Floor 2, Room 6

[lustro]

GINGER

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[impacter]

[Pff...]

I don't know if I could ever see things becoming corporate, but I guess stranger things have happened.

Now I have to wonder what Micheal would even be up to in a situation like that without getting into trouble.

[lustro]

He’s a chairman.

[ Ginger pauses and tilts his head. ]

I guess… it would be she nowadays?

[impacter]

Mm? Is Micheal quite the shapeshifter for your world, too?

[He looks absolutely tickled.]

He's been causing Raphael headaches with that for as long as I can remember.

[lustro]

The Executive Director?

[ Aaaa, Ginger’s just going to use ‘they’ for all the archangels. He doesn’t know their preferences because he’s never spoken to them directly - and he hopes he never does. He already gets nervous talking to the boss… ]

All the archangels are powerful enough to take whatever form they like. But I think some of it is… we just live for so long.

[ And sometimes the form that suited them before doesn’t suit them now. ]

[impacter]

I could see it. I imagine it's easier to take on an observational role if you don't have to worry too much about what you look like.

[Man, what would angels even do in a corporate setting? He's pretty sure Simeon and Raphael would both die for very different reasons if they were around a computer too long.

It's hard to imagine, but he can manage. The Devildom has a cross-worlds boarding school, so why can't they have a company somewhere else?]

I do think we've strayed a little from the topic at hand, though.

[lustro]

[ What was the topic again? Ginger? No, he’ll pass for now. ]

Yeah, the topic of you. Tell me about something - someone? - important to you.

[ Solomon had said to ask… but… Ginger’s rude when he’s nervous. ]

[impacter]

My, leaving it that open? Okay.

[Is he treating this like a game? Possibly.]

Professional or personal?

[lustro]

[ HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT - ]

Nothing spicy, I don’t wanna know why you made - pacts - with guys like my dad.

[impacter]

[PFFFFFFF


Sorry give him a second]

/2 oops

[impacter]

[lord help him he can't breathe

OKAY no

no pull yourself together

snrk]

Ahahah - what kind of pacts do you think I'm making??

[lustro]

Nnn - stooop, I don’t even want to guess!!

[ Ready to block his ears and eyes and protect himself if necessary!! ]

[impacter]

[heeheeheeheeheeheehee this is too easy]

Where in the world is your mind going to? Ah, youth.

Take it easy, Ginger. The details of a pact are sacred between a demon and summoner. That's not something I'm about to share.

[lustro]

[ He thinks HIS MIND IS GOING THE PROPER PLACES!! When Solomon makes pacts with not one, but two!!! sex demons?? ]

GOOD - because I didn’t ask about that. You are so annoying, you know that?

[impacter]

I'm told it's part of my charm.

[Somewhere in the distance Barbatos looms with a frying pan and an urge for death.]

Barbatos is dearly important to me, though, even without the pact. There's a great amount of things I'd trust him with, including my life.

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[lustro]

[ Seriously where’s the charm,,, he’s looking,,, where,,, ]

[lustro]

Is… that your student?

[ Did Solomon ever mention a name? He can’t recall. ]

[impacter]

No, no. I think he'd take a lot of offense to that idea right now.

I'm guessing you haven't heard of him, huh?

[AKA guess what it's another demon.]

[lustro]

[ Man. ]

... Do you know how many angels and demons there are? I can usually tell who's old by their names, but I haven't met all of the old guard. Or even many of them. Consider me your mob character in any story.

[impacter]

Of course I do. [Said very casually, as though Ginger asked whether he knew the sky was blue.]

Barbatos has quite a legend behind him back home. It's just a surprise to hear he's not a household name among demons in other worlds.

[lustro]

Then please enlighten me.

[ How does Solomon think dinnertime conversations ago - Ginger's dad basically talks about what sweets he's cooking up and his mom about her crochet projects. ]

[impacter]

Duke of Hell, commander of thirty legions, he who sees time both past and to come... and so on. Great tea. Excellent pastry chef.

[He misses tea time a lot.]

Right now he serves the Demon King's son. It apparently caused a pretty big stir since that was seen as quite the downgrade.

[lustro]

... What's up with the demons of eld all becoming pastry chefs?

[ Literally waves his hand at the politics part. Please, he's not here that kind of headache. ]

So. Does he know that he's important to you?

[impacter]

He does. Or, rather... I hope he still does.

Maybe I could do with saying it more.

[It's hard right this moment, to watch him be so unbelievably angry and not remember what could have caused it. It's hard, when he has to toe the line so very, very carefully.]

I owe him enough. And I know he trusts me, as deeply as I trust him.

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[lustro]

[ Oh. Feelings real. ]

[lustro]

[ Kind of sullen, kind of awkward, mostly earnest: ]

He still does. Isn’t it impossible to turn off the way you feel about someone? So, um, he knows and when he sees you again he’ll probably bake you a cronut or something fancy. Don’t… don’t worry, Solomon.