The scene opens on the run down streets of the Greed Ring, a few days after the chaos that happened in the Envy Ring, as a figure is seen walking through the streets. It's an Imp woman wearing a red and blue hoodie with a matching beanie covering her horns, yellow pants, and black boots. Her pupils are strangely blue and red, looking like a pinwheel. She arrives at an almost rundown apartment building and walks inside, where a small Imp boy with broken horns is watching TV, with Luan and Maggie sitting on his sides. The TV screen shows Fizzarolli performing and laughing on stage.
Luan: *notices the woman enter and smiles* Hey, Pomni! *Maggie looks and sees her*
Pomni: *smiles* Hey, Luan. Hey, Maggie.
Maggie gently nudges the boy and catches his attention, pointing to Pomni. Upon seeing her, he smiles and hugs her, as Pomni hugs back. The hug then splits, before they start communicating with sign language.
Imp Boy: *sign language* Sis, welcome home!
Pomni: *sign language* I got you something, Oliver.
The woman then reaches into her hoodie pocket and pulls out a plush Fizzy doll. Oliver's eyes sparkle in excitement as he takes the doll and hugs it tightly, then faces his sister.
Oliver: *sign language* Thank you, Pomni!
Pomni: *smiles, sign language* Anything for my favorite brother.
She ruffles his hair, as Oliver then goes back to watching his show. Pomni walks over to the kitchen and notices an envelope. She groans as she picks it up, seeing it's a reminder for "bills to pay".
Maggie: That came earlier today, Pomni…
Pomni: *crumples the envelope in her fist* I fucking hate this Ring…
She tosses the envelope into the trash can, where more and more envelopes are piled up. Pomni opens the fridge and sees they're running low on food. She groans as she closes the fridge door, then rests her forehead on the door.
Pomni: I gotta find a fucking job…
Luan: *worried* Pom, just let us help you out.
Pomni: No. *faces them* You two already do enough by babysitting Oliver when I'm out trying to get a job. I appreciate you wanting to help more, but some things I gotta do myself.
She walks over to the counter and opens up a laptop, then begins scrolling through jobs she could apply for. The first to pop up was a few dozen jobs working for Mammon.
Pomni: *Luan and Maggie peek over her shoulders* HARD pass.
She keeps scrolling, finding more jobs in the Greed Ring, but they're clearly scams that have terrible grammar.
Maggie: *scoffs* If they're gonna scam people, at least make it convincing.
She then starts looking for jobs in different Rings. Really, she'll take any excuse to leave the Greed Ring, so long as she can bring Oliver with.
She considered taking a job for the Wrath Ring, but she wasn't lucky enough to have the strength of a Wrath Ring Imp.
She considered a job for the Envy Ring, but what would she do? Be a lifeguard? Practically everyone in that Ring could swim and breathe underwater. And besides, Pomni didn't have gills.
But that's when an ad from the Lust Ring caught her eyes. It contained an Incubus Shark Demon hybrid with two different colored eyes dressed as a circus ringmaster, standing before silhouettes of circus members in rather sexual positions. The ad had the text "THE AMAZING EROTIC CIRCUS" at the top, with small text boxes containing expressions like "JAW-DROPPING LUST!", "HEART STOPPING HORNINESS!", and "MIND-BENDING SEXUAL PARAPHERNALIA!"
And at the very bottom, the ad says "Also to show Mammon that his circuses are shit".
Luan: *surprised* A circus in the Lust Ring? First I've heard of it.
Maggie: *looks closer at the ad* Hm… Can't say I've seen it either, as surprising as it sounds.
Pomni: *thinks it over for a second* Hm… I guess it could be worth checking out…
She glances at Oliver in the living room, who is beaming with happiness as he watches Fizzarolli on the screen.
Pomni: *thinking to herself* As long as I can provide for him.
A few days later, at the Hazbin Hotel, Lincoln has Charlie standing on his shoulders as she rummages through a bookshelf in the library of the hotel.
Lincoln: Hey Charlie, just curious… you do have wings, right? Like your father?
Charlie: *pulls out some books* I do, but I hardly use them. I haven't trained a lot with them, so they're still a bit fresh and sensitive to use.
Lincoln: Ah, makes sense.
Charlie: Lemme guess, you're asking because you were wondering why I'm not using them to get stuff on the shelves?
Lincoln: Heh… yeah, figured I'd at least ask.
Lincoln suddenly hears his phone ringing. As Charlie hops down from his shoulders, Lincoln pulls out his phone and sees the contact is written as "Ozz".
Lincoln: *answers the phone* Hey, Ozz. *Charlie's eyes suddenly widen with sparkles*
It shows a split-screen of Lincoln and Charlie on the left, and Asmodeus and Fizz on the right.
Asmodeus: Hey, Lincoln! How's the coolest Hound in Hell?
Lincoln: *chuckles and scratches the back of his head* Ah, shut up… I'm not that cool…
Fizzarolli: *laughs* Bullshit!
Charlie: Uncle Ozzie?!
Asmodeus: *gasps* Is that little Char-Char?!
Charlie: *giggles* Sure is, Uncle Ozzie! How've you been?!
Asmodeus: *chuckles* Oh, same as always. How's your hotel?
Charlie: Oh, it's great! We've got a few guests already thanks to Lincoln!
Asmodeus: Ha! Just proving my point exactly!
Lincoln looks bashful as he chuckles.
Fizzarolli: Ozz, remember what we gotta ask him.
Asmodeus: Right, right.
Lincoln: Ask me what?
Asmodeus: Real quick, are you familiar with The Amazing Erotic Circus?
Lincoln: *thinks for a second* … Can't say that I am. What is that?
