sacredpath | pc: charlie

.... I don't know. This seems too good to be true.

[ hugs herself a little bit ]

[she doesn't reach out and hug her or anything, but sits, frowning.]

...I believe that the offer is genuine. [it doesn't cost so much, for a god to restore a mortal to life.] But I'm sure they're getting something out of it they haven't told us yet.

[ i can't imagine shadowheart hugging charlie ]

You think so?

[ charlie doesn't sound like she doubts her, she just sounds... uncertain about the whole affair ]

[maybe when she knows her better. maybe.]

They don't have to offer us anything, we're prisoners. What has you doubting?

[ i don't believe you ]

[ also she is... in her own head a bit so she does not answer right away ]

Do you think we really are prisoners? That this redemption they're offering is a trick?

[hmm, how to put this.]

I don't think we would have been gathered here and given this offer if there wasn't something they sought to gain from it. But it may be as simple as winning a disagreement, proving a point.

The question is not so much what do they hope to gain, but what do we stand to lose. Whatever their reasoning, I would not turn down another chance to return. So what I must understand is whether the price they are asking will be too dear, however simply they describe it now.

[ charlie listens to this quietly... it's a completely different way of thinking for her, but... it kind of sounds like something vaggie or angel or husker would say. there is a kind of logic to it, too, even if she doesn't want to consider that these people are taking advantage of wayward souls desperate to go back ]

I hope it's just them asking for you all to better yourselves, like they're saying. That price isn't too steep, in my mind. That's what I was trying to accomplish, back home, with my hotel.

[ redemption.... ]

But if they're taking advantage of you all.... [ her expression darkens, just a little bit. ] I won't stand for that.

[awww haha. she can't help but smile at that. very shadowheart approves energy.]

I didn't expect you to go all protective.

[you're not just a weenie!]

[ the fact that nothing has riled her up enough to be not nice is truly just a skill issue on the entire game's part ]

Well, I like being nice. But...

[ srs face. ]

Giving people false hope, tormenting souls, shitting on redemption-- that's not something I'll tolerate.

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[she just likes it when people are nice but not pushovers.]

And all of that is something you usually try to do, at your hotel?

Redeeming sinners, yes. What these people are claiming, except.... coming back to life isn't possible, as far as I've ever known.

In Hell, there's an overpopulation problem. [ folds her arms ] Heaven's answer to that is just to go and murder human souls --- it's entertainment for the exorcists.

I proposed an alternative. Redeeming sinners. Letting them work their way into Heaven.

You're from the hells, then?

Where I'm from, there's just one, but... yes. It's my home.

...I've met a few devils. One of them is a very good man who was manipulated into terrible circumstances. But the rest are all quite awful. You can't trust the things they offer.

Oh--- it's a relief that you met a good one. [ wah ] I mean... otherwise demons are.... well. I'm kind of unique.

[ aka she is basically the only nice one ]

He was a human who made a pact with a devil and lost his soul in the bargain.

[otherwise, they're all fucking bitches.]

...I can see that. You're trying to save people from hell?

I see.... selling one's soul has happened in my Hell, too, I'm afraid.

[ sadge ]

Not just Hell, but Heaven too. We have an overpopulation problem in Hell, and Heaven's answer... is to fly down and just kill everyone they see. It's.... entertainment for them. [ ... ]

My alternative was to rehabilitate sinners using my hotel. You know... redemption. And they earn their way into Heaven.

... Of course, my Heaven didn't listen.

So, truly, you are a devil trying to save souls from the hells. Very unusual.

What is it that makes you so determined to save others, do you suppose?

Well.... they're my people. Even if they're sinners, they don't deserve to suffer and die like this. I can't just turn my back on them.

[ .... ]

Do you have people do you want to protect, Shadowheart?

[ she must ]

[well...]

I have...traveling companions. I haven't known them long, but I've gotten used to them. And then there was the grove, and the inn...

But in the end, not really.

[ at first she's a bit surprised, but then charlie's expression goes a little soft... in the way that hearing this clearly reminds her of someone she's fond of ]

Okay, I really want to know more, but only if you want to tell me.

More about what. The travelling companions, who I barely like?

All of it!

[ wait until memeshare, god, charlie ]

If you like.

[charlie is being nosy, but it's fine. she'll talk about it. in vague terms.]

If you must know... all of us were abducted and taken aboard a mindflayer ship and had parasites put in our brains. Strange events and strange bedfellows.

That's horrible. I'm so sorry.

[ she has no idea what a mindflayer is but it sounds terrible. also parasite in brain?? bad ]

... I can see how... er. You would end up, ah, traveling together.

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