#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ]

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He knew that there was a reason he tended to avoid showing up here.

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #[ dash comm ] #Alton peeks out for one minute #And just goes 'these people are too batshit for my liking' #Then just hides again #It's actually pretty damn funny

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Masks We Wear

Anonymous Inquired: Abandoned Mask

A sigh. He had just returned from a little gathering that he had been roped into attending, and he already felt like he was about to drop like mere sack of stones. Regret was not one for much social interaction-- especially with most of the other Devils-- but he had no other choice. If it hadn’t been for Reficul’s interference in... certain events, his world would be in ruins and he would be dead. It was the absolute least he could do for someone who had helped in such a dire time. Still though, why did it have to be a party that she happened to use for that favor he owed her for things? She was well aware of how much of a recluse he was after all... But whatever. It was done now, and there wasn’t much use in him dwelling on that fact. He had other things to look forwards to now.

“ Hopefully Eti doesn’t want to play any games once they know I’m back. I really don’t have the energy for it right now. “ There was a brief pause as a bit of a realization happened to hit him, with his brows creasing in concern; he hadn’t informed his brother just where he was going. Or even that he was stepping out for something. “ ... Scratch that. Hopefully my brother doesn’t kill me for just up and disappearing on him; I have no doubt that he’s been looking all over the place to find me. “

And Gods, he wouldn’t put it above Etihw to hide the fact that they knew where he had gone just to have a bit of fun while he was away. This was going to be one hell of a long day....

#[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #[ anonymous ] #There is only a handful of people that will remember this one #And even they I doubt will at this point #Cause it has been one or two years since he and his brother disappeared

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" I wonder if somewhere it's... snowing. There was always something so nice about it! "

#[ elysia ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ discord comm ]

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And here we are. I see that I have no option for messing with the "legacy" post editor here; that kinda pisses me off, but whatever I guess.

#[ the source of the eternal fount of suffering || ooc ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ inscriptions for those long passed and those who remain || headcanons/musings ] #[ ancient oaths given left to weather times passage || queue ]

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" ... I hate that I was suddenly reminded of my trip to that water planet. I could have gone my whole life without knowing that things in the sea could get THAT big. "

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ liam ] #I wish I could call this crack #But a certain someone who shall remain nameless #Has a habit of throwing him god knows where for god knows how long #When he doesn't do what she wants

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" Serpents are such fascinating little creatures... Always managing to get into places they shouldn't, but without the excess noise of a rodent. Maybe I should think about getting one as a pet-- it would be in good company. "

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #Tallis just decided to pop up and I have no idea why

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Thinking about it, Kalpas is... probably still very angry over the "mister pink elf" incident. Which reminds her of the game of "hide and seek" she's currently got going on with him.

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ elysia ] #[ dash comm ] #[ crack ]

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She is... entirely lost.

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ elysia ] #[ dash comm ]

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The Masks We Wear

@imaginariaarbor Inquired: Try This Mask + Kalpas from Honkai—

After giving himself a look over, the MANTIS let out a highly irritated growl. His normally gold, black, and white attire had been stained... a fluorescent pink hue. All he had done was decide to take a nap; he was sure that he had found a spot where he wouldn't be found or disturbed. Well, based upon his current irritant, it was clear that he had assumed wrong.

" ... Elysia. "

It didn't take him much thinking to figure that the Flamechaser's second in command had something to do with this-- or at least would know something about it. None of the others would dare to provoke him in such a way, even if Aponia would likely step in to attempt calming him down if they did. But needless to say as he started to move, in a quest to track down the "Pink Elf", he air around him quickly began to distort as he heated up. It was a good thing that is clothing didn't burn most of the time... it would cheat everyone on the sight of seeing him dressed even slightly in bright pink!

" She has some explaining to do... I don't do pink. "

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ guest muse ] #imaginariaarbor #Yes #I used the 'Mr Pink Elf' comic for this #AND I REGRET NOTHING #Even if my Elysia just went 'fuck this shit I am leaving'

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This Meme!

Anonymous Inquired: “How much blood have you spilled?” For Alastor

" Hmm? " Being approached like this was... not something that he was overly used to, with his reputation. And the question itself happened to surprise him all the more, considering just where he resided after all! Everyone has had to spill at least some sort of blood to get down here of all places, after all. But that aside, he decided to humor the bold one's little question for a time; he could recall all the things he did back in the human world just fine, but he had added a number of additional items to his list of achievements since landing himself in hell. Honestly, recalling all of it happened to bring out an amused little chuckle in that unique voice of his... it had all been so much fun.

But alas, enough time had been spent reminiscing on the past! There was still so much for him to do, both in the future and in the present! Things like dealing with this bold little anon, and their little question.

" That is quite the good question, friend! Just how much blood have I spilled? I don't really recall keeping track of the specific amount, maybe I should have done that! " After that little "joke" of his, he would let out a bit of a laugh... before leaning leaning in towards the one who had dared to ask him such a question, the air around him beginning to darken and distort. " But in truth friend... "

" You don't want to know the answer to this question. "

#[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ alastor ] #anonymous #[ ancient oaths given left to weather times passage || queue ]

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Don't mind him, he's just over here quietly brooding over a number of different things.