Asmodeus: It's a circus here in the Lust Ring that was founded by a good friend of mine named Caine. He made the circus as a middle finger to Mammon.
Charlie: Who hasn't wanted to flip Mammon off?
Asmodeus: Anyways, the circus needs a bodyguard, in case someone's planning to attack. Now, Caine is remarkably powerful, but he can be a bit… ignorant, when it comes to danger.
Lincoln: Lemme guess, you want me to be that bodyguard for the circus whenever I'm available?
Asmodeus: Can you? I know you already have two jobs, and you don't have to accept it if you think it'll be too much.
Lincoln: *chuckles* Not the first time a royal demon asked me to be a bodyguard. Alright Ozz, I'll head over there now.
Asmodeus: Thanks so much, Lincoln.
Lincoln: You're welcome. I'll leave you and Fizz to focus on each other's company, lovebirds.
Asmodeus and Fizzarolli both freeze with wide eyes.
Asmodeus: *slowly starts to blush in embarrassment* … Was it really that obvious?
Charlie: *giggles* Oh, absolutely.
Lincoln: You two aren't exactly discreet about it. Like… at all.
Fizz, embarrassed, buries his face in Asmodeus' chest hair.
Asmodeus: You, uh… ain't mad about me dating Fizz, are you, Charlie?
Charlie: *smiles* Uncle Ozzie, I'm literally dating a Sinner. I have no room to judge your love life, as long as he makes you happy.
Asmodeus: *smiles* Thanks, Char-Char. And thanks for doing this, Linc.
Lincoln: No problem, Ozz.
The call ends as Lincoln and Charlie then leave the library. In a burst of aura, the same aura when he turns to his human form, changes back to his normal clothes.
Vaggie: *notices* You're already leaving, Lincoln?
Lincoln: Yeah, gotta head down to the Lust Ring.
Angel Dust: *groans, sits up from the couch he's laying on* Ugggghhhhhhhhh, please, fucking take me with you!
Lincoln: *rolls his eyes* You definitely would be at home in the Lust Ring.
Angel Dust: *annoyed, lays back down* It's fucking annoying that Sinners are restricted to this lame ass Pride Ring! You know how many Imps I've slept with who told me about the other Rings?!
Husk: *cleaning a glass* For once, you're right. Why are Sinners restricted to the Pride Ring?
Lincoln: *looks at him* Husk, think about it. Really think about it.
Husk stops cleaning the glass, realizing that if someone like Alastor or Valentino had access to the other Rings, it would definitely be bad news.
Husk: … Fair point.
Lincoln: *nods as Husk goes back to cleaning the glass* There you go.
Angel Dust: *crosses his arms as Lincoln walks out* Still fucking sucks…
Cut to the streets of the Lust Ring as Pomni walks around, passing by a few horny demons.
Succubus: *her tail blocks Pomni's path, flirtatious* Hey, Shortstack. Wanna have a good time?
Pomni: *flustered* Um… n-no thanks, I'm… I'm looking for The Amazing Erotic Circus…?
Succubus: Oh, the circus! *turns around and points* At the end of the block. Big blue tent with two giant hotties on top, you can't miss it.
Pomni: Thank you… *starts to walk off*
Succubus: See you around. *her tail smacks Pomni's butt*
Pomni: *startled* Ah!
She gives the succubus an annoyed look as she rubs where the tail smacked her, then walks off. After a few minutes, she arrives at a large blue circus tent decorated with red and yellow flaming hearts. Sitting on top were two tall, slender and seductive looking demon women. One had yellow skin, red horns and orange flaming hair, wearing a skimpy orange outfit decorated like a sun's texture, and the other had pale blue skin, dark blue horns and blue wavy hair, wearing a skimpy gray outfit decorated like a moon's surface. These are twin sisters, Sun and Moon.
Pomni stares up at the large tent for a few moments, before walking through the open flaps of the tent.
Cut to inside the tent, which was decorated like a fever dream with spiral stairs and slides, a black and white checkerboard floor, large blocks decorated with sexual pictures, and floating props. Pomni walks on-screen, looking around at the tent and noticing a group of demons rehearsing some sort of show as music plays.
One demon was a tall and slender Hellrabbit with purple fur, thin striped horns behind his ears, red eyes with yellow sclera, sharp yellow teeth, and a long thin tail tipped with white cotton. He wore just a pair of pink overalls with a red pentagram over a black circle with a white outline, and yellow gloves with cuffs. He had a look that was mixed, both smug and uninterested at the same time.
Another demon was a male Baphomet with tan fur and purple arms, legs, horns, and candle flame. He wore a purple king's robe lined with white fur covered in dark spots, and white gloves with cuffs. He looked to be hiding in some sort of fort made from body pillows of different Lust Ring stars, like Fizzarolli and Verosika.
Another demon was… frankly bizarre. Her head looked to be flesh, with pale gray skin, small horns with red stripes spiraling around, long black hair, red blush marks on her cheeks, a red heart mark on her upper lip, pink eyes with lime green sclera, and a comedy mask over her face. However, below her neck and downwards, her entire body was made of shiny red ribbons, which seemed to either hang loose as her arms and tail, or constrict and solidify around her chest and hips.
The next demon seemed just as bizarre as the girl made of ribbons. They looked to be a blend of a few different types of demons, namely a Baphomet, a Shark demon, and an Incubus. Their body had mismatched arms and legs of different colors, a single pink wing, a teal green tail that became wavy and bendy near the end, a single black and white horn on the left side of their head, and a candle with a teal green flame on the right side of their head. Even their eyes were different, with teal color on the left, and yellow with red swirls on the right.
