We have a lot of immigrants from Italy right now, so that's part of the reason.
[Not that one found it often in the small town he went to school at.]
Oh Camio is one of the demons I mentioned. And John is his butler. He used to be John Dee...
Oh you would know of him probably, but he's a very famous mathematician and occultist who died two hundred years before my time.
[Wow his life sounds so bizarre and batshit sometimes. Almost makes William wish he'd continued being in denial about the supernatural. It spared him from saying these weird things.]
[No kidding. Leon's brain does a record scratch at that. He'd been in the middle of a bite of pizza, but instead of taking it, he gets distracted with his teeth half sunk in and turns to William with wide eyes.]
Is basically everyone you know a demon or what? Your life really is crazy! It's so weird . . . you're such a normal guy, y'know? Like, except for the whole being a foreigner from way in the past thing.
[He glances around the room, significantly. They're sitting here eating pizza and playing games. He feels good and normal right now; it's nice.]
I mean, when we first met I didn't really think I'd ever relate to you or anything, but I was totally wrong! Even dudes from history can be ordinary awesome guys! I guess that's why it's so weird when I think about you summoning demons and all that too.
I know some humans. They are just as weird though. And well I also know a few angels. But that has been a bit hit and miss.
[Like fifty fifty. Or maybe more like 70-30. He had never been sure what Kevin had been after by coming into his life. And William wasn't ready to find out the answer to that. But Michael had definitely tried to kill him and one didn't forget that type of vicious personality easily.
But yes, this is nice and normal. Well okay, it's not. Because he's completely out of his proper time and place. But then again, everyone is.]
Hah, I am not some person from history. If anything, you are some strange duck from the future. [Yeah totally Leon. How dare you insult his normalcy.] It's a bit strange, but since coming here, I realized that I became a little used to having them around. Just a little though.
[What would it be like to have a bunch of demons and angels as your friends? Leon has no idea, but the friends part is what matters, right? It sucks being away from a demon friend just as much as any friend.]
Sometimes it's like that, right? Like you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone! I know how it is.
[He grabs another piece himself, but doesn't bite into it yet, thinking over the question. Obviously! Everyone misses someone, right?
It's a little different for him, though, with—his situation. It makes it harder to think about. Leon glances over at the framed photo on the nearby table . . . ]
We've all got friends and family and stuff, right? It's weird bein'—this ain't even like another country, this is a whole other reality we're all in . . . that's crazy to think about, being that far away.
It is a bit. I honestly feel like none of us consider it as much as we should. The human mind isn't readily equipped for it. Well, mine is, but that is a lot of effort.
[He's half joking, though Solomon had said that his temperament was unique enough to allow him to take on all of his wisdom.
But it was still frightening.
After a beat though.]
If you do not mind me asking: who is the girl in the picture?
[He snorts when William makes the comment about his! mind being special, but before he can say much else about that, he's caught off guard by the question. Well, he should have expected it. It's not like he doesn't leave the picture out. He'd been more careful about it, before . . . but that felt stupid.]
—That's my cousin Kanon. Pretty cute, right? That picture . . . some stuff showed up in my apartment with me when I first got here, that happen to you? That was one of the things I found. . . . I guess CERES was tryin' to be nice or something, for once.
[He shrugs. The other items mostly had not been nice. But he's glad to have this one.]
We were pretty close. Like, not as close as she wanted, know what I mean? But she was like a sister to me!
["Not as close as she wanted" isn't something he's even going to comment on, since that sort of thing isn't exactly uncommon back home.]
But there were a few things that were there when I arrived. Some important spell books and the like. There was one possession that should have been there that wasn't, but it's probably for the best that it didn't come.
[Solomon's ring here where the wrong person could take it? What a disaster that would be.]
[That's weird to think about. Leon had been surprised anything at all of his had shown up, and most of it was worse than useless. But he can't think of anything he had back home that he should definitely have had here . . .
He starts in on his second piece of pizza, watching William with some curiosity.]
Yes. It is a very valuable and dangerous ring that I try to keep on my person at all times.
[Should he say that said ring let's the past life personality that resides in him possess him more easily? But that would require... talking about that.
So no, he's just going to eat his pizza and think for a moment.]
It's a ring of wisdom that belonged to my father though, so it's pretty important regardless of it's properties.
A ring of wisdom? Is that like a normal thing in your world?
