Quote:"Lady Hild, I wish to parley."

Suddenly, the white-haired mistress of Hell itself appeared, wearing an expression that spoke volumes.

"Benjamin.  Not that I'm unhappy to speak with you, but at this moment?  I hope for your sake that this is worth my time."

"It is, My Lady.  I wish to negotiate the IOU for Alicia's resurrection."

Hild blinked as her expression immediately perked up.  "Oh?  Do tell~."

"Salem."

"Yes.  She is at large.  What about her?"

"You know that immortality thing she has going for her?  I can break that."

Hild blinked slowly at that.  "Are you so certain?"

"Why shouldn't it work?  My entire repertoire revolves around breaking magical shit and then fucking up the soft and chewy bits that were underneath it."

"Yes, that is indeed your repertoire, but are you forgetting that this working is on the same level as myself or the Almighty?  And if you are somehow that powerful, how do I know that you're not going to turn it against us?"

"Pull the other one, it has bells on it.  My Lady, you know that I have a great deal of respect for you.  It's why I've remained in your employ.  It's why that if I have to default on my wish, then I would rather serve you directly than anyone else in hell with the possible exception of Lord Phantomhive.  This wish of mine is the only thing I've ever done that deserves damnation, and even then it was for a very altruistic purpose.  Not for material gains or power.  Only so that someone that never deserved to die can have another shot at life.  So that Faith could actually have something from her past that makes her happy and heal her heart.

"That doesn't deserve damnation."

Hild sighed, but not out of exasperation.  Insead, it was the sigh of a person caught in a very difficult position and they knew they'd be catching flack either way.

"Alright, Benjamin.  If you can terminate her corporeal existence, then I will accept that as payment in full.  However, if you die before you can manage that, then I get your soul.

"And yes, before you say anything else, you will take your orders and answer only to me.  I'll never hear the end of it from my daughter if I don't treat you well.  Besides, if I can use you to get Urd to visit me more often, then you will definitely be of use to me... but you may rest assured, I am going to work you like a dog for the first thousand years or so."

Spoiler

Can Ruby's eyes purify Salem?

Implication being that she might not be so evil any more, and then you can achieve victory by bringing the four artifacts together.

(01-08-2019, 08:17 PM)Labster Wrote: Alicia? What, who killed my undine!1111