Digitalis Old English folklore said that foxes wore the flowers on their paws to silence movement and stealthily stalk prey. Healing, pain, insincerity, insecurity
Well that's creepy. [she says, as if she's never been aware of people wanting to use other people's body parts for science or magic. ] Like maybe something else to make their god stronger?
To draw a god's attention, probably. Death... Um. He said they don't worship a specific god? But they're trying to catch the attention of one who will give them what they want. So everything we've had to deal with so far has been the cult trying to get a god to notice them.
It didn't come up when I talked to him... But when I asked about his plans, he said he wasn't going back home. He wanted to start a new life in another world.
I wish there was something we could do for him now. For all of them. With Aventurine and Boothill gone, too, it's the same, isn't it? It's unknown where they'll go from here.
It depends on if those who have been sacrificed are being used already, or if they're somewhere else until more of us join them. [morbid, but.] We don't know what the ritual is like or how they're really using us. For all we know, they can't act until there's enough blood shed so the three of them have been set aside.
Oh. Maybe not exactly like that. I don't know about dying again being a requirement for coming back, but it's different for every world. [also she called them monsters and aerith is kind of like "well when people come back from the lifestream they...usually...aren't monsters." usually.]
Does that mean it's a perpetual cycle for them then?
Kinda sounds like a pain for the devil to constantly go back and forth without being able to settle then. Not to mention anyone who has to deal with them.
You're worried for the devils? [a little scoff.] Don't. They don't remember anything about their past lives. And besides, they only care about one thing.
Right. They become stronger the more humans fear their names, so... Most of them only care about killing as many people as they can before they're sent back to Hell.
Because they want to make a name for themselves so by the time they come back they're more powerful and can keep going. [sephiroth is a devil...] ...what can devils do? How do you try to fight something like that?
Yeah. [the way zia made that same joke.] Depends on the devil. The Eternity Devil can trap you in an infinite loop inside a building, for example. But something like the Cockroach Devil is just... a giant bug the size of a skyscraper, and strong enough to take one down too.
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It didn't come up when I talked to him... But when I asked about his plans, he said he wasn't going back home. He wanted to start a new life in another world.
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And now that chance is gone, too. I don't think this counts as starting a new life at all.
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[just. quiet. man. ]
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I wish there was something we could do for him now. For all of them. With Aventurine and Boothill gone, too, it's the same, isn't it? It's unknown where they'll go from here.
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That's way worse than just being gone, you know?
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[sometimes you're from a place where people die, go back into the stream, and then can come back. it's fine.]
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Does that mean it's a perpetual cycle for them then?
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You're worried for the devils? [a little scoff.] Don't. They don't remember anything about their past lives. And besides, they only care about one thing.
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Right. They become stronger the more humans fear their names, so... Most of them only care about killing as many people as they can before they're sent back to Hell.
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