sigelphoenix

Ichiro would approach Sae after a few days. Checking up on her and how she is doing.

And, of course, presenting her with options.

"They way I see it, you can do three things. One, abdicate the throne which wuld serve he perpouse of causing the factions of this layer of hell and others (perhaps the celestials) to begin in-fighting. Two, and obviously I would suggest this one so I figured I'd get it over with, you could give it to me. And the Third option, and this is the one I love the most, You take the rod and split it between you and your sister. There is a certain romanticism to it. The Twin Queens of Hell. And the Leader and the Conquerer. It fits your Archtypes, ultimately would lead to greater freedom, and would allow you both to support each other and maintain balance, and the Higher Planes would sure love to have a representative down here. It would still allow Rieka to continue her work on Earth as well. Hell is to serve a function, as all things in the Multiverse do. It, truely, seems the best option if she is going to be down here any way. You can both bear the burden in practice as well an spirit. But again, you could always give it to me. If you choose to stay, I will always offer my services to you as advisor and ambassador to the other layers."

He presents the "give it to me option", truely, as a way out for Sae. Of course he would love it, but he doesn't have that creepy sort of power-mongering passion in his eyes that he otherwise would.

Sorry I couldn't flesh this out more, little time, but Mike and I were talking and I thought splitting the Rod, the Power, and the Authority would have a certain completeness quality to it with the concept of the twins and all.