The last demon that caught Pomni's attention was a pink skinned succubus with red raggedy hair, a single red eye, and her other eye covered by a similar eyepatch as Vaggie's, except hers is blue. Her clothes looked to be made of rags, like a Raggedy Ann Doll's clothes were made into a revealing crop top and skirt, with some black heels to finish it off.
Floating above them was the same Incubus Shark Demon hybrid Pomni saw on the ad, and at his side was a jellyfish demon with light blue jelly-like skin over his pitch black body and horns. He had razor sharp teeth outlined white, and a thin tail with a round tip that fades into a light blue.
Pomni takes a moment to look around the circus, but almost gets hit by a flying eyeball. A hat zooms past, before a big plant similar to the one Stolas has falls and almost crushes her, frightening her as she stumbles back. She knocks over the Hellrabbit, causing the Baphomet dressed like a king, and subsequently the girl made of ribbons to fall over too, breaking her comedy mask and revealing a tragedy mask underneath, while the music slows to a stop.
Pomni backs down, while the others stand up and stare at her, looking confused as Pomni looks nervous.
Hellrabbit: *sounding annoyed* Caine, is this one of your background bitches or is this a new official sucker? *pinches the bridge of his nose* 'Cause if it's a new lead, we're gonna have to remake this whole routine.
Mismatched Demon: *crosses their arms, sounding annoyed* I'm not doing that again.
Caine: My my, it appears we have a new visitor! *points his cane at Pomni* What brings you here, little Imp?
Pomni: *clears her throat* Um, hi… I-I'm here about the… the job opening…?
Caine: Well then, you're hired!
He snaps his fingers, and suddenly, Pomni's outfit changes into a red and blue jester attire, matching her eyes, with yellow details and buttons. Caine then zips down to Pomni as his hand grows twice as big, and he smacks her across the face, causing her to spin like a red and blue tornado. When she stops with spinning eyes, it's revealed her face is now painted white with red blush marks. Her dizziness wears off as she looks at herself.
Pomni: *puzzled* J-Just like that?! N-No interview?!
Succubus: Yeah, Caine is… well, he doesn't waste time. With anything.
Hellrabbit: *still has his smug grin* Welcome to true Hell, Imp.
Pomni: *looks at Jax* What?
Mismatched Demon: Shut up, Jax. But yeah, he's right. This job gets pretty fucking wild. You'll get used to it.
Pomni: "U-U-Used to it"? What do you mean?
Succubus: Guys, don't be mean.
Jax: We've been stuck working at this circus for years! *gestures to the body pillow fort* Old Kinger over there's supposedly been here the longest.
The Baphomet, Kinger, peeks out of his body pillow fort that he had made.
Kinger: *gasps* Did somebody say something about an insect collection?!
Jax: That's why he's craaazy. *chuckles while doing a cuckoo finger twirl*
Pomni nervous gulps, wondering just what job she got herself into. The succubus approaches her and pats her back affectionately.
Succubus: Hey, don't listen to them. *Pomni looks up at her as she smiles softly* Everything's gonna be ok, new stuff. We've all been through this.
Pomni calms down a bit and gives a slight smile.
Pomni: Thanks… um, uh…
Succubus: Oh, right. I'm Ragatha.
Pomni: *shakes Ragatha's hand* I'm Pomni.
Ragatha: Nice to meet you, Pomni. *gestures to the mismatched demon* That's Zooble, *gestures to Jax* Jax, *gestures to Kinger* Kinger, *gestures to the ribbon bodies demon* Gangle, *gestures to Caine and the jellyfish demon* and that's Caine and Bubble.
Pomni gives a nervous grin as she waves. Cut to Gangle, on her knees and crying because her comedy mask was broken earlier.
Gangle: Not again... * continues sobbing*
Pomni: *notices Gangle and goes over to her, seeing her broken mask* Oh shit… I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to break your mask.
Gangle: *sniffles* It's fine… *picks up the broken halves, then removes her tragedy mask* This isn't the first time this happened…
Pomni: I can help you fix it if you like.
Gangle: *sniffles and gives a small smile* Thank you…
Jax: *puts his hands behind his head* So, Caine, we havin' a new adventure today for the newbie or what?
Caine: I'd like to give our brand-new member a tour of the circus grounds. *appears next to Pomni and grabs her arm* Off we go!
Caine and Pomni warp to the outside of the tent.
Caine: Here we have THE TENT! This is where your living quarters are, as well as other sorts of activities and rehearsals! You'll always be expected to rehearse your acts here, as well as performing!
The two then warp back inside the tent, this time to a hallway lined with doors.
Caine: Here's your living quarters! Your room is still in development, but you can feel free to decorate it however you like!
Pomni: Wait, so… we… live here? Free of charge?
Caine: Absolutely! No questions asked!
Pomni: Actually, I… I do have one question.
Caine: Fine then, ask away!
Pomni whispers into Caine's ear, and he listens intently. When she's done, Caine just smiles widely.
Caine: Well, why didn't you ask sooner?! Of course your brother can stay with you! *Pomni looks relieved and happy* Who am I to deny family ties?
He playfully smacks Pomni's back, nearly making her stumble, as they zip back to outside the tent.
Caine: At the end of the day, we stay right here, where I can keep my *summons blue and green eyeballs as he speaks in a dramatic voice* HUNDREDS OF ALL-SEEING EYES ON YOU!
Pomni stares in an uncomfortable silence, before it pans up to show Moon and Sun.
Moon: *flirtatious* Hello, Caine. I've missed you.
Caine: *lets out a startled shout as he starts pushing Pomni back to the tent, his many eyeballs disappearing* Let's get back inside before Moon gets too frisky!
