fate/legend of gotham

[eldestt]

[ WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN, FOLKS ]

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[eldestt]

[ it was a dark and stormy night.

probably, I mean. it's hard to tell in the deepest caverns of gotham—and well, it's always raining, always stormy, so it might as well just be another tuesday. actually, it's probably a tuesday. even if it is, he's not really keeping track—he hasn't really been asleep since the funeral and that was . . .well, some period of time ago.

in any case, there's some fate/summoning bullshit happening here. ]

[lonelydemon]

[the brilliant red sparkles are probably a good sign. red is an evil color, right? i mean, one wouldn't generally attribute SPARKLES to the devil but it's hard to know for sure, given that it's the devil and all.

...until they solidify into a foppish sort of man, who is almost definitely not the devil. probably.]

Aah, so it really happened?

[eldestt]

[ well, he wasn't actually sure this would work anyway, so this is kind of pretty exciting ]

[ takes a moment to process his surprise, before he straightens, standing to his full height and squaring his shoulders. ]

You sound surprised.

[lonelydemon]

There's no guarantee a guy will get summoned, you know...

[eldestt]

I'm aware. After all,

[ and he gestures, bloody hands and all, to the various, you know, dead goats around. ]

it's taken me this long. But I don't take to failure well.

[ and there's a soft smirk there. ]

And now I have you. So, I think it's paid off.

[lonelydemon]

[stretches and looks around- and pauses. because. um.]

...You know, I'm 98% sure the dead goats weren't necessary.

[eldestt]

[ don't tell him that ]

[ gruffly, ]

This is how it's traditionally done.

[lonelydemon]

What kind of bloodthirsty jerks would start a tradition like that?!

[eldestt]

Bloodthirsty? It's only natural to summon the Devil with something he likes, no? Lambs for God, and goats for Satan. We are only as bloodthirsty as the deities demand us to be.

[ shrugs, loftily ]

Can you deny it? You're here now.

[lonelydemon]

Mmh. God, and that kind of thing again? I've been called a devil, but I've gotta say I've never had much attachment to goats, let alone dead ones.

Are you sure you got what you wanted out of this? If you wanted to summon me as a Berserker, you missed your chance.

[eldestt]

Tt. The King of Hell doesn't want to be called the Devil. Perhaps that's why the rituals have gone awry.

[ . . . ? tries very hard not to look genuinely confused, and frowns more ]

It doesn't matter what I summoned you as. As long as my wish is granted. I'm prepared for it; my soul should be adequate enough.

[lonelydemon]

King of Hell?! Seriously? Was Demon King not terrifying enough already?!

[blusters for a few seconds, then just flops out on the ground.]

Ah! Whatever! Yeah, I'm here to fight for you and your wish.

[eldestt]

. . . . [ clicks his tongue, muttering ]

So summoning you isn't enough, is that it. I have to fight you as well?

[ louder, and he's producing knives from ??? somewhere on his person ??? well he needed to kill the goats somehow he didn't strangle them and then rip them up like a barbarian ]

Very well. Since I have summoned you, I gather I should get term naming rights? It would hardly be fair for an all-powerful being such as yourself to fight a mere mortal like myself. And, it would be boring.

[lonelydemon]

--Whoa! Whoa whoa no! Nope! Not fighting you!

[instead of getting up like a sane person, kind of crabwalks backwards in alarm]

Fight for you! As your Servant! Do you even know what's going on?!

[eldestt]

My Servant?

[ ????????????? ]

What I seek is eternal life, not a manservant.

[lonelydemon]

...Maybe don't ask that of a dead guy.

[eldestt]

. . .

[ lowers his blade

looks to the book on the ground

looks to ryner ]

Are you not the Lord of Evil, Satan, King of Hell and the Damned?

[lonelydemon]

Never heard of the guy.

My name's Ryner Lute.

[eldestt]

. . .

I have never heard of any Ryner Lute.

[ flatly. picking the book up. what the fuck. ]

[lonelydemon]

That's impressive, since you managed to summon me anyway. Normally you'd have some sort of catalyst, even.

[eldestt]

The catalyst . . .

[ pauses, and he bends down to pick up what's in front of him—two gems ]

Perhaps these are flawed. I had thought these would be adequate as magic substitutes, but it seems that isn't the case.

[lonelydemon]

[he eyes them for a second, seems unimpressed for another second, then gets very pale.]

...You've got to be kidding me.

[eldestt]

Green quartz. Though a completely ordinary gemstone, it seems these were extraordinary, somehow. Potent, full of an inexplicable magic. They were hard to obtain, but better than the alternative. Expensive, however.

[ idly, toying with one and letting the torchlights reflect off of the jewel ]

I'm somewhat inclined to believe I was ripped off.

[lonelydemon]

...Those aren't quartz, or really stones at all.

You aren't wrong about their magic, though.

[eldestt]

Well. Regardless of what they are, they were supposed to substitute a virgin human.

[ muttered ]

. . . Perhaps I should have killed Timothy after all. . . .