Mr. Alpu
Corporeal Forces: 6
Strength: 12
Agility: 12
Ethereal Forces: 4
Intelligence: 6
Precision: 10
iCelestial Forces: 6
Will: 12
Perception: 12
Vessel: large man/6
Mr. Beytu
Corporeal Forces: 4
Strength: 8
Agility: 8
Ethereal Forces: 6
Intelligence: 12
Precision: 12
Celestial Forces: 6
Will: 12
Perception: 12
Vessel: Small man/6
Skills, Songs, Attunements, Discord: No one has ever
reported seeing Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu performing any
Songs, demonstrating any Attunements or using any
Skills besides Artistry (Origami) for Mr. Alpu and
Singing (Mr. Beytu). Distinctions are irrelevant to
them. Freakishly, they both seem to have the Discord
of Selfless/6. No one has ever reported receiving an
answer as to why Asmodeus tolerates this Discord in
Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu.
Roles: No one has ever reported seeing Mr. Alpu or Mr.
Beytu in any other task than the one assigned to them
by their Prince.
Artifacts: Mr. Beytu always carries with him a small
carpetbag. No one has ever reported seeing the
contents, or even seeing him open it.
Do you really want to know what is capable of scaring
a Gamester?
The answer to that question is 'no', by the way: you
really, really don't want to know. If you ever do
know, then it's probably already too late. No one
ever meets Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu unless it's probably
already too late. That's why the pair is there in the
first place.
Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu have been serving Asmodeus for
a long, long time. If the Prince of the Game were
ever so insane as to promulgate an organizational
chart, there would be the usual hierarchy of
Distinction, modified by Word. But at the very top,
right next to the main trunk, would be a neat little
box with the neat little words "Mr. Alpu and Mr.
Beytu" inscribed into it. They report directly to the
Prince: the rest of Asmodeus' organization is
irrelevant to them. All Servitors of the Game would
that the reverse was true as well.
So, what do they do?
Well, every so often a Servitor of the Game will be
tapped on the shoulder; when he turns around, there
they are, dressed in neat suits with neat clipboards
and neat, merciless smiles. When that happens, that
Servitor goes with them. It doesn't matter what he's
doing, or what his rank is; Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu
preempt all missions and tasks short of Armageddon.
The Servitor will not look around for help, beg,
whine, bluster, flee and/or (most assuredly) attack.
He will just go.
Sometimes the Servitor comes back.
Assessing the personality of this pair is fairly
difficult, as nobody wishes to spend any time with
them. This is probably wise, as it's a furtive rumor
among the Game that Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu can only be
seen when they want to be - and that the mere act of
perceiving them is an indication that Asmodeus is
personally displeased with everyone doing the seeing.
Not as displeased as he would be with the Servitor
being led away, of course, but still...
Demons not of the Game (and the Host) seem to be
immune to the attentions of Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu:
they seem to be utterly indifferent to the War, or
indeed anything except the Servitor of the Game that
they are currently approaching. They tend not to be
interfered with, anyway: demons are understandably
nervous (after all, sometimes your Prince will trade
you to another and forget to tell you first). As for
the Host... well, if accounts are true, there's a very
good chance that Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu are going to
do things to the target that you would never, ever be
allowed to do. If they won't, well, they'll put him
back when they're done with him: why not wait and see?
Those who return do not talk about their experiences
much, but some things are known about a 'session' with
Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu - mostly in terms of negatives.
No one has ever reported seeing Mr. Alpu and Mr.
Beytu raise their voice. No one has ever reported
seeing Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu stop smiling. No one
has ever reported seeing Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu commit
an act of overt violence, or even make a threat. Mr.
Alpu and Mr. Beytu are even reputed to have a certain
sense of humor, idly joking with each other as they
cheerfully ask questions of the Servitor of the Game
sitting in front of them. Indeed, sometimes they do
not even ask questions: some Servitors come back from
a session with Mr. Alpu and Mr. Beytu with news of a
reward, or a promotion. The Game has collectively
noted that such lucky individuals rarely live for very
long afterwards, for some reason.
Of course, the fact that no one has ever seen them do
any of the above does not mean that they do not do
such things: it merely means that no one (on either
side) has ever reported differently.
Ever.
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