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Devil
| Notes ▶︎ Word count:891
Triggers: Strong Language - Abuse/Control
Timeline: #12 Leigh 27 years old
Overview: Story through dialogue only. Conversation between Baal and Arawn.
“I don’t like being ignored Baal, especially when it forces me to tread the mortal coil unnecessarily. When I call… I expect you to answer. Just as when I set you to task… by pain of death, you will complete it. ”
“Force…??? You have never been ‘forced’ to do anything against your will… And I am not your acolyte Arawn. I do not bow to you. I owe you no loyalty.”
“Loyalty? You think I’ve come here for something so insignificant… I don’t want your loyalty, Baal. I want your fealty, but I’ll settle for your obedience! Do NOT bare your teeth at me, demon, or I’ll pull them from your gums, one by one.”
“I cannot give you something that already belongs to someone else… My fealty is not mine to give…”
“Oh… Now, this I have to hear… And who, pray tell, does it belong to?”
“Why must you ask questions, you already know the answers to. It is tiresome and juvenile. I am tied to the witch, as well you know. She, and she alone, owns my loyalty.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! Why? Because of that stupid ritual? It's a contract and it can be dissolved in an instant, as well you are aware.”
“No!”
“No? What do you mean, no? Your time here has emboldened you, do not forget your place. You might be a Knight of Annwyn, but I am its king. My command is lore.”
“But not here. Not amongst the mortals. You are just another deity here. Just as, I am not your creature…”
“Baal, you’ll always be mine to command. Just as, her soul is mine to own.”
“No, it is not… We both know you hold no sway over her.”
“But that's not the case with you… is it! Can you feel it yet? My will… Is it not creeping up your spine, and down your limbs as we speak…? Tell me again how you're not my creature… Now… kneel… Knight… ”
“ARRAAGHH…”
“The witch changes nothing! You are mine to control… To command… If I told you to break your bones, would you not do it as easily as breathing…? Do not deny me again Baal!
“Release… Me...”
“Do not bark orders at me. It’s by my will that you are here. I allowed you to hear her call. I allowed you to pass through the portal. It’s my benevolence that allows you to still breathe…”
“No! That is… That is not…”
“If you are truly no longer beholden to me, break my compulsion… Ignore the pain wracking your bones and muscles as I twist your body to my whim… Ignore the burn in your lungs from the oxygen I've stolen… Prove. Me. Wrong. Stand up and choose… her…”
“Aragh…”
“You seem to have forgotten how this all works. So let me remind you. I’m not in the next room anymore. I’m right here! In front of you. And I’ll drag your twisted soul back to the Otherworld for the rest of eternity if you deny me one more time…”
“Stop… This…
“Beg fealty…”
“I will not.”
“You are a fool. Do you honestly believe she will ever care for you… That she ever could care for the likes of you… You're pathetic… Nothing more than a pet… Something she gives scraps of attention to, because she is scared of being alone. You are just the feeble attempt to fill the chasm her coven left behind when they rejected her. None of it is real.”
“No… I am more than that… I know I am… I- I am her friend.”
“Demons do not have friends-”
“This one does! I do! And I will not betray her! Not for you… Not for anyone…”
“Does she even know you…? Has she seen your true face…? Not, this pretty one you hide behind. The one that spins nightmares and stops hearts. Does she know of all the twisted paths of your past, of the trail of blood and destruction you have left in your wake for millennia?
“She accepts me for who- what I am. I will not make those same mistakes-“
“Mistakes, there are no mistakes… You’re a creature of violence. You’re vicious. Given enough time you’ll be lulled back to the chaos, to the whispers and the screams, until you’re pacing the realm like a caged animal. And when that happens you will bring down destruction on everything, including her.”
“I will not…”
“You don’t belong here amongst the mortals, or with her. Break the bond and come home.”
“It is not just the ritual. It cannot be broken. We are bound by blood. Our blood. It anchors me to her. I could not leave, even if I wanted to. We spilled blood during the binding; the magic is older than you. There is no breaking it…”
“No… You spill lies. That cannot be. You wouldn't be this stupid.”
“Stupid…? I… I did not ask… for this. I did not…ask to bind my life…to hers. But… it is done… As is your time here… I can feel your grip waning… my… king… let me go.”
“This is not over Baal… Do not test me… Leigh is mine… Her soul is mine…”
“We both know it is not… The depths of Annwyn are calling you back…”
“Heed my warning Baal…”
“Goodbye old friend…”
Lyrics ▶︎I'm pickin', I'm pickin', I'm pickin' I pick up the phone
You said it yourself you’re scared of being alone
You said it yourself that you can crack the code
But the static you hear automatically keeps you exposed on your own
I hope you’re ready, steady, smashing through the levy
The drama, the trauma, don’t play the prima donna
My god, you said it yourself that you would never stop
Until you felt the needle drop
Now you pack your bags
The party’s such a drag
And everyone can tell that you’re poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes
Except what you create
You need to know your place
'Cause it’s about to get heavy (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It’s about to be on (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin’ slingin’ napalm (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
The silence, the silence
The blinding ultra violence
Knockin’ at your door
Pacin' back and forth
What now? (What now)
The whispers and the screams
The stereotypical profiling ritual
Vicious and obscene
So now you pack your bags
The party’s such a drag
And everyone can tell that you’re poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes
Except what you create
You need to know your place
'Cause it’s about to get heavy (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It’s about to be on (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin’ slingin’ napalm (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
'Cause it’s about to get heavy (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It’s about to be on (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin’ slingin’ napalm (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah the devil's in the next room (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah the devil's in the next room (heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's right beside you |
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