Gabeling [Midday, Frog x Gabe]

Gabe didn't necessarily know what he was doing, he was wondering what the right choices were after he had a bit of a falling out with Brittany and frogerio. They kind of stopped contacting each other and stayed out of each other's way, but Gabe still maintained a level of trust. If anything it was the revealing of the fact that Gabe knew who they were, and he kept it to himself all this time for the sake of keeping their secret and making sure that he was also able to interact with them as well. Gabe made the choice on his own during his slightly tipsy grandeur as he mourned Selenus's end to break the veil and made it aware to them that he too, was aware.

He didn't know what to expect with the lad coming, he wasn't even expecting him to come. But assuming that the doorbell was ringed when Frogerio showed up, Gabe would let him in and close the door shut as soon as he walked in. The room was somewhat normal, a steaming cup of coffee was on the table, pretty much untouched. "Make yourself comfortable, I made that coffee for myself but you can have it if you like. Milk, sugar, and coffee cream toffee flavored. "

"Ok, you must be wondering about the reason why I called you here. " Gabe said this casually as he took the coffee and sat on the other side of the chair, facing Frog from the middle of the room. A few blows from the hot coffee followed before taking a small sip, he knew that he probably had a long night ahead of him.

"Listen, we got into a bit of a spat back then and I ended up saying some things and directing hints of aggression towards you. I was a bit disappointed by the way you conduct yourself as a terrorist in the past, but I realized that maybe, my approach towards us simply working together a lot better was flawed. I made mistake, and I'm sorry Frogerio. "

Well, you are the wild card, that's what it's called right? In regular card games or heck, even in uno. That one card that can change to be whatever it wishes at a moments notice, with the amount of power only limited to the person's actual capabilities, I can see why the notion of doing whatever you desire would come easily to you. But you see, that only holds you to higher standards, with people's expectations of what you could and should do...a lot higher than everyone else. They expect more, they might even rely on you more than others. All of that pressure on your shoulders, what do you think of it?

Gabe then crossed his legs as he sat back a little more.

"What do think of that gift of yours while using it to kill for skelker? Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not here to judge. You made your choice with that group, and I don't think we can change each other's minds from the moment that invidia probably kicking the bucket by your hands. But i truly believe that there is always a better alternative, and that was also one of the reasons why the gap between us widened..."

Taking in a deep breath, Gabe picked up his coffee mug once more as he blew on it a few times.

"What is considered to you as moving forward? We are so broken apart after your group developed it's first taste of drawing blood. What can we do now? I'm pretty sure Brittany hates me as well, haven't seen her since the argument. "

"Controlling demons has the same underlying philosophy under how the government controls humans. As much as I would want to declare them as dangerous beings, their capacity to think puts into question if we should be given the right to rule over them in such a way. The only silver lining that I saw from demon cooperation was on three occasions. The first one was when my life was saved by that one punch frost, something i'll never forget for the rest of my life. It's the only reason why I entertain the idea and don't become too cold to it. The second was when we met larsinny. He has a just cause, the government has done some deplorable things and taken advantage of us these past few years. Wanting those things to stop is something worth fighting for. "

Gabe then thought of the first choice.

"The third was when Brittany's girl talk managed to persuade a demon to stand down and even gave us something at the end of it. It opened the floor to reason, seeing those kinds of things opens the floor to reason, skelkers intent for them doesn't seem genuine."

It was an idealistic opinion, but Gabe held onto it as his own.

"Alright, it's not about who is right or wrong anymore. It's what we do now that matters. We are going to hit superbia soon, but..... i'm not sure how well we will fare. If we fail again, the playhouse might diminish with other members running to skelker with a false sense of security and the promises of victory. It's hard to keep everyone together these days..."

Froggerio did have a point as to how demons were exploitable. It was also unexplainable how the little demon fairy disappeared into shards of some kind after it served its purpose for the party or the encounter at hand. There were a lot of things that Gabe didn't know too much about the demon race and the relationship they are supposed to share with people that have the same powers that Gabe does.

"Sharing information huh? Well, there isn't a whole lot to say, the contact we received about superbia was a reporter of some kind. We realized that Superbia was in charge of whitewashing basically all of the media that came about in regards to the government in a negative light. Those stories never get reported, the people who are brave enough to even talk about it disappear without a trace. If we want the public sentiment on our side, she has to go. But whatever the case may be, would a district leader just regain their powers after defeat? These are things that we don't know, the nonlethal cleanup by choosing to take the playhouse approach. I don't want to make a mistake and allow this to be counterproductive. "

Thinking a bit as he took a sip of his coffee, Gabe sighed.

"You sure you're going to be ok doing this double agent business? I don't want to pressure you into anything you think you can't handle, Skelker is a dangerous man. Even if you are the wildcard, I wouldn't put anything above a man who's been doing this longer than us."

"A man with the power of his persona being able to even hold demons at bay and assisting the district leader that seemingly has control of the area. To be completely honest, his potential rivals that of a district leader, I wouldn't be surprised if every territory that's claimed is governed and run by a demon or lackey of his choosing. As for the kind of strength that he has in relation to needing the help of others, just look at how we used to be. We all had our strengths and weaknesses, bringing about people with a different variety in terms of social skills and persona skills increase the chances of success and victory. Most of all, the strongest of us all seemingly fell in his lap....."

Looking to Frog, Gabe would give him a smile.

"I was talking about you, you have the most potential for this out of everyone, which would make you more valuable in Skelker's eyes. But what skelker is to his original team is what you could have been for us arguably. In the off chance that something happens to me, I was hoping you could return and help the playhouse. I wouldn't allow skelker to sacrifice you for his cause, just think of your parents whenever he talks. No need to put them through such an obscure way of life with demons running amok. "

However, Gabe would then give Frog a serious look.

"It's apparent to both of us that Brittany is your greatest ally, don't make it apparent to skelker and have it serve as your Achilles heel. Like I said, the worth of your talent is far greater than ours, so using her to get to you if you refused on something isn't out of the ordinary."

"Well, if that's the case, always measure up to what's important in front of you. From what I can see, Brittany is important to you, it was never a choice to abandon her and leave her with skelker. Whatever it is that you want to do, make sure you pursue it wholeheartedly without any sort of change of heart. You spoke of killing skelker before, I have my reservations about it being the only way to stop him. But Gerio, listen to me, once you take a life, it's something that you'll have to live with.  Don't speak of eliminating lightly, they are still human after all.  But could it be that humanity can be even worse than the demons we fight?"

Gabe shrugged.

"Nevertheless, I can't see why you don't feel like you are apart of the playhouse.  Is it because you didn't feel welcomed enough? I guess you didn't know that some of your friends worked with you at night while they hung out with you during the day,  but an argument isn't enough to disregard out history with each other. Even now, I see you as an irreplaceable comrade, you and the others will always have a place to return to if something goes wrong. You aren't fighting this alone, and don't feel like you can't ask me for help. "