[ ... Is he trying to take his defense? Maybe not outwardly, but he's clearly calling for her to let bygones be bygones. ]
Had it remained in the past, I might agree. But he unearthed it to bring it to me and see how I would react.
[ What a loathsome little man. If whoever he killed in the past doesn't matter, then why bring it up? Why try to get a rise out of her? ]
I do not believe you would gloat to me about having killed a friend of mine, Izou. Nor would you antagonize me whenever you encounter me to see how far you can get before I retaliate. [Both things he's done, thank you very much.] He declared himself to be Tezcatlipoca's acolyte. Together with the murder of Quetzalcoatl - Tezcatlipoca's detested sister and an ally of Chaldea - what do you suppose he would do should LILITH's implants ever fail? Should he encounter Fujimaru?
[ If Izou is going to play devil's advocate, then she shall confront him with the reality of what he is defending. ]
( bringing up his master like that. he's visibly affected, brow furrowing and lips forming a thin line.
when she puts it like that... he,
he can't exactly say she's wrong, and everyone knew the enemy of your ally was your enemy. but he's seen the fragility of this silco guy. witnessed his fragile knife technique and the way those wolves had torn him open like a can. could a guy like that really be such a threat? a sort of wrench being thrown into that gears that make humanity turn, let alone endanger folks on another plane somewhere in chaldea?
but then she mentions tezcatlipoca again. )
A... Acolyte? The hell's that mean? Y'mean he's like, ... a follower?
[ Finally the gravity of the situation got to him. Obviously, Silco looks like nothing much. But they both know humans who are seemingly meaningless are those capable of accomplishing the greatest miracles...
... Or the greatest disasters. ]
I believe so.
[ The irony that one who claims to loathe gods so much would crawl at the feet of another. ]
I do not expect you to antagonize and hate him. [It'd be nice if he did, she's not sure how he doesn't.] But remember he is not and will never be a friend.
[ He's an enemy and he will have to be killed someday. Of this, she has no doubt. That is until Ritsuka somehow summons him as a Servant, even if he's just a human that wouldn't be the first time Ritsuka summons people who aren't meant to be Servants... But she prefers not to think about that. ]
( as if izou had many friends to begin with. but she's made her point.
honesty for an apology, then. )
I'll keep an eye on him at least. We sorta run into each other... occasionally.
( in odd places and odder situations, silco's advice scraping at the inside of his skull like a knife.
izou scratches the scruff on his chin. )
Tezcatlipoca, though. He just does whatever the hell he wants. It goes without sayin' that I'm geared to contest him depending, but. I can't read a single thing about him. One minute he's tauntin' me about a future I don't know, and the next he's buddying up to me to have a smoke. Then again... I figure that's how gods are 'sposed to act. Y'know. Fickle.
[ She goes back to her normal self as the topic shifts to Tezcatlipoca, and sighs. Yes, that sounds just like him alright. Even if she appreciates him just a bit more than before, she can't deny the way he goes from being friendly (sweet??) to insufferable and obnoxious is downright infuriating. ]
I know what you're talking about... This is infuriating.
[ N-Not all gods are like that though! Look at her! And forget mere seconds prior, she was super strict and cold about him having to eventually murder his friend Silco. ]
[ How vile! Doesn't Izou know smoking is addictive and poisonous? Is that a ploy by Tezcatlipoca to weaken the enemy?! H-He tried this with her already, what an absolute villain!! ]
[ She tried using one of those plastic tablet with a screen and all. They explode every time! She'll stick with her good old methods, thank you very much.
But at last he appears to be doing something. Is he trying to peel the words off...? ]
[ Who does he take her for? And w-what the Kûr is he doing?! Just snapping it in two won't do it! ]
What are you doing? T-They could put it back together! That's why you must eat it, so no traces remain!
[ She moves over, takes half the tablet from his hands and very aggressively takes a bite out of it, chews on it and swallows it. As if that was normal food. Totally normal behavior. ]
[ W-Wow, why is he grabbing her by the shoulders like that all of a sudden? It's like she's done something really bad and he's trying to snap her out of a secondary state or something. ]
( ... which means, he, too, inadvertently made a mistake here.
it's not as if izou understood the circumstances of the divine, or where they came from. in fact, he didn't ponder too much on it, like what their preferences might be as people and not just worshipped entities. he lets up on the shaking, because his hands are rough and because it's only now that he realizes once again just how much tinier she is in comparison to him—the shoulder of a girl and not a commanding deity.
"that's all that's available", huh.
it must've been difficult. )
... Yeah, well. Good thing it's not all there is to eat, here, on the surface. You got better now. And other folks to eat with.
( he backs off a bit, dusting any clay off his person. )
I kept you up too late. 'Bout time I get ready to turn in myself.
[ The way he's looking at her, she feels like he's so utterly disappointed. He probably had imagined her having luxurious and opulent dinners surrounded by the souls of the dead bowing to her... And now he must be picturing her on all fours looking for dust in every corners of the Underworld. Which, she's never fallen that low, thank you very much!
But he's right. It's better here and there are other people to eat with, even if she doesn't do it often. Why, she did it with him once, disastrous as it had been.
W-Wait... I-Is he saying those words in particular because he plans to invite her for another dinner and this time not make her pay for it? His redemption arc in his story? She looks at him semi-expectantly when he backs down...
... ... ...
... Oh, he's just leaving. S-She really got her hopes up for nothing there. ]
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Had it remained in the past, I might agree. But he unearthed it to bring it to me and see how I would react.
