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1-2 Demeter I

Demeter I Intro

	2017.11.25 Saturday In the City - Home 10:16:00am
Master	Still no deposits, huh...
Master's Mind	I've been waiting all month, but my stipend from the Demonic Youth Fund just hasn't come through. See, while the Archfiend throne in contested, the entire bank of Infernal Realm gets rationed off the Archfiend candidates. It only works out to around 44,400 yen a month, but for someone who only works part-time? It's a lifesaver. So, uh... I guess the fight for the throne has already started, then?
	[Master's Kitchen]
Mona	Master? You have no need for any of these comics anymore, yes?
Master	Hey, wait a minute! Put those back!
Mona	Oh, and these figurines too, Right in the trash they go! ♥
Master	Uh, hello? I'm talking to you here!
Mona	Eww, this room is just infested with filth from this world. Absolutely not fit for our future Archfiend, I tell you. Aren't you afraid others might actually mistake you for a human?
Master	So what? I don't wanna be the Archfiend anyway!
Mona	Oh, these anime DVDs have to go, too! ♥
Master	Seriously, can you stop trashing all my stuff?
Mona	Now, now, Master. I'm going to need you to put all these silly things behind you. Can you pull yourself together and be a big boy for me now? Hmm? ♥
Master	I'll live the way I want, thank you very much! Aaagh! You just chucked my entire collection!
	[Master's Room]
Mona	Phew! Now it's a bit roomy in here! ♥ Right then! I've got a little something just for you, my budding candidate master! Ta-da! The teachings of the great scholar, Mona!
Master's Mind	And with that, she pulled out a book, the cover read Archfiend Candidate Handbook...
Mona	Demons acquire human souls by fulfilling the desires of the humans who become their pactmakers. And when we mix these human souls and demonic power together, we get... Ta-da! A Child That is, a demonic servant who will obey your commands! And every Child counts! All Archfiend candidates must thrive to collect as many as possible and build the most powerful army of all! That's really the only rule there is! ♥ Simply the best, yes?
Master	But, these humans who will be pactmakers or whatever - how am I suppose to find them? It's not like they're just ganna fall from the sky or sprout right up from the ground. ...Right?
Mona	Oh, don't you fret! I've got everything taken care of for you. See? ♥
Master's Mind	She handed me a pretty sketchy-looking flyer. One with my phone number printed on it, I might add.
	Only believers shall find redemption! A rosy future awaits you! Free yourself from your worldly desires with one simple pledge!
Master	Uh, okay? A flyer? What are you trying to pull here, Mona?
Mona	I'm afraid that's a top secret information! ♥
Master	Please don't tell me you want to make every human who responds to this a pactmaker...
Mona	My, my! You pick things up fast, Master! As a matter of fact, you're got some requests coming in already ♥
Master	Are you seriously telling me there are people out there who would respond to something like this...?
Mona	Let's get right out there, form some pacts with these humans, and get you your very first Child! Once you get started, you're gonna wanna catch them all, I'm sure! ♥
Master	Uh... Mona?
	[At the train]
Mona	I'm tickled pink that you agreed to come along ♥ If you hadn't, well, I would whave needed to use some firm persuasion, you see ♥
Master	Yikes! What were you gonna do?
Mona	Oh, no good gal would ever tell! ♥ Now, then! Your first pactmaker awaits! Let's go have a chat, shall we?
Master	Uh, oww? That hurts, y'know! You're gonna rip my arm right off!
Master's Mind	I'm no fan of being spooked, and I'm definitely not a fan of pain. But at this rate, things are only looking to get worse.
Mona	Listen, I've seen well enough for myself how much trouble you're having getting by. Surely you must realize you need to step things up, yes? Without payments coming through from the Infernal Realm, do you think you're going to survive on your little convenience store job alone? Hmm?
Master's Mind	She's right... I somehow got myself signed up for all this, and I can't rely on money coming in from the Infernal Realm anymore.
Master	Gaaah. Okay, so there's definitely no way I'm just gonna scrape by like before, but... Man I REALLY don't want do this.
Mona	Now, now. Let's get going! ♥
Master	Gah! Fine! Just stop pulling me around like that! My hand keeps...you know...bumping into certain parts it shouldn't, and...
Mona	Oh-ho-ho! My oh my, Master! ♥ I didn't think you'd get so excited! You're making a gal blush! Right, then! Here we are!
Master	Wait...Why are we at a hospital?
Mona	Well! It just so happens that our first client - or should I say, your first pactmaker - is a nurse here ♥ And according to her message, she should be right over... Ah! There she is!
???	Um...are you the ones from the flyer?
Mona	Yes indeed! Sign a pact with this handsome young man right here, and he will make your dreams come true!
Master	Uh... Yeah, hi.
Nurse	I didn't think you'd be so...normal and pathetic-looking.
Mona	Now now, you should never judge a person by their appearance alone! ♥ ...Not that my master here is really a "person" at all, but... (Black screen transition) Now then, Master. Our new pactmaker here is exhausted by the overwhelming pressure that dominates her work life. What she wants from you is a a life of freedom bound by no restrains. That is correct, yes?
Nurse	Pretty much, yeah. But, like, can I even do that? What is this "pact", anyway? What happens when I make it?
Master's Mind	To be honest, even I don't really know...
Mona	Now, Master : Just between you and me, a request like this is about as easy as it gets. All you have to do is tell her exactly what it says in this book, "How to Live Freely or Die Trying!" ♥
Master	You want me to con this poor lady?!
Nurse	S-So, um, can you actually do something for me?
Mona	Why, yes, of course! ♥ Once your pact with my master here is complete, a Child will be born from a part of your soul. And once that's over, you will be left with a personality that allows you to live as freely as you wish! ♥
Nurse	A piece of my sould is going to get turned into a "Child"? Um, that sounds pretty sketchy, to be honest... Jeez, what was I thinking when I responded to that flyer? I'm losing it...
Mona	Now, now, we don't accept cancellations! And we don't do refunds, either! ♥ So let's get this party - er, pact started!

