Audience: Harrowhark Nonagesimus

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[bonetiddies]

This stretches the meaning of the word 'receive.'

[But. Fine.]

We've had Despair, you, Pride, Greed, and now Envy. So Lust, Wrath, and Sloth remain.

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[there is a smile in their voice.]

Are you so sure?

[bonetiddies]

No? [The secret ninth sin. . . cringe. . .] Too many, or too few?

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[they glance up briefly.]

I suppose you shall have to find out, Reverend.

[bonetiddies]

[Ugh.]

How shall I find out. As a surprise when I step off the elevator, or is there some other means?

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How have you found some of your other information?

You just have to be creative.

[bonetiddies]

I see.

[All right, then. That's an answer, to some degree.]

. . . The thirty-eighth person. He died early on. That was the headless corpse that was delivered to Sheila, correct? She likes eating the teeth, so you brought her the skull later. And then his skull wound up in the hot tub somehow.

Why did we never meet him? Why did he die?

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[the sharp-toothed mouth in the hood smiles foxishly.]

A small correction: I brought her the teeth because she requested them. The skull was to be disposed of; however, it went missing. Apologies it had some interference with your case.

Technically, there can only be seven sins. Eight is still a bit cumbersome, but better manageable. Though... I do suppose that man could have made a fine Despair as he elicited it a lot in other people.

Perhaps you would have enjoyed him much more than the one we have now?

1/2

[bonetiddies]

I get along well enough with our current Despair, though I suppose I know nothing of this man.

[Maybe he would have been a better Gluttony!!

She has no idea of the bullet dodged. Anyway.]

. . . Well. Thank you for your time. It was more productive than I expected.

2/2

[bonetiddies]

[However, skipping past me setting up a new audience request and just having her come meet them again later.]

. . . Ah. I think I understand what you meant, now. There are only seven rings and seven floors, for seven sins.

I think those assuming Despair is the outlier are mistaken. I would posit that there is no floor for Lust.

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[that man better than (redacted)? wow.]

You are welcome.

[hello once again, post-meeting harrow.]

Lust is such a kind, sweet Avatar. And you would accuse us of not giving them a floor to be present on to meet everyone? I believe I also speak for the others in saying we are hurt you would think such a thing.

[bonetiddies]

They are incredibly kind and sweet. When we see orange mist and the word consume, our immediate association is you. Yet when we see, again and again, pink anomalies and strange cat theming, we do not consider it indicative of anything in particular, because Lust is so very kind and sweet.

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I cannot believe I am being cancelled when I do not even eat people...

[they clear their throat.]

Some things may not have any correlation, you understand. I and a few of the rest of us are looking into some of the more peculiar happenings.

[bonetiddies]

[Eating child souls is better???]

Coincidences happen. Is the missing floor in fact Lust's?

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[a sigh of exasperation.]

There is no missing floor. Those rules are reserved for the thirteenth floor of buildings--which is terribly rude because thirteen is a perfectly acceptable number.

[bonetiddies]

I have no idea what that means. [She is from space.] Will Lust be given a floor to be present on and meet everyone.

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[geez. space goths.]

Try not to perish before their debut. They would be unhappy.

[bonetiddies]

I've learned something from speaking with you I wouldn't have otherwise thought to consider. I'm grateful that you've taken the time to get me to understand, in your own unique way.

[Sigh. Kindness is the worst.]

But if one of you eight is dangerous, that is something I am not willing to wait and see how it plays out.

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[wow! this actually makes them laugh! it's a polite and short, amused sound. they even raise a hand to cover their mouth inside the hood with a fist.]

I think some of you are equally as dangerous as us, would you not say?

[bonetiddies]

[wow!]

I know that some of us are, and yet it surprises me that you would think so.

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Oh? Am I not at liberty to acknowledge the strength of some of you? Or perhaps the ruthlessness?

[bonetiddies]

You're at liberty to do whatever you like. It just seemed an odd point to make in response to my question.

We're dangerous to one another. But I wouldn't expect you to think of any of us as dangerous compared to you.

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Ah.

I only meant, you had worry one of us would turn out to be dangerous, though there are a few among you who have had quite the nefarious plan, too.

[bonetiddies]

[Ew.]

In the space of several days without one, I haven't forgotten about murders. It has been rather considerably on my mind. But I also dislike the notion of surviving here all these weeks only to end up facing something else that I wasn't expecting.

It is possible to be mindful of more than one source of danger, isn't it?

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[don't ew.]

Haha, your worry about the future reminds me of home. Ah. But you are not wrong. It is good to be mindful of more than one source of danger, especially ones close to you.

No one can hurt you more than the people you love, right?