In another part of Khrona’s pit, in a corner that was believe it or not, darker than the rest of the pit sat Despair, staring out into the abyss with a depressingly cute smile on her face. She heard the screams of Khrona and Misery, but after all, living with those two, screams such as those sounded normal to her. She didn’t seem to do much, or want to do much, for that matter. She just sat and closed her eyes… Eventually, a ring of vertical eyes opened up around her, and she opened her woeful eyes slowly, gazing at the few in front of her “Oh, why hello there… I am dreadfully happy to see you here!”

Eyes: Yes.. My presence here is your doom…

Despair: Lovely. Oh, but where are my manners… I am Despair A La Discord, weary to meet you, … um…

Eyes: Insanity. Call me… insanity.

Despair: Ah, Insanity… I know of that well… Mostly from my colleagues. So, Insanity… How are you?

Eyes: I am quite fine, thanks… But I’ll be better if I can feast on your soul…

Despair: Mournfully sorry, but I cannot allow this to happen… My soul is full of rejection and despair… On literal terms, no one has the ability to eat it.

Eyes: I’ll make a way… I will control your mind and devour it from the inside.

Despair: Is that a fact? I am quite devastated that I cannot participate more in this…

Eyes: … You participate enough by letting me… feast on your soul..

Despair paused “Wait, I just realized, you’re hungry, aren’t you? Would you care for some tea and some riceballs? I must warn you, the rice balls are filled with blood, so if you don’t like blood, I can make something else…”

Eyes: No, that’s quite alright… Seriously though, what is it with you, lady? Why aren’t you being corrupted?

Despair: I wouldn’t have the slightest idea. Did you try Khrona? Or Misery? Maybe they’ll play along!

Eyes: .. Maybe it was a mistake to come to you… I mean, really…

Despair: Hm… Are you tired of my talking? Perhaps I’ll stop, then…

The Eyes did not hear Despair, for now they are speaking to themselves “Ugh… stupid little… Always gotta… Marf, marf marf.

Despair was silent.

Eyes: I can’t do anything with you… Oh, your soul… I see now… It is filled with Rejection, so I cannot enter unless you put it down…

Despair was silent.

Eyes: Was it… Something I did or said?

Despair was silent.

Eyes: … Are you still down to earth?

Despair was silent.

Eyes: Or perhaps the insanity is taking place…

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

Eyes: … Okay, why aren’t you talking? It’s creepy.

Despair: Oh, I am most dreadfully sorry… I thought you didn’t like my voice bothering you, so I made myself silent. Again, I apologize…

Eyes: Girl… You are… Gah… I see how it is… You shall become one with the Kishin Asura.. one with me… soon enough…

Despair: Oh, so you’re Kishin Asura? I’ve heard so much about you… What a woeful honor it is…

Eyes: Gah… You just make me want to leave you… Why did I even come here in the first place… No, wait, I see.. Your soul… That of Rejection… You were meant only to reject anything and everything around you, including insanity. No wonder it’s not working… Hahaha, to live a life being rejected by all things… Must be a painful burden, hm? No wonder your soul of Despair is so strong… Filled with pain, suffering and solitude… No one can like you. Not with that rejection. You put everyone down into a pit of hopeless despair. This is why only Khrona and Misery are right for you, for they do this to everyone around them, as well… Hopeless. You’re hopeless…

Despair froze. Her eyes shrunk as she remembered the thoughts of how everyone cursed her and hated her because she brought nothing but sadness to the ones she cared for most. Her Rejection soul had now become weak, filling with Despair…

Eyes: Ah, good… The rejection is weak, and insanity may enter… Insanity will provide you with what you need… Asura will not reject you… Or your 2 friends. I will make you one with me so you will have someone who won’t reject you.. forever. Don’t you want to be accepted? I accept you… Now you must accept insanity…

Despair: Yes… Kishin… Kishin wants me… Asura, you know my pain… You can help me… Right?

