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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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[rollplayinghouse]

I don't remember that many details...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Lanky shonen protag sidekick. Or anti-hero. Dark hair.

Just make a joke involving the word you. He'll come right out of the woodwork.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I can ask B. Or A. Or just look him up and text him.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Always so practical, Maki-chan.

But I suppose that is for the best.

[rollplayinghouse]

Right.

Anyway... Purification chamber?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Called the healing room. Like a hot springs of holy water. It was used to purify angels who had been tainted by the Hell's corruption.

Some other console could measure how much a person was tainted.

Anyway, one of our comrades got a holy water bath. Take note that you have to concentrate on your sense of "self" or that also has the chance to be burned away along with the corruption.

[rollplayinghouse]

And it worked out, huh...? I guess that's good to know. Thought that's both sides that risk destroying our sense of self, now.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

They were also two sides of the same coin.

[rollplayinghouse]

I can't say I'm much of a fan of that coin in general.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Understandable. But it's the only ante in play right now.

So we have to work with what we have.

[rollplayinghouse]

Yeah.

...How much of the Heaven stuff do you believe, now?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He's actually not going to believe jack shit about Heaven until he talks to Man Eater even later in the night]

People lie. Technology doesn't.

The tech in Liar jail was the same as in the Rift. And we haven't seen that tech anywhere else in the production. A little too convenient. So Hell either stole it or they're sharing notes.

One possible theory is that this angel is real and is heroically trying to be a force of "good". And that the tech was stolen from the dead or defected angels. This theory gives us "hope".

Another theory is he's just another pawn in the production. An actor cast to play a part once we stopped believing in the first fake Heaven. Strange we haven't seen much of Mukuro since he let that slip. Was he punished for it?

And how embarrassing would it be if we fall for the exact same ploy twice.

[Intensity doesn't think his pride can take it]

[rollplayinghouse]

I suggested the angel was as an actor before... I still think it's weird to think anyone could just wander into "Heaven." And I think it's weird we made it there via a demon ritual, too. But everyone says the angel doesn't act like they'd expect if it was just a ruse... and Exael definitely seemed like she didn't expect what happened. And it seems really roundabout for us to have been sent on the mission if Asshole was behind it all... I don't know what the point would be there.

There's a third theory that I suggested to Man Eater earlier, though. It could be a ruse, but not for us. The angel supposedly slept through the war, right...? And they're just refusing to believe that everyone else is actually gone. What if the liar side managed to abduct a sleeping angel and put them in some kind of fake Heaven? What if this isn't the first time they've done it, and this is just the first angel who's too stupid and stubborn to accept the loss and give up?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He thinks over that for a long time and then says]

Think speaking someone's name is a Prince thing? Or also a minion thing?

Liar-hater might not be tuned in because he doesn't care about-- well. Anything. But if it extends to all demons, Our Fair Lady of the Circus is definitely listening in.

[rollplayinghouse]

...The way she put it, it was a demon thing. I'm not sure if that applies to her... She was an idol originally, wasn't she? Not that we can trust her word on it, in that case. I guess we could ask Yasuragi or Red or something.

But I feel like if it worked for her, she'd be a lot more informed, given how much people talk about her.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

She's also a very good liar.

So no harm in giving her a nickname, too.

[rollplayinghouse]

Hmm... Yugi suggested "Prick" for her boss to go with "Asshole," but I'm not sure what I could pick for her to match...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Oh my god. Laughs out loud at that]

Don't try to hide your bitterness or anything.

[rollplayinghouse]

I'm not very good at hiding things.

[deadpan.]

Or at nicknames.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Ringmaster will do.

It's appropriate - in many ways.

[rollplayinghouse]

Ringmaster, then.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The angel has some alternative value among the Princes, though I can't fathom what that is right now.

And Azzy seems more in the loop about it than Py.

Or at least that's the yarn they're spinning.

[rollplayinghouse]

Well, if we're assuming the angel is under some kind of delusion, maybe pulling them out of it could prove the lies about Heaven are false...?

That's probably reaching, though... What did you hear about this "alternative value," exactly?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Azzy wanted one of his to find the angel. Don't pass that around.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I see.