Finis Chaldea

[Apollymi]

For a little while it seemed like there was some kind of standoff taking place. All the while both Ereshkigal and Elysia watched and listened for Sukuna's reply to the supposed offered deal. Of course, he said no. But it wasn't just a no. It was a no that involved a certain amount of ownership. They belonged to him, as much as such a thing could apply and he wouldn't be turning them over. Didn't that create some kind of warm fuzzy feeling within the chests of both these individuals. To be chosen twice in a single day, and to have it reinforced that was just the best wasn't it? Even if the words he chose to use were a bit abrasive, the meaning of them was still the same. Bascially, Sukuna had told the man he couldn't be replaced. Ah, but it wasn't all.

In the same moment they both got to see a new curse in action. Watching as this spirit tried and failed at whatever he was doing only to end up, arms pinned to his sides being strangled. Sukuna reanimated the corpse of the fallen goddess, which Sukuna used to pin this Spirit/Demon hybrid and then he commenced to reclaiming what belonged to him. "That really was a lot like Enki," Ereshkigal said remembering the day her brother had approached her like he was in charge and then gotten himself dragged into the underworld. "Yeah, that was a pretty interesting curse though..." said Elysia as she watched on with a similar amount of interest. It was a sight to see, Sukuna ingesting his fingers gaining more of his power as he did so. He'd also basically pushed a hole into this creatures chest. It really did seem like he wasn't much of anything at all. Having successfully dressed each other, Ereshkigal and Elysia held hands seeming to find comfort in doing so. He even offered them one which got two startling different reactions. "No thank you," said Ereshkigal. But Elysia's face became one of the slightest hints of sadism. "She means we'll just take the mana afterwards~" she said with a grin. "Why are we like this?!" was the exclamation of Ereshkigal which only caused laughter. Once again this scene seemed to be one of mild amusement instead of a life or death situation.

[Bloodedge]

Malleus would have tried speech, but all that came from him was a gurgled mess of noises while Sukuna searched his soul for the next finger. Luckily for Malleus, there was pause taken. Ingesting that first finger had an unusual effect. He felt... a little out of sorts. With the lack of a hand actively moving around in his torso, Malleus became a bit smug. "What's wrong, Sukuna? Did you think you could reclaim those fingers after they've blended with the power of a Spirit? I will control you," he gloated. True enough, it seemed Malleus' essence was making its way into Sukuna's body at a rapid pace. So... this was what Spirits were capable of? There was all the potential for the Demon Lord of Obscenity to be overtaken by this energy. It possessed a strong sense of self, as if it consciously rejected the idea of being less than his power as a Destroyer.

... He'd have been worried if Malleus had the power of a Spirit.

Instead, Sukuna laughed. This was no cause for concern; he could even take time to converse with the... twins? Twins. "Suit yourselves. These have a little spice added. It's not too bad, I guess," he quipped. The fact that he'd yet to be possessed was upsetting to Malleus, who went about freeing himself from the dead goddess' clutches. Her body snapped in multiple places across multiple limbs, falling to Malleus' rear as his hands clasped together. "It seems the Void has made you stronger No matter. Let's see how you fare in my Domain." As Malleus spoke, a great darkness spread from him. Said darkness appeared all-encompassing until it formed a barrier around Malleus, Sukuna and the goddesses. "Welcome to the Bane of Mortality," he stated. Within this barrier of his, there was an ancient-looking castle surrounding the group, and numerous chandeliers sporting that trademark green flame of Malleus. The atmosphere of this place was sickening, and caused aging of all physical bodies. Even so, Sukuna remained motionless and unbothered. "This will be the end for at least two of you. None can escape the Domain of a Spirit. Mine in particular is infallible."

"So... this is how those things are made, huh," Sukuna mused as apathetically as ever. There was no decay or anything of the sort occurring on his end. In fact, he was at the height of relaxation, stretching before bringing his hands together in a similar fashion to Malleus... yet quite different. His middle and ring fingers were extended and held parallel, while his fore and pinky fingers curled in toward his palms. Sukuna appeared to be working on something, but... what exactly was it?

