♫ contractors

[falsehymn]

❝But I tell you, do not swear
an oath at all:
either by Heaven, for it is God’s throne;
or by the earth,
for it is His footstool;
or by Jerusalem, for it is the
city of the Great King.
And do not swear by your head,
for you cannot make even
one hair white
or black.
All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No';
anything beyond this comes from
the evil one.
—Matthew 5:34-37

Comments

[desmomenos]

[He eyes that mark on Solomon’s neck, but he doesn’t linger on it overly long.]

…Should we be asking what your reasons were?

[impacter]

Ahahah... It's just business. I had something I couldn't see happen, and neither could they.

My magic being gone means I can't quite pull the leash like I want on loopholes -- [A bitter ice falls over his voice and eyes as he glances at Sika, but the moment is over and gone.] -- but a pact is still a pact, mutually bound.

[desmomenos]

[It would be harder to miss the (apparently one-sided) tension between Solomon and Sika when they were in a space this small and intimate, but Louis knows better than to stick his nose in. Besides, it isn’t like he’s particularly happy with this situation, either.]

It sounds like you have a lot of experience with this sort of thing.

[teach them how to not make shit deals, solomon-sensei]

[impacter]

Only with demon pacts. [A careful correction.]

Sika Madu is Sika Madu, so I can't really go confirming one way or another that it's exactly the same. Plus, this one's a little different than how I usually prefer it to be made.

But the basic ideas are still the same as any contract.