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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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From:

failsaver

[ SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET AND SALUTES ]

Sir Angel Named Devil! Do you know how elusive you are?! I've been looking all over for you!

From:

finalbows

DON'T STAND UP ON ME WITH YOUR NASTY-- Ugh!

_{[ NOW he shoves him, manually ]}

From:

failsaver

[ FALLS ON HIS ASS ]

— Did you dye your hair?

From:

finalbows

Did I--

_{[ oh. that's right.

charon dispelled him. his spells are gone. his hair is red as spilled blood. ]}

...Yes.

From:

failsaver

That was a really unsure-sounding answer, coming from the esteemed Angel of Death!

From:

finalbows

I forgot. I've had a long

month.

From:

failsaver

...

You're not a bad guy.

From:

finalbows

I'm not a bad guy, tumbleweed.

I am the bad guy.

From:

failsaver

No! The one with cat ears blackmailed you, didn't they?! I heard they were the most dangerous out of the Rose flock!

From:

finalbows

...No, boy. I told you the whole of the truth. I'm the shepherd. I set the tempo. The cat wasn't even there. The cat's not even been back, since.

Edited Date: 2023-09-10 07:27 am (UTC)

From:

failsaver

[ blinks ]

What do you mean, back?

From:

finalbows

He's gone. You're trying to blame a shadow when the object casting it is standing in front of you!

Edited Date: 2023-09-10 07:32 am (UTC)

From:

failsaver

[ oh well at least he doesn't have to avoid the cat he guesses ]

... You had to have had a reason.

From:

finalbows

Yes.
I stated it clearly in my missive to you all.

I'm petty and cruel, and enjoy perceiving other people in pain. Is that not enough for you?

From:

failsaver

It's not. You were totally bullshitting. Just like you bullshitted about being an Angel.

From:

finalbows

I didn't bullshit about being an angel, I was made to fulfill the symbolic role of an angel, regardless of my actual divinity. And in that role, I can very much assure you I cultivated an appetite for harming others that is very much not "bull" "shit." Dissent against my choices wracked my flock, and I forced the matter. Carry the word wide, Weed, it's your blasted purpose.

Edited Date: 2023-09-10 07:43 am (UTC)

From:

failsaver

Haha. You have no idea what my purpose is.

That's to say - nope! You're still bullshitting and sulking like a child because you feel guilty, don't you?

From:

finalbows

...

I don't sulk like a child. I sulk like an adult. I've never been a child, so I can't sulk like one.

From:

failsaver

Eh?

From:

finalbows

Are those ears just decorations? You heard what I said.

From:

failsaver

They're --

From:

failsaver

Hey, hey, I know that tactic! You're dodging the point!!

From:

finalbows

Which some success, if I say so myself. You've hardly gotten anywhere in your misguided attempt at convincing me of your point, whatever it's meant to be. You shan't drive a divider between myself and my flock, either-- they remain, firmly, within the iron claws of my grip. You can't save them from me like that.

From:

failsaver

Y-you're doing it again! Painting yourself as the bad guy when nobody asked you to! Someone that truly had no remorse wouldn't act so despondent about it. A real bad guy would never have given a Weed like me the time of day when I upset your friend like that -- even by accident!

I brought him a hat. That's why I was looking for you.

From:

finalbows

Your qualifications for a bad guy are broken. Remorse doesn't cleanse one of sin. It encrusts them to it. ...Do you want to die here, Weed? I AM rusty. I need the practice at killing. If you'd rather not, then run along and find yourself a different rose.