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Maps Won't Show Us: Chapter 2
Title: Maps Won't Show Us: Chapter 2
Fandom: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children and if... (this chapter)
Character(s): Setsuna, Cool, Zett, Ideo
Pairing(s): None
Genre: Humor
Word Count: 760
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: The Messiah Horns did not come with a user manual, and Setsuna ends up lost among the vast reaches of the multiverse.
Notes: Hey look, it got to chapter 2~
The sight before Setsuna and Zett was a school. It was a human high school that, to all inspection, looked to be completely empty of humans.
"This is so weird," Setsuna said, as Cool poked his nose around in a science lab. "Hey, don't stick your nose there, you'll get it stuck in a bunsen burner or something."
"What's a bunsen burner?" Zett asked. "Is that like a summoning portal?"
Setsuna blinked. "No, it's a way to heat things without setting them on fire."
"Oh. Because, this feels like we're in Makai, or a Makai. so I just figured somebody had summoned an entire school into the demon world." Zett nodded, proud of his deduction.
Eyebrow raise. "Why would somebody want to summon a school full of human teenagers? We're not really that good at fighting, like demons are."
"Oh, they probably just needed people to sacrifice," Zett answered. "It happens a lot."
"...Anyway, there's nothing in this room, let's check the next one." Setsuna led them outside the science room and to the last door they hadn't checked.
An old temple, with doors in all directions. Signs indicated that they led to the World of Pride, the World of Gluttony, the World of Sloth, the World of Envy, and the World of Greed. In the center of the temple, a black portal swirled.
"This is weird, aren't wrath and lust missing from the seven deadly sins?" Setsuna asked, immediately poking the portal. Sealed. No way to get in.
Zett shrugged. "They're just high schoolers. Teenage humans can be arrogant, gluttonous and greedy, lazy, or envious. But they probably don't know what real wrath is, the kind that totally consumes you. And who knows what the World of Lust would do to teenagers?"
"You're right." Setsuna took another look around the room. "Well, where do we want to go?"
Cool took a sniff at the door to the World of Sloth. "Not this one. We would be there for hours."
Setsuna peered at it. Just a door. "How do you kn-"
"Trust me."
"All right. Let's try..." Setsuna pointed in a random direction. "The World of Pride?"
"Sounds good enough to me." Zett opened the door, leading the group into a dark place. "This definitely feels like Makai, but- hey, you! Human over there!"
The teenager in white looked over at them. "Don't address the Demon Emperor so crudely," he said, narrowing his eyes at them.
"Pssh." That came from all three of them at once. Zett went on, "There's no way you're Lucifer. He's usually more blonde and always more imposing."
"I'm not." The boy stuck his chin up. "Here, I am even more powerful than the demon Lucifer."
"Oh yeah?" Setsuna asked. "Prove it."
He faltered a little. "Right now?"
"Yeah. You just insulted my father, so if you're not going to help us figure out how we got here, I'm going to have to smack you for that at least once." When the boy hesitated, Setsuna went on, "Well?"
"I am the Demon Emperor, I don't have to fear some kid." The Demon Emperor began to glow. "I'll show you my power!"
Setsuna watched as the teenager's form was replaced by a giant crowned figure. "...Not impressed."
"Me neither," said Zett. "We'll kick his ass."
They kicked his ass.
He shrunk down into his original form. "I-I don't understand why I lost to some random kids... You don't even go to this school..."
"You're just a human teenager," Zett said with a sigh. "You probably don't even know how you managed to get this school into Makai."
The boy glared at them weakly. "That's not true. I-I'm the best summoner that the demon world has ever seen! And all the demons here obey my word!"
"Father really needs to get back to ruling over here then. You're not very good at it," Setsuna said. "What made you want to try anyway? It's got terrible hours and Father's always stressed over something like the world being about to be destroyed or God being an ass."
The teenager sniffed and refused to answer.
"...Hey, summoner. What's your name?" asked Setsuna.
"Ideo Hazama," he answered slowly.
"Ideo, if you're so great, can you send us back where we're supposed to be?"
Startled, Cool said, "Setsuna, I don't think this is a good idea. We just fought him-"
The boy perked up. "Of course I can! I can send you out of here right now." He began muttering in a arcane language.
