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[makainoou]

[The SFC video feed turns on to reveal the face of what appears to be a 12-year-old boy... if 12-year-old boys had blood-red eyes and murderous glares. It's probably not helping his mood any that he has to make this announcement into a communicator shaped like a starfish of all things.]

This welcoming committee stuff is a load of crap.

Whatever coward summoned me here, show yourself so I can get this over with already. If you're prompt, I might only maim you a little for your ineptitude.

[He pauses to swat ineffectually at the faerie flitting just at the edge of the screen.]

And someone tell me why this damn thing won't leave me alone!

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[pierrotdemonique]

My goodness, such self importance.

[ It's not so much as judging you as it is condescension, that look on Mephisto's face. His own little faerie thing is fluttering around him, its shadow warping every now and then. ]

Is it that time of the month already? How time flies... Welcome to Vatheon. I'm afraid no one really has the answers and the locals certainly aren't any help.

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[makainoou]

[Laharl will just return that look with a glare. Of course he's important.]

Answers, right. Like I'm supposed to believe no one has any clue how I got here.

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[pierrotdemonique]

A dangling question on everyone's lips, truly.

[ More condescension, more indifference. Even more when he finds his little desk gizmos more interesting. ]

You'd be surprised what that coral can do to you.

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[makainoou]

A giant sea rock cursed me and now I'm seeing faeries. [Seriously, he's supposed to buy that explanation?]

Are you all on drugs or something? Someone's responsible for this and I'm going to kill them.

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[pierrotdemonique]

An explanation we've tried so very hard to accept but do come the time.

[ Another smirk, resting his head on his hand. ]

I'm sorry... I don't believe I caught your name. What was it again...?

[ His look however, is anything but apologetic. ]

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[makainoou]

[Laharl arches an eyebrow. This next revelation should wipe that smirk right off your face.]

It's Laharl. Overlord of the Netherworld.

[See look how awesome he is.]

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[pactum]

[ Oh no. Not this brat again. Ciel's just woken up, and already he's got a headache coming on. But here, have a boy of roughly your age, Laharl, looking pretty unimpressed. ]

I am sure whoever brought us here is simply quaking at the mere prospect of your wrath.

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[makainoou]

[That sentence should not be spoken with sarcasm.] They should be.

Do you have any idea who I am?

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[heartandsoul]

[...Yeah. Completely unfazed. Boys with red eyes are nothing new to her in this world or her own.]

You're going to have a hard time finding who exactly brought us here. We've been trying to find out what's been going on for--as long as I've been here--over a year now. They're gone as far as we know.

[As for the fairies, she glances at hers and looks back at the screen again.]

It's probably a new curse and it's going to make something horrible happen later. If you've read your pamphlet, you should already know that the curses happen on a semi-regular basis around here.

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[makainoou]

I read the damn pamphlet and what it tells me is that either you're all a bunch of gullible idiots or you expect me to be.

Obviously some witch or warlock thought it'd be fun to try demon summoning. As soon as my business with them is done, I'm out of here.

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[heartandsoul]

The only idiot here is the boy refusing to listen to people that have been here for months or even years longer than him.

So you're a demon, so what? There are lots of other demons here, none of them have figured they were summoned.

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[makainoou]

If there were people who'd been here for years and left, I might listen to them. As it is, that's not much of an endorsement.

Maybe that's why they're still here.

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[heartandsoul]

We don't decide when we arrive or leave. You can even go up to the island and try--I don't know--flying away from there, you can't.

Or they're at a higher level than you and can't even be summoned in the first place.

[Ouch.]

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[makainoou]

You can't fly across dimensions.

[Oh that comment earns her a growl.] There is no higher level demon than me.

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[vulgarwoman]

[What an adorable ineffectual tiny thing.]

Right. That's not really gonna work, honey. Unless you feel like beating up the coral, but that's indestructible.

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[makainoou]

[Laharl grimaces, but you cannot harm him through the screen, sexy woman.]

Don't call me that!

And why mention beating up something that's indestructible?

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[vulgarwoman]

Okay, kiddo.

You want whatever is responsible for bringing us here. At this time, the coral is the only option we have. The people that are behind the experiment we're in? Yeah, they're gone, zip--nothing.

Besides, I figured that since you're such a big deal, the coral might decide to bend for you.

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[makainoou]

It's Laharl. I'm not a child.

No one said anything about an experiment.

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[vulgarwoman]

Laharl. Hmm~ I like kiddo better.

[And that's the end of that.]

Oh, well then, surprise! This is an experiment. Have you found your tattoo yet? Maybe noticed how sedate the natives are? I've got files and everything.

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[makainoou]

I don't care what you like.

[Never the end of it.]

Show me.

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[replicatedcourage]

[In the wake of his fight with Johnny, Sola hasn't been doing very well, but seeing the familiar face on the network gets him at least the inkling of a smile.]

Laharl? Is that really you?

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[makainoou]

[Okay. Why does some guy know his name? Laharl peers at the screen for a moment. A demon, maybe?

Well, it's not anyone he recognizes so he'll be blunt.]

Who're you?

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[replicatedcourage]

[The start of excitement on Sola's face vanishes quickly at that response. There's no spark of recognition in those eyes, but... they'd lived together! How could this be?]

You don't remember me?

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[makainoou]

Why should I?

What, did I kill your pet or burn down your house or something? [He's sure he's done things like that to Netherworld subjects he only even glanced at. Especially the property damage.]

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[replicatedcourage]

No, we were roommates...

[Laharl. Laharl, please.]

Why would you do that stuff?