If all of what Cio is, is now in her mask and Allison will get willingly possesed by it then who is the one who uses who, does Cio take control of Alli body and use her power fully, or it’s Alli who will get a power-up from devil power side as long she has the mask on?
You know what, this can turn perfectly into crying drama where Gog-Agog or Salomon will break Allison Cio’s mask and killing her for real with a solid punch or just ripping it off? Can you truly kill a devil or she will get reborn somewhere else?
I honestly don’t expect any happy ending for Cio here seeing this move she pulled out and what enemies they have to match.
Somebody called it in the previous panel by saying Cio needed ‘soul food’, to a degree. The caption if you mouse over this panel reads “the most direct way possible a devil may feed”. This may not be the goal on Cio’s part, but it relates in some way. I think the implication from the caption is that Cio is placing herself in danger by doing this, so Allison will likely take control of her powers, or alternatively, Cio is taking the bigger risk by focusing all that seems to be her essence into her mask itself, a physical object.
From my understanding of reincarnation, destruction of the mask may not mean explicit death for Cio, but rather the loss of who she is, even if the flame that is ‘Cio’ might reincarnate and be bound in another mask and with another name. We saw as much with the re-binding of Vladok as Princess…, though it begs the question, if a new mask were forged, and used to bind the same pure Black Flame with the same names, would the resulting Devil be a continuation of the previous Devil’s mind?
If it were any other devil than Cio, Alison would be taking an insane risk and would be eaten entire by the end of the next page. Cio…appears to be attempting ahimsa (which is bizarre for a devil) and probably won’t harm Allison much. But Allison is utterly squicked by the whole devil-diet thing – remember how she went weak at the knees when she saw devils feeding in the pit? I suspect that if she puts the mask on she then knows what Cio knows, so she knows all the gory details and she freaks. Very hard to stay in denial when the true knowledge is melded into your mind.
Ah, but that cuts both ways…. Allison may learn about Cio’s terrible past, but Cio will probably notice Incubus lounging around inside her twisted mental hellscape.
Hrmm… Imagine when they finally also join with White Chain and form Voltr… errmm… well, you get the idea. The perfectly flawed, god-like machine of life, death, creation and destruction.
I can’t wait!
PS – holy crap, how much garbage do I have to click to prove I’m not a robot?? SOB…
One has to consider now how well Allison and Cio compliment each other’s talents: Allison providing the raw power and Cio contributing the cunning sagacity. A formidable combination, without a doubt!
Damn. I’ve just remembered that they are about to do this thing, that is more intimate than sex and more emotional than childbirth, *live on TV*. Privacy is not just dead, they burned its corpse already.
Yeah because a girl can’t have a try on relationship with another girl and it ALWAYS must be fanservice than something normal?
Don’t tell me you are one of these guys who think that a girl x girl relationship in comic must be fanservice, but a guy x girl one must be true love romance etc. bullshit?
You know, this isn’t really a comic about which one can usually say “shit just got weird”, because it’s always been weird—there’s no “just” about it. But man.
Additional thoughts, now that I got that horrible double entendre out of the way…
1. I posit that Cio’s mask (and its horns) pass through her glasses because the moment Cio detached it from her face, everything else about her became less real and more ‘stuff of chaos’ (pure black flame).
2. Cio and Al-yisun are alone on this pillar of the field. If Cio doesn’t do something, Solomon will probably require Al-yisun to fight her (after all, ‘There can be only one!’) So this trick with the mask solves several problems!
Ooh, good point. Does Cio even know about Incubus? I can’t remember.
Anyway, I’m hoping for a gorgeously malevolent magical-girl transformation scene in the next page!
Actually, I don’t think Allison is still an emissary of Incubus. She gave that up while in Yre. That’s why her super-healing power quit and Cio had to drag her out. Incubus is now only in her dreams and her memories. Maybe Cio will see that.
I and some others have mentioned it as well. I looked back and while the exact eye shape isn’t shown previously as it hasn’t been shown this detailed, it’s still the same horizontal pupils that we’ve seen before. On top of that, there’s some color change below the eyes. So, yes, Yabalchoath is starting to leak through.
If all of what Cio is, is now in her mask and Allison will get willingly possesed by it then who is the one who uses who, does Cio take control of Alli body and use her power fully, or it’s Alli who will get a power-up from devil power side as long she has the mask on?
You know what, this can turn perfectly into crying drama where Gog-Agog or Salomon will break Allison Cio’s mask and killing her for real with a solid punch or just ripping it off? Can you truly kill a devil or she will get reborn somewhere else?
I honestly don’t expect any happy ending for Cio here seeing this move she pulled out and what enemies they have to match.
Cio in her previous incarnation did get her mask shattered. That’s how Yab became Cio, when Yab’s hubby rebuilt the mask.
Not to mention Princess!
Somebody called it in the previous panel by saying Cio needed ‘soul food’, to a degree. The caption if you mouse over this panel reads “the most direct way possible a devil may feed”. This may not be the goal on Cio’s part, but it relates in some way. I think the implication from the caption is that Cio is placing herself in danger by doing this, so Allison will likely take control of her powers, or alternatively, Cio is taking the bigger risk by focusing all that seems to be her essence into her mask itself, a physical object.
