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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. )

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[stayscared]

[to be fair, he was a ginormous dumbass, but he's not about to say that on the network. it was he that was drawn to the room, after all. he pushed and prodded and pursued. but then there was the matter of who sent the postcard.]

I know the answer to that one, and I think it might be a few different answers. It definitely wanted me to die. More than that, it wanted me to suffer. It wanted me to lose my mind. I think it wanted to eat me whole. Maybe that's how it got it's jollies, but I think that's how it kept itself alive. If alive's what it was.

[he's probably not going to trade it - at least, that's not his first thought. though he might have to, if he doesn't hurry up and figure out how his blood works, here. and that he can trade a number of things for his lodgings. it's the first gift he's been given out of thin air, if you don't count the intangibles such as a sympathetic ear or friendship.]

If it were not safe it'd be too late for me, I'd be a goner. I already touched it. It does have a certain charm. Mind if I ask where it's from?

[possessum]

( Something hungry and cruel — if it wanted this person to suffer, to be not only consumed but broken in the process. It isn't how Paimon's brand of demon is meant to work (the greatest of kings are objective creatures, transcending concepts of "good" and "evil", functioning by exchange, meant to assist humans as long as those humans give a suitable offering first.)

....But he's some skewed version of that now and he knowns he has caused much suffering in humans. He has been utilised in that way. Something cruel.

So there is no telling if this entity really is something Like Him or something very different, but he wonders... if this person was consumed before they came here. Maybe the way Peter was. Maybe a different way. )

was it successful
did it eat you whole
?
?

it is from no where in particular
only gold formed into a coin
how ever some wish for treasures of specific places
egypt
greek
rome

( Humans often have desires for gold decorated from various civilisations, though it is all the same underneath. )

[stayscared]

I don't know. Might've. Sometimes I remember it like that. Sometimes I remember taking it down with me. I also remember getting out.

I remember it regretted trying.

I guess some people feel tied to or drawn to a particular place for whatever reason. It can be my lucky coin from Nowhere In Particular.