"This...this has got to be a bloody joke…" He said,"You're pulling my leg, aren't you, Helsa? You can't be serious. You're not actually mute, you're just trying to scare me aren't you?"

Helsa blinked before shaking her head.

"I know you're just trying to make me feel bad, it's not going to work. You almost got me but I'm not going to fall for it," He huffed,"Nice try, but I'm not going to be guilt tripped into abiding by your whims. It's not going to happen…"

The younger twin scoffed, remaining silent as ever.

"Come on! Quit looking at me and speak dammit!" Seviathan pleaded,"Come on, Helsa! Speak!"

Helsa tried to speak again but no noise came out, Seviathan's stomach dropped even further into the pit.

He then clutched his head, going into a panic,"By Lucifer's name, this is just perfect! Not only are we stuck in the middle of the Ocean and turned into sirens, but now you can't speak! That's just what we needed!" He pinched the bridge of his nose,"Alright, calm down, Sevi. Deep breaths,deep breaths. Panicking won't get us anywhere...That's it, just calm down.."

After regaining his composure he faced his sister before sighing,"Alright Helsa, let's get this straight. Since you're actually mute, we're gonna need to change how we operate because as we are now...this just isn't going to work."

She cocked her head to the side to signal her confusion.

"Don't look at me like that, Helsa. You know why this won't work. We can't communicate with each other like we normally do so we'll have to find an alternative. I know it doesn't sound great but you have to stay by my side at all times."

Helsa made an irritated noise from the back of her throat, Seviathan scoffing in response.

"Believe me, I'm about as ecstatic about this as you are, Helsa. But given our circumstances it's best not to argue, especially since you can't even speak. Without your voice, commuting is going to be more difficult than it would be normally and it's in both of our interests that you accompany me at all times so I can keep an eye on you."

Helsa huffed, arms folded over her bare chest in annoyance, apparently not keen on following Seviathan's lead.

"I know it sucks but it's for the best that we stick together, Helsa. The Ocean is huge and I don't trust this place. We don't even know where we are and it's in our best interest you stay by my side. Can you do that?"

She made a noise in response that Seviathan roughly translated as a reluctant 'yes'. While his sister wasn't able to speak or form sentences, Helsa could make noises and Seviathan gauged her tone and expression to translate what her response was…

It was far from a perfect system but until they could get her voice back this was the best they could do given the twins had no experience with sign language.

"Good, now let's get out of here…" Seviathan said, motioning for Helsa to swim after him. The twin sirens began to swim further into the ocean, Seviathan turning when he noticed Helsa making a noise to get his attention,"What is it, Helsa?"

Helsa motioned to his hand and her wrist. It took a few seconds for Seviathan to understand what she was asking,"You mean where my water powers came from? No idea, I think I just fell in here with them inside me. Didn't take much to trigger them either. Honestly I should be asking you where you got those ice powers from because I'm still feeling the chills when you attack me…"

The younger twin shrugged her shoulders, unable to form an explanation either.

"Me neither. Not like I care, I just want to know where the hell we are and-Holy shit…" Seviathan heaven when he saw a large ocean kingdom just up ahead. There were fishes swimming by and large buildings that

Helsa's jaw dropped, amazed by the scene before them."Ooh…"

It looked so pretty...there had to be something good in there! Something like jewels and other valuable items that just had to be hers and hers alone! She just had to have them!

Seviathan narrowed his eyes,"Wow, would you look at that? Seems like there's civilization down here. Guess we're not the only intelligent life in the deep blue sea after all. We should still be cautious, I don't trust this place and-Helsa wait! Don't leave without me! You'll get lost!"

Ignoring her brother's pleas, Helsa swam forward and entered the kingdom at high speed, Seviathan desperately chasing after her.

"Oh for fuck's sake!" He hissed before chasing after her as Helsa entered the gates of the Ocean's Kingdom."Get back here, Hesla!"

Angel Dust wasn't one to fall asleep on public transport. Mainly because it was a great way to get jumped/assaulted in he decided to make an exception since he ran out of cigarettes to smoke and he was literally the only one boarding the damn thing.

