>>5538593https://youtu.be/IkgSOy-S-eUTowa places the tea she was drinking down and gives a heavy-lidded, very, very clearly annoyed glance at you. “Speaking through a proxy is unbecoming of her. But as this is parley, I can accept this, and am willing to get things started.” She motions all of you to come forward, and Beelzebub can barely keep himself from angrily marching to the table. Your scout and Keli take things more cautiously, but follow after.
“Fine, I’ll play along. Why are you calling this ‘parley’ in the first place? After all this time?” he growls out.
“Because we are ready.” Towa states plainly. “Ready for my dear brother, your father, to take back his rightful place. And you are going to hand it over, one way or another.”
His fist hits the table… and you notice it’s barely even dented, in spite of the force of impact. It barely even shakes Towa’s cup. “So you’re really going to go through with this? Wage a war in the Demon Realm?”
“My son,” Dabura addresses, “I seek to reunify it. And what’s more, we seek to revitalize it. Ever since that vile wizard’s scheme, ever since my failure, it has stagnated. You have done well to keep it together, but you must know that discontent grows even among your ranks.”
He glares at them, but you finally speak up. “Okay. And what about us? This parley includes us as well, doesn’t it?”
Towa takes a sip from her tea again. “That’s a much simpler thing. You see… we propose a truce.”
…She what. They what? You do a double-take. Keli finally raises her voice. “You… don’t expect any of us to believe you, right?”
“No, but we will be blunt about this: this truce is conditional.” Dabura answers. “Towa has explained much of what she has done to you all to me, and I can not blame you for disbelieving this gesture. But you have my word as the King of the Demon Realm that this is genuine, if conditional.”
>A. Fine. Let’s hear those conditions>B. This is absurd. Dabura, even if any of us could believe that, what’s to keep you from going back on it when it’s convenient?>C. Okay, you need mom over here, or at least someone, you can’t quite play negotiator right now>D. Relay this to mom, then wait for their responses>E. You know Towa, I get it if you’re trying to do this as a way to impress my mom, make you think you’ve changed, but like, come on. She was never into you>F. Something else? 