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[ In the empty streets of Tokyo-F, it's easy to tell when you are not alone— there is no sound of traffic to cover footsteps. When are being followed, there is no crowd to blend into, few shops to duck into and lose the person dogging your footsteps.

Currently, Rise is not alone. A man in a dark suit is approaching her from behind, whistling something slow. ]

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[Suddenly not being alone is alarming, she'd been out to get some air and some space and this feels like a massive intrusion on her moment of weakness. Rise spins around to face him.]

Eh? Wait, aren't you...

Exactly who you think I am.

[ He agrees, not even appearing to entertain the thought that she'd mistake him for another. ]

Asmodeus.

. . .

Nice to meet you?

[ He quirks one side of lips up in an uneven amused smile. ]

A little underwhelming, but it'll do. Now, I have an offer to make.

[She really wants to scream and squeak and have much, much bigger reactions than she is, but, holding it down. A demonic offer is not the time for ditzy antics.

Deep breath. Cloud 9's herself subtly. Be cool.]

I'm graduating. Are you... Are you sure, I'm a good fit for you?

Concern for a prince?

[ His eyebrows raise over the rims of his glasses ]

Unless, of course, you mean to say you have concern over your own ability. Tell me, do you trust yourself?

Of course I trust myself. I'm confident I can do whatever I need to do.

I'm just a little surprised you'd ask me, I didn't think I was your type. What is it you'd need of me, Asmodeus-san?

Perhaps I should have given a longer introduction.

[ He still doesn't seem that inclined to give a long self-introduction, instead pulling a business card case from his suit jacket's breast pocket, sliding one out and holding it between two fingers, so the part which says Prince of Vengeance is still visible. ]

Now, confident young lady, let's talk about what you want. Payment for services rendered, if you're still in a rendering mood.

[Taking the card, her gaze lingering the word 'Vengeance' for a moment before looking back up at him.

It's not like she hadn't thought about it before. She'd known it was a possibility, had thought how easy it would be to just wish everyone she loved safe, but now it's in front of her she's terrified of what would happen if she said yes, and all the ways she could mess it up. Thank god for Cloud 9 letting her keep her cool about it.]

That is the question, isn't it? If you really want me to work for you... I'm going to ask you for a lot more than just vengeance.

[ He laughs, a dissonantly warm sound. ] If you wanted vengeance, I imagine you could go and get it yourself after.

[ And then, he carelessly discards that prospect. Moving on! ]

No, you must have bigger interests if you're entertaining this prospect. [ With as uncertain as she seems about this, despite her bluster, her obvious resistance. ] But I'm afraid you need to use your words to communicate them.

Ah, but putting it into words is the hard part... How much of my situation do you know? If I said 'Clearing Eyes' to you, would it mean anything?

As in, the snake of. I'm aware of your problems there.

Oh good, that makes things easier.

Obviously, first of all, I want a way to beat him. One that doesn't involve everyone I love being dead.

Understandable and, more to your interests, doable.

[Doable.

Gosh.

Even through Cloud 9, for a moment she gets real overwhelmed at the thought that she could actually do it, she could save them, they could all be okay and he couldn't touch them.

Covers her face with her hands and chokes out a disbelieving laugh.]

You could do it. You could really do it.

Keeping the dead from the abyss is standard procedure.

Taking them from death entirely is a rarer skill, but this wouldn't work without it. Too common a request.

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[Be calm be cool don't blow this. Taking her hands away from her face to meet his eye again.]

That's not surprising, it's a very powerful motivation. Then you could keep my father alive? Even if Clearing is gone, he wouldn't die again?

Exciting as it'd be to see what you'd do to someone who wronged you, that's no way to begin a business relations.

He won't.

[Ha. Haha. Exciting. Oh dear.]

Could you free everyone else from the daze too? And... And maybe send them to someone else's world?

The deal is your soul for your heart's desire.

...Mm... That's the deal... So I can be as greedy as I want, right?

Your very own once in a very long lifetime chance.

[ he smiles as he meets her eyes: yes. With what's on the line, she should make it worth it.

Debt is, after all, a kind of security. ]

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