teufelshund | superhell pcs: scaramouche

[ sweet, he loves chess. ]

I suppose it's possible that my own penchant for complicated plans may be leading me to overestimate them.

[ and maybe it's partly a pride thing, because he'd be furious to find out some truly incompetent dipshits managed to drag him here for this. ]

So, what happened?

[The tragedy that they never got to play a game, damb.]

You may just be doing exactly that, for better or for worse. [But it's followed by a little bit of a shrug. Satan is just Some Dude, perhaps. Or maybe not! He does not know.]

I killed Chandra. [Thanks sir.] No idea who killed Childe or what happened there. No idea how they ended up in the same exact house. It must have been after we went through, because I certainly didn't see anything. Unless something else is at play.

[ it's complicated when satan is your father. ]

And you already planned to do that before Thursday night? Was he expecting it?

No.

[Girl help.]

So unfortunately, your theory - good as it was - isn't correct. But I have no doubt he won't waste even a single moment poking around the place and seeing what he can get his hands in.

Well, it was only one of my ideas, but point taken.

Why did you decide to do it? Not fishing for detailed personal motivations here; I'll be satisfied with a surface-level explanation if it answers the question.

[After a quiet moment of thought, he simply says:] No reason that would affect any of the rest of you. Don't spend too much time thinking about it. I'd be more curious to find out why someone decided to kill Childe.

[He will find out soon, at least. Bitchass Childe.]

[ wow he gave such a low bar for an acceptable minimum answer and yet ]

It still affects my overall understanding of the situation.

I'd be surprised if you were trying to eliminate competition to get out of here. I don't think you just felt like killing him. You dislike being forced to abide by this place's timetables, but you still did.

[ a slight tilt of his head. ]

You also gave Akira permission to examine your hair when you knew what he'd find. Were you always intending to go down for this?

[YEAH THAT'S WHAT HE'S HERE FOR!! To see the bar that's on the floor and then throw it down into a canyon.]

It shouldn't affect your overall understanding of the larger situation. [Is all he eventually says, simply put. He doesn't address any of the things Mephisto's said for a moment, but there's a little bit of tension collected in his shoulders.]

It wasn't for an invitation, though, I'll give you that.

[ i can't believe you tagged me during your execution ]

I'd have been a little disappointed if it was.

[ bucky's such a dumbass. ]

What do you intend to do once you're on the other side? Besides find out what happened to Childe.

[STOP I HAVE BREAKS WHILE FRANCY IS TAGGING it's fine.]

I'd have been disappointed in myself. [Bucky is truly such a dumbass. But then, without ANY HESITATION AT ALL:]

I'm going to kill him, first. And then kill him again. And then Lavi. [HE LITERALLY JUST DID A MURDER.] And after that, I'll see what that damned idiot got up to last night and try to find out a little more about what's happening over there. They're terrible at communicating the important things.

[ I ADMIRE YOUR POWER SO MUCH

that all gets a smile out of him, and he nods. ]

Well, I suppose I can't argue with that plan.

If you can communicate any of those important things back to me to keep me in the loop, I'd certainly appreciate it.

[ ... ]

Also, would you mind telling Mr. Barnes that he's a bitch too?

[ maybe it's poor form to ask someone who's about to get executed to be your messenger, but, like, it's a good message, and doing this almost two weeks later is just funnier than if he'd replied in writing. ]

[i lost my speed it's fine........ wheezes and collapses onto the ground...][Said with a little nod! AND THEN A LAUGH BECAUSE HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY. Maybe it's a little poor but Scaramouche is not a normal person so he just thinks it's a hilarious request to make of a double-dying man.]

And consider that done, too. Though I have to wonder what he did to earn it?

[ pats your shoulder and hands you a sports drink... ]

Called me one from beyond the grave.

...I guess I technically can't be 100% sure it was him since the audio quality was so poor, but honestly, who else would it have been?

[ plus mephisto thinks he's a dumb bitch either way, so it would still be valid. ]

Anyway, I thank you for your service!

[NOT MY TAG BEING EATEn i dont even remember what i said between those brackets. girl help. takes my sports drink and sinks into the floorboards]

Given who's over there right now, that's a fair enough guess as any, I think.

[It is what Bucky deserves, and he doesn't even really mind the guy. But, another nod!]

Glad to help. Might as well get something done.

[Even if it's calling Bucky a bitch.]

[ help... it's fine, he nodded, i could extrapolate. ]

We really have been accomplishing quite a lot of nothing up until now, but hopefully that can start to change.

[ hopefully.

after a beat, mephisto straightens up and leaves his spot against the wall to come closer to the bars. ]

Well...! Not to be sentimental [ because he isn't, ever ], but for what it's worth, I've found your presence enjoyable!

[ at least one of them did? ]

I have to admit I'm a little curious about your reaction to hearing what I am, but I imagine that's even less relevant to our situation here than anything else I've asked you, so I'll leave it alone. Good?

Hopefully. I wouldn't bank on anyone's luck here, though.

[Or they wouldn't be here in the first place, probably...

That said, he watches Mephisto come closer, head canting to the side a little. The first remark earns a brief flicker of a half-smile, amused.]

Yours wasn't terrible, either. [Even if he spent a lot of his time looking at Mephisto and not knowing how to react. Which is why he says, rather than just leaving it entirely as-is:] Honestly, finding out what you are made a lot of things make more sense.

[Truly, enigmatic behaviors slot into place so much more easily when the person behaving enigmatically is actually some sort of god demon king creature of power from another world.]

Typically, I dislike gods and things adjacent to them. [GOD-HATING GOD.] But it's as I've said.

[A Presence That Wasn't Terrible, which is as good as being on friendly terms as anyone ever gets with him.]

[ rip to what this cr could have been if i hadn't been busy and tired for most of the past month!!

to be fair, though, staring and not knowing how to react is a pretty typical response to him. "not terrible" is also about as good as opinions about him ever get, and in this instance, it sort of feels like a silver trophy achievement. so, there's another amused little smile in return... and a nod. ]

I certainly can't fault you for that. I don't much like being at the mercy of any other power myself.

[ which is why he fucking hates this, actually, even if he's usually seemed to be taking it all in stride. but it is what it is, and he likes to think that at least each piece of information he gets here as time goes on is weakening this place's hold on him just a bit.

finally, he dips his head in a slight bow. ]

...Then, until next time! I'll look forward to hearing your findings.

[ and, to a lesser extent, to your putting on a good show tomorrow. ]

[HELP in another universe... it's okay they can be stinky penpals from the great beyond]

You and I both.

[Said with a light little laugh. Not that he'd bother telling anyone this, but that is definitely part of what moved his hand this week... Sometimes doing a little murder helps you feel like you've wrested a little control back!

But he just nods in return, looking pretty peaceable despite his imminent demise.]

Until then.

[Gootbye, weird sir with your gradient ahoge.]

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