From my understanding of reincarnation, destruction of the mask may not mean explicit death for Cio, but rather the loss of who she is, even if the flame that is ‘Cio’ might reincarnate and be bound in another mask and with another name. We saw as much with the re-binding of Vladok as Princess…, though it begs the question, if a new mask were forged, and used to bind the same pure Black Flame with the same names, would the resulting Devil be a continuation of the previous Devil’s mind?
If it were any other devil than Cio, Alison would be taking an insane risk and would be eaten entire by the end of the next page. Cio…appears to be attempting ahimsa (which is bizarre for a devil) and probably won’t harm Allison much. But Allison is utterly squicked by the whole devil-diet thing – remember how she went weak at the knees when she saw devils feeding in the pit? I suspect that if she puts the mask on she then knows what Cio knows, so she knows all the gory details and she freaks. Very hard to stay in denial when the true knowledge is melded into your mind.
Ah, but that cuts both ways…. Allison may learn about Cio’s terrible past, but Cio will probably notice Incubus lounging around inside her twisted mental hellscape.
Sorry. This mind is occupied (flick of finger) Out you go!
Hrmm… Imagine when they finally also join with White Chain and form Voltr… errmm… well, you get the idea. The perfectly flawed, god-like machine of life, death, creation and destruction.
I can’t wait!
PS – holy crap, how much garbage do I have to click to prove I’m not a robot?? SOB…
Hmmm, A Sentient 70 Super Cobra Jet Cougar Eliminator.
Are you sure you are not a Robot in Disguise(tm)?
Shhh… >.>
I mean “Hrmm…”!
<.<
Heh – "Select all images with cars" to prove I'm not a robot.
i have a powerful need for that last panel in high resolution with no text for my phone background 🤤
One has to consider now how well Allison and Cio compliment each other’s talents: Allison providing the raw power and Cio contributing the cunning sagacity. A formidable combination, without a doubt!
oh /shit/
‘Tha underestimates my predilection for young nubile human women’. Tha sardonic humour made I laugh uncontrolsomely. Tha trying to laugh I to death?
Damn. I’ve just remembered that they are about to do this thing, that is more intimate than sex and more emotional than childbirth, *live on TV*. Privacy is not just dead, they burned its corpse already.
If the whole encounter was broadcast, probably something like half the multiverse now ships them :P.
Half of the multiverse… doesn’t?
Damn, maybe Thanos actually did have a point.
First panel of the next page: Ssssssomebody stop me!
Holy shit that was unexpected!
Allison: I don’t know if I’m ready to be your girlfriend yet
Cio: Ok. Why don’t we just merge our souls instead?
Allison: Yeah ok
Good way to find out if you want to be girlfriends.
The God of Plots has revealed it – a reason for the Allison-Cio relationship beyond fan service.
Yeah because a girl can’t have a try on relationship with another girl and it ALWAYS must be fanservice than something normal?
Don’t tell me you are one of these guys who think that a girl x girl relationship in comic must be fanservice, but a guy x girl one must be true love romance etc. bullshit?
Sure, give a being of pure id unfettered access to one of the master keys to the universe.
Poor Solomon. His “eternal” sand castle is about to get a good kick.
Specifically, a being of pure id who has already had access to this power once and we all know how THAT turned out.
…is nine-tenths of the law.
They’re fusing like Garnet
You know, this isn’t really a comic about which one can usually say “shit just got weird”, because it’s always been weird—there’s no “just” about it. But man.
Shit just got weird.
Also, I’m getting “Tha underestimates my predilection for young, nubile human women” tattooed on my back in Olde English font.
OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT
Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear
It’s me they hear
Your spirit and my voice
In one combined
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside your mind
Somebody better start singing about their feelings because they are about to do a Crystal Gems style fusion. Complete with lesbians.
Of course, now all of the fanservice shipper types are thinking,
“…Okay, but wheeeeen will we see what Al-Yisun does to get her off?”
…Yes, in every sense of the phrase.
Additional thoughts, now that I got that horrible double entendre out of the way…
1. I posit that Cio’s mask (and its horns) pass through her glasses because the moment Cio detached it from her face, everything else about her became less real and more ‘stuff of chaos’ (pure black flame).
2. Cio and Al-yisun are alone on this pillar of the field. If Cio doesn’t do something, Solomon will probably require Al-yisun to fight her (after all, ‘There can be only one!’) So this trick with the mask solves several problems!
There is no “There can only be one” rule. Current battle royal rules are “Anyone still alive after 10 minutes move to the next round”.
as a writer of human/jinn fusion/psychoromance, consider me intrigued
getting Splatterhouse vibes here. . . only a lot gayer.
. . . which is a big plus, in my book!
I see people worrying about Allison seeing Cio’s true self and being repulsed by it, but you know what worries me?
Cio’s going to see Incubus.
Ooh, good point. Does Cio even know about Incubus? I can’t remember.
Anyway, I’m hoping for a gorgeously malevolent magical-girl transformation scene in the next page!
Actually, I don’t think Allison is still an emissary of Incubus. She gave that up while in Yre. That’s why her super-healing power quit and Cio had to drag her out. Incubus is now only in her dreams and her memories. Maybe Cio will see that.
He does still hang out in her head, like the guest who wouldn’t leave…
Is it just me or does Cio suddenly look more Yabalchoath-like in the last panel?
I and some others have mentioned it as well. I looked back and while the exact eye shape isn’t shown previously as it hasn’t been shown this detailed, it’s still the same horizontal pupils that we’ve seen before. On top of that, there’s some color change below the eyes. So, yes, Yabalchoath is starting to leak through.