My, it does sound it. I thought I had it bad with all of the rules and restrictions that Hell and Heaven by extension places upon my kind, but they seem quite fair by comparison.
[ Someday, near the end of the game, they can gab about the weird worlds, and bringing that behemoth back into the world, and Sebastian can feel second hand embarrassment that this TV-Tropes world will be brought back to existence.
As it is, Akua only has another flicker of amusement. ]
Likely, yes. It may even be more forgiving than our own Angels and Devils, whom are... particularly hamstrung by the Narrative. [ Yes. Capital N Narrative. Boy. ]
Above and Below are, I am afraid, merciless taskmasters, and I have become foolish enough to become the personal messenger of Below themselves.
Edited (that was a joke just for you) 2023-11-09 06:13 (UTC)
Well, I would imagine so. [ Now that he can see Akua's world (?) in this new light, some things that she's explained before make perfect sense. ] There is scarcely a tale I have read where the Devil wins. I suppose that is too depressing for mankind, but it is more realistic. Save for the Covenant I was unable to fulfill by virtue of being plucked to Horos, I have never failed in one of mine, after all.
[ He wouldn't count Ciel's as a failure either, though. More...overcome by events. It hardly seems fair to count that circumstance against his otherwise perfect record. ]
Why, it occurs to me that as popular as the works of my world seem to be, I could make a few literary recommendations that may amuse you! There are a great many where the imagination of the author was so delightful that many a demon picked up some of the habits that were espoused for the fun of it.
I would enjoy to see what you find amusing. Particularly in this area. The imaginations of those who dream of devils and demons are always so... particularly devious. I can believe that they would capture your interests as well. [ The collective 'you're' ]
[ He's pleased to hear it, since no one ever appreciates the delightful irony of this! How fun! aka I guess they're starting a book club, help, ]
Well! My personal favorite will always be Faust by Goethe since it is a delightful and personal tale of a human being tempted... The godliness of it is a bit much, but as I said, you can only expect so much from humanity.
Besides that, there is Inferno by Dante Alighieri, which imagines Hell oh so delightfully. It is also wonderfully petty! A poet just made a book of everyone he hated and described their various ironic tortures and torments, and it is a renowned work of literature for it! It is followed by two other poems, but skip them, for again, the godliness ruins all the fun. But I will say that this work is by far the most influential in Hell. The torments were lovely, so nearly all have been taken up.
And finally, I do also enjoy Paradise Lost by John Milton, though it is the least accurate for our kind. It tells a story of how Lucifer came to have his position in Hell by being an angel that rebelled against God. That part is true, but little else. It is a romantic poem, though. It reflects the sorts of things I enjoy about humanity, but I would not spoil that. I think it would be more interesting to hear your opinion.
All of which you are welcome to borrow from my personal library if you cannot find them, by the way. I can create them with no more than a wave of the hand.
Oh, you're too kind. I always forget that you have such delightful powers of creation.
[ Really, it's not that the creation is what's so shocking, but that he remembers entire books. She almost has to laugh, for of course Hayame would truly choose this creature to have such a tiff with. Sebastian was everything she was not, from his inhumanity, to the cultured demeanor.
Akua, of course, would enjoy reading these books, quite a bit. ]
And when I'm done, we'll have to do dinner. I will want to hear your thoughts as well, once I make my way through them. I am sure you'll have plenty of commentary. And I think I'll be curious how these hells compare to the reports of our own.
[ Which of course might make one wonder what it's like at its full capacity if such a thorough and truly miraculous power was the diminished one... But it's not something Sebastian is all that concerned with. Honestly, of all his abilities that were reduced, he doesn't mind that one in the slightest. The need to conjure up a stronghold or the like really doesn't come up all that often. ]
So, I would be delighted to have you over for dinner to discuss them. I believe you know me well enough at this point to know that there is little I would enjoy more!
[ It's an earnest, honest truth, even though that's inherently funny for a demon... For all his wickedness and cruelty, he really does have perfectly mundane and innocuous hobbies. ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
My, it does sound it. I thought I had it bad with all of the rules and restrictions that Hell and Heaven by extension places upon my kind, but they seem quite fair by comparison.
no subject
As it is, Akua only has another flicker of amusement. ]
Likely, yes. It may even be more forgiving than our own Angels and Devils, whom are... particularly hamstrung by the Narrative. [ Yes. Capital N Narrative. Boy. ]
Above and Below are, I am afraid, merciless taskmasters, and I have become foolish enough to become the personal messenger of Below themselves.
no subject
[ He wouldn't count Ciel's as a failure either, though. More...overcome by events. It hardly seems fair to count that circumstance against his otherwise perfect record. ]
Why, it occurs to me that as popular as the works of my world seem to be, I could make a few literary recommendations that may amuse you! There are a great many where the imagination of the author was so delightful that many a demon picked up some of the habits that were espoused for the fun of it.
no subject
[ She sounds amused, but interested. ]
I would enjoy to see what you find amusing. Particularly in this area. The imaginations of those who dream of devils and demons are always so... particularly devious. I can believe that they would capture your interests as well. [ The collective 'you're' ]
no subject
Well! My personal favorite will always be Faust by Goethe since it is a delightful and personal tale of a human being tempted... The godliness of it is a bit much, but as I said, you can only expect so much from humanity.
Besides that, there is Inferno by Dante Alighieri, which imagines Hell oh so delightfully. It is also wonderfully petty! A poet just made a book of everyone he hated and described their various ironic tortures and torments, and it is a renowned work of literature for it! It is followed by two other poems, but skip them, for again, the godliness ruins all the fun. But I will say that this work is by far the most influential in Hell. The torments were lovely, so nearly all have been taken up.
And finally, I do also enjoy Paradise Lost by John Milton, though it is the least accurate for our kind. It tells a story of how Lucifer came to have his position in Hell by being an angel that rebelled against God. That part is true, but little else. It is a romantic poem, though. It reflects the sorts of things I enjoy about humanity, but I would not spoil that. I think it would be more interesting to hear your opinion.
All of which you are welcome to borrow from my personal library if you cannot find them, by the way. I can create them with no more than a wave of the hand.
slowly pulls my copies off my bookshelf
[ Really, it's not that the creation is what's so shocking, but that he remembers entire books. She almost has to laugh, for of course Hayame would truly choose this creature to have such a tiff with. Sebastian was everything she was not, from his inhumanity, to the cultured demeanor.
Akua, of course, would enjoy reading these books, quite a bit. ]
And when I'm done, we'll have to do dinner. I will want to hear your thoughts as well, once I make my way through them. I am sure you'll have plenty of commentary. And I think I'll be curious how these hells compare to the reports of our own.
no subject
[ Which of course might make one wonder what it's like at its full capacity if such a thorough and truly miraculous power was the diminished one... But it's not something Sebastian is all that concerned with. Honestly, of all his abilities that were reduced, he doesn't mind that one in the slightest. The need to conjure up a stronghold or the like really doesn't come up all that often. ]
So, I would be delighted to have you over for dinner to discuss them. I believe you know me well enough at this point to know that there is little I would enjoy more!
[ It's an earnest, honest truth, even though that's inherently funny for a demon... For all his wickedness and cruelty, he really does have perfectly mundane and innocuous hobbies. ]
no subject
Then plan to receive me in the near future.
[ SIGHS. Maybe she'll think to pull a lil prank on Sebastian for fun too ]