[Apollymi]

Malleus was a self-assured individual. He was quite certain he'd be able to gain control of Sukuna. But as Ereshkigal and Elysia watched onwards they realized something important. There was quite a bit of power missing from an exchange like this, it didn't even remind them of their earlier sexual terror at the hands of Sukuna. Perhaps they were still under the effects of Sukuna's mana and thus desensitized to the severity of this situation? Well, no... that couldn't be Sukuna was still laughing even when it was mentioned that Malleus intended to try and control him. Ah, there was nothing to worry about.

What was more, Sukuna implied that that the fingers that had come out of Malleus were just a bit spicy instead of being anything else. It was a joke he made to the pair. And it would be met by one of the twins who had a habit of speaking up to say outrageous things, "I assure you, there is only one kind of spice we like... and it's not whatever that is~" these were Elysia's words in the moment and it left Ereshkigal red in the face. "Can we not flirt right now?" she asked of herself. "As if there's a better time~" This was apparently par for the course, as far as their conversation type was concerned. But serious moments became more serious by the moment.

Malleus fought off the corpse that was the former fertility goddess. Ah and then the domain of a Spirit was shown. How intense. Both Ereshkigal and Elysia looked around at it with wide eyes. It was quite the gloomy looking place fitting with their general tolerance of things, but it was also rather lacking in a way they couldn't really figure out. Perhaps the name of it gave them a strange idea but didn't quite meet up to the idea that they were used to. "Bane of Mortality..." these were the words of Ereshkigal but Elysia seemed to be giving it a bit of thought. Ah the power here was supposed to be decaying what was within. It was claimed by this man that only two people would survive? Hm, should they play along with it? They were giving it consideration at least. Elysia was more than happy to pretend allowing her natural glow to dim a bit in the green lights here, as a conscious effort.

[Bloodedge]

The one called Elysia mentioned a specific preference for things considered spicy. Oh, was that what it tasted like? He hadn't even been wondering, but it sounded like she was making a direct reference to his mana. "Then you can have that now if you want it. I'm not too busy," Sukuna said ever so casually. Indeed, he thought little enough of Malleus to offer himself up to both goddesses while... technically in the middle of a fight. "Actually. Either way, both of you, come over here."

With his offer, Sukuna gestured with his head toward either side of himself. He'd ideally have one goddess to his left, and the other to his right while completing whatever technique he was working on. He'd give enough time for them to take whatever position they intended, and then... "Got it. Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!" the demon chanted. Sukuna was not to create a separate space within a barrier, as most Spirit Domains were. Like an artist drawing on air instead of a canvas, he directly manifested his would-be Domain onto reality. A sea of still, dark water appeared in place of a floor beneath them all. Where Sukuna and presumably the twin goddesses stood, the main feature of his Domain appeared as a Buddhist shrine that had been disfigured to enshrine a demon such as Sukuna himself. The shrine had horns on the roof, skulls hanging at each of the corners of the roof, mouths coming out of each side of it, and was surrounded with bull-shaped skulls. The shrine's opening seemed to be a massive, open mouth, beyond which Sukuna would be seen sitting atop a long Chrysanthemum throne. There was plenty of room upon said throne for both Ereshkigal and Elysia to be seated, or even stretched out to either side if they saw fit.

As a consequence to Sukuna's Domain Expansion technique, Malleus' own Domain was shredded to bits. How?! Sukuna was no Spirit; he could not make use of a Domain. Moreover, this was not a conventional Domain at all. "What the hell is this?! You make a farce, cancel my Domain, and have the nerve to call this a Domain? Domains are meant to be inescapable; I could just walk out of this on a whim!"

Malleus was right. Domains were expected to have barriers to enable a certain-hit technique within. Malleus obviously didn't notice the true power of Sukuna's technique. This Domain of his stretched far and wide. By not constructing a barrier, Sukuna was able to make a more personal decision. "I made a Binding Vow. This thing here is about 200 meters long. Run if you want~"

[Apollymi]

Sukuna and Elysia were content to flirt and embarrass the hell out of Ereskigal in the process. The admission by Sukuna that he could afford to split his attention and feed them at this point was an interesting bit of news to Elysia. All the while Ereshkigal managed only to bury her face in her hands. "I'm pretty sure we're still full... but that is great information to have~" said Elysia. "You're doing this on purpose..." Ereshkigal said the full weight of her face bright red in the interim. She was content enough in this situation that she was experiencing embarrassment instead of direct concern about her life. Ereshkigal managed to look mortified as they held hands and moved to either side of him, continuing to hold hands behind his back as Ereshkigal ended up on his left-hand side, and Elysia ended up on his right.

