Searching for an End to my Curse

[DEFUNCT. I JUST FOLLOW PEOPLE FROM HERE BECAUSE IT'S MY MAIN] ask-the-reaper-conspiracy and octosan are my only active sideblogs rn

[withtheroleofagardener]

As is leaning on him. "You treated that Nemesis girl rather like a tool. I wonder, are you very different from the man you despise?" Because As is a dick like that.

“That was a long time ago, and I’ve since seen the consequences of my actions.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

venomousrose:

“…But you don’t regret using her. Just that you made her worse.”

Answer carefully, Gammon. He’s paying attention to your words.

A low sigh.

“To be honest, I used and hurt a lot of people back then. Nemesis was no different. I don’t think I would go back to such means for revenge now, especially with what I have seen here.”

“I was foolish back then.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

As is leaning on him. "You treated that Nemesis girl rather like a tool. I wonder, are you very different from the man you despise?" Because As is a dick like that.

“That was a long time ago, and I’ve since seen the consequences of my actions.”

[venomousrose]

“So you’re saying you regret doing that to her?”

Hm… He’s paying attention…

[withtheroleofagardener]

“...I may regret arming a narrow-minded and uneducated young girl with a violently self-righteous philosophy, yes.”

He doesn’t want to go into all the self-loathing As, jeeze.

[withtheroleofagardener]

As is leaning on him. "You treated that Nemesis girl rather like a tool. I wonder, are you very different from the man you despise?" Because As is a dick like that.

“That was a long time ago, and I’ve since seen the consequences of my actions.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Hair's a lot easier to change the color of than wings when they've been in your family hundreds of years.

“I daresay that you are not a geneticist.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Well, there's an Octo only a hundred years ago or so who had wings. Why wouldn't you?

“As I recall, there is also an Octo 100 years before me who had purple hair, and I have black hair don't I? So there's no reason why I would have wings.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Are they tiny? Is that it? I can't imagine they'd be very useful. (I'm sorry OCto but Gammon needed love.)

“What makes you think that I even have wings to show you in the first place?”

[withtheroleofagardener]

But some of your distant relatives do. Are you embarrassed?

“No.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Hey. Hey Gammon. Do u have wings? I wanna see 'em.

“No.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

too tired ;w;

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“…You sold yourself to Lust for something the right mage might have been able to help you with, and now refuse to take advantage of all I offer you. You probably could have sought a contract with Grave for the same thing!”

“Quite frankly, compared to most Sinners, you sold yourself for virtually nothing. You care so much about yourself, you didn’t stop to consider the price of your soul. Even Gallerian had a better deal than you!”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“You really think I can find a mage who can heal me in this day and age?” Surely if Ma could do it, she would have. Right? And Grave... that was laughable.

“If you think I got such a raw deal, why did you practically force it on me? You’re clearly no pillar of morality either, even if you lecture like one.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“Venomania was a broken and lost man who had nothing. All he desired was love. Except he didn’t even know what love was. He was abused, neglected and ridiculed for a simple medical condition that, while rare, means nothing other than faulty genetics. He was treated as a demon, and so he decided to become one.”

“Yuzette, on the other hand, sold herself for the admiration of her teacher and opportunity to learn from someone she looked up to and whose approval she desperately sought, only to be tossed aside the second she was no longer deemed useful.

“And then there’s you. You sold your very soul…. To regenerate missing features. And really, Gammon. With how much time I spent at your dear brother’s side, you think I don’t know him? How quaint.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“Hah!” His features twist, showing off his canines, and he sits back without looking at the demon.

In the next moment the calm is back. “It’s not my fault that I’m more pragmatic than they are. Yes, it’s true, I desire my own survival.”

“Is that somehow worse?”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

That causes Asmodeus to laugh.

“Did you know your brother was the only person she’d ever met in her entire nineteen years of life who didn’t use her in some way? I wonder if he’d be proud of you for being just like the man who ordered his death.”

“And as for that… It’s really funny. Do you know what my other contracts have largely been about? You practically threw yourself away compared to them.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“ How interesting for her to kill the one person who was good for her! Don’t tell me what my brother would feel. I know it well enough!”

But he calms quickly, at least on the outside.

“You’ve had worse than a missing arm?”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“…Do you even know her story and how used she was by the same person you despised? It’s almost laughable how much you try to tell yourself you’re better than him.”

“Adorable, even. This is why I like you, Gammon. You may say you’re a bad person, but I confront you with some of that behavior and it’s all the other person’s fault. Tell me, though. Why did you decide a contract with me was beneficial?”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“She told me that she loved my brother, and that she killed him. I don’t care why. I don’t care what her story is. It’s her own business. And I don’t care what your analysis is, either.”

“As to that, though, I think it was something about regrowing my lost appendages.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“Is that so? She wasn’t at all a lost and scared girl unsure of what to do when you suggested she take revenge for you?”

“…Were you even thinking about her at all when you suggested that? Or just your own anger? Face it. You’re not as good a person as you play at, Gammon.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

He scoffs, “She was a hired killer. All the sniveling in the world didn’t change that. As I recall, she came out of all that pretty good. She’s doing even better than me, nowadays.”

“...I don’t believe I ever said I was a good person.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“I suppose not. She had already been turned into a weapon. It was as simple as taking up a sword, wasn’t it?”

“Even if she was a person.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“She made her decision to be more weapon than human. The fact that I turned her towards someone worth killing, for once, doesn’t change that.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“Your revenge against Gallerian Marlon, of course.”

“Nemesis Sudou was her name, right?”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“.....” Now he’s a little more rigid, and he pulls away from the demon.

“That’s different.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

Asmodeus is going to just suddenly drape over you, Gammon. He's bored and you don't seem busy.

He’s going to be uninterested in your presence, at least for now. “What do you want?”

[venomousrose]

“That’s what brothels are for, Gammon. No one asks any questions so long as you pay. And like it or not, the comparison is there considering you both have held contracts with the same demon.”

“Besides. I’d think you’d be perfectly fine with using people so long as it benefits you.”

[withtheroleofagardener]

“That doesn’t make it any better for me-”

Then he hesitates, looking up and over at the demon. “Excuse me? What exactly does that mean?”