Diligo Victum Nusquam

Diligo Victum Nusquam is a Black Butler Fanfic by Maiden of the Moon. Ciel is dead and Sebastian is at fault. Full of regret, Sebastian (also known as Malphas) is willing to do absolutely anything to bring Ciel back to life. Much suffering and tragedy ensues.

The fic can be found here.

Diligo Victum Nusquam provides examples of:

 * The All Concealing I: The narrator of the prologue turns out to be
 * Altum Videtur
 * Anachronic Order
 * And I Must Scream
 * Angelic Beauty: Uriel.
 * Ars Goetia: Malphas, Baalberith, and Asmodeus all appear.
 * Ascended Demon: Claimed to be possible.
 * Balance Between Good and Evil: Strictly enforced by Heaven.
 * Being Evil Sucks
 * Cessation of Existence: Happens to dead angels and humans whose souls are eaten by a demon.
 * Circles of Hell: Sebastian's home is on the Second Circle.
 * Cruel and Unusual Death
 * Dark Fic
 * Deal With the Devil: In addition to the canonical contract between Sebastian and Ciel, the contract Sebastian makes to revive Ciel also counts.
 * Determinator: Sebastian.
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Dude She's Like in A Coma
 * Eaten Alive
 * Empty Shell:
 * Equivalent Exchange
 * Fallen Angel: Sebastian and the other named demons.
 * Fate Worse Than Death
 * Fridge Horror: Thinking about the story only reveals new facets of horror.
 * God Is Evil: The elephant in the living room.
 * Guardian Angel: Uriel to Ciel.
 * Heaven and Hell
 * Heel Face Door Slam:
 * I Cannot Self Terminate
 * Ironic Hell
 * Light Is Not Good: The forces of Good arguably commit worse crimes than the demons.
 * Love Epiphany
 * Love Hurts
 * Love You and Everybody: Played for Drama with utter seriousness.
 * Many Spirits Inside of One
 * My God What Have I Done
 * Necromantic: Sebastian.
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero
 * Original Character: Uriel, Baalberith, and Asmodeus.
 * Our Angels Are Different
 * Our Demons Are Different
 * Our Souls Are Different: Demons only have half a soul. Angels are soulless.
 * People Jars: Ciel's body gets kept in one.
 * Please Kill Me If It Satisfies You:
 * Sanity Slippage: Affects Sebastian.
 * Say Your Prayers
 * Senseless Sacrifice
 * Tragic Dream
 * Tragic Mistake
 * Tragic Monster
 * Tragic Villain: Sebastian and the other demons.
 * Villainous BSOD: Suffered by Sebastian.
 * Tragic Villain: Sebastian and the other demons.
 * Villainous BSOD: Suffered by Sebastian.
 * Villainous BSOD: Suffered by Sebastian.