He appeared back in the white room after a fight, most were weak, could be killed instantly by his claws, he was tired, unsure what to do or think, all he knew was that mara hated him, that much was very clear, ever since the binding he felt her emotions and how she felt, there was no off switch to this, if there was then it was very well hidden, as he was never able to find it, but, he hopped it existed, this curse of his has been passed down only once before, and that was done to his close friend, after he stopped speaking to healer, but while reminiscing he realized why he was closed off in the first place, the people or well in past cases demons, always left him, he did realize that this didnt mean he could be an ass, he wasnt that dumb, but now he had an explanation for the pain in his heart
"well if it isn't the beast!"
[fuck you]
"feisty"
<…>
[mara can you say something please?]
honestly it hurt on the inside but he didn't want to show it, so he chuckled instead [well, i see you are taking your demon side of your soul as well]
<…>
[sorry i really am]
[and ya still hate me? Haaaaarsh]
[it is and isn't at the same time] he sighs an rubs his eyes
"i too, am quite curious" dreamer said elegantly acting as if he cared either way
[well you may have noticed that i dont fit any of the demons from the rings, and guesses?]
"well the system doohickey explained hell for us and how demons are born, so I'm guessing wrath or something"
healer makes a bzzt noise
[you could say that, but i assure you, i am from a ring] he looks at mara
"yea I'd rather not play your games" dreamer states in an annoyed tone
[fine, I'm from the eighth ring]
[of course I'm not, the eighth is all the miscellaneous souls that don't fit, the ones that dont have a specific sin they committed more then the other, how many did i commit?] he pauses for a couple moments [all of them, I'm the epitamy of sin, i have killed thousands and slept like a baby after, I've gorged on my desires until there's nothing left, of course there are other demons who look like me, but even among them i am special, there is nothing i didnt do, but as such i quickly became the strongest demon, all that got in my way were the lords, I couldn't kill them as that would cause hell to collapse, and I'd rather not have my home destroyed, but i got bored, and thats why i came to the mortal world]
they both look at him realizing who they're dealing with, dreamer looks utterly horrified, while mara looked like she still wanted to kill him, nothing really changed for her, she still hated him at the moment, less then before but still, hate it hate until its gone, she looked over to dreamer seeing his face, realizing she was a bit abnormal, she had been around healer for a while and felt no threat from him, he was actually kinda sweet
unknown to any in the world, healer had a quest given by the system power
{quest!: repent the sins you have committed!: sins left to repent:7}
he never did anything with the quest, the pop up was annoying and its not like he could do anything if he completed it-
{ding!}
['what was that?'] healer wondered, when he looked at the quest something surprised him
{quest!: repent the sins you have committed!: sins left to repent:6
sins repented: pride}
it wasn't completely out of the ball park, he felt less prideful after what mara had said to him and he felt bad, not stuck up as he always had, he was even able to realize thats how he was acting
{power has returned by 1/8, current power return: 2/8}
he started to overflow with power as his muscles bulged [woah thats pretty cool, so six more to go?]
{you have lost the perks of pride: overpowering strength}
[wait what!?!]
the two looked at the mad daemon as he was talking to himself
{you have gained the perks of humility: able to know when to run + able to know when someone's stronger}
[wait, thats actually a good trade off, being able to know when to run can be interpreted as dodging too, maybe, maybe to big a stretch]
[oh! Yea, I'm peachy!]
"I'm concerned your happy"
[may i ask a question?]
"go ahead healer"
[how much time has it been outside?]
"at least 5 days, at most 20, time is wonky in this dreamscape"
[i see, well, chop chop! Next ring!]
{ding!}
[…]
{sins left to repent: 5
sins repented: pride, sloth}
{lost they perks of sloth: over resting}
[ok, that i don't like]
{gained the perk of diligence: full of energy}
[very nice indeed]
{you now have 3/8 power}
[man, i feel the power, this is-]
[shit, sorry]
"next ring coming up, how about gluttony?"
