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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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Day 259: Cell phone background changed (drawing by Kohime) ]]

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Give him a few to scan the majority of this. Pink gel pen plus Hell text is a trip.]

There's a letter from Ruby.

And what she was able to transcribe from your contract, though it's not in it's entirety.

Do you want to be sober for this?

[He says as he's already pulling a chair over with FiN powers so she can do the cat equivalent of sit down. Perch. Whatever you want to call it.]

[purrrnicious]

Definitely not.

[She just sits on the floor but clutches the chair, pricking it with her claws.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Right. Well Ruby sends their regards. And says write them a letter if you need to talk. Though they'll be staying on the downlow for a while just in case anyone is suspicious about what they were up to.

[He hands Kohime the letter from Ruby]

I'll let you read the rest of it on your own time.

[purrrnicious]

[She takes it –– and squints at all the glitter.]

Ugh. . . yeah, okay, I need to be sober for that much. . . everything.



[She folds up Ruby's letter and puts it away.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well, then I'll get straight to the bad news.

Regarding termination of the contract.

"I agree that this contract cannot be terminated. In the event that this contract is made null and void, Princess of BARiTONES' soul will be taken as compensation."

[purrrnicious]

I don't. . . I don't get it.

[She starts anxiously kneading the chair, her claws audibly pricking the fabric.]

How do you null and void a contract?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The most unlikely scenario is that she asks for it to be nulled voluntarily. More likely is she either fails to appease her employers or she dies.

There's nothing else in here regarding what happens if she is terminated.

[purrrnicious]

Terminated. . . as in killed?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's one possibility. The other is she goes back to being a Damned. Loses enough of herself to not be able to function possibly.

[purrrnicious]

Isn't that just a null and void again?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. Exactly.

I suppose phrased another way - the only way they don't get your soul is if she remains a host.

And I don't know what "a taken soul" means in this instance.

[purrrnicious]

[Her expression twists and she huddles up, tucking her tail close around herself.

After a moment, she fumbles out her phone, tapping away at it a moment before she sniffs and sets it aside.]

. . .Can she do it by herself? Like, I don't know. . . if she gets mad, or something?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

She'd have to give up every advantage that contract gives her.

[purrrnicious]

. . .





So what am I supposed to do?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Sits down next to her as he continues reading]

"This contract represents the entire agreement between the two parties and supersedes any previous written or oral agreement. This agreement may be modified at any time, provided the written consent of both myself and my superiors."

We need to get you written out of the contract.

[purrrnicious]

How? They wrote it like this in the first place, so. Why would they change it?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

How else?

You offer them something better than you.

[purrrnicious]

What, like an angel? How'm I even supposed to find one?



[Paws over her bottle 'o booze, this is obviously the correct time for another drink.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Hands her the one that's already open and partially empty]

Maybe it doesn't have to be an actual angel.

Azzy seemed interested in more than just that.

[purrrnicious]

. . .Like what?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I would guess something on the angel's ship. Whether that is knowledge or a physical possession, I couldn't say.

But they didn't outright kill them.

Sometimes I wonder if Vengeance was the one who facilitated their escape.

Either way, it points to them wanting something else from the angel. And with Azzy's ties to Lady Death, doing a favor for her son is doing a favor for her.

[purrrnicious]

[Scrubbing her hands over her face, ears going a little flat.]

Cool. Only I don't know where to find an "angel", or its ship. If stupidly overpowered demons who can resurrect people and create whole realities can't find it, what makes you think I can?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

What else does Shadow Weaver want? Enough that she would advocate for re-writing the contract.

[purrrnicious]

Nothing. Because she wants power, and she wants control, and the best way to get that is from a deal with these creeps.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

Then let me think about what would give her power more than lording it over you. At some point, that level of pettiness will work to her detriment.