[video] [WARNING: BRIEF SELF HARM, also body horror and wall of text]

[infernaltouch]

[A stone faced man sits in front of the camera. As usual, Koro is deadpanned and yet...anyone can see terror in his eyes. He is afraid. He is anxious. In fact, there is the slightest tremble in his hands. Whatever he's about to announce, it's serious.]



I...finally have my own business. It's not ready yet, but...

[As he states, behind him is definitely a work in progress. An empty room with purple and black walls, and...is that a tub?? But there's some unfinished furniture and curtains that are yet to be put up.]

It will be done soon. My own massage parlor and spa. It's finally...

[he should be happy, and yet he seems completely distraught despite his flat face.]

I...I have to come clean about something before I open this parlor. I have been lying to most of you. Some, very few, may know this already. But everyone else...I have been keeping a horrible secret. It's caused me so much pain...caused others to be hurt...and I can't go on lying like this anymore. I cannot tell lies. And that includes this one. If I am to run a...mostly honest business, then I need to be honest with everyone.

[And with that, Koro takes out a knife, and before anyone can say anything, slices a cut on his cheek. Where blood should come out, instead black smoke snakes it's way out of the wound, followed by a black, sludgy substance that oozes out.

And that wasn't the disturbing part. Koro closes his eyes and wipes the sludge away from his face, and the cut that was on his cheek quickly heals and fades away, his face now smooth as it always is. And then, he opens his eyes.

Where was once white, is now all black, and where stood irises and a pupil are now just small red rings that pierce the viewer's very soul.

And then he drops his jaw. A good 7 inches or so from his face, inside nothing but blackness. No tongue, no uvula. Just...teeth. A wide row of teeth. And then...he speaks. His lips do not move. His teeth do not move. His entire head stay absolutely still, yet a deep, gutteral abomination of a voice comes out of his throat.]

I̡̤̜̪̜̰ ̡̲̲̰ͅam̺͓̮̺̼͕ ͠a͓̞̥̩͞ ̼͔̼͎͖de͕m̛͍͈͍o̞n͠.͎ ̸̜͈̝A̸͔͔͉̭̩̳ͅ ̝͉̝̙̻͔b̪̦̮͙̳̬e̺͍͝i̵͍̺̜̣͍̘̣n̳̗g͇̬̻̫̜͕ͅ ̹o̞̳̺̹̟͘f̭͎͚̼̺̩͕ ͙͙͚̥̠̻͇p͖͖͔̙̭̮̝u͎r̙͎e̶̱̼̱͎͓ ͖d̕a͚͡ŗk̩̻̹̟̳̥n̮̞̩͝ͅe̞͚̳̣ṣ́s̩͈͍̳ ̘̠̮a̻̮̥͇̗n͝d ͍̤ͅe̴v̩̱̻̣̞i̯l̝̫̣.̶͓̼̤ ͟Ań̮̝ ͇̯̝͕u̠̩n̸͔ẖ̰̯o̠̰l͇͈̟̤̳̮̕y̶̘̗̼ ͡a͠b̳͖̜o͇̦͙̱̩̹̘m͜i̢̦̙͈n̰͚͕͙̹̤̪͜a̗͉ͅt͈̩̼̣͙͍͚́i̵͚̙͉̖̝̮̖o̰͓͖͕̫͇̣n͈̮͕͚̺ͅ ̪͈ţ͚͍̞h̤̝̪͉à̞̺͖͍̩͎͔t̛͔͈͙ ̟̦̦̭f̞̭̻ę̖̯͇͍̟e̸͈̬̝̼̱d̝̳̩s͕͔̥͇̗͔̮ ̨͔̗̫o̡̯̬̟̬͇͚̞f̘͍͈̣͟ͅf̷ t̲͔̤h̷͈ͅe̸̘̜ͅ ͚̯̞̀m̸i͔s̖e̪̩̲̖̠̪r̮̬͓͠y͎̞͉͚͈ ̥̞̻̩͓̥̞̻̩͓ọ̭f̮̳͖͉̝ͅ ̪͇̩̲́t̪̞̟̰̘h̬̮̹͍e ̩̟͈̞̦̕d̥̼̳͖̠amn̙͝e̡͓̖̩̱d͏̠͙͙ͅ,͚̥̪͔ à̪̤̤͕̻̠̣ǹ̘̪̫d̻ ̶the̜̙̗͇̬̠̲͜ ́p͜r͈̺e̠̘̬̭c̤͈̲̥͡i̥̤̥̫̬o̩̩̜̹̙̯͟u̺̖̹͟s̹̼̭̣̳̦ͅ ̪̰l͈̻͙̮͓̩if͎̝̹̼̣̪e̵̲̫͖̩̲͈̫ ͕͉̳̙̼͈̕ͅơ͖f̤̻ ͖̫͚ͅh̯͍̪̖u͍͈ͅm̷̳a̞̭̲̪n̪̖͔̝ș̶̼ ͏̥̙͕t͙̜͉̱h͍a̭͙̯̭̦ͅt̥̻̼̗ ̼̲̜̮̦̼y̖͙͍ͅe͉t ̪̖͉͇̠s̢͓̥̬͖̤ͅt͖̞͚ͅͅi̖̘͍̫̕l̦͚̘̟͙͇ͅl̶̖ ̠̗͕l̼͞iv̞̩̪͍̬̙͠e̦̣̹͎̰̭̰.̨͖

