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listen to your heart 😌
"Can You Handle Your Emotions?"
Emotions are... eh. We all have them, whether we want to or not. Some people have control over their emotions, and some people let their emotions control them.
Where does your character fall on this spectrum?
More importantly, what's their relationship with their emotions like? Do they bury everything deep, deep down inside, or are they the first one to cry over a sappy movie? Do they even know how they feel about what's going on inside?
Pretty meta stuff.
- No blank top-levels.
- Instead, characters are to respond to the proposed question: can you handle your emotions? / are you in touch with your feelings?
- Get deep. Look within. Hear, think feel... or don't.
cw: mild demon vore (fears) chat it's fiiiiiine 2/2
No. I'd lose all respect for him in an instant and then kick his ass back into shape if he did that. The opposite. I want him to put his actions where his mouth always is. If he wants me, he has to go further than maintaining equilibrium. He has to do something to make me forget all about the past to make me hunger for the future that I can only see through his eyes. [.... Oops. That was a bit more honest than he wanted to admit, but yes. They are all the kinds of fucked up and crazy. Cruel angels etc.]
[A head tilt. SINCE HE IS ON THE TOPIC.] Plus, sometimes I feel like he's going to completely devour me in one dragon bite. His father is half dragon -- part of why Devildom loves Prince Diavolo so much. He's got these glowing golden eyes, he likes to moonbathe, and the way they light up when he looks at me isn't like a dragon with treasure or gold, it's a lot closer to Beelz with hamburgers. It used to unnerve me a lot more before I fell and then right after. But sometimes even now. Especially knowing how demons view souls. But it means I definitely won't let myself be small enough to get absorbed. Plus I know how he got Barbatos to work for him, and no matter where I am in Devildom, no matter what I try to do to stay hidden or inconspicuous, if I'm in a butler outfit or high heels or roller skates, he fucking finds me and he has this maddening loud hiccuping guffaw uuuuuuugh. [He loves him, but also he wants to SHAKE HIM IN HIS TEETH LIKE A DOG WITH A CHEW TOY.]
[Or that time with Cerberus and Mammon. Whatever. Same thing.] And he practically sparkles and every damn time I think, "there's no way this fucking idiot can be the same one who beats me at chess!" [GRRRRRRRRRR. Also his brothers would all be hyperventilating and having so many heart attacks to hear this from Lucifer who is nothing but 24/7 respectful and trying to enforce making his brothers respect Diavolo especially.]
[He still hugs his cousin. Best cousin, only cousin.]
If I warned you better you wouldn't be strong enough to handle his sneak attacks. [Diavolo is the SAME DAMN WAY LIKE HE JUST SAID.]
You're very very cool. [He means it. Genuinely.] You're the only one to ever intimidate me into getting flustered and tripping over myself. Not even Mr. 1/4th dragon wears a dress, and surrounded like a Disney princess with fawns and dogs and birds has ever once done that to me. I was really losing my confidence a bit. I'll only allow it because it's you.
Okay. [Getting the General something from home.] We've been exchanging videos back and forth. Ah, I think I said that. I'm not sure something from Devildom wouldn't be horribly cursed.... [He'll have to get help finding something good.]
Eh... music? Theater. Plays or film. Either/or. [SLOWLY AND SUSPICIOUSLY:] Whhhhhhyyyyy?
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[she sounds only a teensy skeptical when he had told her he wanted to etch the fabric of his soul on hers a moment ago, and he knew of lucifel. wouldn't his human be even more beloved?
unless his love for his brothers...stops him from being competitive?]
I hope you never have to.
[really, that could get ugly for them. although doubtlessly lucifer will respect diavolo's wishes.]Â
No. [no raphael. the healer and cynical womanizer. she eyes him.]Â I won't say his name because I have a feeling you'll hurt him if you see him around.
[if she wanted to punish him, she'd have done it. uriel actually begged setsuna, on his knees, to kill him. but her messiah forgave him, and she would honor that kindness.
she's relatively well-adjusted, all things considered.]
Your cheeks are red.
[he's blushing, and she'll quickly point it out so he won't try to deny it. he's so easily flustered that he must have the heart of a smitten maiden.
his reasoning also makes sense, and she looks interested when he brings up the dragon blood. ]
Oh? A dragonkin? Like the royalty of Gehenna. [the top layer of hell, the so-called evils she safeguarded during her war. the little princess she saved has dragon blood too.] Be honest, do you want him to bite you?
