Minos snapped his fingers and suddenly a large bag appeared. It was pretty boring and bland, a simple black aesthetic with an odd symbol that looked like a gavel. He opened it up and grabbed the fire creature from earlier by the muzzle like a misbehaving cat. "Spark. Generate a map." Spark hissed, struggled out of Minos's grip, dove and rummaged through the bag, and grabbed a pencil and scroll. He did random dabbling and suddenly, an extremely detailed map of the entirety of Limbo appeared on it. "We could've just used the map on the back of my hand," Everett muttered. "Well that would have been highly impractical and not efficient in the slightest, now wouldn't it?" Minos said, with an annoyed grumble. Everett nodded, seemingly a bit defeated.

  Minos grabbed the map from Spark (who seemed very proud of themselves) and analyzed it. While Minos analyzed it, Chantal was still trying to process how the hell random lines on a scroll made a complex map that looked like it was made by a master cartographer. Minos cleared his throat. "Well, it seems like the best route to take would take about a day. I suppose we should have gone down Stillpoint Street first. However, we must watch out for demonic gangs." Kay nodded. "Yeah, I've met one of them stinkers before. They tried to steal my milkshake... so I stabbed 'em." Chantal paused, looking very shocked. "You did WHAT??" Kay raised an eyebrow. "What? We regenerate anyway." Death grumbled something about wishing he could do that.

  Minos, for once, actually smiled at Spark. "You did a good job, bud. Have a treat." He tossed a coal piece in Spark's direction, who devoured the thing whole. The group started to stroll down the street. There were lots of restaurants that seemed familiar yet... different. A bit gloomier. I mean, that was honestly what he would have expected. This was not heaven or hell. Not bliss, but not torment. Many demons and angels were walking past them, chatting, socializing... mainly angels. The demons seemed to be avoiding getting seen or being looked at. Maybe out of fear of being judged or ridiculed? Maybe out of fear of being seen as evil? Maybe just self-conscious about their horns? Who knew. Suddenly, an angel landed directly in front of them. Minos went from smiling ever so slightly to frowning. Hard.

  "Well, lookie lookie here. Some low-ranking angels and demons. How quaint. And utterly disgusting," the angel said, smiling cruelly. They had perfect blonde hair, blue eyes, and a toned yet lean body. Death raised an eyebrow. "Uh, hello there angel man, how ya doing? It seems you're blocking the path. Do ya mind moving over to the side a bit?" The angel laughed. Arrogantly. Obnoxiously. "Oh, well if it isn't Death and Minos. You two have softened significantly since The Man Upstairs created those demon kings. Those disgusting, horrible, vile demon kings. Still accepting sinners as angels? HA! Pathetic!" Death paused, looked confused, then his non-existent eyes widened in surprise and then into annoyance. "Ugh. It's you..." Chantal blinked in confusion. "Uhm... who?" The angel scoffed.

  "Only Lysander Libronu, the highest-ranking angel in the entirety of Limbo. I responded directly to The Man Upstairs. I'm even above these two low-lives." "...well then why weren't you... y'know... responding to him and stuff?" Kay inquired. Lysander rolled his eyes. "Well, I couldn't work all day y'know. As much as I'd love to only work, The Man Upstairs insisted I have a break. But that's no matter! I was recently informed Lucifer had gone mad with power. I knew it was a bad idea to ma aww waske them a demon king. No matter! I, Lysander the Great, would destroy this evil power." Minos groaned. "Actually, The Man Upstairs told me and Death to pull names out of a hat and these two came up. We also brought this angel guy." Minos gestured to Kay who's picking his nose. Lysander paused, seemingly in disbelief.

