But!! Mahito - who'd just been placing some books back on the shelf in a surprisingly orderly way - immediately perks up whenever Gluttony steps out of the demon void. Over he trots... It was absolutely hilarious to him, listening to everyone be like wholeass fuck Gluttony when Mahito likes this fucking demon so much. Bad.
[YEAH!! Look stop he actually treats rooms that he really enjoys very nicely... Including the biome! And now also the library and the forest. Fuck every other room, though.]
Wow... You're old. [Thanks, Mahito.] I wanted to ask you more about yourself! And the kinds of things you've seen and the stuff you like.
[Specifically, he wants to ask this demon more about the preferred method of being a Misery Connoisseur, especially now that he knows Gluttony's fucking old. Senpai...]
they give a little sigh of exasperation at earnest observation. sheesh. imagine being immortal, and someone still has the nerve to treat you like garbage.]
Apologies for my reservation. You see, what I am is a most protected secret back home. For my master's safety. Our binding contract means even here, I was to remain a butler to the very core.
Which is why I was, and sometimes am, never forthcoming.
Also yeah?? It's fine, it's the job of the elderly to get bullied by the younger demon generation. Can't believe Sebastian is the boomer to Mahito's gen z. Also, he's looking a little sulky at that...]
I mean, if it's a binding contract, then there's nothing you can do about it... [Unfortunately, he understands. GETOU MENACED AT HIM SO HARD WHEN HE CONSIDERED BREAKING ONE OF HIS.]
Is there anything you can talk about, then? That wouldn't be breaking it?
Not revealing what I am is not exactly a part of the terms of our contract. It is simply a way to better assist my master with his goals. I am an actor, you could say. He is head of a household, and I am to be his butler. So I must play the part.
[IS THAT NOT WHAT HE IS. HE'S SURE NOT A MILLENNIAL, HE HAS TOO MUCH DRIVE FOR THAT.
Anyway, yeah Getou is valid. Mahito's also nodding along to this like any of it makes sense to him...]
Do you have fun like that? Playing that kind of role. Or is it just, like - means to an end stuff? I don't think I'd have a good time if I had to act as much as it sounds like you do...
[Mahito truly barely acts at all. 80% of the way he interacts with everyone is his genuine personality, god. This is why he largely gets to skate by during kindness week instead of suffering like the tsuns!!]
[why is it this flea exhausts both sebastian AND me? why?]
When you are as old as I am, and you are use to tasting the very bland souls of typical selfish, greedy, pathetic humans, you do not mind the challenge of playing a role besides instant gratification giver.
Huh... [He. He kind of gets it, in theory?? Kind of... Curses are probably more beholden to their instincts than demons, though. It'd take a curse with a different personality than Mahito's to achieve the long game mastermind nonsense that demons get up to.]
So - what, then. You don't like greedy, selfish souls? Aren't all humans that way, though?
[he holds up a hand, as if to say STOP don't get him wrong.]
Those are more desirable humans, and usually the only ones you get, of course. Those are the only ones willing to do what it takes to summon me. However, as soon as I appear, they are always begging for wealth, or power. You remember, correct? From my memory.
Sad excuses of mortals, pleading for baseless things. But when they want something more, something different. My master wants power, too, you see. He wants revenge, and murder. Not much different than some here.
Except he wants to obtain it himself.. The answers, and his revenge.
[Un-fucking-fortunately, this is absolutely a thread of logic he has no trouble at all with following. It aligns pretty closely with his own understanding of humans and how they interact with the world around them; he can see what would set a person like that apart.]
I get it. The kinda person who'd summon a demon but still want to do all the legwork on their own is really one in billions and billions, huh?
[YEAH IT IS. i take great joy in knowing it is probably giving you personally hives]
I have, yeah... I'm more familiar with shogi, though.
[Fortunately there are plenty of people here who are old and like old man chess, so he's gotten to practice some. He understands the concept of the game, though.]
Well, in a way. The game will end for my master permanently, and I will get what was contractually promised. This game shall end for me, but I will then go on to play more games with others.
It was for some time, but then I perfected my tastes. The typical human souls are rather bland. I only play games with the ones who have the most benefit of becoming delicious.
[these two, and gluttony and douman should never have cr ever.]
Why? Are you satisfied with the humans from your world?
[THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT AND YET??? HERE THEY ARE???? HAVING CR??
Mahito just nods.]
Must be pretty rare, in that case! I bet you don't get to play fun games often. Hey, what're your tastes, anyway?
[STOP TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE THEY'RE ICE CREAM. Also stop digging into his novel lore, damn. There's a little, thoughtful pause, and then a shrug.]
It's hard for me to be satisfied with them. Sometimes they do funny things and I like seeing how they'll act or talk or think, but I think that's different, probably.
Anything more delicious than the typical selfish, wanting soul. Plenty of humans beg for wealth, or power, or immortality. They want it immediately without any kind of effort on their part. It is rather pathetic.
[for as put-together and polite as he is, this demon is the biggest asshole in his lack of empathy. guess he and mahito have something in common.]
[THEY'RE JUST TWO EVIL BEINGS VIBING WITH THEIR LACK OF EMPATHY wow, terrible.]
Yeah, about lines up with what I'd expect from the ones in my world! When you crack down to the very core, it all looks the same. [Oh, humans! Truly the same everywhere they go. God bless.
Then, after a curious little beat:]
You know, I've never really wondered what a soul would taste like. Maybe I'll see if I can try one.
[i wish they were not bonding over talking shit about a majority of the humans. terrible.]
Is that even possible for you?
