Harmonia's eyes are forced open as she suddenly awakens in a black space filled with particles of green binary code. She no longer feels trapped, and the mask has seemingly disappeared.

Harmonia looks around fearfully, taking a step forward.

A white light in the shape of a door frame opens up to her.

Harmonia heads through it.

As she walks through, the space around her becomes pure white as she starts floating forwards, a slowly ascending tone in the background.

Harmonia looks around. "What the fuck…”

She slows to a crawl, the tone stopping for a few seconds before it begins to quickly descend as Harmonia starts free-falling into the white void.

Harmonia screams as she falls, looking around wildly.

She suddenly hits the ground, the feeling of grass and dirt on her skin.

Harmonia looks around, brushing herself off.

Harmonia suddenly has no recollection of going to the Bridge facility or entering the pod.

Around her is a thick, forested area.

Before she can attempt to walk, the memories come back and she falls to her knees.

Her memories returning seem to fly under the radar for now.

Harmonia holds her head and groans, getting up and looking around.

She eventually spots a purple glow in the distance.

Harmonia runs over to it, realizing it's probably Fenrir!

Indeed, it was the real Asmodeus Tree. Its purple light encapsulated the area around it, and a white door with a red symbol of a cat on it could be seen.

Harmonia knocks on it.

The door is opened by a very large purple cat with yellow eyes and a wide smile. "𝐇𝐞-𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚!" His tail swishes as his head tilts a bit. "𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧!" He extends a paw out to her for her to shake.

Harmonia smiles back and shakes his paw. "Are they watching us?"

"𝐖𝐡𝐲, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞! 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭? 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫!" He laughs, starting to walk down the long, dark hallway to his throne room. "𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞! 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!"

Harmonia nods and follows, closing the door behind her.

Fenrir reaches the end of his hall, his tail swishing as he completely disappears, reappearing on his throne with his tail wrapped around himself. "𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞?" He leans down and turns his ear towards Harmonia, listening intently.

"Oh- um- nothing in particular, I just... I'm not supposed to remember so I wasn't sure if I should like... act like I don't remember?" Harmonia says, seemingly flustered by being called dearie.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭!"

Harmonia nods. "Fuck this is nervewracking..."

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩! 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭!"

"Alright... The Playwright will pull me out when I'm ready to go home, right?"

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞!"

"Sweet... uh... so how are you?"

Fenrir’s long tail slowly unwraps from around himself. "𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"

"I'm... certainly something."

"𝐇𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?"

"That sounds good."

"𝐒𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝!" Fenrir transforms into his human form. "𝐎𝐡, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭!"

Harmonia pauses. "I'm sorry, Ballmart?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐬! 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬~" Fenrir slunks out of his throne, marching happily towards the door.

Harmonia follows. "Do you mean Walmart?"

"𝐍𝐨, 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐨! 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭!"

"Who the fuck named that shit."

"𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟!"

"What the fuck.” Harmonia says. "I hope he drowns in the pride flags.”

"𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬." Fenrir opens the door, stepping outside of his tree, the two having a good time in town.

---

The next day.

---

Harmonia is walking around town, humming to herself when a short man accidentally power-walks into her, backing up a bit. "Watch where you're fucking going!" He growls.

Harmonia blinks at him, her wings fluttering. "You literally walked into me."

"The FUCK? N-No I didn't!" He bares his teeth at Harmonia, pulling out his phone. "Look, I even have a witness."

Harmonia stares at him. "Feral. You're feral."

"I'M FUCKING FERAL?! LOOK AT YOURSELF, MISS FUCKING NARNIA!" He yells as he dials a number into his phone.

"What. Narnia???? What about me is Narnia??? Bitch???" Harmonia stares at him in annoyance.

A female British voice picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"AZAZEL, DID YOU JUST SEE THIS GIRL WALK INTO ME JUST NOW?!"

Azazel sighs. "I totally did. Absolute rubbish, that was." She says in a completely unconvincing voice before hanging up.

"She's British, it doesn't count," Harmonia says, smiling a little to show her pointed teeth.

"OF COURSE IT DOE-" He takes notice of her teeth, stepping a bit closer to inspect them. "The fuck's your teeth so sharp for?"

Harmonia steps back. "Uhhhhhhhhhh-"

"Tell ya what, how about we put all this behind us and you could let me collect some blood samples or something? Pretty please? With cherries on top???" He asks.

