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Daddy Dearest trembled, gripping his microphone tightly as he stared at the silhouetted Boyfriend in front of him. It was a hellish scenario, all started from a takeover at the local mall... which ended up enticing another takeover, which inevitably lead to a global-scale apocalypse, bringing about a Corruption virus that transformed people into twisted, hellish versions of themselves. Daddy Dearest was one of the only few left uncorrupted... but not for long. Boyfriend glared at Daddy Dearest with a smirk that could make the Cheshire Cat tremble, "J̨͟u͜͝st̶͏̡ ̡̡͠g̢͝i̕v̧͢e̕͡ up̷̷͞ a҉n͞d̡̨̛ ͜͢͡jo̷͡i̷̶͝n͝ ̸̡͘ưs͏̨,͝͠ ̶͠D͢͢a̶͠dd͡͏͏y̷͝͡ D̢͜e͜͞ar͡e̴s̶t!͏ ̧Ç͟or̷̢͟ŗ͘up͢tio̷n̨̨͢ i̛͟s̴ ̡̕͝t͝ḩ͜e̷̢ ҉҉n̢e̶҉w̵ ̵̡h̷͢o͏t͝͏ ҉t҉hi̵n̨g̷̢,̵̸ ̢͘a̧n̷͟d͏ ͢t̢͘h͝e͝͞ wh̴ol͡ę͘͞ ̧͘wo̧r͠ld ̶̡͏įs͟ ͜͞i̛͢͠n҉̸ ̡͞҉o͢͝n͢ ̸͘i̕͘t̸̛!̴̨͏" Daddy Dearest yelled, his red eyes flaring up, "NEVER!!! You can take your 'Corruption' and shove it up your ass!!! I've been holdin' back for too long... But I ain't holdin' back anymore!" Boyfriend shrugged, "We̴͡l͘l͜͏҉,͟ ͡͡͡s̛u҉i͟ţ yo͏͟u̶͞rs̴̨e͏̨̕lf̛.̢.͟͏.̶͠ ̡͘G͠ue̷s̵̛s͜ ̕͠w͜e're̵ ̛͟g̡o͡͡nn͡a͡ ̷h̨a̢͠͏v͝e̛͟ ̸͟t̷̵o̡̧̡ ̴d͘o͢ ̢t͡h̨̕is̴͞ t̕͞h̵̨͟e ͏͟͢h̢̛a̴͘͢r̡͢d͏ ̨͞͝w̵͏̨a͘͟y̴҉.̡͝"
And thus, a singing battle of epic proportions began. One would've found it quite silly and absurd that someone would be literally singing for their life... but that's exactly what Daddy Dearest was doing here. Daddy Dearest fought with all the strength he had to try and reverse the spread of the Corruption on himself... and it was working. Even as Pico, Skid, and Pump emerged to help Boyfriend out, Daddy Dearest wasn't deterred in the slightest; he just kept trucking along with the rage of a thousand suns. It wasn't until he saw the corrupted forms of Mommy Mearest and Girlfriend emerge from the darkness, and Daddy Dearest was brutally reminded of just how far the corruption had spread, before his will began to wane. And with his strength to fight back dissipating, the Corruption was finally able to spread onto Daddy Dearest unimpeded.
Daddy Dearest grunted, "N-No... I won't let you take... This... i͞s̷n̷̢'͠t.̴̶.̡͞.̴͢ ̵̡̕o͘͜ve͏͝r.̢.̸͘.͢!" Boyfriend chuckled, "O̸̧̢h,̸̸̕ ̷͠b̸͟u̵t͘ I̡ ̸̢ţ̵͞h͝in̵͡k ͏͡͝i̧͝t̡ ͏͢i͝͏s͢.̶.͜.͡" Mommy Mearest spoke, "J̵̨u͏͏st ̛r̢͞e̴l̛͢a҉͢x̵̧,͏ ͏̕͝h̛o̴̕n̵e̵͘̕y̶..͟.̛͜ ͝You͘͞҉'l͘l ̵b̷͢e ͘a͟͞l̨͏̸r̵͟igh͝t.̧̕ ͏͢T̡͜͝r̸͠us͏t m̶̕e..͝.͠" Daddy Dearest felt out of breath; he was exhausted, and the Corruption was overpowering him. Finally, he couldn't find the strength to even stand anymore... so he just collapsed onto the ground, the world fading out around him as the last thing he saw were the other corrupted people - the twisted versions of the people he once knew and loved - staring down at him with eerie wide grins.