[sure, they have great food]
"you don't get a say"
[jerk]
"ass"
before he can respond he's whisked off to a place, he recognizes the smell immediately, its the tears of underpaid teenage workers! "Where's the food!" He drools spotting a {fast food chain} he runs over and slams the doors open and runs to the counter and orders "{fast food} and {blank} nuggets, wait, whys it doing that?" He wonders for a moment "{fast food}" he ponders "weird, well ill also have some {soda brand} hehehe and {food} {more food} {drinks} {sauces}"
{system over load: please submit crash report}
"ok now that thats done i want some coke and Mc Nuggets, k kid?"
the worker looks scared and confused but nods going behind the counter looking for a piece of fresh food
///
as they watch in the system comes back online
{copyright protection protocol}
"i mean it is a game thing, probably had the feature bundled in"
"unless… nah! We already know of the author power, so its all just perspective, i feel real, so is all of this"
///
As healer eats his food he feels a slight earth quake as a slug of a man walks in, his meat dragging behind him
"oh my god, i remember why i hate this place, everyone here is so gross looking-"
the being of pure fat brushes healers shoulder, its all slimy and sweaty
"im gonna kill you"healer looks over at the demon "you disgusting fuck"
"uhm, wut?" This thing just talks and its already wheezing for air "like {character} in {movie} once said 'you can't kill me simple mortal'"
"hey i have a question chunky" healer try's to act as nice as possible
"yea?" He gasps like he ran a marathon
"maybe you should instal a treadmill and fan in your mamas basement" he says in a sneering kindly tone
"i-ill have you know this is my genetics!!!" The demon yells
"ok, you have a point, you are born like that, at least in hell"
"i-i even bought a salad"
"how many you eaten today?" Healer asked earnestly
"a-a hundred" the demon looks down as he says this
"look, ill give you some real advice, stick to three you may think thats to little, maybe even do one less each week, and i mean one less per day, just try to better yourself, you got this" 'that was weirdly nice… it feels weird… this isn't even real, its just memory construct'
{notice: as hell is made of mental energy's your astral projecting in hell to, and hell is astral projecting to your head}
'oh, thats actually pretty cool, is the Dream man acting as a conduit?'
{correct, but thats why this is deadly if you die here, youll find yourself in hell}
'well isn't that just lovely'
at this point the demon walked off, not taking the salad, a bright light could be seen as a flash happened, healer walked out and saw a name 'John' that was the demons name he talked to, he was re-evaluated Ashe acted strangely, and he was promptly brung into "heaven" so to speak
"well good on him" 'wait if thats the case why did most demons auto attack me'
{they attacked because you looked like a snack to them and still had yet to fully astral project}
'oh, that makes sense… no it doesn't, it makes zero sense'
…
after and hour walking he found himself in a pickle, trapped in between a group of demons, they probably wanted to kill him, they all looked so gross, all fat, all smelled, it was overall not a fun time for healer, he despised these people, well more the people who committed the sin on earth, they were always ones to point the blame, very rarely did they ever admit fault, never theirs, the world made them this way, and their genetics and all those excuses infuriated him, he could tell they were all weaker, from what he could tell he had no chance of loss, the only thing that worried him was the fact that they had thick blubber, if he attacked carelessly then he would just bounce off, overall never gonna be a fun time
one rushed
they were slow so very slow, he could dodge with ease, he wondered if it was his new found power, but no, they just sucked and were walking blubber, he used his nails to decapatate one, then another, this process continued for another half and hour as he didnt want to touch them unnecessarily, after the fight his nail were all gooey
…
as he entered the castle he washed his hands in the fountain, after a couple of moments his body felt refreshed after, even through he only washed his hands 'if i remember correctly there was rumor about a fat draining fountain in hell, ironic that its in the gluttony ring, he walked throughout the castle looking for anything 'hey system, can i take things from hell and bring them back'
{not possible that would break the laws of physics and would not be possible}
'bah, laws of physics? Those really mean nothing in this world'
{that is true, but you are not able to take a physical object and put it into someone's brain using astral projection, nor is there a way to bring it to the boy}
'ok, there you go, now your making some sense'
he continued to walk for quite some time occasionally coming across a guard, but they were sadly easy to deal with, not even a bit of struggle required, he walked through the doors "Beelzebub? I thought i killed you?"
"what i don't believe you did"
{i have an explanation, your memories were imperfect and jumbled at first causing the ruler of the sloth ring to get confused with the ruler of gluttony}
"ok, that makes sense, well all i need to do is just kill ya, not for realsies, right system?"
{it will knock them out but your astral for is incapable of killing, probably}
without hesitation he runs to Beelzebub and runs up his leg and gets right in his eye "and to the brain i kill" he punches the eye causing a huge explosion, making a gaping hole in the head of Beelzebub, he hops down and sits on the floor "god, I'm tired, its been non-stop battles" he closes his eyes as the castle rumbles