alex catchall

[diluvian]

the best satan to ever exist

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[camena]

Mm...

But isn't it—like, what makes you better suited to it? Having had to before? That's not really a good thing, either.

[diluvian]

[ lambda is silent for a long moment. ]

... It's the way I was created, the form I was born with. I am a Divine Spirit with immense destructive abilities.

[camena]

Just because you have the abilities does that mean you need to use them...?

[diluvian]

[ that earns a small smile, but it's one that's without any warmth or cheer. ]

That's a bit difficult when that's what I'm usually summoned to do.

[camena]

... Summoned? By who?

[diluvian]

A human. Usually a mage.

[camena]

Do you have to do what they say?

[diluvian]

Within reason. It's contractual.

[camena]

"Within reason."

[ well alex is at least smart enough to not argue with someone about the context and rules of their own world when she has no idea how it works, but. she does hate it. ]

[diluvian]

It's a magical contract, Alex. Some things can't be argued at all, and some can be completely disregarded. It depends on what the user at the other end does.

But the one who holds the contract now isn't bad for a human mage. She could be worse, and she's trying desperately to save her world.

[camena]

... Right. Yuyu said that's why she did it.

So even if you're not under contract right now, you've got that same motivation.

[ this isn't meant to be an accusation - it really is just alex trying to wrap her head around things. but she does tend to... phrase things worse than she means them sometimes. ]

[diluvian]

I honor my contracts.

[ as much as she can. ]

Although Yang Guifei's devotion is a level or two above mine.

[ it's said matter-of-factly. alex can interpret however she likes. ]

[camena]

... To the mage that summoned you? Or to—wanting to save her world?

[diluvian]

I'll leave that for you to determine, based on what you know about her.

[camena]

I don't know either of you well enough to guess that.

[diluvian]

You have a 50/50 chance of landing it. They're not terrible odds.

[camena]

Wherever I land seems like it might offend someone.

[diluvian]

Don't worry about that so much. You're one of the less offensive here.

[camena]

High praise...

[ she'd be more excited about if this weren't a Depression thread ]

[diluvian]

[ unfortunately, that is why lambda felt more free to say it. ]

You should be honored.