001. Voice | Jan 27, 4am

[pmsgargoyle]

[Soft female voice. If she didn’t sound so amused, it’d be easy to tell she is incredibly pissed due to the current circumstances]

Do tell me, are you actually helping this world and its war? I am sure all of you are dying [she loves to use this word when addressing to humans] to go back to your little homes, however, it’s no where in the contract saying you’ll be returned once the war is over and won. It’s a promise, yes, but promises can be broken so easily, can they not?

Are we supposed to believe them? To trust them? [Demona doesn’t laugh, however she hums]

Hm~ tell me more about your war and the Witches.

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[dissenter]

[party pooper.

also, that sounds like the name of a really nice lady!] A pleasure. Qilby.

[pmsgargoyle]

[yup, it totally is. I see nothing wrong with it]

You don't come from Earth, correct? What world do you come from, Qilby?

[dissenter]

Indeed I don't. [nodnod.] The planet I arrived from is known as the World of Twelve, named for its twelve gods, though neither I nor my people are natives of that place.

So really, sudden switches in locale are nothing new to me. Even if -- your Earth? -- bears only a passing resemblance to the countless other planets I've explored.

[pmsgargoyle]

I can not tell you much regarding other planets for mine has never reached beyond the moon. [not in her time, at least] As matter of fact, humans enjoy believing they are the only ones in this whole universe. Even on Earth, they choose to believe only they exist.

I, on other hand, find it quite interesting. [mostly the science] Is this world's technology new to you, or is it far behind?

[dissenter]

Familiar, yet unfamiliar. It's the technology of a world that has little else -- ours had similar capabilities, but we relied on our magic in equal parts, and so... [he smiles only a little sheepishly.] I think I could learn something from it.

[a knowing look.] The fish in its pond may think it lives in the vastest of oceans, and know nothing of the rest of the world beyond its waters. Until it finds a way to breathe on land, I should think it has no reason to believe there is anything else. They make the best out of what they have, whether it's their technology or how they view their place in the cosmos. [and, curiously now:] You're no fish though -- is that what you're implying?

[pmsgargoyle]

Magic. I'm familiar with it, but in this place it seems only the Witches have it. That is, aside from turning into a Weapon.

[Now onto that next question. It's more like humans went from land to the water and killed anything that came from land, so they'd forget its existence. Aka, they killed my race, even thought we were there first. Glad this isn't a video, because Demona doesn't have a happy face]

I couldn't be. I am not a human, after all. [no point in hiding it. She is very blue and easy to spot, after all.]

[dissenter]

[qilby'll just be over here, blissfully unaware of all that loaded history for now...]

The way you speak of them, I'd be surprised if you were. [and he supposes that's why she's stuck on voice.] But chances are you aren't the only non-human... Ah, if you don't mind me asking-- what are you, then?

[pmsgargoyle]

Aha, I sounded too harsh, perhaps.

They call my kind "gargoyles".

[dissenter]

I don't think I've ever encountered a gargoyle before... It looks like I have the honour of being the first of my people to meet one. [it'd probably be rude to ask if that was "gargoyle" like the kinds that perch on the sides of castles...]

So-- you're a gargoyle from a planet named Earth, much like the Earth we're on now, and you share your land with the humans that also inhabit your world. [excuse him while he commits this to memory. he smiles.] What manner of people were yours?

[pmsgargoyle]

[she'd have answered "yes", actually.

And she wouldn't call it "share", but again she bites her tongue. And seeing he is so interested in it, Demona turns the VIDEO on]

1/2

[dissenter]

[oh......]

2/2

[dissenter]

... Forgive me, you look-- very much like one of the more-powerful members of my people. It's...

It's quite striking.

[pmsgargoyle]

Striking, hm? Perhaps Gargoyles aren't strictly from my planet only.

[dissenter]

Dragons, in our case. My fellow rulers and I-- we all had dragon siblings.

[oh goddess... he misses his sister.] ...But yes, you're right. It's very likely that somewhere out there beyond your world, out of all the other worlds that exist, you have brothers and sisters. I know for sure our planet was not the only one home to dragons. [a sad smile.] Perhaps you'll be lucky enough to find another of your kind here.

[pmsgargoyle]

Yes. It seems humans exist in a lot of worlds, so I can't help to believe it's the same with my kind. And I do hope they exist here too. [to join in my crazy plans]

And perhaps the same will happen to you.

[dissenter]

[a nod, an implied "thank you."]

Take care, Demona. I'm sure we shall run into each other sometime soon. [and, a brighter look.] You'll have to tell me more about your version of Earth, and your people.

[pmsgargoyle]

You as well, Qilby. We may share stories, later on.