Stage 1 Soul Dungeon

	[Soul Dungeon]
Mona	Oh! Is the dungeon open already? That's odd, seeing as we haven't finished our pact yet...
Master	Eww, gross! What's with all the ooze? Aww, man... I got these shoes on sale for like 980 yen, but look at them now! Where even are we, anyway?
Mona	Welcome to your very first Soul Dungeon. Essentially, we are now inside that nurse's mind. We're deep within her psyche, if you want to think of it that way ♥ Our pact is now underway. Somewhere within this world, your new Child Demeter has already been born.
Master	Demeter? You mean like the Greek goddess?
Mona	Precisely! When a pact is formed, the resulting Child is christened with a new name. This henceforth known as their dark baptismal name. You must seek out Demeter and convince her to serve you. This is only the first step towards building you Child army ♥
Master	Okay, so I've gotta find Demeter first, huh?
Mona	Exactly! ♥ Do be careful, though. Your human pactmaker's psyche will do everything it can to eliminate you, the demon tresspassing within it. It's all totally unbeknownst ot the host, of course!
Master	What do you mean by "eliminate"? I don't like the sound of that...
	[Battle Victorious]
Strawberry Syringe	Why do they have to always pick on me, huh? Why?!
Grape Syringe	It's always the same, day after day...Is this really what being a nurse is suppose to be like?!
Strawberry Syringe	God, isn't there something more exciting out there?
Master	Wait... Was THAT Demeter?
Mona	Oh, no. That little syringe was just the physical embodiment of the pactmaker's memories. Behold, Master. That there is what you must now face: the inner workings of the human mind... This is why she chose to make a pact with a demon like yourself... These are her true feelings and her purest desires.  Don't hold it against her if they last out and attack you now, okay? Accepting everything about your pactmaker is teh duty of an Archfiend candidate like yourself! ♥
Master	Not that I ever wanted to be on the running to become the Archfiend in the first place... But hey, where is Demeter, anyway?
Mona	Oh, don't you worry. I'm sure you'll find her soon enough ♥ I mean... I hope so, at least! ♥

Stage 2 Poor Devil

Master's Mind	Your battles in the Soul Dungeons will be against the inner workings of your pactmaker's mind. So... There's no way to make a Child without fighting like this, is these?
Master	Come on, Mona. Isn't there some shortcut or something to avoid all this?
Mona	Well, of course there is! If you were rich, money would basically solve all your problems. But tell me, Master: Do you have any money at all?
Master	H-Hey now, I just like to avoid unnecessary expenses, that's all! No true demon cares about their finances anyway!
Mona	Well, well, well! Aren't you just full of surprises? I must say, Master, you might be the very first demon in history to feel that way ♥
	[Battle Victorious]
Strawberry Syringe	I never really wanted to be a nurse anyway.
Grape Syringe	That's not true. You wanted to help people, didn't you? Remember how you always used to play house?
Strawberry Syringe	This isn't the kind of work I had in mind! All I do is listen to stupid stories day after day, doing nothing but pointless chores! I'm sick of it all!
Grape Syringe	That's just part of the job!
Master	What the heck? Why are her thoughts fighting wiht each other?
Mona	The human mind is a melting pot of conflicting opinions like this, you see.
Master	So both of those are how she actually feels, then? Wow, Iit must be rough to not even have the peace of mind to agree with yourself.
Mona	Yes, but now why should that bother you, Master?
Master	No, it doesn't, I just...
Mona	Hmm... You know, Master, sometimes I begin to doubt if you're even a demon at all. You're much too kind.

