Claire and Harmonia walk into a large, LARGE amusement park with shadow people working the rides and shops. The sky is a calm blue, and everything feels so... dreamlike. So perfect. Everything feels right. Everything feels okay and safe. For once in their lives, they are safe.
"Where do you wanna go first?" Claire asks, smiling.
"I... um... where are we?" Harmonia asks, taken aback by how safe it felt, how nice.
"If I told you Hell, would you believe me?" Claire giggles. The cool breeze feels wonderful against the warm air.
"Depends on the Hell-" Harmonia jokes, finding herself staring at the sky.
The sky is a light, calm blue with light pink and orange cumulus clouds floating through. The sun is bright, but not blinding. There doesn't appear to even be a sun. No blindness for you kids tonight.
"It's so pretty…” Harmonia mumbles, letting herself relax a bit before looking back down and around. "Are we in a Hell with layers?"
"This is Layer 1, Limbo," Claire smiles.
"So Limbos cool in both Hells... nice…” Harmonia smiles back, holding Claire close. "Um... where do you wanna go?"
"Want to go on a roller coaster?"
"Sure- I've never really been on a big one, the carnivals that came by weren't huge-"
"Alright, we can start off small then!" Claire takes Harmonia's hand and starts walking to a small rollercoaster that appears to be space-themed!
The shadow person at the counter looks at the two girls and smiles, "Two?"
Claire nods, and the shadow person leads them up to the rollercoaster, sitting them down and buckling them in.
"Are you ready?" Claire asks.
Harmonia nods, holding Claire's hand tightly, almost nervously. "I haven't been on one of these since high school-"
"Well, you're about to go on one!" Claire gives the shadow person a thumbs up, and off they go! It's not that tall, but still enough to give a thrill. It's over in a little under a minute.
Harmonia screams happily, giggling as it goes. "WEE-”
Claire giggles, holding onto Harmonia. When it stops, she asks, "Did you have fun, love?"
Harmonia nods. "Can we try a bigger one?"
"Of course!" she gets up, taking Harmonia's hand. Claire takes her through a lovely part of the park with a horizon that looks like nothing but clouds in a pink sunset.
Harmonia stares in awe. "Oh my god..."
They soon arrive at another roller coaster, this one a little bit bigger than the other. Claire takes Harmonia and they sit down and buckle in.
"Whenever you're ready, my dear," she smiles, holding Harmonia's hand.
"I'm ready-" She smiles nervously. It’s funny, she's been through so much yet was still nervous to ride a roller coaster.
The ride starts, and they start going up a hill that's not too steep, but still tall.
"Eeeee," Claire seems excited.
Harmonia holds onto her and the cart tightly, watching them go up silently.
They come up to the top, and stop for a moment, giving them time to admire the view.
It's space. So vast, and yet... there's still clouds. Pink, blue, puffy clouds.
"Woah..." Harmonia looks in amazement, her grip loosening
The rollercoaster begins to go down the hill, pretty fast! When it begins to flatten, they roll into a tunnel of wisteria flowers
Harmonia screams happily as they go down, putting her hand up to touch the Wisteria as they enter the tunnel.
They soon return to the entrance, and Claire smiles, leaning on Harmonia. "Did you enjoy?"
"I did... this place is like heaven..." Harmonia says, amazing and looking around, holding onto Claire.
"Hehehe, wanna go get some snacks?" Claire asks.
Harmonia nods. "That sounds good!"
Claire gets up, taking Harmonia by the hand to a small shop. The shadow person there smiles at them, and asks, "What can I get you lovebirds today?"
The menu is as follows.
Galaxy shake
Dreamy Pillows
Cold Night Sky
"Oh um- can I try one of everything?" Harmonia looks to Claire. "What do you want?"
"I'll just have a galaxy shake, please," Claire smiles.
The clerk gives Harmonia some cotton candy (Dreamy Pillows) and some cotton candy ice cream (cold night sky), and hands both of them the Galaxy Shake which looks like a normal milkshake, just galaxy colors.
"Woah...." Harmonia looks for a table for them to sit down at. "This feels like a dream..."
There are many tables!
"I'm glad you enjoy it, lovebug," she says, leading Harmonia to a table for two and sitting her down.
Harmonia blushes and sips the shake curiously.
It tastes like her favorite flavor.
"Wow- this is amazing-" Harmonia drinks more before trying the cotton candy and ice cream!
Tastes like normal cotton candy and normal cotton candy ice cream, except she won't get brain freeze from the ice cream.
Claire sips her shake, smiling.
"So good-" Harmonia scarfs it down, eating it all fairly quickly.
"You like?" Claire asks.
"Yes!"
"I'm glad," Claire smiles softly, "Where do you want to go next?"