Pomni: Isn't frisky part of the whole vibe of the Lust Ring…?
Caine: *whispers* There's frisky, then there's Moon frisky.
Caine, again, warps them inside the tent. Pomni, feeling sick from the constant warping, vomits on the floor.
Caine: Woah, clean up on aisle you!
Bubble flies down from the ceiling.
Bubble: I'm on it, Boss!
Bubble proceeds to continuously lick the vomit while Caine seems disturbed.
Caine: … Why are you like this?
Pomni regains her focus and sighs out.
Pomni: Well, that was quite a tour…
Cut to a POV where everything appears in pink, blue or yellow colors, with their audio muffled. Low growls are heard as the POV locks on Pomni, just as Ragatha approaches the new recruit and talks to her. The POV then looks at Ragatha, and growls in even more anger.
POV: *low distorted voice, angry whispers* Ra… ga… tha…
Cut back to the group. Bubble has finished licking up Pomni's vomit.
Caine: Gadzooks, you're right, Jax! We should have a brand new adventure for our new member, Pomni!
Jax: I said that, like, 5 minutes ago.
Caine points to Pomni.
Caine: You! Do you like adventure? Activity? Wonder? Sex? Danger? Horror? Pain? Suffering? Agony? Death? Disease? Death? *holds up a slice of cake* Demon food cake?
Bubble appears and eats the demon food cake in one bite. Caine looks at Bubble, horrified.
Caine: YOU PARASITE! *pops Bubble like… well, a bubble.*
Pomni: Uh- I don't really-
Caine: Since you're new around here, we're gonna make it a simple, in-house, adventure to warm you up to how things work around here!
Zooble: *annoyed* What? No, god! I don't want an in-house adventure! *crosses their arms*
Caine: *zips over next to them* Don't worry, Zooble. I'll make it something unobtrusive that you can still choose to not get involved with! *floats back up* Today's adventure is… *the words appear behind him* Gather the Gloinks!
Caine laughs maniacally. He is cut off as he starts saying the next lines.
Caine: That's right!
It cuts to show small multi-colored creatures with mismatched faces and limbs going around the circus and causing chaos, taking stuff, or just laughing.
Caine: The entire circus tent will be infested with Gloinks, *cut back to him and Bubble* and you gotta catch 'em all!
Bubble: But what are they?
Caine: I'm glad you asked, Bubble, they're small-
Bubble: And what do they do?
Caine: They-
Bubble: And how do they-
Caine pops Bubble again.
Caine: Gloinks are small mischievous critters that steal anything and everything they run into! Why do these Imp-like bastards do this? How do you stop them? That's for you to find out. *floats up* Now, good luck, and have fun, my little superstars! I have a meeting with Lord Asmodeus to get to!
Caine disappears as if he was a popped balloon, but then Caine comes back a moment later.
Caine: Oh, by the way, if a Hellhound with orange eyes shows up, don't be alarmed. Ozzie hired him as a temporary bodyguard.
Caine disappears again.
Jax: The hell would we need a bodyguard for? *takes off Zooble's right arm and starts using it as a backscratcher, much to their annoyance* Pretty sure we can take care of ourselve-
Zooble: *controls their right arm and strangles Jax with it* Yeah, what is he talking about? *Jax falls to the floor*
Ragatha: *as Zooble then takes their arm back and reattaches it* Guys, relax. Caine's probably just looking out for us.
Multiple gunshots suddenly ring out, startling the circus as dead Gloinks drop before them with bloody plops. Kinger retreats back into his body pillow fort as Gangle lets out a startled cry, almost dropping the broken halves of her comedy mask.
Jax: *sits back up as he raises an eyebrow* The fuck?
Lincoln storms into sight, holding another dead Gloink in one hand, and a smoking gun in the other.
Lincoln: *clearly annoyed* Damn, these annoying little fuckers wouldn't get off my car! *throws the body away, them notices the circus members staring at him* ...Hey.
Ragatha: I'm guessing you're the bodyguard Asmodeus hired?
Lincoln: *holsters his gun and approaches them* Yeah, that's me. I'm Lincoln, from the Immediate Murder Professionals.
Jax: *crosses his arms* Immediate Murder Professionals? *scoffs with a chuckle* Sounds corny as shi- *Lincoln's knife zips past his face, shutting him up*
Lincoln: *eyes narrow as he snarls* Watch it, rabbit.
Jax is about to retort, but Lincoln is quick to get into his face.
Lincoln: *whispers threateningly* Insult me or how I do my job, I won't be afraid to slit your fucking throat and force you to choke on your own blood till you die slowly and painfully. *pops his neck*
Wide-eyed, Jax shuts his mouth once more as Lincoln walks past him to retrieve his knife.
Zooble: *stares for a while before glancing at Ragatha* ...I like this guy.
Lincoln: *retrieves his knife and sheaths it* So, I'm gonna take a guess of your names. *points to Jax* This lanky rabbit dipshit is Jax.
Zooble: Yeah, that's him. *Jax scoffs and crosses his arms*
Lincoln: *points to Ragatha* The red-head Succubus is Ragatha.
Ragatha: *smiles* Sure am.
Lincoln: *points at Zooble* You're Zooble.
Zooble nods with a small smirk.
Lincoln: *points to Gangle* The girl with the ribbon body is Gangle.
Gangle: *sniffles* Y-Yes…
Lincoln: *points to the body pillow fort* And the guy in the pillow fort is Kinger.
Ragatha: *nods* Yep. *gestures to Pomni* And this is our newest member, Pomni.
Pomni: *as Lincoln faces her, she gives a nervous wave* Uh, hi…
Lincoln: *smiles* Nice to meet you.
