...
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"𝖂𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖚𝖕."
Luna and Spider both awaken.
Their bodies feel like the heaviest thing in the world. They are immobile from the neck down. Their vision is blurry.
It'll take a couple of minutes to adjust.
"𝖂𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖚𝖕, 𝖜𝖊'𝖛𝖊 𝖌𝖔𝖙 𝖓𝖔 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖜𝖔 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖟𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘."
"..fuck off" says Spider, barely awake.
"ughh, icant move"
"𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖔𝖔, 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖔𝖔."
"...ur voice is familar..”
"..mate I don't know if you've noticed but we're paralyzed right now"
Luna blinks a bunch and her vision clears up.
"𝕲𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖌𝖊𝖊. 𝕴 𝖜𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖞."
Oozing with sarcasm.
They're tied to wooden chairs by vines. They're in a blinding white void. In front of them stands...
A 7' skeleton made of mismatched bones. A deer skull with mismatched antlers for a head, eye sockets empty. It's held together entirely by the same vines which tie them up. It is covered in various Orobanche flowers.
"𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖞𝖟𝖊𝖉. 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌."
It says, staring (?) down at them.
The voice is speaking right into their head.
"...Leviathan?"
"No fucking shit it's your doing"
"this is Leviathan, the twat that takes over Greed's body"
"𝕸𝖒𝖒. 𝕻𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖊. 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖊. 𝕸𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝕴 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔? 𝕸𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝕴 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖂𝕰𝕬𝕶 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆?"
"A literal skeleton?"
"You think I care?"
Luna takes a deep breath. Gotta be the rock for Greed.
"And I'm not weak."
"𝕺𝖍, 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖓'𝖙. 𝕵𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝕳𝕰 𝖎𝖘𝖓'𝖙."
Spider's strength is quickly drained again. She feels so weak she can barely talk.
The skeleton grabs Luna's face and makes her look into his empty eyes.
"𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖐, 𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖂𝕰𝕬𝕶. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝕾𝕴𝕮𝕶 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕵𝕰𝕬𝕷𝕺𝖀𝕾 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕰𝕹𝖁𝕴𝕺𝖀𝕾. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖍𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖎𝖙. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘, 𝖓𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙. 𝕸𝖊? 𝕴'𝖒 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖐? 𝕴'𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖒𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙. 𝕳𝖔𝖜 𝖆𝖒 𝕴 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖐, 𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆? 𝖄𝕺𝖀'𝕽𝕰 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔'𝖘 𝖂𝕰𝕬𝕶."
"I am NOT WEAK."
Luna would clench her fists, but she's literally unable to.
"Also fuck Cole."
"And I never once called you weak."
Spider growls glaring at Leviathan.
"𝕱𝖚𝖈𝖐 𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖊, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖆𝖞, 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘."
He snickers and leaves a scratch in her face with his bone claws.
"𝕴 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖉 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖒𝖊. 𝕴 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖊. 𝕴'𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖕𝖎𝖉. 𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖕𝖎𝖉 𝖔𝖓𝖊."
"Bitch."
"...I'm well aware of my stupidity. And I trust Cole to make the right decisions."
Luna just sighs. That's what this is about? Cole?
"...i sure as..hell don't"
"Your entire schtick is i'm not x you're x"
Luna notes this behavior internally.
"𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆, 𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉'𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖗𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖉 18 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘, 𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆."
"I have? Are you sure you're not miscounting?"
"𝕴 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙. 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌."
"Suuure you are mate"
"I can tell you for a fact that you've miscounted."
"So far your entire argument is about me being jealous because Cole's the best listen."
"Like... there's more to life than that Levi."
"That's why we're here?"
"Sure seems like it Spider."
"Once again everything has to be about Cole"
Spider rolls her eyes.
"Yup. He's clearly God."
Luna rolls her eyes in defiance.
"𝖄𝖊𝖘. 𝕬 𝖘𝖎𝖓. 𝕸𝖞 𝖘𝖎𝖓. 𝖀𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖒𝖞 𝖏𝖚𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖕𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖇𝖆𝖌𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖌𝖊𝖙 𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖞 𝖆𝖘 𝖋𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖉. 𝕳𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖋𝖚𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖔𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖊 𝖐𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖞 𝕺𝕿𝕳𝕰𝕽 𝖕𝖆𝖜𝖓. 𝕹𝖔𝖜, 𝖞𝖔𝖚? 𝖄𝖔𝖚, 𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆? 𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖆𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙. 𝕭𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖄𝕺𝖀 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖞 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖆𝖑. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗. 𝕹𝖔𝖙 𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊. 𝕷𝖎𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚.
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖌? 𝕵𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊."
The vines dig into their skin a bit, blooming flowers.
Luna does not wince despite the pain. She's staying strong for others.
"Then fuckin bring it on, flower bitch."
Luna shows Leviathan a bright smile. She's in so much pain, but it does not deter her from her focus.
Leviathan slaps Luna, making sure to drag his claws across her face.
"𝕴 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖚𝖎𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚."
A small weak wave of green distortion crackles through the air towards Leviathan.
"𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌."
Luna continues to smile, undeterred. Bleeding a little though.
"I'm shocked you're having such a difficult time. I thought you said I was weak?"
The vines wrap around Luna tighter.
He's thinking on how to do this.
Luna refuses to show weakness. She is in immense pain though.
Another wave of distortion hits Leviathan, the pain even less this time.
"Fuck you."
Luna giggles.
"𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖔. 𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖊𝖑𝖘𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖊𝖋𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖑𝖞. 𝕱𝖚𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑. 𝕻𝖍𝖞𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖛𝖎𝖔𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖒𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖎𝖙'𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖉𝖔."
"Sucks Lev. I can't believe you cannot defeat a mere cat."
"A weakling in your own words."
"A cat without any powers."
"I have no means to defend myself yet you cannot beat me."
He punches her in the face, knocking her chair over.
"𝕾𝕳𝖀𝕿 𝖀𝕻."
Ow.
"Cannot beat a mere cat. Truly weak are we, Lev?"
Spider growls.
Luna continues to focus.
"And now you're getting angry."
So much pain, so much ow.
The chair disappears, leaving Luna on the ground.
He wraps a hand around her neck.
"𝕮𝖆𝖙. 𝕬 𝖈𝖆𝖙. 𝕾𝖊𝖊𝖒 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑 𝖋𝖎𝖝𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖙? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋 𝖔𝖓 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖙 𝖘𝖔 𝖇𝖆𝖉? 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖊. 𝕴'𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝖌𝖔."
He slams her against the ground, the void around them beginning to crack.
"Gods you're angry."
Luna continues to smile.
Slam.
The void cracks more.
"LET'S A FUCKIN GO LEV!"
"Once again, you couldn't beat me. A weakling, so you're gonna hand me off to another layer? How truly weak."
"I was expecting so much more from you."
"So where we off to?"
Spider grins weakly.
Luna tries to grin but the pain caused by Leviathan is too much.
He breaks her nose. Her left arm shatters from the pressure of the vines.
"𝕾𝕳𝖀𝕿 𝕿𝕳𝕰 𝕱𝖀𝕮𝕶 𝖀-"
The white void around them shatters like glass. They begin to fall.