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[ The water begins to bubble, rising up and up in the bowl like a fountain, until it spills out of the bowl in waves, soaking into the dirt and around them. Still, though it overflows, the bowl seems no less empty than before - and the water climbs up and up and up, until the fountain becomes the gentle waterfall of a small stream no bigger than the circumference of the bowl. Through the waterfall, you can see -

Like a broken tail light, flickering and inconsistent in its brightness, a lump of faulty lighting takes center stage of the waterfall, by and large covered up by the tattered, human-like skinsuit you could recognize as Mehniel, though their outer layer is torn enough that you can see bits of feather and fur poking out, and on the floor around them are abandoned bits of feather and hair too, dim light now that they've been torn out. Behind them you can catch the vague shape of something, though you'll largely see the lights illuminating it from underneath a bevelled stone indent in the ground. Currently, the lights are a dull, constant red. If you squint you can see a glimpse of the wall behind; on it are hieroglyphs, unreadable to you. ]

PLOT TOPLEVELS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER W/ CONTENT WARNINGS:
TALK WITH THE ANGEL - cw mild body horror in Yugi's thread
! IT'S THE FEDS
THURSDAY ACTIONS TURN-IN
THURSDAY: PRE-FIGHT - cw vein/artery mention in Requiem's thread
THURSDAY: FIGHT - cw dismemberment, decapitation via explosion, eye horror, body horror
THURSDAY: POST-FIGHT - cw body horror (yugi, nemesis) dismemberment, decapitation, general gruesomeness (king) implied suicide (hurricane)

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[ fffff... sitting up and rubbing her head... but tense, wary. ]

... who's this bird brain?

Security detail for our lady Oracle. You know, the one whose apartment you're trying to break into!

Sorry, never heard of her.

So what are you doing here, then?

Uh, helping, duh. These nerds need some muscle.

[ standing, after a moment, brushing her... noodly self off. ]

And I know this junk's important.

You don't have a clue as to what's going on or why but you're willing to break into someone's apartment for it. Wow, your friendship must run deep.

Is it really breaking and entering in a lawless land like Hell. Come on now.

Hey, we've got laws here. Maybe not in Asmo's Hell, sure, but we're legit. We've even got a prison and everything.

Your prison sucks!

Just cuz our laws suck doesn't mean we don't have 'em!

Edited 2019-08-20 19:16 (UTC)

Maybe make better ones if you wanna bark about having em in the first place, stupid dog!

... ... ... Dog?

If you wanna sit, stay, and fetch for demons... listen, I just call it as I sees it.

. . . Hey, I just work here. You call every working class citizen a dog? Hahahaha.

You're the one playing guard dog to these bootlickers, not me.

Cuz it's easy! Man, nothing happens in our lady Oracle's land. I just gotta clock in, hang around, collect my paycheck and clock out. Go home to my beautiful wife and watch whatever idol show she wants - easy. I don't have to work hard at all. Wouldn't you do something easy if you had to work to live?

If nothing happens, what use are your skills at all?

Sounds like you're a pet. I'd rather do the things that make me ME.

Edited 2019-08-20 21:27 (UTC)

I don't need my work to do that. In fact, I'd much rather have my work life and personal life separate, now that I can afford it.

Well, whatever. If you're fine sacrificing your dignity for some quarters that's on you.

[ a pause. ]

You the shady guy that jacked with my head?

Eh, it's more like I turned the lights off for a little bit. They'll turn back on soon enough.

Why bother at all if it's just gonna come back. That's dumb.

Listen, honestly? I don't care if you want to go on a quest to rescue Rari. It's just, if you do it here you're making me have to do my job, see?

Once you're out of this Hell, I could hardly care less. I don't see why I should hinder you from trying to find him once you're out of my sight.

[ Rari?????? Looks Very Confused for a second before catching on that-- wait-- that must be the """friend""" ]

... so why don't you just tell us where they are?

Cuuuz . . . I dunno where that is?

Yeah, but whoever's house this is probably does, so...

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