"What???" Harmonia looks him over. "Why would you want my blood??"

"Because you're a fuckin' weird ass motherfucker! ...No offense."

"Wow. Never seen a demon before?" Harmonia asks.

"Never a fucking demon like you."

"Wow. Wanna see somethin really cool?" She smirks.

"Go ahead. Wow me." Zelekath crosses his arms.

Harmonia takes off her ring, the death voids returning to her neck and wrists. "Tada!!"

Zelekath grabs her by the arm. "Ooookay, this shit's gotta be addressed." He starts leading her to the home he shared with Azazel.

Harmonia laughs, putting the ring back on. "God this is funny."

"The FUCK are you laughing at?" Zelekath asks.

"This poor excuse of a kidnapping," Harmonia responds.

"If it was a kidnapping, I'd have KNOCKED YOU THE FUCK OUT BY NOW!"

"You can try!" Harmonia grins at him.

"I'm too fucking lazy to." Zelekath keeps walking.

Harmonia just giggles. "Wanna see something else cool?"

"What?"

She fucking decks him in the face with her free hand.

"OW- BITCH!" He zaps her with orange electricity.

"OW WHAT THE FUCK-" Harmonia gasps in pain, trying to get away from him.

Zelekath holds on tight. "Jesus, if I knew you'd be such a bitch, I would've just kept fucking walking!"

Harmonia growls. "You grabbed me first!"

"Okay? And?"

"I'm just fighting back!!"

"Well, stop."

Harmonia groans. "Fine. Only cause I have bad memories with electric shocks."

"Good!" Zelekath smiles, eventually reaching his house and opening the door for her.

Harmonia walks in. "Can you let go of me now?" She grumbles

"To my lab!" He points cheerfully at the garage as the door slowly opens. "...It takes a second."

"That's a garage." Harmonia smirks.

"Garage-lab."

She snickers. "Nice."

Zelekath brings her into the garage and sits her down. He puts on some latex gloves and gets out a needle, connecting a vial to it. "3... 2... 1..." He pokes her with it and the vial starts to fill with blood.

Harmonia tries not to panic, looking away. "It's just a needle, c’mon you've been through worse-" She mumbles.

Once the first vial is filled, Zelekath carefully disconnects it and connects another one to it, the second one also filling with blood.

"Ough..." Harmonia holds her head with her free hand. "Y’know, I think I should get some compensation for letting you take my blood."

"What, you want monetary compensation? I can do that." Zelekath pulls the needle out, putting a cotton swab over it and holding it down with LOTS OF MEDICAL TAPE.

"Thanks..." She mumbles. "But I meant more like, can I have a place to stay for the night? I'm new in town and don't have anywhere to stay yet."

"I mean, sure. You can stay here with me and Azazel."

"Sweet. Any other tests you wanna do?" Harmonia asks, looking over at the blood vials.

"Not that I can think of." Zelekath puts the vials into his mini fridge.

"Blood fridge." She giggles, laying her head back.

Zelekath gets Harmonia a glass of water and handed it to her. "Blood fridge in the garage lab."

"Amazing." She takes it and sips it. "Are you gay?”

"Bi, so yeah, kinda."

"Lol gay." Harmonia drinks more water and looks at her engagement ring.

Zelekath looked at her ring. "Did a woman give you that?"

"Mhm."

"Lol, gay."

"Yeah. Yeah."

"That reminds me... You wanna go meet Fuckas- I mean- Azazel?"

"Yeah, sure!" Harmonia laughs a little and gets up. "Could we get something to eat too? I'm famished."

"Yeah, I got some shit in the fridge I could heat up," Zelekath says.

"Sounds good! Thanks." Harmonia smiles and motions for him to lead the way.

Zelekath walks into the kitchen, getting out some leftover Taco Bell from last night.

Harmonia follows and watches, her eyes glowing a little redder at the sight of food.

Later, Harmonia has finished and looks satisfied. "Thank you for the food,"

"You're fuckin' welcome I guess." Zelekath pulls out his phone, calling Azazel. "Hey! When's your bitchass gonna be home?!"

A tall, pale woman with a ponytail and combat boots kicked the door down. "NOW."

Harmonia jumps, immediately getting up and drawing her claws, ready for a fight. She looks Azazel up and down.

