it's a mingle!

[wotanon]

Who: imeeji!
Where: imeeji!
When: day 439ish?

[ do you have effects from the game? do you have errands to run? chaos to cause? what's up my lads can i get an ups in the chat ]

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[auguryofinnocence]

What, you want to know about my complicated family dramatics?

[rainshaveceased]

We are essentially family now as well. Does that not make it relevant to me?

[auguryofinnocence]

...Hah. That is true, unfortunately for you.

What am I to say... About them and our relationship, I suppose? My father was right hand to the demon king until he betrayed them to save the humans and drive them back into Hell, sealing them within. Humans have worshipped him for thousands of years as a god, demons at once respect and revile him, and turn their anger on us in his stead. He was rarely home, and eventually simply never returned. That he would die seems impossible, yet I have never seen a trace of him. That sword was named for him, as it is a sort of manifestation of his soul. If he is dead then that is where he rests.

My mother was merely human, but that woman is a demon crafted by that same demon king to kill my brother. ...I suppose they are friends now.

Dante... We both thought the other dead until I found him years later, but we could not have become any more opposite, and we have just...been trying to kill each other since. He seems to think it is his duty to kill his evil twin.

Myself in those memories, he was called Raven here, he is the human half of my soul. I...was dying and could not gather the magic to fix it, so I removed what was weak to save the rest. The demonic half, Urizen, was the cause of all that destruction, opening a path for demons to run rampant and collect blood to strengthen him. Raven hired my brother to kill him, but only insofar as to forcibly rejoin us. Somehow I don't think Dante ever realised that was also me, too focused on killing me.

...And last is Nero, only present there for a moment. He's my son, though only Dante knew it then and did not want to tell him, I suppose to avoid saying anything about me. He was abandoned as an infant, in a city devoted to the worship of Sparda, and harassed by those followers for it, and all the signs that should have marked him as a decendent of their saviour.

...I was dead at one time. My own sword had been destroyed, too. But by his memories, when he found the shards of it, they reformed. I think that resurrected me as well, barely. I needed it back, Dante gave it to him, and I followed its call to him. But he kept it stored inside himself, and not knowing or caring who he was, I simply tore it out, along with his arm. If he was not my son, I imagine he would have died. Regardless, he is understandably sore about it all. And it is only here that I have truly been able to interact with him.

[....And then he just looks kinda awkward. Okay, family explanation done.]

[rainshaveceased]

[listens attentively to All of This

this is a good explanation and all but it feels like you left out a lot of incest vibes]

I see.

[auguryofinnocence]

[Hey???? He Does Not See It. If he ignores it it's not real he doesn't have to admit he wants to kiss his embarrassing brother? ...Or any of the other shit.

Anyway why does he feel like it wasn't a good enough explanation!]

...None of it puts me in the best light, once again. But I suppose I am resigned to that.

[rainshaveceased]

It did not give me a terribly poor impression of you, if that is your fear. Quite the opposite, I feel you make significantly more sense now.

[auguryofinnocence]

...Do I? Well, I will take that, at least.

[rainshaveceased]

[pats his arm. there there buddy]

[auguryofinnocence]

I am not sure how, but, alright.

I would like to think you would have liked Nero, at least.

[rainshaveceased]

Is he similar to you?

[auguryofinnocence]

Hm, yes and no. There are certain ways I hate to see that he is exactly like me. But of course I was not around to influence him. He is not so serious, and couldn't be cruel if he tried, too willing to be kind even to me. But not naive, and he knows his own worth.

He was rather impressed with your society, too.

[Proud dad,]

[rainshaveceased]

He sounds like a wonderful person. I hope I can meet him someday.

[auguryofinnocence]

He is. He's a good kid. ...Well, man.

[But whatever. That's his kid, he's a kid.]

I would certainly like to bring him to Amaurot. At least to visit.

[rainshaveceased]

Of course. None of us would be so cruel as to deprive you of your family.

[auguryofinnocence]

No, of course - the trouble there is with them. We adopted a sister here, she is human, as is Raven of course, and Nero moreso than not. Their lives will be short. And he has a family himself, not enough money, asking him to leave even for a short time may not be possible.

[rainshaveceased]

...Ah. I see.

[those sure are big ol mortal problems. how does anyone deal with those, it is a mystery.]

[auguryofinnocence]

[Who knows! He tried to be like it's ok I'll get you money but apparently murdering people for theirs is bad and won't earn much? For some reason they don't want to get turned into demons and eat people for immortality? Weird.]

Every day I am made more glad to not be a human. It all sounds terrible.

[rainshaveceased]

I still find it quite difficult to believe there are worlds where such an existence is not the result of a sundering.

[auguryofinnocence]

Yours seems about the only case of its kind. Even the rest of us who are not mortal tend to have some sort of catch.

[rainshaveceased]

So it seems. The implications of our being the exception rather than the rule are... unsettling, to say the least.

[auguryofinnocence]

[He shrugs.]

The rest of us are not necessarily so unhappy with it all. Parts certainly, and some more than others, but not as a whole. My son could, I'm sure, but won't hear anything about living more than a mortal life. The mentality of your people and your way of life are impossible for me to imagine. It is far better than humans as far as I am concerned, but I like what I am. Even the drawbacks I find worthwhile.

[rainshaveceased]

And that is not something I can understand at all. How could anyone - especially anyone with a complete soul - feel content with a life full of pain and sorrow? Surely that is only because it's all you know.

[auguryofinnocence]

Hmm... When you put it like that you are right, of course. Who is content with that. But even so... Had I been born on your star, as one of you, I would not be at all myself, there is not even the smallest possibility, right down to my interests.

But I enjoy being as I am. I have worked hard to exist and that is satisfying to me. If I could not be myself, why would I wish to exist at all? There are experiences I would trade certainly, yet... Not enough to be someone else. That's how I see it, at least.

[rainshaveceased]

...

Do you disagree with our previous efforts, then?

[auguryofinnocence]

What? Not in the least. I understand why your shards would be against it, but that does not mean I have any sympathy for them.

Quite the opposite. To them it may seem as I described, but isn't it the other way around? They were once someone else, that is who they should be. ...I know better than anyone that it is better to be whole, so I would think finding out they are not would be enough to drive them half mad.