[What? Maybe it's a history thing, or a white people thing, or maybe it's a magical demon summoner thing. Leon's not sure which. He just knows it sounds crazy to him.]
I'm assumin' that doesn't mean like, you wear it and you pass all your tests, right? Just kidding!
[And once again, he's thinking that he should admit the truth, because while it hasn't happened, what if Solomon did come out at some particularly inconvenient moment? Wouldn't it be kind of nice for his friends to know what's going on and not freak out? Kazuya knew about, but that was because he had guessed.
But it was uncomfortable to explain. It sounded insane. too insane.]
Do I seem like the kind of person who would need it to help pass a test? Any test? [Unless we were talking the dreaded PE test...]
But no. It's God's wisdom passed down to man. So it's very powerful. I think I could even enslave any demon if I so wanted with it.
. . . I can't believe you can even say all that with a straight face.
[It sure does sound insane. Yes. They are agreed on that point! But—Leon believes him. William's not the kind of guy who'd just make this shit up, or joke about it. And he's smart, and not crazy. This is probably all legit . . . it's just completely outside the realm of things Leon ever thought he'd be hearing and believing.
On the other hand, so is his entire life these days. He can't really cast stones here, and he knows that too, so he just sighs.]
But I believe you! We've all got some crazy crap going on by now.
. . . Are you sayin' if you had that thing, you could enslave the demons here? Just like that? I know we've got demons here!
[A classic moment of starting to spout off agreement before he actually pays attention to the words, and then they sink in and he catches himself, with some confusion.]
Are you masterminding something or what? You sound like some kind of manga villain when you say stuff like that!
No. Who wants that? Not that I couldn't do a good job of leading it, but I do plan on becoming Prime Minister one day. One should always look to their home first before the world.
[And besides, William does want to have some of his own personal time. That is important.]
But if the world would happen to fall into my lap, I would hardly mind.
[He's talking big and probably shouldn't be taken too seriously, Leon.]
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[He leans back against Leon, thinking about it. Better memories of better days. Back when everyone was still talking to each other.]
It takes much longer to make though.
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[He clearly does not really. Know a lot about pizza. Or herbs. He's surprised to even hear pizza had been invented back then!]
Man, that's so weird! I always figured pizza was pretty modern. I guess that's just in Japan, though. Camio and John? Those friends of yours?
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[Not that one found it often in the small town he went to school at.]
Oh Camio is one of the demons I mentioned. And John is his butler. He used to be John Dee...
Oh you would know of him probably, but he's a very famous mathematician and occultist who died two hundred years before my time.
[Wow his life sounds so bizarre and batshit sometimes. Almost makes William wish he'd continued being in denial about the supernatural. It spared him from saying these weird things.]
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Hhhnnn?!
[And full mouth.]
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[He munches on some pizza before he responds, because yeah that probably was a bit too much for Leon.]
It is very weird, but it was actually part of my daily life back home.
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[He puts his pizza down and sits back again, crossing his legs.]
I wonder if my world's like that too or somethin' and i just never figured it out.
[After all, there's a lot he'd never figured out about his world, he's come to realize since leaving it.]
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It was a bit weird to think on sometimes.]
You never know. Dantalion was the first demon I met and I refused to believe he was real. And I manged to be in denial for a good, long while.
[in some ways he's really not proud of that.]
You should be glad you haven't seen anything like that though. It seems like once you meet one of them, suddenly it's everywhere.
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[He glances around the room, significantly. They're sitting here eating pizza and playing games. He feels good and normal right now; it's nice.]
I mean, when we first met I didn't really think I'd ever relate to you or anything, but I was totally wrong! Even dudes from history can be ordinary awesome guys! I guess that's why it's so weird when I think about you summoning demons and all that too.
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[Like fifty fifty. Or maybe more like 70-30. He had never been sure what Kevin had been after by coming into his life. And William wasn't ready to find out the answer to that. But Michael had definitely tried to kill him and one didn't forget that type of vicious personality easily.
But yes, this is nice and normal. Well okay, it's not. Because he's completely out of his proper time and place. But then again, everyone is.]
Hah, I am not some person from history. If anything, you are some strange duck from the future. [Yeah totally Leon. How dare you insult his normalcy.] It's a bit strange, but since coming here, I realized that I became a little used to having them around. Just a little though.
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[What would it be like to have a bunch of demons and angels as your friends? Leon has no idea, but the friends part is what matters, right? It sucks being away from a demon friend just as much as any friend.]
