Sunday, November 16, 2008

Ep. 127. Akuma Feels Inferior in Bed, part 1

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Akuma Feels Inferior in Bed, part 1

 

Sun, Nov 16 2008, 6:53 PM

 

AKUMA

I'm here.  Orion just woke up... Tell me... When did you tell him to let Drake go?

 

ILLYBRIUS

This morning.

 

EPIPHANY

[Why couldn’t Illybrius just ask for time alone with Drake, do nothing, and claim he did?]

 

EVRYN

Because the other Corris would know, because metagaming.

 

TOD

Not if he lied convincingly enough.

 

AKUMA

Orion just said, "Whoops," and went to go let him out.

 

ILLYBRIUS

*laughs*

 

AKUMA

Well... Caleb is more your son than you know.

 

EPIPHANY

[ I don't think genetics work that way.]

 

EVRYN

He's actually Illybrius's grandson. Supposedly.

 

AKUMA

WE ADOPTED HIM! HE'S TOTALLY OUR SON, DAMN IT! *sobs*

 

EVRYN

Yeah, you're really one big happy family.

 

ILLYBRIUS

He can't cry either. I heard.

 

AKUMA

And he can craft blood.

 

EPIPHANY

[ I don't think blood works that way.]

 

EVRYN

Illybrius was a god with special blood-crafting powers and Caleb's a Gary Stu.

 

AKUMA

My sight isn't fully restored, but close to it.

 

EPIPHANY

[ I don't think eyes work that way.]

 

ILLYBRIUS

I'm glad.

 

AKUMA

Tell me... Is sex with me really so bad?

 

EPIPHANY

[YES]

 

EVRYN

How would YOU know?!

 

EPIPHANY

[Educated guess.]

 

ILLYBRIUS

N-no! Whatever gave you that impression?

 

AKUMA

Hmmm...

 

ILLYBRIUS

Is there something that you're not telling me?

 

EPIPHANY

[She's pregnant, and an00b15 is the father!]

 

EVRYN

Well, then I guess an00b15 would know.

 

AKUMA

No. Just been listening to Impare compare notes with Orion after you left last night while he was healing Caleb.

 

EVRYN

AKA metagaming.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I see.

 

(They kiss.)

 

ILLYBRIUS

You must understand that Maheone was my first love, I'd been waiting seven thousand years to-- to share-- to-

 

AKUMA

Illybrius, while I understand you wish not to be vulgar around me, I would rather you be vulgar than not speak your mind.  You have been waiting a long time to get a piece of Impare's ass, am I right?

 

AKUMA smirks evilly

 

ILLYBRIUS

No.

 

AKUMA

I know what you mean. Believe me, I do, Kibito.

 

EPIPHANY

[BURN THE WEEABOO!]

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[Please excuse my messy kanji/kana. Us previously-living have crap hand-eye coordination.]

 

EVRYN poses

Tree?

 

MARIE

And clearly Akuma doesn’t know what he means!

 

ILLYBRIUS

I wasn't censoring myself. What I feel for him is more than something that can be casually termed in the manner of modern youth.

 

AKUMA

He is everything you desire, and he completes you in ways that no other can.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Not exactly. He is my best friend from infanthood. We share a connection that goes deeper than any I could have with anybody else. I wanted so much, for so long, to be-- to be close to him.

 

AKUMA

I understand.

 

MARIE

No you fucking do not! You’re just dictating to him what he feels and not listening to what he says!

 

NATHANIEL

I hate it when they do that.

 

AKUMA

 Impare has been trying to explain that to me for the past few days as well.  You have a bond that can't be labeled.

 

EPIPHANY

[Camaraderie.]

 

ILLYBRIUS

Well then, whatever could have given you the impression that you were a less-than-adequate lover?

 

AKUMA

Nothing. I was just wondering.

 

MARIE

Wow. Extremely obvious lie.

 

TOD

She could simply ask if he found it enjoyable and if there is anything that would make it more enjoyable in future.

 

FREDDIE

Yes, but that would require adult communication.

 

MARIE

Yes, but that would require Corri to care.

 

ILLYBRIUS

The way you said it isn't something people say when they just wonder. It doesn't make sense that you'd ask something like that, unless you really thought—

 

AKUMA

I guess I feel a bit odd, sleeping with a man that has had quite a few male lovers.

 

MARIE

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

FREDDIE

Why would that matter?

 

ILLYBRIUS

Quite a—I'd hardly call three "quite a few."

