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[ Angel Devil. ]
[  chatcube, or action. ]
[ if you're visiting the rose barn,
look for the door with the creepy bat-and-angel-wing sigil on it. Knock first! Or get zapped. ]

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[catposting]

[ he snorts ]

Best of luck, then. You first.

...

You can put him down now.

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He's very soft. Not wiry at all like some of them.

_{[ look at that plaintive expression on sheep fiend's face. ]}

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_{[ begrudgingly puts down sheep fiend ]}

[catposting]

[ Angel Devil of the Rose Devil Army, you are adorable. the sentiment absolutely shows on Akrinak's face. ]

Yeah. He sleeps with me sometimes.

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So his job title is professional pillow~. Undoubtedly, "something cute."

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Let's see... I don't have to massage what I am for you, so I suppose I can use one of the less savory coins, this time...

_{[ he meant to share the memory of his first kill.
instead, it's... ]}

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_{[ something he doesn't remember happening... ]}

[catposting]

[ just turns to look at Angie, studying his face. listening for the shift in the air where his tail should be. ]

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<sub>[ it's still and tense, as he reaches into the water. picks it up.


casts the coin into the water again,
and the scene starts playing anew. ]</sub>

[catposting]

[ sir, ]



Ring a bell at all?

[finalbows]

...no.

[catposting]

... You remember the talk we had after the family game, right?

[ Akrinak had just become a Weed. Angie had led him back to Rose barn. ]

[finalbows]

I do in fact know I put us into a position of serious conflict with Lily, and myself, into a position of needing to offer recompense to Daffodil.

[catposting]

[ slowly, ]

Knowing and believing are different things.

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--what do you want me to TELL you!

That I know my mind's been broken apart, but I can't hold on to the WHY or HOW? I'm trying to see if I can drill this in if it happens to be secondhand.

[catposting]

... After you left back then, Shadow Fiend asked if we thought you wanted to remove the curse while under its influence. I guess the implication was -- as you are now, do you want to accept 'Dove' as part of you, or stay fully 'Angel Devil'?

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_{[ bristles. ]}

What an absurd question...!

Of course I want to be fully master of myself! Have we MET, Akrinak?

It's all I ever--

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_{[ ]}

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<sub>[ splitting goddamn headache


why does he hear waves, and feel sand on his skin--? ]</sub>

[catposting]

[ tenses, half-expecting Angie to fall unconscious or start sparking lightning. doesn't move otherwise. ]

[finalbows]

Why don't you tell me a little bit more about this "other me" you're anticipating, huh?

[catposting]

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If I told you that 'Dove' let Kefka Palazzo place the curse on him, would you believe me?

[finalbows]

No.

_{[ a beat. ]}

Keep talking.

[catposting]

It's true, according to the other you.

[ pauses, debating just showing him the recording. he clearly has something. he knows that Angie knows.

instead, he recites, with perfect intonation: ]

"That would be what I want more than anything. Pluck him up from those gods' grasp, and retreat to the first safe harbor to be found.

...Zidane still has... a life. Friends. A pretty princess to go home to. He has Gaia. And that kind-hearted fool's made friends in that trap we were pulled into. He'll want them to be saved, too. He'll even want that poor, suffering Goddess of Harmony to be saved.

...

But you know, I AM very wicked. I could break my cute little baby brother's heart for his own good."

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