A map of the park is nearby. It appears to be miles upon miles large, with every ride imaginable, even ones that would normally be considered 'impossible'.
"Um... wanna do the swings? I like the swings-" Harmonia blushes.
"Of course!"
Claire takes Harmonia to one of many swing rides and smiles.
"Whenever you're ready." The ride appears to go all the way up into the sky!
"Holy shit...." Harmonia gets into a seat, holding on to the chains.
Claire gets into the one next to Harmonia.
A shadow person clicks a button, and the ride starts. And it starts to rise, up, up, and up
"I'm so nervous-" Harmonia comments.
"Don't be! This one's really fun!"
"Okay-"
As it continues to rise, they go above the clouds. And it looks beautiful. More clouds, more stars, and a bright, bright moon up above them.
"Woah....."
"Isn't it amazing?" Claire laughs
"Holy shit yeah...."
The swings continue to go around at this level but eventually begin to drop back down.
Harmonia lets go of the chains, letting her arms catch the air like she was flying.
She feels like she's flying. It's so calm and nice.
Harmonia’s just smiling and vibing
The ride stops when they finally make it back down, and Claire hops out of her seat, walking up to Harmonia.
"Did you have fun?"
Harmonia nods, stars in her eyes. "It's amazing..."
"I'm glad you liked it," she smiles, kissing Harmonia on the cheek, "Where to next?"
"Um... you choose!"
"Hmmm... Ooh! Teacups?"
"Sure!!"
Claire takes Harmonia's hand and starts walking to a teacups ride. It may look overgrown, but it's just an illusion! It works just like it normally would!
"Holy crap..." Harmonia gets in a teacup with her. "How did you find this place? It's like it was made for us-”
"It was made for us," she smiles, "Daniel made it just for us, just for this date"
"Really?? He can do that?" Harmonia asks.
"Apparently!"
"Holy shit... he sounds like a good dad..."
"He is," Claire smiles, stepping into a teacup. The shadow person working the ride is smiling.
Harmonia smiles and hugs Claire once she’s in the cup. "My goal with this teacup is for you to be sick.” Harmonia jokes.
"You can try," Claire smiles, as the ride starts.
"I will succeed!" Harmonia starts throwing it around, making it as wild a ride as possible.
Claire does the same, giggling.
"MEOWWW-” Harmonia screams.
Claire continues to laugh, spinning it as quickly as possible.
"AAAAAA-”
"Hehehehe-" Claire giggles.
"YOU’RE EVIL!” Harmonia exclaims.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah!"
The ride goes as fast as it possibly can.
"AAAAAAAA-”
"Hehehehehehehehehee!"
"EVILLL!”
The ride begins to slow, and Claire's still laughing
Harmonia’s laughing too, hugging Claire. "Oh gosh, I'm gonna be sick..."
"Hehehe well don't get sick on me, lovebug," Claire smiles. If Harmonia's feeling nauseous at all, it quickly fades.
Harmonia laughs a bit. "What's next, my sun?"
"Hmmmmmmmm," she looks at the nearest map, "How about a darkride?"
"Sure-" Harmonia laughs.
"Yesss win!!" Claire says.
Harmonia laughs a bit. "This your favorite?”
"They're fun, but my favorite is being saved for later," she smiles, walking Harmonia to one of many tunnel rides. She helps Harmonia step into the boat and then steps in herself.
Harmonia laughs and gets in. "Y’know the thing is shorter riders first." She teases.
"Hehehe," she leans on Harmonia as the ride moves forward, into the dark tunnel. It begins to light up, showing fields of orange and red flowers underneath a beautiful sky.
"Woah... holy crap...."
"Isn't it amazing?" Monarch butterflies float above the flowers, one coming up to Harmonia.
"Woah-" Harmonia holds out a hand for it.
It stands on her hand, glistening slightly.
Harmonia stares at it, tilting her head as a distant memory surfaces. A butterfly on a hot summer day. She was so young then... so innocent... oh how she’d changed.
The butterfly flies away, and the ride continues.
The next area appears as a frozen lake at night, although the boat continues.
Harmonia looks to Claire, reaching for her hand. Her own was shaking a little.
Claire takes her hand softly, leaning on her.
"I... there’s things I can't tell you about..." Harmonia’s voice cracks a bit
"That's okay, Harmonia.”
"I'm scared that you don't know me as well as you think you do..."
"Oh?"
"I've done horrible things... I..." Harmonia stares at the ring that hides her death marks.
"..We all have, and it's okay." Claire's pupils flash a little.
"Abaddon... did something... added another soul onto mine... it's the reason I have horns... I think I threw it up or something... I've been... doing these tournaments in wrath... being a gladiator..."
"And that's okay," she smiles, leaning against Harmonia.
"Okay... I just... I'm scared that... you think I'm better than I am..." Harmonia’s shaking a bit.
