279: The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Nobody ever actually said that these guys would off the hosts after they were done. Hugh could get out of this relatively okay.
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ok, the goons comment freaks me out for two reasons – one, we know they kill the hosts afterwards anyway – though they obviously don´t expect orev to know this – and two, since they fully expect orev to want to *not* harm his host, they´re clearly aware that demons aren´t ‘evil’…..so if their self-chosen mission isn´t to ridd the world of evil+bad things, what is their game?….i wonder, do they only target demons or would they exorcise samur as well?
Allll will be revealed… Later in the comic.
I really have to insist though that nowhere in the comic did anyone say they kill hosts afterwards :P but reading the story with either assumption isn’t going to change much so you don’t have to believe me if you don’t want to xD
Either way, this page is intended to freak you out, so I’m glad it worked ;)
well ok, you never said so BUT its pretty heavy implied – after all, if they just relese the exorcised hosts, why did none of them help the police find the creeps?
Nobody said they didn’t do that either, the meeting with the police Orev was at earlier at the end of Chapter 3 was to go over that sort of thing. But it’s not that simple to track down a gang of professional demon hunters.
But that all assumes the hosts aren’t too scared out of their minds to go to the police. These dudes doing things that seem overconfident, like not warding the host directly or the space outside the shed, could be an intimidation tactic to contribute to that.
Also, not all hosts even know that the police are in on the demon secret. That’s less likely of a reason though.
Maybe these guys think they are good guys and they want to free Hugh from his “evil” demon. Granted they assume the demon would leave the host so… not so much.
Also; if they do let Hugh leave, how the sin is he going to get back home……………………………
Orev: I can’t just leave my host willy nilly gosh darn it! You guys are worse than Mary!
**Flashback transition***
Hugh is laid back watching TV. Mary walks in, turns off the TV, and and puts up one of those presentation boards.
Mary: Has this ever happened to you? You are burdened with excess money but need to get somewhere, but traffic is too heavy and there aren’t any Uber to give you a Lyft?
Hugh: Mary what are you…
Mary: HOLD ALL QUESTIONS TILL THE END! Well worry no more. With this exciting and upcoming new phone app {flips to next poster slide} Wyngs of an Angel. That’s right, if you *possess* excess money you can use our easy to use app, find a nearby angel, have them possess you, fly you to your destination, and then de-possess you. All for half the cost of a taxi ride. Let us… give you… Wyngs! Questions?
Hugh: Ok. 1). Wings is mispelled…
Mary: no it isn’t
Hugh:… and 2) possession is super difficult.
Mary: Bah, we can work around it. It can’t be that hard.
Hugh: And 3) Orev is not an angel.
Mary: I conducted very extensive focus testing research… {flip poster page} …and well… [we see a crude crayon drawing that Mary drew of her being chased away by her parents who are raving and throwing molotovs at her while wielding pitchforks] …both subjects responded poorly.
Hugh: Well at least it was better than your idea of using vision of the past to find missing car keys.
I will say an older draft of this scene they really were “good guys freeing people from evil demons” but I’ve since tweaked their motivation.
My god that scene of yours is hilarious though xD “HOLD ALL QUESTIONS TILL THE END”