Three bodies could prove quite the advantage, in various circumstances. Cerberus could easily scratch her own back, do her own hair, and much more. And she could actually travel a decent ways apart from herselves, but still in control of everything. She had been working with enviromentalists to help make sure the rebuilding wouldn't harm the environment, along with making sure the enviroment itself could heal, and even vim related tech made to heal damage done before the invasion. It had been discovered that matter decayed while inside the Abyss. While that was problematic for vim mining, it was useful for disposal. And Beel had assured everyone that if there had been anything in the Abyss apart from her, she would have known about it. Another thing humans had invented vim scrubbers that could actually filter out various things to send into the Abyss. Tests had shown they could scrub CO2 out of the atmosphere, and even radiation, leading to talks about setting up some around all the radioactive waste disposal sites, and even Chernobyl was considered to be finally rid of its radiation. Environmentally, things were going really well. Though she still worried about how the Slayer would balance nature and man's needs.
It looked like her answer might come, as the Slayer walked up to her, or at least the one of her still on the Fortress while the others were busy. "Hey Cerberus, where's...the rest of you?" He asked.
"Out and about. But easily recalled," she says to him, ears perking up upon seeing him. "Wanting to take us all somewhere?"
"Actually, yes. Somewhere in nature," he says tapping his chin. "A National Park. Yosemite maybe? Here, go get yourselves, all of you, ready," he says, heading out to prepare as well. And she does prepare, first by recalling all her bodies back, then getting dressed for the outdoors, including her hiking boots, and park ranger hats. When she met the Slayer, he was dressed similarly, and a backpack too, that seemed full. He smiles at her, as they all head through.
The forests of Yosemite National Park felt untouched. The demons had considered it of low importance, as humanity were clustered in their cities. So Cerberus and the Slayer could enjoy the park without worry about damage. And when not busy rebuilding, people did still come, as all the parks seemed to bring the peace of mind, the rest, and the spiritual healing that they always have. Cerberus was enjoying herself, wanting to wander around and look at every tree, rock, and bush. Even the Slayer closed his eyes a few times, letting the healing power of nature work on him, for he needed it. "I've been curious," one of Cerberus says after a while, to break the silence. "All of us know how much you love nature. Yet humanity will have needs too. How do you want to balance that?" All 3 of her sit down on some rocks, looking up at him.
"On the one hand, I'd want to say it's simple," he says, also sitting on a rock, facing them. "The heavily beautiful and wild areas, would get left alone. In fact," he clears his throat. "'Leave it as it is. You cannot improve upon it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.' That is pretty much the motto of conservation. And no," he continues with a smile, "It's not mine. Theodore Roosevelt was the first to say that. You all would have liked him," he continues, with what looks like hero worship in his face, surprising Cerberus. "He was a man with a man card of swiss cheese. He had so many holes punched in it, It was barely hanging together. He has done things even I haven't done. He's hunted all kinds of big game. Even named new animal species. He's won battles, shrugged off an assassination, kept all sorts of exotic animals as pets, was the twenty sixth president, happened to be in office when the Antiquities Act was passed, and so, so much more," the Slayer continues with awe in his voice. "'Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.' That's what his vice president Thomas Marshall said when Teddy passed." He chuckles a bit, thinking. "What I'm sure of? If demons had invaded in his day, you'd know him a lot better than how I'm telling it to you now. And you'd have to get used to the sight of demon heads covering the walls of the Fortress," he says, pausing to let the full weight of what he said sink in. And after a few moments, all of Cerberus's faces lit up as she realized what he fully meant.
"Wow, you think he could do that?" One of her asked him.
"He might be even better at it then I am," he says with a smile. "So, so much better."
