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[odaystar]

"Speak my name and I will hear it."
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[odaystar]

Darling, did you think you were truly free of consequence if you jumped head first into sinning?

[He isn't entirely without sympathy, but honestly... he can't be blamed for this one. Mostly.]

Did you never stop to wonder if some of my children didn't start off the very same as you and your fellow penitents?

[unreconciled]

[Well, he hadn't thought it himself, though it had been suggested by another. The implicit confirmation was unpleasant.]

There is no question that penance for my sins, as many and as grievous as they are, is deserved. That some anodyne be offered during punishment, with its results being beyond that of simply to one's list adding is unthinkable. Unspoken as well, to those of us brought here.

[odaystar]

If your sins just appear as numbers on a list... Do you think that would truly hold the same weight as some sort of physical evidence?

Be honest, Andrej.

[unreconciled]

Is that it then? I am to be damned twice over, without hope for a return?

[That's definite despair in his voice, this new development has him shook.]

[odaystar]

I never said that was no hope, did I?

Don't assume the worst.

[unreconciled]

Then what is to be done? For I have done my best to pay what is owed for my sins, and yet, I do not think I can bear it.

[Certainly not the nightmares made real, which were really the tipping point into Frrenzy's depravity.]

[odaystar]

Well, certainly not with that attitude. Stay strong, Andrej. You'll be rewarded.

The horns are almost adorable anyway.

(much later)

[unreconciled]

[With that comment, Andrej had let Lucifer have that last word... except with the arrival of a nice little letter he is outraged, to say the very least.]]

What is the meaning of this? Is it not enough that I suffer my own sins, how is it that I am to pay the price for deeds I have not even done?

[odaystar]

Why are you angry with me? It seems you should be angry at the fact there are those with loose enough morals to make such a deal.

[unreconciled]

Who else should I be angered by, when you are the one who is offering the supposed 'deal' in the first place?

[odaystar]

The people who took it, of course. No one twisted their arms, I assure you.

[unreconciled]

[Andrej is still furious -- and can only think back to seeing Lucifer at the end of the carnival's festivities. The fellow was probably enjoying this.] The fact remains that you offered them such an option. If it is such an arbitrary exchange, why, then should I ask how should I offload all of mine so easily and simply leave?

[odaystar]

Simply put, I'm the devil. I do make deals an offers, but I never force someone's hand into accepting.

It's so easy to be good when there's no temptation, isn't it?

But I suppose you could try... that sort of deal would have a cost though. Possibly more than you could ever afford.