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[possessum]

[ .....Fuck. ]

I don't know for sure.... but he does that to people sometimes

Was it a weird painting?
Or like.... feathers?

[ He... doesn't know about the clay projects the demon's been up to lately. ]

[boyobscured]

It's not feathers. Here, let me see if I can get a picture of it.

[ It takes him a minute, because he rarely uses the phone for anything but calling or texting people. He doesn't take pictures on it, though Gwen showed him how once.

But he manages to get a decent picture of the clay sculpture. ]

It's mostly sticks. I thought it might be from Paimon because I saw him making things. Under the ocean.

[ When they'd been strangely connected, and also covered in blood. What a great time. ]

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[ .... Oh. That's... Oh.

Kind of horrific. And yet weirdly childlike, and Peter's just... quiet for awhile before responding. ]

This definitely seems like something he would make. He collects sticks and things a lot.

[ This is so weird and uncomfortable, and Peter hates it. But he can't run from it anymore. ]

I'm really sorry about this.
I wish I could stop him from sending out weird stuff to people.

[boyobscured]

It's really okay. I think he meant it as a gift maybe? It's not like it's bad. It's a little strange but I've talked to him before and I think he tries.

[ He also like tried to claw Peter out of their shared body, so that's a thing, but you know, Credence isn't about to mention that kind of behaviour. He's talked Paimon down from that more than once. ]

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[ This isn't the first time someone has said that the demon doesn't seem..... altogether bad. In fact, a few people have spoken favourably about him. The concept is still very strange for Peter, who still equates the word "demon" with.... well evil.

Plus, Paimon's..... dangerous. ]

I wonder why he's giving people gifts. It can't be anything good
He seems to want to get.... close to certain people

[ It seems Credence has made that list.... ]

He's never tried to hurt you before?

[boyobscured]

Since you're both stuck here maybe he wants to have friends too. Or maybe it's because of that thread back from the beginning of the year. I don't think he's forgotten about that.

[ Credence is a little wary of Paimon because of that whole demon thing. But Michael is also a demon, and he's actually nice? Paimon isn't what Credence would call nice, but... ]

No, he's never tried to hurt me.

[ Maybe because they'd first met when Credence was much more monstrous. ]

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Oh man you're probably right about the threads
I'm still kind of... feeling some effects from that, so maybe he is too
Feeling like he has "bonds" with people or whatever

I'm not sure something like him could ever have friends

[ But.... it is a relief, a huge one, to hear that he's never tried to hurt Credence. ]

I'm really glad
He hurt another one of my friends, so I've been really scared
He just... freaks out sometimes? And I don't know what sets it off

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[boyobscured]

You think the worst of him and he thinks you're not supposed to be there. I wish you could understand each other more.

[ Credence isn't afraid of Paimon in the least, but he does worry for Peter. ]

What happened? With your friend?

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[ Peter's... not quite sure what to say to that. It reminds him a bit of something River would say — the way she's fond of both him and Paimon, somehow. It... seems unnatural for someone to be fond of both of them, and yet clearly she, and Credence, consider both of them friends, or at least are on positive terms with them both.

What he wants to say is that there's no way he could ever understand Paimon, because that thing is evil and a parasite and ruined his entire fucking life, but he's afraid to type that. It could piss the demon off, and he has Luna to consider now. So he just stays quiet on that, giving a soft sigh to himself. ]

A couple months ago, it took over me all the way for a long while
Like... a few weeks I think?
And it bumped into my friend. It just... attacked her
It bit her and all kinds of awful shit
I still don't really know why
But she had to stop it by knocking it out.

It can be really dangerous when it wants to be
You should be careful being alone with it, man. I don't want to hurt you, either.
But if it ever tries to, you can stop it
However you need to

[ Is this him giving Credence permission to knock his ass out by any means necessary? Absolutely. ]

[boyobscured]

I'm not afraid, Peter. I'm not easy to hurt anymore.

[ Does Peter know, really? Has he seen the obscurus? Credence isn't actually sure; he's not always sure which of the two of them - Peter or Paimon - knows or remembers something. Either way, he's really not afraid.

Still, he takes the warning seriously. Credence would never hurt Peter if he could help it, but the obscurus is also a self-defence mechanism. If for some reason there was ever a reason...well, Credence just has to hope he doesn't hurt Peter on accident. ]

I told him
Paimon, I mean. I told him that he should try to coexist with you. I'm not sure if he can remember something like that. I think he gets confused but that's no excuse to hurt a friend.

I'm sorry.

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[ Peter does remember what they've talked about before, how there's something inside of Credence, but... his memories of actually seeing it through Paimon are hazy at best. That time Paimon had encountered the other boy out on the beach still feels like some dream — but Peter knows that whatever strange dark thing is inside of his friend, it's real. ]

I'm glad. I hate the thought of hurting any more of my friends. I'd rather just not be around anyone if I'm going to keep hurting them

[ Which... he'd tried isolating himself for a time, some months ago. It hadn't exactly worked. Not when the thing inside him is capable of taking over him and doing what it wants anyway. ]

From what I've learned about him, he think I'm not.... supposed to be here at all? He thinks my body was given to him or some shit
So I don't think he cares about me much at all

But Luna's helping him. She kind of
made a pact with him. Like an official witch pact?
Hopefully it'll help a little.

I'm sorry you're in the middle of this, man

[boyobscured]

I understand not wanting to hurt your friends. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone on accident but I don't think that's likely now.

[ That "on accident" is very purposefully chosen; Credence isn't at all above hurting people if they deserve it. ]

I don't know anything about witch pacts but Luna is a good person. Maybe she'll rub off on him a little and he'll work harder to not be cruel.

[ Can people change? Really, Credence doesn't know, but he does know that Paimon's always been pretty okay at him, so he has some capacity to not be awful all the time. ]

It's all right. Sometimes I think having friends can be strange or takes work. I didn't really have many before I came here. So it's okay if it takes work to have friends now.

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Oh, yeah? Have you gotten more of a handle on things?

[ He doesn't know too much about what Credence's situation is, but he knows it involves some dangers of its own. He'd mentioned people back in his world wanting to kill him for it... Peter can only assume if it's "unlikely" he'll hurt anyone now it means that he's gotten some more sense of control, maybe? ]

Apparently it'll give him some.... stability
Hopefully
He like needs that? The kind of demon he is needs.... guidance, or something
I don't know much about it either
But I hope Luna's going to be okay
I'm really worried about her having a connection to this thing

[ He knows the demon likes her, is drawn to her for her magic. But he doesn't trust it. If it hurts Luna....Peter doesn't know what he'll do. ]

I'm glad to have you around, man
It's nice not to feel so alone with all of this stuff