Catch-All for Valvatorez

[specialdog]

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[omegathree]

[Akane, what are you??]

He was my partner.

[It's a familiar awful feeling of fucking up so badly that his partner is dead. He didn't promise Toki he'd keep him alive.

But now that he's dead and Val can't promise him anything else-]

The best thing I can do for him now is to find out who his assailant was.

[There's a tired sounding sigh.]

Obviously I'd prefer to stay alive. But if that's not what they want tomorrow then I'll accept it.

[specialdog]

[ a Friend. :) obviously. :) ]

You shouldn't accept it so easily just because someone else says they want to live, too. That's stupid.

[ . . . ]

But... Do you have any guesses about who could have done it? We have nothing to go on right now, but...

[omegathree]

If they're trying to get rid of the darkness, killing a demon makes plenty of sense.

[ He's just going to say it. ]

There was... Air pressure, wasn't there? A crushing amount of it.

[specialdog]

Are demons inherently dark, or bad?

... Air pressure... Then anyone with air magic is suspicious.

[omegathree]

That's what we're meant to be. We scare humans into alertness and caution. Though we don't go around forcing murder.

[He nods.]

You had the same dream I did, correct?

[specialdog]

Is it bad for humans to be alert and cautious?

[ she doesn't tend to expect or project the same moral lines as... most people... but nods at that--they all shared the dream. ]

[omegathree]

Of course not. They need a healthy dose of fear.

[Val's morals are just the way they are. But he'll move right along.]

A sense of pressure, crushing and suffocating. I'd be surprised if an air power wasn't used.

[specialdog]

I think so too. If people are too fearless, they'll do all kinds of terrible things.

[ Hmm. ]

Then the problem is that no one will want to admit to having air powers.

[omegathree]

You're more clever than most humans I know.

[He sparks a larger fire in his hands.]

I'm sure there are some people who already have. Not to the general population but to their partners, at least.

[specialdog]

[ Aw. That's sweet, and she smiles as thanks for the compliment! ]

But no one would want to implicate their own partner, anyway. It would just put themselves in danger, so that's not very useful...

[omegathree]

Lea didn't want to last week and he knew the evidence was mounting against his. The self-preservation instinct tends to be quite strong.

[He can't even blame them for that.]

[specialdog]

I don't know if that was self-preservation or if he just got attached because it was a cute kid.

[omegathree]

There aren't that many cute kids here, are there?

[specialdog]

Not anymore.

[omegathree]

Then that won't be a deciding factor anymore. Most of you are teenagers or older.

[He doesn't know how to count horse years, ok.]

[specialdog]

Guess we're just not cute enough to get free sympathy.

[ what a shitty thing to say after a child died??? but okay akane????? ]

[omegathree]

[He laughs despite himself.]

I've never relied on my looks for anything.

[Though he's apparently handsome according to npcs.]

[specialdog]

Isn't that because you look like a villain...?

[omegathree]

I'm a vampire, I should look like one. Otherwise it's deception.

[specialdog]

Deception?

[omegathree]

I should look like what I am, or they'll think I'm a different type of demon. I prefer a fair fight.

[specialdog]

So honorable!

[omegathree]

I'm a proud and noble demon. I won't compromise on that.

[specialdog]

[ You always cheer her up, Val... So silly. ]

What do you think when other people are deceptive? Does that bother you?

[omegathree]

[It doesn't bother him at all. His best friend lies to him every single day and he's still friends with him.]

If they decide that's what's best for them, that's how it is. Why would it bother me?