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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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[crossmyheartandhope]

...when you lay it all out side by side like that, it just... seems like a bad trade, is all. Couple trivia points ain't a whole lot, next to what I put you guys through.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Did you really think I was going to be able to make it to the top without making unsavory deals with demons at some point?

As for the others---

That was their choice as well. They knew the risks.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Not the ones who lost parts of themselves when the city broke.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

...

[Touche]

So what are you plans to repay those people?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...

...I dunno.

I keep trying to think of something, only nothing seems big enough.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The best way to repay them is to purify them.

So either we get your angel back. Or we find a way to get to get to and from his spaceship.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...you think the spell Absinthe used would work again?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Not without whatever powered it behind the scenes. And I don't think it was just that ritual.

That was just part of it, I imagine.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...yeah.

There's gotta be other people that can get us in and out, though, right? Exael brought us to Azzy's place the once. I bet some of the other demons around here could, too.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Hurricane...

Give it some time first. Everything is still fresh.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Longer he stays there, the more they're gonna hurt him.

...I'm gonna go tonight and see if I can't talk to the Manager.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

...

[Sighs]

We have a policy for this now.

[Pulls out this form and looks like he's going to start penciling things in]

You going by yourself?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Leaning in a little, to look at the form.]

[He goes quiet, for a second or two, then shakes himself out of it enough to say:]

...yeah. S'the plan.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And what are you looking for? Trying to just get out of Tokyo-F?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Get a lift to Azzy's place, I guess. Get the angel somewhere safe.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And if the Manager doesn't answer? Are you going to stop there?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...kinda can't, right?

Guess I'll hit the books some more. Figure out some weird demon rituals.

Work through the hosts we know, then throw a dart at some named demons in some books or something. Other princes first, I guess, the ones that seem less sketchy.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And when should I start looking for you if I don't hear from you?

[crossmyheartandhope]

I guess... I'll do one a day, or something. The research's gonna take time, anyway.

You want me to check in after every one or something? Then I guess if I'm a no show after 48 hours, you know something happened.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. And tell me who you're going to summon the next day at the check-in.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. Okay. I can do that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Finishes writing up the info]

Then best of luck to you.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...thanks.

[Hesitates. Then:]

You don't actually gotta look for me, though. If I don't show up again, I mean. Just, like. Make a note somewhere that that one was a bad call and call it done.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Absolutely not. That isn't how this works.

[crossmyheartandhope]

The whole point of me doing this alone's so if something goes bad, no one else gets boned this time.

Kinda defeats the purpose if I get in over my head and you gotta come fish me out again.