♡ZRAEL

[avestan]

Who: ☆ZRAEL
Where: ☆ZRAEL
When: Day 236-237, post-hearts

[so how are we doing? does the sulk room need to be prepared?]

Comments

[avestan]

Not to begin with.

[selfpreservationist]

Then why were you called that?

[avestan]

Good question. Why would a human be given the name of a devil?

[selfpreservationist]

... you were a sacrifice.

[avestan]

There you go, you got it.

[selfpreservationist]

Why didn't you believe you were human, then?

[avestan]

Oh, I was originally human. But after gaining the name Angra Mainyu and dying, I became something different.

[selfpreservationist]

And what is that being, exactly?

[avestan]

A Heroic Spirit.

[selfpreservationist]

You've mentioned that before, as I recall... something about Servants and Masters?

[avestan]

Yup. A Servant is a Heroic Spirit summoned into the world as a familiar bound to a Master.

[selfpreservationist]

And your Master is... Lucifel?

[avestan]

Nominally. It's not like we can have a real contract here.

[selfpreservationist]

What does a contract entail? Normally.

[avestan]

Normally it's a magical bond. The Master maintains the Servant's existence by providing them with mana, and the Servant fights for the Master and obeys them. As proof, the Master gains access to three Command Spells, each allowing them to give the Servant an absolute command.

[selfpreservationist]

I take it you're not relying on that bond to maintain your existence... and the spells?

[avestan]

We've got a Taisho contract to simulate them.

[selfpreservationist]

[nods, wondering who in the world would write such a contract--]

Does that satisfy you?

[avestan]

[looks at fox]

...Well. I appreciate Ruler in a lot of ways, but as a Master he's not ideal.

[selfpreservationist]

Is it because he's also your husband?

[avestan]

No, no. That's not a problem at all. It's just... well.

[shrugs, like he's not quite sure how to put it into words]

[selfpreservationist]

[waits]

[avestan]

...Most of the time you wouldn't even know he's my Master, y'know? He doesn't even want me calling him that.

[selfpreservationist]

Why not?

[avestan]

Who knows. Maybe he thinks it'd be embarrassing.