Synk's a mod.

That's like, the initiation ritual.
That was what I thought at first too, but than again he did specifically say she had Profession (Baker), so that kind of got shot holes into instantly.

Damn it, he probably did that because of the apron.

Clever fucker.

Synk is a sweetie that is his gender.

as a rule I assume any given forum member is male, statistically I am probably right

I shouldn't have even posted in this thread, but blame Ryong.. :P
 

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Now I certainly hope they are sincere. Mostly because I hate the whole 'tricked you out of your soul' evil deal. Trapping people with clauses and loopholes would be bad for business in the long run, plus as they clearly said this is for their own purposes, no reason to double-cross him

While I wouldn't be surprised if there is any sort of "HOSHITS OMG" where V gets betrayed, I would also not be surprised if there wasn't a loss of his soul.

Though it is nice that while he's doing big important plot-moving event, he's still funny. "Never put the hellcart before the demon-horse." I am, however, curious why he didn't say 'Nightmare,' though its probably because he would get attacked by OOTS fans saying "NIGHTMARES WOULD NEVER BE A CART HORSE."

Yeah, but beyond personal dislike of the idea, there's no reason why they wouldn't do it.

If all the media on this concept is to be believed, it doesn't really seem to hurt their business at all.

In fact, it only hurts their business if anyone finds out they actually tricked people.
And the liar clearly said "I'm not lying."

Mind, they haven't been proven to be liars, but all stereotypes are working against them.

Also, they don't actually have to take his soul to win over his soul. If he becomes drunk on the power they can grant him or whatever, he can just become their willing pawn. There's multiple levels to corruption and falls that stolen souls have no place in.

V himself shows why its bad approach. If a group is known for cheating you, people will be reluctant to agree even if an equable trade is offered. Heck the catious type would just outright refuse any and all offers. But if they have heard stories of how people have made pacts and from their standpoint things turned out ok, well then people will be more likely to agree.

So I'd say there is a reason to not lie to him. But there isn't really a reason to, getting V's soul isn't a huge boon to them. However as they said, unifying the factions of darkness, and showing others the kind of power they can bestow on people is. Yes anyone in V's position will sign away their soul in an instant, but its better to have it appeal to people that just want temporary power, or are greedy, ect. Those that would make a deal but would rather not be someones slave for eternity

There is quite a few ways I can go into how this doesn't really apply to them actually screwing people over. In a nutshell, the idea that the devil gives you an offer and then screws you over is spread by the opposing side. So basically, actual fact has little to do with what we've heard about said deals, as it's all come from the person's competitor.
I believe there's been statistics that show that if you go to a restaurant and have a bad meal 1 out of 10 times, you probably won't go back there.

What this all has to do with my point that "tricking him wouldn't hurt their business" is that (assuming that that the spread of the "Deal with the Devil" idea has spread similarly in the OotS world as it did in the real world) their business is already hurt and they can't gain it back without a significant amount of effort over a long time. And over that long time of trying to gain back business, it would probably be more profitable to just cheat and take souls.
So they say. I'm taking anything they say with a grain of salt. From what I've seen and remember, V is one of the more powerful spell casters that's been in this campaign. His soul could be worth a lot for having potential. I have no idea how quality of souls is graded, but I'm not going to believe whatever those three say on the matter.
Which is in no way related to whether or not they take his soul afterward. The higher-ups in the demon realm could probably care less.
Yeah, this relates directly to my first point that I briefly brushed upon. So a devil comes up to you and offers you a deal. And he goes on and on about the power he will give you for a rather small price, and he says that he has had clients before that he didn't screw over, honest! Do you believe him?



I guess I should also say that 1 hour each can be a long time depending on the universe that this is taking place in. It's entirely possible that the demons can otherwise get what they want from his soul from that "meager" 1 hour each. And it's very probable they can if V gives them 3 weeks...