outsidebones | pc: scaramouche

[Scaramouche is also here and looking to be in an even more sour mood than usual, which is tragic given he has finally returned to his truest home the circus.]

I'm assuming that the answer is no, but I have to ask - is anything in here worth looking at?

Some of these are not so bad.

[she picks up one sort of loose flowing black robe with lace and dramatic sleeves like it's promising, and then she sees the plunging neckline.]

Eugh. Well, not without some alterations.

[Halloween Goth™... He just witnesses this robe.]

At least you can tell what it's supposed to be, I guess. [Him coming across sexy muppet costumes earlier like IS THAT A TRASH CAN??]

Though I once again find myself wondering if there's any point to this beyond "the mundane torture of things that are second-rate".

Do you think these islands existed before, or were they made to annoy us?

[Opens his mouth.

Closes his mouth.]

You know... Since Satan apparently made this entire place, I assumed it was a pre-set bundle of nonsense, but it would make sense if it were tailored.

It is probably too much effort to expect...but the thought is troubling.

I've run into nearly every personal demon here, so if it isn't something new, it's possibly at least something they've never explored before. That, or they're just that tired of the first island that they would rather spend their time... here.

[Looking up toward the ceiling where no god is watching them from.]

They all did seem eager to spend time here. Although perhaps that is because it is awful here.

Awful places to suit their awful taste.

[He doesn't even dislike them but he will still bully them at every single chance he gets.]

How many have you spoken to since that first time?

All of them, to some degree. A few longer than others. You?

The same. They're all largely useless, but some are slightly more tolerable than others, at least in small doses. Some are entirely infuriating, though.

Who do you find most useful, would you say?

[He actually considers this for a second instead of immediately launching on a mass roast of every demon.]

Bloody Mary is clearly one of, if not the, most well-informed. Getting that information is a headache, though. Cosmopolitan is much worse at hiding the things they're presumably not meant to discuss, but they're also an idiot.

[very intrigued.]

And, now, what is it they aren't meant to discuss?

[intel for intel though.]

The others let Bloody Mary do the work, but know more than they let on. I much prefer a transactional approach to weedling and begging for information. Blue Hawaiian strikes me as willing to bargain, though they are limited in what they can say.

[our cr really is just two stinky rats exchanging info help

But he just nods.]

You and I, both. I'll see about talking to them a little more, then, because plain conversation was a headache.

[Which means nothing coming from a person who thinks that of almost everyone. THAT SAID, he looks a little more thoughtful at the question.]

Something was strange about that execution, I think. "Weird", specifically. I couldn't tell you what, since they clammed up pretty quickly, but apparently they've never seen anything quite like it before and they didn't seem to enjoy it.

Quite.

[she agrees they are a headache.]

...Hmm. Interesting. I'll see if I can't find out more.

[Another nod, and then, after a pause:]

You know, it was already somewhat clear from the start, but most of them don't seem at all suited for a position like this. In the sense that they only seem to enjoy putting us through petty grievances.

Yes. That thought has occurred to me as well. They put on an act of cruelty, but it is all quite surface level. Only one of them has managed to say something truly cutting, and I suspect it was by accident.

It is a bit disappointing.

Everything else about this place has been a disappointment. [He will never get tired of dunking on Satan's funhouse.]

Some of them seem more sadistic than others, but I'd say it's just them having terrible personalities rather than being intentionally torturous. They're not even demons, you know - I'm pretty sure they aren't.

No? I believe some of them haven't been doing this long. Do you think they were something else before?

I think it's highly likely, to be honest. Not that I know what, but it's almost like some of them forget that they're meant to be demons sometimes.

Mm. They claim to have always been demons, but their interests don't necessarily align with that.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were just like us, but perhaps hired from a longer-stayed group.

Ah. The cost of losing the challenge, perhaps.

[Making a face at that... Imagine the stakes being "you win a second life or you lose and become satan's weird mascot demon lackey forever".]

That does sound like it aligns with hell in general, as we've seen it. But I think they more or less got recruited...

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