March 20, 2022

Orpheus appears in what looks to be an office. Theres a door behind him and no windows. Blossom sits at the desk wearing what she normally does. She grins and waves at Orpheus, "Hi!"

He sits down in the chair, "Hi."

"So! You want this little old thing?" She takes out the pocket watch, swinging it on its chain playfully

"Yes."

"And you're willing to do anything for it?"

"Yyyess."

"Okay!" Blossom snaps her fingers and a small pill appears. Its circular and yellow with a little smiley face on it. Next to it is a glass of water, "Take the pill!"

"I'm assuming this is rose? R053. However you're supposed to say it out loud." He looks at it and scoots his chair forward, grabbing the pill.

"Yep! Lucy recently started experimenting with a new pill. It means so much that you're a willing participant." Blossom smiles at him.

"...Put the watch on the table." He grabs the glass of water in his left hand, R053 pill in his right. Blossom does so, pushing it towards Orpheus, her smile remaining. He puts the pill in his mouth, grabs the pocket watch tightly in his right hand, and drinks the water, swallowing the pill.

Blossom grins, "Amazing! Well done!" She claps enthusiastically.

He puts the glass down and huffs, sounding re a ll y tired, "Well, that's a headache and a half..."

"Take a nap! I'll be here when you wake up."

He gets up, using the desk as support, "nn..nno... idd wanna, get this safe before it gets stolen."

"You look like youre going to pass out, dear"

"..I'll be fine."

"Okay!"

"ccan you.. ssend me, like...To my house? nnot. Harmonia's. I can give you an address if you need it."

"Just think about the location and I can snap ya there!"

"..alright." Orpheus begins to think about his house. Blossom snaps and hes sent home! He appears and immediately falls to the ground, catching himself with his arms and coughing up some sap and blood onto the ground, "...yyeahh... nap time." He passes the fuck out.

He begins to stir.. He gets up and puts the watch away inside of his safe, the watch is hid inside of the remaining hadal mask. Then, he shuts the safe and leans on it, breathing a bit heavily.

"tthhhiss.. sucks... this sucksshollyy shitt.. oww.." He holds his head leaning against the safe, "..hhhhhhhhhhhhhehhhehhhehe!" They get up and stretch. "Oh, man. Existing is one hell of a trip!" They look down at themselves and then at the room around them. "..huh." They sit down and pick up the phone off of the floor. They wince in pain and drop their phone, grabbing at their ears. "ohhellthatsobnoxious?????" They give a small groan and stand up, dusting themselves off. Then, they look down, doing grabby hands.

"..ehhe..." They smirk, tail wagging a bit. "This is gonna be so much fun." They pick up their phone and disappear with a puff of pollen.

---

Cerberus immediately perks up and stands, like a big dog on high alert.

"You okay Cerberus?" Harmonia asks, watching him.

Ari sighs, "Ack." Knight walks in and takes a seat on the floor. Cerberus sniffs at the air for a moment, tail thumping against the ground. He smells an envy demon outside! Major one. Which is new, since Orpheus is an envy demon but doesn't smell... major. Or vibe that way.

"What is it?" Ari asks.

"Is something up?" Luna asks.

โ€œWhatโ€™s happening?โ€ Knight asks. Aaaand Cerb's going outside! Cole shrugs and follows him, as do some others. Outside, Cerberus squints a little as he looks around. Luna tries to sense the entity's sounds, focused on her surroundings.

Ari looks around, "What are we searching for?"

"No idea, but it's enough to grab Kade's attention." Luna says. What appears to be Orpheus is crouching down next to the window, looking inside. Then, with the exciting, they turn towards the door...His left eye is now white and green while his right eye is the black and green one. Thats.. different.?

"...uhh..." That's, again, Orpheus's voice, but the tone is... different. "Hello.?"

"Uhh, Orpheus?" Luna asks. Cole trots over to them and starts sniffing their face.

Ari looks him over, "Ayo?"

They lean away from Cole but he can definitely sniff, "..uh..." They sound nervous and look around a bit panicked, "yyyess..?"