Eyes: “Yes… I can help you. Insanity will fill you completely and you will not be alone… rejected… in despair… any longer…” all of the eyes close slowly, leaving Despair to herself

Despair gives a weak, yet still depressing smile, her eyes lost and filled also with a melancholy insanity. Her fingers changed into razors “This pain.. This pain… Only pain can cleanse me of pain…” With her index finger lined with a razor, she rolled up the sleeve to the opposite arm and made a tiny cut “Pain… Sorrow… Suffering… Misery… Despair…” As she continued to cut, she moved further and further up her arm and she became more violent with her cuts. She rolled up the sleeve to the other arm and proceeded with the same thing, violently slashing at her arm with her razor fingers. Next she raised her fingers too her forehead, gripping it tightly as to make wounds all over her face, most noticeable in the cheek area. She giggled a bit to herself, then began to carve 3 large vertical eyes into her forehead, the blood streaming down looking like tears. From this, she felt she needed to go farther.. She took off her cloakdress, completely naked now, and began to swiftly and maliciously slash at her entire body, making several wounds and cuts all over herself. On her stomach, she carved again 3 vertical eyes spread horizontally across, the eyes of insanity, the eyes of the Kishin. On the back of her hands, she carved the same 3 eyes as on her forehead and her stomach, getting both hands. She finally fell to her knees, staring blankly at the darkness, blood trickling all down her body and suddenly, she began to shed tears. Her body did not move, yet she shed tears. Her tears were black. They streamed down her face, mixing with her blood, and her cloak finally took it upon itself to cloth her once again. If she were to lose too much blood, the cloak would take her to Khrona to get healed. Despair sat there, motionless, bleeding and crying black tears where no one could see her.

In another part of Khrona’s pit, in a corner that was believe it or not, darker than the rest of the pit sat Despair, staring out into the abyss with a depressingly cute smile on her face. She heard the screams of Khrona and Misery, but after all, living with those two, screams such as those sounded normal to her. She didn’t seem to do much, or want to do much, for that matter. She just sat and closed her eyes… Eventually, a ring of vertical eyes opened up around her, and she opened her woeful eyes slowly, gazing at the few in front of her “Oh, why hello there… I am dreadfully happy to see you here!”

Eyes: Yes.. My presence here is your doom…

Despair: Lovely. Oh, but where are my manners… I am Despair A La Discord, weary to meet you, … um…

Eyes: Insanity. Call me… insanity.

Despair: Ah, Insanity… I know of that well… Mostly from my colleagues. So, Insanity… How are you?

Eyes: I am quite fine, thanks… But I’ll be better if I can feast on your soul…

Despair: Mournfully sorry, but I cannot allow this to happen… My soul is full of rejection and despair… On literal terms, no one has the ability to eat it.

Eyes: I’ll make a way… I will control your mind and devour it from the inside.

Despair: Is that a fact? I am quite devastated that I cannot participate more in this…

Eyes: … You participate enough by letting me… feast on your soul..

Despair paused “Wait, I just realized, you’re hungry, aren’t you? Would you care for some tea and some riceballs? I must warn you, the rice balls are filled with blood, so if you don’t like blood, I can make something else…”

Eyes: No, that’s quite alright… Seriously though, what is it with you, lady? Why aren’t you being corrupted?

Despair: I wouldn’t have the slightest idea. Did you try Khrona? Or Misery? Maybe they’ll play along!

Eyes: .. Maybe it was a mistake to come to you… I mean, really…

Despair: Hm… Are you tired of my talking? Perhaps I’ll stop, then…

The Eyes did not hear Despair, for now they are speaking to themselves “Ugh… stupid little… Always gotta… Marf, marf marf.

Despair was silent.

Eyes: I can’t do anything with you… Oh, your soul… I see now… It is filled with Rejection, so I cannot enter unless you put it down…

Despair was silent.

Eyes: Was it… Something I did or said?

Despair was silent.

Eyes: … Are you still down to earth?

Despair was silent.

Eyes: Or perhaps the insanity is taking place…

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

The eyes were silent.

Despair was silent.

Eyes: … Okay, why aren’t you talking? It’s creepy.

