MY MEPHISTO

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[teufelshund]

So the octopus would leave the aquarium on occasion to go out for drinks when no one was looking.

[ ...sounds stupid for an actual octopus, but if it's a demon, then sure, why not. ]

Was it while you were looking at it that it changed to look like him? And do you know why that was the form it took? Just out of curiosity.

[bookpapers]

[stop yeah Lavi makes a face at the first part,]

...No. It looked like Cosmos from the very start. Cosmos thought it was someone from home -- made him more open to approaching it, at least. We only realized what it was when we followed it back to the aquarium.

I'm guessing that he thought that it was one of his siblings, since it looked like him.

[teufelshund]

[ damn it saw you coming and de-tentacled on a dime

he nods at that explanation. ]

I'd thought it might be something like that.

It seems natural for humans in situations similar to his to seek out bonds with others like them. I could see how that might make for poor judgment.

[bookpapers]

[he gives a little shrug at that]

Wasn't any smarter than him. Felt rattled by where I went on Thursday, I thought for a second that it'd be more of the same.

[another cyoa except on murder night]

Maybe it knew I killed my guy from back home, so that's why it didn't change to look like anyone I knew.

[teufelshund]

Well, no, I don't think your judgment was much better either.

[ like. honestly. ]

Did it seem like it was deliberately goading you into attacking in hopes of you making the exact mistake you did? Or like it was only taunting him, and your presence was incidental?

[bookpapers]

[Lavi looks afar as if he's thinking, then.]





I think it just wanted to eat the both of us.

[teufelshund]

It had second thoughts about drinking on an empty stomach, I suppose.

[bookpapers]

[snerk]

Probably, yeah. Usually I'm be curious enough to ask, but I'd just smash it to pulp again.