It had been so long that Angel's track of time just went out the window, especially since his phone didn't work for shit. There was no damn connection on the train so Angel wasn't able to do anything except smoke cigarettes and the few drugs he had packed in his suit…

Course those damn things didn't last and the high didn't distract him from his current predicament. Once those ran out Angel had more or less given up on ever getting off the train, he figured the Exorcists would come down and stop the train so it'd be easier to kill him.

He wasn't exactly excited, cursing his luck for boarding the obvious trap but he was so desperate to not get Val on him that he just hopped on board anyway.

Now that he was trapped he was certain Val was pissed beyond belief, thinking he was intentionally ignoring him and was waiting at the Studio to give him the beating of a lifetime since that was what usually happened anytime he was late and at this time of day?

Yeah, he was fucking dead and Angel would've honestly preferred the Exorcists shanking him than to go back and face Val's wrath.

At this point, the only reason Angel hadn't just chucked himself out at the Exorcists by now was stubbornness. Something in him was just too stubborn to die permanently even when the escape was right there.

He didn't know what it was...either it was his fear of death, the fear that somehow, he might come back or that Val would find out and 'save' him just to punish him for daring to kill himself, for daring to take his money from him.

If there was one thing Angel knew Val cared about, it was his money. If Val was ever involved with anything, money was his prime motivation for doing so, the second thing just behind that being his own personal enjoyment to satisfy his own whims.

Hell, Angel was certain that the only thing Val even cared about outside of himself was money and what he could use it for, whether that be clothes, food or whatever other luxury items.

Most of the money came from Angel Dust and what he made from his shows. Angel felt resentful and bitter over the amount of times he saw Val shuffling the literal bundles of money in his claws that HE made only for Val to hand him pennies for his hard work.

It was an insult, a slap to the face even. He made Val the most money in years and without him, Val wouldn't have half the power he wielded and what was his reward?

Abuse, rape, beatings and emotional manipulation. On a good week maybe Angel would get a bit more money than usual and not have to suck some landlord's dick for his shitty apartment and a snack if he obeyed Val's whims and if he didn't...well...it was best not to get into the nitty gritty parts.

Either way, it sucked and Angel just wanted to go home and cuddle with Fat Nuggets, not go back to Val for the inevitable emotional abuse…

So he did the only thing he could think of once he went over the obvious scenarios with Val, already knowing he was going to be stuck with the worst case as per usual.

He went to sleep, figuring when he woke up either the train would finally fucking stop or that the Exorcists would kill him and put an end to his suffering.

Only for him to wake up with the wind in his face. At first he thought maybe the Exorcists caught him, having opened the train doors and were preparing to stab him but when he opened his eyes, he quickly realized he was falling straight down.

"EEEEEEEEKKKKKK!" He screeched as he fell from great heights. Angel fell into a tree, snapping several branches with his weight before ultimately landing in a berry bush.

Angel groaned in agony, his head spinning several miles per hour as he fought to catch his breath as his vision blurred ."Ugh…What...What the fuck happened? How did I fall?"

As he came around, he noticed that the world around him was a lot more colorful than he remembered it being. It was like he was in a forest of some kind that was lush and blooming with life all around. The skies were light blue and he could even see bright fluffy clouds.

"W-What? Blue skies? White clouds? Am...am I back on Earth? That can't be right, I can't be on Earth…" Angel muttered,"This has gotta be a dream. Maybe I already got shanked by the Exterminators and I'm hallucinating on Double-Hell…"

Angel rubbed his head before gasping when he saw his hand. It was no longer furry and had been replaced with a normal human hand, no claws or anything. He jumped right back up onto his feet in a state of shock, bemused by this sudden change.

"What? My hand...it's normal? What happened? What happened to me?" He then looked down to see what else had changed before almost falling over at the sight of his feet. Like his actual feet, not his hooves that he kept hidden in his boots.

"Holy shit! My feet! They're not hooves anymore! Wait...what do I look like anymore? How much has changed?" Angel picked up the sound of running water and rushed towards it, his knees wobbling with every step.

His knees crumpled to the ground, peering over the water to see his reflection.