[Enough of that. Whatever that was, it slowly forms back into the Koro everyone knows. His face, for the first time, shows genuine heartbreak, far from the flat expression that usually adorned it.]

To be exact, I am an incubus. A dominant sex demon that feeds off life force through sex. I have yet to hurt anyone, of course. At worst, I leave them tired for a while. I have made an oath to never harm a human being as long as I live.

...I can't live in secrecy anymore. I understand I may terrify many of you, but rest assured I have no intention of causing harm or misfortune. I assume many of you have questions. I'll answer to the best of my ability. Just keep in mind I will probably refuse to answer certain questions.

And for the edgelords—ahem, erm, for those that will likely come to me to tell me they don't care, kindly keep your comments. This is a difficult decision for me. It may not seem like a big deal in your world, but where I come from, this would have been a huge deal. Please understand where I am coming from.

[And with that, the feed cuts off.]

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[ooc: if you're having trouble reading the zalgo font, it says "I am a demon. A being of pure darkness and evil. An unholy abomination that feeds off the misery of the damned, and the precious life of humans that yet still live."]

Comments

[TEXT] un: shutterflash

[silverselfie]

Uh Koro? Dude? You alright?

[text] un: midnightrose

[infernaltouch]

as alright as I can be. Getting a lot of messages. Some of them unpleasant, some of them weirdly sexual

[silverselfie]

uh that's kinda weird ngl

un: housependeryn

[historicallyloaded]

[ The entire video is... much. It's disturbing, and he finds himself watching with a palm over his mouth in horror. He'd seen some terrible spats of body horror (and in person no less), but this was much more personal coming from a friend. Dear Korollan was... this abomination? It's surreal, and the grainy quality of the video adds to the uncanniness of it all.

And yet, when Koro speaks, there's some part of Brickston that's even somewhat relieved? Maybe he, for reasons he can't identify, envies his ability to put something like this out there. He knows he does not have the best poker face so he can't bring himself to respond in video in kind. ]

Dear Korollan... this is a lot to take in.

[ The abilities of strength and speed he displayed when they outran the Salamander, the lewd joking proposition... Ah—this explains that. Would he have...? ]

Thank you for being forthright and honest. This couldn't have been easy. I'm not sure what to say...

[infernaltouch]

I'm not sure what to say either. I'm honestly not sure if I did the right thing.

I've been blocked by many aquaintances already

What if they come for me? The authorities...

[historicallyloaded]

This fair city accepts Hanyo, does it not? And Yokai thrive in the Western Kingdom.

I would be more concerned with the legality of um... your sustenance requirements, but your existence? Doubtful.

[video] un: hotturk

[tightbod_bigrod]

Not the weirdest thing I've seen all week, but probably the creepiest.

[He'd gotten a blowjob from this guy before... Where had those teeth been then? A little worrisome for his family jewels.]

I'd say we don't have anything like that where I'm from, but I've seen the shit that came out of our labs.

Not quite sure what to make of this. Does this mean you're giving up the modeling?

[infernaltouch]

I...I would have more likely assumed I'd be fired.

[tightbod_bigrod]

No, not really. I mean, people are in to all kinds of things.

I do got a question though. Where were, uh, all those teeth when you were giving me a personal massage? My cock didn't almost get eaten for real, did it?

video; un: un: 1_E91

[cupiditasmedendi]

[Maybe he was the only one who knew even a fraction of this, maybe not, but he knows how Koro's true nature torments him and he would never have expected to see this.