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Daddy Dearest woke up to the sound of some disco-sounding music being played. He opened his eyes to the sight of his corrupted wife staring down at him, smiling, "H͟͞i̧̛, h̛o̡ņ̷e̵͟y̶!̕͜~ ̵D̸̢i̵̢d͝ ͏̕yo̷u ̧h̸̕a̴͘v̛e͏͝͏ ̸a͡ ҉g͜oo̸͞d̕ ͟nap͜͝?҉" Daddy Dearest spoke as he sat up, but what came out of his mouth was distorted, ".̧̨̕.̸.͏̵͟B-̛B̛̕a͟b̶e̶͞.͠.͞͏͡.? ҉W̢-W͏h͘a̡t̸̢ ͜h̷͘ap҉pe̢n̴e̸d̷̕.̶͠.̢.͡?̴" Just then, he heard the sound of Pico's voice chiming in, "W҉̷e̵l̸l͘͠,͟͢ ͠ą͡f̸͠t͠͠ȩ̡͡r̢͜ ̶y͟͡o̵u̧ ̷g̵o̴͡t͡ ̕cǫ͝r̶̡r̶up͢͠t̷ed̢͝͝,͏̧ ̡y̛͟o̷u̧ p͝a̡͡s͘şe̸d ͏̴̨o͏̧u͘̕̕t,͡͠ ҉͢s̛͟o ̨͟͏w̸̴̡e ҉h̸͘a̷̧͞d̷ ̧̧to̢͟ ̴҉̢s̷͏ta̶͞rt̸ ̨͝t͡h̛̛͝e ̶̴pa̸r҉̶̡ty͜ w̸i҉t҉͡ho̷u̵҉t̡͟ y̧͠͝a̷͡." Daddy Dearest looked to his left to see the corrupted Pico, leaning onto one of the speakers, smoking a cigarette. Daddy Dearest was clearly confused, "P..̴̵.͢͜ ͢͡P͞͝-͟P҉̷a̸r̴͠ty҉̶?̛͢" Pico rolled his eyes, "Y͠͡e̴̕a,̵̵̨ ̢̨͜n̴o̴ ̶̧͟shi̕t͝,̢͝ ̧S͘͡͡h̨er͝҉̸l̴̡oc̴̷̡k̨̢.͝͝ Do҉n'̷̛͘t̕͠ ͜ch͢a̸ ̷h̨̕e̸̡a̵͜͜r̶ ̴t̵he̸̸ ͜͠m̴us̷̕͟i̷͝c͏͜͏?̧̛" Daddy Dearest looked to his right to see the once-abandoned club now in full swing, filled to the brim with corrupted people.
Some corrupted beings were having drinks, others were dancing to the music. He saw the corrupted Skid and Pump playing around in a ball pit, practically swimming in it. The only Daddy Dearest could think as he saw that was, ".͘..͝W͠͠h̡͜e̛n̛ ͝ḑ̶i͏d̢ th̴̶e͟y͞ b̨̕͢ri͜͞n̕͜g̢͏ ̴a̧͢͏ ̢͢b̸̛a̢l̡͞l̸͞ ̴͘͢pi̷t̕͡?͜" He then saw the corrupted Boyfriend and Girlfriend, making out with each-other next to the jukebox. Daddy Dearest nearly threw up in his mouth. Even in this form, it seemed, nothing could stop them from proclaiming their love in the most unashamedly gross ways possible. He then saw the Monster he saw back at the mall, DJing it up and playing the disco music. As he looked around at all this, Daddy Dearest then realized something, "W͘҉ą̸̧į̵͞t͠͡,̵ I̵̷̛'m.