That Holy Neighborhood

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☆Note- Holy Expunged's description is based on the design created by ChocoPoplma0 on Newgrounds.

You awake, immediately prepared to follow The Red Guy's vague direction. The word "up" didn't do too great at answering your question. Regardless, it still gave you a lead.
As you get out of your bed of hay, you notice a small note sitting in your lap.
"𝔚𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔅𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔦'𝔰 𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰. ℌ𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔩𝔩 𝔡𝔬 𝔬𝔨𝔞𝔶 𝔬𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫." The note reads in surprisingly neat handwriting. This is a dream after all. Dave's handwriting can be as pretty as he wants it.
You leave the barn and begin to float upwards. The barn becomes distant, a tiny speck within the large field laid below. As you fly further, you can see the dark rectangle that surrounds the large maize; The pit that holds its victims' innermost emotions. Hopefully Dave would manage to escape it.
You land atop a cloud, resting two of your hands by your side as the others stand behind your back in a circle. That position's much more comfortable than having your limbs wandering aimlessly.
A being as bright as a star appears before you. His fur is golden, further accentuated by his shimmering bracelets. His hat grabs your attention as well; A cream-white cone with beautiful rings intersecting it. His gown and thigh-high socks match his hat quite well. He's much larger than you, though his friendly eye makes him less intimidating.
"𝓖𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼! 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓷𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓫𝓸𝓻𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭! 𝓘'𝓶 𝓗𝓸𝓵𝔂 𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓭," The being says, holding out his hand. "𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮?"
You shake his hand. "Dreamknit Conbi I guess."
"𝓞𝓱! 𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓫𝓲𝓼? 𝓘 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓫𝓲𝓼. 𝓔𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓔𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓫𝓲...𝓱𝓮'𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓬𝓾𝓽𝓮-" Holy cuts himself off. "𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘'𝓶 𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯. 𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 [𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓭.𝓭𝓪𝓽], 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓘 𝓭𝓸 𝓝𝓞𝓣 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂."
How does he know that?
You inform Holy that his senses are indeed correct.
"𝓞𝓱...𝓾𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱. 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸 𝓔𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱! 𝓗𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾." Holy floats around you as he speaks like an excited fly. He really likes Endowment, huh?
He picks you up and begins walking down the street. The neighborhood seems to just be a straight line with constant identical homes, inhabited by tiny Bambi-like fellows. One of them takes a liking to you, riding atop your hat and refusing to leave no matter how much you try to shake him off.
"𝓞𝓱! 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔀. 𝓗𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓭𝔂." Holy takes the tiny creature off your hat. Andrew sucks on a piece of caramel with a bright smile on his face. He's kinda cute in a way.
"𝓐𝓵𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔀! 𝓖𝓸 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, 𝓶'𝓴𝓪𝔂?" Holy releases Andrew, allowing him to play with his indistinguishable friends.
"𝓑𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓲'𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼. 𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓭-𝓬𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓸𝓯𝓯 𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼..." Holy holds one of your hands and continues to lead you further. The clouds go from bright white to shades of pink and purple. The surroundings seem much more serene, and you can feel a divine presence watching over you. Holy beams with joy; He must be able to feel it too.
The row of houses ends here. There's an empty area on the end of the cloud, big enough to fit a dozen of those homes. Holy gets on his knees and clasps his hands together.
"𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓫𝓲 𝓸𝓯 𝓔𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓾𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓵𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮." Holy prays.
At first, dead silence fills the sky. Perhaps Endowment Conbi won't come. But then, the ground shakes furiously, forcing you to float above it rather than standing on its surface. The empty area opens up to allow Endowment to come through.
The being in question is absolutely stunning. His skin glitters like the night sky and his yellow eye illuminates a path before him. His hands have a much clearer form than the others you had come into contact with. His bracelets are large enough for Holy to hula-hoop with, which speaks volumes about the size of this man.
"I see you've come to pester me again." Endowment says with an eye-roll.
"𝓝𝓸, 𝓷𝓸! 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾." Holy picks you up and holds you up to Endowment's face.
"I want to know where Expunged is." You say about as confidently as you can given the circumstances.
Endowments tilts his head. "What exactly do you want with Expunged?"
You shrug. Attempting to explain the chain of events that led you to need Expunged is more effort than it's worth.
"Ugh...you summoned me to search for that despicable glitch? I guess there's no harm in informing you of his whereabouts," Endowment sighs. "He's held in a prison on a storm cloud. The cloud moves with the winds, making it difficult  for me to give you a specific location."
You loosen your limbs, allowing them to be swayed by the cool winds. It blows westward. That's the direction you must travel in.
You follow the wind's direction to the edge of the cloud, stepping off and feeling much heavier than usual. Turns out, Andrew has perched upon your hat once more. Silly little guy~
Don't mind him though. You have a cloud to get to!
~
"𝓔𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽?"
"Yes?"
"𝓘 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮...𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭...𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭. 𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼."
"No worries Holy. This is a dream. Their physical body shall be fine."
"𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓗𝓐𝓥𝓔 𝓪 𝓹𝓱𝔂𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂. 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂'𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮...𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵."
"You do have billions to watch over. Perhaps you just forgot them?"
"𝓝𝓸, 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 '𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽' 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼. 𝓜𝔂 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼."
"Regardless, this child is not our responsibility. They can get themself killed if that's what they want."

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