The Search For Civ

The Search for Civ

We walked along the brick bridge, passing by cliffs and eventually crossing a lava lake, pillars of black bricks impossibly sticking into the molten surface below.

Eventually, after the lava lake ended and the brick bridge approached another cliff face, I stopped.

"Livic! We've been walking for nearly an hour, and you've said nothing! How do you know where we're going?" I asked with an harsh tone.

"Oh, I thought you'd just fully trust me to take us there. What, think you know the way?" he asked.

"No, but I'd like just a little bit of info on where we're going," I retorted.

"Well, I'm not supposed to show mortals this...but," he started.

A red flash appeared in Livic's hand, before a map rolled out in front of him.

"So, first, we had to cross the Lake of Agony. Luckily, no one lives here. But now, we're entering the Cliffs of Callous Imps. It's infested with these terrible imps that are insane and just attack like animals. Then we'll cross the Chasm of Chaos and hopefully dodge Khorne while we're there. Then it's a hop skip across the Open Wastes and we'll be at the other focal point!"

He continued on, giving details of these locations he brought up in a strangely-familiar fervor. This form of obsession and excitement towards a particular subject reminded me greatly of Civ, so maybe there are some similarities between these two other than physically.

Regardless, the obsessive information actually brought me a bit of piece of mind. Such detail is unlikely to be entirely fake, though I won't be surprised by an embellishment or two.

"Oh, we can totally stop by the Circle Gates! The second level is easily accessible there," Livic said excitedly.

Livic turned with a wicked smile that strangely almost seemed concerning.

"But....you probably won't like it there," he continued.

"Why's that?" I asked, not being well versed in the Hellish circles.

"Well, let's just say they don't like clothes and it'd be very...distracting," he said with an evil grin before turning and continuing down the stone bridge.

"Yeah no..." I responded, assuming, given his proclivities so far that he meant the 'lust' circle, "Let's just make it a straight shot. This isn't a sight-seeing trip."

"Fine."

The map phased out in a flash of red, and on we continued, entering into the mountainous region Livic referred to as 'The Cliffs of Callous Imps'.

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So Livic, what can you do that Civil can't? Aside from being naked, of course.

Well, let's just say...a lot.

I mean, we may be the same strength, but I look better strong. We can agree on that, right? I got all the best parts of hellish handsomeness, so I can probably pick up guys and gals better than he can. Probably satisfy them better in bed too. (Lye Note: this one might be true on account of things I saw when he was first summoned that I can't unsee, though I doubt his behavior would keep anyone for long.)

I can fly, as per these wings. They aren't just for show. I'd like to see Civil do that. I'd consider myself a 'learning' flier (Lye Note: which is totally not cope because he crashes a lot) so maybe I'll fly you out for a fun time.

I have access to magic from the Hells, which is pretty cool. Fire, portals, enchantments, trickery, if it's hellish I can do it. However, Asmodeus says that I should 'learn over time' so I can only do the important and low power stuff, not any awesome things like blowing up a city...yet. (Lye Note: It should be noted that Livic's most powerful feature is his access to hellish magic, but he is clearly limited to prevent wild devils like him to run amok. He is capable of teleporting at will to the hells, but that is pretty much his most powerful magic.)

And finally, I can do something Civ could never do: go over the speed limit. I am truly the better of us two, am I not? (Lye Note: Livic clearly has an ego, take what he says with a grain of salt. While he may be a devil and have magic, I doubt he is much better than Civil in the mental department. I asked him to do a math problem and he repeatedly tried to avoid it, so I assume he has basically no proper education and runs entirely on charisma alone.)

is evilciv like "grrr I HATE WATER AND ENGINEERING!!" or is he more like gremlin?

I wouldn't say I HATE water....I just prefer FIRE.

It's way cooler. But it also has to be well controlled. Even devils (who are heavily resistant to fire) can burn.

And no, engineering is stupid. Leave that kinda math and malarkey to the subservient and lesser smart people.

Now, taming fire? That's where it's at. If I had to have a job in the mortal world, it'd definitely be a wildland firefighter. That kinda job takes some guts and know-how. Plus being able to control it would be super helpful.

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Is Livic supposed to be portrayed as really hot? Because 😳

Well, yeah, I am. Glad you agree.

I'm pretty hot in a lot of ways: physically, literally, seductively...

Sexually...

Hey, what's up with this? Is that a censor? I was trying to post sexy nudes on the internet!

Lye: NOT ON MY FUCKING WATCH. AND DEFINITELY NOT WITH CIV'S BODY! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT WEARING SOMETHING?! PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON.

The Search for Civ

Lye's Personal Log: 10/4/2024

Today is the day we start our trek. I've gotten all my gear together to make this journey and Livic has...done nothing to prepare. He says he'll be fine. I have my doubts.

Livic has tried to tell me multiple times that all will be well. "You've got a devil as a guide", "I know what I'm doing", "I'll protect you". All fall on deaf ears due to my lack of trust.

However, one thing he did give me was a surprising amount of detail about our trek. Our path will be starting at a Hell Gate for our local galactic area, and we'll be traveling to another Hell Gate that's much closer to where Civ is, hellishly speaking.

The good news is that this journey should only be a few days.

The bad news is that we'll be traveling in open hell terrain with little protection for most of that.

God's save me.

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