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[cursestained]

...I suppose it's fitting, for so many new arrivals to be timed with the harvest. Fitting, and with somewhat disturbing implications.

[Naoya doesn't really sound disturbed, despite that. If anything, he seems a bit wistful.]Since it's about that time of year, I think it might be wise to keep in mind joy is often at the expense of those you stole

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[ebony_mask]

You know they arrive all year long, right?

voice|I-i'm sorry he's an asshole

[cursestained]

Yes, but it comes in spurts, and I found the timing of this one amusing.

But please, continue to try and educate me in a condescending fashion, I'm in really dire need of entertainment.

lmfao roman started it

[ebony_mask]

I'm going to.

You know this isn't unusual, right?

...this is clearly the beginning of a beautiful friendship

[cursestained]

Oh, yes, I am completely aware of the behavior of a sentient Core object that continues to pull people from a variety of verses and trap them on an island off British Colombia for, best guess, shits and giggles.

I also know ritual is important, even to insane pieces of overpowered decoration, and timing is more than a small piece of ritual.

two angry, vengeful guys. yep.

[ebony_mask]

You sound like a paranoid conspiracy theorist.

[But there were the appearances of all those mysterious gifts from peoples' home worlds last year...]

Don't you think that's giving the Core a little too much credit?

bffs4lyfe.

[cursestained]

It's less capricious and petty than a lot of beings I've known, but it's not the Core itself that's the issue here. Times of the year, even of the month, have power. Old superstitions do, too. At least, if we accept the Core as magical at heart, instead of some sort of dimension-tearing brand of physics, and I honestly find the first much more likely.

[Says the man who ripped holes in reality with a computer program. But never mind that.]

[ebony_mask]

[Yep, definitely a nutter.

But he's waiting to hear about the bid on his sharkmobile and has nothing better to do, so...]

How the hell is magic more likely than science advanced beyond our comprehension?

[cursestained]

It's not really beyond comprehension, it's just entirely unlikely to have been left alone and unretrieved as long as it has been.

What, you don't believe in magic?

[ebony_mask]

Uh huh.

Oh, sure, yeah, no denyin' it exists, but where's the proof that magic is involved at all? For all we know, everything we know about the Core is a lie, or propaganda, or some other bullshit.

[And he doesn't really care, either, as long as he gets to stay in the Port. He's dead back home ;;]

[cursestained]

Because I know what summoning is really more than passingly, and I refuse to believe anything with the power to summon two separate versions of the Morningstar and not bind them would still exist if it were a sentient human-ish being, or even a group of them. So the Core being the true source of it, even if anything else is incorrect, is the only logical outcome.

[ebony_mask]

[Goddammit...so involved. Too bad his personal assistant isn't around to explain it in a more engaging manner. But that's not the important part.]

Wait a second--are you saying there are or were two versions of Satan here?

[cursestained]

Were, and yes. There are also a great deal of angels, up to the high and exalted Gabriel.

[Oh whoops does he sound a bit angry? Yes he does!]

[ebony_mask]

I only spoke to one. Nice guy.

[And totally picking up on the vibes.]

Gabriel's a bit of a douchebag, if you ask me.

[But...definitely not mentioning the lion who thinks he's God. Too disturbing.]

[cursestained]

More than a little. But that's common in most archangels.

[He's aware he should filter this if it goes any farther. He doesn't care about being openly familiar with the dealings of angels in public, but the particulars come to close to who he is.

There's only one person in this place who knows, and Naoya doubts Claude Faustus brave enough to make that public.]

[ebony_mask]

You sound like you're experienced in the matter.

[cursestained]

Doesn't take much to figure that out.