shallbeavenged | First Summons [Video | Text

[The first thing that was wrong was that she woke up in a strange place. And trying to teleport away did nothing. Which was probably why she was shuffled out of the door with a backpack by the strange women who kept calling herself mom. It didn't take Ai long to realize that something was very wrong.]

[So, locating a tree she climbed up and started to investigate her bag. After a while finding the Pokegear and poking around at the maps for a bit. Well wherever she was, it wasn't Japan, or her world of twilight. And unless the Lord of Hell had decided to redecorate, this wasn't Hell. So she was trapped somewhere else then. ...alive for some reason and without any of her powers.]

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[An accidental one as she's just poking around on the device. So have a small girl with black hair and red eyes in a tree, looking around and very confused. Before noticing that it seems to be recording and quickly trying to turn it off. It may take her a few moments but she eventually gets it.]

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[Well she's managed to figure out that yes you can talk to people on this thing. So...texting is better]

Where am I? And how do I get home?

I have duties to attend to. I am not allowed to miss them.

[Action: New Bark Town]

[You can find Ai slowly getting out of a tree. Looking warily about as if she expects to be attacked at any moment. Hey, with her luck you never know]

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Why?

[She's so confused.]

We're all in the same situation, so it's best to help everyone out.

Because most of the time people do what's best for themselves, not others.

When things go wrong people will step on others to save themselves. Or even before that. They seek revenge in a never ending cycle of hatred and despair.

It's human nature.

But... that's not true!

[Must have gone gone through some real rough stuff to think that way. Urge to hug has risen 150%.]

You poor dear... it really is okay now. You won't find anyone like that here. Revenge doesn't go anyone any good. We want to live happily and peacefully with each other.

No it doesn't. But people do it anyway.

[Still a bit disbelieving about not finding anyone like that here. She knows human nature.]

Not here, they don't. You can take my word for it.

[After a long moment she shakes her head.]

I don't believe that.

People have always sought revenge and they always will. I've watched them do it for over four hundred years in my duties as the Hell Girl.

The... Hell Girl?

[She nods and seems to go into what is a repeated speech. Albeit with tenses and pronouns changed.]

If someone truly hates someone, they can contact me and I will offer them a contract. I will ferry the soul of their tormentor straight into the depths of Hell.

But there is always a price.

When they die, their soul will belong to Hell also.

[The small amended speech ends.]

People are willing to condemn themselves and others for any number of reasons. Hatred is never ending.

[You're going to have to give her a few minutes. This is A) a lot of information to take in, and B) absolutely horrible. But as she thinks, she remembers Ai mentioning 'rules'... is this not something she's done willingly?]

... You don't have to do that anymore. Not here.

You're not the Hell Girl. Now you're Enma Ai.

[That in itself is hard to take in]

I will always be the Hell Girl.

[Small pause.]

But if there is no Hell or Lord of Hell, then I cannot do my duties here.

[A break? And if time stands still at home....then her companions wouldn't be punished in her absence.]

[She smiles softly.]

That's right. You can be a normal girl, and do things you like, and have lots of friends.

How do you do that?

[She's watched people for years, but being normal isn't something she knows how to do. Even when she was alive people hated her and treated her differently.]

Just be yourself! Why, you and I are friends already.

We are?

That's right! We're friends! So you can come to me for anything and everything!

....is that what friends do?

Yes. Friends trust each other, and they can talk to each other about anything, and they are always willing to help each other.

What if they betray you?

What if they don't?

....I'm not sure.

Well, these things can take time. We don't have to rush.

[A bit confusing. But nods.]

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