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

[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?

[meaningdies]

[He breaks out into laughter.]

That's exactly it, actually.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Of course there would be biblical figures here, too. Biblical figures who... reincarnate and make handheld game consoles into demon summoning devices.]

Really? Which one?

LITERAL TEARS IN MY EYES lskjdfs

[meaningdies]

[Well duh.]

Hehe. The first children of mankind.

YOU AND YOUR WEIRD CANON, NAOYA

[bondsofsuffering]

The first children of mankind...

[He's familiar enough with the Adam and Eve story. Comes of his "brother" being referred to as an Adam-like figure, among other haphazard references.]

So that'd have to be... Cain or Abel, right?

EXCUSE YOU I THINK YOU MEAN THE *BEST* CANON TYVM

[meaningdies]

And which one would you think I am?

[The flattest. Tone. Ever.]