After joining him, Sukuna went on to do something he called a domain expansion. Ah. That was interesting, the little space around them had been shredded replaced by a japanese style buddhist shrine complete with a Chrysanthemum throne big enough for the three of them to share in the most relaxed way possible. It looked so cool and so much better than the one that had been erected around them before. "Woah! Sweet!" both Ereshkigal and Elysia seemed to be quite enthused by what they were seeing. "Look at the bones!" Ereshkigal maintained a childish level of excitement in the moment. Elysia could only smile given the amount of pure joy currently located in the other death goddess. They both sat down soon enough but it was all while looking around. The differences between them became obvious in the moment as one of them sat straight legs crossed at the ankles seemingly in review of this entire place even with her eyes wide. As opposed to the dark and regal mistress, the one dressed in light white clothing with her hair in a low ponytail, seemed apt to lounge about. Her body was relaxed and leaning against the still nude Sukuna seemingly content as she continued to hold her sisters hand behind his back. Both of them appeared to be rather relaxed given the situation.

[Bloodedge]

200 meters?! Impossible! No Domain could be so extensive. On the other hand, he did construct it without a barrier. Truly, this could only be called a divine technique. What was Malleus to do if there was no bluff on Sukuna's part? Surely there was a bluff, right? No... no, he was far too relaxed; Malleus could see the signs of feigning. Sukuna was merely sitting there on his throne, nude, a goddess on either side of him. He was even spewing flirtatious vulgarities to them while locked in combat with Malleus himself!

"Full? You both look empty to me," Sukuna said to Elysia. Both were in comfortable positions, but that little refusal was worth commenting on. "That's a pity. I thought it would leave a bigger impression if you were both sucking away while I kill this pretender," he mused. Alas, if it was not to be, he'd deal with Malleus regardless. Speaking of Malleus, he'd made a decision to escape. A cloak of green flame encompassed him, spreading outward to obscure him from sight. While he was unseen, he'd escape to the rear. Except... he wouldn't. Sukuna had already raised a casual hand, and with a flick of two fingers, Malleus suffered an immediate severing of both legs. He'd fall over immediately, and be actively attempting to crawl away when he became visible again.

[Apollymi]

Sukuna was very relaxed and Malleus had decided that the jig was up so to speak. Both Ereshkigal and Elysia seemed to think this tactical retreat as a reasonable course of action and at the very least proved to be more competent than Ishtar, not that it was a huge feat to accomplish. He still gave Ereshkigal an unnerved feeling much like Enki in that last full millennia he'd been alive. It seemed that Sukuna thought both the women at his side looked empty, meanwhile both the young women were positively brimming with energy at this point.

"I am sure if we were currently one right now, we'd have to make something to avoid exploding," she said with a bright smile. As for his stance on using this as a method of showing off against the man known as Malleus Ereshkigal could only shrug. "Really? Seems like a bit of a waste against someone who seems to have been either over confident or bluffing, or... yes?" These were Ereshkigal's words on the matter all the while it seemed that Sukuna was more than able to remove Malleus' legs from his body and leave him trying to crawl away. "Aren't Great Spirits supposed to be... for lack of a better term, great?" this was the question of Elysia. She wasn't even intending to tease in this moment she just had a genuine bit of confusion recoiling the stories of their childhood with the truth of this being before them. Just the same both of these goddesses believed that someone should die today, she'd only avoided completely capturing the soul of Ishtar thinking she'd die, and this man had technically come between Ishtar and the comeuppance that she deserved.

[Bloodedge]

"Waste it, or explode. It doesn't really matter which," Sukuna said casually. Here on his throne in this new domain, the demon could feel Malleus no matter how much he tried to run or hide. When the halfling was no longer shrouded under guise of green flame, Sukuna gazed out unto his severed legs and crawling upper body. As for the potential waste of his efforts involving Ereshkigal and Elysia, he saw things no such way. If there was one thing those of Sukuna's ilk enjoyed no matter what, it was an unnecessary flex. "You think he's not worth it? I think that's all the more reason. I've got a thing for stomping out the little ones who talk the most shit," he proclaimed.

