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Who: Emizel and OPEN
When: Aug 18th and forward, after the reaper meeting
Where: Various (Thanatos' Temple, in and around the Near Shore)
What: [Catch-All] Local death god going about his day, and totally trying not to be bothered by demon racism earlier that week. Taking care of butterflies (Sorta). Some closed off prayers to come later.



[A - Thanatos' Temple]

[Emizel was not too incredibly worried about staying hidden so long as he was at his temple. Besides if anyone really took William that seriously and wanted to do some demon discrimination of their own, a red flowery field was likely not their first spot to look.]

[It just gave Emizel time to focus on more important matters. Like figuring out how to raise his personal image with the delicate insects he's stuck with. Since he apparently can't replace them.]

C'moooon, can you at least do something useful? Any special attacks? Some secret I should know about? [Emizel was mostly submerged by red poppies, laying on his stomach and apparently trying to communicate with one such butterfly.] I-I am supposed to be your God, so I know you should hear me.

[The butterfly flapped its wings. --Wait it actually understood him then?? It gently took off to the air elegantly and... with all its might, landed directly on the brim of the demon's hood. Along with the ten or so other butterflies that had been crawling on him all this time.]

Oh come on!! [He sat up again and in his outburst some of the butterflies scattered away in a small cluster. A few going up high, others finding nearby flowers to rest on instead.]


[B - Near Shore]

[Emizel had not really explored much of the Near Shore yet, unless he was requested to do something. Since laying low was probably a good idea for awhile, he can't really get much lower than the human realm.]

[Surprisingly it was not the Emizel causing some attention, but rather a tiny fuzzy blue butterfly phasing in and out of existence for mortals. Only at the times it decided to fly around on its own though. Most of the time it preferred to hang on to Emizel in some way.]


[C - Wildcard]

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b

[sweetdeath]

Wow, look at you!

[That's a weird-looking butterfly, all right; Tsuzuki's on his way to work at Kinyobi, but he's stopping to gawk regardless. He lifts a hand carefully, and holds still, trying to coax the butterfly to land on it.]

C'mere, I just want a picture...

[Is it native to Japan? Did it escape from somebody's collection? He's got to snap a phone pic for Sakura to look at, either way!]

[trademark_skull]

[Sensing that Tsuzuki was another Far Shore denizen, the butterfly did approach closer. There also seemed to be no ill will that it made a very brief landing. Its god was still nearby anyway.]

[And sooner or later Emizel thought he just heard a camera shot.] -?

[sweetdeath]

[Aaaaand another picture -- look at those wings! It's so cute!

And another. And... wait a minute. Tsuzuki looks up. Had he heard somebody else nearby?]

Hello? Is someone there?

[trademark_skull]

[The butterfly takes off again. Not to travel far though as it only landed back on the rim of Emizel's hood, just because he could see where the photos were being taken.]

Where did you wander off to? [Trying to look up, he could just barely see a wing sticking out from the edge. Alas, Emizel easily mistook Tsuzuki as another human and not really worth his time. He's already a natural at ignoring.]

[sweetdeath]

He's on top of your head.

[Tsuzuki takes a few steps so he can see the kid -- oh hey, he knows that kid, doesn't he? It's the one who Botan said was a demon at Will's meeting.

Somehow, Tsuzuki's not too worried about the kind of demon who makes pets of butterflies. He grins at the boy -- what had his name been? Emi-something?]

Hey, good to see you again. Is he your pet?

[trademark_skull]

[You can see him? Oh--]

He's from my temple. I think he wanted to follow me.

[For some reason. Maybe it got bored?]

[He looks Tsuzuki over though. Something about him does seem...familiar? Can't really place why.]

Have we met before?

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, actually.

[Tsuzuki rubs the back of his neck with an embarrassed chuckle.] I was at that death god meet-up thing the other day -- we didn't get a chance to talk then but I did see you there.

[Which is awkward enough, considering what a mess that turned into. He offers:]

That must've been tough...

