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comrade!

Val spoke about this to somebody else, but Val is incredibly honor-bound. His word is his contract, a proud and noble demon, etc etc. so on and so forth.

At the same time, he surrounds himself in incredibly sketchy, shady people because he doesn't care what his comrades get up to. As long as they're his comrades he loves and adores them. All it takes is that one word and Val can let a lot of things go.

From the beginning of the game, where Shess, Milla and Val were up at weird hours of the night he liked the two of them. There wasn't a whole lot to base it on, but Val's pretty easy about liking most people. It also helped that all three of them seemed to have a pretty good grasp of what they were doing at any given time. And it seemed like their morality lined up.

Then Shess told him about the winning conditions and Val looked up into the sky like, I hate this place, but I'm glad you trust me. From about then on he decided Shess was a comrade and couldn't do wrong.

The reason Val had a crush on him was because somehow he reminded Val of both Fenrich and Artina at the same time. He was shady yet reliable and doing the best for the greater good. Also he was kind and pink. But Val doesn't tend to dwell on these emotions at any moment so he just didn't think about it and went "Of course I like him, he's my comrade."

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Val didn't have a whole lot of thoughts about her, but he did appreciate that she was looking out for her partner. That's something he can fully respect.

I think Val actually exasperated her much more because Val's view on her was largely neutral to positive. The two of them didn't talk that much so he never got a very good read on her. But she seemed like the reasonable type to him.

MAYBE?

So these two didn't talk to each other much. Cinnabar didn't seem interested in forming a bond, and Val, as much as he likes the idea of them, is actually kind of polite sometimes? If somebody doesn't want to talk to him, then that's fine. He won't go out of his way to spend time with them.

Still, Val considered them allies, at the very least. He wasn't devastated when Cinnabar was turned to powder, but he was never really devastated when people died. It just turned into a fact of life in a place like this. Still, he felt like maybe if he was able to complete his missions, maybe he'd be able to stop it...

Then they did that task with each other in the graveyard and Val felt more like they were partners right there than during the entirety of their partnership.

sighs deeply

do you need a shounen protag in your world julius

Julius and Val spoke fairly early on about the burdens on their shoulders. Or more specifically, Julius talked a bit about how he had somebody relying on him at home and only him at home. It's a problem Val's never had to face alone. For as long as there were people who relied on him, there were also others there he could trust to take care of the rest.

Then Julius started talking about how he should shoulder all of his burdens on his own. etc etc. Val listening to him, each and every time like "this child doesn't know the true power of comrades (friendship) yet." If you keep all those burdens to yourself, you're going to collapse. It's better to share the burdens when you can.

He hopes Julius will be able to do that. Someday, he hopes Julius finds people he trusts enough to call them comrades.

fun fact even if he found those people world mechanics almost certainly ensure they really wouldn't be able to help wink wonk

which is a feeling he doesn't want to saddle anyone with, knowing and not being able to do anything so peace out val! xillia needed a shounen protag years ago!

pirouettes in

Val really liked North! From about week 2 on, where he realized she was the person who saved his life. They maybe didn't talk a whole lot then, but they'd often touch base and Val appreciated that. She worked hard during the trials and he can always appreciate a work ethic.

Then after Cinnabar died, they talked more deeply and Val had to tap into his inner misplaced shounen. Val has a tendency to be positive, no matter what hardships he's put through, and he'll drag the people around him kicking and screaming into listening to his endless positivity. He really does want to believe the best of people at all times.

North said something about him being liked, and he was thrown because he's not used to that? People don't tend to like him, people just use him for his power and he's fine with that too. It's normal for demons to use each other. The idea of people.... just liking him? Weird.

Regardless, his oracle bell is still open for any correspondence she wants to send his way. He always means what he says. He's here to listen to her, whenever she'd like.

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SHE IS HIS DAUGHTER

He thought she was a good child for the entirety of the game. She also led him into a promise that meant I had to tag the entire game. The moment she want "I shouldn't exist" Val decided to adopt her. It's not her fault she exists, it's not her fault she wasn't meant to. A lot of his feelings for Desco are echoed in his feelings towards Namine. He wants to protect her, teach her, and support her as much as he could.

There was nothing Namine could ask him that he would turn down.

Namine was the reason he set out a task for himself to protect one person. And in the end he couldn't ever fulfill it. haha.

osu

CRIES ABOUT LOST CR. They're both nerds, but Val talks like that because Disgaeas are all overly aware of menus and screens. It was so easy to talk to her and he didn't have to explain anything at all.

He liked her so much in the graveyard??? Look at all these humans who are ready to do a better job of ruling the world than the current people. He believes in them. If she ever wants to show up to the Netherworld, he'll welcome her openly... though she'll need some way to breathe easily down there. When Val said the universe, he meant like... the whole thing. Earth, Celestia, all of it would be under his control.

Comrades forever though, no take backs!

if there's anything!

Val pre-breakdown: she seems like a nice girl who's completely out of her depths. I'll help her.

Val post-breakdown: Oh. She's. Hm. She's going to become a prinny when she dies.

In all honestly, he didn't particularly mind her throwing a huge fit when she was found out. He works with murderers and worse for his job so it wasn't emotionally damaging to him. He just kind of went "Ah. So that's how it is."

mememememe

Hello Akane. Hello incredibly sketchy child god.

But Val is genuinely immune to realizing people are sketchy or shady. So he always just took Akane at her word, because [you really think people would lie? In a murder game?] is they way Val operates. Honestly to him, Akane just seemed like a lonely child and because of the promise he made to Namine in week 1, he tried to help her as much as he could. Which meant lending her an ear and allowing her to talk and trust somebody.

Oddly, I think Akane was the one who learned the most about Val's moral compass in the end. What it means to him to be proud and honorable.

Shame he bad to betray her because she killed his partner, but Val is still incredibly lawful. And like. She murdered?? Sorry, not sorry at all.

vally!!

Lea was the only person who actually attempted to murder him? I mean, they were under the effects of the vines at the time. Still. By all intents and purposes, Lea should've been Val's best friend.

Haha.

He wasn't though. He did appreciate Axel's help every trial, even if he found the timing to be incredibly bad most weeks. Please... reveal your playing cards earlier than the last ten minutes? Please stop getting stabbed?

They never had a talk about comrades or what that meant to Val, and it was probably the thing that made him not consider Axel as a best friend. But by week five, he did decide: if you've attempted to kill me, you count as a comrade.

Did he trust Axel? Yeah. He was never given a reason not to.

Did he trust Axel to do the right thing in the end? Yes.

He was right. Val still likes him.

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