Despair: Oh, I am most dreadfully sorry… I thought you didn’t like my voice bothering you, so I made myself silent. Again, I apologize…

Eyes: Girl… You are… Gah… I see how it is… You shall become one with the Kishin Asura.. one with me… soon enough…

Despair: Oh, so you’re Kishin Asura? I’ve heard so much about you… What a woeful honor it is…

Eyes: Gah… You just make me want to leave you… Why did I even come here in the first place… No, wait, I see.. Your soul… That of Rejection… You were meant only to reject anything and everything around you, including insanity. No wonder it’s not working… Hahaha, to live a life being rejected by all things… Must be a painful burden, hm? No wonder your soul of Despair is so strong… Filled with pain, suffering and solitude… No one can like you. Not with that rejection. You put everyone down into a pit of hopeless despair. This is why only Khrona and Misery are right for you, for they do this to everyone around them, as well… Hopeless. You’re hopeless…

Despair froze. Her eyes shrunk as she remembered the thoughts of how everyone cursed her and hated her because she brought nothing but sadness to the ones she cared for most. Her Rejection soul had now become weak, filling with Despair…

Eyes: Ah, good… The rejection is weak, and insanity may enter… Insanity will provide you with what you need… Asura will not reject you… Or your 2 friends. I will make you one with me so you will have someone who won’t reject you.. forever. Don’t you want to be accepted? I accept you… Now you must accept insanity…

Despair: Yes… Kishin… Kishin wants me… Asura, you know my pain… You can help me… Right?

Eyes: “Yes… I can help you. Insanity will fill you completely and you will not be alone… rejected… in despair… any longer…” all of the eyes close slowly, leaving Despair to herself

Despair gives a weak, yet still depressing smile, her eyes lost and filled also with a melancholy insanity. Her fingers changed into razors “This pain.. This pain… Only pain can cleanse me of pain…” With her index finger lined with a razor, she rolled up the sleeve to the opposite arm and made a tiny cut “Pain… Sorrow… Suffering… Misery… Despair…” As she continued to cut, she moved further and further up her arm and she became more violent with her cuts. She rolled up the sleeve to the other arm and proceeded with the same thing, violently slashing at her arm with her razor fingers. Next she raised her fingers too her forehead, gripping it tightly as to make wounds all over her face, most noticeable in the cheek area. She giggled a bit to herself, then began to carve 3 large vertical eyes into her forehead, the blood streaming down looking like tears. From this, she felt she needed to go farther.. She took off her cloakdress, completely naked now, and began to swiftly and maliciously slash at her entire body, making several wounds and cuts all over herself. On her stomach, she carved again 3 vertical eyes spread horizontally across, the eyes of insanity, the eyes of the Kishin. On the back of her hands, she carved the same 3 eyes as on her forehead and her stomach, getting both hands. She finally fell to her knees, staring blankly at the darkness, blood trickling all down her body and suddenly, she began to shed tears. Her body did not move, yet she shed tears. Her tears were black. They streamed down her face, mixing with her blood, and her cloak finally took it upon itself to cloth her once again. If she were to lose too much blood, the cloak would take her to Khrona to get healed. Despair sat there, motionless, bleeding and crying black tears where no one could see her.

Eventually, all 3 of them congregated somewhere in this place. They all walked in a disorderly function, something mixed like a drunkard and a drug addict… and a cripple… and a zombie at the same time. Let’s just call it the walk of insanity. They all met with each other… Khrona began to scream. Misery began to laugh. Despair was silent. They all looked at each other and then they all looked down a certain pathway. “Kishin Asura…” they said in unison “… This way…” A huge eye opened up in that certain path and started to float in the direction they needed to go. They followed. The eye spoke to them “I will take you to Asura through this network of underground pits… Asura should be directly under one of them.” The 3 of them followed the eye without a doubt for it, Khrona’s head twitching, Misery’s eyes twitching and Despair virtually motionless, floating by means of her cloak. The eye soon came to a stop. “He is here. The Kishin is above this pit… He will take you down the path of insanity.. and freedom.” Khrona mumbled under his breath “… Insanity…” Misery mumbled, as well “… Freedom…” Despair was still silent. Khrona took hold of both of them and took one great flap, which would send him straight to the top of this incredibly and unnaturally deep pit… Leading him to the Kishin’s Dwelling.