 

STRAWBERRY

Especially considering the amount of dick Akuma’s pulled.

 

MARIE

Also, wasn’t she just telling Illybrius to put his dick in a guy a couple episodes ago?

 

EVRYN

I think Onion was, but same difference.

 

AKUMA

Forgive me. I... seem to be... my mind seems to wonder more than it did before I died. I think my mind is still coming together in some places, so please don't take anything I say to heart.

 

TOD

Although some of her expressions are rather objectionable, I do find her anxiety quite resonant.

 

MARIE

Orion practically beats Illybrius’s door down for sex, but Akuma rarely or never initiates. What is Corri complaining about?

 

NATHANIEL

Well, by Bex Logic, Illybrius is a man and should initiate it with Akuma, who is a woman.

 

MARIE

That’s DUMB.

 

NATHANIEL

Tell me about it.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I can't help taking your words to heart.

 

TOD

This, too, is resonant.

 

AKUMA

I’m sorry, Illybrius. I am not meaning to hurt you.

 

EPIPHANY

[Yes you absolutely are. That's the point of half this bullshit.]

 

AKUMA

 Maybe I should go for a while and try to get my thoughts straight.

 

STRAWBERRY

Go ahead, but doesn't it suck for you that your husband isn't? EYYYYY—

 

FREDDIE

Not funny.

 

STRAWBERRY

I thought it was.

 

FREDDIE

And you were wrong.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I was merely confused.

 

AKUMA

Yes, but I don't like saying things before I think about them.

 

EVRYN

Actually, valid.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Because it confuses people.  And in turn leads to greater confusion for yourself.

 

AKUMA

Yes.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Miss Akuma, you are one of very few female lovers—bedmates—with whom I have actually enjoyed the experience. I use the term bedmates to encompass those less adequate, those to whom I gave in because turning them away would have accomplished nothing.

 

EVRYN

"No" is a valid response, you know.

 

ILLYBRIUS

It is?

 

AKUMA

Thank you. It makes me happy to know that I can please you, Kibito.

 

EPIPHANY

[Fuck it.]

[ I give up.]

 

EVRYN

It was only a matter of time.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I imagine you can please anyone.

 

AKUMA

I doubt that. I try my hardest only to please you.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I don't doubt it at all.

 

AKUMA, ^_^

Drake just went running for the bathroom. I hope you guys had fun last night.

 

MARIE

THAT’S DISGUSTING. Also, wasn’t she JUST complaining about M/M? I know Corri doesn’t follow Epiphany’s friends’ drinking game rules.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Yes. Cinnamon and Pumpkin helped a bit.

 

AKUMA

Ah. I wouldn't know. Impare was talking to me while you guys were doing it.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Oh.

 

AKUMA

It's fine. As much as he deserved it, he...

 

SERLEINA

*AIRHORN NOISE!* BACK THE TRUCK UP!

 

MARIE

Any sympathy I might have had for Akuma this episode? Gone. Go wash your brain out with soap, young lady.

 

TROPHY

She can’t. Me eated all the sope.

 

LENA

That explains why the Soapbox is empty.

 

TROPHY

It like my brain!

 

THRENODY

You have a brain?

 

TROPHY

… I don’t know anymore.

 

EPIPHANY

[This is the most painful bit I’ve ever seen a scientist play.]

 

TROPHY

At least me not a Corri.

 

EPIPHANY

[True.]

 

ILLYBRIUS

Well, in any case, they helped me come up with ideas. I've never exactly tortured anybody like that, not with finesse.

 

STRAWBERRY

And you’re how old? Amateur.

 

DÉSMODA

And YOU get your torture ideas from Game of Thrones, so.

 

STRAWBERRY

Yes, and I'm significantly younger than Illybrius. And you, for that matter.

 

MARIE

When I write torture, I do research about real life.

 

STRAWBERRY

As you should.

 

AKUMA

Well, Orion seems to think you guys did good, in any rate.

 

MARIE

Yeah, well, Onion’s opinion doesn’t fucking matter, especially about fucking matters.

 

OVD

He’s one of the main characters.

 

FREDDIE

Actually, that means very little.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Yes, the pleas for mercy were a testament to that.

 

MARIE

I know this isn't news, but Illybrius, you're a terrible person.

 

SERLEINA

WOW. WHOA. WAIT. OH MY GOD. BACK THE TRUCK UP. SOMEONE ON THIS SHOW IS A TERRIBLE PERSON. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.