[ What a loathsome little man. If whoever he killed in the past doesn't matter, then why bring it up? Why try to get a rise out of her? ]
I do not believe you would gloat to me about having killed a friend of mine, Izou. Nor would you antagonize me whenever you encounter me to see how far you can get before I retaliate. [Both things he's done, thank you very much.] He declared himself to be Tezcatlipoca's acolyte. Together with the murder of Quetzalcoatl - Tezcatlipoca's detested sister and an ally of Chaldea - what do you suppose he would do should LILITH's implants ever fail? Should he encounter Fujimaru?
[ If Izou is going to play devil's advocate, then she shall confront him with the reality of what he is defending. ]
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( bringing up his master like that. he's visibly affected, brow furrowing and lips forming a thin line.
when she puts it like that... he,
he can't exactly say she's wrong, and everyone knew the enemy of your ally was your enemy. but he's seen the fragility of this silco guy. witnessed his fragile knife technique and the way those wolves had torn him open like a can. could a guy like that really be such a threat? a sort of wrench being thrown into that gears that make humanity turn, let alone endanger folks on another plane somewhere in chaldea?
but then she mentions tezcatlipoca again. )
A... Acolyte? The hell's that mean? Y'mean he's like, ... a follower?
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... Or the greatest disasters. ]
I believe so.
[ The irony that one who claims to loathe gods so much would crawl at the feet of another. ]
I do not expect you to antagonize and hate him. [It'd be nice if he did, she's not sure how he doesn't.] But remember he is not and will never be a friend.
[ He's an enemy and he will have to be killed someday. Of this, she has no doubt. That is until Ritsuka somehow summons him as a Servant, even if he's just a human that wouldn't be the first time Ritsuka summons people who aren't meant to be Servants... But she prefers not to think about that. ]
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honesty for an apology, then. )
I'll keep an eye on him at least. We sorta run into each other... occasionally.
( in odd places and odder situations, silco's advice scraping at the inside of his skull like a knife.
izou scratches the scruff on his chin. )
Tezcatlipoca, though. He just does whatever the hell he wants. It goes without sayin' that I'm geared to contest him depending, but. I can't read a single thing about him. One minute he's tauntin' me about a future I don't know, and the next he's buddying up to me to have a smoke. Then again... I figure that's how gods are 'sposed to act. Y'know. Fickle.
( not to say anything about ereshkigal BUT. )
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I know what you're talking about... This is infuriating.
[ N-Not all gods are like that though! Look at her! And forget mere seconds prior, she was super strict and cold about him having to eventually murder his friend Silco. ]
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H-He got you smoking?!?
[ How vile! Doesn't Izou know smoking is addictive and poisonous? Is that a ploy by Tezcatlipoca to weaken the enemy?! H-He tried this with her already, what an absolute villain!! ]
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It's an addictive poison...! Now that you have a human body, you can't just do anything you want.
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( the hell? what's she jumping him for? wasn't this a strategy meeting or whatever?
there's a deep crease of his brow. )
Which, by the way, I'm not gonna eat. Just delete this crap.
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First the dinner she paid for. Now this. I-Izou really has bad manners with his friends! Or maybe he still really doesn't consider her a friend... ]
What's wrong with eating it?
[ She's eaten clay her entire life and she's just fine. ]
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( local assassin starts to shout in a girl's room. it wouldn't be the first time. )
Whatever. I'll do it.
( and he's scrolling... scrolling... what he ends up deleting, i can't say— )
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[ She tried using one of those plastic tablet with a screen and all. They explode every time! She'll stick with her good old methods, thank you very much.
But at last he appears to be doing something. Is he trying to peel the words off...? ]
Just take a bite in it, that will not kill you.
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( he's seen those ads online about how they're made of microscopic little plastic shit. however small that actually is. )
Bah. Whatever. I got the perfect solution for this thing.
( and so he takes the clay tablet and makes to snap it over his knee. bye. )
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[ Who does he take her for? And w-what the Kûr is he doing?! Just snapping it in two won't do it! ]
What are you doing? T-They could put it back together! That's why you must eat it, so no traces remain!
[ She moves over, takes half the tablet from his hands and very aggressively takes a bite out of it, chews on it and swallows it. As if that was normal food. Totally normal behavior. ]
Like this.
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but, oh. she is. she totally is. )
Wh—Spit that shit out right now! Ain't you 'sposed to be a goddess?! What kind of GODDESS eats DIRT??
( trying to shake her by the shoulder now. )
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Heh? But I've always eaten clay, that's...
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... That's the only food available in the Underworld.
[ When you have nothing else and you lie enough to yourself, it's really tasty. ]
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it's not as if izou understood the circumstances of the divine, or where they came from. in fact, he didn't ponder too much on it, like what their preferences might be as people and not just worshipped entities. he lets up on the shaking, because his hands are rough and because it's only now that he realizes once again just how much tinier she is in comparison to him—the shoulder of a girl and not a commanding deity.
"that's all that's available", huh.
it must've been difficult. )
... Yeah, well. Good thing it's not all there is to eat, here, on the surface. You got better now. And other folks to eat with.
( he backs off a bit, dusting any clay off his person. )
I kept you up too late. 'Bout time I get ready to turn in myself.
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But he's right. It's better here and there are other people to eat with, even if she doesn't do it often. Why, she did it with him once, disastrous as it had been.
W-Wait... I-Is he saying those words in particular because he plans to invite her for another dinner and this time not make her pay for it? His redemption arc in his story? She looks at him semi-expectantly when he backs down...
... ... ...
... Oh, he's just leaving. S-She really got her hopes up for nothing there. ]
R-Right...
[ She goes back to her blanket cocoon. ]
Good night.