[trademark_skull]

[That meet up probably did not leave the best first impression. Not for him anyway.]

T-then I imagine you got to hear all that.

[sweetdeath]

[Tsuzuki tosses him a sympathetic glance.]

Yeah. Sorry.

Anyway, I'm Asato -- Tsuzuki Asato. Nice to meet you properly.

[trademark_skull]

I'm Emizel. [Maybe he already knew that?]

But since you were there, you also don't believe everything William said right? [Although, he possibly should have started with asking that first.]

[sweetdeath]

Don't worry -- I mean. Maybe it's true about some demons he's written, but that doesn't mean it's true for everybody.

[He shrugs, smiling ruefully.]

[trademark_skull]

Exactly! He shouldn't judge us all the same way. That's just wrong.

[That does mark off another not to worry about then. Had there been anyone that actually believed Will? Well, there was still that Grell-person that Emizel is unsure about.]

I have no idea where "written" came from instead of "met" in that tag! I'm sorry...

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, right? You seem nice to me.

[Botan might be a little bit intimidating, but this kid's okay.

Weird hoodie, though.]

ide, but I think my brain just autocorrect it anyway

[trademark_skull]

[It is a rad hoodie okay.]

You...think so? [Still doesn't know himself if that's a complement or an insult to demon pride there.]

[sweetdeath]

Sure. And, I mean... [He trails off, making a half-embarrassed, half-defiant face for a moment before he forges bravely ahead.

He's not going to be ashamed of it! No one's had a problem with it so far! And Emizel's an actual demon anyway.]

... I don't think I'm all human either, so I'm not about to judge.

[trademark_skull]

Wha--seriously?

[How would Tsuzuki know? Actually, there is was he could know.]

What are you then?

[sweetdeath]

I don't really know...

[Now he's even more embarrassed. Being probably-not-really-human is one thing, but having to admit to a demon that he doesn't even know what he really is?

Ugh.]

... But if I get hurt, I heal in seconds, and apparently my energy's weird.

[trademark_skull]

Weird how? [Now he's really interested.]

Fast regeneration could mean a lot of things... Oh--can you regrow limbs and stuff??

[sweetdeath]

It feels normal to me, but apparently it's kind of ... spirit world-y? More than normal for a shinki.

[He shrugs helplessly. Botan hadn't gone into details, and he hadn't wanted details, either.]

And I haven't lost any limbs yet! I don't want to test that!

[trademark_skull]

Well if you don't know it'll work...I dunno why you want to then. [Otherwise, you might end up like Ronald!]

Ah, a description like that could mean anything. ...But yeah it probably means you're not human either.

[sweetdeath]

I don't want to.

[If it happens he guesses he'll find out just how much he can regrow, but in the meantime? No way is he trying that. He shudders.]

... Yeah, I figure I'm probably something like a demon. It's hard to tell, when I pretty much look human, and I don't remember.

[trademark_skull]

I won't be surprised if some demons had really fast healing. Like flora beasts, or slimes, maybe even zombies.

...But you don't look like any of those.

I mean it does take a lot to actually kill a demon, and we do recover a bit faster than humans, but unless you got healing magic it takes more than a few seconds.

[sweetdeath]

I'm definitely not a zombie! Or slimy!

[Ew! What do you think he is, kid?! Tsuzuki shudders in real horror.]

... I'm not doing anything to make it happen, it just does. I guess it could be healing magic, though.

[trademark_skull]

I never said that you were! Those are just the ones I can list that probably do. You are probably something different...

Hnnn...I kinda doubt it's healing magic. You can't just cast that without noticing it. Besides, demons aren't naturally born with it, it has to be taught.

[sweetdeath]

... Yeah, that's kind of what I thought. [Magic isn't something that just happens automatically. That's more likely to be some kind of ... thing that's a property of whatever he is, he guesses, and shrugs helplessly.]

Well, I don't really know what I am. I don't think I know all that much about demons.