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I have shaken off my sleep, but something I would have dismissed as a bad dream is apparently all too real.
Allow me to report to you now that the demon going by the name "Sebastian Michaelis", the one who viciously fought against us in the Oracle trials, who gladly schemed with that rat Silco to pollute Kowloon beneath Springstar's feet... That thing has left Zenith for Meridian.
Why, exactly? Apparently he will not be gracing us with those important details.
So for your sake... I will report something now that is no business of any of yours. If I do not, I can already imagine the brainless among you clambering to believe that demon is somehow capable of a change of heart. Do you think that smiles and a polite act are enough to overlook the consumption of souls? Or perhaps you will forgive his twisted violence under the false idea that he only employed it when an Oracle was at stake? Just because it clings to the fringes of Meridian's light in order to keep its power do not think that it is committed in any way to saving our worlds.
[Though she said she would reveal something... It will be clear that Hayame does not want to. Though she tries to contain it, the memories of that day are too strong not to bleed through (if you wanna play it that way), especially to those more sensitive to Communion or of the same Iconoclast aspect.]
Four months ago, that demon ambushed me as I walked alone in Springstar and poisoned me with a drug that stole my consciousness and strength, and when I awoke, it was under his control in Kowloon.
[Fleeting impressions of bound, can't move, can't break free desperation, the sensation of rope and friction burning onfetlocks ankles, arms strapped down, lower spine twisted to the limit.]
Under the guise of "righting the wrong" of removing my eye in a previous battle, the start of our enmity, he cut into my face with a knife and forced an organ he had found into my head with his shadows.
[Pain deep in the back of a scarred socket, because of course there had been no anesthesia, the sick feel of tentacles filling the hole, slipping the eyeball inside--]
I attempted to bite my tongue off and rob the demon of its fun, but even that was denied me in favor of further torture.
[Shame, perfectly targeted and near crippling shame, the stretch of tack meant for horses at the corners of a mouth, teeth cracking on the rubber-wrapped metal of the bit, unable to kill herself, unable to bite, unable to speak, unable to muffle her screams as-]
It forced the eye to connect with my body. An eye bewitched to spy through it.
[Blinding pain courses through the entire body from the flay and pull of the remains of a shriveled optic nerve, the forced connection--]
And once it was done, it healed all my injuries and drugged me again, depositing me back in Springstar whole again so that I would seem a madwoman if I claimed it had taken me. Call me one now if you dare, yet all of that had nothing to do with the Oracles, or acting for a faction. It was its perverse hobby. Some sick little sense of "fairness".
[There was more... But she cannot say it. This much was humiliating enough. There is a long enough silence between finishing her tale and speaking again ... Still she forges forward, harsh and covering weakness with hatred.]
Because the Oracle trials will come again, and Zenith's leaders must pay for their orders, I will tolerate that demon's continued existence and see if it is actually useful and not just pursuing some selfish whim. But just because a dog can be sicced on your enemies does not mean you do not leash and muzzle it between.
So go ahead and do what you will with that demon. Eat its food and play games with it for all I care. But my tolerance ends the moment I see or hear hint of it ready to betray yet another faction, or if I catch a single whiff of its scent on Alenroux.
And any Meridian who calls that demon a friend... is no "friend" of mine.
...
[... Hasn't Hayame said in every single gossip post that she would kill Sebastian Michaelis? Hadn't she advocated shattering him, and condemned demons for their very existence? ... Weird, she must have just changed her mind, she's always come across as easily convincible...]
Now.
The people that were scouted on my behalf before to help remove that cursed eye are dead and gone now. So if any one of you listening can take it out cleanly, speak up. I will pay you if need be.
If its not out of me within the week I am ripping it out myself.
Allow me to report to you now that the demon going by the name "Sebastian Michaelis", the one who viciously fought against us in the Oracle trials, who gladly schemed with that rat Silco to pollute Kowloon beneath Springstar's feet... That thing has left Zenith for Meridian.
Why, exactly? Apparently he will not be gracing us with those important details.
So for your sake... I will report something now that is no business of any of yours. If I do not, I can already imagine the brainless among you clambering to believe that demon is somehow capable of a change of heart. Do you think that smiles and a polite act are enough to overlook the consumption of souls? Or perhaps you will forgive his twisted violence under the false idea that he only employed it when an Oracle was at stake? Just because it clings to the fringes of Meridian's light in order to keep its power do not think that it is committed in any way to saving our worlds.
[Though she said she would reveal something... It will be clear that Hayame does not want to. Though she tries to contain it, the memories of that day are too strong not to bleed through (if you wanna play it that way), especially to those more sensitive to Communion or of the same Iconoclast aspect.]
