firstworldproblem | IC Inbox 2 (Imeeji)

Pinocchio: are there long term consequences for dying here

Emet-Selch: What a question considering your last words to me?
Emet-Selch: An annoyance until you are revived in games.
Emet-Selch: Outside of them if you aren’t found I hear you take a trip to a casino.
Emet-Selch: I did forget to ask. What is your corruption?

Pinocchio: Don't call me a husk and you won't have to worry about me killing you
Pinocchio: The only reason I'm not asking you and not the others is that you're the only one who mentioned death before. I'm not planning your demise yet.
Pinocchio: So the unpleasant trip is all there is to it. Not that impressive.
Pinocchio: Why do you want to know?

Emet-Selch: I ask because that is a price for going to the casino.
Emet-Selch: Or at least a potential price.
Emet-Selch: And such a corruption is Hell’s taint on your soul. To be carved out piece by piece.
Emet-Selch: Do be careful as you are new here.
Emet-Selch: Or you will truly become a broken husk. Or someone else will depending on your intentions.

Pinocchio: I haven't noticed anything new yet
Pinocchio: The ones I came with aren't something I want to talk about
Pinocchio: But I wouldn't worry for my soul in any case

Emet-Selch: I worry about everyone’s soul, my dear. Especially if they don’t worry about it themselves.
Emet-Selch: Some might sneak up on you, these corruptions. But if you do not wish to divulge, I will not push.
Emet-Selch: But as ever you seem to be lacking in trust, so I will offer mine.
Emet-Selch: My own corruption is aversion to light which does nothing for my tan.
Emet-Selch: Will I need to worry about any angry individual at our door?

Pinocchio: Knowing about my corruptions won't provide any advantage, it's not a matter of trust.
Pinocchio: But I'll be sure to shed a tear for your tan
Pinocchio: And no. Tartaglia is an idiot and he's desperate for a fight but he won't be angry.

Emet-Selch: Just a fight? Or is be one of the complications from home?
Emet-Selch: Where are you?

Pinocchio: In his room
Pinocchio: After we both got hit by a train
Pinocchio: And yes. He is.

[Emet-Selch is typing shows up for a bit.]

Emet-Selch: How novel.
Emet-Selch: I will have you know I am invested in keeping his soul in particular intact. Please don’t break it too much.
Emet-Selch: And when you are done reminiscing come by my room.

Pinocchio: Oh? You like the brat?

Emet-Selch: He is very dear to someone close to me.
Emet-Selch: And I am growing fonder of him.
Emet-Selch: However,I do know his type and to stop him from battle would greatly diminish the joy in his life.
Emet-Selch: As I said, just leave enough of his soul intact.
Emet-Selch: And I would hear of your history with him sometime. If it is aught you would share.
Emet-Selch: But my invitation remains open.

Pinocchio: Unlike him I'm not a brute
Pinocchio: I'm not interested in fighting, he's the one hounding me for that
Pinocchio: Has he told you about the Harbingers?
Pinocchio: I'll consider stopping by your room, but you realize that's an open invitation for me to make good on my threat

Emet-Selch: He has told me ever briefly of the Tsarista and his goal. Though I do not know the details.
Emet-Selch: Though if you were one of them I would have expected a mask of your own.
Emet-Selch: I would be terribly dull and hardly satisfying to kill.
Emet-Selch: Did you have any other questions?

Pinocchio: I don't need a mask here, they served a purpose that doesn't really carry over here. Though I'm not surprised he still clings onto his.
Pinocchio: I was the sixth. Far higher in rank compared to him, but as you already know all the power I had is gone now.
Pinocchio: I'll come to your room to consult you about how to use these ridiculous abilities we've been given.

Emet-Selch: He's sentimental.
Emet-Selch: Perhaps you should try it. It might give you a new perspective.
Emet-Selch: Very well. I will see how I can help. Do arrive at your leisure.

[ he leaves him on read and ends up knocking at his door a few hours in, it's not like he needs sleep or anything ]

[He opens it moving aside to let him in and giving him a look over.]

A question before we start. Is this the first time you’ve died?

[He also gets him a cup of coffee. He has tea, but who makes that?]

[ he's made sure to change his clothes before coming over so he looks PRISTINE again, and doesn't seem particularly agitated ]

No, I've died before coming here.

[ going to look over coffee . . . and eventually taking the cup, sipping it ]

If it wasn't such a stupid death I wouldn't care about this one.

Would you like water instead?

[He sits down on the couch motioning for him to do the same if he likes.]

You spoke of an unnaturally long life. Was that you first then? Or does your soul or body mend itself after?

My body was made to last for eternity. I was created looking exactly as you see me now and remained the same ever since. With minor modifications.

[ His hair was long in the memory he showed him, after all ]

But obviously I can still die if I'm damaged. That is what happened that first time.

Does that bother you? To be limited in such a way.

[He puts his own cup of coffee down, and puts one leg over the other.]

But you wished to talk about abilities. I surmise with your points, you have purchased them all. BARiTONES abilities is not truly suited for single hand to hand combat. They can stall a battle, but turning the tide becomes difficult especially with puppetry.

But I do believe I have something that can help. Though I do feel partially bad you will use it against Caeli. But so does crave a fight.

[He slides him a knife across the coffee table.]

Any weapon will do truly, but there are those better suited for concealing. I doubt you'd want to carry around a broadsword.

No. I can defend myself just fine under normal circumstances. Even my first death was just a matter of suffering the consequences of a stupid choice.

[ he'll take it and analyze it for a few moments before he hands it over again ]

I already purchased one, and two is going overboard for all the good it will do for me. But I'm almost touched you thought of providing me with a weapon.

I tried to get him to back off by making him drunk but that only made him release his stupid pheromones ability. And subterfuge that doesn't work on that idiot. Unfortunately that seems to be what our abilities are best geared toward.

Am I wrong?

[He's conflicted for a moment as he considers this.]

Do you not wish to play with him?

He's a petulant child that is demanding my attention and I don't mind putting him back in his place.

We used to spar when we got bored at the headquarters. But my talents are primarily magic-based. And I don't want to see him brag about defeating me anytime soon.

Edited (accidental apt typo) 2021-10-17 18:54 (UTC)

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