[HELP this is stupid, it's fine he gets happy about getting to touch, and she finds nothing wrong with this because it's not like. horny. and it's not like she's not the same, so she wraps an arm around him and her easily enough with a little hum.]
Satan is a cool guy? No cap?
[you can see how little i am trying to do this drink it's going to wear off by next tag.]
[hmmm, sounds fucking dumb! she doesn't believe that! but it's fine. she feels the frustration and upset, and he'll feel a horrible feedback of that and a stubbornness that's approaching mulish.]
[The feedback loop of frustration and reserved anger.]
…That he was cool about it. He didn’t just say no. He tried to talk about it, about what I wanted to do.
[There are fond feelings about Satan??? Like there is trust there for the authenticity of Satan’s integrity.]
He said the contest was already an exception, so it was hard to make more exceptions for just me. He said he was sorry. About the offer being useless to me. And about Miki.
He said he wasn’t gonna cheat. [There is maybe a tendril if doubt here.] But he was used to the drinks in hell. It’d take something different to throw him off.
Honestly, if the worlds thing works, that's all we need.
[... she rests her head on his shoulder.]
Look, this can't be it. The guy's not going to give you a list of his greatest weaknesses. We'll figure something out, because I'm not leaving without Childe and the rest of them.
[He gives her head a lil bump under the chin with his shoulder. Usually, this would bother him a bit more, but unfortunately this week, he's feeling confident.]
I know. I wouldn't leave without them either. But what if... that really is everything? This is the first trial, or something. He said he wanted to do things different because it was so shit before.
I swear he's not a bad guy, Gideon. [COVERS UP HIS BAD SATAN MISTAKES don't know if it's funnier if satan turns out to be a bad guy or actually a good guy] You should talk to him. Especially about what you want. He said he wants everyone to have a chance, but he just isn't able to do it.
[the edit being ELBOW? is killing me like 12 hours later]
I might talk to him. Harrow thought it was better that people don't, so he doesn't get screeched at, but I'm not going to cuss him out. [she hugs him a little closer...]
Yeah, he sounded kind of, like, exhausted that everyone thought he was bad, or lying, or wouldn’t take no for an answer.
[He pats her arm.]
Me included. When I first started talking to him. Just so you know I didn’t take him for his word at first. I’m still skeptical, but… It seemed genuine, not fake?
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Satan is a cool guy? No cap?
[you can see how little i am trying to do this drink it's going to wear off by next tag.]
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He leans his head back on one of her shoulders.]
Yeah. [He isn’t sure what he wants to say first, and the feel churns up out of him and into her.] Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
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Bad, I guess.
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Satan said the deal is the deal. Can’t play for anyone else, can’t push the contest to accept the old guard.
[Somehow, there is still some confidence, but a wave of frustration and upset curdles in Gideon’s stomach.]
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So what's the good news?
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…That he was cool about it. He didn’t just say no. He tried to talk about it, about what I wanted to do.
[There are fond feelings about Satan??? Like there is trust there for the authenticity of Satan’s integrity.]
He said the contest was already an exception, so it was hard to make more exceptions for just me. He said he was sorry. About the offer being useless to me. And about Miki.
He said he wasn’t gonna cheat. [There is maybe a tendril if doubt here.] But he was used to the drinks in hell. It’d take something different to throw him off.
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Something different, huh. So what, we mix all the drinks together and throw them at him?
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I dunno. He's used to them all so I dunno if that'd work.
[There's a small shrug, kind of helpless.]
Oh. The worlds, too. He said he'd have to look into it.
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[... she rests her head on his shoulder.]
Look, this can't be it. The guy's not going to give you a list of his greatest weaknesses. We'll figure something out, because I'm not leaving without Childe and the rest of them.
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I know. I wouldn't leave without them either. But what if... that really is everything? This is the first trial, or something. He said he wanted to do things different because it was so shit before.
I swear he's not a bad guy, Gideon. [COVERS UP HIS BAD SATAN MISTAKES don't know if it's funnier if satan turns out to be a bad guy or actually a good guy] You should talk to him. Especially about what you want. He said he wants everyone to have a chance, but he just isn't able to do it.
Maybe because there are other departments...?
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I might talk to him. Harrow thought it was better that people don't, so he doesn't get screeched at, but I'm not going to cuss him out. [she hugs him a little closer...]
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Yeah, he sounded kind of, like, exhausted that everyone thought he was bad, or lying, or wouldn’t take no for an answer.
[He pats her arm.]
Me included. When I first started talking to him. Just so you know I didn’t take him for his word at first. I’m still skeptical, but… It seemed genuine, not fake?
[Not… like Ryo.]