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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · Jan 12

HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH IVE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERES 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULDNT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 7m

Ah yes. So nostalgic! If you need something PLEASE speak loudly. Thank you.

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 10m

My hearing aid is broken. The parts I used are um… very difficult to harvest and build. Takes long too! Therefore it’s time to bust out ol’ reliable.

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 24m

His finger taps lightly against the table.

“You think I don’t know what you all are? I think you forgot who you’re talking to, gege.”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 26m

You can fall from the sky. But you can’t fall if you’re already underground. I wouldn’t trade demonhood for angelhood if it meant I can protect my family.”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 27m

/That/ is what makes this /Hell/. It doesn’t matter WHAT you are. A demon isn’t ONLY a species. It’s a flaw. And that’s why we’re underground and not in the sky.”

He hums and places the cup down, smile still on his face.

“But…

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 28m

The demonic side of us fighting for our defeat every chance it gets. That deadly sin you represent? What it did just now is lead you down the path of a sore loss and you didn’t even realize it. Our sins don’t wish good for us. Its job is to completely destroy us.

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 28m

“The reason why I’m telling you this is because right now, you laid yourself bare in front of me and proved to me exactly why you’re now one of us. Don’t ever allow that new part of you… to become your downfall. That is what we all have to deal with. Every, single, day.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 28m

“Gege. I don’t doubt it… the power you have. The confidence is well deserved—now I may be a measly 1000 and something years old but I do hope you take my advice.”

He picks up his cup to sip from his tea.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 29m

because he knew that one day, inevitably, someone with galls like Lucifer would attempt to drag everyone into war.

So as Hell’s strategist, he wants to be in charge of keeping everyone from losing to their own weaknesses.

He puts his finger down and rests it on the table.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 29m

Then he points at Lucifer with a smile.

“Pride…Overestimation.“

Each explanation he gave pertained to war weaknesses. Sloth spends a hefty amount of time studying up on the nature of demons—

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 30m

“Lust. Romanticization. Also known as prone to betrayal.”
Sixth finger down, he points at himself.

“Sloth. Aloofness, the obsession towards detachment and being un-involved— fatigue, illness…”

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 30m

Third finger down.
“Gluttony. Insatiability. Or may I say… biting off more than one can chew.”
Fourth finger down.
“Envy. Lack of self confidence. Underestimation of oneself— which exposes weakness easily if unable to control.”
Fifth finger down.

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 30m

He sighs and then. He puts up seven fingers.

He puts one down.
“Wrath. Vengeance. Destruction. Death. Loss.”
Second finger down.
“Avarice. Inability to prioritize the correct things. Wandering eyes, therefore… fleeting attention span.”

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 54m

He explains thoroughly and then his grin slowly falls.

“We demons have a weakness, gege. A bad bad bad bad one. Do you want to know what it is?”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 55m

Sloth leans over the table with raised brows.

“You’re joking with me right, gege?” He grins widely.

“I really like you already, you know? You get me and we have similar tastes. It would be a /shame/ for us to lose /everything/ just because of angels. Right? You agree that it’s illogical?”

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 57m

“Think about it. Our Hell is twenty— no /a hundred/ times better than heaven. We go out and about, do what we want with annoying rules here and there but it’s not all that bad. If I don’t like something? I pass a bill and go battle the demonic court over it. Simple.”

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 58m

although sloth isn’t a formidable foe when it comes to the battlefield…

It’s all a mind game with Sloth. One of the biggest obstacles in Lucifer’s way is getting past the wall of Sloth.

Quiet. Serene— but deathly tall and indestructible.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 1h

“Hah?” He bellows in laughter after the last part.

“Gege. What? None of us want to fight with Heaven. Didn’t you know that? You’ve been gone for so long. Times have changed.”

He didn’t take it seriously at all—

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 1h

“What do you want to eat? Did you bring my coin pouch with you? You better have. I don’t want you paying for anything okay?” The demon huffs and takes his lover by the hand, gently leading him into town.

“Anything you want. I’ll buy you a whole banquet!”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 1h

“Then pass a bill. Instead of risking the death of both of you IF you even manage to convince him to go against the likes of heaven.” He pushes his glasses up while still staring.

“The strategy is messy, gege. Michael wasn’t the only one in your way.”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 1h

“Don’t tell me you’re gonna attempt to “take over” heaven instead…”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 1h

Sloth stares at Lucifer like he’s got three heads.

“I would have been less surprised if you stuck with overthrowing Satan. But to move to that last claim sounds schizophrenic even for a real schizophrenic like me, gege.”

Brutal. Honesty.

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 2h

He hooks an arm around the other’s thin waist, pressing a kiss on his forehead with a happy eye smile.

“A-Jian. What’re you up to so early in the morning, hm? I was sad not seeing you in bed with me but I do sleep late so I don’t blame you.”

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(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 2h

to give him a headstart when diet culture became obscenely popular. In real happy to hear that you trusted my invention so much early on-!”

He responded but then his brows tilt upward.

“Ally? Ally for what?”

(树懒 sloth) 𝐰𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐧。 @torpidchaos.bsky.social · 2h

“Oh yes! It was actually a birthday gift to gege. Sloth and Gluttony depend on each other very heavily in the modern world! When he started getting stressed out about work, I invented these machines to simultaneously amplify gluttony and sloth together—