Alice C. Knight answers the door after two knocks. On the other side is Legion, The Prince of Greed, who is wearing a black dress shirt with black sweatpants.
โ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ธ, ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ.โ Legion says as Orpheus leaves the room.
โHi,โ Knight responds, moving out of the way so Legion can come inside.
โYou wanted to talk in private right?โ Knight asks, Legion responds with a nod. โOkay, I have an idea that might work. It would give us complete privacy from everyone. Want to try it?โ Luna walks in and teleports to the top bunk.
โHey Greed.โ She says to Legion.
โ...๐ข๐พ๐ป๐ฎ.โ Legion says to Knight before waving to Luna with a smile.
โOkay.โ Knight says as he holds his hands out and starts to concentrate. After a minute, Both Legion and Knight disappear with the sound of ticking accompanying their departure.
They both end up in Harmoniaโs Living Room but It looks different. Everything outside the windows is completely monochrome and void of life.
โ...๐๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ. ๐ข๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ป๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ป๐ธ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ?โ Legion asks as he looks around.
โYep. There is no way out unless I end the loop. Itโs effectively a prison. It'll stay looping even if I die.โ Knight responds.
โ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ...โ Legon pauses for a minute. โ๐'๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐พ๐ต, ๐ช๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ?โ
โAlright.โ Legion reaches up to his large emerald antlers and snaps them off, he holds them out to Knight.
โ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐ท๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ? ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐พ๐ท๐ช? ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ด, ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ? ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ? ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐'๐ต๐ต ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ.โ Knight accepts the antlers as he thanks him for them. โ๐๐ธ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ป๐น๐ฑ๐ฎ๐พ๐ผ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ท๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ? ๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ป๐ถ.โ He asks Knight.
โIโm not sure. Iโm guessing either his head, his heart,....or his soul.โ Knight answers with a little bit of gloom.
โ...๐๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฎ. ๐๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ, ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐พ๐ต, ๐ช๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ? ๐จ๐ธ๐พ'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ผ. ๐๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ป๐น๐ฑ๐ฎ๐พ๐ผ, ๐ช๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ต๐.โ
โTwo shots, Got it.โ Knight says while putting the antlers in his bag. โIs there a way to figure out for sure where the connection is strongest?โ He asks.
โ๐จ๐ธ๐พ'๐ต๐ต ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐. ๐ฃ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ต๐ต ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐.โ
โHmmm, Okay.โ
โ๐ ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ. ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ต๐พ๐ฌ๐ด.โ Legion says as Knight prepares to close the loop.
They both reappear in Harmoniaโs Living room, accompanied by a faint ticking sound. โUhh welcome back. Whatโs with the mysterious ticking noise? Catchy.โ Luna asks them.
โNo clue.โ Knight responds as he heads for the bottom bunk of the bunk bed and takes out a notebook. With the click of a pen he starts writing. After a while he decides to leave because he canโt think of a plan with all the noise.
He walks down the hallway as he puts the notebook in his bag. He walks into the guest bedroom and sits next to Orpheus on the bed.
โHey!โ Orpheus says.
โHey.โ
โHow, uh.. What was that about?โ He asks Knight as his left eye has black sclera and a glowing green iris.
โ....Oh! Do you mean Greed? He was asking about a book I borrowed from him which I gave back.โ Knight answers while thinking about how the corruption is getting worse.
โ..I see! Uhhmmโฆโ Orpheus does the thing where you point your fingers together.
โYes?โ Knight asks while tilting his head slightly.
โ...can we go somewhereโฆ private? away from everyone else? I wannaโฆ yaknowโฆ.talk. ...Luna could probably overhear us here.โ Orpheus whispers.
โHow private? I have two ideas depending on how private you want it.โ
Orpheus seems antsy, heโs trying to avoid eye contact while tapping a claw on his thigh nervously. โ...uhhm..โ
โAbsolute privacy Iโm guessing?โ Knight asks as Orpheus nods in response. โOkay.โ He concentrates for a moment before snapping. They both disappear as the sound of ticking follows them.
They appear in the Guest Bedroom but the colors of the room have been ever so slightly dulled. โThere we go! Absolute Privacy.โ Knight says while grinning.
Orpheus hops off the bed. โIโฆ i, uhhmโฆโโ He pauses for a minute. โHe showed me what happened. I want him out.โ He says.
โWho?โ Knight asks like the dumbass that he is. Orpheus looks back at him while crying, Both his eyes are now black with glowing green irises.
