#Two eldritch horrors get into a knife fight in a collapsing dimension

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Bill cipher possess Emperor Belos what would he do? What would do they think of each other?

Bill would find Philip hilarious. A man so obsessed with defeating witchcraft that the became something even worse than witches? That’s something that would tickle his fancy. And he’d certainly try to make a deal with the man—after all, he’s willing to sacrifice his morality for the sake of humanity. And it’s not as if he has any particular attachment to the denizens of the Boiling Isles. He’d be more than happy to get rid of all of them! For a price, of course.

Philip would probably regard Bill with the same disgust that he thinks of every demon, though he would probably be a bit more blatant than usual, considering that Bill can read minds and that would get rid of anything that the witch hunter had to hide. He’d spend an enormous time lawyering through their contract, writing it up and revising it dozens of times to avoid any loophole that could let Cipher exploit him in a way that he isn’t prepared to sacrifice for the sake of his cause.

Bill would find it hilarious to have someone so close to his own level of intelligence, even if there is still quite a gap between them. It would be like playing chess where there might be actual stakes for once! He’d probably keep manipulating and pressuring Philip so that they were “forced” to work together for both of their benefit. Philip may have almost four hundred years of learning to manipulate, but he would suffer against Bill’s life of more than 1 trillion years of experience doing the same.

I doubt that Bill would even be too upset about Philip’s back-stabbing him frequently. After all, he’ll do the same to the man without any hesitation for a limb up. He has more power here, but why not soothe the man, make him a bit more compliant, by pretending that they’re more equal. If Philip tries to off him a few times, Bill can subtly make things go wrong for him. But I imagine he’d be very careful to cover his tracks. It wouldn’t do to scare off his latest pawn, now would it?

It might be a bit like the Hamayun AU with Philip as Luz and Bill as Belos. But I don’t see them becoming friends.

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