Closed ♪ You think you know about me
Who: Mephisto Pheles (
meinwaifu) & various.
What: Mephisto laughing at people who are just trying to do their jobs... basically.
When: Throughout February
Where: The Altar of Volkra (Wyver), The Simwe Institute (Olympia)
Warning(s): None
Individual starters below! If you're interested in threading with Mephisto, I have a top-level on the Intro log, or you can hit me up on plurk at
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What: Mephisto laughing at people who are just trying to do their jobs... basically.
When: Throughout February
Where: The Altar of Volkra (Wyver), The Simwe Institute (Olympia)
Warning(s): None
Individual starters below! If you're interested in threading with Mephisto, I have a top-level on the Intro log, or you can hit me up on plurk at
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Oh, I can understand that. You may not have a choice in how you're going to secure your escape today-- but I never said I wasn't open to negotiation!
[No, but he also never said he was?? He's just having too much fun trying to piss him off, really.]
[He snaps his fingers and a handful of silver coins appear in his hand, which he juggles in the air by floating them around.]
How does 500 sound? Just as a baseline, of course... depending on just what you're able to uncover, I can double it-- ah, or even triple! This place is hiding many, many secrets, after all.
And as a fellow refugee from another world... I'm sure you're just as eager as I am to figure them all out.
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And you're assuming I am. [ Sure he's in precarious spot right now, pinned against a wall and all of that. It doesn't seem to bother him much, but then again, Duo's stared down the barrel of Heero Yuy's gun before. There's probably not much that's more death defying than that.
The floating coins and all are a nice party trick and all, but Duo's not distracted from Mephisto's face for long. Occasionally his hands and feet give little movements, gauging how much control he has if the need arises. Of course it's not ideal to be pinned to a wall like this, but if he lost his head every time he was pinned he'd be dead by now. ]
Why the hell are you working here if you're so suspicious of it, anyways?
Better yet, who are you working for?
I somehow deleted this notif and forgot to hit post before, huffs
[He makes a little show of flipping the coins up with his thumb and catching them in his palm -- each seemingly disappearing with a little poof of smoke as he does. Show off.]
But I'm not working for anyone. I may be taking advantage of the facilities here for my own purposes, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to dedicate myself to their cause!
that feel... i've done this too
Yeah, real scary. [ From the dude using party tricks and the lot right in front of him? He'd rather eat trash again and subsist than deal with that mess. Besides, if he's already pinned to the wall, his mood is already questionable as well to begin with.
Eyes roll as the coins disappear, one of those little disgusted side pulls of his mouth settling in. ]
If you aren't working for anyone and all that good crap then why the hell am I still against a wall while you're trying to get me to agree?
Not very friendly terms, you know.
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Because it's more exciting this way!
[...HE'S BEING COMPLETELY SERIOUS it's not like he really intended to kill the guy, even if he were to be completely uncooperative. Maybe spook him a little before handing him over to the guards. Or make a deal if he proved useful! But his methods... well, just look at his outfit, he's pretty damn Extra in just about everything he does.]
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Considering everything else he's said and done since he ended up in this little precarious situation? Something telling him he isn't, and that's more than enough for the former Deathscythe Pilot.
Though, sometime soon he might want to learn to shut his damn trap.. ]
God, you can't be that dense, can you?
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[Dense? Or just crazy? Surely the latter is more likely here.]
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If you know me enough to know my name and the like, I think you know that I don't really care about that. [ Duo is a little of both, honestly, still testing the level of pressure against his limbs and the rest in the moment. ]
I'm not agreeing to anything until I've got my hands.
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[I mean, he could pretty easily take the gun away. But he figures that'll just fall into the same not-agreeing-until-I've-got-my-x gambit.]
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You can't be, really. [ Well, he's a fairly honest terrorist at least. Annoyingly honest, considering he could've just lied to get down, but he has a feeling that if this guy knows him somehow that was going to be as see-through as glass dinnerware and he isn't really about that kind of life.
It's annoying enough to be called out about it, to be honest. ]
But so long as you don't give me a reason to, I don't see the point in wasting my ammo, either.
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[And with a snap of his fingers, Duo will feel the hold on his arms loosened. In fact, everything is, essentially freeing him from the wall. It would be a simple matter to throw him up against it again, after all.]
Fufu-- better?
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If you're in to that sort of thing. [ Granted... Duo is probably a little in to that sort of thing. You know, the whole possibility of being hurt or otherwise maimed in an effort to keep himself his own actor and all. There's no being a gundam pilot if one isn't crazy enough to like some danger every now and then. He's glad to be released, but still feeling a little bit beefed by his entire ordeal - ]
Marginally. [ It seems unnecessary to say it'd be a lot better to be clear of this place as a whole, considering - ] Now I guess it's up to you to sweeten your deal some.
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I've already made my offer of additional silver. But considering the extent of my own powers and influence, I would think it goes without saying that there's much more I could offer you should you prove yourself to be useful enough to warrant it.
After all-- I caught you rather easily! And as much as I may be a special case, I'm not partial to those who are so prone to failure.
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What can I say? I don't like a shit end of a deal. [ Though the offer to turn him over to the guards garners a little laugh, hands flying up as if to say he was more than welcome if that's what stroked his ego. At least, he thinks, the guards wouldn't have freaky, weird ass powers and he could probably just pummel them and make it the hell out of there. ] Feel free to do what you want, and when your guards wake up a few weeks later you can explain to them who you gave them to willingly.