It does unsettle him. It's an instinctive thing, given what he is and how everything he is stands so opposed to what Koro is... but at the same time... the incubus has never tried to hurt him. Raphael has already got the impression he would be entirely against hurting anyone.]

That was... very brave.

[infernaltouch]

Was it? Foolish more likely. I regret it already

[cupiditasmedendi]

[He huffs a quiet breath out through his nose.]

I thought it was brave. Though you showed more of yourself than I would have expected.

[Text] un: nightmarketmaster

[shatteredstoryline]

[Holy fucking nightmare fuel, Batman. Is this the type of demon she'll have to face back home if they ever break the seal and rise up?]

They do say honesty is always the best policy.

Can I ask you an odd question, though?

[text] un: midnightrose

[infernaltouch]

yes. I'll do my best to answer.

[shatteredstoryline]

Do those teeth fall out and replace like a shark's???

[video] un: exsoldierboy

[sultanofsquat]

[ He wasn't quite sure what he was expecting when this came across his timeline. He recognized the man from one of the first days that he arrived in this country. In this world...but nothing prepared him for the horror that awaited.

Yet...he didn't recoil. Not brow furrows, having seen and combatted far worse monstrosities. But...he'd be lying if he said that witnessing this, grainy video and all, hadn't put him on edge. Best of luck getting that out of his head for a while.

But...his words ring true too. It's a brave thing to do, if everything Korollan's saying is true. About how he wouldn't harm a human. ]

Can't say I saw that one coming.

[infernaltouch]

[He thinks that was off putting? Wait til he sees his final form.]

I take offense to that. I'd like to think anyone could see themselves coming when spending time with me.

[He pauses, and then sighs. Enough jokes. For now.]

I've done my best to keep it secret. Trial and error...I've been discovered many times before. So I learned from them. I guess I'm flattered you didn't notice it when we met.

[sultanofsquat]

You're killing me.

[ At least Cloud's been put through his paces here a little bit. ...stick in the mud? Sorta, still. But he shakes his head, still giving Koro his attention. This seemed important. The guy hasn't really given him reason to doubt him yet. ...nor did he distrust him to begin with. ]

So what happens now? [ A beat, his gaze intent on the camera. ] 'Cause the "evil" part doesn't check out.

[ Oh but, secretly some demonic being from darkness? Who said that either things were meant to be bad? ]

[video] | un: kingfisher

[sleepsalot]

[ The two times Noctis had spoken with this guy, he seemed normal enough. A little weird, a little too flirtatious for Noctis's liking, but not any reason to suspect him to be anything other than a normal dude.

So, to say this message took Noctis by surprise is putting it lightly. He's... a little disgusted, to say the least, but he doesn't let that show at all. He has seen worse, after all, thoughts of Ravus in his fucked up daemon form coming to Noctis's mind. This does put him on edge, however, as most daemon-related things do. And he's going to be extremely cautious from here on out, until he's satisfied that this guy is going to be true to his word.

Noctis doesn't really know what to expect going forward, wondering can he really take the other's words to heart, saying he'd never harm a human. ]

You're... a daemon?

Wondering if demon and daemon are pronounced the same way 🤔

[infernaltouch]

Yes.

Horns and everything.

[Which he demonstrates by having said horns grow from his head. Long black swirls that are old and chipped, with one broken off a bit at the tip.]

If you're still not convinced, I can take out my tail. I don't have hooves and a pitchfork, unfortunately.

[sleepsalot]

Ah, I don't need to see the tail.

[ Koro isn't like any of the daemons Noctis has battled against, as most of those looked like absolute monsters and Koro... didn't. He had some characteristics that Noctis saw in the daemons on Eos, like the horns, the teeth, the fully black eyes. It's disconcerting. ]

Why did you decide to share this?

[ Noctis thinks that admitting one was a daemon would be more of a deterrent for people than keeping something like this a secret, even if it weighed on Koro like it did. ]

video un:Jiang.Cheng ((Late better than never!))

[jc_superstar]

[ He watches the whole thing. Isn't surprised in the least. Curious, though. ]

It'll be alright, Koro. With...the amount of different people here. It'll be alright.

[Yes, he's surprised to be saying this, too. ]

[infernaltouch]

...Surprised to hear this from a cultivator. I thought banishing demons and evil spirits was your thing?

[Video; UN: gentlebreeze]

[gentledawn]

K-Koro? [He isn't terrified - more...concerned. Deeply so.] I don't believe what you said. I don't believe any of it!

[infernaltouch]

[Koro's chest grows heavy.]

Xingchen...I don't understand. You were the very first one to know.