#030066 - A Report

[passio]

It’s been a long time. We have many new people here. My name is Dextera.

A few weeks ago, some others and I were able to defeat the powerful creature in the woods that Ryo discovered. When we kept walking after it, we found that the area beyond it was strangely calm and safe. It was a respite unlike anything I’ve ever seen that deep in the woods. We even saw one or two animals that were completely normal. If you’ve seen any of the usual animals from the woods before, you must understand how strange this is.

It was a small area, but it felt “right.”

The second update is that I recently came back from the woods again with Damian. Because the story from #FFFFFF keeps updating, I thought now was a good time to see if we could find any evidence of that man.

After a long time, and I’m sorry if we scared anyone by disappearing, we were able to find what we think were his bones, plus a locket with the picture of a beautiful man and a colorful feather inside of it.

That’s all. I hope everyone is well.

Comments

[lacrimose]

Uh huh.

[So nonchalant. And there Akira goes, opening the window and hoisting himself out, dropping to the ground easily as a cat. Still holding the ring, he begins to transform into his devil form, opens his now fanged jaws wide, and...

Swallows the ring whole??? Well then.]

[passio]

[ dextera watches from the window as akira transforms, and when he simply swallows it—dextera does have to wonder if that’s going to actually work. is it destruction, if he can’t even digest metal? ]

Um…

[lacrimose]

[As Dextera watches, flames begin to erupt around Akira as he heats up his body. He has no idea if this will work -- like all of his Devilman abilities, he has to just trust his instincts and hope that his decisions kill him.]

Let's see if hellfire melts metal! [Akira grins.]

[passio]

[ hellfire!

it would have helped to have akira along to try to mix together his and ryo’s attempt at making a philosopher’s stone—regardless, when akira erupts, dextera flinches. ]

Aah?!

[ but, whether or not he can feel it in the pit of his stomach, the ring can’t stand up to hellfire. ]

[lacrimose]

[Akira also has no idea if he's about to make a molten ring-sized hole in his stomach, but, much like his body is impervious to flames, it doesn't seem to affect him at all.

When he's satisfied the ring has melted down, the flames dissipate. He coughs, and-- throws it back up and spits it into the dirt in a tiny amount of cooling metal.

He looks up at Dextera and gives a thumbs-up. Kinda like throwing up an incredibly dangerous hairball, but he did it.]

[passio]

[ the metal definitely burns where he spits it up, but it’s quick enough to cool once it’s out of the flames, and the ground itself is damp enough, that it doesn’t set the grass on fire immediately. ]

…

[ he exhales. ]

It didn’t hurt, did it? Thank you…

[lacrimose]

[Akira shakes his head, transforming back to his usual self. Though he's still smoking a little from the heat, he's still grinning brightly.]

It was fine! Don't worry.

[passio]

[ “don’t worry,” he says, after a display like that. he’s smoking, for god’s sake. dextera tilts his head in concern, but he’s not going to push the issue. ]

You can come back inside. It’s probably okay to leave that there.

[lacrimose]

Right.

[He heads back inside, and fortunately uses the front door like a normal person instead of jumping back up through the window. He calls up the stairs:]

Is there any other stuff that needs destroying?

[passio]

No…

[ dextera’s voice is so soft that it almost doesn’t carry down the stairs, but he’s poking his head out of his room so that he can be heard. ]

But you can stay a little while, if you want to.