"Wh-wh... what's going on Orph?" Luna asks.

Cerberus cocks his head to the side at the sight of Orpheus. And approaches! Staring him in the eye. Cole stops sniffing him and sits down in front of him. Luna keeps her guard up. Something feels really different about Orpheus, something she can't fully put her paws on. That's definitely the major demon Cerberus is sensing.

"..uh.." They look between Cerberus and Cole before settling their gaze on Cerb. "...help???"

Cerberus towers over Orpheus, then cracks a grin as he stares him down, "๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š. ๐™„'๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™›, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช. ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™„'๐™ซ๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ~"

Ari sighs, turning around, "Again with the weird language. I'm heading inside if this bullshit is happening.'

Orph(?) blushes and look more frantically between Cerberus and Cole as if EXTREMELY confused. "whhw.. wait.. wait whh..,??,,,"

"Something wrong with the Twink?" Cole asks.

"I smell major demon on him." Cerberus replies. Ari goes inside.

"Major demon??" Luna asks, "Does Envy even have those?"

"I smell gay," Cole chuckles.

"UH.."

"Also I wanna learn the funny demon language sometime. It sounds amazing," Luna says.

"I don't think you can learn it," Cole replies. Luna looks at her phone in disbelief. She goes back inside. Cerberus peers over at Orpheus, looking him over up and down. He looks completely the same aside from the aforementioned swapping of eye colors. He tries to nuzzle Orph. They panic and freeze up, making it easier to! Holy shit their heartbeat is so fast???? Also, their hands are covered in sap and blood and their nose is/was bleeding. Cerberus licks their hands. It has the initial flavor of some incredibly sour spray used to keep animals away from wires/christmas trees but it quickly fades into a mix of something incredibly sweet and a weird tart flavor at the same time.

Harmonia walks out, "Um... Orpheus? What happened to you?"

They're looking away, eyes closed, blushing out of their mind, muttering, "ohhellohhellohhellimsoconfusedhhhhhhh"

"Taste different," Cerb says.

"Uh.... I'm so confused whats going on....?" Harmonia asks.

"THE BAFOON IS FLUMEXED!" Cole yells.

"Can you guys speak english please..." Harmonia asks.

"I smell major demon on him." Cerberus explains, "He seems confused as well. And much less flustered than I expected him to be." In actuality, he's very flustered he's like burning hot he just seems incredibly overwhelmed and confused!

"What I said was the bafoon is flumexed," Cole smiles goofily.

"Major demon? So he.. just became one?" Harmonia asks.

"Harm, you don't just become one," Cerberus replies.

"Well I dont know that! If he didnt just become one then why are you bringing it up now?? Hasnt he always been one then??" Harmonia looks confused as hell.

"I'm bringing it up now because that's what's going on," Cerberus explains, "He smells of envy typically, now it's the scent of one but major."

"So hes changed??"

"You don't just become a major demon within a day...Right? I'm pretty sure.. mnngggrrrr..." He grumbles to himself and looks away, tail thumping in thought, "Physical changes, too. Eyes different color. Sap tastes different! Small but.." He simply nuzzles against Orpheus's head a bit.

"Wait, didn't Mischief make a demon?" Harmonia asks. Orph's so warm and flustered. Whining tons as if not doing too great, though! Cole is not at all paying attention to the conversation and is just staring at them.

"Fuck, it I'm seeing if Enoch knows," Harmonia sighs. Cerberus gives Orph a few ear scritches before stepping away. Cole's head tilts to one side.

"Are you hurt?" Cole asks. Orph clings to Cerberus. Cerberus perks up with this, tilting his head to the side. They cling to him tight, getting a bit too close to feverishly warm for comfort. They hide their face by nuzzling it into him.

"immsorryimsorrydididosomethingwronggimmsorry..iddontknowwhatswrronggijustwokeupanhouragoimsorryy..." They sound completely overwhelmed and confused. They're shaking. Cerb stares at them for a while, before picking them up and pulling them into a hug, firmly.