̡.̷. ̸Į'͟͞m ̢͡͞f̸in͏҉e̢?͡" Pico shrugged, flicking the ashes of his cigarette, "O͞t̴͢h̵e̢͢r͞ ̵̨t̛h͏̧͜a͡n̷ ͘͘o͘͜͡u͝r̨͟ ̸͞n̵ę̸͞w̵͢҉ ̕f̛r̷̡̧e̡ąķ͢y̛͝ ̡͟͜l̨̧o͢ok̵͘͟s͏, ̸̷y̸e̛͡a͠h̨͞.̨" Mommy Mearest helped Daddy Dearest up from the floor and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Şe̛̕ȩ,̧͢ ͡s͘͡w̴̧eet̵i͟҉̕ȩ̴͢?͜͝ ͠Į͏ ̶̴t͝o̷ld ̨y͟҉o̸̕͏u͏ ͜y̴̵o͜҉u͜͢͡'͠ḑ̵͠ ͘͢be̢ ̶͞a̧͡l͏̧ri̢g̷h҉͞t̨͘!̧͟͠"
Daddy Dearest hugged Mommy Mearest, "Oh͜,̸̨͞ b̶͘a͜b͢e!͝͏͞ ͜I͟ c̷̢o҉u͟͢l̴͜ḑ̛ ̴͡j̡̛͡ust̵ ̨͜k͏i͡s͜s ͞y̶oư ͟r͏i͞gh͜҉t̨ ͢҉no͏w͢͞!" He felt like he wanted to pick her up and hold her in his arms as if it was their wedding day all over again. Mommy Mearest giggled, "Lat̶̷ȩ͞r͏̵,҉ ̴͝h̸o͡͏̕ney,͢ ҉̸͡l͏̧a͝t̴e̴̛͠r̕.̵͡.͟͝͡.͢͞ W̴e̡͜ ̸͟͢s҉̨t̛͜iļ̶͢l̛ ͞hav̷͘e̵̵ ̸̢͟t҉͘ḩi̛s ̨͟p̸ar̵͘͟t͠y̧ ̴̛ţ̢o̷̢ ҉͡a̵͏tt͠en͞d, ̧̧̢a͜͜f̧ţ̛͢e̢͘͜r͜͠ ̸̨͡a̵̵͝l̵̨l͝.̵" Suddenly, Daddy Dearest had another thing on his mind, "W͜҉a͝it͠.̴..̛ ̷̶H̡o͢w̢̧͡ ̧c͠͠om̛e ̕̕y͠͞o̴̵̡u͟҉̢ g̷̢͟ư̕y̡s s̷̕t̷̛͠aŗte̕d̴͡ ̛҉a̸͝ ͟p̵͝a̵rt͘͜͞y̡͜ ̸w̢͘i͢t̛͟͝ḩ̧o͠u̢͘t͏̶ ̕͠M͝E?̴̸͝" Mommy Mearest explained, "W̨e̷l̷̕l͡,̕ y͏͞ơ̵u̵̸ ̵w͢ere a͢s͟͢l͡ee̵p̡, de̸͡ar,͡҉̵ ̷̛͏an̵̛ḑ̛͘ ̧w͝e͞ d͘i̸̧d̢̛͏n'̧͜t̢͝ ̨͠w͡a̴n̢n͜a ̴͟͞w͠ak͢͞e ͡͝y̛͘͡ou̶.̧͡ ̧̛S͡͏͟o̸͟, I͠ ̢d̸e̵c͟id̛e̸̕d̡͜͠ t͜o̶͝ ͟k̴̨e̷e͞p̵͠͝ ͜y̸ơ͘u̷ co͢m̷p̢̕a̵҉n͘̕y̶̸̨ wḩ͟i̧͜lȩ͟ e̶͠ve͠r͜͏͜y̢͟o̸n͘͏e҉ ̨e̶l͟s͠ȩ ̕͟h҉a̢d̵҉ ̴fu̶̢n͜͜.̨͘" Daddy Dearest then looked at the Monster sitting at the DJ booth, clearly having a blast. Daddy Dearest smirked to himself, "Y͟҉oų͘͡ k̡n͏҉o̶̵w w̧h͏̕͞a͜͜t̨ ͜I̵̡͡'̶m҉̢ ͘͝t҉h̵i̷̵͢n͠͠kin'̸,̡͜͢ ͏̸̢ba̕͠b҉e̴̕..̢͏̕.͘͢?̴̕͞" Mommy Mearest chuckled, "O̕͏h͢͡, ̷͘h͏ǫ̶͘n̸ȩ͟y͠.͘.͏.͠ Y͝ou̧̕ ̡̕r̨͢e͟a̢̕l̢ly̶̢͞ ̡̕wa͏n̸n̷͏̢a̸̸̸ c̡҉̧ra̛͜s͘͠h̕ a̷͠n̕͡o̢҉t͘͡h͝ę̨r̷ ̕͜pa͏̢r͏ty̸̧?" Daddy Dearest nodded, chuckling as well, "W̶ha҉t̛ c͝a͞ņ͞ ̵͞I͞ ҉s͏ay? ͜O̵l̶͏d͟ h̵҉͢a̷̵͝b̶̡͠i̵ts ̶͏di͜e͞ h̸̢͏a̸r͏d̕..͟.̴"