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[occulthymns]

[When the recording starts the bracelet's camera is focused on some kind of aquarium. It isn't completely filled with water and it has quite a few rocks and logs, some of which stick out above the water. On first glance the tank looks empty, but if one looks close they can see a little red claw crab sitting under a log inside.]

Does anyone know what kinds of things crabs do for fun? I'm keeping an eye on this guy for someone else, and I know I've got his food and home down but it looks kind of boring in there. Especially since he's all alone! Do they even make toys for crabs? He looks like he might break stuff with those claws....

Oh! And what kind of information do I need to give out to get a licence? I've never gotten one of these things before, so I'm not sure if I need to bring something or... what, really.

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[occulthymns]

I don't care, I just don't want to hear anymore shit talking about them.

[samantha_grey]

We're probably best not to discuss the tournament then. They come up often enough.

[occulthymns]

It doesn't sound that impressive, anyway. [Namely because the winner of the tournament here is training her, and she think he's awesome.]

[samantha_grey]

Well, on that, we agree. It was an idiotic idea, though there were some interesting people at it that I didn't completely despise. Kind of wish Rufus was around. He'd probably know how to handle this shit better than I am.

[No, he wouldn't. He'd just have known how to make it look like he knew what he was doing.]

[occulthymns]

Having a hard time settling in...?

[samantha_grey]

Yes and no. I never settle in. I stopped doing that over a year ago, and I'm not getting settled in here either. Violent, sociopathic moments make it hard to make yourself part of a community. However, I know some folks who would handle this place better than I did. They'd already have plans in motion, and me I'm still waiting on bloody paperwork.

[occulthymns]

- Wait, 'violent sociopathic moments'?? What the fuck are you talking about?

[samantha_grey]

Ummm, I'm damned sure at some point I mentioned the whole 'going demonic' thing to you, like when I was in Kaz's bloody shell. Still owe the little bastard over that whole incident, but that ass-kicking can wait. I don't have good control over that side of me. It gets loose, and I flip out for a while. If I start flirting with you, just be somewhere else or knock me out fast. Better for everyone. I'll be sane in a day or so.

[occulthymns]

[She is just

confused.

Demons don't work this way in her work at all.]

Wh... at? So you're a crazy person?

[samantha_grey]

[She'd actually be envious if she understood why this was so confusing to Euri, honestly.]

Sometimes. Most days I'm just me. The blood doesn't boil that often, so I can pretty much just act normally around here. It's only happened once since I got here. The difference is easy to tell.

Would you say I'm kind of a surly, hard to get along with, hard to talk to bitch who 'might' have the occasional friendly moment?

[Yes, she was aware of this fact folks. She did it on purpose.]

[occulthymns]

I don't know. We've only talked a few times, I don't have a real opinion yet. Anyway, tell me what you're talking about already! Demons don't act psycho!

[samantha_grey]

Maybe not in your world, but they can in mine. They're creatures of vice and depravity. They can control themselves just fine, but they always pretty much lean to whatever vice they're tied to. Half demons aren't meant to control themselves right, and they have a lot more trouble. Some, it's physical. Me? I go nuts every once in a while. Turn into a twisted, depraved bitch.

[occulthymns]

[... Huh.]

They don't sound like demons at all.

[samantha_grey]

I don't know about your world that much, but they're fallen angels in mine. Corrupted by their vices, they rebelled and waged war against heaven, that or ended up working for the other side or being created by it. It's all horribly complicated, really.

[occulthymns]

[Oh, fallen angels. Cheriour told her about those - so did Castiel, come to think of it. She had come to the conclusion that they were bloodthirsty and capable of possessing people and therefore inferior to the demons she was familiar with.]

Oh, that whole shitty heaven and hell situation. My world doesn't have any of that - it's much better.

[samantha_grey]

[The eye rolling is audible in her response.]

Yeah, I'd gathered your world was different by now. Your demons aren't like ours apparently. Ours are psychos, and when my demon half is in charge, I'm an out of control psycho. Make sense?

[occulthymns]

Yeah.~ I'm not used to hearing 'demonic' being used for bad things.

[samantha_grey]

Whereas I'm really not used to hearing it being associated with anything but bad things, so let's just assume it's a difference of worlds and leave it at that. Does that explain the whole 'going crazy' a little better though?

[occulthymns]

Yes, but if you're crazy isn't it kind of irresponsible to be working with plants? Some of them can be dangerous if you have a malicious mindset.

[samantha_grey]

That side of me would find brewing a potion not only incredibly boring but tedious and needlessly time consuming. There's little to worry about there.

[occulthymns]

I wasn't aware 'crazy' also meant 'predictable'.

[samantha_grey]

Depends on the crazy. I know that side of me pretty well. She's never monkeyed with potions. Impulsive behavior doesn't lend itself to long-winded, careful alchemical reactions.

[occulthymns]

That doesn't stop you from using dangerous stuff that's already been made, or things that don't need to be altered in the first place.

[samantha_grey]

That's always a problem. The stuff's around even if I'm not working with it. She can and will use whatever's at her disposal. Only logical way to deal with making sure she doesn't have anything to abuse is to nuke this place from orbit.

And I'm fresh out of Plutonium.

[occulthymns]

I don't know what that means, but if you need to get a licence to get dangerous plants then it obviously isn't just lying around for you to grab whenever you want.