[Use of a radio? Easy check. He's already got a working ham radio as a finished pet project. Thinking real hard about talking to the Devil? Also check. Not difficult for someone who was told not to since he was, like, three years old.
But after going through the responses to that Hero kid's goofy post, Chipp really can't help his curiosity - So here he is, carefully fiddling with the tuning knob on his radio like he's scared it's gonna explode. Or like the real, actual Devil is gonna pop out of it.
... He's silent for a moment, until he realizes -]
- Wait, shit, am I supposed to say somethin'...? How this work??
-oh! Oh, there you are! I was wondering if you were actually going to do it, haha...
[ the voice that burbles through the radio is... almost indescribable. there's the network girl's low voice, of course, but other voices layer on top of it - gentle whispers of honey and smoke and incense that echo outward.
it's okay i'm glad you're here someone else who would protect my children
and behind it all is, of all things, a song. crystalline and high; synthesizers and choirs and subsonic sounds coalescing. it doesn't sound like any song that could be written. to someone like chipp, it probably sounds more familiar than most. ]
I'm really glad you did. [ soft. relieved. gentle. ] It's easier, like this.
[Something about the voice coming through on the other end puts Chipp on edge - it's nothing that Venus (or otherwise) has done, it's just... His nature, in a sense. To put up a wall the moment he feels like someone's paying attention to him. There's quite a bit from Venus's transmission that's lost on him. Trying to get feeling across to him is a bit like trying to fit a wide package through a mail slot. But the music manages to hit perfectly, leaving him feeling anxious for once in his life.
There's a light metallic clatter as his claws smooth out the antennae on his helmet, almost like he's trying to adjust a particularly annoying curl, before he actually tries to respond.]
No, uh, no, ma'am - am I right? Ma'am? Sorry, I don't much like to... assume...
But I ain't the angry hero kid on the network, if that's who you been hopin' to hear. Someone else entirely. Mind if I intrude a bit? Just for a second.
Yeah, I'm a girl. You don't have to call me ma'am, though? Even though it's kinda cute. Haha.
[ she listens to - whoever this is? - as he talks for a second. the drawl in his voice isn't from her own home state, but it's a comforting one, and she can't help but smile in her own apartment as she hears him. she nods, forgetting he won't be able to see her as she responds. ]
That's okay. I'm happy to hear from you, too. [ a soft giggle. ] Well. As long as you're here... why don't we talk for now, then? I can't promise I have answers. But I'll definitely talk to you whenever you want it.
[If only his radio could pick up the tiny, horrid wheeze he lets out at getting called cute. (It probably picked it up a little.) It's not really something anyone's called him before - outside of trying to patronize him before he turned them into minced meat - but something about hearing it from this stranger over the radio, with a tone that feels weirdly familiar (yet not at all), is just - It's wheeze-worthy.
He tries to regain a little dignity by clearing his throat, though. Does it work? Absolutely not. But he tried!]
I was just wonderin'... what bein' "the Devil" entails. For you, I mean. You, specifically. I know what it mean in the good book, but I wanna know what it mean for you.
And - What should I call you? Don't gotta give me ya real name if you ain't comfortable with that. But 's either that or I go back to "ma'am", so...
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[ maybe the radio doesn't pick it up. why would that matter? the radio is for him, after all. venus hears his prayer as it is, quiet and simple and clear as day. for her, it's as easy as talking to someone in the same room. ]
Ha. It's Venus, okay? I'm not really into the whole "hiding myself" thing.
[ that's the easy question, at least. it's the other one that's a bit more complicated. not that she hasn't answered it a dozen other times, to a dozen other people. ]
"The devil is only the shadow of man cast by the light of God." All of God's perfection inverted and everted. If God's job is to welcome the pure and righteous, then my job is to look after the ones he's too good for. Make sense?