Azazel looks at Harmonia, then to Zelekath.

"..." Zelekath sighs, pulling out a drill and walking over to the door to fix it.

Harmonia relaxes and puts her claws away. "Sorry, just uh. Not used to good things when the door is broken down..." She brushes herself off with a sigh.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it." She says in a thick southern British accent, stepping away from the door so Zelekath could get to work. She sits down across from Harmonia. "So, what's your name?"

Harmonia sits back down. "Uh- Harmonia. And you're Azazel?"

"Yeah." She pulls out a red and black butterfly knife, spinning it around her finger. "You new around here or something?"

"You could say that." Harmonia says, watching her mess with it. "My friend likes those knives.”

"Oh? Cool. What's their name?" Azazel asks.

"Uh..." She pauses. "...Hank."

"Weird ass name, bruv. But I'll try not to judge."

"You're even more British than Spider..." Harmonia comments, looking her up and down. "You're cute though."

"Thank you! You are too." Azazel smiles.

Harmonia smiles back "Thank you,"

Azazel tries to do a rollover and accidentally slices open her hand. "SHIT-"

Harmonia’s eyes widen and she gets up, immediately getting a towel and applying pressure. "Do you guys have any healers around??"

"We got fuckin FRANK." Zelekath says, having finished repairing the door.

"OKAY, SO SHOULD WE GO TO HIM??" Harmonia asks.

"FUCKIN' PROBABLY???" Zelekath says.

"YEAH, THIS SHIT HURTS." Azazel says.

"OKAY LET'S GO-”

---

Zelekath marches into the hospital. "HEY! FURRY!" He repeatedly decks the service bell with full force.

Harmonia sighs. "Calm down!" She keeps an eye on Azazel, making sure she doesn't faint.

A tall, brown, anthropomorphic fox walks out behind the counter and gently places a hand over Zelekath's. "Hello!" He smiles.

"I want to punch you," Zelekath says in a monotone voice before yanking his hand back.

Frank chuckles nervously. "What seems to be the issue today?"

"Azazel cut her hand open trying to do a knife trick,” Harmonia explains.

"Can I see the injury?" Frank asks Azazel.

She nods slightly, showing it to him.

"I see... That's quite the nasty cut there. Shouldn't be too hard to resolve though."

Harmonia watches them, eyes slightly redder at the sight of the blood.

Zelekath watches Harmonia's eyes, a little spooked by the red hue.

"I'll get some stitches in her. I'm surprised the knife didn't just clip through you. I'm pretty sure we are living in a simulation, after all."

"Oh yeah you are," Harmonia states without thinking about it

All three of them just... Look at her.

"It's called The Bridge and was made by a cult in order to discreetly sacrifice people to Lilith fuckin Lovarian of all people." It dawns on her that she might've fucked up!

Three loud knocks are heard at the door to the hospital.

"And that's my cue to fucking run!" Harmonia says, making a break in the other direction

The door bursts open and 5 men in all black military uniforms started opening fire upon the people inside of the hospital with tranquilizer darts, making sure to shoot a few in the direction of Harmonia.

They hit and she falls, swearing as she passes out.

The other three are hit as well, Azazel and Zelekath trying their best to crawl into another room before passing out as Franklin just lets it happen.

---

Four tall, cloaked, and masked men stand before the four avatars as they wake up. They each have a green insignia on their masks.

"...The... fuck..?" Zelekath coughs, looking up at the man in front of him.

Harmonia stares at them. "God, cult bullshit is annoying as hell."

The other two slowly regain consciousness as the four men reveal bowie knives from underneath their cloaks.

Suddenly, the three of the other avatars could remember all of the times this had happened before.

They scream and yell, begging to be let go before the men shove the knives into their stomachs, including Harmonia's.

Harmonia growls, watching. "I'll tear down everything you've built. I'm coming for you, Winston Morrison." She says as the knife is pulled out, killing her.

---

Azazel, Harmonia, and Zelekath wake up slumped over on the couch.

Zelekath grabs ahold of his stomach. "Jesus... The fuck happened last night?"

Azazel groaned, her eyes slowly opening. "I don't fuckin' know, mate..."

Harmonia looks around groggily, touching her stomach instinctively. She looks at the others, the memories already returning. "Uh... got booze?"