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[misconceived]

WHO Chris Halliwell
BROADCAST Accidental Fleet-wide video (thanks Atroma!!)
ACTION SS Huntress.
WHEN May 10th. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
WARNINGS don't play fetch with the soulball

[ The video is abrupt, the angle awkward. It cuts on to a comm laying on what appears to be a dining table in a fully upgraded kitchen. Chris is standing off-center, facing someone who is holding what appears to be a lightly-glowing orb in his hands.

This appears to be a very controversial thing, holding a glowy ball. ]

They gave you grandad?! It's a casino! Where the hell did they even get that?

Actually, where the hell do you even keep that now? Or... then. Back then? Whatever. How do you play slots to win your father's soul?

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[save_the_souls]

Really. How interesting...

[But okay, he can't keep up the facade any longer. A grin and a half laugh is starting to break through]

You can relax.

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[ There's a pause of Chris opening his mouth, holding it, then glowering. ]

You were messing with me.

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[save_the_souls]

I meant everything about the soul!

But...a little, yes. I sensed you were a demon months ago.

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Yeah, I figured that part.

[ Ugh. He scoffs, shakes his head. ]

So you don't actually care? Or is it just an innocent until proven guilty thing?

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[save_the_souls]

Hmmm....

[he considers how to word it]

Well, I'd certainly care if a demon did hurt someone, and I'd get involved if that happened. And if that soul had been suffering, this conversation would have gone a very different way.

But...it's not like I'm sitting here, waiting for you to show your "true colours". I've been at this a long time, I know things aren't nearly as black and white as people like to think they are.

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[ That... isn't the explanation Chris is expecting. No one ever considers the grey, not when it comes to the demon son of a Charmed One and the former Source of All Evil. Not that Allen knows that, but Allen can actually see the demon in Chris and seems pretty cool with it.

It's a change, that's for certain. ]

Huh. That's a good way to look at it.

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[save_the_souls]

[Yes. Well, maybe that's why he's..."D.Gray-man" /shades]

Yes, well- in places like this, everything is more complicated. Less armies of unquestionably evil demons and more single demons who are just...people.

A single person, demonic or not...that's harder to hate.

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[ YEAAAAAAAAH ilu Yuff ]

Yeah, you'd think. Anyway, it was Allen, right?

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[save_the_souls]

Allen Walker of the Blue Fish, yes!

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Right. I'm surprised you didn't say anything about the demon stuff at the blood drive, actually.

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[save_the_souls]

Why would I? You're not a vampire, so that would have been rude.

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Rude doesn't stop a whole lot of people when they realize a demon's hanging around.

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[save_the_souls]

Yes, I've noticed manners have deteriorated on Earth since the 19th century. It's a shame, really.

[It's hard to tell if he's sassing or not]

The last place I was, everyone who got taken there got a room in this castle. A very nice room too, with no rent! But there were so many demons living there that I ended up moving into a house in the city just so I could sleep without my ability setting off.

[He shrugs] Seven years of that, you stop being surprised when you find out someone's a demon.

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Hey, everyone's got free speech now, right?

[ That's okay, Chris will sass back anyway. ]

Wait, seriously? That many demons?

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[save_the_souls]

[Okay, that gets a small laugh] ...That is the most American comeback you could have used.

[You Americans and your ~*~ FREEDOM ~*~ ]

Demons, half-demons, demon hosts, undead, vampires, dark magic users - [He sighs] It was more unusual to find someone who didn't have some sort of special power.

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I try.

[ Well, no, he doesn't, but hey. It works. ]

Geez... Guess it makes for a better show, anyway.

[ no Chris that's not what Paradisa was about, it was the losses ]

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[save_the_souls]

Paradisa wasn't a show, Chris. That's here.

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[ Oh shut up ]

Then what was it?

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[save_the_souls]

From what we pieced together...it was a living castle that fed on people's emotions and souls.

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... Oh, really?

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[save_the_souls]

Yes.

Despite the name, it wasn't a very nice place.

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But hey, free room and board, right? What's a little soul-eating compared to that?

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[save_the_souls]

[He considers...]

Well, the food was better....

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[ Scandal!! ]

How much better?

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[save_the_souls]

You could wish for any food you wanted, so long as it actually existed.