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From:

finalbows

_{[ he watches it until the last, knowing it's not an experience he'll soon have the chance to repeat. then... he stalks over to the bulb, too. he holds a hand some few centimeters from it, looks over at Muffin, and purrs, ]}

My turn.

_{[ the light of Holy running through the bulb isn't all that different in appearance from its baseline, ultimately. Holy is pure and cleansing, after all.

But...
There might be...
The faintest hue of blue to it, too.

...he doesn't hold it as long. This isn't quite the conduit this sort of power is meant for.

The curling shadow of the Genome's tail can be seen as the light shines, though it can't currently be seen by the naked eye. ]}

From:

electricflock

[whistles softly, gazing at the cast light and its brush of blue as if entranced. he’s familiar with many elements, like Fire, Ice, Mind, Lightning, and so on, but Holy isn’t one he’s ever seen before. he’s never felt energy with that kind of clarity before.]

Pretty…!

From:

finalbows

_{[ he giggles. ]}

That's a little bit more of that angel part. Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like to look more the part, too...

_{[ he twirls a lock of red hair around a finger.]} ...But I don't knoww~. Now I've got this Angel Devil title to live up to.

From:

electricflock

An angelic devil or a devilish angel? Is difference, isn’t there?

From:

finalbows

Is there? Isn't there? Heheheheh. I don't like to have to just pick. Isn't it funner to make people have to guess?

...

...You know I'm already an Angel for good, anyway, right? _{[ that playful twirl has turned to a tight grip on a coil. ]} I'm different from the last two.

From:

electricflock

[chirps? reaches up without thinking to try and loosen his hand]

Of course you're different. But I'm not sure what you're asking me?

From:

finalbows

_{[ his hand's easy to coax loose. he takes the opportunity to sieze hold of Muffin's, and guide it to rest over the fancy pin over his heart. ]}

I'm gonna kill the man that gave me this. I've killed way more other people already, too. More than I remember. But he's powerful. I want that power, because it means my life's going to be easier. I'm going to use it to kill more people, too. That's what I am. I'm made just for killing people. That's the kind of angel I am. So... you see. I really am both at the same time, right?

Edited Date: 2023-09-22 11:58 pm (UTC)

From:

electricflock

[presses his hand against angel devil's chest and steps closer]

Looking at it like that... What about when you're not killing? The younger you and the older you both, um... like having time to just be. Do you get to have that?

From:

finalbows

From:

finalbows

You know what waking up here taught me...? Reading those silly papers... the sad parts, the really good parts...

One day, it really is all going to be over. Done. I. Win. I get out of every single noose on my neck! All gone!

...Don't take me the wrong way! I'm not giving up on Gaia. That planet is mine! I'm supposed to kill it, so you know what? It's all mine to keep alive! But...

From:

finalbows

_{[ leans in. ]}

Standing up here with you... I actually know for the first time. One day. I am going to... "just" "be." ...but, honestly! How disgustingly humble! Of course I want more than that. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I have the lowly aspirations of... Of a...

From:

finalbows

_{[ his hand hasn't left muffin's. his stare is intense. ]}
...

I dont just want to "be." I can't just want to be. That's as good as putting myself up on a shelf and calling it quits, isn't it?

I'd rather... be... a devil, and an angel, forever... than just a doll.

From:

electricflock

I didn't mean it like that.

[curls his fingers in angel devil's shirt and gives him a thump, not even really a shove]

You read his papers, you just said. He doesn't just sit and exist, and I don't want that for any of you either. Want you to have the peace to have time to yourself, to relax if you want. Want you to have more time to explore or play or study, and do what you want to do instead of what you were made to do.

From:

finalbows

From:

finalbows

From:

finalbows

From:

finalbows

_{[ he tosses his head so that his hair better shades his eyes. ]}

...I like doing as I please. It is nice. Except...

It's not fair knowing all that happens in the end is I get lucky and this place just happens to me one day. I wanted to be free. No. I wanted to MAKE myself free.

From:

finalbows

...but of course I wanna be happy. Do things as I please. I could do something that'd make me happy right now.

From:

electricflock

[clucks low and concerned]

What's that?

From:

finalbows

That sweet, caring face of yours... overflowing with pity...

From:

finalbows

Let me see what it's like when you actually get scared.

_{[ the concern you were feeling, just now, Muffin--

an unhinged Rose just grabbed it by instinct, and breathed as much life into it as he could. ]}

Edited Date: 2023-09-23 02:19 am (UTC)

From:

electricflock

Wh—

[muffin blanches, breathless under the wave of alarm that surges over him. there’s a flicker of realization in his eyes— not betrayal, but hurt nonetheless. a part of him expected angel devil to pull a switch like this, but concern outweighed caution. hope ignored the warnings.

but now. Angel Devil the Younger has created a Muffin without calm again.]

From:

electricflock

[the struck and cornered animal lashes out, grabs angel devil’s shirt in clawed fists, yanks him down to height, and

yells in his face]

STOP THAT

From:

finalbows

_{[ so that's what it looks like, he idly thinks, his face appearing mystified and riveted in equal amounts.

an older angel devil might've buckled down. or maybe not. this one loses the grip he'd seized already only by instinct. ]}

From:

electricflock

[an older angel devil might have gotten slapped or cried on next. or both.

as it is, muffin’s still holding onto his shirt, grabbing for balance and almost dizzy with sudden relief]