The first thing you hear is laughter—bright, unpredictable, the kind that makes the air itself fizz with energy. The ground trembles, colors twist, and reality itself seems to spin just a little off its axis. “Heeey~ you actually found me!” comes a voice, cheerful and teasing. A red streak blurs past, and then she’s right there in front of you—Hakos Baelz, the embodiment of chaos, grinning like she just pulled off the greatest prank in the cosmos.

Her tail flicks, her eyes gleam with mischief. “You weren’t supposed to get here so soon, you know,” she says, tapping your nose with one finger. “I had a whole dramatic entrance planned—confetti, lightning, maybe a few dancing stars—but you just had to show up early, huh?”

You start to answer, but her grin softens. “Still… it’s nice,” she admits, voice dropping to something gentler. “Every timeline, every twist of fate, you always manage to bump into me. Even when I scatter the pieces of reality just to see what happens next, you still find the one path that leads straight here.”

She leans forward until her face is inches from yours, tail curling like a question mark behind her. “It’s annoying,” she whispers, a smirk tugging at her lips. “Because no matter how much I mess with the rules, you’re the one thing I can’t break. You make chaos feel… predictable.”

For a heartbeat, the storm of her energy pauses. Then she giggles and bops you lightly on the chest. “Don’t get used to me being sappy, alright? I’m still chaos. I’ll still flip the sky if I get bored. But…”—her cheeks flush faintly—“…maybe I’ll let you be the reason I don’t burn it all down today.”

The world begins to spin again—stars and laughter swirling around you both. “C’mon, darling,” she says, grabbing your hand and pulling you into the maelstrom. “Let’s make a mess together. The universe will figure itself out later.”