crossmyheartandhope

Regrettably. I did not expect it to be quite so...binding.

What'd he ask for?

You okay?

... [ Shrugs stiffly ]

I believe my mind is unaffected, but it is still a...risky position to be in. I am unharmed aside from this alteration though.

[ Lowering his voice before continuing ]

Before I answer that, I'm telling you to not tell me anything critical that you do not want him to find out. ...But he told me to find out what happened in Heaven and report back to him.

Edited (word choice) 2019-08-07 19:32 (UTC)

So you wanna have a little bit to tell him, to make good.

I did want to see see that you were in one piece for myself, but...yes.

That, and I need to arrange for someone to go back to the Vengeance side of hell to bring people over there up to speed. Primrose is in a difficult position being unable to answer any questions about your roof plan. I spoke with Maki about it already, but I felt you might want to speak with her yourself too. Or Nemesis? There is a lot of Avante over there.

What's up? People being weird with Prim?

It isn't weird to want to know what's going on.

The city was just destroyed. Everyone has developed hellish corruptions. Now they're being told that it's crucial to meet on the roof top at some mysterious future time, and no one can explain why. They're afraid, and the only information I had would just alarm them even more.

...guess I didn't think about that.

You're simply less experienced with the planning this requires. You'll learn for next time.

Fingers crossed, right?

...that mean you got more experience at this kinda thing.

Managing crises is part of my job as a hero. I even led a team of my own at home.

[ Which he remembers like two whole minutes of, but it totally counts!! ]

Man. I shoulda taken notes.

Taking notes during a mission is inefficient. Intensity was handing out cameras... It's possible someone on your side had one, but I don't know who else he gave one to.

Before I ask anything about what you witnessed, I have a more important question for you: Are you aware that it was someone or something from Heaven that destroyed Tokyo-F?

Edited 2019-08-08 15:44 (UTC)

Meant I shoulda taken em on your heroing lecture. Which I totally want later.

...that the word that's going around? Where'd you hear that from?

I'll give you one when this is all over.

As for my source, it is Azzy. I realize how that sounds, but he received a call while he was picking Double Moon and myself up from jail. It was the first he heard of what happened to the city, and it was clearly a shock to him. He couldn't even be certain no one had died until one of his subordinates reported it to him.

I have no question that whatever ill intentions he has for us, the destruction of the city is not one of them.

He believes that something slipped through the entry into Heaven that he created for us and into the city, which it then destroyed. While everyone was still there. They only survived because Hell evacuated them to safety here.

Sounds like he's probly spinning stuff his way, but - yeah. I'd heard heaven had a hand in city busting.

He may be, but I am confident it's a fact he did not want the city to be damaged. We are a valuable commodity for him. Think, what purpose could he possibly have in destroying the only people able to visit the one place he wants to learn about but cannot access?

Where did you hear about Heaven's responsibility for it from?

Pretty sure the target was the city and not the people, dude. Everyone's cool, right? And all you've got is Azzy's word he's the one who played hero.

And, uh. You don't gotta worry about my source. I got it on pretty good authority, though.

[Read: you did tell him not to say anything he didn't want Azzy to know.....]

[ Narrows his eyes, but he huffs out a puff of smoke and nods sharply. ]

I see. Keep in mind that he only reason everyone is "cool" is because Hell evacuated them in time. They would likely be dead if the demons had acted any slower. I do not trust Heaven and I refuse to go anywhere with them.

People deserve to know and decide for themselves instead of being tricked into what you happen to think is best. What's the saying—better the devil you know? I prefer my chances here. I am confident Wild City and many others will agree with me.

I mean... if the only reason we got to think there was a hell evac is cause of Azzy's say-so... not gonna lie, I'm pretty sure that guy's full of crap.

My money's on something else.

As for what people wanna do now that they're here - that's on them, dude. I'm not locking nobody in anywhere, I'm just opening doors.

I didn't say it was because of him. I said it was because of Hell. He was informed after the evacuation took place, and it is an inarguable fact that demons carried it out. We would not be here otherwise. Demons. Not anyone from Heaven.

You are with-holding information people need to make an informed decision. Whether you intend to or not, you have created a trap.

I am sending Maki to Vengance Hell to inform them on what took place in Heaven since she does not pose the risk I do. You or someone else who was in Heaven need to inform the rest of the idols here. They can't make a real choice until then. If you don't want to, then give me the name of someone you trust who will.

Edited 2019-08-08 16:58 (UTC)

Newsflash, dude. Demons lie. I don't know everything, but I know -

[Pauses. Considers. Pretty much everything he wants to say can't be said to Talon, so he shuts his mouth and thinks for a minute.]

Look, they don't gotta make a choice now anyway. And once they make the choice, they don't gotta keep it.

[He opens his mouth to say something - closes it again.]

...you know it's like. Real hard to talk to you about this, right? I kinda can't go, and I kinda can't tell you who could go, and I kinda can't text anyone on vengeance side. So where are we at?

Demons lie, but people who were evacuated by demons do not. It happened to them. Ask them who saved them. Or do you think they're too stupid to realize who came to their rescue?

What you need to do are two things:

First, tell Maki everything. She is going to Vengeance Hell to share information. She is how you get information to them.

Second, gather everyone here and explain to them why they should trust the angels who chose to destroy the city with them in it over the demons who evacuated them in the nick of time. I can avoid this meeting.

That's it. Share the information you have with the people who need it to make a good decision. It isn't hard.

I asked a couple people already, about how it all went down. No one's said nothing about a demon cavalry. I'm just saying, if all we got's Azzy's word that he helped, I'm not buying it. He's done a hell of a lot to hurt a hell of a lot of people, and I got no reason to believe -

[Catches himself before he takes that further. More stuff Talon shouldn't hear.]

...anyway.

I'll talk to Maki.

I told you it isn't Azzy's word. It's the proof in the fact that we're here now, and all I've heard is about the buses to Hell that got them out.

Stop worrying about trying to convince me when you and I both know you are unable to. Worry about giving all of the information to everyone else.

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning

Re: THE NEXT DAY - late morning