[She's not gonna be able to get him to drop the "Miss". That is simply a Thing. Time to learn how to accept unyielding politeness from someone who is horribly impolite!! He has to stop and think about her answer, though. His first thought is, of course, something along the lines of "The Lord isn't "too good" for anyone" - but the way Venus speaks makes it clear how she feels about that. And he knows things are handled differently in different universes.]
... Is that your answer? Or is it one you sayin' ad verbum? [A word that probably sounds fun with the way he talks.]
And, either way... does that include folks who were too good for Hell, too?
Hmmm... I mean. You're definitely incredibly pretty. Like I don't really think there's any way around that? Like. 9/10. Maybe a 9.5. I'm kind of insanely jealous??
Buuut... I don't really know how hot you are, I guess? I feel like... You make music, so that's definitely something, but I don't know you well enough to say whether you give. Like. Hot Vibes????
[ oh, wow, okay. being hyped up by strangers is rare, especially vaguely ethereal cute girls???
though. huh. looking at venus... mizuki doesn't want to assume, and she's not about to ask, but. ]
ehhh, yeah, that makes sense!! i def go for more of a "cute" vibe than a "hot" one anyway... and woooow, just a 9 or 9.5 huh?? guess i can live with that ／(◕ x ≦ )＼
ur rly hot tho! even if i dont rly get all that devil talk (￣▽￣*)ゞ
do u wear tops like that a lot? i get nervous showing off that way
Oh phew. I'm glad you get what I mean? I've been sitting here for like five minutes thinking like. "I sure hope she doesn't think I'm trying to neg her or something??" Haha.
Thank you though?? That means a lot. Like. It's nice to hear in general, but especially when someone super pretty does it. You know?
[ oh. OH. venus is old enough that's not just a late bloomer thing, and she wouldn't just say it was a long story if it was that or surgery or something. so. mizuki shouldn't—she should disengage from this, now, knowing other girls like her is bound to complicate what she's tried to make for herself in the worst way—
instead, she opens a direct message to venus. ]
you don't need to get toooooo into it, i think i get the idea. when did you know?
[ not the most graceful question, if she's playing the curious cis girl act. ]
[ that's okay, mizuki. so far, venus isn't seeing anything wrong with the questions. maybe it'd be different in person, with tone and interaction and hesitations between each word-
-but right now, it's just the curious questions from one girl to another. any suspicions she might have are just that: suspicions. ]
Oh. Uhhhh. That's kind of embarrassing? I mean. I guess I always kind of wanted to, on some level. Like, I was... So, so tired of being told to man up and everything? But I didn't really know it was an option. Haha. So I guess... I only really understood it all two years ago. You know. When I became the devil.
Oh. Right. Uhhh. Hm. I mean there's a few ways you could find out more? But I feel like the first few might make you blow me up. (That's what you do right?? I saw someone called you Bomb...)
So I guess instead we'll go with the safer option. Does he know you don't hate gay people? Is he from a world where that's not like. The default?
I don't blow people up just randomly. I blow them up when they're hurting people. Can't promise I won't cuss you out, though. But shoot, give me whatever ways you got and I'll decide if they're stupid or not.
He's from my world. I grew up with him. So no, hating gay people isn't the default... at least not in the Hero crowd, anyway. We're all too busy to give a shit about how other people identify.
Right. Sorry. I didn't mean you'd blow me up randomly if that helps? Like. Don't get me wrong. You're kind of an asshole? But you're also a lot cooler than I actually expected from when we talked. Even if I don't agree with some of the stuff you say about Heroes, you're not anything like the ones back home.
Sorry I got sidetracked. Anyway 1. You could tell him you like guys first and see how he reacts? 2. I don't know if you like him like that at all but you could just. Flirt with him and see what happens???
And then after that we get to the safer options like 3. You could kind of casually talk about someone else you both know who's gay and see how he reacts? 4. Just mention a friend being gay and see what happens?? Or like. It doesn't even have to be a friend. You could probably talk about me and it'd be fine.
