You should have. [MISS THE GROUND NEXT TIME. DON'T GET HIM FCKIN NERFED!!! HE hates it here so bad. He also just fixes Akira with a stare, one brow arched.]
Do you think that's a deterrent for me? I couldn't give less of a shit what Ryo would feel if I killed you.
[YEAH YEAH CLIP THROUGH THE GROUND AND FIND A HELL GLITCH. Anyway this riles him just on the principle of the fact that he hates admitting people are Stronger Than He Is. But also, he's currently nerfed, so he has no real reason to doubt that Ryo couldn't decimate him as he is now if he really wanted to.
Akira's made the fatal assumption, thinking he isn't a deathseeker though!]
Again: do you think that's a deterrent? Death is meaningless here, which is why it isn't as satisfying to kill in the first place.
He ignores the first part though, because he is not surprised to hear that Ryo may or may not give a shit, may or may not decide to do a murder, may or may not whatever else. Very same hat.]
Why did I do what? Kill Chandra? It's not something you need to know. Kill any of the twice-dead? For literally any reason at all, honestly. The vast majority of life itself is devoid of meaning, and that doesn't stop people from engaging in things.
Anyway, he is just ignoring the first part because he's said he would not answer any questions about his kill and he STILL TO THIS DAY WON'T!! Especially not to Akira whose head he would crush like a watermelon if the whim struck.]
It's like swatting a gnat. It isn't boring because it hardly takes any effort, thought or energy.
[Sometimes, it's a good way to relieve stress! And sometimes you [redacted] in the [redacted] and tenderly [redacted] while [redacted].]
THIS IS SO FUNNY THOUGH WHY IS HE LIKE THIS. Scaramouche's expression is impassive, giving nothing away. But there is something a little distant in the way he carries himself as he pushes back upright, heedless of any injuries he's sporting, trying to regain his footing and some dignity. They'll be taken care of soon enough, but he's not about to off himself where Akira can paw at his corpse.]
A lowly mortal creature like yourself could never hope to understand anything about a god.
[This applies to both of the things Akira's going on about, as far as he's concerned. There's no point explaining anything further. All it'll do is just make him angry, and more than even the anger, he's just. Tired.]
His roommate is truly stubborn as fuck, but at least that gets him to not immediately turn and walk away which is what he'd been planning on doing. He's quiet for a second, peering down at Akira. Not even he knows why he chooses to answer, but isn't that also like a god?]
Gods aren't beholden to any power beyond their own, so their reasoning and logic is often beyond what anyone bound by their systems could comprehend. If you want a god to stop doing something that you dislike, trying to understand them will hardly accomplish anything.
[This is the most cryptic non-answer real answer he has ever fucking heard in his LIFE.]
I want to know why They won’t give Ryo the forgiveness everyone always says They give. Why do we get God’s love, but Ryo is denied it? That’s not… love. That’s servitude.
[That's the true Talking To A God Experience, baybee!
In any case, he hates how close to home this hits, because it really do be hitting close to home. Ei isn't even particularly renowned for her love or forgiveness, but being abandoned by a god - especially one who's your creator - is painful.]
Who's to say? It could be for any reason. It could be for no reason. It could be something as complex as a need in the balance of the universe's fabric, or as mundane and simple as the belief that, for some reason, Ryo's transgressed in a way that they think should be punished. The reasons why a god does what they do are as vast as the number of stars in the sky. If you're unhappy with it, then end it.
[Scaramouche is welcome for the reminder if the existential crisis. This is why he bullied Scaramouche so much.
The Ryo parallels.]
I can’t… I can’t kill God. If I can’t beat Ryo, there’s no way I can beat God. And even if I could—what if doing that makes Ryo not exist? What if nothing exists anymore if that happens?
I just want Ryo to be happy. I want God to leave them alone if they’re not doing anything wrong, if it’s just about getting rid of the demons.
[He doesn't want this!!!!! The Ryo parallels are truly out there though, damn. Anyway imagine some purple twink just telling you to kill the wholeass Christian God. Very funny.]
I don't know how the laws of your reality work. [It'd be a risk he would take, personally, but that would give away far too much about himself! So he just leaves it unsaid.
In any case:]
If your wants are as simple as that, then the solution seems fairly simple, too.
[Just leave Ryo in Hell! Even if he would personally be furious to be parted from his chance to avenge his own abandonment, and wonders whether or not it would be the same for Ryo.]
[That’s fine… It’s not as if his blonde twink soulmate bestie has not looked him in the face and said he was gonna kill the Christian God.]
They’re scared. Ryo is scared. Of God. They’re scared that no matter where they are or go, no matter what they do, God will destroy them. They don’t think they will ever be happy.
I don’t want them to… [He trails off then sighs.] I guess it isn’t my place to decide.
[He has the very distinct feeling that Ryo would probably not want him or anyone else hearing any of this, but it's not like he can unhear it, so he will simply have to deal. The way he's learned more about Ryo from Akira than from Ryo. What a mood.]
At least you know that. Whatever this is, it's something Ryo is going to have to figure out.
[He can't even offer advice because he has never been afraid of his creator, however cruel he's perceived her.]
...At the very least, even the most absolute of powers in one world clearly doesn't have dominion over them all.
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Mine? You electrocuted me! And knocked me off the roof.
[They are arguing over who will be going to jail worse.]
You just don't want to kill me.
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You should work on your landings, then. [BINCH!! He refuses to take responsibility for this thing that he definitely did.]