In the water, he could see himself, all of his spider features had been stripped away in favor of a humanoid hair was light brown with slight tinge of green highlights. He had freckles sprinkled over his face with dark brown eyes. His ears were pointed and he had brown ran-like horns protruding from his head.

He wore a dark brown vest with a tea green shirt that was slightly unbuttoned. He wore ripped light brown pants and his skin had a slight greenish tinge despite being pale.

"Holy shit...I'm...human?" He then looked up at his antlers,"Or at least...a mythical humanoid creature…"

As Angel regained his footing, he looked around to see that he was in some sort of forest. The forest was incredibly vast and beautiful. Being a city boy, Angel's view of nature was fairly limited, the most 'nature' he had ever seen while alive was the city park and to be thrown into a forest was jaw-dropping. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining and it was like paradise…

And the best part? No Valentino...He was in a different world meaning Val couldn't reach him anymore. He couldn't hurt him anymore, he was finally free after all those decades of slavery and abuse.

Normally, Angel would be happy but the realization that Fat Nuggets and Cherri were back in Hell while he was in this entirely different one made his stomach churn…

He sighed,"Hope Cherri notices I'm gone...She'll take care of Nuggs for me. As for me...I should try and get accustomed to this place.."

Angel's hair blew in the wind as he came to terms with the situation and opted to explore. As his bare feet moved forward, his eyes shifted around the forest and saw a bunch of forest animals frolicking around.

'Damn...it's beautiful out here...but what should I do now? Do I just live out here for the rest of my life by myself? Surely there's gotta be someone or something else around here for me…"

Just then, Angel felt something nudge him. He then saw a boar with brown fur and black spots that appeared a little small.

He looked down and picked him up,"Aw, hey little baby. What are you doing out here? You lost your mama? Don't worry, I'll take care of ya...Though it'd help if we had a place to stay…"

The pig oinked before wiggling out of his arms and running off. Angel screeched,"Hey! Wait up piggy! Where are you going buddy!? Ya can't just leave me behind! Wait up!"

Angel chased after the pig, following him through the forests. When he finally caught up with him he saw the pig was attempting to climb up the tree to no avail. Angel quickly picked him up,"Aha! Gotcha! Thought you could outrun me, didn't ya? Well I'm too slick for that kid so don't even try! By the way...why'd you lead me here anyway?"

Angel looked up before noticing there was a tree house and gasped,"Holy shit! A house! You lead me to a house!" Curious, Angel used the ladders and climbed all the way up with the pig, entering inside the tree-house.

The tree-house was large but also rather old. Angel could tell the place hadn't been occupied by an actual person in at least a century and whoever had owned the place had left most of their belongings inside.

"What is this place?" He asked, ignoring the creaking floorboards. He then saw the pig was walking around as if he owned the place, as if this place was familiar to him before hopping on the shelf and bringing a photo to him.

Angel looked down at the photo in shock. It looked...like him? Or at least, a different version of him given how dated the picture looked. He and the pig were together and it appeared this animal had been alive a lot longer than he had anticipated. The photo was marked in a signature he knew all too well, having the words 'Wiggles and Anthony'.

'Wait...does the pig think that I'm his owner?' He thought, noticing the pig was looking up at him affectionately. Angel tensed, the pig must've thought he was the original Anthony that belonged to this timeline and didn't know any better.

He pondered what happened to his other self before ultimately coming to the conclusion that his other self had died at a certain point and left Wiggles by himself. Wiggles likely hadn't understood that Anthony had died and waited for him to come back for over a century and when he saw him, he must've believed his beloved owner had returned.

'This world is very weird...guess Hell ain't the only place where people's life spans are wonky…' He thought,'Oh well, I'll try and take care of Wiggles while I can. If I can't get back to my time this world is pretty much my home now. And there's no Val so I guess I can live with this...Just hope Cherri and Nuggs will be alright without me…'

He then noticed Wiggles was nudging him towards the window. Curious, he looked outside and saw Wiggles was looking at an apple that was hanging by the branch and eyeing it with hunger.