 

AKUMA

Good. If it happens again, the punishment is death for him.

 

ILLYBRIUS

You seem rather—

 

AKUMA

I would have to be the one to carry it out. Make no mistake, I love my brother,

 

MARIE

DO YOU, THOUGH?!

 

SERENA

Not as much as Allya loves her brother, but we're not going there.

 

AKUMA

but the laws must be upheld.

 

EPIPHANY

[i.e., Corri must be Fed.]

 

FREDDIE

*laughs in Hannibal canon*

 

ILLYBRIUS

I see.

 

AKUMA

Still, I would rather it not have to happen.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I see.

 

AKUMA

I figured it would be best if you knew beforehand.

 

EPIPHANY

[She's pregnant, and an00b15 Orion is the father!]

 

ILLYBRIUS

Thank you.

 

AKUMA

You're welcome. You said you wanted to know next time.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I did.

 

AKUMA

And I told you. And should I not be around... you... can carry it out if you want.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I see.

 

AKUMA

You seem to have a limited vocabulary tonight, Kibito.

 

MARIE

GEE I WONDER WHY.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Not at all.

 

AKUMA smiles and  kisses Illybrius.

 

ILLYBRIUS kisses Akuma.

 

AKUMA

Oh... I trained with Orion the other day, right? And, wow... your weapons pack quite a punch.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Of course. You're free to remove any from the first floor of the tower.  I used to use the structure as target practice. The weapons should all be unbreakable. You're free to take as many as you wish.

 

[faint AKUMA, rise SHERWQA]

 

SHERWQA

You are...? Give my your aquinence.

 

ILLYBRIUS

What's aquinence?

 

SHERWQA

Your title.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Maharus of Youth and Battle.

 

SHERWQA

No. That which you are called by.

 

EVRYN

That’s called a name. You just described a name.

 

EPIPHANY, 🙄

[Yes, we get it. He’s foreign.]

 

ILLYBRIUS

... Give me yours first.

 

SHERWQA

Sherwqa

 

ILLYBRIUS

And you are...?

 

SHERWQA

A drifted.

 

EVRYN

You’re driftwood?

 

FAUSTUS

I'm a Blackwood.

 

EVRYN

*soft whooshing sound* Hear that? That was the sound of me not asking.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I see. And Miss Akuma is...?

 

EPIPHANY

[She's pregnant, and an00b15 Orion Hannibal is the father!]

 

FREDDIE

He uses protection.

 

EPIPHANY

[And Enjerus are Diffint.]

 

NATHANIEL

Freddie, you know this how?

 

FREDDIE

… I’m a journalist.

 

MARIE

That explains nothing.

 

FREDDIE

A tabloid journalist.

 

TOD

She watches Hannibal and Will together.

 

CORRI

Valid.

 

EVRYN

[Akuma’s pregnant, and Sherwqa is the father!]

 

SHERWQA

Is she the carrier?

 

ILLYBRIUS

She is my wife.

 

EPIPHANY

[I hate Sharuka already.]

 

DREPANON

It’s actually spelled S-H-E-R-W-Q-A. Which you would know if you read the subtitles.

 

FREDDIE

It’s actually spelled I-D-G-A-F.

 

MARIE

True facts.

 

SHERWQA

She is Enzeru. A child of angels.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Yes.

 

EPIPHANY, 🙄

[We know. They rarely shut up about it. Get to the fucking point.]

 

FREDDIE

… Phrasing?

 

SHERWQA

Are you as well?

 

ILLYBRIUS

Only by marriage.

 

EVRYN

Yeah, he’s like half demigod, half demon, I think, by birth.

 

ILLYBRIUS

 Tell me, have the moons been good for hunt?

 

SHERWQA

That they have. Not many know that greeting. How do you know it?

 

ILLYBRIUS

A child of Rathos is among my group.

 

EVRYN

And he’s being fed those lines.

 

FLUOU

[Translation: Caleb was spoon-feeding Illybrius these answers as Illybrius told Caleb what Sherwqa was saying.]

 

SHERWQA

A child...? That has not happened since my time. Tell this child it is well-received.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I will be certain to.

 

SHERWQA

I am sorry to have convealed to your astinence. Please forgive thine mistake.

 

EVRYN

And in English, that means...?

 

TOD

As someone who doesn’t speak English as a first language, And It Shows, Sherwqa going about this terribly poorly.

