The Cosmos' Journey (Obey Me! x OC)

Chapter 44: Quid Pro Quo

Mammon was looking at items. "OH MAN! Check this out! It's a super-rare magic stone! Ooh, and it's on sale, too? It says it's today's featured item... WOW, that's cheap! CRAZY cheap! If I broke it into smaller pieces and sold those individually, I'd make serious bank... Heheheh... Lucifer, my FAVORITE big brother! You gotta buy that for me! You gotta!"

As he kept talking, Ivy rolled her eyes. Satan, who was still Lucifer, gripped her shoulders. "Leave him be, Ivy. Pretend you don't know him."

He made a complaint and Ivy rolled her eye enough that you could see the white. Satan then sighed. "Tomorrow is my big speech. It's almost time... and yet the curse that caused us to switch bodies shows no signs of going away. Which means I have no guarantee that I will be back to myself in time for the speech."

Mammon hummed. "Doncha think it's about time to give in and ask Satan to do it for you? You're sorta out of options here. I mean, all ya gotta say is, 'Satan, no funny business this time. Give the speech and be done with it'."

"I have no intention of begging him for his help. Even if I did do that, I couldn't be sure that he wouldn't end trying something nefarious anyway."

"You sure about that?"

"I am. This is Satan we're talking about. I highly doubt he would simply do as I asked."

Ivy nodded. "That is true."

Mammon blinked at him. "Ya know, I know you're serious and all, but hearing those words come outta Satan's mouth like this, it's hard not to laugh... Anyway, after everything that went down inside that game, Satan seems like he's changed some. Doncha think?"

"He probably has changed. I remember his reactions after we beat the game."

"Exactly. That's what I'm sayin'! You see it too, doncha? See, you're smart, Ivy! Did ya hear that, Lucifer? Ivy AGREES with me! Like, how do I put it...? It's like... he's more chill when it comes to you now, Lucifer. He's not all bitter and stuff anymore."

Lucifer decided to ignore that. "Come on, Ivy. I'm going to head inside this store here."

Mammon glared at him. "HEY! Are you even listenin' to what I'm saying here?"

"Not at all, no. Also, I don't believe he's changed. We're talking about Satan. Since the day he came into this world, his entire purpose in life has been to defy me. And now you're suggesting he's changed? It's in his very nature to oppose me, and a demon's nature doesn't change so easily."

"Oh, now I dunno about that. I think you're wrong there. Like, just yesterday I told him we should totally use the fact that he looks like you to our advantage. I said we should scam random folks, make some easy money... but Satan wasn't havin' any of it. He was like, 'Nah, I'm tired of doing stuff like that', and, 'Eh, too much work'. It used to be that he'd jump at an opportunity like that, but now he's no fun at all! Back before all the stuff happened in the game world, he would've done ANYTHING if it meant makin' life difficult on you. But now suddenly he's not interested..."

"... Mammon?"

"I mean, opportunities like this don't come around every day, ya know? And he's wastin' it. We could totally be making ourselves some money right now..."

Zach then noticed the aura change. He had come along for the ride as well. "He's screwed."

Ivy nodded. "Sí."

Lucifer was getting angry. "Mammon, did I hear you correctly? You were planning to take advantage of the fact that Satan looks like me to scam random folks...?"

Mammon gasped. "Uh-oh..."

"Maaaaaammoooooon?"

"Yikes!"