The Unpleasantness

*“You are playing the game incorrectly!”*

**The Unpleasantness** is a demonic force powerful enough to destroy Cordelia. It is the primary target of the Witch Hunters, who believe it to be a result of a "leak" from Hell. It sometimes referred to as The Void.

Virginia believes that Cordelia Sasquatch's usage of the spell Hunger of Hadar in Ruleshaven in In The Flesh is a manifestation of the Unpleasantness; this leads to massive reinforcements and the eventual deployment of a Social Call, destroying most of Ruleshaven. Cordelia later asks her patron Cheddar about the spell and he claims that it did not come from him.

Later in Operation Ottersquirt, Cordelia again attempts to cast Hunger of Hadar, but finds that "the void" is missing.

While inside his mind palace in O Captain, My Captain, Frederick de Bonesby meets a shadowy figure that has taken the form of his childhood servant Wurster. "Wurster" states that he is a powerful force and is using de Bonesby to get more powerful, though de Bonesby (as well as Prolapse and Goatse) resist its influence.

In Departures, in the destruction of Danny Timeshare, Frederick and Cordelia notice a shadowy reflection in Danny's earlier "puddle god" form - Cordelia recognizes it as her "void" and Frederick recognizes it as his shadowy hitchhiker; they later surmise that the two are one and the same it was transferred from Cordelia to Frederick in Pebis's body swap.

In Revelations, Virginia tells Cordelia about The Unpleasantness and warns her that it has hitched a ride on her by way of Cheddar. She is surprised to learn that Cordelia no longer has it, but also comes to the conclusion that it must have been transferred to Frederick. She also mentions that the more it is used, the stronger it will become and that they need to get rid of it before it is too late. Frederick begins to see and hear The Unpleasantness in the form of his former self in the mirror. The reflection proves itself powerful enough to turn Leafy Green Surprise into a bear as it offers to reshape the world to its liking. The entity manages to gain some control over one of Freddy's hands, which he temporarily contains by using some of Spilled Milk's anti-magic feces.

The Unpleasantness ultimately escapes in the episode It Looks Like You're Trying To Save Your School. When Fredrick is crushed by feelings of loss and regret, it seizes control of his hand and bursts out of the jar. The hand rips off of Frederick and becomes its true form; a giant paperclip on a piece of paper. It describes itself as more than a god, but the thing that gods would consult while creating this first draft of a world and that defined the roles that gods took. An editor to reality. Seeing the world as imperfect and disgusting, it begins unmaking Cordelia's many mistakes and flaws. Using one of said flaws, Frederick remembers seeing the entity while using his family computer's Word program. He denies The Unpleasantness' changes and removes it by hitting the red X next to it, seemingly banishing it.

## Trivia

* Cordelia visualizes her magic by recognizing them as objects inside her mind. She imagined The Unpleasantness' spell as coming from a waste bin.
* The Unpleasantness tends to feed off ambition. When it escaped through Cheddar, he thought that Cordelia would make the perfect host because of her total lack of it.
* As a creature of brutal logic, The Unpleasantness has a particular distaste for goblins and their lack of order. This has even been used against it, befuddling it with goblin logic while stuck inside Frederick's mind palace.