◆Question 13: Are there any other crimes you want to tell us about?◆
The Fiends, more specifically Rusa, would be doing a final background check on the applicants before the group made any official offers. However, they wanted to give the candidates a chance to confess any crimes they wanted to admit before the digging commenced.
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{No. 65; Jaid Sparka (The Warrior) - Fiend | Need A Hand? Curse Mark / Revenge for Mother / Looking to 'Find Herself' / Sentimental / Multi-Jaid / Carries a Big Sword / Wants To Follow Mother's Dream / Likes Alone Time and Outdoors / Made Drim Annoyed at Us :c / Ex-Merc | Ahvra's Notes: Weird About Her Arms / Capable Despite Appearance / Formerly Injured. Fiend Anomaly}
“Of course I haven’t committed any crimes!” Jaid seemed offended by even the notion of it. “Oh, errr, I guess there was one time. One very embarrassing time… I was using a public restroom shortly after I’d gotten my Curse and was still getting used to it. Anyways, some slob had left some wet paper towels on the floor, or that’s what I hoped it was…”
“Regardless, I slipped, and I tried to use my Curse to catch myself. However, I overcompensated and lost control. Clone after clone popped out of me until the room was bursting, and I mean literally bursting. It eventually stopped after the clones flooded out of the room, but by that point, most of the bathroom had been destroyed. I was too embarrassed to say anything or try to pay for it, so I just fled. All the bathroom gunk had transferred to my main body as well, so I needed to get clean as soon as possible.”
“Oh, right, another thing I remember. Don’t know if this counts as a crime or not, though, or just frowned upon. There was a limited time dessert I really wanted, and it was a one per customer type of thing. So, I made three clones of myself and we pretended we were quadruplets. The worst part probably is that I didn’t let any of the clones have any. But we’re all me so it’s fine, right?”
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{No. 29; Asset 29 - Lesser Fiend | Tally Curse Marks / Gives Little Info Per Usual / Doesn't Mince Words / And People Say No One Wants to Work Anymore / Needs To Attend a Comedy Course / Wants Purpose / Good With Any Weapon or Tool / Doesn't Dream / Doesn't Understand the Concept of Hobbies / Specialized Contractor | Ahvra's Notes: Too Compliant / Needs Annoyingly Specific Instruction / Dead inside?}
“The only crimes I commit are those required to complete my assignments. Any further ill-action would only draw unnecessary attention. It would be quite unprofessional.” For once, Asset’s strange behavior actually seemed perfectly logical.
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{No. 144; (The Beacon) - Fiend | Religious Tramp Stamp / Ambiguous How They Became a Fiend / Seems To Basically Worship Us / Holds Us in High Regard / Purification! / Behold, The Bauble! / Doesn't Impose Beliefs / Get This Woman Her Own Bath / Monster Hunter | Ahvra's Notes: Unsure if Prayer is part of Curse / Religion is Powerful? / Very Religious. Bad sense of age.}
“My sins from before I became a child of Cosmos would be too numerous to count,” The Beacon relayed. “I assure you, however, any committed since my rebirth have been appropriately atoned for.” The others didn’t really want to know the specifics of what that meant, so they didn’t pry.
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{No. 118; Gatrim Foilepe (The Memory [TBD]) - Lesser Fiend | Sparkly Rapier Curse Mark / Messed Up Family Tradition / Family Issues / Thinks Highly of What We Can Offer / Actually Lives Up to His Boasting / Uses Rapier / A Lot of Pride / Lives Fancily / Oddly Pure / In Training | Ahvra's Notes: Nerves May be a Problem / Secret Power? / Full of Himself. Stop Shaking}
“I used to dine-and-dash from restaurants all the time when I’d snuck out and went alone,” Gatrim admitted. “But that’s just because I believed that’s how it worked. Anytime my family would go to any restaurant, there was no exchange of currency. We’d always be greeted by name, and nothing even remotely close to a bill ever came to our table. I realize how naive I was now, but I do feel terribly awful for all those places I stiffed.”
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{No. 44; Kaizu Izuzu - Lesser Fiend | All Her Curse Marks Is Why She's In This Mess / Killed Coworker / Forcefully Accepted / Serial Killer / Condescending / Why is She Here, Exactly? / Professional Hobbyist Serial Killer / Haunted By The Dead / Mass Murderer / Clearly Something Going On / Uhh ??? / Corporate Drone | Hard Worker | Ahvra's Notes: Unnoteworthy}
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Kaizu immediately gave a haughty laugh when presented with this question and then answered smugly, “You’ll find my record spotless, and I take pride in it. Not a single one of my murders has ever been attributed to me in any way and my Criminal Score is a resounding 0. Outside of my killing hobby, I am a model citizen. I don’t even speed on the highway.”
