text; @CURSE

[gimu]

hello.

i have several questions for the outsider populace and i require truthful answers.

1. what are your abilities in battle?
2. what is your estimation of your skill with your own abilities?
3. who are you?
4. what was your proudest moment?
5. what was your weakest?

answer as you see fit. i’m not your boss.

[ this isn’t how one goes about making work acquaintances but it’s direct, it’s simple, and choso can’t be bothered to care if it meets industry standard. ]

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[gimu]

well, i'm a curse, which is at best adjacent to demons. what if that could be exploited for battle?

[the_fourteenth]

[This isn't totally surprising news; there were a few clues. He's also talked to someone who claims to be half-devil here, so why not a curse who looks like a person?

There's a pause, though. He's thinking. If Choso and Yuji are brothers, what did that make Yuji...?]

That's a possibility. With a pact, you might be able to utilize my power to strengthen your own.

Though, I think both you and Yuji would resent if I kept you locked up in a tube the rest of the time.

[Congratulations, you have earned one (1) Raidou Joke.]

[gimu]

a pact will grant your sword arm a deadlier weight.

how long do your pacts last? what are their structures? it could be something we could utilize solely for battle.

[ how curious, this spark. like a burgeoning ember in the dark. ]

[the_fourteenth]

Normally, a demon could utilize my magic in order to strengthen their abilities or spells, while in turn using those to help me, whether it's physical attacks, a healing spell, increase to strength and speed, etc. Often this is in battle, but not always. Demons cannot be perceived by most humans, and they make for great help in investigations.

A pact would last as long as we had loyalty to one other. A two-way street.

[And Raidou's demons are quite loyal.]

[gimu]

do they have to stay in the tubes? it might be nice for a while but i imagine it would get cramped.

[the_fourteenth]

While it's advantageous for other demons I am fighting to not know who it is I have on my side, no, I don't believe here it would be necessary.

[gimu]

that's a relief. so cramped.

when you have time next, i would like to explore that. if it's possible, a pact would benefit the both of us the next time LILITH calls us to battle.

[the_fourteenth]

Alright. We could always do a practice sim as well. I don't know if you've tried one yet, but they are quite realistic.

I hope you are able to place your trust in me.

[gimu]

if yuji has placed his trust, then i do not doubt that in time i, too, will see why.

i'll have to try LILITH's amenities eventually. a practice sim doesn't sound too terrible to try.