  "WHAT?! THAT IS PREPOSTEROUS. I WAS THE ONE WHO SHOULD'VE BEEN SELECTED. IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME. ME ME ME ME ME ME!!! THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME. I WILL GET MY REVENGE!!" Death blinked. "You're seriously being dramatic, Lysander. We just met you-" Lysander interrupted. "SHUT UP! SHUT UP SHUT UP!!! ALL OF YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH." He teleported away with a passive-aggressive snap of his fingers. "Well he seems like an arrogant asshole," Chantal said. Minos sighed and nodded. "He indeed is. This probably isn't the last time we'll see him. He was annoyingly persistent." "I could tell that much," Everett said, not looking angry but simply concerned. "Well forget about that dumb fuckin' bitch, we got some adventur...er...ing...ing...er... whatever! I recommend we grab some rations!" Minos sighed. "Yes, that is a surprisingly efficient course of action."

  Everett put his hand on his chin in thought. "We'd need a lot too. The pathway bridges between the islands of each section of Limbo had no food, drinks, etc. We'd need all the water and food we could get and once we reached the next area, we could refill. But for now, we just needed to grab supplies from some stores around here. We should split up to different stores. Death and Minos go to get drinks and me, Kay, and Chantal will go get food." Everyone nodded in agreement.

  Minos and Death walked into a store with a hanging sign that said "Existential Beverages 50% off!" Minos squinted at some of the drinks in the isles. He'd only ever been to the coffee machine in his office and LimboBucks. "Death what is a...sloo-shee" Death laughed casually. "Oh that's a slushie.... they're definitely not your thing. I think you've only ever drank coffee." Minos frowned "That is in fact not true. I've had tea. Anything else was highly inefficient for my work. I couldn't stay up reading files while sipping water." He said water as if it was the most disgusting thing in the world. Death wasn't even surprised at this point.

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  Death grabbed some essentials. Mainly large packs of water bottles and a separate pack of chilled coffee for Minos.

  He walked up to the counter. "Hello there my man, how much does this stuff cost?" The cashier sighed as if they hated everything. "That'll be 3000 Limbodollars." Minos scoffed. "Yeah I'm not paying that ridiculous fee. Spark." Spark jumped out of his bag once again. He started running around the building setting everything on fire. The cashier didn't even blink. Death and Minos walked out without paying.

  Meanwhile, Kay, Chantal, and Everett visited a store with a poster on its window that said "New: Regret Sundae!! (May cause being a sad little loser)" Chantal was seemingly baffled at all the confusing food options. Everett was carrying a basket and was grabbing the non-perishables; canned beans, dried fruit, some freeze dried snacks for a treat. Chantal curiously opened a fridge with different ice cream flavors. On the "Favorites" shelf there was a "Regret Sundae" as seen on the poster, "Should've Called Your Mom Rocky Road", "Didn't Give That Homeless Guy Money Vanilla", and literally just an empty container labelled "fuck you". Chantal closed the fridge without grabbing anything. Kay, however, was just throwing everything into the basket. Mainly chips. Lots of chips. But also candy and some weird packet labelled "Existential Horror Fruit Snacks" glowing ominously at the top of the basket. Delightful.

  Everett stared at the basket filled with snacks with his non-perishables stuffed at the bottom. "You realize we're gonna have to carry all of this," Everett said "right?" Kay laughed "Well, that's no problem for me!" Chantal sighed and covered his face with his hands "Ugh, we're doomed..." They all walked up to the cashier who seemed overly enthusiastic with a very very VERY strained smile. Chantal was obviously set off by this. "Why hello there! That would be 400 Limbodollars." Kay slammed down a 1000 Limbodollar bill. "Keep the change." "I'm legally required not to sir." Kay already left. And so did Everett. And Chantal. The cashier slowly pocketed the money.