โyyouknow..โ
โOh. I will help you get rid of him, I promise.โ Knight says with determination.
โAaare you sure??โ
โI have never been so sure about anything in my life until this point.โ He states proudly.
โtthโฆthhats,,, uhmโฆ.thank you..how do you think we can draw him out?โ Orpheus asks while blushing.
โHe has a weak ego so one way is to insult his pathetic ass until he shows up. There are other ways but some are more dangerous than others.โ
โ..like?โ
The colors of the room start to dull as Knight responds. โWell I have one way but I only get one shot and if I miss it, Weโre fucked.โ Orpheus looks a bit confused and scared as Knight continues on, โIโve been talking to someone about how to get rid of him.โ
โโฆrrightโฆโ
โBut, Iโm not going to do it unless I absolutely have to.โ Knight says as Orpheus backs away a little bit.
โIโฆ i,, uhโฆโ He mutters as his breathing begins to get heavier.
โWe can stop talking about it if you want.โ Knights says as Orpheus brings a hand to his own heart and clutches it while he frantically looks around for a way out. โAre you okay?โ Knight asks, concerned.
โ๐๐๐๐... ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.โ Orpheus says with a shaky voice before he dashes for the door, trying to unlock it.
โIโm not going to hurt you Orpheus.โ Knight says as Orpheus freezes upon realizing that the door wonโt unlock.
โ...๐ด๐'๐๐.. ๐ด๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐-.. ๐ธ๐. ๐ด๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!โ
โThatโs why Iโm not doing it.โ
โ...๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?โ
Knight sighs. โDrop the charade, Leviathan.โ
He immediately dives for Knightโs bag but hits the floor because Knight dodged out of the way. โYou canโt escape. You can only leave if I deem it so.โ Knight says as Leviathan gets up and starts to grow in size.
โ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฟ?โ
โGet rid of you. You donโt scare me.โ Orpheusโs face flesh begins to melt off as the bodyโs skull grows in size along with the rest of it. โYou think using Eric as a vessel makes you strong, do you think disfiguring him makes me scared?โ Knight scoffs. โIt doesnโt. It just shows how cowardly and pathetic you are.โ
Leviathan hisses as he swipes at Knight with now large and disfigured monstrous claws. A big chunk of Knightโs chest gets ripped out as sand falls from the wound, it gets spilled everywhere. The Loop resets as Leviathan is returned back to before he swiped at Knight. โLike I said, Pathetic.โ
Leviathan gets up and looks around, reaching a hunched over 10 feet. โ๐๐๐๐? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.โ He asks.
โWelcome to My Domain, Bitch. You have no power here.โ Leviathan huffs again before pouncing on Knight, digging his claws into his chest. Sand spills from the wound as the loop resets, the colors of the room getting duller. โYou are a Cowardly, Pathetic, Weak, Runt-of-the-Litter, Weed that I will gladly enjoy yanking out of the ground.โ
Leviathan growls. โ๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฑ. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ'๐ป๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐!!!โ He lunges at Knight, Taking a huge bite out of his skull. The Loop resets as Leviathan gets up again, grabbing and yanking at his ears. โ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐'๐ฝ๐ฐ ๐พ๐บ ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ด๐น๐ฒ!!!โ
Knight starts to laugh maniacally. โYou donโt get it do you? This will go on for eternity, FOREVER! You canโt stop it, Limbo or Enoch or God or Whatever canโt stop it! Only I can, and Iโm going to keep you here forever!โ Leviathan growls and tackles Knight again, getting up before stomping in his chest causing the sounds of bones crunching and flesh squishing to fill the room. The Loop resets. โNo wonder everyone thinks youโre pathetic.โ Knight says as Leviathan begins to cry sap-like blood as he stomps on the ground and starts tearing away at his own chest.
โ๐ณ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฑ ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ถ ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ถ ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฑโ
โYou are not going anywhere, buster brown. All you spit are poisonous lies. If you want we could actually fight, you know, instead of this meekass bullshit.โ Knight says as Leviathan goes to slash at him but misses and falls to the ground. โHmmmm, Do you want to fight Levi? If not we can just continue going through this dog and pony show you call attacks.โ
โ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ด๐น๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ด๐น๐ฐ ๐ต๐๐พ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ฐ.โ Leviathan says as he rips off Knightโs leg. The Loop resets as the room is now void of any color. He goes to rip off Knightโs arm but misses entirely, eating shit as he hits the floor.
