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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]

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.

[azuredemonic]

[Hm. Seems like this mystery acquaintance is going to remain one for now]

And why should I trust you? There is nothing stopping this from being a poorly considered trap.

[ino]

What, you want me to open the door for you?

[azuredemonic]

You claim to know me, my fool brother, and then lead me to his shop, abandoned or no. Where I am from, that makes you no friend of mine.

Why should I trust you?

[ino]

I know it's a foreign concept, but not everyone here is trying to kill you.

Plus, if there were some sort of dumb trap, it's not like a couple floor spikes would actually do anything to you.

[azuredemonic]

Something I would expect someone who claims to know myself and my brother would know. And further reason not to simply jump at what they provide.

[ino]

Yeah, and I know you well enough to know that having information about you pisses you off, and that it'd be pretty damn stupid to show my face in the first place.

If you want to go see it, that's where it is. I'll send you the key, too, if you feel like keeping the front door intact. [and she'll send a ghostie along in a few minutes with the key~]

[azuredemonic]

This is becoming tiresome.

[But, all the same...whoever this person is, he does not suspect they have the mental capacity to orchestrate a trap capable of slaying him]

Very well. So long as you understand the price exacted for betrayal of any sort.

[ino]

Yeah, whatever. Have fun cleaning up moldy pizza boxes.

[azuredemonic]

[He really knew some troublesome, annoying people. Anyways, he's gonna go ahead and shut this book, wait for the key and go see whatever it is Dante left.]