Four months ago, that demon ambushed me as I walked alone in Springstar and poisoned me with a drug that stole my consciousness and strength, and when I awoke, it was under his control in Kowloon.
[Fleeting impressions of bound, can't move, can't break free desperation, the sensation of rope and friction burning on
Under the guise of "righting the wrong" of removing my eye in a previous battle, the start of our enmity, he cut into my face with a knife and forced an organ he had found into my head with his shadows.
[Pain deep in the back of a scarred socket, because of course there had been no anesthesia, the sick feel of tentacles filling the hole, slipping the eyeball inside--]
I attempted to bite my tongue off and rob the demon of its fun, but even that was denied me in favor of further torture.
[Shame, perfectly targeted and near crippling shame, the stretch of tack meant for horses at the corners of a mouth, teeth cracking on the rubber-wrapped metal of the bit, unable to kill herself, unable to bite, unable to speak, unable to muffle her screams as-]
It forced the eye to connect with my body. An eye bewitched to spy through it.
[Blinding pain courses through the entire body from the flay and pull of the remains of a shriveled optic nerve, the forced connection--]
And once it was done, it healed all my injuries and drugged me again, depositing me back in Springstar whole again so that I would seem a madwoman if I claimed it had taken me. Call me one now if you dare, yet all of that had nothing to do with the Oracles, or acting for a faction. It was its perverse hobby. Some sick little sense of "fairness".
[There was more... But she cannot say it. This much was humiliating enough. There is a long enough silence between finishing her tale and speaking again ... Still she forges forward, harsh and covering weakness with hatred.]
Because the Oracle trials will come again, and Zenith's leaders must pay for their orders, I will tolerate that demon's continued existence and see if it is actually useful and not just pursuing some selfish whim. But just because a dog can be sicced on your enemies does not mean you do not leash and muzzle it between.
So go ahead and do what you will with that demon. Eat its food and play games with it for all I care. But my tolerance ends the moment I see or hear hint of it ready to betray yet another faction, or if I catch a single whiff of its scent on Alenroux.
And any Meridian who calls that demon a friend... is no "friend" of mine.
...
[... Hasn't Hayame said in every single gossip post that she would kill Sebastian Michaelis? Hadn't she advocated shattering him, and condemned demons for their very existence? ... Weird, she must have just changed her mind, she's always come across as easily convincible...]
Now.
The people that were scouted on my behalf before to help remove that cursed eye are dead and gone now. So if any one of you listening can take it out cleanly, speak up. I will pay you if need be.
If its not out of me within the week I am ripping it out myself.
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[ Just like that, he seems to be considering it. Fun! ]
It sounded much like a threat to me. I assume the demon can hear this message the same as anyone else. Or, perhaps you are simply the type to always sound threatening, madam?
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[She does not think anyone has... but she also does not think anyone would think to tell her if they had- she is not... the "science" type. Or the "mage" type.]
That demon can hear this if he wants because I am not a coward.
[And she could imagine it all too well... someone who was keen to mock her or was foolish enough to trust that thing running off to tell him she had revealed all of this, but only because it was hidden from his eyes. A shame atop a shame.]
I am trying to warn the fools among our number who might mistake that thing becoming Meridian as some sort of permission to trust it, or think that it would not harm them.
You should be thanking me.
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I have previous encounters and dealings with demons. I'm not really one you need to warn when it comes to that. But, on behalf of everyone else... Thank you kindly for the warning.
[ Again, there's an impression that Howl is just giving her lip service, but he is saying it. ]
If you need any assistance with that eye, either before or after, I may be able to assist. And unless you have a use for said eye after it's been removed, I may be interested in taking it off your hands. I'm curious to take a look at it, if not hold onto it for spellcrafting purposes.
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So you will have my warning despite.
[Looking at you, Rin... RIP...]
...
If you wish to take a look at it, you can look at it now.
But I would know exactly your purpose with it if you expect me to hand it over to you once I have had it ripped from my head.
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[ He literally wants to see if it would be something useful to use in his own magic. No point sugarcoating it. ]
And... I could possibly help with concealing your now-vacant socket as well. But if you're in need of medical attention, you'll have to go somewhere else. I'm not a healer.
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[Though... She will not be illuminating more on that.]
But you will need explain what a "reagent" is. You are not speaking to a magic person.
[... Or an educated person. But.]
If you have any actual hope of me letting you near it, I would advise you cease describing yourself as "wicked", also.
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Ah. Well, I suppose I'll let go of that hope, then. Wicked as I am, I won't lie for the sake of an eyeball.
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I am willing to put up with much for the sake of Meridian, but if you cannot even pretend that your desire to examine it is for our advancement, then no.
Go be "wicked" elsewhere.
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