The Gloinks steal Kinger's "Impenetrable Fortress", which was his aforementioned pillow fort
Kinger: MY IMPENETRABLE FORTRESS!
Ragatha: *calls out* Kinger, come meet our new bodyguard!
Kinger: *stands up* Bodyguard? Oh, thank Asmodeus! *approaches them* I've been feeling like we needed one!
Ragatha: *looks confused* Why's that?
Kinger: Because of Kaufmo. Last time I spoke to him before he quit, it was like he became more aggressive and angry. He was rambling on about how "things weren't fair here, and he was going to change that".
Lincoln: *intrigued, he approaches Kinger* Do you have any idea where this "Kaufmo" was going after he quit?
Kinger: I think the Greed Ring…?
Lincoln: Greed… *snarls, quietly* Probably working for that dipshit Mammon…
Zooble: Yeah, whatever. *starts to walk off* If anyone needs me, then fuck off. *Zooble flips the middle finger*
Gloinks suddenly appear and attack Zooble, stealing their body parts.
Zooble: Oh God, oh jeez, NO! *the Gloinks start carrying their pieces off* OH FUCK! SOMEBODY HELP!
Gangle gasps in worry.
Jax: *sarcastic* Oh no, they killed Zooble. *puts his hands behind his head* Anyway, you guys wanna go get something to eat?
Lincoln pulls out his pistol and fires shot after shot, hitting each of the Gloinks and killing them, making Zooble's body parts fall on the floor.
Zooble: *groans* Ugh… *lifts their head up* Thanks, kid… *starts picking themselves up piece by piece… literally* I'm gonna go put myself back together… you guys do whatever…
Gangle: *approaches* Z-Zooble, I can help you… i-if you like…
Zooble: Thanks, Gangle…
Jax: Hey Crybaby, take Hoo-ha *points to Kinger* with you, will ya?
Ragatha: *nervous chuckle* Do you think pairing them up together is a good idea?
Jax: Of course I do. They're the two most mentally stable and capable characters to be paired together.
As Jax is saying this, Kinger starts to shake and spaz violently. Lincoln looks disturbed at Kinger's shaking.
Lincoln: Is he okay…?
Zooble: *reattaches their head and neck to their body* He's fine.
Pomni: *sighs* I think I'm gonna go see if my room is ready… Maybe get a head start on setting things up…
Ragatha: If you like, I can help you out, Pomni.
Pomni: *slight smile* Thanks, Ragatha…
Lincoln: I might go with you two. If the rooms are near each other, maybe I can enter Kaufmo's and find out why he became aggressive.
Ragatha: Yeah, they are. They're along the same hall.
Jax: I'm fine with doing whatever, as long as I get to see funny things happening to people!
A Gloink runs up and kicks Jax in the face.
Jax: Ow!
Lincoln: *laughs* Nice!
Jax: *annoyed* Okay, I've already had enough of these things. *sighs and points at Ragatha, Pomni and Lincoln* You, me, Pomni, and the bodyguard will go check out Kaufmo's room. Come on. Let's go see what the clown left behind.
They walk off to where the rooms are located. Gangle, with her tragedy mask back on, is staring at her broken comedy mask.
Gangle: I need to fix this soon…
An awkward silence for a few seconds, until…
Kinger: *startled* GAH! *Gangle flinches as he calms down* Oh Gangle… you startled me. *Zooble rolls their eyes*
Cut to the hallway from Caine's tour, with Lincoln and the three circus members walking down the hall.
Lincoln: *looks around the hall* So you guys all live here in the circus?
Ragatha: Yeah, we do. Caine lets us live here free of charge as long as we work in his circus. Better than living on the streets, right?
Lincoln: True, true. *notices some of the doors have X marks over the pictures* What do those X marks mean…?
Ragatha: Those are the members who either quit to work in another job or…
She looks at the door with an image of a female Baphomet that looks similar to Kinger, and the image was crossed out.
Ragatha: In Queenie's case… the Extermination…
Lincoln: *snarls* All the more reason I fucking hate the Exterminations…
Ragatha: *nods, then looks around* I think Pomni's room should be… *spots a door and catches Pomni's attention* Oh look!
The door shows an image of Pomni's face, with her eyes big.
Ragatha: *off-screen* It's already finished!
Pomni stares at the door with her eyes just as big as the picture. After a few seconds, they keep walking through the hall.
Pomni: About the adventures… are they really something we have to do?
Ragatha: Well, only if we want to. When we aren't doing adventures, we're rehearsing for the circus performances. And when we aren't doing either of those, we're free to do whatever we want, come and go as we please.
Lincoln: Really? And Caine doesn't mind?
Ragatha: Oh, not at all. Just as long as we give it our all in our performances.
They soon stop at the door with a clown demon's picture X'd out; Kaufmo's room. Ragatha tries the doorknob, but it's locked.
Ragatha: *groans* Ugh, should've known… of course the door would be locked…
Jax: Don't worry, dollface. *reveals a key and spins it and walks towards Kaufmo's room* I've got a key to his room.
Ragatha: *shocked* Wha, wait, wh-why?! *her shock turns to stern anger* You-you-you shouldn't have keys to anyone's room!
Jax: *smug grin, unlocking Kaufmo's door* Nah, I've got keys everywhere, and you've all been fine. *glances back at the succubus* By the way, I may have left something in your room today, so let me know if you find it. *grins* You're not afraid of centipedes, are ya?
Ragatha: *furious* JAX! That's literally my only fear, why would you do this?!
Jax: Whaaaaaaaat?! It could be a completely unrelated question. You'll never know until it's too late. *Lincoln socks him in the back of the head* OW!
