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[possessum]

( This is not Peter Graham, though of course, posting anonymously takes away that possibility. The user didn't want to use the boy's network handle, to inevitably be seen through the filter of "Not Peter."

The user is trying to define his own identity. )

why did you choose your title here on this THING
what is the meaning
?
?

( ...Texting is still something he struggles with, though the demon has been watching and learning and forming his own conclusions on how to do it. Autocorrect is a life-saver. Two questions get two question marks. ....Even if they go in the wrong place. )

i will grant you a
GOLDEN COIN
if you
RESPOND

( ...For those who know Paimon fairly well, that particular offer of exchange might betray who he is. But the demon of Knowledge is curious to hear reasons, and within them: perhaps stories, memories, self-perceptions. There is a meaning to everything, whether simple or complex.

And perhaps by the end of it, he will know what title he would give himself, here on the network. )

Comments

[prescind]

very direct.

not recently, no.

private

[possessum]

( If he thought that was direct... Paimon just comes outright and says it. He does have the thought to make this private, at least. )

i am a DEMON
among other things

( Hopefully that divulgence doesn't scare this person off.. but he isn't concealing the fact the way he once did, and he won't ask for information without offering some of his own in exchange. )

why did you stop
?

[prescind]

( very direct.

and very...well, he can't say surprising considering this place but still. it's concerning but he can fake his lack of concern in text. )

among other things?
what kind of demon?

and i stopped because i left it to witches.

[possessum]

there are words like god goddess djinn
and others
i am of KNOWLEDGE and SECRETS

( Ahh... so this isn't a witch? )

you do not wish to return to it
?

( He knows it may vary by universe, but in his own, once a connection has been made with something like himself, it isn't so easy to simply walk away. Certain things are binding, and even temporary relationships with a demon can leave behind a certain residue. Energy, whispering softly. )

[prescind]

( this is not a witch. )

it seems to be more trouble than it's worth.

what's a demon doing wanting to know about titles? i thought your name was the important thing.

[possessum]

it is the most important so i must not use it freely here
i need a TITLE that is safe

( There are his true titles, things that have existed for as long as he can remember. Ancient ways to refer to him, and to earn favour. But for this.... )

i need one i have forged for my self

it was trouble
was there not enough BALANCE
?

( It's essential, at least for his type of demon, that a working relationship is equal and balanced. Yet he's seen how it can go wrong, how advantage can be taken — in his case, by the witches that handled him before here. )

[prescind]

do you mean a name?
you need a name that's safe?

[possessum]

yes there is power in names
i must not give my TRUE one so freely
i need some thing to use that is not my vessels

( Making a network handle for himself is kind of a new one for an ancient being from Hell. )

[prescind]

see, my name was given to me by my mother and father
guessing that's not a thing for you?

[possessum]

( There's a noticeably lengthy pause — at least several minutes, before a response comes. )

i do not have a mother and father

( —But some part of him did, he thinks. The shape of it still lives in him somewhere. Mother, Father, Brother, Grandmother... things he had, yet they do not belong to him. Another host? Another life? Something to this conversation now makes him feel strange, uneasy, something bristling within him. There is a name he can give, one that is so powerful that none could control the one it belongs to. )

my lord LUCIFER per haps gave me my name and HE is greater than all

[prescind]

yeah, sure, lucifer.

( that's...not promising. not at all. he hums. )

what about giving yourself a name? something that you think fits?

[possessum]

you know of LUCIFER
?

i believe i wish to so i am gathering information from others here
why they chose their names
will you reveal to me why you chose your own
?

[prescind]

we're not friends but yeah.

how i chose my name?
it was given to me.
by my mother and father when i was born.
and i suppose i didn't really mind it
so i kept it.

[possessum]

( Ah... That's what it is. The demon wasn't sure what "salvatore" meant, but it is this person's name. He's seen others use their names that way as "titles" here on the network, so he understands now.

But of course, the more pressing issue has become something else— )

will you share more information about your LUCIFER
?
i would reward you hand somely for it but since you no longer work with demons
you would surely refuse

how ever i am very interested to learn more about other LUCIFERS
for i am with out my own