Right now, I'm starting to feel like it again.
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I landed just fine. I didn't miss the ground.
[He landed like a SPLAT pancake and that was fine. He didn't break anything? Somehow, he didn't break anything.]
If you kill me, Ryo might be mad.
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ALSO STOP.]
You should have. [MISS THE GROUND NEXT TIME. DON'T GET HIM FCKIN NERFED!!! HE hates it here so bad. He also just fixes Akira with a stare, one brow arched.]
Do you think that's a deterrent for me? I couldn't give less of a shit what Ryo would feel if I killed you.
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He’d kill you.
[This is earnest and not a brag. He does not say try because Ryo is strong as shit.]
He wouldn’t care right now, I guess. If we came right back.
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Akira's made the fatal assumption, thinking he isn't a deathseeker though!]
Again: do you think that's a deterrent? Death is meaningless here, which is why it isn't as satisfying to kill in the first place.
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[He has deflated back into his naked human monkey self, sorry to Scaramouche who has to put up with him nude.]
Why did you do it then? If death is meaningless.
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He ignores the first part though, because he is not surprised to hear that Ryo may or may not give a shit, may or may not decide to do a murder, may or may not whatever else. Very same hat.]
Why did I do what? Kill Chandra? It's not something you need to know. Kill any of the twice-dead? For literally any reason at all, honestly. The vast majority of life itself is devoid of meaning, and that doesn't stop people from engaging in things.
[Like murder!]
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His brows furrow.] Because Chandra is a god? Because he’s a dick? [Scaramouche is also a dick, but maybe it was dick and dick clashing.]
Doesn’t it get boring? Like… Aren’t you tired of having to deal with killing everything?
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Anyway, he is just ignoring the first part because he's said he would not answer any questions about his kill and he STILL TO THIS DAY WON'T!! Especially not to Akira whose head he would crush like a watermelon if the whim struck.]
It's like swatting a gnat. It isn't boring because it hardly takes any effort, thought or energy.
[Sometimes, it's a good way to relieve stress! And sometimes you [redacted] in the [redacted] and tenderly [redacted] while [redacted].]
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Also tch. He’s gonna keep guessing everything in the book until Scaramouche cracks with annoyance.]
He asked you to kill him. He said something stupid to you. He made fun of your little thing.
[He really is only rattling them off for no reason.]
If it doesn’t take any effort, it’s boring. Just admit you’re boring.
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THIS IS SO FUNNY THOUGH WHY IS HE LIKE THIS. Scaramouche's expression is impassive, giving nothing away. But there is something a little distant in the way he carries himself as he pushes back upright, heedless of any injuries he's sporting, trying to regain his footing and some dignity. They'll be taken care of soon enough, but he's not about to off himself where Akira can paw at his corpse.]
A lowly mortal creature like yourself could never hope to understand anything about a god.
[This applies to both of the things Akira's going on about, as far as he's concerned. There's no point explaining anything further. All it'll do is just make him angry, and more than even the anger, he's just. Tired.]
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Sorry that Scaramouche had a stubborn as fuck roomie.]
I want to. I want to know why God would keep killing Ryo. I want to know how to make it stop.
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His roommate is truly stubborn as fuck, but at least that gets him to not immediately turn and walk away which is what he'd been planning on doing. He's quiet for a second, peering down at Akira. Not even he knows why he chooses to answer, but isn't that also like a god?]
Gods aren't beholden to any power beyond their own, so their reasoning and logic is often beyond what anyone bound by their systems could comprehend. If you want a god to stop doing something that you dislike, trying to understand them will hardly accomplish anything.
[Just kill god!]
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I want to know why They won’t give Ryo the forgiveness everyone always says They give. Why do we get God’s love, but Ryo is denied it? That’s not… love. That’s servitude.
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In any case, he hates how close to home this hits, because it really do be hitting close to home. Ei isn't even particularly renowned for her love or forgiveness, but being abandoned by a god - especially one who's your creator - is painful.]
Who's to say? It could be for any reason. It could be for no reason. It could be something as complex as a need in the balance of the universe's fabric, or as mundane and simple as the belief that, for some reason, Ryo's transgressed in a way that they think should be punished. The reasons why a god does what they do are as vast as the number of stars in the sky. If you're unhappy with it, then end it.
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The Ryo parallels.]
I can’t… I can’t kill God. If I can’t beat Ryo, there’s no way I can beat God. And even if I could—what if doing that makes Ryo not exist? What if nothing exists anymore if that happens?
I just want Ryo to be happy. I want God to leave them alone if they’re not doing anything wrong, if it’s just about getting rid of the demons.
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I don't know how the laws of your reality work. [It'd be a risk he would take, personally, but that would give away far too much about himself! So he just leaves it unsaid.
In any case:]
If your wants are as simple as that, then the solution seems fairly simple, too.
[Just leave Ryo in Hell! Even if he would personally be furious to be parted from his chance to avenge his own abandonment, and wonders whether or not it would be the same for Ryo.]
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They’re scared. Ryo is scared. Of God. They’re scared that no matter where they are or go, no matter what they do, God will destroy them. They don’t think they will ever be happy.
I don’t want them to… [He trails off then sighs.] I guess it isn’t my place to decide.
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At least you know that. Whatever this is, it's something Ryo is going to have to figure out.
[He can't even offer advice because he has never been afraid of his creator, however cruel he's perceived her.]
...At the very least, even the most absolute of powers in one world clearly doesn't have dominion over them all.