"You're better than you think you are.”
"I... I don't know about that..."
"You are.”
Harmonia lays her head on Claire’s. "Thank you..."
"You're welcome, dear," Claire smiles, as the flume floats outside
Harmonia relaxes again. “I love you..."
"I love you, too," Claire smiles
Harmonia smiles back and wipes a couple stray tears that had fallen.
Claire gets up and takes Harmonia back onto solid ground. "Where to next?"
"Um... another roller coaster?" Harmonia responds.
"Sure, wanna go on a bigger one this time?"
"Sure.”
Claire leads Harmonia to a large-looking roller coaster. She steps into one of the seats, helping Harmonia get on as well.
"Ready when you are!"
Harmonia gets in. "I'm ready!"
The roller coaster starts, going slowly. It goes down, then further down, into a tunnel of glowing flowers.
"This is amazing..."
It starts to go up, leading into a large meadow full of large mushrooms of varying shapes and colors! They all look so strange but beautiful. The sky swirls with different colors as they zoom through the field
"Wow..." Harmonia watches in awe.
Once they're past the field, they enter a pink forest with cotton-candy trees and sugary rain. The sky is a light purple. The flowers are different cold colors, and they smell wonderful
"Holy shit..." Harmonia leans out and smells the flowers.
They smell like sweet candy.
Harmonia picks one and hands it to Claire.
Claire smells it, smiling.
Harmonia smiles and then eats the flower.
Claire giggles, "It taste good?"
It tastes like pink starbursts
"Yes!" Harmonia picks a few more and hands one to Claire. "Try it!"
Claire takes a bite into it, smiling. "It's really good!" She eats the rest
"I know right!" Harmonia eats a few flowers herself.
The ride continues, and they come to a starry night sky, filled with many doves flying overhead.
"Woah… What even is Daniel? how can he do this?" Harmonia asks.
Claire shrugs. "I wish I knew," The stars twinkle and shine as they ride through the sky, doves flying with them.
"Wow...." Harmonia’s just in awe.
They soon return to the ground and roll back to the start of the coaster.
Claire takes a deep breath, and steps out of the rollercoaster, checking the time on her phone, smiling.
"What's up?"
"You'll see," she smiles, "Where do you wanna go next? I'm pretty sure there's just about anything here!"
"Uh... petting zoo?"
Claire looks at the map.
"Hmmm.... oh! There's one!"
She takes Harmonia's hand, "Follow me!"
"Okay!"
They come across a decently sized petting zoo! Typical petting zoo animals, goats, sheep, etc. But! There's also cats, dogs, foxes, and a bunch of other small animals!
Harmonia immediately finds a baby goat and scoops it up. "Scream for me."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-”
The shadow person working the petting zoo says, "He was born today"
"Oh my god it's like the TikTok- He's happy to be alive.” Harmonia stares into the goat's eyes.
There is nothing going on behind those eyes.
"Screm.”
"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-”
"YEAHHHHH! SPRING IS HERE!”
Claire's sitting on a bench, petting a silver fox. "Lil Drakey boye-”
"A lad.” Harmonia brings the goat over, petting him and the fox. Then she sees a goat with the same horns as her. They lock eyes. "Babe, I think I have to fight the goat.”
"I think you're gonna win," Claire smiles.
Harmonia puts the baby down and charges the goat, head-butting it.
It flips into the air like a ragdoll and lands with a cartoon splat sound effect, getting back up, unfazed.
"YEAHHH-”
"Are you having fun, my love?" Claire giggles
"YES!” Harmonia giggles and grabs a fox, picking it up and spinning it around. Then she looks back at the goat and it hits her. "...you don't know do you...."
"I do, I have direct access to the website, dear"
"So.. you know he's gone?" Harmonia sits down, petting a fox gently.
Claire nods gently. "He was nice. I'm going to miss him, despite not knowing him very well."
"Yeah..." Harmonia keeps her head down. "How.. how much do you know then? I don't read the website... it... it messes with me…”
"I read every new entry that comes up, and even the ones that haven't released yet. I have direct access to Lucille's Neocities, and Porcelain allowed me access to the /ill/ folder."
"I see... so... wait... do you know about..." Harmonia touches her stomach where she was killed.
Claire nods slowly
"B-but- I thought- you couldn't know- Or else..."
"The rules were deleted by someone," Claire sighs.
"I see... do... do you remember it? Or do you just know of it..." Harmonia asks.
"Things are never really deleted, so yes I was able to recover the memories."
"...I'm sorry..." Harmonia looks down. "I never... I didn't want to hide anything from you I just..."
"No, don't be sorry! It was for my safety, I understand," Claire takes Harmonia's hand.
Harmonia kisses it. "I'm sorry I died..."