Sometimes it's like that, right? Like you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone! I know how it is.
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[He chokes, because...
It's very true, isn't it?]
I suppose so. They were very annoying, but they were always around.
[He's on another slice of pizza by now and pauses.]
So do you have people you miss then?
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[He grabs another piece himself, but doesn't bite into it yet, thinking over the question. Obviously! Everyone misses someone, right?
It's a little different for him, though, with—his situation. It makes it harder to think about. Leon glances over at the framed photo on the nearby table . . . ]
We've all got friends and family and stuff, right? It's weird bein'—this ain't even like another country, this is a whole other reality we're all in . . . that's crazy to think about, being that far away.
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It is a bit. I honestly feel like none of us consider it as much as we should. The human mind isn't readily equipped for it. Well, mine is, but that is a lot of effort.
[He's half joking, though Solomon had said that his temperament was unique enough to allow him to take on all of his wisdom.
But it was still frightening.
After a beat though.]
If you do not mind me asking: who is the girl in the picture?
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—That's my cousin Kanon. Pretty cute, right? That picture . . . some stuff showed up in my apartment with me when I first got here, that happen to you? That was one of the things I found. . . . I guess CERES was tryin' to be nice or something, for once.
[He shrugs. The other items mostly had not been nice. But he's glad to have this one.]
We were pretty close. Like, not as close as she wanted, know what I mean? But she was like a sister to me!
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["Not as close as she wanted" isn't something he's even going to comment on, since that sort of thing isn't exactly uncommon back home.]
But there were a few things that were there when I arrived. Some important spell books and the like. There was one possession that should have been there that wasn't, but it's probably for the best that it didn't come.
[Solomon's ring here where the wrong person could take it? What a disaster that would be.]
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[That's weird to think about. Leon had been surprised anything at all of his had shown up, and most of it was worse than useless. But he can't think of anything he had back home that he should definitely have had here . . .
He starts in on his second piece of pizza, watching William with some curiosity.]
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[Should he say that said ring let's the past life personality that resides in him possess him more easily? But that would require... talking about that.
So no, he's just going to eat his pizza and think for a moment.]
It's a ring of wisdom that belonged to my father though, so it's pretty important regardless of it's properties.
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[What? Maybe it's a history thing, or a white people thing, or maybe it's a magical demon summoner thing. Leon's not sure which. He just knows it sounds crazy to him.]
I'm assumin' that doesn't mean like, you wear it and you pass all your tests, right? Just kidding!
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[And once again, he's thinking that he should admit the truth, because while it hasn't happened, what if Solomon did come out at some particularly inconvenient moment? Wouldn't it be kind of nice for his friends to know what's going on and not freak out? Kazuya knew about, but that was because he had guessed.
But it was uncomfortable to explain. It sounded insane. too insane.]
Do I seem like the kind of person who would need it to help pass a test? Any test? [Unless we were talking the dreaded PE test...]
But no. It's God's wisdom passed down to man. So it's very powerful. I think I could even enslave any demon if I so wanted with it.
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[It sure does sound insane. Yes. They are agreed on that point! But—Leon believes him. William's not the kind of guy who'd just make this shit up, or joke about it. And he's smart, and not crazy. This is probably all legit . . . it's just completely outside the realm of things Leon ever thought he'd be hearing and believing.
On the other hand, so is his entire life these days. He can't really cast stones here, and he knows that too, so he just sighs.]
But I believe you! We've all got some crazy crap going on by now.
. . . Are you sayin' if you had that thing, you could enslave the demons here? Just like that? I know we've got demons here!
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In theory, assuming they worked the way other demons do. But...
[He gave an exaggerated wave of his arms.]
Why bother with anyone useless! I am only going to use those who prove themselves instrumental to my plans!
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[A classic moment of starting to spout off agreement before he actually pays attention to the words, and then they sink in and he catches himself, with some confusion.]
Are you masterminding something or what? You sound like some kind of manga villain when you say stuff like that!
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[Granted, his goals are kind of nebulous right now, but...]
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[He says, and then waits for William to actually answer it, just in case he wasn't actually kidding, which he wasn't if he was right.]
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[And besides, William does want to have some of his own personal time. That is important.]
But if the world would happen to fall into my lap, I would hardly mind.
[He's talking big and probably shouldn't be taken too seriously, Leon.]
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