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ok here it is
Thinking real hard about talking to the Devil? Also check. Not difficult for someone who was told not to since he was, like, three years old.
But after going through the responses to that Hero kid's goofy post, Chipp really can't help his curiosity -
So here he is, carefully fiddling with the tuning knob on his radio like he's scared it's gonna explode.
Or like the real, actual Devil is gonna pop out of it.
... He's silent for a moment, until he realizes -]
- Wait, shit, am I supposed to say somethin'...? How this work??
communication method: HAM RADIO BAYBEE
[ the voice that burbles through the radio is... almost indescribable. there's the network girl's low voice, of course, but other voices layer on top of it - gentle whispers of honey and smoke and incense that echo outward.
it's okay
i'm glad you're here
someone else who would protect my children
and behind it all is, of all things, a song. crystalline and high; synthesizers and choirs and subsonic sounds coalescing. it doesn't sound like any song that could be written. to someone like chipp, it probably sounds more familiar than most. ]
I'm really glad you did. [ soft. relieved. gentle. ] It's easier, like this.
its how the cool kids do it!!
His nature, in a sense. To put up a wall the moment he feels like someone's paying attention to him.
There's quite a bit from Venus's transmission that's lost on him. Trying to get feeling across to him is a bit like trying to fit a wide package through a mail slot.
But the music manages to hit perfectly, leaving him feeling anxious for once in his life.
There's a light metallic clatter as his claws smooth out the antennae on his helmet, almost like he's trying to adjust a particularly annoying curl, before he actually tries to respond.]
No, uh, no, ma'am - am I right? Ma'am?
Sorry, I don't much like to... assume...
But I ain't the angry hero kid on the network, if that's who you been hopin' to hear. Someone else entirely.
Mind if I intrude a bit? Just for a second.
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[ she listens to - whoever this is? - as he talks for a second. the drawl in his voice isn't from her own home state, but it's a comforting one, and she can't help but smile in her own apartment as she hears him. she nods, forgetting he won't be able to see her as she responds. ]
That's okay. I'm happy to hear from you, too. [ a soft giggle. ] Well. As long as you're here... why don't we talk for now, then? I can't promise I have answers. But I'll definitely talk to you whenever you want it.
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(It probably picked it up a little.)
It's not really something anyone's called him before - outside of trying to patronize him before he turned them into minced meat - but something about hearing it from this stranger over the radio, with a tone that feels weirdly familiar (yet not at all), is just -
It's wheeze-worthy.
He tries to regain a little dignity by clearing his throat, though. Does it work? Absolutely not.
But he tried!]
I was just wonderin'... what bein' "the Devil" entails.
For you, I mean. You, specifically. I know what it mean in the good book, but I wanna know what it mean for you.
And -
What should I call you? Don't gotta give me ya real name if you ain't comfortable with that.
But 's either that or I go back to "ma'am", so...
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Ha. It's Venus, okay? I'm not really into the whole "hiding myself" thing.
[ that's the easy question, at least. it's the other one that's a bit more complicated. not that she hasn't answered it a dozen other times, to a dozen other people. ]
"The devil is only the shadow of man cast by the light of God." All of God's perfection inverted and everted. If God's job is to welcome the pure and righteous, then my job is to look after the ones he's too good for. Make sense?
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[She's not gonna be able to get him to drop the "Miss". That is simply a Thing.
Time to learn how to accept unyielding politeness from someone who is horribly impolite!!
He has to stop and think about her answer, though. His first thought is, of course, something along the lines of "The Lord isn't "too good" for anyone" - but the way Venus speaks makes it clear how she feels about that.
And he knows things are handled differently in different universes.]
... Is that your answer? Or is it one you sayin' ad verbum? [A word that probably sounds fun with the way he talks.]
And, either way... does that include folks who were too good for Hell, too?
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hot or not
wow, smooth. why dontcha give both numbers? gimme a better idea of my stat block
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I mean. You're definitely incredibly pretty. Like I don't really think there's any way around that?