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{No. 89; Roque Personson (The Swindler) - Fiend | Disgusting Curse Mark / Ruined Ex-Wife's Life For Revenge / A Surprisingly Good Guy in the Weirdest Way / Seems to Hate The Rich. Isn't He Rich? / Secret Market Connections / Legal Thievery? / Takes A Lot of Stock in Capitalism / Sorry We Ruined Your Dream! / Follows Trends / Sketchy Businesses | Ahvra's Notes: Sold Blood for Cheap. See if you can Buy More / Shifty. Thief?}
“Ehh, mostly boring financial crimes that’d put you to sleep,” Roque didn’t seem to have any shame. “Stuff like embezzlement, insider trading, stock market manipulation, bribery. Y’know, classic white collar crime stuff that every rich person in this world does. Except you guys I guess. I will tell you how I’m better than all those rich pricks, though. I! Actually! Pay! My! Taxes! Crazy, right?! Roque Personson’s fortune is single handedly paying for better public schools.”
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{No. 50; Tize Scound (The Refuge) - Lesser Fiend | Boring Shield Curse Mark / Killed Bad Guy in Military / Determined To Prove He's Still Useful / He's Like a Dad / Good at Being Good / Has a Full Arsenal and a Honking Big Shield / Standard Dreams / Too Good of a Person / Ex-Military | Ahvra's Notes: Historically Mistreated / Humble / Stiff Ex-Soldier}
“Eh, not much that I can think of,” Tize seemed a little annoyed having to think about it. “A few scuffs and beatdowns that never got properly reported. Sometimes a good punch to the face is the best way to teach someone a lesson, but that’s technically assault. Thankfully, however, most onlookers relate too much to report it. Helps to have a few friends working on the police force too.”
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{No. 121; Niloy 'Nini' Spatzel (The Flesh-Eater) - Fiend | Nom Nom Flesh Curse Mark / Killed Boyfriend Who Scammed Her Parents / Actually Likes Helping People. Didn't Expect That / Aww, She Called Us Popular / No / Wacky Water (I Hate Whoever Wrote This. Guessing Kada. -Phon) / Uses Waterguns? How does that work? / Happy With Life / Spends All Day on Her Phone / Seeks Affirmation from Others / Freelancer / Bad at Customer Service | Ahvra's Notes: Many Innuendos / Vain / Trying to flirt?}
“Is flirting with people so they give me free stuff a crime?” Niloy asked with genuine curiosity.
“Uhh, no, not technically but—” Xard started to answer but was cut off.
“Then nope!” Niloy cheered with a huge grin, satisfied with her innocence.
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{No. 66; Itsy Humdiddy (The Wrecking Ball) - Fiend | Robo-Joints Curse Mark / Killed Scummy Business Partner, Brutally / I Swear to Cosmos if we don't accept her... / Walking Collateral Damage / Content To Be Ignorant / Strong is Enough for Her / Seriously, like picks up her truck, and just, whamo? I Gotta See This / Likes Monster Trucks and Rocks / Mechanic | Ahvra's Notes: If Joins, Make Sure all Allocated Supplies and Furniture are Reinforced / Too Strong / Big Woman}
“Well technically, I use some illegal parts for the Monster Truck rallies I participate in,” Itsy didn’t seem too worried. “Nobody gotta know about that, though. Sometimes I trespass into junkyards if the owner won’t let me just pay to rummage. There’s good stuff in there that they’re just letting rot! Really, I’m just recycling, doing a damn fine service to the community.”
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{No. 100; Rezin Anish - Fiend | I'm Going To Gouge Out My Eyes After That / Oops, Accidental Fiend / You Can Do It, Rezin! / Here's Hoping We Don't Corrupt Him / Actually Fun to Play Games With / Hallucinations, yet not quite? Hard to Explain / Pure / Made a Friend / Unemployed / Their Life is Sad | Ahvra's Notes: My Head Hurts / Eyes Playing Tricks / Hard to Pin Down}
“Umm, I can only think of one thing,” Rezin was trying his hardest to mentally comb through all of his wrongdoings. “I don’t like crowds, so anytime there was a movie I really wanted to see, I wouldn’t go to the theater. I’d just pirate it instead. The quality was a lot worse, but it was better for me. Oh! Umm I’d buy a ticket for whatever I was seeing and just not show up. So, they’d still get the money. But I know it’s still illegal…”
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{No. 152; Chorus Mistrion (The Quick Changer) - Fiend | Everchanging Mask Curse Mark / Killed Corrupt Talent Agent / Is Our New PR Person, I Guess? / Already Suckered Kada / Wants Us To Be Stars? / My Childhood is Being Ruined / Quickly Changes. Spot on Name / Shackled Suitcase / Something About Stars IDK / Looking For Passion / Former Actor/Actress | Ahvra's Notes: My Body is Confused / Smile Haunts Me / Don’t Like. Causes Stress}
“Oof, that’d be a lot to go through,” Chorus started to sweat just at the idea. “Legally speaking, I’ve never been convicted of anything. My agent made damn sure to keep me a pristine piece.”
“In that line of work though, if you’re not doing something illegal, people don’t trust you. Better to have a drug habit than be helping at an animal shelter on the weekends. If they don’t think you’re just as down in the mud as them, you’ll never be fully accepted. Let’s just say, if a crime exists, odds are I’ve partaken in some way or another.”
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