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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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[Slowly, Tsuzuki nods, looking away. Be something you want to be. That's -- really all he can do, isn't it? He can be himself, and by being himself, find out what that is. A bartender, a good friend to Sakura -- a shinki, whether or not he was ever human. Not every shinki ever was, any more than every god is.]

Yeah.

Yeah, I will. Thanks.

[He pauses, and -- cautiously -- adds:]

Uh, that whole dealing with souls thing. You weren't sending people to hell, right?

[Blinks at him for that last question.]

...Depends on what you mean by that.

[Technically, yes..? The first soul Emizel's ever taken....well, there was only one place it had to go.]

Well... you know those old Western stories about demons making deals with people, and then stealing their souls and dragging them down to hell, right?

[The super spooky ones? He's still eyeing Emizel nervously. Such a nice, cute kid wouldn't do anything like that.

Right?]

...Well if you are selling your soul you better follow through with it. Or maybe don't make outrageous deals like that. [Really, that is more the human's fault than the demon's]

Souls on their own don't really have that much value to demons anyway. Eternal servitude or something else like that could work maybe. But humans are pretty weak without their technology. I dunno of many demons that would want that either.

[Unless they were after something very particular.]

Doesn't that depend on the soul?

[He's not sure what has him so convinced. It's not like he worked with demons or something... right? (Or maybe his vague fears are right, and he is one--)

He rubs the back of his neck, making a face.]

... Or on whatever other goal might come out of killing off someone who's willing to make a deal.

I think what you're asking for depends on the demon. Not all of them are gonna do that.

[He knows certain ones won't. The ones really good about keeping their promises.]

[Still can't be sure what brought this all up though.]

...You don't seriously think that you're gonna suddenly have a need for souls because you're a demon, right?

[Did the other reapers fill that in his head? For gods sake...]

No! No way. I mean --

[Why is he so worried about this? Tsuzuki stumbles to a halt, and bites his lip, glancing away. After a moment, he admits:]

-- I don't know what I mean. It scares me sometimes, I guess.

[His gaze flicks back up to meet Emizel's.]

Not just not being human, but not knowing what I'm not going to know about myself until it's too late.

[Emizel seemed unphased by this but his little butterfly friend was fluttering its wings in rapid spurts on his shoulder.]

...What you are doesn't exactly change who you are.

[From what he can tell Tsuzuki had no strange cravings, or other mannerisms that would make him think a certain way. For the most part his seemed rather, well, normal.]

No, but -- what if --

[He struggles for an example. It's not a sensible fear. It's an irrational one, and he doesn't even have the beginnings of a guess about what might be causing it. But.]

-- what if I sneeze and blow up a building someday, or something?! I mean, it could be dangerous.

With a sneeze?

[Places a finger under his chin.] I don't think you're that strong...

I mean, that's a load off my mind, but still.

[Sneezing isn't exactly the thing he's afraid of. Getting really upset, on the other hand...

He just doesn't know what he can do, and that's what worries him.]

...Do you think you have any destructive power? I thought you could just heal fast.

See, that's the thing. All I know about is healing.

[Hastily, he laughs, and adds unconvincingly:]

But it'll be fine! I mean, I'm sure if I could do anything big, it would've showed up by now.

Exactly!

...

Well there's a chance you still could, but, you'd have to do much more to learn it than just sneezing.

You know, that's kind of a load off my mind.

[It really shouldn't be. This shouldn't be something he'd been worrying about. And yet... it really is.]

[Emizel actually managed to help someone? Damn, he rarely thought that was possible.]

Of course if you really are a demon, there may be some things you could pick up on the side. More than a shinki would I would think.

... Oh yeah?

[Now that sounds intriguing. He might not be that good in a fight -- he might not really be up to the level of a lot of the shinki here, much less the gods -- but if whatever he is means he's good at more than just taking hits and getting back up, he might be able to really help, after all.]

Like what?

Different types of magic, for one thing.

I could maybe teach you some things about fire wind and ice.

[If Tsuzuki is not a good physical fighter then maybe he's a caster??]

I'd like to learn that. I know a couple of things about wards, and summons, but no elemental magic.

[Casting, he can do. Sort of.]

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