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(Daily Chat - Day 274 #2 - The Fantastic Three - How To Eat Pickles)

"Frankly, I would rather have found out through this conversation they were having directly in front of me they were trying to poison me. Do I really need to thoroughly inspect all of my food now, even Barbatos's cooking!?

"I'm not going to eat the pickles, Barbatos! Even if you sneak them into my food! Can't a King be picky with one food in the privacy of his own home!?" Diavolo probably looks angry to anyone who hasn’t seen him making the huffy, pouty face before.  As it is, to someone experienced, he most likely looks like he’s pouting and quietly throwing a Brat Prince Tantrum©.

“You could have at least asked Beelzebub instead of Lucifer. . . .”

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In Finnish folklore, Devil (Piru) isn’t just an evil hunter of souls tempting people into sinful things like gambling and drinking. He’s aware that no matter what bad happens, humans will blame him (and his demons) for it, even when he has done nothing. 

Because of this, Devil sometimes helps those in trouble out from sheer “I’m so not up for getting blamed for this shit I have not done!”-attitude.

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“Hello, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well! Rest assured I’m still here, still taking questions, and I’m doing alright myself.  There are a few longer-form things I wanted to respond to before I took care of shorter responses(I wonder if this seems backwards to most people? That’s always how I learned to do things) and I’ve been trying not to rush them lest I somehow mistake them for paperwork. But I’m almost done with one!

“On the upside, Solomon’s taking care of something for me.  On the downside it’s not the end of anything--quite the opposite, I imagine--and I’ll have to talk to Simeon, and Simeon and Solomon will probably want me to talk to Michael and. . . .”

Diavolo heaves a sigh and shakes his head returning to his paperwork.

He’s muttering in some demonic tongue, occasionally stopping to focus himself, returning to reading a document, only to start again as if plagued by a mess of thoughts and plans.

He seems even busier than usual.  He’d probably appreciate some asks for later, though.

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This was so fucking satisfying to watch

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An electrifying idol

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Demon Goats by Andres Rios

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Hell of a Story: The Thing in the Walls, by Alex Konstad, via Instagram.

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If we are friends, can I call ya Dia? Good friends deserve nickname.

“If we’re friends, I’d like that a lot!  Although, I admit you might have problems with Lucifer and some others.”

Lucifer doesn’t like when people drop the ‘Lord’ from his title let alone call him anything else.

“Are we friends?  Or will we hopefully become friends?”  He’s only got like two friends to his knowledge--two good friends, even, and he’s not sure about others. . .he’d like more friends.  Kinda hard to make friends when you’re the Lord of the Devildom, though.  “I’m looking forward to it either way!”

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Art noveau bat chandelier. Austria, 1900.

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She’s called the violet/purple prickly pear, also known as Opuntia Gosseliniana. 😍🌵❤️

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Young master, I simply wanted to inform you that I might be late in serving you tea today. There appears to be a rat infestation in the kitchen and I am currently in the... process of removing it. Please ignore any screams or unsavory words that you might hear. I will bake you an additional cake to make up for my tardiness. ~Barbatos

“If you insist on taking care of it yourself, then that’s alright.” ‘It’ being the infestation but, in theory, he’s pretty sure the infestation is a singular rat that Barbatos happened to catch sight of in a cabinet.  He didn’t say anything about it earlier, after all.  Besides they live in a multi-million year old castle, there’s going to be rodents.  It bothers Barbatos far more than it bothers Diavolo, but he won’t stop him from maintaining order--it’s kind of his job after all.  (And he’s never gonna complain about more cake.)  “I don’t mind a little lateness, so there’s no rush; I’m hardly dying of thirst.  Be careful!  Please try not to obliterate the poor creature. Or the kitchen for that matter.”

Ignoring the screaming will be a little hard but.  Not the first time there’s been unsavory screaming in the castle and he had to just ignore it.  It’s mostly just his instinct to help that needs to be ignored.  He has plenty of paperwork to mind while he waits--although he may simply decide this is ‘extended teatime’ and do something else while he waits instead--

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i don’t know if you’ve seen this because it’s a human world show but you really remind me of michael from ‘the good place’ :D

"Unfortunately I've got limited exposure to human world media. But perhaps I can ask Barbatos to acquire me copies of it if they're available.

"Is Michael nice? I hope I'd be compared to a good character. Admittedly, that name will always make me think of the Archangel. . .I'm not certain how I feel about that particular comparison admittedly."

He makes a shocked expression, as if connecting dots. "If Michael is in The Good Place, is it a show about the Celestial Realm?"

Would that make the Devildom the Bad Place? He pouts a little at the thought. The Devildom is lovely. It's not a bad place at all. Sure there's an entire part of it dedicated to an ancient post-War agreement with the Celestial Father in which his followers who've not followed his rules may be punished indefinitely(depending on their understanding of them,) but the Devildom is a civilization first and foremost. . .!