zelgadis

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week 0, monday

[bookpapers]

[lavi, book in hand, gets a little paper cup of watered down coffee from the vending machine and


makes eye contact with zelgadis.]

You want some?

[hardrocklife]

[He's a little surprised to be directly addressed so suddenly; his one visible eye widens slightly. After a moment of thought,]

Sure.

[bookpapers]

[spiderman meme pointing except it's with lavi's one eye and zelgadis' one visible eye,

lavi sticks the book under his arm to get another cup, then carefully carries it over to zelgadis]

Here you go.

[and with his own cup in hand... instead of taking a sip, he peers over at him instead]

Zelgadis, right? I'm Lavi.

[hardrocklife]

Thanks. [And when he mentions names...] Yeah.

[He takes the cup carefully in his stone hand. With the other hand, he pulls down the scarf concealing the lower half of his face, revealing yet more blue-black stone. Which he might have already seen when they were all stuck in a cell together, but now he gets a close-up look.]

You're an... exorcist or something?

[He read the profiles. He sort of remembers.]

[bookpapers]

[Lavi manages to drink from his cup without staring very obviously at Zelgadis -- mostly because he probably stared at him very Obviously while they were all in the cell, but he's still curious...

He blinks at the question. tmw zelgadis is the first person to mention it,]

Yeah, it's what they call soldiers in my world, who fight for the Vatican. [tilts his head] The Vatican's basically a super giant church.

[this is sacrilegious, but yeah]

[hardrocklife]

[A nod. "Super giant church" is at least something he can imagine.]

And what kind of enemies does this super giant church have?

[He takes a sip of coffee.]

[bookpapers]

Well, they've got people who aren't crazy about the religion or the high-handed way they force people to convert -- but I don't deal with them.

[there's a slight undertone of 'and i don't disagree!', because sometimes... ur not Catholic,]

Exorcists fight Akuma. Souls of the dead trapped in machines, forced to wear the skins of their loved ones.

[hardrocklife]

... Sounds gruesome. Even the demons I've faced don't go that far.

[bookpapers]

Yeah? What kind of demons have you faced?

[hardrocklife]

All kinds. Lesser demons -- the fireproof horned type. Brass demons, blow demons...

Then there are the higher-ranking pure demons -- the Mazoku. They're on a whole other level. They exist primarily on the astral plane, and can't be killed by physical means.

[bookpapers]

[he gives a little whistle]

You've definitely got way more of a variety. And you know how to handle all of them?

[hardrocklife]

For the most part.

But seeing as I'm here now, it looks like I bit off more than I could chew.

[bookpapers]

Still, you've got more experience than the rest of us.

What do you think of these demons?

[hardrocklife]

... Not sure what to think just yet.

They let me hold on to my sword, so it probably wouldn't work on them.

[bookpapers]

...Maybe they want ya to use it on others? Like in that 'sows discord' kinda way.

[hardrocklife]

[He glances down at the sword sheathed at his hip... and frowning, takes another drink of that coffee.]

[bookpapers]

If it's that, then at least you won't be alone. I've seen a couple of people with weapons on their profiles.

[squints]

I guess that could be a bad thing.

[he doesn't sound too worried]

[hardrocklife]

Had enough of that kind of thing in life, frankly.

[Tiredly.]

... I'm sure we can get hurt, but I have to wonder if death has any meaning in the land of the dead.

[bookpapers]

Same. I'm stuck between 'we can't die, or 'even if we can, it's not like we're gonna miss this place'.

[hardrocklife]

Death of the soul... I suppose we would simply disappear.

[bookpapers]

...You think they'd be that nice to us?

[sounds nice tho, very comfy]

[hardrocklife]

Depends on how committed they are to the whole torment thing...

[bookpapers]

[...]

I'm sensing like... maybe some commitment... Apparently they've already got a bunch of files on us.

[but they haven't read them yet, is implied...]

[hardrocklife]

Hm...

[He frowns at that.]

Guess I shouldn't be surprised. Maybe they plan on getting personal as things progress...

[Some custom-order torment as opposed to the store-bought kind.]

[bookpapers]

[stop lavi hates this he's withering]

...Feels weird to have a waiting period in hell.