bluescreenwhitedragon | IC Inbox [2]

[The friendly neighborhood dragon gets the door.

Hi, Five. Hi.]

[ just going to stare at that ]

... I'm looking for Kohime?

[She rumbles in acknowledgement and will lead Five through the FiN common room and hallways until they get to Intensity's room.]

[ he's pretty sure this is his first visit to future is now and it's already a wild ride. but following, just knocking on the door when he gets there ]

[Tipsy Kohime and Intensity are probably having a heated debate by this point.

Let's be real.]

[ He's going to be clearing his throat to get their attention ]

As interesting as your conversation is I'm assuming I was called for a reason, which I hope isn't just to settle your little debate.

[She starts, whips around to look at him –– and nearly loses her balance, catching herself on a hand and saving herself from a much more embarrassing wipe out.]

. . .Oh. You.

I have the contract. I thought you were all interested in it, or whatever.

[And there's her Taisho? Filing that information away to be used later.

He holds out the contract if Five wants to come get it]

Probably should have a proper lawyer look over it.

Right, and I'm sure this place is just full of people who studied the law.

[ he's going to take the contract to read it over ]

Sounds like a bunch of bullshit all right.

. . .

What's a "lawyer"?

It was a---

[Thinks about it for a second and then just dismissively hand waves]

You know what, never mind.

Bullshit or not, it's probably binding. So we have to maneuver within its constraints.

It is binding, which means her soul is at risk.

The way I see it the only way out of it is to give them a better deal, or at least one that will allow you to be the only one in control of what will happen to your soul. That will still keep you tied to them but it will at least buy you some time to find alternative solutions.

But the question is what would even be a better deal for them.

. . .

[Frowning a little, as she flicks her tail, obviously a little hesitant about the idea.]

What, like, go make my own deal with the death demon?

If Lady Death is really supporting Azzy, then the current set-up leans in Vengeance's favor.

Unless Shadow Weaver is terrible at her job, I can't think of anything immediately that can be offered that is a better deal.

And asking outright would put her at a disadvantage during negotiations, which means it would just be stupid.

[ there's a pause as he tries to think this over, but he doesn't have information, there's basically nothing he can offer. What a gift from her mother ]

But why your soul in particular? I'd be more tactful under normal circumstances but Shadow Weaver doesn't strike to me as someone who gives half a shit about you, which means having it as her motivation not to screw up seems a little pointless.

[She scoffs a little.]

It wouldn't motivate her.

Probably something happens to her if she messes up, too.

She was a Damned before she arrived as a guest star, correct? This contract is what enabled her move up the ranks.

Yes, but that's what doesn't make sense to me. Your soul in particular holds no significance to Shadow Weaver, which is why it's not enough as motivation if she messes up.

But the contract states that your fate is tied to her, as hers is tied to you. If your soul in particular holds no significance to her why accept is as potential leverage, why put her in a situation in which she also has to be tied to you.

The only way that makes sense is if your soul by itself already holds enough significance that they want it. It's not enough to get you a deal by itself but I suggest you keep it in mind.

I, uh. I don't. . .

There's no way I matter enough. But I guess –– if she was "Damned", they already have her, right? The rest of us get a choice when we "graduate", we can still escape.

[She frowns a little, here, pretty much just voicing her thought process out loud.]

. . .Why can we? Choose, I mean. Why let any of us escape at all?

To my knowledge, no Damned has ever taken the Heaven's Blessing option. And I don't know any well enough that have graduated to even know if it was presented as an option to them.

And I wouldn't frame taking the Liar option as escaping.

Every Heaven graduation is considered another miracle for the Liars. It gives credibility and belief to their cause. And Thia is trying to make herself into the next god. So it suits her purposes well enough.

In the interest of honesty.

I don't think we have the option to escape at all. I've always thought the Heaven graduation is just another illusion placed on us and those who take that choice are not actually back in their own world.

Something else I would keep in mind.

. . .

Cool. Then I don't need to worry about this at all, since there's no good option anyway.

There is the less bad option of having you tied to Shadow Weaver.

Incremental improvements.

Or take her place as host. Maybe screw her up in the process.

Yeah, sure.

[Let's out a frustrated sigh as her tail starts lashing.]

This was stupid. I don't know what I was expecting.

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