Dio Writes

Can I ask you about tieflings, your experiences living as a tiefling?

...sure, but if you ask me those weird af questions ppl ask like then I'm gonna punch you in the... the face.

What sorts of strange things do people ask?

Okay so you'll probably have to edit it out or whatever but I've actually been asked if [redacted]. Like seriously who asks that? And then there was the one who legit thought that [redacted.]

I... okay yeah. That's... I'll have to censor that. I was more going to ask things like 'how does society treat you?

Like crap? I mean come on, I'm descended from infernals. But it's worse in some places than others. Small villages, I'm lucky not to be chased off, cities, it's like, low key racism usually. Mostly I do okay there. You know what's the worst? When I'm with Vul... my wife, she's a wood elf... we get it the worst. That's probably the one that gets to me the most. The “it's unnnatural” ppl. Ugh.

Do you ever wish you weren't a tiefling?

Not me, no. Some of us do though. It can suck to be treated bad but I enjoy being me. Mostly.

You can disguise yourself as human, right? So do you use that to make life easier?

I can, yeah, human passing but not human. But like, that's not really me. I mean it is, but it isn't me. So it feels wrong. Deceptive a little, but honestly mostly I don't bc I shouldn't have to.

Even in Earth Realm?

A hoodie and sunglasses work wonders, ha ha. But I mean come on, Faerun is not super welcoming but earth ppl would freak all the way out. Your religion stuffs is kind of scary.

Do you ever go out as 'you' then?

Ha ha yeah, i just tell ppl I'm doing cosplay.

Fair enough! Tell us about some uniquely tiefling problems?

Like what? Like social or society stuffs or...?

Surprise us!

Oh. Okay. Well. Hn.

Accidentally slamming your tail in a door. Tearing your shirt with your horns. Thick as f... as heck nails that you have to file down. Swishing your tail when you're angry. Neeeeeding to move even when you shoud sit still. Uhm, people wanting to touch your horns or your tail or worse, doing it without asking.

Hn. What else. Oh. Stupid high metabolism. How's that?

Great! What about things tieflings have over humans? Or other people generally?

Well you're sitting here shivering and I'm not so, we're def better with temperatures. Mostly heat but some of us don't feel cold as much either.

It's pretty easy to intimidate ppl, not that I do. Hn. My night vision is great. Oh and I seduuuuuctive powers.

You have seductive-

Lol no, seriously not. It's just a dumb rumor mostly.

Mostly?

Well some of us might have some succubus or incubus blood, so maybe we'd have spicy auras? I... dunno.

So it's just a rumor?

I think so.

Are there any other false beliefs you can share?

We drink blood, eat only meat, or rocks, or whatev. Uhm, we all worship Asmodeus or we're all warlocks. We're all a big clan. Uhm… let me think.

(To be continued)