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #[ dash comm ] #Yes #He saw *him* #And immediately added the constant blocking of what he wants to the current list of things he is irritated over

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“ .... I see that the safeguards I put in place are insufficient to allow me to finetune things while it has power. That’ll make things a little more tedious, but I can work around it later. In the meantime I have to see about replacing my arm. “

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #He isn't joking #His arm is entirely gone

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“ Don’t trust people around water. That makes sense. “

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ dash comm ] #[ antra ] #Special case Antra #Special case

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Masks We Wear

@imaginariaarbor​ Inquired:  Try This Mask + Gilgamesh (°▽°)

“ ...... “

Silent. That was the way the servant would watch the one foolish enough to approach him, idly swirling the wine around in the golden chalice he had in hand right now. He had been... far from the most compliant of individuals to be summoned to this place, despite what it was meant for and his assistance was required for; yet when he had been needed most he had provided such, with a touch of his own ego of course. That being said though, there was no such thing going on at this exact moment so the fact that he was being approached by a human was amusing it an of itself to the King.

“ You may speak. “ He didn’t even allow this so called “Master” the opportunity to try saying anything before he himself chimed up. “ Your King is in a good mood today. I will humor you in some conversation, “Master”. “

#[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #[ ancient oaths given left to weather times passage || queue ] #imaginariaarbor

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Send my Muses something to talk about their Mun!

@imaginariaarbor​ Inquired: “ 3 — Alaric “

On grounds that this man has already trash talked one human being today he is not being allowed to answer this, please standby.

#[ events that test the resolve to follow || asks ] #[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ ancient oaths given left to weather times passage || queue ] #[ guest muse ] #imaginariaarbor #Cue the 'to be continued' sound track here

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@imaginariaarbor​ Response.

Being truthful, he was... little better than she was, following the event that she had been so brazen enough to do. She had fled quickly enough following that kiss she had given him, that he lacked the ability to say anything to her at the time and thusly had to return to the tasks he had at hand; the entire time though he happened to have the event replay in his mind repeatedly, and once he had finally finished, he let out the heaviest sigh that he had in quite some time as he brought a hand up to cover a portion of his face. Finally he had time to properly think about it-- or perhaps it would be more accurate for one to say that he could no longer think about anything else.

Just why had she done that? Why had she decided to just... abruptly kiss him like she had? It made no sense to him. And yet slowly, slowly things began to shift into place; for the first time since he had finished with what he had been doing, his mind actually flicked off of the kiss and onto something else. An event with her which had happened prior to the kiss, where she happened to state that she liked him. At the time he had been consumed by enough irritation that things hadn’t managed to properly get through to him, but now that he was much better off-- and armed with the context of that kiss-- it happened to hit him. She hadn’t been confessing to just “liking” him, she was actually confessing to him (despite it not being entirely of her own volition to do so). To say that he felt stupid as a result of this delayed realization would have been an understatement.

“ ... Honestly. “ His voice was left low, even with none of the other six deities being in his presence. “ She should have been a little clearer with her feelings, and not decided to take her exit as quickly as she did after doing this. Just what am I going to do with her... “

Being frank, he hadn’t disliked the kiss in the slightest. He had merely been startled by it, which was the truth of the matter. But she wasn’t close by for him to deal with this situation... though he did have a backdoor of sorts into her realm. He hadn’t forgotten about that fact, especially considering he was the one who most typically visited her due to all the work he had to handle as the head deity of this realm. If there was ever at time to make use of it, now was that time; and he would show that by acting upon it to get inside of Akashic’s realm.

Once in his destination, he had no doubts that she would already know that he was there-- though he didn’t let that fact bother him in the slightest. Still he would silently set off in her direction, considering things were a two way street between them with his abilities. Though... his intentions just yet were unclear even to himself. It was clear that there was no hostility towards her at the absolute least, but that was the only thing that was clear to anyone; how would he react once he saw her? Would he merely speak to her, with words that he couldn’t conjure up ahead of time for once in his existence? Or perhaps he would do something a little more... drastic? There likely wasn’t a single thing in existence that could tell, the records proper included.

“ ..... “

Finally he would reach a point where he could visibly see her, and come to a silent stop. For what felt like an eternity, at least to him, he merely stood there in silence; he still couldn’t figure out just how he was going to respond to what she had done, and finally let out the softest of sighs to break his silence. Eventually he would at last make up his mind, finally beginning to approach her while still continuing to hold his re-established silence... and once he had reached her, he took a moment to mull things over before promptly shoving everything to the side. The instant afterwards, involved him grasping one of her shoulders and spinning her to face him-- and then the use of the other hand to tilt her chin upwards, leading into a kiss from him. A kiss that would last a brief instant before he pulled away from her, yet left the grip of two fingers he had on her chin to remain.

“ Next time you shouldn’t be so quick to run away, Records. It makes things a little more difficult on everyone. “

#[ those once bound by word and law testing as they please || ic ] #[ guest muse ] #[ response ] #[ read more to save dash space ] #imaginariaarbor #Yes #I decided to respond to that one over the original because it felt more right with her fleeing the way she did