 

EPIPHANY

[That’s why I hate him!]

 

ILLYBRIUS

Certainly.

 

EVRYN

"Forgive thine mistake" means "forgive your mistake," for one.

 

EPIPHANY

[In an excessively familiar way.]

["Thou" is the English "tu".]

 

NATHANIEL

Corri wants someone to forgive a mistake in an excessively familiar way? That sounds pretty on-brand for her, actually.

 

SHERWQA

I only wished to wake to this new world around me. Please, I mean no harm.

 

TOD

I invite you, please, to return to your slumber.

 

ILLYBRIUS

I understand.

 

EVRYN

That makes one of us.

 

TOD

I am perfectly capable of understanding, I merely mislike.

 

EVRYN

… riiiight.

 

SHERWQA

I take my triune from you sine.

 

EVRYN

Translation? Tod, Fluou? Anyone?

 

TOD

Nežiūrėk į mane. Už tai man nemoka.

 

FLUOU

[Translation: Don’t look at me. I don’t get paid for this.]

 

EVRYN

… I meant translate for Sherwqa.

 

FLUOU

[Oh.]

[No, thank you.]

 

STRAWBERRY

He said, “I take my ass off your stage.”

 

AHRRY

HEE-HAW! HEE-HAW! FUCK YOU! HEE-HAW!

 

STRAWBERRY

I bet he would, too.

 

SHERWQA

Until we meet next. Tell her my power is for her use. Maybe it will be used wisely this time around.

 

EVRYN

God, no wonder he's got such a bit part. This guy makes no sense whatsoever.

 

TOD

Aš nežinojau, kad norint dalyvauti šioje laidoje, būtina būti suprantamam.

 

FLUOU

[Translation: I didn’t know you had to make sense to be on this show.]

 

[SHERWQA fades back to AKUMA]

 

ILLYBRIUS

Farewell.

 

AKUMA

Farewell? Where am I going?

 

STRAWBERRY

Hopefully, to Hell!

 

EVRYN

We don’t want to deal with her, either.

 

ILLYBRIUS

My apologies. I assumed you were leaving.

 

AKUMA

What? We were talking about weapons. I'm –

 

EPIPHANY

[She's pregnant, and an00b15 Orion Hannibal Désmoda is the father!]

 

DESMODA

[...]

 

EPIPHANY

[ I was running out of names]

 

TRENT

Serena would have made more sense.

 

SERENA

HEY! CAPTAIN SOCIAL SKILLS! You don’t say shit like that.

 

NATHANIEL

Whoa. I’m not used to Serena calling Trent out.

 

AKUMA

--not going anywhere yet, Kibito.

 

EPIPHANY makes wringing motions with her hands

 

EVRYN poses

Tree?

 

ILLYBRIUS

Oh! Oh, I'm sorry, I drifted off. I was talking in my sleep.

 

TRENT

Okay, I believe you! 😀

 

AKUMA

Oh. So, you were saying about the weapons?

 

ILLYBRIUS

Yes, I was saying that you might feel free to take any weapons from the first floor of the Tower, the exterior which I used for target practice.

 

AKUMA

Really? Thanks. I favor quick weapons, but like a bit of power with them, too.

 

ILLYBRIUS

They're all unbreakable. In fact, I'm surprised my tower hadn't shattered with them.

 

EPIPHANY

[ Is that a euphemism for his pe]

 

EPIPHANY

Dammit.

 

EVRYN

What?

 

EPIPHANY pouts

Rarker man out.

 

EVRYN

Think of a bunch of little kids constructing a giant house out of shiny red things. It's got a first floor, an unusable second floor, lots of balconies on the second floor, and it's overrun with plants. Then there are a bunch of huge obelisks, and then there's a tower smack in the middle of the first floor. The tower rises up above all the obelisks and is rumoured to hold prisoners. It makes more sense in the book.

 

FALCON

Does it, though?

 

AKUMA smiles

It must be a good tower. I don't remember if I saw it there or not last time I was there.

 

ILLYBRIUS

It's difficult to miss. You'd have seen it upon entering the palace unless you teleported into my room.

 

AKUMA

I opened a portal to where your energy was clearest.

 

ILLYBRIUS

Ah, then you did not enter the palace from the ground directly outside. That would explain your having missed the tower.

 

AKUMA

I should have seen it, though, on Wraith's Hallow, though. I just can't remember.

 

EVRYN

I hate it when people write fanfiction without paying attention to the book.

 

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