[consuming is out of question, but a good relatively harmless chewing?]
I think you need to stop being hung up on that chess loss if you want to progress your relationship someday.
[....she doesn't think he'll have a chance to perform that infamous sneak attack. she pats him while he's still hugging her, feeling slightly overwhelmed with all his open affection. pain is something she's so used to that she's numb, but gentleness is the opposite. she doesn't know what to do in response. ]
With that compliment, I think I'll move you up a spot in the Lucifer ranking. [congratulations?] Can't you remove the curses? Or let me do it.
[....reluctantly offers. she can purify most things; the only exception is her brother's perpetual decay. ]
Don't give me that look. [she shakes her head, voice slightly huffing. she's trying to help.] Next time, take someone with you. Don't go alone.
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[Lucifer loves Alexiel differently from the sheep, who is squishy and calming. Alexiel is neither. She riles him up and makes him want to prove himself and fight... something. God. Fate. Universe. Love even. To prove to her she does deserve better than the shitty hand she is way too relaxed about playing with. Especially since until a few minutes ago, he had no idea she was more like him than Lilith, and her Lucifel wasn't like him nearly at all - sans words to describe them with.]
[A quiet snort.] I've been told "Lucifer is King of Hell" is a near unilateral multiversal constant. Inescapable. But the idea of Diavolo deciding to -- [He shakes his head.] It is not something I want or fear. Fight for me? Yes. Definitely. [Ugh. He wants it so so much he can taste it. It's so fucking embarrassing.] But that's nearly the only part of Barbatos' job I'd trade off on. The political functions are the worst. If I could just be that shiny aloof trophy, it'd be fine. But instead, it's listening to aristocrats and having to either withold my temper, or come up with something so far above everyone's head that there's no point in saying it anyway except for myself. If it's clever enough, Lord Diavolo might get it, but the worst part still is having to work the room to cover the places he is not. Barbatos, as his butler, gets to blend in. And remind Lord Diavolo he can't leave his own parties. If Lord Diavolo wants to change it, he has to decide that. I won't even let him use me as a reason, that's the risk he has to take, should he so choose. [HAUGHTY.] And no, I won't be disappointed if he doesn't either. He just won't have me in that way. I value myself more highly than to waste it on them.
Tch. And I think that's part of why he'd all but kill to make me his butler. Because he could have his utterly ridiculous fairy tale world. But I will never, ever, ever be that easy. He can keep the balance, or change the equation. But I won't ever be a caged raven for him, and he wouldn't want it, just as I'd never allow him to give up on his dream.
[Lucifer TRIES to smile innocently, but it's not even a wolf in wool, so much as a scary angry wolf dad that yells at the puppy to go the fuck to sleep, and... yeah no. No.] You got that right. [He will never knooooow. Unless he thinks incel. But he keeps forgetting her angels are weird like that, and had any degreee of capacity for that, so no, he will never know....]
[No comments on him being red. But to Gehenna royalty also being dragon blood, he huffs:] Well, we are the top layer of Hell...
[And then chokes on her question. Fuck. The punishment/price for asking one question: how to differentiate dates -- oh and for hitting on her, which given the other angel, no wonder she knew to shut him down every time, but--]
[Where was he?]
[*%gcifxudxuflhkg]
[Is it possible for him to answer without addressing it at all....? No?]
[Aw fuck.] Without losing myself... [The normally deepest bass voice of all the brothers and most of Devildom slides up about 3 octaves, semi squeaky and Mammon's pitch:] Yes???
[Help. He's going to be eaten by a dragon-demon king. And not hate it as much as he should.]
[Especially if it's actually harmless, just kind of gentle and warm and--]
[He hates how he can't stop his brain from going everywhere it's led.]
He's also huge. And he has these big pecs and the bright red hair. [He's not... He's not trying to hype Diavolo up, or sell her on him. Okay. But he pulls out his DDD and goes through a waaaaaaaay smaller selection of pictures than Diavolo has in his literal Lucifer folder.] Damn dragon. Easily the biggest demon lineage in Devildom. And I told you sitting on your lap I realized how nothing fazes him? That he's more confident in his gender than me? [He flips over to his ongoing chats with his boss, unworried, it's not sacred, but just shows her how Diavolo cheerfully uses the dress sticker of himself.] What am I even supposed to do with that????
