baalphomet is a secret boss in chapter 3 of needle travels. their area is the "???" zone because it wasn't included as a programmed location in the board world. Accordin' to kozmok's instructions, they will give hambo certain instructions 'bout a hidden arcade machine, one that is exclusively for hambo. this machine uses a console behind a door with a large screen connected to another console. after this, hambo can play the original game, the code and art style of which Kelapa stole. this game is originally titled scarf prophecy. hambo starts in a place very similar to funky town, but desolate. baalzphomet appears, an altered form of baalzii/the thing. baalphomet greets hambo, saying that they has been waitin' for a long time. (actually, they're pretendin' to be the thing/baalzii to play their game.) baalphomet will ask the hambo to go on an adventure with a new friend (possibly referencing the magician cloak). after this, baalphomet will open a door that must be entered. inside, there will be an area very similar to a famicom RPG with enemies that seem to resemble several of hambo's friends. the only way to fight is through a battle system similar to top-down RPG. after killin' several enemies and then some 8-bit versions of nano and pazuzu, in the second secret game, baalphomet will appear, goin' to an unknown area. After followin' and finding them, Baalphomet will explain that he only tried to use hambo for their own benefit, and at that moment, he will transform into baalzii.exe. a corrupted version of themself will appear in this battle, which will be played similarly to an old top-down game. as a boss, they will summon spreadin' fire, spikes that will rise from the floor, and even summon mini-watchers as enemies. they will also attempt to use their tentacles to attack and will use their black liquid in the form of a projectile. after defeating them, baalphomet will tell to hambo that she have won, but that they will soon return, even if it's with another human or monster. after this, hambo goes to a room with a chest. In this chest, an oddscarf will be obtained, and after this, baalphomet's game will shut down, and an 8-bit version of hambo will appear, who will try to attack the original hambo. however, this entity leaves, and nano appears, wonderin' where she was. hambo explains that kozmok invited her to play an original minigame that was kozmok's, and the game seemed disturbin' and even cryptic at a certain point, so nano hugs hambo, sayin' that everything will be alright. their appearance is similar to baalzii's, only monochromatic, and they can be noted that they can display yellow and pink eyes. they has white fur and typical sastiyatsa ears (unlike baalzii's, which are slanted). In their Baalzii.exe form, their appearance changes drastically. the feather on their wizard's hat grows, eyes appear on the hat, and the same applies to their face, which seems to have three eyes. four small tentacles emerge from their mouth, and a black liquid appears to ooze out. their body also lengthens, with an elongated tunic and a sphere/pearl beneath it. this pearl appears to be part of their body. they has elongated ears and tentacles longer than those from their mouth, resemblin' the watcher's tail. the same black liquid oozes out from below