โฮS Yระฆ ะจISฮ.โ The room expands as Knight floats up into the air. Black sand swirls around him until it completely surrounds him. It hardens into a black glass shell. Then, two wings made entirely of black clock hands spring out of the shell, shattering it. They flap once, twice, thrice as the sand gets flown everywhere. โะจISฮ GะฏฮะTฮฃรโ Knight hovers in the air, his black clock hand wings are spread out. He looks more like he did when he first joined the [Kiss] but with no color.. His skin is white as snow while his hair and ears are pitch black, his eyes have been replaced by two spiraling clocks perpetually stuck at 8:15 and has inky tears flowing from the corners of them. He wears something reminiscent of a greek goddessโ tunic that is completely black with some silver accents, He has a permanent manic smile on his face as he stares down at Leviathan.โลฮฃTS FIGฮTโ
Leviathan looks up at him terrified but quickly gathers himself. โ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐,.. ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐? ๐ฑ๐ด๐น๐ฐ.โ He tears his chest open, revealing a ribcage and his beating, bloody heart. The heart is completely stabbed and pierced through with pale white vines, gushing BLOOD blood out of the wounds with every heartbeat. All of his other organs spill out and drop onto the ground, turning into vines that try to burrow into the floor but writhe around on the floor.
โระฮฃ ลฮST CฮฮะCฮฃ, GฮฃT ระฆT รF ฮฃะฏICโ Knight says. Leviathan only responds with a question.
โ..๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐?โ This wasnโt the answer he was looking for.
โะร? Tฮฮฃะ Yระฆ ะจIลล SะฆFFฮฃะฏ Tฮฮฃ IะJะฆSTICฮฃS Yระฆ ฮฮVฮฃ BะฏระฆGฮT ะฆPระ ฮIM ฮะD รTฮฮฃะฏS ระฮฃ TฮระฆSฮะร Fรลร!โ He holds out his hand as one of the emerald antlers appears. He grabs ahold of it and wields it like a sword.
Leviathan immediately takes a step back upon seeing the antler. โ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐? ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.โ
Alice gets closer. โTฮฮฃะ ะจฮY ฮะฏฮฃ Yระฆ BฮCฮIะG ฮะจฮY?โ He then rushes at Leviathan who turns and tries to run but gets nailed in the back by the antler, getting stabbed through the Heart in the process. The Antler begins to glow as Leviathan freezes.
โ๐๐..๐๐๐๐...โ
โI ะจฮฮT?โ Alice barks at him.
Leviathan falls to the ground as sap starts to bleed from any and all of his openings. The body begins to revert and shrink in size as a large mass of vines is trying to escape it through the skullโs empty eyes, its mouth, and the gaping chest wound. Alice grabs the mass of vines in the chest cavity and rips them out. It's extremely bloody. Chunks of flesh and muscle along with bones are torn out of the body. The skull shatters, the front half being torn off from having the vines wrapped around it. The rib practically comes apart. It's like the vines had partially replaced the body's nervous system. Interestingly enough, the vines come out of the heart easily! No destruction there. The rest of the body is fucked while the vines writhe.
Orpheusโs Body heals completely, almost as good as new! Heโs keeping the scars though, canโt get rid of them. Alice tightens his grip on the vines.
โI ฮM GรIะG Tร Mฮฮฮฃ TฮIS ฮS PฮIะFะฆล ฮS I Cฮะ.โ He grabs out the other antler and stabs the wriggling mass of vines. It stops moving as it starts to bleed. He starts to stab the antler deeper into it, twisting while he does so. The Vines start to turn into a body as he keeps twisting and digging the antler deeper into it. Eventually Alice is holding a full body. He lets go of the antler and holds the body by the neck, snapping it.
He finds himself holding a 6' tall twink of a body. Their arms and legs, from the knees/elbows down are fully scaled with deep blue sea serpent scales. Their torso and most of the rest of their body is deer-like. His face is split between furred and deer-like and scaled and serpent-like. This is Leviathan. This is the Prince of Greed. He has vines wrapped around his antlers, covered in blooming flowers. Not Orobanche flowers, but actual flowers.
He walks over to a wall and pins the body to it with the antler. After doing that his body starts to flicker between the past versions of himself. The Flickering stops on how he looks currently as Knight walks over to Orpheus and picks him up. The Loop ends as they disappear and reappear in the Guest Bedroom.