The General is also really tall. And has fangs and gold eyes. I just know my brothers are going to give me hell about my type. [He doesn't even care, he's even a little giddy as he shows her a picture of the General too.] I guess I didn't tell you.
Simeon wrote the play Princess Diavolo and Prince Lucifer. [Flips over to the script he saved. Of course he did. And then back to the General's avoidance of books on tapes so he doesn't have nightmares about rival princesses stealing his imperalist love interest....]
[Just....]
[.... yeah.]
You asked if I have to be the one courting and in control. Not at all. [He thinks really hard, because he might say that, but wouldn't he just... parry all attempts to hit on him anyway??????]
[......] Though as I said before, this isn't something that occurs often. Or ever.
I think I'd be fine letting someone else take the lead, but I suppose saying it is different? It is easier for me to think of reasons I would not allow that. [Huff. Armfold. Think think think.] If they would be happier, and knew more than me... okay, that isn't possible, but if it was on something where they know what they want more. I would even facilitate ways they could achieve it. It would be fun.
[Come to think, Golden Hellfire Newt Syrup would work in Diavolo's favor too, since he is half human. But where everyone knew about his dragon blood, the half human was more secret, so it's Diavolo's place to tell Alexiel if the prince so chose.]
[Where was he? Curses.]
I can... but...
[If it's trapped spirits he doesn't like to rush them, nor would he send it as an item, especially not to the very empathetic kind alien who sees spirits naturally anyway. And--] Depending on the item, it's so much part of it you really shouldn't just dispel them. They lose value and identity that way.
[He's so fucking weird.]
Ah, you want to come with me?
[Places a finger on her lips.] Kidding. I know what you meant. I never do go alone. Simeon has always loved theater and film, of course, but I'll bring anyone but Mammon, unless it's horror movies then we watch at home. [Mammon hates horror. They all love to torture him. Everyone drags Mammon to horror in House of Lamentation. The end.]
I don't know how long the General can leave his post, but maybe I can set up an extended time bend, or security sharing, or just watch something there.
You are going to come trinket hunting with me, however. It's been ages since I've done anything like that, and I can't drag Levi into public just for this. This is why he gets everything on Akuzon.
[Ugh it's gross~ Even just talking and thinking about it puts him in SUCH a good mood.]
Did you have anything like that?
cw: casual...suicide mention
-and setsuna, she wishes him a happy life with sara.]
I wonder about that. [she taps her chin, thinking.] Lucifel left Hell after it stabilized. [hell was his original body, she talked about this in the past, merging with the abyss below.] I don't think he had a chance to rule it. He came to free me then, hiding from everyone and leaving his disappearance a mystery. [she slightly frowns. the idiot. his formal rebellion was scripted, but that action was against god's plan for real.] I don't think most demons knew he was gone, but assumed the transformation made him silent and could only speak to his right hand, the Satan of Pride. [she glances at his direction. officially, it was all done on his orders. speaking about that-] Those brides I told you about, it wasn't actually his idea. He was long gone at this point.
[her mouth tugs into a pitiless smirk. she taunted him with them because he looked so embarrassed at the ludicrous number.]
This means you don't necessarily need to rule Hell or the Devildom, but there could be a time when others will believe you do, if it ever happens.
[she says this for his benefit. he shouldn't overthink..]
I don't think you need to worry about performing political lipservice. Can't you just tell the nobility they are failures who should kill themselves?
That seems to work for Lucifel when he amassed that army. [angels and demons either do as he said and commit suicide, or don't, but fawn at him for saying it. unbeliavable.]
[she knows that smile. there's nothing innocent about it. she sends him the flattest look.] He already punished himself. [she shrugs. self-exiled, self-mutiliation, but in doing so, heaven lost the leader of its justice system, who was, one exceptional case aside, fair. that deepened the corruption. looking at the four archangels who were supposed to follow her as the savior, only gabriel was pulling her weight, trying to fight to reform the political system.] And helped Setsuna to atone. Let it go. This served my plans in the end.
[his actions were his own, but she had anticipated something like that would happen during her judgement.]
I know that. But the similitudes do amuse me. I want him to meet Kurai someday.
[she needs to grow into a wise queen, and maybe he can be a good role model. she doesn't say anything to that preamble, nodding only to encourage him in a 'do-continue-way.']