"Oh I see...you want me to go get it? Though I don't fancy trying to climb that branch and I ain't exactly a good climber. There's gotta be a way for me to get up there…"

Angel scratched his chin for a solution before noticing the pig had climbed on the window and was ready to fall through. Angel screeched before reaching out for him desperately,"WIGGLES,NO!"

He winced as he watched the pig fall, preparing for the worst yet he never heard the pig land. He cringed as he opened his eyes only to notice a large branch had caught Wiggles."Huh? How did that happen?"

He then moved his arm and noticed the branch moved in sync. A connection stirred in his brain as it finally clicked, then using his hand to bring Wiggles back up, the branch obeying his every move before hugging Wiggles.

"Damn you scared me boy! Don't ever do that again, you almost gave me a heart attack! Though I gotta admit, since your little stunt showed me that I have powers, this'll make my job much easier…"

Angel used the branch to reach for the apple, being able to manipulate and control plant life with his powers. He handed the apple to Wiggles, smiling as the pig ate it happily,"There we go...All better…"

He then sat back in one of the wooden chairs, enjoying himself with Wiggles.

'Maybe I can actually enjoy this place now...All I need is Wiggles, this tree-house...and a stash of drugs...Hopefully I can find something later to make myself high. For now, I'll be living 'Anthony's life' in his stead…'

Falling...Husk knew he was falling. He was falling down, like straight down his survival instincts kicked in. Fight or flight and when Husk tried to fly, he quickly realized his wings weren't there. They were gone.

Panicking, Husk knew it was only a matter of time before he hit the ground so when Husk acted on instinct, he braced himself for impact and crashed through a large circus tent's roof and landed on a tub of water.

Husk remained submerged for a few seconds before gasping for air, spitting out the water and gagging,"Pah! What...What happened? Where am I?"

He then looked around to see an entire audience staring at him in disbelief, all eyes glued to his presence. He shrunk back a bit before saying,"Uh….I can explain…"

The crowd quickly erupts into fury, cruses being hurled at him before daring to ruin the show. Husk quickly hid from the tomatoes and raw food being thrown at him.

As the projectiles headed towards him, Husk put his hands up to shield himself and became confused when the food never landed. When he looked up, he saw that the food had been reflected back at them with the wind.

The next moments were chaos, the audience began screaming about there being a wild elemental in the circus and fled the scene, Husk stood there speechless at the scene, uncertain what was going.

When all the audience fled, his jaw had dropped before looking at his hands, noting they were no longer paws,"Oh my god...What was that? Did...Did I do that? What happened to me?"

Before he could question himself further, he noticed someone shouting at him,"HEY! You ruined the performance!"

Just then, Husk was suddenly surrounded by a bunch of angry humanoid performers who seemed angry he had crashed the party. Husk had no clue where he had landed or who they were but he knew when he saw an angry group of people that it wasn't going to end well.

"Yeah, what's your problem?"

Husk put his hands up,"Look, I swear this was completely unintentional. I didn't mean your little act over here, I was literally dropped out of the sky and I had no control over where I landed. I just so happened to crash here…"

"Yeah right, like we're gonna believe that," One growled,"You're gonna regret this when Mammon hears you ruined his circus. He'll be sure to show even an elemental such as yourself your place…"

Husk scowled,"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about or what an 'elemental' is but I'll be glad to send you and your crew flying if you guys think you're laying your damn hands on me. I don't give a damn who you work for, I'm not gonna stand here and let you do as you please. I'll blow this entire tent down if you push me…"

It appeared that things were about to get ugly, at least until some jester humanoid suddenly got in between them,"Guys, guys, get hold of yourselves everyone! This ain't no time to be killing each other!"

"But Fizzarolli, this guy wrecked our show! How are you not mad?"

"I am mad! I'm just not stupid, this guy clearly controls the air and he'll blow this entire joint down if we push him. Let's not escalate the situation and try to find some...common ground."

The other workers seemed upset but this allowed Fizzarolli to lead, the jester humanoid quickly grabbing Husk and pulling him close,"Hello there, buddy, the name is Fizzarolli but you can call me Fizz! You look new around these parts! Never seen another elemental like you before, we're pretty rare, especially all these years! I can't recall seeing a new elemental in over a century and it isn't often to see one drop outta the sky like that! Say, what's your name?"