"You're fine, cutie. You didn't do anything wrong."

".imm...mmmnnotorpheus. iddont.. tthink..?? hhe..hhe uh,. ate..something..?? annd that.. let me in?? iddontt knowww..!!!." They slam their head against him a little as if very frustrated, "wwhydont i knoww??? aghghhh imsorryyy!!!" Cole examines Orph, trying to sense how many souls are in Orpheus. Cole stops thinking as he looks at them and mumbles,

"You have your soul and half of a soul in you, that is strange!" Cole says. Cerberus starts giving them pets and soft scritches while holding them, listening in closely in the meantime as he continues holding them close.

"I see.." Cerb cuddles them close, "That's alright! Nothing to be sorry for, you're completely fine." Cole stares at them in confusion as he tries to put the pieces together. Harmonia tries not to look frustrated that theyre talking in a language she cant understand

".wwhh...wwhat..?? is it?? idddont knoww i dont knoww !!! ivv.e.. ive never even... had. anythingg before this!!! foeget not having a body, not even thoughts!!! imddont even know when i started existing!!!!" They whimper and groan, yanking at Cerberus's shirt.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's nothing bad I just haven't seen someone with a soul and a half," Cole says.

"Cole can you translate?" Harmonia asks calmly. Orpheus is on the verge of.. oh, spoke too soon. They're crying now.

"They have a soul and a half and they seem to have just been created, or have just started existing from what they have said," Cole explains.

"Oh weird... so they arent Orpheus?" Harmonia asks. Cerberus scritches the back of Orph's head and keeps them tightly pressed into his chest, snuggling them close.

"You two talk about things inside, for the moment." Cerberus says, quietly, "They're a bit overwhelmed right now." Cole and Harmonia walk inside as Orpheus continues to cling and nuzzle against Cerberus, sobbing a fuckton. Feverishly warm now. He sits down and lays back in the grass, petting their back a bit and otherwise keeping them cuddled close. "It's alright.. it's alright. You're safe and okay." They seem to steadily calm/quiet down. He keeps cuddling nonetheless! Although slowing down with the pats. They sniffle some and tears are still flowing, but they seem a bit calmer now, yeah. Just.. very very hot to the touch. They are firmly pressed against his body, Still giving a few small pets and not minding the warmth all too much. They're still shaking a bit. Small head scritches.

They whimper, "t..thhank yyou..."

"No need at all. Are you okay?"

"...nno..."

"Anything you feel that would help?"

They sniffle and nuzzle their face into Cerberus, staying quiety.

"Don't hesitate to tell me when you feel like it." He continues scritching some more. Orph's whole body was extremely tense. But the scratches are thankfully helping them relax a lil. His tail genty sways from side to side.

"..wwho,, uh,m.." Orpheus asks, "..are you..? im sorry..."

"..Cerberus." He seems, stumped! For a moment. And distressed at the question but it's quickly covered up.

"..okay. youre, uh... really nice, cerberus. thank you. i like you.."

"No need to thank me. You're very nice as well!" He'd be even more stunned than before, but would resume petting them!

They give a shaky sigh, "...i think im feeling better...?"

"That's good! Very good. Just tell me whenever you'd like to get up."

"i dont really want to go inside..."

"Then let's stay here!"

"are you sure,,???"

"Yes."

"okay..."

"Would you.. like to sleep?"

They give a hesitant nod.

"Go ahead and sleep then. I'll watch over you!"

"Thank you." They sorta just... try to relax and nuzzle up to him a bit, taking a couple of deep breaths.

"No need.." He remains still and simply provides the comfort! They fall asleep, like... really quickly. Realllll quickly. He gives a quiet sigh as they do.

---

Kade returns by now! But remains laid back with Orpheus still on him...The scent and feeling of a major demon being around is gone. He begins to stir, giving a little groan.

"...gghh... i ffeel sso sore..." Orpheus sighs.

"...Orpheus?" Kade asks. Orph tries to sit up and look around. He's on Kade's chest in the front yard. He flomps back down onto his chest with a huff, looking at Kade as best he can. His eyes are back to normal. Left black and green, right white and green

"I feel. like 17 bags of lead," Orpheus says.