Malleus was not allowed to even crawl away. Sukuna beckoned toward himself, effectively dragging the other male via telekinesis to the shrine's base. Malleus still had a hole in his chest. He wasn't reeling from the chopping of his legs; it would have been disappointing if he had been. Elysia was right about Great Spirits. They were meant to be... great. "The great ones are supposed to be as strong as it gets. This one was one of their offspring before he cut himself in half. After that, he was out raping people even before I was born. I guess that makes him my second dad?" What a hilarious thought. In a way, Malleus was the first to showcase obscenity, before it all coalesced into Sukuna upon his birth. "I guess you could say me being born stole from him, then he stole from me. That's how cycles go, isn't it? Ashes to ashes," he contemplated. All the while, he was calling out to the second finger Malleus possessed, plucking it telekinetically from the pretender's body and dragging it through air into his own mouth. Another pulse of power occurred; each one was shaking reality more and more. Within the space of Sukuna's domain, the blood of Malleus was being integrated into the atmosphere. Sukuna and the others were sheltered by the shrine, but just outside was a rain shower of blood. Such was a sign of a massacre within the demon's domain; even Malleus could feel death looming overhead.

[Apollymi]

Waste or explode? Ereshkigal and Elysia had been doing both throughout the day. It was why this building had been covered in white before now. Ereshkigal didn't waste, and instead exploded into a beautiful fashion. At the same time, Elysia had taken much into herself, even seeming to cause more to fall into the depths of her body before it began to be expelled outward in just an overflow of mana and a drug induced state. "Hm, I'm pretty sure we do a bit of both most of the time," Ereshkigal said casually. Soon after though, Sukuna was explaining that he believed in thoroughly crushing those weaker than himself and found it most amusing. "Obscenity is definitely sounding like something that fits you... I mean, I get it. I guess..." she said thinking back to her past actions and finding at least a couple of them counted as these major flexes that Sukuna spoke of.

Malleus had been trying to crawl away, but he'd been beckoned back. Even the loss of this legs hadn't truly shaken him, which was like good for maintaining his ego. Even so, Sukuna was basically just dragging around a dish full of snacks for his own consumption. He gave the death goddesses context for their understanding. The great spirits were great, and this green fellow as an offspring of the original who had been raping people long before even Sukuna was born. "No wonder he reminds us of Enki," this was all Elysia had to say about it. Apparently these two people had been taking from each other on and off over the course of time. That was an interesting thing to have happen but it seemed that this cycles victor was a bit clearer than it might have been in past cycles. This made Ereshkigal wonder if both of these individuals needed to exist to balance out the world. She could see the potential uses of one like Sukuna in the world, but the words about what happened to this 'great spirit' over time made her question his methods. Elysia while she heard out the explanation found herself absently tracing those tattoos on Sukuna's arms with her free hand. Actually, Ereshkigal was doing something similar with the markings on his thighs, both goddesses were obviously very comfortable in the moment.

[Bloodedge]

"Oh? Good. If it's not too much, it's not enough," Sukuna insisted. It was fully his intention to go well beyond what Ereshkigal, and now Elysia, could physically handle. He got quite a jolly from seeing the goddess overstimulated and overflowing; she could expect many repeats of their previous session in future. She found 'obscenity' to be a fitting theme for him. She was very right about that, though even she had not yet seen the limits of his connection to the concept. "You'll get it more later. I'll run both of you ragged before the night's over."

First and foremost, Sukuna had to recover himself. Two of four fingers had been taken from Malleus, and he was already pulling the first from his soul. Whoever this 'Enki' person Ereshkigal spoke of was, the mention of his similarity to this individual left Sukuna with no intention of meeting them. One more finger flew into Sukuna's mouth as his primary eyes shifted toward Ereshkigal's hand, and his secondary pair looked toward Elysia's. Their casual tracing of seals on his body was something of interest. What was she gaining from that motion? "What's with that?" he asked the pair. Maybe there was some sort of power they were making contact with? If it was anything else, it was probably beyond Sukuna's understanding.

