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[soulsword]

If anyone is missing an item, I may have what you are looking for. I can return it if you tell me the item.

[ Is she going to acknowledge that people's things may have been rearranged or anything like that? No, no she's not. Is she going to fully throw the imps under the bus? Yes, she definitely is. After a few seconds she decides to add some sort of explanation. Half-truths are better than nothing, right? Her tone sounds a bit bored and there's just the hint of an ever present Russian accent. ]

Some of my imps escaped and decided they would make me proud by showing creativity. I was not proud. [ Not unless she finds out that at least one person had their stuff rearranged in some sort of creative way! That was what she'd ordered them to do and instead they seem to have stolen things with no reports of anything else. ] Imps are....difficult creatures to deal with. They rarely know how to handle thinking for themselves due to their status in most hell dimensions. Really, you can't fault them too much for making an attempt, can you?

[ She can, because again, it wasn't their orders. It doesn't matter if they thought she'd be proud. She wasn't. ]

If do happen to see them, contact me and leave them be. They can't harm you too much. I would hope. It would be concerning to think that are people here weak enough to be injured by an imp.

Comments

[soulsword]

My world is not much different. The country I was born in is known for using orphans for...anything they wished for. Mutants are universally despised and excluded from most things. It has been...strange how comfortable most here seem with things that are different.

[gadaboutdetective]

[He nodded, despite knowing that she couldn’t see him.]

I admit, it took some getting used to in the last world I was in… But one does get used to it… and it’s a good thing; I think. So uh- I suppose that’s why I’m a little more agreeable than I was in my world. No one seems to give me a reason to be disagreeable, at least not yet.

[soulsword]

How...interesting. It simply makes me suspicious of why people pretend to be so understanding and accepting.

[gadaboutdetective]

Sometimes it’s hard not to be… It took me a while to let go of some suspicions in the last world I was in, took me over half a year. [He said with a little internal wince.] I was always worried it was some sort of trap to let my guard down… But it never was. I don’t know if I’ve ever come across someone who pretended to understand or to accept when they didn’t, but I haven’t been here long enough to know if it’s the same or not.

[soulsword]

I would rather not just trust in the positive and wait to be proven wrong.

[gadaboutdetective]

I can't deny that's a sensible way to look at the situation... But the suspicion and doubt can also get in the way of good things, and some risks are worth taking. At least, that's a lesson I learned that in the last year.

[soulsword]

What good things could it get in the way of?

[gadaboutdetective]

Connecting with the world around you, uh- If you’re suspicious and doubt everyone around you regardless of if they give you a reason to or not… I could get in the way of friendships you might not have expected.

[Or more… If he hadn’t opened up and let himself try, he certainly wouldn’t have the people in his life that he had. He’d still be alone, and that wasn’t something he liked to think about.]

[soulsword]

Ah that sounds like a horrible risk. [ Her voice sounds sarcastic ]

[gadaboutdetective]

[Sarcasm or not, it was a point that Llewellyn thought rather strongly on.]

It could be, you know… And It’s a risk I’m glad that I didn’t chance, at least after a while.

[soulsword]

How wholesome.

[gadaboutdetective]

Is it? [He supposed in hindsight it might sound as such for someone who was clearly a bit skeptical on the subject.] Well, rather than bore you with the idea further… I suppose uh- I’ll be going. I look forward to getting my pocket-watch back later. Thank you.