bah, humbug

[meaningdies]

Who: Naoya and OPEN.
Where: Near the border of the Gemini and Cancer districts.
Summary: Naoya hates Christmas. He decides to take it out on some demons during the thirteenth hour.
Warnings: Naoya being a jerk is always a warning. Devil Survivor spoilers, if you care about those at all.

Naoya hated Christmas. He hated all of the fuss around it and most of all he hated the fact that he was so conflicted about it. On the one hand he couldn't help but smirk that the religious message had gotten lost in the consumerism, but on the other hand the religious message that still stuck bugged him.

He'd never been fully able to figure out exactly what was going on with Jesus anyway.

Rather than spend the night sulking at home though, he decided to sulk outside. He had his coat with him in case the weather took another sudden turn, and he summoned Coyote to walk alongside him once he reached the edge of the Gemini district.

At the thirteenth hour, he grinned, turning to look at the demons starting to wander the street. A few fairies made a move as if to attack him, and he nodded to Coyote, who leaped forward with an Arm Chopper.

There was no guarantee that the rest of the night would be so easy, however.

Comments

[bondsofsuffering]

"But sometimes, the truth is too much. When people find out what's really going on, they can do some scaaaaary things!"

He should know. He once inspired a certain fellow to begin the systematic murder of his beloved siblings, after all. "That's when they say, what was it - ignorance is bliss?"

[meaningdies]

"Of course they can - but to willingly submit to a tyrannical rule is just utter stupidity."

He's seen it happen before, and then the people rise up against the ruler. It doesn't last forever.

[bondsofsuffering]

"Maybe it is! But y'know... I think I can understand why they would do that."

[meaningdies]

"Oh? And why is that?"

This should be amusing.

[bondsofsuffering]

"Complacency. It's easier to just submit than work for a goal, right? Your rights might be in the middle of being taken away, but it's too difficult to muster up the effort to do anything about it." Something his generation tended to be cursed for by their elders.

"So there's that. And also... fear."

[meaningdies]

"I suppose, though the hope is always that there will be a few who rise up and lead the people out of fear and complacency. It's happened before in history."

Not often enough, but still...

[bondsofsuffering]

"That's the hope." Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And when it doesn't... All that's really left is unimaginable despair.

"So, did yours come through for you? Your hope for a different leader."

[meaningdies]

... He sighs. "Unfortunately, no. The one with the power to change that chose poorly."

[bondsofsuffering]

Ouch. That must have been disappointing.

[His tone's pretty flat, despite his words.]

[meaningdies]

"That's putting it quite mildly." The Kazuya here is very, very lucky they are not from the same version of their world.

[bondsofsuffering]

So what'll happen to you, then? Since it seems you bet on the wrong side.

[meaningdies]

Death doesn't scare me. I can wait until the time is right to strike again.

[bondsofsuffering]

Not too many people can boast that! Is there any particular reason why you're so unafraid?

[meaningdies]

Experience.

[That's really all there is.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Experience at... what, dying?

[He means it as a joke.]

[meaningdies]

Yep.

[Toootally straight faced.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Wow, okay.]

No kidding? You look awfully alive to me.

[meaningdies]

Well, I am now.

[bondsofsuffering]

The result of... resurrection? Reincarnation? Something else entirely?

[meaningdies]

Reincarnation. I have the joy of being a special case in my world.

[He sounds so enthused. :| ]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Huh! Not quite the same, but a similar problem, then...]

And what got you singled out for that?

[meaningdies]

Pissing off God, to be blunt.

[bondsofsuffering]

Pissing off--

...How did you manage that?

[meaningdies]

Heh. He asked an impossible sacrifice of me, given my role. And so I gave Him what He wanted - blood, from the most precious thing I had. And He cursed me for it.

[bondsofsuffering]

Sacrifices? What was it, an Old Testament event?