Canon is Matt Wagner's Grendel

[beholdthedevil]

You seek to pit this Tiamat against a legion of Marduks. To give countless 'heroes' a villain to conquer. And in doing so, perhaps illustrate the 'inevitable' triumph of Good over Evil.

Juvenile rubbish. I live for The Game. When the ashes settle, there will be neither Good nor Evil.

There will only be Grendel.

[A ripple of refined yet fiendish laughter.]

Off with you then, whelp. Give the Devil His due.

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[dissemble]

You've given this a lot of thought.

o/ o/ o/

[beholdthedevil]

Hardly. One does not need to ponder certainties.

\o \o \o

[dissemble]

Confident too.

[beholdthedevil]

Why, yes. An indispensable part of any undertaking.

[dissemble]

Only if it's justified.

[beholdthedevil]

I have played The Game with all 17 million of New York's inhabitants, my doubting Thomas. Not one of them has been able to stand against me.

The mundane's endeavors will be no different.

[dissemble]

Humans. Well. That is something.


[This is not the expression of an impressed man.]

[beholdthedevil]

It's everything.

[And this is not the expression of a miffed man.]

[dissemble]

And that everything's enough for you?

[beholdthedevil]

Not for long.

[There's more than just NY, of course.]

[dissemble]

[And they call him greedy.]

Big plans?

[beholdthedevil]

[Not greedy. Just ambitious.]

Like that of any king who's discovered his borders are quite... malleable.

[dissemble]

And then what? When your borders have spread and none of the seven and a half billion other humans have given you a challenge?

[barebacking]

But then, do you not believe there needs to be darkness for there to be light?

[darknessiknow]

Hehehe.....

[And out comes a famous laugh, one that sends chills through a person's bones and causes the devil himself to hide.]

If such is your goal, then the Devil shall most certainly have it's due. [You cannot see him, but he's there, watching from the shadows.]

[beholdthedevil]

Disappointment, most certainly. But then I would revel in the prize and fulfillment of The Game.

Shhh. We we were gamemates once. ;)

[beholdthedevil]

A belief the mundane holds, and a role he would have me fulfill.

A means to an end, if I do say so myself.

OH SH

[beholdthedevil]

[Then, as now, you have him confused for the wrong Devil.]

Ah, Senor Sombra! How many moons has it been since we clashed? Still championing your futile crusade?

Forgive me, I have yet to read their mashup yet.

[darknessiknow]

And you have yet to succumb to your own hubris. As long as those who have tasted the fruits of evil continue to cause debauchery in this world, I shall always exist.

Do eet! You'll love it, I swear.

[beholdthedevil]

[Him? Succumb? Perish the very thought.]

And by opposing me, you endanger even more of those precious lives you seek to protect.

In the end, you too are my plaything, Der Schatten.

TRULY? :O Wow. Hi. I don't know who you are, but I hope you have been well.

[barebacking]

Still ... it isn't such an awful role to play.

It allows people to bond together. To find each other when they otherwise would not.

Hm, I suppose I just wish for you to be happy with what you will play, but I may be saying more than I should in this small desire of mine.

TRULY. I'm not sure if we ever interacted, but right back at ya! 8D

[beholdthedevil]

[Another refined laugh. A hint at the elegance of the man beneath.]

Well I never said I didn't want to play it. Such bonds will make better challenges, after all.

Does this... 'desire', mesh with your mundane's plans?

Oh, that's too bad if we didn't. NICE DUDE, BTW. I know nothing of him but he seems classy.

[barebacking]

Yes, they will.

Hm? Oh, generally, it does. I love the role that I play. It's familiar. It's home. If I was anything else, I believe that it wouldn't fit right.

Aw thank you! ^^ He really is, and I've got scarily huge shoes to fill.

[beholdthedevil]

My sentiments. The comforts of hearth, of home, what 'normal' people strive for. Such were never meant for me. I am... a tiger.

And unless I miss my guess, I am in the presence of another.

[Another 'villain', if you will. Mun's petty terms notwithstanding.]

MOST WELCOME. Are they? WELL, I think you're doing fine. :D

[barebacking]

Me?

Oh, you flatter me with such words.

I fear that I could never hope to be a tiger. At best, I am a mad dog.