Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-3991308-20150811084244/@comment-27235572-20150817162652

"Oh, ok." Shirley shrugged. If he wasn't bothered by her typically irritating nicknames, then who was she to stop using them? After all, demons were of tougher stock, so maybe he could handle them, even if he still was a newbie to her.

She heard his thanks, but pretended like she didn't hear it. Shirley had a reputation to uphold after all, and having good manners wasn't exactly in her agenda for the day... or any day.

"You ramble too much, Polly." Shirley snorted, but could see his point. "People just don't trust Lily and I: I'm perfectly fine with it, but Lily isn't and that's the only thing that bothers me. But, you didn't hear it from me."

Her eyes widened a bit as he pointed out the loophole that she had been unknowingly presented. Shirley had to be honest with herself: she wasn't necessarily good at contractual deals. She just wasn't that type of demon. She was more of a manipulative, claim-your-soul type of demon, so she was familiar with loopholes and exploiting them, but not so good with seeing them at first.

"Hmmm... You're right." She admitted a bit reluctantly. "Those villagers better watch out!" She didn't mention teachers, despite hating most of her classes, because they could be set up with some other wretched professor that was even worse.

And, Shirley was completely certain that eating the Headmaster's soul was a one-way ticket to execution and the embarrassment of going through that would haunt her for centuries. But, villagers.... Now, those were fair game.

"I eat charcoal for food: it's a supplement, a kind of fuel for my magic." Shirley explained. Most people questioned her devouring the stuff, but never really thought about the reasoning behind it. "Without it, my magic fizzles out, but the stores won't sell me the kind I need. They started claiming it's for dragons only, which is a lie. You can't restrict the sale of charcoal to one species: that's discrimination! And, I never threatened anyone, either!"

Anyone could tell that Shirley was frustrated. While Lily didn't care about her magic, Shirley did and she needed her charcoal.