.:-Post Mortem-:. (Open/Full)

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Despite watching the female die, Reelo's eyes managed to catch something far worse the instant it was within sight. A demon. Not his but still. Reelo backed away from his metal bars and stood poised in the back of his cell, as far back as would allow without ever taking his eyes off of Lucifer. "....Tsk.." Was about the coolest thing he could manage in the presence of a demon king, afraid to say much else for fear of having to go through whatever had just killed Delila. Thankfully it seemed Xombie was up to the task of taking one for the team and he would undoubtedly torture her if no one else...the woman was insane.  

[Dreaming_Drifter]

Marianna Vincent

Marianna glanced over at Xombie, terrified for the girl. She looked to Lucifer and dared to speak. "Please, don't hurt her... She... She doesn't know what she's saying..."

Lucifer twitched slightly at the words of the Satanist girl and laughed, snapping his fingers once in response. The girl was literally forced to swallow her own tongue, rendering her mute for the time being. He ignored the question of the Pagan and looked once again down the line of prisoners.

"Now, do I have everyone's attention?" he asked in a lilting, falsely cheerful tone, much like a teacher who obviously hates his students. "Good... Now perhaps I can do something constructive here."

He turned to the Christian and smirked wickedly. "You know who I am, don't you, child? Probably better than any other here... Those silly Christians got one thing right out of their novel called the Bible. I, Lucifer, until very recently, was the King of Hell. In charge of the torment of all humans. And I must say, I was very good at my job."

His expression darkened and he hissed. "Three years ago, I was overthrown. That is why I am here. I thought that perhaps, through this pathetic little group of humans, I could exact my revenge..." He scanned the faces again and chuckled. It was unclear whether he was talking to them or himself now. "Then again... You don't look like much... But what other option is there? Fresh meat is the best, yes... Those whose minds are not yet fully broken..."

 

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It was literally like the sound of a car coming to a screeching halt. Reelo's eyes opened to the point where they might as well have fallen from his face, his form pressed against the bars closest to Lucifer in an almost panic. He knew an opportunity when he saw one, in life the male had gotten himself out of many a bleak situation by cutting deals...and now the predominant evil spoken about in the catholic religion was here to offer them something...he would not waste time. "Overthrown? Your the ******** Devil, who overthrows you?...Actually, I take that back, I don't care- I know salvation when I see it... You want me to do something, That's fine as long as you get me the hell out of here." Part way through his rambling, Reelo realized he had made a mistake not repeated since childhood. It was never good to give away eagerness, that destroyed ones ability to bargain.. Either way, he tried to calm himself down and waved towards Lucifer, as if actually wanted the creature to come closer, his tone much more quiet and cocky now. "I'll help you...No problem as long as you can give me life again."  

[Dreaming_Drifter]

Marianna Vincent

Marianna somehow managed to stop trembling and absorb most of the odd conversation going on around her. She looked at Lucifer with a focused expression, obviously thinking at a breakneck pace, her curious mind putting forth and answering questions as quickly as she could. She didn't dare ask any of them, not to Lucifer.

Lucifer scoffed at the Pagan's anger and smirked. "Your rage is wasted, girl. That attack was a gift from your demon, not me. But I convinced him to let me come in here and finish the job... He was getting tired of keeping up such a mundane torment. You should thank me. I chose not to kill you. It was simply unnecessary."

He focused on the Satanist girl with his insane eyes and laughed, walking over to her cell and smiling. "You're not as stupid as your parents thought, are you my dear? No, you're quite the smart little serpent... Alas, under different circumstances, perhaps we could have been friends. But you bring up valid points."

For the first time since he'd entered, Lucifer shifted nervously, and looked at the cell block door to make sure no other demons were nearby. "What I am to tell you is forbidden knowledge... I would surely be cast into the Depths if any demons found out I had told you. But of course, you will not tattle... What would that do for you? Absolutely nothing. Whereas working with me, we could all benefit..."

"Reelo Watt, I will not pretend that I can return you to life. The closest you could get is wandering as a lonely ghost. But there is an area of the afterlife outside of hell, in spite of what the current King and Queen would have you believe. You can get there. It's possible because of one critical fact."