I thought so. [she lifts her hand and ghosts two fingers over his throat. the same spot where he warned he wanted to bite her during their first meeting.] Here right? Or somewhere else?
[she looks very satisfied with his high pitch. who knew his voice could have that range? she glances at his photo collection.]Â
Oh that, it must have been disappointing that my arms weren't big enough to hold you. [she points with a lazy smirk. she has some muscle and the hands of a warrior, but diavolo's build is larger.
she's aware he probably means diavolo is secure with his masculinity and being on a woman's lap, or dressing like a princess wouldn't faze him. she just wants to break his composure a little more.]
Mm.
Next time I see a tall guy with fangs and gold eyes in the crossroads, I'll ask his name for you. [she gives a polite glance at this general picture as she brings this up.]
No, you didn't. [she understands why he kept it under wraps.] Would you prefer to be the Princess in the sequel?
[a dead serious question. or is he insecure about the gender presentation?]
Mm. So you have realized there's an advantage.
[ now this diavolo should try to invite him. she doesn't know how aware he is of lucifer's obvious crush. even political astute creatures can be oblivious in their private life.]
And those apples you like?[her nose wrinkles when she mentions fruit. she'll get over it.] Give him one of those and warn him it's poisonous. Â [as a collectile item. or that wine... demonus bottle?]
...
[she is quickly silenced before she can say anything. it unfortunately makes sense that he can't invite this general for those logical reasons. but diavolo-]
Shopping? [she lifts both brows. she's not saying no, but what can she do?]
Morningstar, I neither have a job nor currency. [alexiel's probably wearing the same change of clothes when they met. she can keep everything from getting dirty or ragged if she chooses to.] Is this about your souvenir for that man? All right.
[if he needs a second opinion, she'll go.]
1/3 because emotional yoyo lol
That right there is exactly what I mean. [He might be cry-laughing, he doesn't even know. He said she says things no one should say, and he meant it.] If I actually was ruler of Hell, I might. [PROBABLY NOT, however bad the temptation got. It is definitely terrifying that the royalty might just PRAISE HIM for it though, they're all insane. Well, at least Mephistopheles wouldn't, but STILL. And Diavolo would smack him (deservedly).]
Yes, they should meet, they probably are like us, with the weird tilted angles and all.
[He flushes and nods. He warned her of his temptation, and yup, she remembered! And then he definitely cry-laughs a little at himself and how his type is just... Lord Diavolo. Like Sheep-chan and Satan said. Damn Satan. Literally.]
Thank you. [About collecting names of men his type. The worst part? He means it.]
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Not about being "girly," I know you can defeat me as easily as Michael. It's just about refusing to be pushed around. If someone has a problem with my nail polish from Asmo, or high heels for a job, that's on them, not a reflection on me. But I will never bow to Fate no matter what it forces me into or pretend to "go with the flow," under any circumstances. I decide who I am, and when I want to subvert expectations is my decision, no one else's.
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I can't do that. It's Lord Diavolo's entire creation. He made them for me. Possibly even using some of the first Demon King's poison on Queen Titania, or else it's just that deeply entrenched into the history and magic of Devildom, that even the poor-quality soil is steeped in it, or her spirit lives on in them. [IT'S SPECIAL. And just as Lucifer would be genuinely hurt if Lord Diavolo gave someone else the poison apples as sign of Devildom friendship or whatever, he won't risk that, much less do it on purpose.]
It has to be something separate. Less about Lord Diavolo, more me. And feathers is too... Mammon has mine. He wears it everywhere like a lucky charm. [Happy blushy desu....] But that's because he knows I'll always protect him. That's too much for something this new and fragile.
[A firm nod. SHOPPING.] Relax. I do.
Thank you, Angel.
[ONE-ARMED HUG! Best cousin.]
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[the memory of it makes her chuckle. of course, she ignored the poor girl's crush. awe and admiration aren't the same as love.]
And women? Should I seek out the same? [tall, and buff with gold eyes and fangs?]
Why is that? That demon with a camera isn't more masculine than you. [he even looked like she could break him like a twig.] And what about female angels? [he always mentions a single sister, and the other angels he brings up, fallen or not, are men. she recalls the confusion in the bar if she's an angel or a witch- are there no female angels who visited the devil kingdom?]
He made them...for you? Ah. He spoils you so.
[she smirks when he hears his flustered explanation. it's fine, he can look for something else to deliver as souvenir.
her expression falters with the hug. another? she stiffly nods.]