"But you do a fine job yourself," another of her comments with a smile. "And the world thanks you." He responds by patting her heads, though one awkwardly because he uses his elbow so he could get all 3 at once. She seemed to enjoy it anyway. "And on that note, the whole National Park idea is a sound one. No need to get rid of it. If anything...expand. And not just in regards to Earth either," he admits, all six ears perking up. "Parks, monuments, and more, can be made all across the galaxy. Possibly planets too, but that remains to be seen. Good way to protect all the natural areas of interest," he says. "As for humanity's needs? Well I'm sure there's plenty of non-life hosting planets out there. Even in our own system there's some. Let's say people wanted to open mines on Mercury. That's fine, so long as they can prove their workers are safe. Rinse and repeat for Venus. Or even the gas giants/their moons. Ok, Europa gets scientific study first. But I'm sure you catch my meaning," he says with a smile, all of Cerberus nodding in return. "Add in the asteroids and sure, those can be mined. Same for comets too actually, though again, those warrant study first. Now is it possible that all the other places have a lot less of various resources than Earth. Even if they're not useful in that category, they can be useful for others. Abyss portals for vim mining. And possible communication stations and more. Details I've yet to think up, but can be figured out. And even with say, organic materials? We can carefully harvest those," he continues. "But at the same time, I won't claim to have the best knowledge, the best wisdom, or any of that. I'm not omniscient," he finishes, looking up at the sky. Cerberus understood what he was getting at, and could appreciate it. It was an interesting dichotomy, how he was worshipped as a god, yet here in this moment he seemed the most human of all of them.
"We're sure we'll figure it out," she says with one of her bodies, all smiling up at him. He then gets a curious look.
"So...what's it like to be one soul with three bodies?" He asks, raising an eyebrow.
"At times, useful. We can scratch each other's backs, do each other's hair, and a lot more. But we can't do too much at once," one of her explains. "Or else sensory overload can happen. So if one of us is feeling great, the rest enjoy some too. Same for anything negative," another of her continues. "All three of us and it can cause an infinite loop. Be it pleasure, or pain," the third one says, all ears drooping. "If one of us learns a skill, we all learn it. If one of us gets sick, we may all share the sensation, but only the sick one needs medicine. Same for injuries," one of her bodies explains, but then starts to blush. "The headpats were almost too much, though that was mitigated by the fact one was from your elbow, which changed things up. It can also be mitigated if we're all enjoying ourselves in different ways. It's different enough to prevent looping," she continues, the Slayer nodding in understanding.
"Which makes me wonder...how well can you 3 work against each other?" He asks, all ears perking up, with confused looks, but he pulls a football out of his backpack, making a fake throwing motion, and at that point they understood. "We can try," they say in unison. "But...don't we need protection?"
"Well, do you?" He asks with concern, but they shake their heads.
"We're tougher than most humans. Even moreso than the Corrupted. We can handle quite a lot," one of her says, as they start to stretch. "But...oh, right. Guess I shouldn't ask if YOU need a helmet and shoulder pads," they all say, as two of them crouch down, as if to form a defensive line, while another takes a position near him, with him smiling.
"True," he says as he also crouches. For the next few hours, they spend their time playing football, getting a bit roughed up in the process, though nothing beyond anything anyone could handle. They even ate lunch at one point, which the Slayer had also packed. They stayed out there long into the afternoon, Slayer even dropping more knowledge of the Parks and nature he knew, like how one of the best supporters of the Parks was John Muir, and more. They even spend time there at night when it gets dark, Cerberus even cuddling up to him. But eventually, they had to go home. Cerberus went to go get ready for bed, explaining how things went to the other girls. "It's interesting how deep down, he's as human as any of them. Really seemed to enjoy being outside. And the football was fun too. He was worried about us for a bit until we explained things," they say with a smile, almost dreamily.
"I was going to tell him about that," Zdrada says with a slightly annoyed huff. "But no matter. I still have to...show him what I've done. And see if I can make him humiliate himself, that would be a plus if so," she continues, blowing a smoke ring after a long drag from her vape, an evil smile on her face.