Catch-all: Emet-Selch

[ercnerd]

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[ktiseos]

What demon kid are you talking about?

[ercnerd]

Nobody that you know. For some reason, it feels like I'm always getting stuck with him these days.

[He drops the glass in the sink with a huff.]

That's how you can tell that these places don't know what they're doing.

[ktiseos]

Ah. More of an annoyance to you than anything, I suppose?

[the towel is also wrung out in the sink.]

[ercnerd]

Yeah.

[Then he's back to leaning against the counter, but this time with his hand empty, as his expression mellows out.]

They are.

[ktiseos]

...just what occurred, on this excursion of yours? I've heard nothing of any happening here, but I do know there was speculation those on the living's end could be relevant. Was there anything gained from it at all?

[ercnerd]

If there was, I don't know about it. The only purpose this one served was angering me.

[ktiseos]

Angering and injuring you, I suppose.

[ercnerd]

That much was a given. Besides, I'm not injured anymore; Virgo closed up everything.

[ktiseos]

It is more extensive here, then, than on the other side... I suppose we are not left to suffer overlong, after death.

[ercnerd]

I'd rather not rely on Virgo too much . . . But it is what it is.

[ktiseos]

It is a part of their duty, is it not?

[he will not feel bad for making them do their job.]

[ercnerd]

Mm, yes.

[There's no bad feeling about that part from his end. He runs a hand through his hair.]

Well, I'm not envenomated anymore, so I'll count my blessings.

[ktiseos]

Envenom-- what did that?

[ercnerd]

What else? A snake bit me.

[ktiseos]

...Mayhap you ought to start from the beginning.

[ercnerd]

[He sighs. What a pain, these excursions.]

My part was to transport a head. Along the way, I picked up a child and ran into a snake, a bear, and a fish.

[ktiseos]

A head? Was it anyone you recognized?

[ercnerd]

Of course.

[This does not appear to bother Sieghart.]

Anyway, I took the head and met up with Aikawa. Then we disguised ourselves to pass a checkpoint when the bear showed up again.

[ktiseos]

...no one who troubled you, I presume.

[sieg is absolutely getting a 'what the fuck is wrong with you' look.]

[ercnerd]

[He shrugs his bad shoulder.]

I don't have feelings for fakes.

[ktiseos]

...I see. You are quite perceptive of such situations, then.

[ercnerd]

I've lived long enough to distinguish nonsense from reality. If anything, they're annoying like we've said.