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[tyrantball]

"HMHMHMHMHMM-MWAHAHAHAHAA!"

The feed starts with, well...Desco being Desco-ish. As she turns the camera around, setting things up, there's a brief glimpse of the streets of Hinoto-Ri far below - she must be flying at a pretty high altitude.

Once she's finished setting things up, it becomes apparent that she's riding on something bizarre-looking, sitting cross-legged and leaning against the ten-foot statue of a Japanese girl in a penguin hat.

"Behold, Hinoto-Ri! Desco, the Final Boss, has returned from the depths of Hades! Having overcome heartache and my own weaknesses, I have transformed into...PERFECT DESCO!"

At this she jumps to her feet and strikes a cool pose.

"Mwahahaha! Since the time Desco has left, so much has happened! Desco will now share with you the culmination of her dreams! It's very important that from now on you defer to Desco in all things, because she has CONQUERED THE EARTH. And since she rules the entire Earth, then naturally Hinoto-Ri is one of her possessions!"

A slight pause to let that sink in.

"Desco will naturally allow the current corrupternment to continue administrating Hinoto-Ri for her, since she only wants the fun parts of power and not the boring meaningless paperwork. In the meantime, Desco is forming the Netherworld Invasion Squadron Alpha, or N.I.S.A! Any Visitors that want to help Desco invade and conquer the demon world can simply contact her inbox and either swear fealty to Desco - she already has it, since you are living in her city, but it's nice to observe the formalities - or name their price for mercenary work!"

Grin grin grin.

"This is Desco, Ruler of Earth, signing out!"

Comments

[dontcallmeerky]

That's, uh... an interesting way to get made an angel.

What does a phantom thief do differently than the regular sort, exactly?

[tyrantball]

"When we formed the Beautiful Phantom Thieves Tri-Angels, it was to collect a jillion HL from the Netherworld Mint! They owed it to Big Sis because she saved the Netherworld so many times. Only they didn't let us in, so we just destroyed their security and took over the entire place!"

[dontcallmeerky]

So the difference is that phantom thieves aren't actually sneaky?

[tyrantball]

"...Desco guesses so."

She doesn't sound very certain.

[dontcallmeerky]

I'm not sure why you have to be an angel for that. I should have thought the Queen of Evil Deeds would be perfectly fine with stealing things. And perhaps that angels would take issue with it, actually.

[tyrantball]

"Well, it was the Netherworld Mint! Maybe Miss Flonne didn't mind because we were collecting from demons?"

A slight pause as she considers.

"...also Miss Flonne is actually kind of a weirdo."

[dontcallmeerky]

"Kind of a weirdo" generally explains an awful lot. I've been in an army comprised mostly of people who were kind of weirdos.

... I'm assuming that's how the word is used.

[tyrantball]

Nod nod.

"Alright then! Tell Desco your name, vassal!"

[dontcallmeerky]

I thought we went over that I'm not going to be your vassal. I have people I owe fealty already - even if you rule the city that doesn't make me your vassal automatically.

Though if you're going to insist, milady... [wow that was heavy on the sarcasm] My name is Erk.

[tyrantball]

Desco accepts the name without comment, mostly because she's used to weird names. Like Nintendon't.

"Desco's full name is Death/Extermination Submersible Combat Organism Kazamatsuri! You may continue to call her Desco, though. And if the people that rule you show up in the city, that makes them Desco's subjects, which would make you Desco's grand-subject! So it's easier to just accept Desco's absolute dominance in all things, because it's inevitable. Don't worry, Desco is going to be a claws-off tyrannical overlord, because she is busy figuring out how to conquer the Netherworld."

[dontcallmeerky]

No, I'm fairly sure it wouldn't. A king doesn't stop being a king just because he's in someone else's kingdom.

[He almost starts to explain what would make them Desco's subjects - going and conquering their lands as well - but that strikes him as a bad move.]

That said, I'm pleased to hear you won't be the sort of ruler who gets intrusive. Is there a particular reason you don't include the last word in your name as part of your abbreviation?

[tyrantball]

"Kazamatsuri is Desco's family name, duh!"

[dontcallmeerky]

Ah, that makes sense, I suppose. My apologies, surnames aren't very common where I come from.

[tyrantball]

Nod nod.

"Desco only has one because she's from Earth, not the Netherworld!"

[dontcallmeerky]

Really? Funny, I never would have guessed.

[Interesting philosophical implications there, but really not ones he's interested in discussing, especially with a four-year-old evil overlord.]

[tyrantball]

"Don't worry, most people don't! It in no way reflects poorly on you that you couldn't grasp the sheer magnificence of Desco's origins!"

[dontcallmeerky]

[It's at this point Erk decides to stop arguing. This is about how long it usually takes him to get there with Serra, too, and as usual is a good deal longer than it probably should have.]

Well, I appreciate your understanding, then.