hadriel | sixth. video (i fought the war but the war won).

[It's a video post from Mello, and that's a thing that just does not happen. The camera is propped up to face him, lying on his back with his eyes closed, drinking in the artificial sunlight on a patch of grass somewhere in the park.]

Don't you all just get tired of fighting all the time?

[A peculiar lilt colors his words, a slight discordance to his typical tone and a languidness that should be noticeable to anyone who has ever heard him speak. He opens his eyes and glances to the camera.]

I mean, I know you are - I can smell it on you. You all want, so much - you want to go home, you want to return to your normal, ordinary lives. You want an end to the struggles you face here in order to simply survive.

[He shifts onto his side, propping his head up in his hand to face the camera directly. This is something else Mello would never do - openly show his face. And anyone who has seen his face before, even just partially, will notice a key difference here - his scar is gone. He smiles deviously at the camera.]

Don't fight us. Join us. Let us help you. Let me help you. I can give you what you want. All you have to do is ask, and let us in.

[He gives the camera audience a one-shouldered shrug and smiles again, something that looks entirely wrong and out of place on Mello's face.]

Despite what you may have heard, we're not all bad.

(ooc note: demon-possessed mello can also be encountered in person pretty much anywhere in the city for the next few days!)

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You don't have a clue what I want.

[L usually defaults to text on the network. It seems like something a little more urgent is called for in this case, however.]

What are you trying to accomplish with this post? I know you wouldn't do this without a very good reason.

[ The post knocks the wind out of her, a panic rising in her throat as realization dawns on her. She knows what this means and every fiber of her being screams no. Why him? What did that stupid fucking demon promise him? Why did he accept? She barely realizes she literally screams before finding the fury to drown out the fear and sorrow. ]

You asshole! [ The rage is obvious as is the emotional turmoil it's clearly throwing her through. ] I am going to kill you.

[ The demon. Mello. Both. How fucking could he? ]

[It doesn't take a detective to know what happened here. He's not going to bite, but somewhere, he's sighing.]

Do you honestly think the populace is that stupid? [ Well, okay, for some people the answer can be yes, because there was no getting around that, but from what Kanda's observed through the network thus far... Most here weren't.

So he's honestly curious why a demon would waste their time like this. ]

I'll get tired of fighting when I'm dead.

[ Arya says, cooly. She doesn't need demon possession to be a danger.

But she also hates how the possessed man's words seem to resonate. She hates that demons make sense.

Even when not possessed, Arya wonders how far she really is from becoming a demon, at least figuratively. ]

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