"Uh...Husk?"

"Is that a nickname or your real name, buddy?"

"Nickname, why?"

"Well I thought it'd be nice to get to know each other! Tell me, what's your real name, Husk?" He asked, getting far too close for comfort.

Husk cringed, trying to distance himself from the invasive humanoid,"My real name is...Hunter…" Saying his real name made him feel off, the vibe he got from this jester that he had seen in those tacky commercials was making him nervous. He had heard of Fizzarolli back in Hell. He even saw people carrying around those creepy robot versions of him on the street. He even saw some fucker with four of them one time and he had the feeling he was using them for...questionable purposes given they were literally sex-bots.

Only difference was that this was the real Fizz..at least,another version of him to be exact given Husk was certain he wasn't in Hell anymore and that this world was far from the one he knew.

"Pleasure to meet ya, Hunter! Now that we know each other, why don't you and I have a little talk? Man to man? Because I just wanna say," He then grabbed Husk tightly,"This circus is my goddamn life and I will not have ANYONE ruining it, so if you want to keep your life I suggest you listen closely. I'm gonna give you one shot, since you're the first elemental we've seen in over a century, especially of your kind, I think it's time we put those powers to good use."

"Are you asking me to be a part of your circus troupe?"

"Well it wasn't much of a choice really, because I'll call my Dad and Mammon isn't a fan of guys messing up his things so I would advise you not to get on his bad side. If you work for us, we could let this little incident slide because otherwise…" His neck cracked,"It won't be pretty…"

Husk narrowed his eyes,"Alright, alright, fine. I'll join your little circus troupe. Just stop staring at me like that…"

"Perfect!" Fizz exclaimed,"I'm glad you agreed since we needed new talent anyway so your arrival was just the thing we needed! Welcome aboard Hank, the circus is your new home now! Come on, let's get you out of those plain boring clothes and into something snazzy!"

'Just fucking great…'He groaned internally as Fizz dragged him away to get dressed.

When he was done throwing clothes at him, Husk looked at himself in the mirror, now getting a chance to look at his appearance.

Surprisingly, Husk hadn't reverted back to his seventy year old self, instead being at least in his late thirties to early forties appearance wise. All his feline features had vanished and were replaced with a humanoid appearance, only retaining large bushy black eyebrows.

His cat-like eyes were dark gold and he had a few grey hairs in his otherwise black hair. He wore a black and red suit with a hint of gold in his cuffs and a cloak.

"There we go!" Fizz said with a grin,"Now you look ready for the spotlight! All we need to do is get you rehearsed for your show and I'm certain we'll be able to turn the audience in your favor, how does that sound?"

"Eh…."

"Sounds good am I right? Glad you thought so! Remember rehearsal starts tomorrow at 6:00! Don't be late else Mammon will get a bit...fussy. He's been looking for new entertainment and you'll be aiding in that quest so try and stay on his good side!"

Husk narrowed his eyes,"Wait...so you're just gonna leave me here in this tent? What about a house? I at least want somewhere to live dammit…"

The jester giggled manically,"Aw don't be like that silly, the circus IS your home! Everyone who joins our circus stays in our circus for all eternity! Welcome to the family, Hank!" He said before leaving,"Bye-bye! See you tomorrow!"

He cursed,"Oh fuck me…This is going to fucking suck…" Husk slumped in his chair, hating his luck.

This was going to be a very long night...

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Guest: Yeah. Medieval fantasy style for this one. Hope you like it so far.

R-Doll: Yeah, there's a lot of characters here and I'm trying to develop everyone even when shifting positions since everyone, literally everyone, are in different locations from each other. Everyone's kind of at their low points and trying to find their purpose given their lives aren't exactly all too great and they all have something or someone they want to get away from. Vox looks the way he does because I imagine him as more of a wizard/mage and I always preferred Vox being a blonde if anything. Everyone excluding Charlie, Helsa and Seviathan were human technically but yeah.