Stage 3 Archfiend Contest

	2017.11.25 Saturday Back to the Present 02:15:00
Master's Mind	The Soul Dungeon ran much deeper then I'd expected, and we never came across so much as a trace of Demeter. I decided to pop back out to the real world for a break after searching around inside her mind for a while.
Master	Hey, Mona. How's that nurse doing right now?
Mona	Well, I would imagine she feels wild and free now that her wish has been fulfilled!
Master	So she's happy, then?
Mona	I would imagine so. When it comes to human emotion, happiness and despair are two sides of the same coin, after all ♥
Master	I'm not really sure I like the way you say that... Whatever, though. Okay, why don't you tell me more about this whole Archfiend Contest, then? To be totally honest with you, I'm not sure I even get what it's all about.
Mona	I thought you'd never ask! ♥ Do I take that as you're finally ready to get serious?
Master	Nah, I was just thinking maybe if I knew more about it, I'd know how to cheat the system a but and make things easier.
Mona	Now then, before we begin, are you sure you understand how a pactmaker and a Child are connected?
Master	Uh...
Mona	Pactmakers are what we call humans who make a pact with a demon in exchange for a piece of their soul ♥ Now, here's a question for you! What do you get when you combine demonic power with a human soul?
Master	A new Child, right?
Mona	Bingo! ♥ And the demon who stops at nothing to build the biggest Child army gets to be the next Archfiend! Let me clear, though. The Child born between you and the pactmaker is not actually "born" as a "child" in the conventional sense. As such, these pacts do NOT include whatever you might be imagining, I'm afraid ♥
Master	Hey! Don't go playing me off as some sorta creep!
Mona	Each Child has its own personality and intelect. What we need from you, Master, is for you to understand and work with each of them ♥
Master	Okay! Fine! Whatever! Now tell me, how do I go about withdrawing from the contest completely?
Mona	Oh my! ♥ I'm sorry, but that simply isn't an option!
Master	Figures...
Mona	Now then! Let's pull ourselves together and go find Demeter, shall we? ♥
	[Battle Victorious]
Master	But hey, why was Demeter's dungeon open in the first place? That girl and I hadn't even made our pact yet.
Mona	That, you see, is probably because she has already made a pact with another demon! ♥
Master	What? Is that even, like, legit?
Mona	Human desires areally know no bounds, you see. They have plenty to go around.
Master	Jeez, humans are really something else, huh? Hey, though, is it just me, or it has gotten super cold all of a sudden? C'mon Mona, let's get outta here!

Stage 4 Bluffing Demeter

???	I come out to see what all the ruckus is, and look what I find... Might I suggest you turn yourselves around and make your way out before it's too later, hmm?
Mona	Well, hello, Demeter, my sweetie! My, my! You're certainly a bit sexier than I remember! ♥
Bluffing Demeter	Did you come all the way out here just to poke fun at me?!
Mona	Oh, I would never! You do know why we're really here, yes?
Bluffing Demeter	Let me guess. Your little boy there wants a Child?
Mona	Bingo! Oh i knew you'd understand. You're such a sweetie! ♥
Bluffing Demeter	I'll be your Child, if that's what you want. But on one condition. I want you to make me really enjoy this first! I'm in no mood for monotory! Ah-hah-hah-hah!
	[Battle Victorious]
Demeter	Oh, you're so much better than I expected, darling ♥
Master	"D-Darling?"
Demeter	You know what? I think I'm starting to like you! ♥ Buuut! We wouldn't want to end things here, now would we? We need to have ourselves a bit more fun! ♥ Come find mw when you're ready!  runs off screen*
Master	What? Hey, wait! Did she just straight up disappear?
Mona	Oh, my. It looks like she rang off. Adorable, isn't she? The way she plays all hard to get like that? ♥
Master	So, did we, y'know...form our pact or whatever?