It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Vex Vex'ahlia, a half-elf ranger . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, He also requests that the contract only be considered completed once Vox Machina is safely back on their home plane, but Ipkesh doesn't think that he should have to pay for their stupidity. The devil tells them that normally the jailers would confiscate their possessions upon their arrest, but Ipkesh can arrange for them to keep their items on their persons.
DM: Okay. He seems honest. You get the sense here: he doesn't gain anything if you all fail. If you complete both sides of the contract and then he dies, he gets nothing.
Player: Right.
DM: So-- (weird Skype noises) If you were to escape--
Player: What was that?
DM: If-- I dunno.
Player: It was like an old woman was trying to talk to us!
DM: But yes. So, you get the sense that the purpose of this contract is in hopes of eventual corruption.