[Apollymi]

According to Sukuna if what was going on was not too much, it wasn't enough. Ereshkigal could at least say she understood he meant those words. Given her first interaction with him, she was quite sure he didn't know the meaning of moderation. That was fine with her though, truth be told he was probably more prone to overindulgence in certain senses. "That's extreme. But I guess it isn't really a problem," these were Ereshkigal's words on the matter. Of course, Elysia wouldn't immediately speak, she found it too fun to watch her other self dance around subjects like she was rather antsy about the entirety of the situation. And what was this... he planned to run them both ragged before the end of the night. "Don't threaten us with a good time~" Elysia was prone to saying whatever she felt like. That much was obvious, even more so than the little snarky replies Ereshkigal said a time or two just because she'd been overwhelmed or they'd slipped out of her consciousness.

Another finger was being digested by Sukuna and each one seemed to confer to him a greater amount of the power he was apparently supposed to have already. All the while both Ereshkigal and Elysia were absently tracing those seals across his body. They weren't actually receiving any power from them, and it wasn't entirely a nervous gesture either. When he rather suddenly returned his eyes to both of them, Ereshkigal gained conscious knowledge of what she was doing and almost stopped. At the very least her face reddened immensely and it was only a gentle firmness applied to the hand behind Sukuna's back by Elysia which allowed her to continue. All the while Elysia continued as if nothing had been done in the first place. "A couple of things. We're comfortable and still a bit... buzzed, yeah I'll call it that," she started which made Ereshkigal looked more horrified than ever. "And we didn't get the chance to take them all in before so we're doing it now," she finished her explanation. An absent-minded habit made her comfortingly stroke this man, her heightened senses seemed to make it a reasonable thing to do. She wasn't trying to take anything from it, but she probably could in tiny increments and maybe she would later. "Is that weird?" Ereshkigal asked. He was so close it almost seemed wrong not to touch him, it was also now comforting and grounding to do so. And Elysia wasn't actually wrong she was just kind of interested in all the markings along his body for various reasons.

[Bloodedge]

Sukuna was a demon of his word. He'd spoken this truth earlier in his interaction with Ereshkigal, formerly Kur, but perhaps she needed reminding. If she did, she'd learn all over again how frank he was by the time this day ended. Even now, he was thinking the pair needed better understanding of his deviant nature. Ereshkigal would especially fall victim, considering an earlier exchange between her and Elysia. "That wasn't a threat," was all he said.

Sukuna's gaze was split between both women, but the one on Ereshkigal was a bit more... piercing, so to speak. Elysia claimed their fingers were moving along his skin as a thing of comfort and something they'd missed out on earlier. Ereshkigal however, seemed almost ready to stop her movements for a moment. She'd have been better off not doing things like that; she only made herself a target with those reactions. It was she who asked if their behavior presently was weird. Upon ingesting the penultimate finger kept in Malleus' body, Sukuna shifted the whole of his scrutiny to the black-clad goddess. "How should I know? It makes me think you're overdue for having your ass stuffed. Is that weird?" he retorted. If his reaction to it was strange, then the act itself was surely unusual. It wasn't as if he was anything but raring to go at any given moment, though, so perhaps his perception was a bit off. Either way, the moment Malleus was finally ended would be the beginning of something truly great, if one were to ask Sukuna about the near future.

[Apollymi]

According to Sukuna what he'd said to this duo wasn't a threat. Elysia had some memory of the man claiming to be a demon of his word. Ah, well that was just something to look forward to wasn't it? "Well that sounds promising doesn't it?~" she mused looking over to Ereshkigal and giving her raised brows as if to hint at something. There was nothing in Ereshkigal's mind which would allow her to interpret that look. This pair of people were going to be the end of her sanity. And given that this other woman was half herself, she was still left to question why her internal self was like this. Had she just absorbed too much unnecessary filth from her time ruling the underworld, had it polluted her ideals? She supposed time would tell.

Ereshkigal had been ready to stop their movements before her other self started to explain them. It was her nature to stop doing things which were pointed out to her that made her feel like she was being singled out for some reason. This was only made worse by the piercing gaze that was turned upon her. She'd begun almost squirming as her fingers traced the lines on his thighs, and she'd definitely averted her gaze for the time being. She wasn't sure why this man made her so very uncomfortable in random instances, but she was sure she'd done nothing to deserve this amount of torture in her life. Still as this man ate his own fingers from the body of a halfling while chatting casually with what were essentially his two wives, the more prim of the pair wondered if she was odd for her chosen activity. And what did he have to say to that? He didn't know, it made him think she'd been too long without anal probing? Ereshkigal's face gained red by the second starting from her neck and going up to her ears. She immediately turned her face away and those slight tracing motions had become almost feverish. "It.... is... well... why? That's such an extreme reaction!" there she managed to get out the entire sentence but not without gaining the hue of a tomato. Poor Ereshkigal, she'd basically become an object of mental torture by virtue of some of the most simple methods known to all of creation.

