notabluesbro | 1st Confession [Voice]

[Waking up dazed and confused in a desert with wings on your back... after thinking you're dead... never really helps a situation. Last he checked he was inking out his last bit of life on a church floor. And now he's in a shitty pile of sand with black wings on his shoulders. He was either alive and tripping back home in Gunsmoke, or he was on the road to a less than impressive Hell. But... that's a forest in the distance? He must've been seeing things. Worth a shot, at least?

So he staggers for an hour like a confused drunk and finally makes it to this green, wondrous land, were he just... collapses near the closest stream and drinks until his poor lungs feel a little better. Of course, after taking a short nap under a tree, he wakes up to a fat drop of rain smacking him in the forehead.]

Wha...?

[Is that... rain? Really? That's... sort of a miracle. Lots of miracles lately, eh? The journal falls open and voices trickle out of it. So after staring at it for a few minutes, he... speaks at it. After all, looking crazy is better than sitting out in a rainstorm--

He can't believe he's actually in rain. Real rain, none of that feigned sprinkler crap. And the desert's so goddamn tiny...]

Hello...?

Why in God's name am I talking to a book...

Can anyone tell me where the heck this place is? I'd also be really grateful if anyone could point me to the nearest food stand... Mainly if it has a nice, sturdy roof and something either warm or alcoholic to drink...

[A thoughtful pause. His back did feel too light...]

...And, uh... if you've seen a giant cross sitting around, let me know, huh?

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Hm? You were from Earth, too? Probably an alternate version, then.

Mine became, well...a Vortex World. It ended, basically.

Ah, well, I'm not too sure about how Earth was doing, since it happened before I was born, buuuut—sounds pretty damn similar... What's a Vortex World, by definition...?

A Vortex World is... [Wow, it's been a while since he had to explain. Hm.] Well, it's what a world becomes after it ends--in my case, someone sped that process along. It got taken over by demons.

But once it becomes one, it can be recreated by a human with a strong enough Reason--a philosophy of how their world should be--and a demon to support them.

Demons? That sounds horrible...

[Catholic side pinging.]

I gotta' admit, most of that is hard to comprehend, but normalcy is something that doesn't really have much of a real definition. Sounds like some powerful stuff you're world's dealing with.

[Naoki rubs the back of his neck uncomfortably at that, under the horn there.]

It could be.

[Pause.] Yeah, it was...pretty powerful things.

[Aw, hang in there, Naoki. He won't care that you're a Demi-Fiend. Whenever he finds out that interesting bit of information.]

I'll bet you had your hands full... How does Luceti work for you? Not so bad?

Luceti's, well...

[A somewhat sheepish little smile.] It's something like home to me now so yeah...not so bad at all. Despite things happening now and again.

That's good to hear. I'm hoping I can call it home, even with the downsides.

[Don't have anything to return to, really.]

Every place's got it's downsides in the end, though, yeah? At any rate, I hope you can, too.

I think I already can.

Thanks for the talk, Naoki—it's been helpful.

I'm glad!

It was nice to meet you, Wolfwood.

Nice to meet you, too, Naoki. I'd say I'll buy you a drink sometime on the house, but Luceti's kind enough to grant some leeway for my empty pockets.

[A laugh.] Well, I'd appreciate an invitation sometime, all the same. [Sob, putting aside his experiences in being around drunk people for the time being.]

[It's okay, Naoki, Wolfwood is ~~normally~~ a very manageable drunk~!]

Good to hear.

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