onlythans: (πŸ’” through a girlfriend)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-23 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. I've largely avoided that one. I see now my intuitions were correct.

[is bloody mary secretly a thavnairian alchemist because]

But — an alchemist and a hairdresser. What of the others?
onlythans: (πŸ’” that i've got the key)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-23 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
What else would you call a bloodworker, then? No, no, don't answer that. Mayhap I don't want to know after all.

[But, hm. He's quiet a minute, considering options before finally venturing: ]

Cosmopolitan can be baited. And not particularly subtle about what bait they'll take.
onlythans: (πŸ’” but when you're with me)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-23 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I did mention I'm incapable of manipulating aether. Where do you suppose I got the magic for that little gift I gave you?

[Not that it really matters, since it's all corrected itself now, but.]

Information. Cosmo, it turns out, can be tempted with secrets.
onlythans: (πŸ’” these guys don't like me)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-23 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
They offered it to me. I was as skeptical as you might expect, but it didn't seem to come with any strings attached.

[A shrug.]

It only stood to reason that a demon willing to bargain once might be willing to bargain more than once, if I could only figure out what they considered to be of value.
onlythans: (πŸ’” she's mine)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-23 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh? Do tell. Because that sounds rather like a missed opportunity discovered too late.
onlythans: (πŸ’” that i've got the key)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-02-24 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well. That does align with what I was told, somewhat. Their gift-giving seems to be regulated by those higher up in the pecking order.

[He purses his lips a moment, seeming to ponder.]

So no, I doubt you could've outright bargained for better treatment. But Cosmopolitan in particular seems to like to talk. Find a topic that intrigues them and you should be able to tempt them with it.