superhell pcs: date

[teufelshund]

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[psynchronise]

Fine up until that very last bit.

[ he takes another sip and frowns. and then does the nose wrinkle again, like he thought something different would happen. ]

You'd think they'd make all of them good, to get us falling for all the hidden side effects. Like whatever they did with Number 9.

[teufelshund]

Honestly. Wasn't there one last week that was just dirt-flavored?

[ your dirts ]

I can't imagine why they're making these poor to mediocre cocktails when we've tasted what they're capable of... Unless different demons are coming up with different recipes, I suppose. Maybe some of them are just terrible at it.

[psynchronise]

That was what it smelled like in the bar, yeah.

[ MY DIRTS ]

-- Do demons have a different sense of taste then? [ just looking straight at mephisto. pointedly. he remembers the gehenna talk. ]

[teufelshund]

[ smiles! ]

Depends on the demon, probably.

[psynchronise]

I'm ignoring you because I've seen your tastes already. [ metaphorical ignoring, at least. ]

But you don't know any demons who would go "y'know what would really win the crowd? Dirt drinks"? At all?

[teufelshund]

...Well. Astaroth, probably, and most of his kin.

[psynchronise]

…

Huh. You did actually know someone.

[ he was kinda fishing and not expecting much. ]

Maybe messaging Satan and telling him to step up the drinking game’s the way to go. [ less… bitterness and dirt. ]

… Anything weird happening? No sudden limb growth? Rushes of adrenaline?

[teufelshund]

He's the King of Rot, so it's kind of his thing. Or it would be, if he had a body.

[ but he doesn't! sucker.

hmm.... ]

...Nothing noticeable so far, anyway. Same for you?

[psynchronise]

…. Maybe that’s a good thing. I’m not sure I’d want the King of Rot behind a bar serving drinks.

[ a rotten mary? no thank you. ]

Same. But there are a few that take a while to kick in, or make you do something notable. I don’t trust them to have left one single drink other than beer alone this week.

[ … if he really thinks about it, maybe there’s something off? but he can’t pinpoint it exactly. ]

[teufelshund]

[ definitely a good thing, he's part of the shitty half of the family. ]

Oh, absolutely not. Maybe it's one of those effects that only kicks in in specific situations?

[psynchronise]

[ if that’s the shitty half of the family…. ]

Like… in crowds or somewhere where you can embarrass yourself more thoroughly? I could see that.

[teufelshund]

[ oh please finish that thought ]

That, or how that persuasion drink wouldn't actually do anything if you weren't talking to anyone.

Or I suppose it could be something like one of those missing memories that you don't even realize you're missing until it comes up.

[psynchronise]

[ :hei: ]

I’d probably know if it was missing memories. [ how would he know? ] Literally speaking. I think I like the ones that change something obvious, immediately, rather than—

[ he just gestures at himself. something is happening, he knows it in his bones. ]

Suspense.

[


speaking of! date sits up slightly. blinks a couple of times like some kind of startled deer in headlights.

and then leans over and bites mephisto’s shoulder. 👍]

[teufelshund]

[ ...mephisto also blinks. he likes biting just fine, and thank you for being nice and picking a spot with minimal injuries, but ? ]

...Oh, is this what that was about?

[ when rynlan just BIT HIM IN FRONT OF EVERYONE EARLIER...





hm. yeah, that seems like the thing to do, actually.

bites date's ear. sorry about his fangs. ]

[psynchronise]

[ he’s a nice guy, what can he say.



also ow? his ear? ]

Ow.

…


So, what was that you were saying about cannibalism?

[teufelshund]

Hm, maybe it wasn't all that far off after all.

...Well, for what it's worth, I promise not to pull a Lee Junhyeong on you.

[ ALSO SORRY FOR MAKING YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS COULD BE A POSSIBILITY ]

I'm much more of a gentleman than that.

[psynchronise]

It’s got that energy. Just… toned down a bit.

[ … wow, he wasn’t thinking it but now he is. ]

Thanks. It’s really hot when a guy promises not to rip out my jugular.

[teufelshund]

[ looks back at that shiro memory and how he seems to think it's hot when a guy promises to do it... sweats ]

You're welcome.

[ a lighter nip. ]

[psynchronise]

[ grab him by the collar then, got it. do you ever think of how we play terrible trash men? frequently? ]

... [ the lighter nip does actually make him shiver. git. ]

-- That'd be such a mood killer, actually. [ lmao. ]

[teufelshund]

[ boy do i ever!!!

he definitely notices that shiver and grins. ]

Might kill a little more than the mood, even.

[psynchronise]

[ glad to have aged significantly by the end of this game, thanks date. ]

…

Haha. Obviously.

[ tearing out a jugular is pretty fatal. ] We need jugulars to live, who knew.

[teufelshund]

Everyone who ever took a single biology course, and then some.

...Well, if this doesn't evolve beyond an impulse to bite things, this is probably one of the less worrisome effects, as long as you're on nibbling terms with the person next to you. A shame it's not a better drink.

[psynchronise]

You'd be surprised, I think.

... What, combine this with your spicy ramen drink and you've found the perfect combination?

[teufelshund]

No, no, the persuasion one is still the best effect. Very useful for getting someone to admit they were thinking of you when they got a 100 on their love meter reading.

[psynchronise]

[ he blinks. and then he tilts his head. ]

Ohh. That thing.

[ he remembers that. ]

You into that sort of thing then? [ although he's like. 99.9% sure mephisto would drag that kind of secret out of someone for the lulz. ]