welp.

[peacefullywreathed]

You are amassing quite the collection. Are you certain you don't want to add China to the list? I imagine you'd get on quite well with her.

Ah yes, there is that. But China is hardly evil. Merely ... neutral. As I am. And you do find people such as us to be quite interesting, don't you?

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[neutralcollector]

I imagine many find people like us to be interesting.

But I am perfectly happy not being added to any list, regardless. So kind of you to offer me up as though I were on a silver platter.

[skeletonenigma]

'Interesting' doesn't always mean 'exciting,' Wreath. Or, for that matter, 'worthy of any notice whatsoever.' It sounds like you're talking to someone with some sense.

Since when have you been neutral?

[peacefullywreathed]

I would have thought you'd appreciate the interest, China. How else would you expand your own collection, if not through the interest of others?

[peacefullywreathed]

And yet she admits to being fascinated by me.

[He is not going to mention that his mun is equally fascinated by Skulduggery.]

I'd ask if you have a better description, but I can imagine the sort you'd suggest.

[skeletonenigma]

Well, then she just has poor taste. You two should get along famously.

Unless you've suddenly given up Necromancy while I've been gone, you definitely have a side. There isn't a single cult I would classify as neutral. Well, unless there's a Neutral Cult, I suppose, and even then I'd have to question it.

[neutralcollector]

It's difficult to appreciate that which no one can avoid. I manipulate that interest. I use it when it benefits me. Being put under the thumb of someone else does not benefit me.

[peacefullywreathed]

But allowing them to think you're under their thumb does.

[peacefullywreathed]

Ah. Then I suppose this is where I shouldn't mention that she also has a deep interest in you.

Death is the ultimate neutraliser, Skulduggery. You ought to know that.

[skeletonenigma]

Well, no one is completely beyond hope.

I'm sorry, I ought to know what? Dying didn't seem to neutralize me. Being pulled into an alternate dimension didn't really do much, either.

[neutralcollector]

In my experience, that brings more trouble than it's worth. More often than not, it leads to more than one person believing they're playing the other, and I usually have to clean up the mess.

[peacefullywreathed]

Making a mess is preferable to subjugation.

[peacefullywreathed]

Of course it did. Everyone is the same in death. You're merely an outlier, an exception which proves the rule.

[skeletonenigma]

[A sage nod.]

I have noticed how cults tend to ignore evidence that disproves their theory. Especially when it's staring them right in the face.

[neutralcollector]

You've obviously never had to clean up a mess.

I must admit, I'm rather enjoying someone else being in control. It's giving me a unique perspective. It won't last, and while it does, I am certainly using it to my own advantage.