I warn you before we go-
I don't know if I can assist you. I have never shopped for anything.
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[A quiet hum. He pushes his hair back with a hand.] Like I said, normally I don't have any interest in any of it beyond souls, and sadism. Souls I like pure, genuine, worthy of respect. Pinnacle of closest to perfection possible. Attraction I like you, and I suppose those two. And your soul isn't... [Gazes up skyward. It's not imperfect. Eh. Slowly:] I like strong women who are cursed, deeply affected by horrific pasts, and [Looking back at her, tilts his head ALLLLL the way sideways.] magnets for trouble? [His eyes turn into flat lines.] Why do I feel like I just described Mammon but female? Not Mammon. Intelligence is a must. Ugh, preferably not naive enough to go break into prisons to free the prisoners and die from it, I don't think I can't take that stress. Again. [Waves a hand.] Really I don't think Asmo is right, I can make my own acquaintances.
[He says that but if he doesn't define it better, people will do things and it'll be annoying. FIIIINE. Ticking off fingers for a list.] Intelligent, dark humor, open to exploring masochism, fond of music, can deal with my brothers but not necessarily so much that it becomes an issue between them. Understands my family is first, my job is second, and they can figure out their own place they want to be with or without me. [Nods.] And isn't so in need of a big brother that I can't stop thinking of them as Lilith-like and not really... [Sexy? He can't say it for some reason. Too weird.] attractive. [Both hands up. If you asked him one month ago ANY of this, he'd have just tried to wilt you with a glare. So this whole idea is still new and confounding.]
No kidding. [And irritated growl.] Mephistopheles is just getting home field advantage, nothing more. Angels -- generally don't favor any gender at all. Because they are just how they want to be, and it's all homogenous non-mixing cells. I'm extra masculine in personality, Lilith was the first really feminine. After her, I don't know who favors femininity, if any of them do. They might not, specifically because of what happened with Lilith. Just... not wanting to take that chance.
Yes. [Fond grin. He does genuinely adore Diavolo.] But I'm still cruel enough to make him do more. [Evil sadistic grin.]
[At least he was REALLY quick with the hug because he could tell she was NOT ABOUT IT.]
[Though he does just snort.]
See that? That is what drives me crazy. It makes me want to spoil you more than Lord Diavolo does to me. To let you try everything and anything, especially if you never thought you could have it. Forget all the rest of what I said, and that right there is what makes me crave someone. It's bad enough with my brothers, but it's worse with the whole... different worlds. What I want from you, is your perspective. You don't have to try so hard or be a certain way. Just live it. Be you. Let me see things through your eyes -- metaphorically. [He'd have to possess someone to do it literally and that's weird and intimate and a little much even for this controlling Dom, and even if someone was going to let him, he'd be suspicious that it's a trap.]
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[she wouldn't say it's romantic or sexual, but it's indeed unusual. how the young princess managed to strike a bond with sheol's jester and de-facto true power since lucifel is absent.]
You can say it. [she smiles darkly when he mentions her soul. her soul should be strange. even with all the blood she spilled, her wings remained unstained. her nature is to be good, which is in contradiction with her actions.]Â That's more detailed than just a strong build, tall with gold eyes and fangs.
[those are all so many specific conditions. perhaps he should try to search those matchmaking crossroads to find his perfect half.]
They think being lovestruck depends on femininity? [it would seem those values are also backwards there.]
When they came to the world, the ones I know didn't have a defined sex when they came to be. When angels mature with their powers, they gain one. There were ways to stop the process or change it, but shapeshifting is more a defiance of God's choice, so the ones in Heaven avoided it.
[it happened just once. unlike sheol, where more archdemons casted away their angelic appearance for more brutal ones.]
Rosiel and I were always male and female. We weren't made in the same way.
[and why she said she only had one brother.]
You are what Setsuna would call "high maintenance."
[he'll be proud she's learning his slang. she does like the hug, but she's not...used to affection, adjusting at it is going to be a process.]
Save your money. I don't have an attachment to trinkets.
[she clarifies with brutal honesty. all she needed was a sword and the clothes of her back (which she kept only for convenience).]
I'm not trying hard to be a certain way. This is just how I am.
[she doesn't know what else she can tell him.]
