#sorry for the lore drop this is to justify diavolo still being Small when traveller ik is in the devildom

[journey-to-the-attic]

Okay this is sort of a crack idea but what if traveller ik went to devildom before , like when the demon king was still around, made friends with him, and then left to travel other worlds. And while she was away the demon king fell asleep and left dia in charge.

And diavolo was still like a baby when she was there, so ik got to baby sit him for fun, and has a lot of cute baby stories of him that will totally embarrass him.

So when they summon ik to devildom, she stares at him for a few seconds and its like a light bulb goes off in her head.

Ik : Diavolo, is that you???

Dia, confused : Uhm, yes? But, I’m afraid we’ve never met before.

Ik : Oh, don’t worry, I wouldn’t expect you too, you we’re only a couple centuries old when I left. Good gracious, you’ve grown up quite a lot.

Dia, even more confused : What????

Obviously lucifer steps in and demands an explanation. Once ik explains, it takes Diavolo a few seconds before going ”oh sh*t, you’re the one my father often mentions about!”

Just a bunch of crack and shenanigans here. Imagine if Mephisto finds out-

THAT’S AMAZING HAHA

it’d probably have to be in like, an au where the king is a different sort of guy, since otherwise traveller ik probably wouldn’t have befriended him. the last time ik saw diavolo, he was fresh from the nursery layer and about a head shorter than her.... now he’s practically twice her height and has to crouch down to speak to her at eye-level

traveller ik keeps addressing him like she did back when she knew him the first time, and while diavolo himself doesn’t mind since it’s not patronising, it’s incredibly jarring for everyone else involved because stop calling the prince ‘little fellow’ it’s so weird

ik comes to a student council meeting with a bag of cool rocks for diavolo and

diavolo: “well i’m flattered, but what is this for?”

ik: “oh, you loved these when you were little! i brought some back for you whenever i went out. every time i came back the next day your father told me you liked them so much you ate them.”

diavolo: “oh”

#answering asks #sunlightocean #traveller ik #technically mephisto wouldn't have been there to meet ik since he wouldn't have been in the picture at that point #but he's probably heard stuff and is VERY interested in any and all stories ik has about the prince when he was little #aging is different in demons as compared to humans #so when they're young they're just smaller versions of their older selves #as in they look like someone took a jpeg and shrunk it in photoshop #at their youngest (having just formed in the nursery layer) they basically just look like blobs of darkness #then as they begin to make the journey down to the devildom their demon form develops #a lot of the time they'll be fully grown by the time they get there but if they're retrieved early #(as the king did so that he could start raising his son early) #then they'll still be small #new demons will be taught how to switch to their regular forms as they settle into the devildom #sorry for the lore drop this is to justify diavolo still being Small when traveller ik is in the devildom