  Everyone met up in the middle of the road. Cars didn't really exist in Limbo so it was fine. Minos's face wrinkled as he took a sip of the slushie Death introduced him to. "Blegh! Mortals drink this for pleasure?" Death chuckled "Told ya." Chantal glanced behind Death and Minos "Uhm...did you guys just commit robbery and arson?" Death shrugged "Well, yeah, but capitalism is a sin so technically we're enforcing The Man Upstairs's authority." Minos sighed "I hate it when you justify things." "Well," Death said "you're the one who told Spark to set the place on fire." Minos scoffed loudly "Because the price was outrageous. And Spark was very good at what he did and you know that. He was very efficient." Spark tossed another coal piece to Spark who swallowed it whole once again.

  The group grabbed their share of the supplies; Minos with the coffee, Death with the water, Everett with the non-perishables, and Kay and Chantal both helping carry the impossible amount of snacks. Kay was doing most of the work. Chantal's knees were wiggly worms. Everett insisted that Chantal take a break from it. "No, Ev, I'm really fine—" Everett interrupted Chantal abruptly "That's total bullshit, you're obviously exhausted for carrying that weight. Just relax and walk with us." Everett gave Chantal a bright and empathetic smile. Chantal very lightly blushed out of gratefulness. He covered it quickly before anybody else noticed. "Y'know," Kay said "if we ever run out of food we could just eat Spark." Spark hissed indignantly while on Minos's shoulder and spat an ember at Kay. It didn't burn that much. "Well, worth a shot."

  As the group walked further down Stillpoint Street the atmosphere shifted from bustling to quiet and slightly eerie. getting the hell out of there. The store signs and posters looked more scratched and beaten up. Suddenly, everyone heard somebody cracking their knuckles. And then another. And then another. "Shit," Minos said. "Demonic gangs." A tall and intimidating demon stepped out of the shadows. He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. Then about 15 demons showed up. All of them with different shapes and sizes and horns. The leader had Asian Water Buffalo horns. "Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in. This is our territory. And once you intrude on our territory...you pay the prices." All of them started to laugh cruelly. "Ugh, I knew we were gonna run into Wretched Souls but not this soon." Chantal glanced at Minos, confused. "What are those?" "Demons who have sinned an exceptional amount of times. They're cruel, rotten, and most importantly, dangerous."

  Death just laughed casually. "Don't worry guys! I know exactly how you make these guys dissipate." Death adjusted his cloak to make the hood completely cover his skeletal face, grabbed his scythe, and walked near the demonic gang. Suddenly his eyes started glowing blue. The wind around started to blow in circles, spinning leaves and sticks all around him and the gang. He slowly raised a finger up and pointed to the demonic gang. He spoke slowly and eerily, "Y O U’ R E N E X T."

  The demon gang booked out. They were getting the hell out of there. Death cleared his throat and took off his hood, and suddenly everything was normal again. Kay and Everett clapped. Chantal was slightly traumatized. Minos didn’t have any emotion in his eyes. "Well," Death said, "c'mon now, we gotta get moving. Lucifer ain't gonna beat the shit out of himself... I mean he does metaphorically, but he ain't gonna do it physically to himself!"

  Chantal cleared his throat. "Uhm, excuse me, but I thought you judged every soul here. Couldn't you, like, assert your authority and stuff?" Minos rolled his eyes as if that was the dumbest question Chantal could ask.

  "Well I can't judge EVERY soul. There's two other judges. Rhadamanthus and Aeacus. But enough about that." Everett spoke up. "Yeah, we should probably set up camp near some alley. It's getting really late." They all walked into the alley and started a campfire. Minos was already asleep in about 2 minutes. Kay was already asleep on the floor, snoring very loudly. Everett was asleep as well, sleeping as quietly as a mouse. Death and Minos were just talking. They were basically deities, they didn’t need that much sleep. Chantal couldn’t sleep. He had bags in his eyes. All of this was just so hard to process. He used to live such a great life. He had his dads. His loving siblings. He only just got to move out and live his life alone. And then two days later... he was here. He glanced at the others and smiled slightly. At least he had some friends to deal with this crazy world they called Limbo. It wasn’t Heaven... but it wasn’t Hell either, was it?