"Wait, I didn't tell you where we were goiiiiiiing-"
Fandom: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children and if... (this chapter)
Character(s): Setsuna, Cool, Zett, Ideo
Pairing(s): None
Genre: Humor
Word Count: 760
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: The Messiah Horns did not come with a user manual, and Setsuna ends up lost among the vast reaches of the multiverse.
Notes: Hey look, it got to chapter 2~
The sight before Setsuna and Zett was a school. It was a human high school that, to all inspection, looked to be completely empty of humans.
"This is so weird," Setsuna said, as Cool poked his nose around in a science lab. "Hey, don't stick your nose there, you'll get it stuck in a bunsen burner or something."
"What's a bunsen burner?" Zett asked. "Is that like a summoning portal?"
Setsuna blinked. "No, it's a way to heat things without setting them on fire."
"Oh. Because, this feels like we're in Makai, or a Makai. so I just figured somebody had summoned an entire school into the demon world." Zett nodded, proud of his deduction.
Eyebrow raise. "Why would somebody want to summon a school full of human teenagers? We're not really that good at fighting, like demons are."
"Oh, they probably just needed people to sacrifice," Zett answered. "It happens a lot."
"...Anyway, there's nothing in this room, let's check the next one." Setsuna led them outside the science room and to the last door they hadn't checked.
An old temple, with doors in all directions. Signs indicated that they led to the World of Pride, the World of Gluttony, the World of Sloth, the World of Envy, and the World of Greed. In the center of the temple, a black portal swirled.
"This is weird, aren't wrath and lust missing from the seven deadly sins?" Setsuna asked, immediately poking the portal. Sealed. No way to get in.
Zett shrugged. "They're just high schoolers. Teenage humans can be arrogant, gluttonous and greedy, lazy, or envious. But they probably don't know what real wrath is, the kind that totally consumes you. And who knows what the World of Lust would do to teenagers?"
"You're right." Setsuna took another look around the room. "Well, where do we want to go?"
Cool took a sniff at the door to the World of Sloth. "Not this one. We would be there for hours."
Setsuna peered at it. Just a door. "How do you kn-"
"Trust me."
"All right. Let's try..." Setsuna pointed in a random direction. "The World of Pride?"
"Sounds good enough to me." Zett opened the door, leading the group into a dark place. "This definitely feels like Makai, but- hey, you! Human over there!"
The teenager in white looked over at them. "Don't address the Demon Emperor so crudely," he said, narrowing his eyes at them.
"Pssh." That came from all three of them at once. Zett went on, "There's no way you're Lucifer. He's usually more blonde and always more imposing."
"I'm not." The boy stuck his chin up. "Here, I am even more powerful than the demon Lucifer."
"Oh yeah?" Setsuna asked. "Prove it."
He faltered a little. "Right now?"
"Yeah. You just insulted my father, so if you're not going to help us figure out how we got here, I'm going to have to smack you for that at least once." When the boy hesitated, Setsuna went on, "Well?"
"I am the Demon Emperor, I don't have to fear some kid." The Demon Emperor began to glow. "I'll show you my power!"
Setsuna watched as the teenager's form was replaced by a giant crowned figure. "...Not impressed."
"Me neither," said Zett. "We'll kick his ass."
They kicked his ass.
He shrunk down into his original form. "I-I don't understand why I lost to some random kids... You don't even go to this school..."
"You're just a human teenager," Zett said with a sigh. "You probably don't even know how you managed to get this school into Makai."
The boy glared at them weakly. "That's not true. I-I'm the best summoner that the demon world has ever seen! And all the demons here obey my word!"
"Father really needs to get back to ruling over here then. You're not very good at it," Setsuna said. "What made you want to try anyway? It's got terrible hours and Father's always stressed over something like the world being about to be destroyed or God being an ass."
The teenager sniffed and refused to answer.
"...Hey, summoner. What's your name?" asked Setsuna.
"Ideo Hazama," he answered slowly.
"Ideo, if you're so great, can you send us back where we're supposed to be?"
Startled, Cool said, "Setsuna, I don't think this is a good idea. We just fought him-"
The boy perked up. "Of course I can! I can send you out of here right now." He began muttering in a arcane language.
"Wait, I didn't tell you where we were goiiiiiiing-"