Like. 9/10. Maybe a 9.5. I'm kind of insanely jealous??
Buuut...
I don't really know how hot you are, I guess?
I feel like... You make music, so that's definitely something, but I don't know you well enough to say whether you give. Like.
Hot Vibes????
Does that make literally any sense.
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though. huh. looking at venus... mizuki doesn't want to assume, and she's not about to ask, but. ]
ehhh, yeah, that makes sense!! i def go for more of a "cute" vibe than a "hot" one anyway... and woooow, just a 9 or 9.5 huh?? guess i can live with that ／(◕ x ≦ )＼
ur rly hot tho! even if i dont rly get all that devil talk (￣▽￣*)ゞ
do u wear tops like that a lot? i get nervous showing off that way
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"I sure hope she doesn't think I'm trying to neg her or something??"
Haha.
Thank you though?? That means a lot.
Like. It's nice to hear in general, but especially when someone super pretty does it. You know?
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I mean. I only started in the last year or two?
I didn't really have boobs before then. It's kind of a long story.
[ well, that's one way to come out. she's just kind of used to telling the story at this point. ]
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instead, she opens a direct message to venus. ]
you don't need to get toooooo into it, i think i get the idea. when did you know?
[ not the most graceful question, if she's playing the curious cis girl act. ]
private;
-but right now, it's just the curious questions from one girl to another. any suspicions she might have are just that: suspicions. ]
Oh. Uhhhh. That's kind of embarrassing?
I mean. I guess I always kind of wanted to, on some level. Like, I was... So, so tired of being told to man up and everything?
But I didn't really know it was an option. Haha.
So I guess... I only really understood it all two years ago.
You know. When I became the devil.
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seems like this is a lot better for you? im glad
yknow im pretty sure thats not, like, totally a metaphor so i guess i should ask
whats up with the devil stuff
cw: casual suicide mention
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Hey. I have a question.
A gay question.
i'm so sorry
Oh!
I'm good at those!!!
NEVER BE
I kind of figured you would be. Since you talked about it a lot.
This guy I know. He's been acting weird, and I don't know if it's because he's gay or if it's just in my head.
[apologies for the kind of aggressive but not way hes talking about this venus, he means well but has No Idea How To Talk About This]
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Uhhh. Hm.
I mean there's a few ways you could find out more? But I feel like the first few might make you blow me up.
(That's what you do right?? I saw someone called you Bomb...)
So I guess instead we'll go with the safer option.
Does he know you don't hate gay people?
Is he from a world where that's not like. The default?
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He's from my world. I grew up with him. So no, hating gay people isn't the default... at least not in the Hero crowd, anyway. We're all too busy to give a shit about how other people identify.
this one i'm not actually sorry for at all
Like. Don't get me wrong. You're kind of an asshole?
But you're also a lot cooler than I actually expected from when we talked.
Even if I don't agree with some of the stuff you say about Heroes, you're not anything like the ones back home.
Sorry I got sidetracked. Anyway
1. You could tell him you like guys first and see how he reacts?
2. I don't know if you like him like that at all but you could just. Flirt with him and see what happens???
And then after that we get to the safer options like
3. You could kind of casually talk about someone else you both know who's gay and see how he reacts?
4. Just mention a friend being gay and see what happens?? Or like. It doesn't even have to be a friend. You could probably talk about me and it'd be fine.
bye hes dead youve killed him venus
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video un: gaine
Venus, right? Jupiter and I are acquainted [ read: hooked up ] and she said I should meet you. I'm Saya.
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Oh! Yeah, she had a lot of good things to say about you, haha. [ don't worry, saya. she already knows the dirty deets. ] So, um. How are you?
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Did she? I'm glad. She's wonderful, you're very lucky.
I'm fine, thank you. Happy to meet you, so to speak. And I'm sorry to hear about your girlfriend. If there's anything I can do...