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Hahah - well, sure, of course it does. A lot of things worth holding onto are going to take work.
[Holding hands and feeding a squid man cake, what a way to spend an afternoon.]
Talking like that, though... you really do remind me of someone from home.
[Holding hands and feeding a squid man cake, what a way to spend an afternoon.]
Talking like that, though... you really do remind me of someone from home.
His name is Belphegor. Lover of pillows and naps, who tends to fall asleep wherever he pleases. He says things exactly as he sees them, and knows how to make others do his work for him by looking cute.
[Bitter, dangerous, tried to kill his apprentice a few different times. You know, normal stuff. But that isn't relevant for Lovecraft to know.]
He's the appointed Avatar of Sloth.
[Bitter, dangerous, tried to kill his apprentice a few different times. You know, normal stuff. But that isn't relevant for Lovecraft to know.]
He's the appointed Avatar of Sloth.
Ahaha -- something like that! It's all gotten pretty bureaucratic, though.
[Joking tone aside, he does fall quiet and thoughful as Lovecraft struggles to place his words.]
Mm. I wonder if your contracts work a little more like mine, then. Getting something you need, but having to pledge obedience to a task or use of yourself in return. [Sometimes indefinitely, if you're lucky!]
[Joking tone aside, he does fall quiet and thoughful as Lovecraft struggles to place his words.]
Mm. I wonder if your contracts work a little more like mine, then. Getting something you need, but having to pledge obedience to a task or use of yourself in return. [Sometimes indefinitely, if you're lucky!]
[He nods, carefully leaning his hands against his knees (dont worry plushie you're not gonna go in the pool) and extending one of his arms out. The costume change for the pool area has left him more bare than he'd like, so in addition to all the wounds from the trial and the new ones on his face and neck, all of the seals that line his body are in full display.]
Willingly, at least. [His fingers trace one of the circles against his forearm, labelled ASMODEUS in its outer ring.] You could consider each of these an agreement I made with someone.
A pact.
Willingly, at least. [His fingers trace one of the circles against his forearm, labelled ASMODEUS in its outer ring.] You could consider each of these an agreement I made with someone.
A pact.
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Ah, Asmo. [He remembers this one well enough.]
"You'll have someone here to tell you how wonderful you are. Forever and ever." I'm pretty sure that was my pitch.
I found him completely by chance at a bar near my hometown. He'd been broken up about some failed exorcism or other that had taken him away from a person he'd charmed. Drank himself deep, until he was red in the face and crying.
He spilled the beans on his identity, and I took my chance to talk to him. That was all it really took.
[Asmo may not have been happy about it at all when he sobered up. But so it went with demons.]
"You'll have someone here to tell you how wonderful you are. Forever and ever." I'm pretty sure that was my pitch.
I found him completely by chance at a bar near my hometown. He'd been broken up about some failed exorcism or other that had taken him away from a person he'd charmed. Drank himself deep, until he was red in the face and crying.
He spilled the beans on his identity, and I took my chance to talk to him. That was all it really took.
[Asmo may not have been happy about it at all when he sobered up. But so it went with demons.]
[It's his turn to grow quiet, now. A furrowing at his brow, an awkward enough hesitation to show that, while he has an answer, something about it isn't... clicking.
...
A beat. An exhale.]
I guess you could say I'm doing it to protect the place of humanity in everything else.
...
A beat. An exhale.]
I guess you could say I'm doing it to protect the place of humanity in everything else.
Ahah... No, no, I remember that much. [He'd be having WAY harder of a time justifying himself if he didn't know his stance.] Please, Lovecraft, I'm trying to be sincere!
It's just a little... fuzzy. I know I've answered this before. But if I think about it too deeply, I... can't really seem to remember that much.
[...]
Well, anyway! It's not the first time something's left my memory. Maybe that's why it doesn't feel very urgent to me right now.
It's just a little... fuzzy. I know I've answered this before. But if I think about it too deeply, I... can't really seem to remember that much.
[...]
Well, anyway! It's not the first time something's left my memory. Maybe that's why it doesn't feel very urgent to me right now.
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