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[azuredemonic]

[At first, there's nothing but the sound of a book being quietly opened, and the light flipping of pages. Flip. Flip. Flip. Far too close to one another for any page to be properly read.

And then stops. And after a period of silence, a tired, mirthless couple of chuckles are quickly transcribed and transmitted through the pages]

To think, the denizens of Hell would go to such lengths to receive me. Such lavish furnishings do not fit the Demon Realm. And that does not even broach the subject of this book, the inane little gimmick it is. [Despite his words, there is absolutely no humor in his tone.]

I demand an explanation. If not from the scum that chose to snatch me away, then from those that fill this book with utter nonsense and idiocy. And I will only say this once, and you should be thankful for it.

I am in no mood for games. Think to play one with me, and I will see to it you do not live to regret it.

Don't keep me waiting.

[And the book snaps shut]

Comments

[ino]

[there must be a lot of splinters for his face to look like that, then!! OHHH BURN.]

Well, not everything has some kind of instant gratification like that. If you can't believe the words of others, then observe for yourself and make your own conclusions.

[azuredemonic]

[One word, Ino-chan. Oink]

How inconvenient.

[ino]

[8|!!!!!!1!!1!]

Don't tell me you aren't capable of having a little patience.

[azuredemonic]

[Ahem. I believe it went...PWNED, right?]

What do you think?

[He's got a hunch here.]

[ino]

[/shooshpaps]

I think you can do it if you try.

[azuredemonic]

[...oh. okay]

How incredibly stock.

[ino]

I do.

It probably helps to mention that anyone who dies gets brought back to life, though.

[azuredemonic]

And the story gets wilder. I suppose that too will become an acceptable fact with patience and observation?

[ino]

That's how we found out in the first place. So yes, it will.

[azuredemonic]

One would think someone with five years of experience would try finding a more acceptable method.

[ino]

You're assuming that we haven't tried.

[azuredemonic]

I'm assuming you haven't tried well enough.

[ino]

[LOL god she hates this argument, after seeing so many new people try and use it on her akdjl she's pressing her writing further into the page now]

Oh. Right. My bad! Compared to you, I guess I just didn't want to know enough! You must be sooo smart! You must be sooo very different from all the other inter-dimensional travelers and demons and angels and warriors!

[azuredemonic]

[...Well. That was educational. And annoying.]

I'm talking to a child, aren't I?

[ino]

You're talking to someone who knows you're no different than anyone else here.

[azuredemonic]

That is where you are wrong.

[ino]

No, I don't really think I am, Vergil.

[boy she is fed up with your 'tude, time to start breaking out the "I know things about you" creepy mode]

[azuredemonic]

Another one that claims to know me? Or did you simply read that from the other fools.

[ino]

I know your brother, too.

[azuredemonic]

[...so much. That explains so much]

Where is he?

[ino]

Not here. You missed him by a year or so.

[azuredemonic]

[...]

Am I to assume there is an explanation for how that can possibly be, when I saw him myself only mere minutes ago?

[ino]

People can show up here from any time in their life, and being here lasts all of a split second where you came from. It's confusing, but you'll get used to it.

His shop is still in the nearby town, though, if you want to go take a look at it.

[azuredemonic]

Is that so?

[His shop?]

Show me.

[ino]

[give her a moment, but she'll draw a map that shows how to get from the front door of the castle to the place in town where the shop is]

I haven't been there since he left, so it might be a little dusty in there.