He paused and lowered his voice, as if afraid that the King would hear even a whisper of the dread secret. "Humans are stronger than demons. We would have you believe otherwise, of course, but it's the truth. The only weapon we have over you is quite simple; fear."

 

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He wasn't sure how to respond to the fact that Lucifer, the fabled lord of evil was telling him he was more powerful. Reelo opened his mouth to speak to Xombie but found he had no words and simply averted his eyes. He would ignore the fact that she was probably right over the simple fact that he had always been a believer in hopeful "what if's". "Fear? Its that simple?....I hate to say this but it doesn't make any sense, My dad used to tell me that you don't have to be scared to get a bullet to the brain...what good is not being afraid if you all can turn us inside out and cut us into pieces?" He was breathing more quickly now, not being able to live again was...well, disappointing, and he squeezed his hands into fists- that had been a large portion of his hope...no one would see him again. But not having to suffer was better than nothing. "What is this place? Certainly not heaven since we were all condemned here."  

[Dreaming_Drifter]

Marianna Vincent

Marianna nodded slowly and stepped away from her spot where she'd been cowering against the wall, managing not to flinch when her demon turned his eyes on her. "I see what you want now. You want us to get over our fears of this place and escape, distracting the King, so that you can rush in while he's not looking and reclaim power."

Lucifer smirked and regarded his prisoner with condescension. He had never thought much of her. "Correct, Ri-Ri." He glanced at the still-angry Pagan and shrugged. "Your words are true, but it's not just me who is weak. The only demons with actual power are the ones who were born into a physical form. Ah, yes... Like the current King..." Lucifer laughed. "Yes, you would do well to avoid him. He's not nice like me..."

Once he'd stopped laughing, the demon shrugged. "You should have already figured this out through talking, actually. What I did to you in the burning room should have been a clue. But of course you fools were concerned with other things... No matter. Did you not notice? When Dalila and Melanie stopped being afraid, and when Ri-Ri here stopped focusing on her own fear, the torture lost any real potency. Really, we didn't even destroy you. Just healed your bodies and transported you back here so that you would think you had died, you see? Thus, restoring fear, at least for the moment."

Lucifer sighed and looked at Reelo. "This place is Hell, what else? But despite what all your pathetic little religions would have you believe, this is where all your eternal souls are meant to suffer. After all, why should some of you get a direct ticket to paradise? Just because you chanted the right prayers? No. Paradise, my dears, must be earned." He glanced at Haruka and burst out laughing. "So, ironically, the little Christian girl is correct... You must go through trials to get to 'heaven'." Lucifer stood up straight and walked toward Marianna's cell, causing her to cower once more.

"Unfortunately for my dear little Ri here, I have to keep up the demon act. Although, sweetheart, just so you know, once you finally stop shivering every time I come in the room, it won't hurt anymore." Before attacking her, he looked around at the others once more and laughed. "Be brave, and be prepared... your demons are coming too." As he spoke, the door swung open, and the other tormentors descended on their prisoners.

 

[Pichipai-hime]

:: Haruka Nagashima ::

The Christian was in a state of shock; the king of demons, the fallen angel from biblical tales, Lucifer was telling the humans how to survive in a sense. Haruka followed the bible's teachings, the ten commandments were running through her head when she was a toddler reading to herself. Her family were prodominately Buddish, her grandfather running a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. Her exposure to other religions could not be the open-minded girl's actions that brought her to this hell.

Her cursed calculating mind blocked out the subtle movements of the angel-like demon as he knelt before her. The sadistic grin of Furfur was missed as he covered her eyes--blocked it all out, but not with a blindfold. Haruka crumbled backwards as she was strickened blind--her sight on a twisted memory or a hellish nightmare. Her older sister smiled sweetly at her and Haruka cried out, "S-stop...!" Before the giant blade sliced down on her sister's leg, the serene sisterly smile turned to pure agony as the blood poured from the milky white bone jutting from her leg.

Chains gripped and tugged hard on Haruka, rendering her helpless. Her vivid mind produced too real sounds, begging from Tsugumi, and the evil fanged-smile on Furfur while he brought the blade down on the illusion. Haruka couldn't turn or hide, shutting her eyes, the blood of her sister's ran with violent wails. Her nails dug into the chains injuring her numb body as the tears fell. "ONEE-SAN!!!!"