Lincoln: Just unlock the fucking door, you piece of sh- *his eyes twitch as his eyes widen* MOVE!
He tackles Ragatha and Pomni down as the door suddenly shatters into splinters and the wall around it crumbles. The four of them are blown back from the impact as smoke and dust is kicked up. They look ahead with wide eyes as the smoke clears and reveals a towering black beast with creepy ever-changing eyes all across its body. The beast snarls at the four below it, as Jax then notices a teal bowling ball among the rubble.
Jax: *picks up the bowling ball* Oh, I've been looking for this. Thanks for keeping an eye on it, Kaufy. I'm gonna head out, see ya. *bolts off*
Ragatha: *stunned* Oh, Kaufmo's… been abstracted! *tries to calm down* That- that's okay.
Pomni: *horrified* What… is that?
Ragatha: It… might be a result of Kaufmo's anger that Kinger was talking about… and it turned him into this…!
Pomni: H-Huh?!
Kaufmo growls and roars as his eyes all glare at the three of them, specifically Ragatha.
Lincoln: Who the fuck could have done this to him?!
Ragatha: Take a wild guess!
Lincoln thinks for a second and looks deadpan.
Lincoln: *deadpan* Of course it's Mammon. How does that fucker keep getting worse and worse?
Kaufmo swats Pomni and Lincoln out of the way, backing Ragatha up against a wall.
Ragatha: *panicked* Whoa! Kaufmo, Listen! I know we didn't always get along, like when you called me out for fake laughing at your jokes! I swear, I really did think they were funny, I was just having a bit of a bad *Kaufmo grabs her* DAY!
Kaufmo slams Ragatha on the walls, floor and ceiling multiple times, before throwing her across the floor as she screams in pain. Her left arm and right leg look bent in ways they shouldn't be, and there are cuts across her body. Pomni looks horrified at Ragatha's condition.
Ragatha: *spits up a bit of blood and faces her* P-Pomni, run…! Now!
Pomni: *horrified* I-I can't just leave you…!
Kaufmo roars as he's about to pounce on Pomni and Ragatha, but that's when an orange streak bashes into him, sending him crashing across the hall, knocking some of the picture frames off the walls. Kaufmo gets up with a furious growl, seeing Lincoln on the end of the hall opposite to Pomni and Ragatha.
Lincoln: *flips him off with a smirk* Come and get some, you bitch ass clown!
Kaufmo roars and chases after Lincoln, who turns to his Zodiac form and books it on all fours down the hall. Once out of the hall, Lincoln zips to the right of the exit to the hall, as Kaufmo runs straight ahead and crashes through the railing, tumbling down to the first floor with a heavy thud. Lincoln peeks over the railing and sees Kaufmo growling as he gets to his feet, then notices a loose Gloink. He roars and chases after it.
Lincoln: *powers down* That's probably not good…
He turns back to the hall and runs back in to help Pomni and Ragatha.
Cut to Zooble, Kinger and Gangle standing at the edge of a hole in the circus floor. Zooble's body is fully put back together, except they're missing their left arm.
Kinger: I don't know what I'm looking at here.
Zooble: *mutters quietly in annoyance* For the love of fuck, Kinger…
Gangle: *sniffles* We saw a Gloink carry Zooble's other arm down there, remember… ?
Kinger: Oh, yeah. Thank you for the recap.
They look back down the hole.
Kinger: … Boy, we're not very good at this, are we?
Zooble: Not at all.
Jax runs up behind the three of them, panting in exhaustion as he tries to catch his breath.
Jax: *panting* Sup… fellas?
Kinger: *turns around* JAX! *points to the hole* We found the Gloink's secret entrance!
Jax: *gains his breath* Cool.
Zooble: Wait, where are the others?
Gangle: Shouldn't they be with you…?
Jax: Nah, they're helping Pomni set her room. That shortstack needs all the help she can get.
Zooble: I seriously doubt everything that just came out of your mouth.
Kinger: Well, it's good to know Pomni's adjusting nicely.
Kaufmo is heard growling in the distance and Jax looks back briefly.
Jax: *faces them and holds his bowling ball up* She actually asked me to give you this.
He throws the bowling ball into Zooble and Kinger, as the former ends up grabbing Gangle's ribbon tail and unravels her body, pulling her down in the hole as she squeals in shock. Jax smirks and jumps in after them.
The scene cuts to a dark room with a long red slide. Zooble, Kinger, Gangle, and Jax roll down it, flying off a ramp. The stunt is followed by a sign with Caine in the middle saying "RADICAL" and a crowd saying "wow" in the background.
In a damp cave littered with Gloinks, Zooble, Kinger and Gangle roll out of a hole in the wall and knock down a group of bowling pin-shaped Gloinks, except for one. Jax follows behind, as he kicks away the remaining pin-shaped Gloink, then walks off. A text pop-up saying "SPARE!" appears, causing Jac to come back on-screen and snap the pop-up over his knee.
Zooble, Kinger and Gangle roll out on the floor, and look up to see a massive overweight demon woman with red skin covered in yellow spots, multiple eyes, and two mouths, one on its face and one on its tail. This is the Gloink Queen, and she eats a table, letting out a loud belch.
Zooble: What the fuck…?
Kinger: An insect collection…?
Gangle: I think it's a nest…
Gangle and Kinger look at each other, and after a few seconds of silence, Kinger shrieks.
Back in the hallway, Lincoln is running through looking for Pomni and Ragatha.
Lincoln: Pom?! Rag?! Where are you?!
He looks ahead and sees Ragatha sitting up against a wall, with Pomni trying her best to patch up the cuts on Ragatha's body.
