[IC] [Snek] Continuations

[pyrighteous]

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[pyrighteous]

Oh? Is the alternative better? Them coming in here to find all of my preparations?

[neonleon]

Honestly!? Yeah. They can handle it.

[pyrighteous]

Please. I have complete control. They would never find their way back out.

[neonleon]

They know me a lot better than you do. They'll figure it out.

[pyrighteous]

[ Belos just shakes his head. ]

Then why haven't they managed it already? They find it easier to believe in your cruelty than I was expecting.

[neonleon]

[He hesitated for just a second. Blinks thr idea out of his head (or tries to, another hair-tgread wrapping around his neck and tightening)]

They still know something's wrong.

[pyrighteous]

[ There we go. Belos takes a step closer to him.

And they think you're the part that's wrong. That your experiences made you into a monster.

[neonleon]

And they want to help. If that means they come in here and kick you out? Worth it.

[pyrighteous]

Then I'll just have to kill them first. It's tiresome waiting, anyway.

[neonleon]

You won't.

[He knows Belos will try.]

Just leave them alone.

[pyrighteous]

Why should I? What will YOU give me that I can't already take?

[neonleon]

[What does he have to offer? This is his expertise, what he's good at, he out-maneuvered Big Mama for crying out loud. But then he was also in control of his own body. He's at the disadvantage here.

His silence is telling, even as he feels tense with that thread around his neck.]

[pyrighteous]

That's what I thought.

[ He gestures, and the thread tightens. ]

It's time to end this farce.

[neonleon]

[He's ready to retort back - but that thread cuts into the skin of his neck, with a gasp.]

I think you're literally insane.

[pyrighteous]

Come now. Don't be rude.

[neonleon]

But you're also not denying it. You know you're insane.

[pyrighteous]

I know my methods are unorthodox. And I don't expect a demon to understand.

[neonleon]

[Muttered:] Not a demon.

[And sighs, trying and failing to keep his head back so the thread isn't just cutting into him more.]

'Unorthodox' is just old time way to say 'insane', got it.

[pyrighteous]

[ A soft sigh. ]

I'm doing this for the sake of humanity, in the end.

[neonleon]

You realize like two thirds of everyone in this place isn't human right? And there's no way back, so you're just. Being a jerk.

[pyrighteous]

I've built a portal before. My grimwalker has the research notes.

[neonleon]

Annnnnd is kept in the room that will dissolve your bits to nothing.

[pyrighteous]

[ Belos frowns rather sharply at that. It's true, he can't walk Leo in there without destroying himself. ]

Convince him to bring them out, then.

[neonleon]

Oh?

You're driving, you're the one who's gotta do that.

[pyrighteous]

[ He makes an irritated noise. ]

Fine. I will, then.