never happy, you used Andrew to make me fucking happy when I was around you!"
"What else did I do to you, homebrew?" Her head tilts slightly to the side.
"You made me torture people that I fucking loved and cared about!"
She does something with her hands in the dark, she seems to be whittling something. A wood shaving falls to the ground, and she says, "You know there's no escaping me...no matter how bad you want me to leave."
"I can rip your soul out, Nicole, then you won't be here any fuckin' more," Cole's eyes click as they shine a bright white light at Nicole.