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Re: Toll for the Bridge Troll (Syn;Zilrax)
The witch shook her head following Syn's question about the angels somehow knowing that they spilt something. "No, how would they feel that? Threads don't work that way." The witch explained. True as well, if a random angel thread could have felt that from wherever they were, it'd still be pointless because they're all far more likely to be poked with an angelic thread than some patch of ground. "It's a problem because they'll know where we've been. It could hurt us in the long run if they have that information. It might lead them to find other witch encampments. Our plans are threatened!" the witch growled. "We can't achieve our goals for Lord Avarice if the worst happens." the witch grimaced, spilling the name of the Demon Lord that Syn came to Gaea under privilege of, which basically meant she had to pay tax for traveling under her territory. Tax in the form of energy, which Syn had acquired a bit of.
So, the portal would open up quickly if Syn donated her energy to open it faster. Unfortunately, Syn would be famished after she helped with that, and then had to suffer Avarice's 'collection' of her dues, which was often enough an uncomfortable process of getting something stuck inside of her. Even still, weakened by supporting the portal, she'd likely be unable to fight against Avarice's collectors. As there's no law, the punishment for trying to skip on the tax could be as high or low as Avarice feels. Though often punishments for disobedience are often unreasonable in the land of demons, such as eternal nose whistles and developing an itch on the inside of your skin that you could never hope to scratch unless you tore your flesh off. That and the usual fair of gruesome punishment.
Syn could instead choose to be greedy, and not support the portal. Would mean that she'd be better off going into Hell, including should she try to skip out on taxes. Even then, if she did pay, she'd have plenty of energy to last in Hell with little worry about starvation. Only problem with that plan is that it would give the angels more time to find them. Ugly situations were both in front and behind her in both doors. However, such were the obvious choices given to her by the witch. It was up to Syn how to handle the situation.
The witch shook her head following Syn's question about the angels somehow knowing that they spilt something. "No, how would they feel that? Threads don't work that way." The witch explained. True as well, if a random angel thread could have felt that from wherever they were, it'd still be pointless because they're all far more likely to be poked with an angelic thread than some patch of ground. "It's a problem because they'll know where we've been. It could hurt us in the long run if they have that information. It might lead them to find other witch encampments. Our plans are threatened!" the witch growled. "We can't achieve our goals for Lord Avarice if the worst happens." the witch grimaced, spilling the name of the Demon Lord that Syn came to Gaea under privilege of, which basically meant she had to pay tax for traveling under her territory. Tax in the form of energy, which Syn had acquired a bit of.
So, the portal would open up quickly if Syn donated her energy to open it faster. Unfortunately, Syn would be famished after she helped with that, and then had to suffer Avarice's 'collection' of her dues, which was often enough an uncomfortable process of getting something stuck inside of her. Even still, weakened by supporting the portal, she'd likely be unable to fight against Avarice's collectors. As there's no law, the punishment for trying to skip on the tax could be as high or low as Avarice feels. Though often punishments for disobedience are often unreasonable in the land of demons, such as eternal nose whistles and developing an itch on the inside of your skin that you could never hope to scratch unless you tore your flesh off. That and the usual fair of gruesome punishment.
Syn could instead choose to be greedy, and not support the portal. Would mean that she'd be better off going into Hell, including should she try to skip out on taxes. Even then, if she did pay, she'd have plenty of energy to last in Hell with little worry about starvation. Only problem with that plan is that it would give the angels more time to find them. Ugly situations were both in front and behind her in both doors. However, such were the obvious choices given to her by the witch. It was up to Syn how to handle the situation.