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Not all love. Just -- yare yare. Perhaps so. I often worry about humanity's weird idea of gender and how much of it is me to blame. [But what else is new? Maybe none of it is his fault, and he just wants it to be so it's easier to change or manage. Who knows.]
[He laughs about being high maintenance.] Indeed. I wouldn't wish a curse like me on anyone.
It's not the trinkets, it's the experience in the moment. The act of doing.
In this case, it's exploring. It's getting to see people through a different lens and on their terms with their items or art as both a buffer and a true expose.
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[now? why is he blaming himself for that. it just seems overworry at this point.]
But like curses, you'll have to latch on to someone someday.
[not just because it's what curses do, but because he'll be less lonely.]
I have agreed to help you...shopping. [spoken as stoically as possible.] When did you wish to go? You are the one with a demanding schedule.
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[But he warms back up to amusement thinking of himself as a free roaming curse. :> absolute nutjob here.] Then we'd best hope they're the strongest individual in the multiverse, because they're going to need it.
[Lucifer isn't lonely except when he shuts the fuck down, and that's why he has so many brothers he's spent millennia teaching to get stronger.]
[He laughs again.] Yare yare. This is true. The rest of this week I won't have time to so much as think. [Just the way he likes it.] Maybe after that?
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[she's not sure what is he trying to "fix." or what is broken in his opinion.]
If you choose them, they must be formidable.
[she doesn't think he'll have the patience to endure either folly or feebleness.
his brothers don't count for company. they add extra stress in his life.]
Make room to have some time to sleep this week. [her voice turns sharper. oh, she can read between the lines.] I won't carry an exhausted demon to our shopping journey. Â
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Or else I'll make them so. [Delusions of grandeur, like he can just kick someone into competency despite that clearly never having worked on Mammon so far.]
[They reaaaaaally do stress him out, but he honestly thinks this is normal, that all people are stressful. Diavolo alleviates some but also does stress him out so.]
Yes, ma'am. The General likes listening to animal podcasts. Like I showed you the books end up too vivid otherwise. I should ask Satan for good ideas too maybe?
What did you read to Kurai, if anything?
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her eyes narrow. he says yes, but she isn't sure he'll remember to sleep daily. ]
Perhaps of animals exclusive to the Devildom? [ it's her idea. no cats, or something that he'll surely find where he comes from. ]
I didn't read her anything, but I told her about humans, and sometimes about Heaven.
I wanted her to stop resenting humanity and someday work toward a path of coexistence with them.
[ beat. at that time. ]
"Evil," I said, is an anagram humans gave her people under the jealous watch of Heaven. It truly means: "Live."
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Maybe... Cerberus???? They're always using him in Devildom media. Is that too intimate? Should I at least have him meet the real one first? See if Cerberus doesn't try to eat him?
[Quietly. Thinking.] Why did she and Gehenna resent humans?
Tch... on that she's polar opposite Lord Diavolo. He loves humans. He loves everything about them. Drives me mental sometimes. Well, it works for dealing with human governments. He plays nice cop all friendly and enthusiastic. [He says that like, "Ew gross!" As if it hasn't very very very visibly and obviously to everyone who has ever known Lucifer before OR after; rubbed off onto him too.] And I get to be sadistic evil incarnate enforcer.
[But again.... anyone who gets to know them, either one... will point out under Lucifer's sadism is the heart of an angel who fell from loving too much. And like an apple, under the skin-thin surface of Diavolo's friendliness and loving overtures is an extremely powerful and sharp negotiator who will use everyone and anything at his disposal, whether it's politics or kidnapping, and there's a different kind of callousness children have that isn't innocence at all.]
I like that though. Live is just evil backwards.
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You can introduce him to Cerberus later.
[she thinks it's better to start with general and local wildlife.]Â
She was a child who lost most of her family, and her kingdom was in ruins when I rescued her. [she frowns, trying to compare her to an adult is unfair.]Â
Gehenna is at the limit of Assiah as the top layer of Hell.
And this means it receives all Assiah's pollution. This made life harder for those who lived there.
While I stayed, I cleared the atmosphere, water, and soil, but that contamination returned after I was cursed.
[she lowers her eyelids. and since it's not necessarily running on the same timeflow, it meant the pollution came from the past and future too.]Â
...
For a long time, she also thought that was the reason why the barriers of her kingdom collapsed and permitted angels to massacre her people, including her parents.