"Sorry to hear so!" Kade says, "Did you.. hit your head, hard?"

"...do you remember what I told Cerberus..?"

"Yyyyes. I do." Kade replies, "I was told it was very important and urgent."

"Imm gonna do something and hope Luna hears it. HEYLUNACANYOUCOMETOHTEFRONTYARD," he whisper yells, "..I kinda wanna keep everything a secret....Luna!!!!" Now he's speaking normally. He groans in frustration and gently thuds his head against Kade, "..wwhatever..Ddo you know what a R053 pill is??"

"Nnot really?" He gives him soft headpats.

"...hhold on let me try again..Luna!!!"

You can hear Luna say from the roof: "Yo Orpheus, what's up?"

"Can you come down here? Please?"

"Uhhhh sure. One sec." She does a fucking flip from the roof and lands on her feet in the front yard, "What's up Orph?" He struggles, but forces himself to sit up with a huff and looks over to her. His eyes are back to their usual color placements.

"..You can keep a like... really, really big secret, right?" Orpheus asks.

"Uhhh yeah."

"...IgottheoriginalpocketwatchbackfromBlossombut Henrytoldmetowaituntil78%toactonanythingand Ihaveatomagotchitotrackhispercentand Itookanexperimentalformofrose.." he says, very quickly and quietly.

"..." Luna whispers as quietly as she can, "Wait hang on, you got the o.p.w. back but you had to take a rose pill? I was wondering why you didn't have me tp you. And there's timing issues too, 78%..."

"Yyyeah and you can't tell. ANYBODY. or else EVERYTHING is fucked up," Orpheus says.

"Nothing leaves." Luna says, "Though, just saying, Spider might be able to hear us. She's got the same kinda hearing I do."

"Well Spider better keep her mouth shut if she values Alice's safety!!"

"And we do. Anyway, I trust you to do what needs to be done. If there's anyway that I could help, lemme know," Luna says, "My dms are perpetually open." Luna smiles then disappears.

".." Orpheus lays back down on Kade and verbally keyslams. Orpheus gets hugged. "nhfhgwgdfj I smhbbsdmfmsbbxgdbbenamdjdhdgg" He gets patted! "gfehf..."

"Everything will be alright," Kade says.

"..aaaaa..." More pats being done. He groans and gently thuds his head against Kade more, dropping his phone on the grass beside them, "aaaaa jdnhc h hddhd itss so fuckinnnnnngg stressful"

"..You should take some time to breathe first." Kade tries to give him a few small pats, and another hug to provide some comfort.

"hhghje,r...f..." He tries but his breaths are more shaky than anything. Kade holds him close, pressing him against his chest.

"Try counting to 10 with me. In and out," Kade says.

"okkay," Orpheus replies.

Kade inhales, "One.. Two.. Three.. Four.. Five," He exhales, "Six.. Seven.. Eight.. Nine.. Ten."

Orpheus inhales, following along, "onne two tthree four five..." He exhales, "sixx seven eight nine ten.."

Kade follows along with him each time, "If you'd like, close your eyes and think of something you like as you do. It helps at times." He does so, continuing to take deep breaths and count. Kade closes his eyes and follows along with him, still keeping him in his grasp slightly. Orph's definitely hugging Kade, even if a bit weakly. Kade's being sure to hug him as well.

"You should sleep soon..!" Kade says.

"..again..?"

"Never hurts any."

"..are you gonna... leave me alone orrr hand me off like you usually do...?"

"Not quite, no." Kade says, "I've been out here with you for a while now! I have no reason to stop now. And I want you to rest well, with whatever chaos is going on indoors."

"..tthank you." Orpheus sighs and cuddles up to Kade, closing his eyes

He gives a small smile, "No need."

Orpheus gives a small nuzzle. Kade returns the nuzzle and gently rubs Orph's head. He is immediately out like a light! Kade gives a little smile at the fact, but continues to keep him close and gently nuzzle.