[Bloodedge]

"It should," he assured after Elysia spoke up. Given what he'd seen of her, he expected nothing short of willingness. Ereshkigal however, had consistently been one to withdraw from her baser instincts, even to the point of questioning herself for what she enjoyed. Sukuna could have fun with both─ even a different type of fun with each individually. However, he rather enjoyed having both active at once for how they interacted with each other.

If he had to choose just one to torment, Sukuna would choose Ereshkigal every time. She shrank under his scrutiny. The movements of her finger became an erratic mess as she stammered through something resembling a reply. She turned her face away, and one hand of Sukuna's was there to meet the cheek farthest from him, all to turn her head fully in his direction while he stared brazenly. "Don't run from me, little girl. I'll show you extreme, and you'll never know what normal is again." This, too, was far from a threat by Sukuna. He'd flip the goddess inside-out and leave her wondering what sort of world she was in by the time he finished... if he finished.

Speaking of finishing, there was only a single finger left to pull from Malleus. Sukuna felt a great deal of resistance from the pretender, though not enough to hinder him at all. One more finger emerged from Malleus' chest and flew into the true demon's mouth. In that moment, Sukuna officially became twice as strong as he'd been hours before. No... there was a bit more in him now than even that. He was brimming with power that almost compared to how he was in his first incarnation. "Hehehehaha! I feel great! I haven't been this strong in such a long time!" he exclaimed. From that moment, Sukuna didn't even move to shred Malleus' body to ribbons; it seemed to simply happen at a glance. Malleus' arms, half of his head, and most of his torso went missing instantly. Ah, but what was this? Something was odd. When Sukuna looked at this individual, there was no Source present─ only a Core. With what remained of his head, Malleus saw the realization in Sukuna's face and grinned widely. "... Cowardly little shit."

[Apollymi]

Sukuna was such a self-assured individual compared to Ereshkigal she was quite certain nothing truly shook him at all. Here and now, Elysia seemed to be quite smitten with the idea of continuing. As much as she loved her other self, she also enjoyed tormenting her. It was far too easy to do even by her own standards. She understood that at his nature Sukuna was pretty predatory so he'd also likely enjoy the constant bit of chase that was allowable by the innocence of Ereshkigal. All the while he could also enjoy her blunter inner thoughts in the form of Elysia.

Soon enough such a predilection would be making itself known, as Sukuna's words managed to cause a stark change in the outward showing of Ereshkigal's personality. For all the trouble she'd gone through of separating herself from the intensity of this demon's gaze, he soon had a hand to the side of her face, turning her head and forcing her to face him. He brazenly stared into her reddened visage while she summoned all the courage she had to look him in the eye. He ordered her not to run from him and made the claim that he'd show her extreme and she'd not know what normal was again. "Well... that's... it's..." that stammer was something which seemed to happen around this man more often in the last few hours than it had happened at any other point in the last few centuries. "It's not like I planned to run or understand normal anyway!" she exclaimed. This was true, all discomfort Ereshkigal felt under the scrutiny of Sukuna never really made her want to run from him properly. She simply didn't know how to fully handle her emotional state around him all the time and he took issues with her coping mechanisms. This only made Elysia laugh that sinister little laugh of hers. "Ufufufufu~ That one took a while to get out~ It makes me wonder if I should translate~" she mentioned. Ah, that one was a bit of an instigator too wasn't she?

Ah, the fun between these two goddesses and their resident demon was something which could be cut short. Sukuna ingested the last of the fingers present within the body of Malleus and his body was shredded by the power alone. It was practically wafting off him, only to leave Sukuna to discover that the true form of Malleus was never present to begin with. "Well that sucks... but... congratulations~" Both Ereshkigal and Elysia mentioned. It had to be nice to come back into power you used to know. "Do you want to keep being called Sukuna?" Ereshkigal asked, knowing it was possible for him to rename himself as he'd only just spawned in this world properly.