cielo en el infierno

"Hey, I have survived alot thank you very much. Just cause don't weird fae rules doesn't mean anything."

"riiiiight. right right right right." definitely not internally freaking out about the idea of his partner meeting an untimely end. nope! not at all. who said that? "and you're... committed to doing this? the dragon fighting?"

"Amore, it's not about seeing a dragon. I just....taking on personal quest to fight one. That is all and it doesn't count if just get someone to give me one. I need find one on my own and one that is worth fighting because they doing something bad to people."

"uh huuuh... so a super, super, suuuuper long time then, right? right." he thought it over a bit before shrugging. "if that's what you wanna do, then alright. i'd offer to help but i can only make them, not find them. any luck so far?"

"Why do you have to put that way to everyone. I said I was sorry."

lucifer glanced over to jovanni and wasn't sure where to even start. "and you know charlie literally has a dragon, right? you could've just asked if you wanted to see one."

⸺It seemed that some clarification was needed, & it wasn't the first time as she smiled lightly. ❝Indeed, she is. I had adopted her at a very young age,❞ she said in explanation, though it didn't matter to her that she & Hikaru weren't blood - it's why she doesn't usually start with 'adopted'. At the rather vague explanation of what a emo phase was, Rosalia couldn't help but chuckle a bit. ❝Suddenly, it makes sense as to why there are so many young people wearing all black & strange jewelry. Though if Hikaru had gone through that phase, I would probably have just went along with it, even the screaming music.❞

"ohh, i see! that's very kind of you to give someone who needed it a home." he and lilith had thought about adoption for a short while after charlie was born, but the stars never seemed to align on that idea. rosalia speaking once more brought him out of that memory though, and he chuckled. "of course. nothing wrong with it, i just didn't understand it myself. i've always been more into other stuff than scream-y. plus, i drown in black. did you have any growing up phases or were you also just... there one day?"

chezzi takes a moment to look himself over, examining his stripes to make sure they hadn't dissapeared at any point. ❝ as for the possible jingling, it won't annoy me. i could hardly be called 'annoyed' - i'm more like 'the annoyer'. ❞ case in point, these sinners have gotten quite tired of him already just from yapping their ears off! which, surprisingly enough, they've kept them on thus far.

he then watched curiously as the feline gave himself a once-over for whatever reason and then assured lucifer the bell would give no such annoyance. "you? annoying? ridiculous!" maybe it was because the devil ended up matching his high energy, so he didn't see it as a nuisance, but he thought chezzi was a fun... person? cat? being? "whoever said that is a no fun lame-o."

" So.. what did you have in mind then, hm? for us to play house whenever Cain is around? " he tilted head to the side, " I just want to know what I am meant to be doing here."

he sighed and raised a hand to press his fingertips to his temple. "maybe we just tone down the insults with each other, and that way it's less automatic in case he's around. does that make sense?"

"Talents, eh? I'm very handy with a sword... and other weapons."

"other weapons, huh? don't tell me it's num-chuks. they're horribly over-rated. tried them once and nearly knocked an eye out," he chuckled, looking around as they walked to try and get an idea of where the other was leading to. "i think a sword fight would be fun one of these days though if you were ever up for it. gotta warn you though, even though it's been a while, i'm not too shabby."

You would think it would be much more common, Sinners trying to slip into the Lust Ring without detection. Bah! Still, it beat being stuck in the Wrath Ring with his... father.

"i could try sneaking in?" he joked. "don't think it'd be much of a fair chase, though."

He presented Lucifer with the cover for a suit, which disguised the dress inside. "I'm afraid they thought it was for me, so I opened it, but I assure you I ensured it was kept in perfect condition when I realized otherwise. Your suit, your majesty." He handed it over.

there was a bit of silence before he cleared his throat. "thanks. you won't tell anyone else, right...? it's uh. i'm... it's kind of complicated."

❅ ".... I... would like.... to ta... talk normally.... but... I fi... figured this... is part.... of my ... hell body.... punishment? Ca.... can it ... be changed? " Alastor swayed a bit. " That.... that's so.... nice... thank ... you..." Maybe it would be worth a shot to try and get it fixed but if it couldn't be changed he wouldn't be too upset. After all he'd made peace with how he spoke now and was quite used to it, no matter how troubling it was sometimes. " If... you do.... I'll repa... repay you...... um... even if it.... doesn't wo... work.... I ... will. Because.... it's so... thoughtful... do y-you... like cake? "

"what's the worst that can happen? probably nothing. it's worth a try." lucifer didn't know if his healing could fix something so drastic, but if this version of alastor had been able to speak normally before, maybe it was possible to go back to that? the offer of cake made him grin a bit. "i love cake! i've really been feeling red velvet lately for some reason, even though it's pretty much just chocolate." he poofed away his apple cane and then took a small step closer. "did you wanna try then? it shouldn't take too long to figure out if it's going to work or not, if you had a few minutes."

If he is the ringmaster, then he can use a whip, right?