[02/29] network: m.lucifer

[carpevinum]

[While he's guarding over some bodies... Hey he has questions. Alternatively might be starting a fight.]

What is it that drives humans? Or, perhaps more aptly, non-demons? Mortals? Whatever you slot yourselves under, what makes you do the things you do?

Why do you unrelentingly get into strife with one another — incriminating murderers, only to turn around and commit a murder yourself moments later and being shocked when others despise you, rinse and repeat ad infinitum until everyone's hands have been bloodied? Is it vengeance? Survival?

In the end, why do you forgive the people who you spend hours condemning? Are they absolved of sin because you say they are? Are you simply tired of fighting?

Demons and mankind are quite similar. I believe we're all guilty of the same things — all of you are so far from Heaven's Gates that it's laughable, same as myself. The events of the last month have me thinking about all of that, and...

Those of you who think you're going to Heaven at the end of your life, assuming here is not your final destination: Why is that?

Just some questions. Have a nice night.

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[waitingforplayer2]

[ Without memory... so if Keigo returns, they might not even remember any of them?

It's a long long time before Nanami's even able to start thinking about replying to that one. ]

We do, don't we?

[ Gods, she just wishes she could see them again. She just wants Keigo to be okay.

A long while later she finally sends another message. ]

I suppose all of this is more time, in a way.

[carpevinum]

In a way.

[Lucifer experiences a transient sort of sadness at the thought. He has a couple humans he wants to keep around; their lifespans are a blink compared to his. Very swiftly does he clear that emotion away to continue the discussion.]

Does the thought of reincarnation frighten you? It's said that leaving this place implies reincarnation... becoming someone wholly different than you are now. It makes me wonder if any of this matters, truth be told, though that sort of nihilism doesn't suit me.

[waitingforplayer2]

I don't know.

[ It's an honest answer. ]

I want to see my friends again. But if I can't do that... I'm okay with just having another chance, at least. I think.

[carpevinum]

Souls who have previously spent time together are attracted to one another during reincarnation, or so they say. Perhaps the thought of meeting those you care for again will assuage your fears.

[Like his sister and the man she loved.]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ No Lucifer you can't just make her cry like that-- too late. ]

I've been lucky enough to meet some of them again here, too. [ Wait, that's not lucky for them though - she feels ashamed at her selfishness but she can't really take that sentence back now. ]

I hope you're right that it's like that. Everything ended too quickly.

[carpevinum]

Anecdotally...

When my little sister died thousands of years ago, she was reincarnated into a human, and she found her beloved husband again in that next life.

Surely you can expect something similar.

[He doesn't usually talk about Lilith's death — it's deeply personal and deeply traumatic — but maybe it'll help.]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ At this point she's become too emotional to respond - but it's extremely welcome. She'll have to remember to find him later and thank him.

She'll be turning these thoughts over and over in her head for the next few days. ]