Ragatha: Over here… *groans when Pomni tightens the bandages*
Pomni: Sorry, sorry…
Lincoln: *kneels to them* Christ on a stick, Ragatha, your arm…
Ragatha: *looks at her broken arm* Oh, this? Pfft, no worries.
She then starts to pop her arm back into place, disturbing Pomni and Lincoln. Pomni holds herself back from throwing up.
Ragatha: *moves her former broken arm a bit* There, good enough for now…
Lincoln: Well, we still need to get you some medical attention.
Ragatha: What you need to do right now is to find Caine. He'll be able to fully fix me up and take care of Kaufmo.
Lincoln: And where would he be at?
Pomni: I… I think he said he was meeting with Asmodeus…?
Lincoln: *nods* Alright. Pomni, you stay here with Ragatha. I'll get Caine.
Pomni: *nods* Okay…
Lincoln runs off, leaving the two girls. Pomni continues bandaging Ragatha's remaining cuts. Lincoln runs through the circus area, but then hears Kaufmo growling. He turns around, seeing the multi-eyed beast glaring and roaring at him.
Lincoln: … Oh, fuck.
Kaufmo chases Lincoln down, as the Hellhound books it away from the massive beast.
Cut back to the others as the Gloink Queen then notices them, and growls in disapproval.
Gloink Queen: What form of non-Gloinkinian mass dares presume presence in the nest of the Gloink Queen?!
Jax is unbothered and checks his nails in a sassy way. Zooble has their hand on their hip in annoyance.
Jax: Oh, is that who you are? You know, you could have asked for my consent before forcing me to see something so completely and utterly disgusting.
Gloink Queen: *offended and angry at Jax for his rude words to her, a "queen"* How despicable, a rabbitoid that runs its mouth in the presence of my royal figure!
Kinger and Gangle are still kneeling to the Queen.
Kinger: Well, as a royal myself, I would like to kindly ask if- *notices one Gloink carrying Zooble's arm* Oh look, there's Zooble's arm!
Zooble: *looks and sees their missing arm* Oh, about fucking time.
Zooble regains control of their split arm, pulling it from the Gloink's grip and reattaches it to their body.
Zooble: Alright, let's get the fuck out of here.
Jax suddenly looks to his right and sees a blue Gloink glitching aggressively and the gloinks stop to watch their own sibling dying in front of them. Jax looks back and forth, concerned for his own safety.
Back in the main room of the circus, as Lincoln was still running from Kaufmo. Lincoln notices a yellow barrel and claws it open, as red demon monkeys leap out, chattering and screeching. Lincoln hides behind the barrel as Kaufmo comes around the corner and sees the demon monkeys. He chases them down as Lincoln sneaks around the barrel, then peeks out just in time to see Kaufmo smash one of the demon monkeys into a puddle of bloody paste.
Lincoln: *flinches, quietly* Fucking hell…
He runs out of sight to stay away from Kaufmo.
Lincoln: *groans* Forget just running around.
Lincoln pulls out his phone and dials Asmodeus' number. Cut back to near the barrel as a red Gloink bounces on-screen, only for Kaufmo to aggressively slam down on the Gloink, cracking the floor underneath.
Back in the Gloink Queen's nest, the Gloink Queen is getting angrier.
Gloink Queen: You foolish assortment of colorful characters! *raises her head to the ceiling to show disapproval towards Jax, Zooble, Gangle, and Kinger* Do you not realize everything must be Gloinks!? I am Gloinks. You will be Gloinks! LUCIFER HIMSELF WILL BE GLOINKS!
Jax: *unamused* This is dumb and weird.
Gloink Queen: *stuttering, now sure what to say* Well, B- uh- Y- Yet you're still watching it!.
Jax: I'm not here for the adventure or anything. I'm just here to hide from the-
Suddenly, Kaufmo crashes through the ceiling and falls onto the Gloink Queen, causing a massive thud. The three heroes stare in shock and Jax stares in boredom as Kaufmo aggressively beats up the Gloink Queen, ripping out chunks of her flesh.
Gangle: *terrified* What's happening?!
Zooble: *shocked* What the fuck is that?!
Jax: *unbothered* It's just Kaufmo. Don't worry about it.
Zooble: *furiously turns to Jax* WHAT?!
Gangle: *more terrified* Kaufmo got transformed?!
Jax: Nah, he's fine.
Kinger: *panicking* HOW ARE WE GONNA GET OUT OF HERE?!
Zooble: *looks back, then faces the group* Guys. Over there?
They point back at an escalator that leads out of the nest.
Kinger: *relieved* Huh.
They walk towards the escalator, as Zooble's tail pushes Jax to the back, allowing them and Gangle to go first.
Zooble: Ladies first, rabbit bitch.
Gangle blushes under her mask.
Cut back to Pomni and Ragatha, as Pomni finishes bandaging up Ragatha's cuts.
Pomni: There… I bandaged them as much as I could… But I don't know what to do regarding your leg…
Ragatha: *smiles* It's alright, Pomni… Thanks anyway…
Pomni gives a slight smile as she sits down next to Ragatha.
Ragatha: Pomni? *Pomni looks at her* I'm sorry your first day here had to be so terrible…
Pomni: *gives a slight shrug and smile* Eh… I've had worse first days on a job… All things considered, this has been one of the most exciting days I've ever had… Uh, excluding… y'know, what happened to you… No offense…
Ragatha: *smiles* Eh, don't worry about it. I've taken quite a bit of punishment, even before the circus.
Pomni: *slight smile* Heh… guess that makes two of us… three if you count my little brother…
Ragatha: Oh, you have a brother?
Pomni: *nods* His name's Oliver, and he's the only family I have left.
