Obeisance

Bai fullfilling her obeisance by sleeping

Obeisance (契約対価^?, Keiyaku Taika, also referred to as "Remuneration" or "Contract Payment") True to their names, all Contractors must pay a price for using their powers, whether they wish to or not. Although this payment can be delayed, especially in the midst of combat, it is ultimately unavoidable. It is unknown what happens to a Contractor that fails to pay his obeisance, although Amagiri has stated that Contractors who fail to do so seemingly 'melt like butter' when depriving a captured November 11 of his remuneration.

Each Contractor has a unique remuneration, reflecting the chaotic nature of the Hell's Gate. Remunerations are typically difficult for the Contractor and range in severity from irritating to painful. However, there have been a few contractors who enjoy their remuneration and at least one who uses it in conjunction with his or her own ability. It is also possible for a Contractor to fully pay off his Contract, but this is an incredibly rare feat, requiring a drastic and traumatic sacrifice. Mao paid off his Contract, but did so involuntarily at the cost of his body, forcing him to reside in the body of a cat.

Known Obeisances

	Obeisance	Contractor	Contractor's Power
	Arranging pebbles in meticulously straight lines.	Jean	Material Transportation
	Being forgotten	Black Dandelion	"Black Flower" Creation
	Cooking	Michiru	Hydrokinesis
	Drawing	Ilya Sokoloff	Brain Asphyxiation
	Drinking beer	April	Atmospheric Pressure Operation
	Drinking hot milk	Maki	Remote Spontaneous Combustion
	Drinking children's blood	Havoc	Vacuum Creation
	Earmarking the pages of a book	Luc	Air-Weapon Creation
	Eating boiled eggs	Amagiri	Concussive Blasts
	Eating hamburgers	Goran	Super Speed
	Eating whole flowers	Paul	Object Explosion
	Eating a flower petal	Xi-Qi	Mind Control
	Folding origami	Suou Pavlichenko	Anti-Tank Rifle Materializing
	Huming a song	Mai Kashiwagi	Pyrokinesis
	Inability to lie
	Intaking and regurgitating objects	Bertha	Sound Resonance Manipulation
	Kissing someone	Brita	Human Teleportation
	Kissing a man	Mina Hazuki	Weapon Energizing
	Licking skin	Abigail Croft	Induced Hallucination
	Moxibustion	Genma Shizume	Material Manipulation/Absorption
	Paralysis of lower limbs	Shion Pavlichenko	Near-Perfect Duplication
	Placing the shoes of the victim upside down on the ground	Nick Hillman	Electrokinesis
	Pulling out strands of hair	Tanya Akulova	Insect Manipulation
	Regaining human feelings for a brief time	Shihoko Kishida	Rupture of internal tissues
	Removing articles of clothing	Xiao Jie	Gravity Manipulation
	Regaining human feelings for a brief time	Shihoko Kishida	Internal Organ Rupture
	Revealing Secrets	August 7	Magic (Space Distortion)
	Self-injury i.e. dislocating fingers	Louis	Gravity Nullification
	Spilling one's own blood	Wei Zhijun	Blood Induced Matter Transportation
	Sleeping	Bai	Molecular Manipulation
	Smelling an old sock (contract paid)	Amitabh Kapoor	Human Possession
	Smoking	November 11	Liquid Induced Cryokinesis
	Swallowing round things	Harvest	Matter Disintegration
	Swiftly growing older	Alma	Shape-Shifting
	Swiftly growing younger	Amber	Chronokinesis
	Vomiting	Shizuma Shinō	Hydrokinesis
	Wearing bizarre clothing, i.e. a mouse-ear hat	Parcel	Spatial Teleportation
	Writing poetry	Itzhak	Doll Spectre Retrieval