[ Since he seems to know so much abut him, anyways - ] Honestly, you keep talking about your power ad influence so much it's enough to make a guy think you might be talking out your ass. How much ego stroking does one guy need?
Prone to failure? [ Honestly he kind of wants to just blow his head off for that one (prone to failure that), but decides that's probably not the best idea.]
Excuse me for not providing for dudes with an ego the size of Jupiter and weird ass powers instead of brute force. Most people have balls enough to actually handle other people physically instead of standing at the other end of a hallway for their measuring contest. [ Flippant, as always, even when threatened. ]
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[...even if he is Duo Fucking Maxwell and he kinda wants to be tomodachis. But that's pretty unlikely at this stage.]
Oh? Have I offended you by not simply moving in for a more physical approach? Well, if that's what you're in into, I'd be more than happy to oblige.
[He says as he starts to slowly close the distance between them, hands neatly folded behind his back. He'll stop if Duo draws his weapon, but if allowed, he'll just get right up in his face.]
But don't you think you're underestimating me a bit too much? If anyone is talking out their ass here, I'd say it's you. After all-- you really have no idea just who or what you're dealing with right now.
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[ You know, Duo isn't all that renowned for his brains (even tough he probably should be considering everything he knows is kinda sorta self taught) - but in the moment he's definitely not raising his weapon. Instead it's one of those devil may care kind of smirks where he knows he's up shit's creek but isn't about to back down on the principle alone, even if he's out manned and now has Mephisto looming over him. ]
If I was the type of guy who liked to know absolutely everything about a place or a person before I swooped in and turned it in to an absolute shit show I wouldn't have chosen terrorism, now would I? [ The smile cold be mistaken for sweet, but the look in his eye definitely isn't. ]
Ya leave that kinda mapping thing to a military salt.
I just prefer to barge in and blow it all up, but I think you should know that already.
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[Said with a snicker-- okay, so maybe stealth wasn't his thing, but that didn't mean he couldn't be a useful pawn further down the line for something else?? He could afford to think a bit creatively. But then, it's possible their combined egos just aren't going to allow them to come to a clean agreement here.]
[So maybe it's time to just go back to fucking with him.]
But you know, maybe you're right! Perhaps I don't have a use for you after all. But you know...
[Is Duo ready for this because it's gonna happen quickly--]
[Mephisto's hands reach out and grab both of Duo's arms, pushing them down to his sides and holding them in place with a vice-like grip -- with an unnatural strength, by all means, he doesn't look like he should have.]
[And then he's lifting him up.]
[Lion King style. Up into the air and damn near over his head with those long-ass arms of him.]
[Completely effortlessly, with no sign of strength or even any actual effort being put in. But the feeling will be different from when he used his powers, given Duo will have the option of struggling as much as he wants. This is just how strong he is.]
You really are selling yourself short! Are you that adverse to working with me, Mäuschen? Because if so, you really should just say so instead of stringing me along like this!
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What's there to sell? [ And that's absolutely not a sarcastic question, for once in this entire conversation. Being a little asshole that knows how to sneak in to bases, plant bombs and blow them up wasn't exactly something he could post on a sign after all. Hell, he'd told absolutely no one here just yet about any of that, even if he'd spoken pretty freely about war and conflict.
Right here and now with Mephisto though is now purely a conflict on principal for Duo - he'll do his damndest not to crack just to prove a point. Sure, he should probably back down to the guy with creepy powers and find a way to duck him afterward, but since when has he taken that way out?
Hint : quite a lot. Just like back handed street fighting that was a Duo Maxwell shit sandwich special.
Still - he's not quite expecting to be lifted like that, or quite so easily. Sure, the guy was big, but... well. Even he's a little caught off guard by this one, eyes widening ever so slightly before he reigns it back in. He manages to let out a breath, a bit like a sigh, as if he's too tired for everything (though in reality it's a breath he was holding because what the fuck is this tbh). ]
I'm pretty sure I've said so, actually. Multiple times now. Whatever this 'offering to God' moment is I've already told a nun I don't buy in to it, so...
Not gonna work, I don't think. If anything you're giving yourself a lightning rod.
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[That slight flicker in his expression, the sign that Mephisto has thrown him off guard-- even if it only showed for a second. That's literally all he wanted.]
["An ego the size of Jupiter" isn't really an accurate enough description. His ego is fucking limitless.]
Ahh, how disappointing. [--is what he says, but he says it with this face, so he's apparently pretty satisfied with all of this.]
[...]
[Also, he's just gonna hold him out and drop him. This is probably the meanest thing he's done so far tbh.]
Then I suppose we're done here, yes? Of course, I have a feeling this won't be the last time we see each other.
But for your sake-- you should hope it doesn't happen while sneaking around these halls. Next time, I might just do a little more than waste your time.
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[ Thankfully Duo's used to dropping from height, even if it's not typically some dude holding him out and dropping him, but thankfully he doesn't fall on his face as well as the final insult to it all.
There's no chance this will be his last adventure in this place, but he's sure as hell going to be keeping a better eye out for tall dudes with weird powers that there's no way he'll be able to get one over on without some acquired powers of his own.
Note to self : Get some of those. ]
Probably not. [ A smirk when he advises it not be there. ]
We'll see, on that front.
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Oh, I suppose we will, won't we? But for now-- do have a good evening.
[And he snaps his fingers again--]
[And in a rather disorienting poof, Duo is now outside! Appearing on the front steps, just as he was standing in the hall... and probably much to the confusion of the people around him, seeing as he just kinda threw him in the midst of a crowd of students.]
[See, what a nice guy he is, helping him escape!!]