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[vicedirector]

Who: Miata and the moles
What: Group meeting because apparently we're doing those weekly now!
When: Week 3

[ She's fiddling with a record player, now. Where did that come from?

Mikazuki's sword and Kurisu's weird invention are now sitting on the table. ]

Comments

[vicedirector]

How shall I put it...?

[ a pause, as Leviathan gathers her thoughts again ]

I am but one versus the s i x others. I cannot fight them alone...should they choose M a m m o n ' s p a t h and begin killing their sacrifices.

However...Sisuca's death has given us all a small...bit of l e v e r a g e. It is how I am able to appear before you r i g h t n o w.

I will give Miata all the support I can. The five of you can be made immune from the...effects this town has on the mind.

In exchange, please become my c h a r g e s.

[dereban]

W... What? [ If she were drinking water she would have choked. ]

And what exactly does becoming your charge entail?

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods her agreement with Inaba's question. It sounds too easy for that not to involve something difficult.]

[vicedirector]

Become aligned to e n v y. You will still appear to be...aligned to w r a t h, for instance.

I will not lie, I will be p a r t i a l l y feeding off of you...your dreams will often be poor. You will be tired. Your memory may fail you.

[herbgrace]

How tired will we be and how often and to what degree will our memories potentially fail us? [Lithuania doesn't comment on nightmares--it wouldn't be the first time she suffered through those.]

[vicedirector]

It will v a r y, depending on how much...energy I will use day to day. Some days you may feel e n t i r e l y fine.

[jackhole]

Wait, but. How can we trust that you're like, the One Good Sin Person out of all... seven of you? We only just met you.

[ he thumbs over at miata ]

I trust her way more than you and she's scared of you.

1/2

[vicedirector]

[ gives him the dirtiest look possible ]

2/3 i lied

[vicedirector]

An entirely l o g i c a l question. I would be more...concerned if you had placed your trust in me...from the start.

I do not claim to be 'good'...I am as i n h u m a n as my comrades. But do you wonder what her sin is?

[ ... ]

It's envy. She wants nothing more than to return to the life she had before all this. She wasn't raised on magic. She'd never seen death with her own two eyes until recently. She's agonizingly jealous of those who do not have to live this sort of supernatural life.

Do you...refute this?

3/3

[vicedirector]

[ Miata looks absolutely furious. She bites her lip to the point of bleeding, and stamps her foot as though that makes any difference to Leviathan. ]

Fucking Christ you yap a lot.

A bloo bloo bloo, sure, I'm jealous as shit. What do you want me to do? Soulbond to you or something?

[herbgrace]

[Miata, you're bleeding and this is upsetting.] Your lip-- Ah, what do you think of the offer we're being given, Miata?

[vicedirector]

It's not out of the question for demons to suddenly start backstabbing each other. [ she frowns ] Her coming here isn't too weird, taking that into account, but...it's a deal with a fucking demon, how else are we gonna parse it? "Seems good! Sure!"

[jackhole]

[ well that got awkward and tmi-y as fuck. rhys sort of looks awkward for a moment but he has to ask, naturally. ]

... Haven't you? I mean, you haven't taken her deal, have you, Miata? Is Envy feeding off of you?

[vicedirector]

Literally? No. But I'm sure there's some philosophical bullshit involved here.

[dereban]

[ Oh. She hears Leviathan's word and that causes her to pause. ]

That sort of thing... Longing for a normal life, wanting nothing to do with the supernatural... Envious of others who don't have to deal with it... That's just like me.

[ This resonates so much with her right now. ] By the way, if you two did fuse or something, would that make Leviata of Miathan?

[dereban]

Well, I can't say that there aren't things that I'm not envious of. Besides, I don't care about my dreams or being tired. Well, poor memory is a problem, but... The fact that you said "may" means that it's possible to triumph over it.

Deal. If it means not dealing with certain bullshit, I'll happily take the consequences.

[vicedirector]

Are you certain of your d e c i s i o n, Himeko Inaba?

[ one chance to back out ]

[dereban]

[ ... ]

I might regret this later, but I'm doing it because there are people I care about. Someone who I want to forgive me. But if you try anything to the ones I care about, demon or not, I will find a way to get my Revenge.

[vicedirector]

[ Inaba she's a damn demon. This is like a tiny kitten hissing in terms of "threats" to her.

There's a low, gravelly laugh. ]

F e i s t y. I will return...at the week's end, and assess your collective verdict.

[dereban]

[ Look, she's dealt with Heartseed and he's an entity of his own that she can stand up to, so. Yes. ]

So will the switch not happen until everyone has their answers in?

[ Like, come on you guys... ]

Also, I have an unrelated question for you. For those that are... Aligned to you, can you see their memories, too?

[ Just curious. ]

[vicedirector]

One way or the other, y e s.

[ a nod ]

What of it?

[muties]

That doesn't sound too awful. There isn't an awful part you haven't mentioned, is there?

[vicedirector]

[ Leviathan holds her hands up in an "I surrender" gesture. ]

Only any...particular unpleasant symptoms I have not thought of. Of the same level of d i s c o m f o r t.

There is "nothing up my sleeves"...as you might say.

[princessantly]

[ Which means none of the five of them will be driven to kill? But... ]

How... likely is it that the others could choose to kill their sacrifices?

[vicedirector]

It will v a r y...

L u c i f e r is much too proud to do anything...but dote on her designated ones...until the t i m e c o m e s. S a t a n and firmly follows the rules...it is why she was admonishing Mammon during S i s u c a ' s death.

The o t h e r s...I cannot say.