and it takes, and it takes, and it takes

[acherontiastyx]

[It... definitely takes a while for the weekly after-execution note to arrive, but it does --- kind of scrawly and on ripped paper rather than nice stationery.]

EY. YO. WE GOT EFFIGIES IN THE DINING ROOM AND WE'RE GONNA BURN EM.

FOOD TOO. THE USUAL AND HOT COCOA. GOOD FOR THE SOUL. GET SOME. MAYBE TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR ROOM IF YOU HAVE TO. JUST GET SOME.

[Anyway, in the dining room, there's plenty of mugs set out, with a janky looking arrow sign pointing into the kitchen to where you can get your hot cocoa. On the table, there's Vichyssoise, a pot of green tea, and some booze. There's also a cookie tray on the floor away from the table on which to burn the Wordsmith and Kimbley effigies, which are handily placed near the food on the table.

...also if you go in the kitchen without shoes on just. Watch the northern corner. There's no kidneys, but there's a lot of broken plates there for some reason...]

Comments

[foundfate]

[SHRUG]

Let him be suspicious. I'm weird enough as it is, I don't care if people suspect me of anything.

[deofoled]

As long as it's not during trials.

[foundfate]

Please. Do you really think I could kill anybody?

[Look at him he is noodly and weak. He wouldn't stand a chance against pretty much everyone here.]

[deofoled]

I don't think it's likely.

[ He is just not putting anything past anyone because cynicism.]

[foundfate]

[Of course.]

Exactly. And even if I did manage it, there's no way I could cover it up. It would be obvious immediately.

So, I'm not worried. I trust everyone here to know that I'm not killing anyone.

[deofoled]

That's fair.

[...]

I don't know what to think of that message, there's no afterlife for demons. Or angels.

[foundfate]

Why not? Don't you already live in the afterlife?

[deofoled]

No, it's just our world like you have yours.

[foundfate]

So what happens to demons when they die?

[deofoled]

We just die, there's nothing else to it.

[...]

But some necromancers are able to resurrect demons if they do it fast enough.

[foundfate]

What about when you get old?

[deofoled]

What do you mean?

We live pretty long, and I've never heard of a demon dying of natural causes.

[foundfate]

Well it's got to happen eventually though, right? I mean, you weren't born looking like you do now, right?

[deofoled]

We age.

But most demons are killed before they get too old.

[ Demons don't really know how to retire.]

[foundfate]

Oh.

[Well that is awkward.]

Well...if you wanted to keep existing after you died, I'm sure something could be done about that.

[deofoled]

...how?

[foundfate]

Well...more than one world exists. You know that now. When you're close to death, you could just go to a world that has an afterlife. Or even one that has reincarnation.

[deofoled]

Would that even work that way with me being a demon? [ He didn't think he'd be, but he's curious.]

[foundfate]

Would you rather stay in your world and face non-existence than try?

[deofoled]

I think I won't have a choice. I need to get back and kill Void Dark.

[ He's never thought farther than that.]

[foundfate]

What about after that?

[Of course he's going to ask.]

[deofoled]

I'll probably be dead. [ Realistically speaking he can't imagine a scenario where they don't double down each other. And by some miracle if he's not well...]

That's not really a bad thing anway.

[foundfate]

Of course it's a bad thing!

[That. Came out a little forceful.

Watanuki takes a breath before speaking again, more calmly this time.]

If dying means not existing anymore, then that is definitely a bad thing.

[deofoled]

[ That actually surprises him, and his eyes go wide. He doesn't really know how to respond to it though.]

I'm a demon, and the only reason I'm alive is to kill Void.

[foundfate]

That's not true. If you want to kill this Void person that's your personal choice, but that's not the only reason you were born.