Cloudsea - The Chronicle of Alice Van Vaugen

That's what this is about? How... vain. And possibly petty. You're the type of entity to make an unfair contract and then whine like a petulant child when it doesn't go your way. How very cliche. No wonder the universe recoils away from you so. You're so terribly uninteresting and uninspired. Blood as drinks? Tearing apart a creature? It is like you are checking off boxes from some edgy teenager's idea of what being evil means. 'Ooohh. Look at me. Look at how dark I am.' On the inside I bet you, whatever you are, are afraid and lonely. Like a little child. For all your proclaimed power. For all your grandiose displays of cruelty. You lost to Alice, didn't you? I bet that is what scares you the most. Your own failure of an existence.

I propose a new deal, creature. Us against You. Not directly, of course, since we lack the body to do so. You have your pawns, give us time to gather ours. We will then pit ourselves against each other through the use of our pieces. Or are you so much a coward that you fear losing a second time?