[he sounds kind of... judgemental? not as if he thinks mahito can't, but more in the way he wishes mahito wouldn't go around tasting souls. STOP, HIS SOULS? he's a little pridefully envious.]
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aw
is the library okay?
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Very well. I will be there.
[since, like, it isn't difficult to split open the fabric of space with nasty demonic energies and step through into the library.]
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But!! Mahito - who'd just been placing some books back on the shelf in a surprisingly orderly way - immediately perks up whenever Gluttony steps out of the demon void. Over he trots... It was absolutely hilarious to him, listening to everyone be like wholeass fuck Gluttony when Mahito likes this fucking demon so much. Bad.
ANYWAY--] How old are you?
[A bizarre start...]
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As old as the first human to spit on God.
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Wow... You're old. [Thanks, Mahito.] I wanted to ask you more about yourself! And the kinds of things you've seen and the stuff you like.
[Specifically, he wants to ask this demon more about the preferred method of being a Misery Connoisseur, especially now that he knows Gluttony's fucking old. Senpai...]
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they give a little sigh of exasperation at earnest observation. sheesh. imagine being immortal, and someone still has the nerve to treat you like garbage.]
Apologies for my reservation. You see, what I am is a most protected secret back home. For my master's safety. Our binding contract means even here, I was to remain a butler to the very core.
Which is why I was, and sometimes am, never forthcoming.
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Also yeah?? It's fine, it's the job of the elderly to get bullied by the younger demon generation. Can't believe Sebastian is the boomer to Mahito's gen z. Also, he's looking a little sulky at that...]
I mean, if it's a binding contract, then there's nothing you can do about it... [Unfortunately, he understands. GETOU MENACED AT HIM SO HARD WHEN HE CONSIDERED BREAKING ONE OF HIS.]
Is there anything you can talk about, then? That wouldn't be breaking it?
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Not revealing what I am is not exactly a part of the terms of our contract. It is simply a way to better assist my master with his goals. I am an actor, you could say. He is head of a household, and I am to be his butler. So I must play the part.
[getou is valid.]
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Anyway, yeah Getou is valid. Mahito's also nodding along to this like any of it makes sense to him...]
Do you have fun like that? Playing that kind of role. Or is it just, like - means to an end stuff? I don't think I'd have a good time if I had to act as much as it sounds like you do...
[Mahito truly barely acts at all. 80% of the way he interacts with everyone is his genuine personality, god. This is why he largely gets to skate by during kindness week instead of suffering like the tsuns!!]
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When you are as old as I am, and you are use to tasting the very bland souls of typical selfish, greedy, pathetic humans, you do not mind the challenge of playing a role besides instant gratification giver.
It is much more fun this way, yes.
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Huh... [He. He kind of gets it, in theory?? Kind of... Curses are probably more beholden to their instincts than demons, though. It'd take a curse with a different personality than Mahito's to achieve the long game mastermind nonsense that demons get up to.]
So - what, then. You don't like greedy, selfish souls? Aren't all humans that way, though?
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Those are more desirable humans, and usually the only ones you get, of course. Those are the only ones willing to do what it takes to summon me. However, as soon as I appear, they are always begging for wealth, or power. You remember, correct? From my memory.
Sad excuses of mortals, pleading for baseless things. But when they want something more, something different. My master wants power, too, you see. He wants revenge, and murder. Not much different than some here.
Except he wants to obtain it himself.. The answers, and his revenge.
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[Un-fucking-fortunately, this is absolutely a thread of logic he has no trouble at all with following. It aligns pretty closely with his own understanding of humans and how they interact with the world around them; he can see what would set a person like that apart.]
I get it. The kinda person who'd summon a demon but still want to do all the legwork on their own is really one in billions and billions, huh?
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Exactly like that, yes. Have you ever played chess before?
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I have, yeah... I'm more familiar with shogi, though.
[Fortunately there are plenty of people here who are old and like old man chess, so he's gotten to practice some. He understands the concept of the game, though.]
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He has a frail constitution, and a sour disposition, but he issues the commands, and I obey, like his sword and shield.
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Well, in a way. The game will end for my master permanently, and I will get what was contractually promised. This game shall end for me, but I will then go on to play more games with others.
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Yeah, I figured it was something like that. It hasn't gotten boring for you then? Playing the games you play.
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[these two, and gluttony and douman should never have cr ever.]
Why? Are you satisfied with the humans from your world?
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Mahito just nods.]
Must be pretty rare, in that case! I bet you don't get to play fun games often. Hey, what're your tastes, anyway?
[STOP TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE THEY'RE ICE CREAM. Also stop digging into his novel lore, damn. There's a little, thoughtful pause, and then a shrug.]
It's hard for me to be satisfied with them. Sometimes they do funny things and I like seeing how they'll act or talk or think, but I think that's different, probably.
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[for as put-together and polite as he is, this demon is the biggest asshole in his lack of empathy. guess he and mahito have something in common.]
And the taste of the soul is lackluster.
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Yeah, about lines up with what I'd expect from the ones in my world! When you crack down to the very core, it all looks the same. [Oh, humans! Truly the same everywhere they go. God bless.
Then, after a curious little beat:]
You know, I've never really wondered what a soul would taste like. Maybe I'll see if I can try one.
[MAHITO.]
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Is that even possible for you?
[he sounds kind of... judgemental? not as if he thinks mahito can't, but more in the way he wishes mahito wouldn't go around tasting souls. STOP, HIS SOULS? he's a little pridefully envious.]
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Also wow, there are so many souls in so many worlds, punk. LEARN TO SHARE.]
Don't know! I've never tried it before. I just like looking at them and shaping them.
[He's out here making nuggets into dino nuggets.]
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