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7twistedwishes ([personal profile] 7twistedwishes) wrote2008-10-03 12:18 am

Weyland's Visit

On the other side of the door... Hell.

No, no fire and brimstone. A large room, half living room, half office, tastefully decorated and furnished. Thick carpet, a big couch, several recliners, an old-style desk, bookshelves, filing cabinets... and a computer too. Classical music plays in the background and the delicate scent of incense hangs in the air.

The Devil steps aside to let Weyland in enter. No need to make promises of release for him, since he is out of her purview.
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I prefer to test individuals on their own," he says, "without the innocent bystanders. But sometimes it is only by involving the innocent that you can see the depths of a person's character."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
"I like to test them," he says. "Sometimes some people catch my attention, either in a good way or a bad one. So I study them, as one would an exotic animal or a new species of plant. I see how they react to different situations. A good way to help boredom, I have found."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I have been to the land of the frost giants," he says. "The cold is in my blood, but I defer to you. Where is there to go from here? Back across the ice?"
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
He reaches up, hesitantly, to smooth back her hair and stroke her cheek.

"Be well, little one," he murmurs, before turning to start back across the ice.
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"The world is cruel," he says, lighting another cigarette. "It is enough to make one lash out, I suppose."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do it when I feel the need to," he says. "Which is less often than some, probably, as I have my work. But when I do it, it is cruel. Have I told you about my favorite game?"
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like to see what people are made of," he murmurs, settling an arm around her shoulders. "If they come to me, to ask me to work for them, it is easier; but sometimes the commissions are few and far between, so I will go looking for someone. And I will put them in a situation, and give them rules, and see what they do. I just finished a very satisfying game of it, not long ago."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-11 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes they surprise me, sometimes they restore my faith that humanity--well, at least that not all of it is bad. Some individual people are still to my liking. And I reward them generously. The ones who fail, though--they deserve what they get also."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-12 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"It depends on how they behave," he says. "Some, I kill. Some I enslave, at least for a while. Some I attempt to teach a lesson to."

He steps out of the elevator, cautiously. "What do you grow here?"
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-12 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Why would Heaven not take them?" he asks. "How do the souls rise? Are they just... possessed of greater goodness than the rest? Why would you wind up with them? Are they souls of the dead?"
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-12 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"There is no in-between?" he asks, brow furrowed. "One is either damned or good, and there is nothing else? How dull must it be to be among the good..."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-12 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I would never trust a system that says you can buy your way into eternal paradise," he says with a faint smirk. "That seems designed only for the earthly benefit and comfort of its priests, and not for the souls of the followers. But then, every system has its strange points. My own certainly did."
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[personal profile] mechanicalswans 2008-10-12 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I love the hypocrites," he says. "That's why I leave my game so open-ended--I like to see what people will offer, and what offers of mine they will accept. People who think themselves virtuous, who want riches or power; people who offer me riches or power in exchange for their lives. They never win."

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