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[piacularis]

Who among you has experienced one of these “simulations” before?

[that’s right - no introduction or pleasantries, mello just cuts right to what he wants to know. he’s not here to make friends, just collect whatever information he can - which shouldn’t be too hard, he thinks. people typically enjoy talking about themselves.]

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[dealwiththe]

[ A few moments later, he’s checked the current inmate roster. ]

Pleasure to meet you, Mello. I’m Lucifer.

[piacularis]

[oh now that's just cheating!! but it could've been worse - at least this lucifer character isn't using his real name. mello is dead already so technically, it doesn't matter if his real name is a known factor here, but some things get drilled so hard into your head they become impossible to abandon, and the need to keep his real name secret was the first lesson he learned at the orphanage.]

If you'd actually met me, Lucifer, you wouldn't be pleased at all.

[dealwiththe]

I'm literally the King of Hell and have overseen the torture of the worst, most evil humans who've ever lived for all of human history. If you think you're especially, shockingly bad, odds are you're not. In fact, you're *definitely* not if you're here.

[piacularis]

[ok … that’s a weird flex. interesting, but weird.]

If you’re “literally the King of Hell,” what are you doing here? Don’t you have your own prison to oversee?

[dealwiththe]

I've made some changes, and decided to take a sabbatical.

[piacularis]

You know I’m not going to believe a claim like that without proof, right? Or do people typically not question it when you tell them you’re the King of Hell?

[dealwiththe]

Yes yes, you all need a public demonstration, despite the fact that we're already on a time-hopping, interdimensional space ship run by beings immensely more powerful than any of us can comprehend. You still somehow can't stretch yourself into believing I'm who I say I am.

So what proof do you need?

[piacularis]

What proof can you offer? I don't have a problem with believing, I just don't believe without some kind of support for it.

[dealwiththe]

Depends, are you more of a "invulnerable to harm" kind of believer or a "has literal angel wings" kind of believer?

[piacularis]

Wings should be sufficient.

[dealwiththe]

Fine. Meet me in the observatory, in ten.