That is in the past now. Kurai has truly matured in kindness and wisdom. And she finally embraced what I taught her.
[she's proud of her, and of setsuna and his, friends to make her realize that they could all live together. she can be temperamental, but that girl has a pure soul and a good heart.]
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He's stationed on Earth, he doesn't have a live panda.
Devildom has a lot. So many unique monsters. He likes greyscale. Pandas and raccoons. Bears in general. Psychologically, that speaks to someone overwhelmed by the chaos in their life and needing a break from external stimuli. [You can see where that appeals to Lucifer.]
[But the explanation of Kurai....]
[Yeah. Yeah. He feels that in the marrow of all his bones.]
[It explains why she could handle his temper tantrums about humanity so easily.] You'd like him. The General. He's way more like me than you... but he's kind. Even though he can see the youkai, the bad things of humans, he doesn't feel more loyalty to demons like me. He purposely surrounds himself with humans, and tells me their good points... e-even more than Lord Diavolo... [He FEELS traitorous for saying that. Thinking, feeling, knowing it's true, but allowing himself to acknowledge it, as if denying it would make it go away. Politically, he knows he can get away with it, because Mephisto and others would love nothing more than to have Lucifer date someone in the human realm, especially as it strengthens DEVILDOM proper not exclusively Lord Diavolo.]
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Not you, everyone else, all other timelines. Like they just are natural consequences and are powerless to change it?! Such crap.
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I mean, in general, which animals does he like?
You could purchase books or videos of the wildlife in the Devildom.
[those human's nature documentaries, do they have those in there? she doesn't know.]
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[this is the second time morningstar is trying to advertise his partner-to-be. he doesn't need her approval. ]
I don't have to like him.
You're the one who is interested in him.
[her brows crease when he makes his point about giving heaven as a pass. she terrorized heaven enough to become their bogeywoman.]
Good.
[he was on thin ice if he included her.]
I thought your Celestial Realm wasn't as bad.
Had lost this somehow
I'll look. Maybe a field guide of flowers. [THE GENERAL IS THAT MOE.]
Have to isn't it. You're family. It's only natural I'd want you to get along. Ah. Perhaps it's also... watching after Sheep-Chan I've learned that people need a solid support network, not one-sided. [Shakes a hand through his hair.] Sorry.
Heaven's not that bad, especially compared to all the others I've heard about, but it's -- When Lilith fell, we all just blamed ourselves, Belphie lashed out at humanity, I still don't know how much Adam knew or understood, and I don't get why Father was so angry. What is it about humanity that would have been destroyed that she was risking even if she was just oblivious??? I don't get it.
[Both hands up in exasperation.] And humans. They always act like heaven is absolutely correct, always. At least in ours, in my experience -- and I'm jaded, and it's self-selection bias. I still don't get it.
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Hah. I wouldn't say we must get along just because we're family. [she murmurs, thinking about her father. her family has always been god, rosiel and the adam kadmon, and they have all hurt each other. mostly unwillingly, except for him.]
That little lamb is sharp and clever to teach you that lesson.
[she adds warmly, voice full of approval.]
Mm.
You don't have to agree with every decision, Morningstar.
But you have spread your arms in cooperation with both realms. Mistakes and flaws are different from corruption.
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Not must, just that I want you to.
Hah, you like her before meeting her. Your Lilith bias is showing. [But that's fine, he's glad.]
I can accept mistakes. I can't accept that heaven is supposed to be an embodiment of the absolute good if it ignores innocents suffering it could save just doesn't "for free will." Whose will is it? [His?? But why?]
[Ugh.] Ugh. Don't mind me. This gives me migraines every time. So I guess the answer is I'm suffering of my own stupid choices, and real question is who the hell is it helping?
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Not must, just that I want you to.
Human bias. [ she corrects with a shrug.] I never met the pair in the shadow replica of God's garden. They had already passed when I visited Assiah.
[she does agree with him. that contradiction is difficult to handle. wordlessly, she reaches to touch his arm; a mere brush to offer silent comfort as he struggles to reconcile that. then, she retracts her hand to speak.]
The citizens of Devilmdom seem happy, from what I've observed in my brief visit.
Sometimes, being a 'home' is good enough. There's no need for a greater purpose.
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cw: cannibalism, body horror onwards may be mentioned lol typical angel sanctuary things
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cw: idfk speculative scifi/fantasy/theology insanity
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This looks like a wrap??