"Demon is just a title Arcas, just a way to referring to immortal beings that have power over certain aspects of life, of course there are actual demons in my dimension but they're hardly how you picture them"
"Arcas?"
"Would you rather have me call you Pine Tree?"
Cipher clue: There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, isn't that cool?
Chapter 1: Job proposal
"Oren Pines, son of Alexander and Josie Pines, twin brother of Mabel Pines, and recently, newly assigned assistant of one Alexandria Musser"
The man expressed no reaction, as expected
"You used to go by the name of Dipper, though you now prefer Arcas, we know what you are"
Again there was no expression pass the calm look, as if the man had his mind somewhere else
"What we want to know is how a simple human turned into such a powerful being in the span of a month"
The man smiled then, something dangerous glistening in the corner of his eyes
"Let's make a deal"
The man straightened, eyes glowing green
"I'll tell you what you want to know and you let me go back home without these chains"
The black clawed hand was covered in a soft orange hue; the agent seems to ponder for a moment before shaking the hand
"Deal"
~12-5-20'19 2-5-7-9-14~
Dipper Pines sat on an old looking room, waiting for his, hopefully; new boss. The announcement had made it seem like this job would be a perfect fit, but it was exactly that which made Dipper find it odd, as he specialized in the supernatural
A side door opened to a woman balancing two cups of coffee and a bag of warm treats, how she had opened the door wass a mystery
"Sorry I'm late, the line was hellish, I would know"
She quickly left everything on the desk in front of dipper, sitting herself on a larger chair at the other end sighing
"You're Oren, or Dipper rather, right?"
"Yes"He allowed himself to inspect her, she wore smart clothing in dark shades of bluish-green, her hair was aquamarine, probably dyed, straight and cut in diagonals, the fringe was long enough to cover both her eyes and part of her nose
"Well Dipper, I'm Alexandria Musser, but I'd prefer if you called me Fay"
She smiled warmly, her voice seemed to echo in the room, she placed hiss curriculum in the desk, careful of the previously placed liquids
"Now, this 'wonderful' piece of paper tells me a lot about you, so let's spice things up and let me tell you about me, pertaining your job, of course"
"That would be good"
She linked her hand and rested her chin on them, a mysterious smile on her lips
"You look the kind to enjoy a good mystery, so here's one, the majority of the people who came here don't stay to listen what the job actually is, why do you suppose that might be?"
Dipper frowned, ready to ask how that applied to the job, but she laughed
"It's because no one believes me when I tell them I'm a demon, crazy right?"
She makes circular motions with her hand with an amused grin
"So there, I'm the demon of honesty and sarcasm, I'm aware you've dealt with demons before, so I figured you'd believe me"
She makes a triangle over her forehead and he knows she isn't lying, he shifts
"I'm not going to make any deals, if that's what you want"
"Not offering any kid, I just need help with the investigation and recollection of some evasive books, but I need a human to do it and I can't lie"
"What do you mean you can't lie? You're a demon"
"Demon is just a title Arcas, just a way to referring to immortal beings that have power over certain aspects of life, of course there are actual demons in my dimension but they're hardly how you picture them"
"Arcas?"
"Would you rather have me call you Pine Tree?"
Dipper could feel her gaze on him, words weighting heavily on him, he denied with his head and she smiled again
"I thought as much, Arcas is the mythological name of the constellation you carry on your skin, don't want other demons knowing your name"
She then pushes one of the cups closer to him, taking out two smaller bags from the big one
"That's a peace offering of sorts; I used a bit of alchemy and conditioning on it, if you concentrate on what you want it should give it to you"
Dipper grabbed the cup while raising an eyebrow
"No magic?"
"That'd be breaking the rules, and I don't fancy the punishment for that, the 12th plane is such a bland dimension"
Dipper took an experimental sip, it tasted just like he liked it, nothing more and nothing else, she was telling the truth
"If you'd rather, I'm like the representation of truth and sarcasm, funny how the two mesh so well, and therefore I'm always either very blunt or very sarcastic, sometimes both if you'd believe such a thing"
"How does that work?"
"You know, I've lived for as long as humanity, and I've yet to find out"
"Is that a response or an example?"
The demon smiles, teeth just sharp enough to be inhuman
"Both"
She seemed to be having fun, Dipper leaned back on his chair, drinking his coffee, thinking aver the information he had, she was both a demon and not at the same time, she couldn't lie but could be very sarcastic, she seemed to find his responses so far to be amusing, he decided to push a little more
"So, is that your normal appearance or are you possessing some poor soul"
"This is me in human form, if that's what you meant by 'normal appearance', not like such thing exists, I assumed looking human would be preferable, but I don't have eyes"
As if to prove her point she raised her fringe revealing two glass eyes, one blue and the other green, Dipper was glad she had decided to go for the glass eyes instead of leaving the eye sockets empty
"Can you see at all?"
"Funny you should phrase it that way, I see much better than you actually, though my senses work different than yours"
"I figured that might be the case"
The demon sipped her coffee calmly, before pulling out a piece of brownie from the bag closest to her
"If you were to accept my offer your job would be to help me reunite some books that once belonged to me and help me on my research, I'll ask you to keep any questions regarding that last bit for after you've agreed"
"Does it involve anything illegal?"
"Not necessarily, and I'll provide you with protection if that were to happen, I am, after all, an immortal being, with lots of connections"
She wiggled her fingers at the last part, in a motion a little childish for someone who claimed to have lived so long, then again, what did Dipper know about immortals?
"Fine, I'll accept"
The demon grinned widely, clapping her hands, she took her coffee and her brownie and stood up, Dipper followed after a hand gesture to do so, grabbing the other bag in the desk, She leaded her to the door she had come from, opening it with a gesture of her head, this time Dipper saw the magic being used, she was making it noticeable, he could tell, as he walked behind her he felt the power she held, she turned slightly to him, grin still in her lips
"I believe you'll enjoy the next bit"
Dipper realized she leading them to another door, one made of dark grey wood, with a golden book engraved, pages open, she levitated her coffee to turn the knob and move so he could see, light came from the door, a portal writhing as it settled on the location the demon wanted it to go, Dipper took a deep breath, no backing down now
((a=x/a=d))