beholdmydemons | twelfth fusion - text (backdated to 4/17)

Far be it from me to turn down a challenge you miserable runt. [....Well, that's...promising.]

Here friends, what do you think of this? There's no such thing as birthright that's recognized by nature, and it's a notion the weak use as a trick to keep themselves in power they didn't earn. To hear a person claiming they're you're better when it's clear they're helpless on their own, that's plain foolishness, isn't it? And yet there's worlds where such ineffectual men are kings and the people are made to believe that it's natural and just for the throne to grant power alone. And they suffer for it because when the king is weak he must resort to underhanded means to ensure nobody's more powerful than him.

But that doesn't have a damn thing to do with this world because it doesn't work like that here. So who else thinks that anyone who crows about their title in this world is only fooling themselves? Pokemon give power where it's earned by effort or skill. Where it's not, the unfit can't rise to where anyone would suffer beneath them. And the rest of us are free to show them their natural place when they think their hollow claims to good breeding make them any better than another. A place in a pool, for example.

[...That should probably offer a clue to what this unabashed craziness is about, if the fact that it goes up about ten minutes after a post from Saionji doesn't give it enough context. I'm...I'm sorry, guys.]

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-okay hold on he's gotta parse this.]

I still think you have all the mettle of a rotting trout but that's not what I was speaking of at all. Unless you've subjects you're keeping chained to your own betterment somewhere with no choice of escape.

[...it's a good thing Walter can't see him visibly deflate at suddenly having the possibility of a text screaming match, because... that's... maybe almost reasonable]

Oh.

Well, no, of course not. I do have standards, after all.

What kind of spirit cares about human bloodlines?

[He's trying not to directly elaborate because he's realizing that would mean admitting that...Kayneth apparently is a-okay by Chaos Standards.

He doesn't want to admit that out loud.

So let's just ask questions instead.]

It's not that the spirit would care about my bloodline, exactly --- more that my bloodline gives me the magical ability to both summon the spirit and ensure that it can't overpower me.

Admittedly, it's also a bit more complicated than blood, as well --- we mages collect the entire volume of our magical knowledge into a family crest that can be transferred from one person to another. This is technically possible to do between unrelated parties, but the recipient of the crest is much less likely to have their body reject it than an extremely close relation who's been prepared for it from a very young age, so that's where the blood aspect comes in.

[whhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Well aren't you fortunate. So you're still chaining something only by force and not trickery.

[...He can't complain too much because demons, but then most of his demons could kill him if they wanted to, so.]

They're spirits, not people. The vast majority aren't even close to being as conscious as the Pokemon we have here --- and they're far more likely to go for your throat if you give them the opportunity.

I know. [He's just buttmad and being picky.] So anyhow where does that leave you now you're here with nothing but your own person?

[...it's a good thing he can set the Gear down and not flip his lid over that punch to the issues]

Strictly speaking, Pokemon aren't too different from spirits in concept, and they're far less likely to kill you in your sleep.

So I'd say perfectly well, actually.

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