Ragatha: Oh… I'm guessing your parents were… killed…?
Pomni goes quiet as she thinks for a second.
Female Voice: *in Pomni's head* You worthless little shit!
Male Voice: *in Pomni's head* You'll never amount to a goddamn thing!
Pomni: … Yeah. *quietly so Ragatha doesn't hear* Let's go with that.
Ragatha: Sorry to hear that…
Pomni: It's fine… I'm just glad Oliver can stay in the circus with me.
Ragatha: *playfully raises an eyebrow* You sure the Lust Ring is the right place for a kid?
Pomni: *thinks in a joking matter* Let's see… a Ring full of horny demons and other sexual shit… versus the dumpster fire Greed Ring… Yeah, I'll pick the lesser of two evils.
The two girls both laugh for a few moments.
Pomni: *smiles* Thanks for helping me enjoy this job already, Ragatha… I'm glad I got a friend like you.
Ragatha: *smiles* I'm glad you're my friend too, Pom.
Pomni and Ragatha share a hug… with the former being very glad that Ragatha can't see the blush on her face.
Cut to Asmodeus' office as he and Caine are sharing a laugh.
Caine: Any chance to fuck over Mammon, take it!
Asmodeus: Absolutely! *hears his phone ringing* Oh, gimme a sec.
He pulls out his phone and answers it.
Asmodeus: Ozzie speaking.
Lincoln: *on the phone* Hey Ozz, can you tell Caine to get his ass back over here? The circus is under attack by some giant ass monster!
Asmodeus: Oh! Sure, Linc! *hangs up* Caine, someone's attacking the circus and Linc needs your help.
Caine: *his eyes bulge* WHAT?! I gotta go! *pops out of the room*
Cut back to the circus as Lincoln stands with his arms crossed, and Caine appears before him.
Caine: *looks around* So, where is this monster?
That's when Kinger, Zooble, Jax and Gangle run onto the scene.
Kinger: Caine! Kaufmo went through a sort of Kaufmosis and got abstracted by Mammon!
Caine: Kaufmo was abstracted?! *eyes spin, joking* Why didn't anyone tell me?!
Lincoln: *pinches the bridge of his nose, grumbles* And I thought Blitzo was an annoying boss…
Caine snaps his fingers and summons the abstracted Kaufmo over to him, while the latter growls furiously.
Caine: And into the cellar you go.
Caine opens a hole in the floor and sends Kaufmo down into The Cellar, which is a room underneath the circus separate from the Gloink Queen's nest. It contains a body of water and, shockingly, several other abstracted beings.
The hole shortly closes after, as the four circus members stare down at it.
Zooble: *somber* Man… I can't believe Kaufmo just gave up to Mammon like that. *looks at Kinger* I mean, no offense Kinger, but I always thought you would be the next one to do some shit like that.
Kinger: *clasps his hands together* Thank you.
Jax: Guess it just goes to show you can't rely on Kinger for anything.
Pomni walks on-screen, helping Ragatha walk over so she avoids stepping on her broken leg.
Pomni: Caine, a little help with Ragatha here?!
Caine: Oop!
He snaps his fingers, as Ragatha is suddenly instantly healed, with even her bandages gone. Ragatha fully stands up, feeling no pain.
Caine: *faces everyone* I do have to apologize for not showing up sooner. I got caught up in the meeting with Lord Asmodeus and kinda lost track of time. You know what they say; "time flies when you're having fun".
Zooble: Explains why it felt slow for me today. *rolls their eyes*
Caine: Anyway, it looks like you defeated the Gloink Queen, so I guess the adventure's over! Your reward is a delicious lustful feast cooked by our head Bubble Chef!
Bubble shows up, donning a chef hat, spatula and knife, next to a long table with food on it.
Bubble: Made with all the love and lust I'm legally allowed to give. And no, there are no roofies in the food.
Jax: You know, I am pretty hungry.
Gangle: You didn't even do anything…
Jax: *annoyed* So what? I can still be hungry.
Ragatha: *looks at Pomni, who checks the time* You wanna get something to eat, Pomni?
Pomni: Uh, maybe later. I gotta go pick up my brother. *runs out and calls back* I'll be back later!
Lincoln gets a call and picks up the phone, listening in.
Lincoln: Yeah, just give me a second, Dad. *hangs up and faces Caine* I gotta head back to the Pride Ring.
Caine: Well, thanks for coming by! We'll see you next time we need a bodyguard!
Lincoln: *looks at the circus members* See ya, guys.
The circus members, minus Jax, all wave goodbye to Lincoln as he runs out the door.
Lincoln: *outside, annoyed* HEY! GET THE FUCK OFF MY CAR, YOU FUCKING ANNOYING ASS GREMLINS! *gunshots are heard as some Gloinks run into the tent*
Jax: *crosses his arms, smug grin* Heh, saw that coming.
Cut to the Greed Ring as Pomni runs to her apartment with the biggest smile on her face. She bursts inside and finds Oliver on the couch watching TV with Luan and Maggie, with his plush Fizzy doll in his arms. They all see Pomni enter, but then see her outfit. Luan and Maggie's eyes widen in excitement, but Oliver looks confused.
Luan: You got the fucking job?!
Pomni: *smiling* You bet your ass I did!
Oliver: *sign language* Pomni, why are you dressed like a jester?
Pomni: *smiling, sign language* Because I just got a job at a circus! And we can finally move to a better place!
Oliver's eyes widen in shock and excitement, before he excitedly tackles his sister into a hug, too excited to even use sign language. Pomni couldn't contain her excitement as she hugged her little brother, happy that things were finally going to be looking up for the both of them.