"Don't be.."
Harmonia puts her head in Claire's hands. "I love you..."
"I love you too, Harmonia"
Claire checks her phone for the time. She smiles eagerly, standing up, and reaching for Harmonia.
"I wanna show you something," she smiles. The sky is a little quicker, the clouds more vibrant. The sun is about to set.
"Alright-" Harmonia gets up and takes her hand.
Claire leads Harmonia out of the petting zoo, where a large number of shadow people are lining the path to a large Ferris wheel.
"C'mon!" she smiles, walking Harmonia to the Ferris wheel.
"Okay!" Harmonia laughs and follows her.
They get up into their little box thing of the Ferris wheel, and it starts up. It's so tall. It's gonna take a bit to get to the top.
As they get closer to the top and the sun sets further, fireworks begin to pop up around the sky, exploding into a myriad of colors, red, orange, pink, purple, blue
"Woah.." Harmonia gasps, watching.
The sky gets darker as they go up.
"Look out that way, Harm," Claire smiles, pointing to the left.
Harmonia looks to her left.
It's a beautiful ocean, reflecting the stars and moon in the now dark sky.
"Woah..." Harmonia’s speechless, watching it.
A couple of fireworks go up, exploding into orange... letters?
Oh. Oh my god. They spell out...
WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Harmonia freezes. "W-what?"
"Well?" Claire asks, pulling something from her pocket. It's a silver ring with a ruby butterfly on it.
"I- um- Its- Um-" Harmonia looks panicked. "I- um-"
"What is it, love?" Claire continues to smile.
"It’s- um- it's only been a few months what if I'm not ready I dont know- I’m scared-" Harmonia’s panicking a bit, staring at the ring.
"Think of it as a promise, for now, we don't have to get married immediately. I'd personally like to wait until after we get rid of the world-ending pest before we get officially married."
Harmonia nods. "Okay- then yes- I think I'd like that-" She calms down a bit, holding her hand out for her.
Claire's smile widens as she slips the butterfly ring on Harmonia's finger. Harmonia feels a soft pat on the back from no one in particular. Claire gets up and kisses Harmonia, fireworks going off in all directions.
Harmonia kisses back, confused about the pat but too busy being kissed to think ab it
Claire holds Harmonia's hand, sitting back down with her.
"This is a dream come true," Claire says, softly
"It is.." Harmonia stares at the ring.
"That ring is special, Daniel helped make it," she says, "I know with the recent modifications to your body, you'll probably be nervous about how people see you when the world goes back to normal so..."
Claire holds Harmonia's hand
"Think about what you looked like before the horns and the wings," she smiles
Harmonia thinks about it and her wings and horn disappear.
"W-woah... So it... it's like a shapeshifting ring?"
"Only hides the wings and horns, I hope you like it"
"I see- I do-" Harmonia blushes. "Thank you..." She wishes them back and they return.
Then she kisses Claire!
Claire kisses Harmonia back!
Harmonia hugs her tight, relaxing against her. "Y’know it'll be easier to sleep without the wings and horns again.” She laughs
"I'd assume so," Claire chuckles
Harmonia holds her tight. "So are you staying with Daniel right now?"
"No, I just asked him for this favor," Claire leans on Harmonia.
"I see... it's amazing..."
"I'm so glad you like it,,"
Harmonia just relaxes against her fiance, smiling softly.
They soon return to the ground, where the hat man is standing.
"Would you two like to return home?"
Harmonia looks to Claire. "Do you?"
"I'd like to do whatever you want to.” Claire says.
"I will bite you, what do you wanna do?”
"Hmm... well, it is getting dark, and I don't want to end up falling asleep when we're on a roller coaster together," she laughs
"That's true. When’s the last time you slept? Or ate for that matter?" Harmonia asks.
"I slept for around 4 hours today, but before that, I hadn't slept for 2 days. And I don't remember when I last ate.”
"Alright, let's get home and get some food in ya. Oh, I got a bird!! And you haven't met Apollo-" Harmonia rambles.
"A bird? I've read about Apollo, but what's this about a bird?"
"A bird saved me from King- he got injured so I took him home and Cole healed him and he's been staying with me! He's at Apollos, I’ll have to show you,”
"Interesting! I can't wait," Claire smiles.
Harmonia smiles and looks to the hat man. "Would you take us to Apollo's house?"
"Of course," he says, opening the door. Darkness.
Harmonia walks in, still holding Claire's hand. "Thank you-"
It nods and Claire follows Harmonia.
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The theme park fades back into a dark forest with purple trees. Daniel sighs and lays on the ground, tired as all hell. But, hey, anything for that crazy kid of his.
He sits back up and sighs again.
"Note to self, next time don't make it 9999999 square miles large."
He stands and vanishes.