Not Even MC Would Save You

5

"~Oh baby~ obey me! Shall we danc-~"

You turned off your alarm. You didn't even remember setting an alarm with that song anyway. You look at your lock screen and see notifications from Karasu about something urgent.

Why didn't he just speak- oh right you forgot you muted him all day yesterday. You unlocked your screen but before you could tap your settings you were suddenly interrupted by a rainbow screen that said you obtained a new UR card. The card in question was…

“What the fuck..”

[“That's what I said too when I first got the notification”]

In the card it showed Barbatos when he was holding you against the rooftop railings while staring down at you in his demon form. Your face wasn't shown since the camera was facing Barbatos but you knew it was you because no one else could've been in the same situation. Barbatos would never show such a face to just anyone. This is literally a picture of you and Barbatos from yesterday.

Your eyes move down and see the name of the card. “No Matter The Vessel”. What the fuck who made this!?

“WHO MADE THIS!?”

[“Calm down!”]

“NO!? I WILL NOT???”

You couldn't stop looking at the card and the face that haunted you since yesterday. Karasu eventually forced the screen to close and showed your usual home screen instead.

[“Listen you have school today so-”]

“Like hell I'm going there after what happened yesterday. I'm going to work”

You ignored Karasu again as you began to get ready for work. What work? Well you'll find someone somewhere who's desperate enough for last-minute help. You just don't want to be near the school today and if you can get money while doing so then it's good.

[“You're not even financially troubled  or anything”]

Ignored.

[“You literally have so much Grimm and Devil points from your time playing the game before coming here why would you-”]

Tuned out.

[“Come on I'm just trying to-”]

Oh oops seems like you muted your phone again. Well good luck to Karasu I guess.

As you leave the comfort of your new home you missed Karasu's brief text on the screen before it was deleted and left no traces of its existence.

[“I'm sorry…”]

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‘Reader hasn't been responding to my messages’

Emecy pouted as they stared at the unread messages. Reader hasn't been online since giving them advice just yesterday (which they heard again from Beel and Satan surprisingly- does Reader know those two?).

But they really wanted to know what happened to them before proceeding with anything. That's why they postponed the competition until they're “really prepared”. After all this was Reader’s idea not Emecy's. They were just a hopeless little lamb blindly following the shepherd. Without the shepherd they are lost.

Emecy was even wondering just when did they become like this in the first place. Was it because they felt isolated here? They were surrounded by demons who didn't eat them because it would anger their ruler. They don't even know why they were chosen in the first place for this exchange program.

Lucifer and his brothers had been polite, sure but they felt like they were merely tolerated instead of accepted. Actually Emecy was sure that he had other reasons for keeping them around when they keep causing troubles like this. They knew after all Lucifer wasn't exactly subtle with his staring.

“You are special. Your destiny is already written and I'm just helping you to follow the path with the least regrets”

Reader has said that to them once. It made them feel like they were actually special even if it was only Reader who saw them that way. They really wanted to meet Reader and talk with them face to face to get to know more about the mysterious helper.

You:
Are you alright?

You:
Please answer me. I'm worried about you.

You:
I can't do this without your confirmation so please answer me.

They wanted to grip their hair as they saw the one checkmark next to their texts signaling that it was received but not read. Why? Why why why why why why why why wHY WHY!? WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER THEM!?

They felt so hollow and lifeless without your messages lighting up their days. They were sure they would've gone mad that same day if it weren't for their notifications telling them they had a message from you later that night when they arrived back at the House of Lamentation.

Reader:
I'm sorry I've been absent. Work was being a bitch and I didn't even have time to check on my phone since I've been too tired lately.

Reader:
Why did you postpone it though? With the information I gave you you should've been able to win against Leviathan by yourself.

You:
I wanted you to know about it immediately so I waited in case you were busy.

Reader:
You didn't have to. But thank you.

Reader:
((Smile))

Emecy could feel their own lips forming a smile after seeing the sticker Reader sent. It's as if they were replying with their smile even if Reader couldn't see it.

Reader:
Though you really need to get it done soon.

Reader:
I don't think I can handle any more of our sleeping beauty’s call for help every night.

You:
He's calling for you?

Reader:
I think? I've been hearing strange noises like “help me” and “please” a lot lately.

Reader:
Actually I even keep a bottle of holy water and a jar of salt next to my bed for that reason.

You:
Aren't you a demon?

Reader:
A demon who's scared of other demons apparently. Especially if they're an avatar like the seven brothers.

Emecy snickered as they imagined a demon like that. Maybe the demon would be charming and cute too in their imagination.

Seeing the late hour Emecy told Reader they were going to take that competition tomorrow and get it over with finally before telling them that they're going to bed.

That night the human slept dreaming of being lost in a new land then meeting a faceless demon who took them by their hand and guided them through all of it before eventually finding their happy ending together.

They really wished that dream was reality…

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{Mini Theatre}

Reader: Leave me alone! Ahh!

*Echoes of Belphie calling for help from the attic*

Reader: AGGGHHHH-