009 | Anna Milton | [video & private]

[afallenstar]

It seems everyone's had quite the morning, so I'll keep this brief. If any of you think you might be the kind of powered up that can help figure out exactly what it is people are turning into, let me know.

In the mean time just...be careful, guys.

[[ Private to the Angelsibs and honorarysib housemate Chuck ]]

As someone [ see Gabriel, re: griping announcement earlier ] has mentioned already, there's something weird going on here. We're human now, completely, and Balthazar....
[ All in good time. ]

Obviously it's a little harder to keep in touch now, but are you all okay so far? No broken bones, stubbed toes, fatal injuries? Keep in touch, okay?

[[ Private to Fun Ghoul ]]

We have a bit of a situation here.

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Private

[villainized]

While I'm just flattered by the consideration, don't lump me in with the rest of you. I am not human.

Private forever and ever (shush I'm lazy)

[afallenstar]

You're not?

[ She jumps quickly on Lucifer's reply, and as much as it should feel a little unpleasant that he's not been demojoed like the rest of them, mostly she just feels relieved. ]

I think you might be the only one, we've all been hit by...whatever it is that's going on this time.

[villainized]

I hate them. Why would I ever want to be one of them?

[ He sighs, rolling his eyes like he's the most put-upon person in existence. Maybe he is. ]

Maybe if you just stopped associating with them, you wouldn't catch their diseases.

[afallenstar]

None of us wanted any of this.

[ ...Well. Not strictly true, but she didn't want it now. It's far too dangerous to be a human now. ]

Not everyone is human, just me and Gabriel. Raphael is...well. Have you seen? I have no idea what's happening to Balthazar though.

[ Maybe possibly finding this human gig really really frustrating? No, no way! After all, this is what she'd wanted all along. Except not really, because it's absolutely useless right now. ]

[villainized]

Gabriel thinks that whoever holds sway in this place is responsible for what's happened to him, and by proxy, I'm assuming you as well.

[ Lucifer doesn't know what's going on with Balthazar either. Or Raphael. He's been avoiding all of them and couldn't be bothered to keep up with current events. ]

Do you also believe this?

[afallenstar]

It seems like the most likely scenario. It's not like they haven't messed with us all here before.

[ Maybe she's being unreasonably hopeful to think that Lucifer might help with this situation, but she's going to keep thinking that anyway. If he wanted her dead he would have done it by now, and while she's done a relatively good job of staying off the radar so far, he's still a brother

Maybe it's been too long. Maybe she shouldn't still question whether or not that bond is important to him any more, but she's closing ranks on the family, and yes, he's still included in that. After all, she has far more reason to fear Raphael these days, and even he got included.

Humanity is tiring though, already she's showing signs of wear, and she rubs slightly at her eyes before continuing. ]

...I need help. I can't do much for any of them, not like this. Humans are so- well, flimsy. I can't even tell what they are.

[villainized]

[ He lets that hang for a few seconds, saying nothing while he mulls over her words. She and Gabriel are human. Raphael, Balthazar, and Castiel are something else, though they are not angels. Others have been affected, though they are human and beneath his notice. Whatever the cause, it lies with those who brought them all here in the first place.

Or such is the prevalent belief. ]

What help, precisely, do you need, Anna? I offered you my aid once before, without prompting, I might add, and you turned me down. Now you ask on your own, and for what exactly? Yourself and the rest of the dysfunctional family? Or for them?

[ He trusts that the them doesn't need definition. ]

[afallenstar]

[ Like she would so much as dare ask him for help with the humans. The events of the day might have made her more irrational than usual, but she's not stupid. She's desperate enough to ask for help when normally her pride couldn't handle a blow like that, and she's praying to a God that doesn't listen any more that Lucifer cares just enough to come to her aid. ]

Not for them, for...the siblings. [ She pauses for a moment, letting out a slow breath, and then powers on a little faster. ] If I know what they are, it might help figure out how to deal with this until a better solution is found.

[ And that's her best pitch, that's all she's got. She stops again, collects herself a little and closes her eyes a moment before giving a loose shrug. ]

I'm sorry. When you first arrived, I didn't know what it meant, and I was scared, and I panicked. I still am scared, I'm not going to lie to you, but...this isn't about making my life better if we go back home, this is about surviving the next few days and- [ Her lips curve into something that probably should resemble a smile, but it's tense and wry. She's worried. ] I think Balthazar could do some serious damage.

[villainized]

[ Lucifer neither forgives nor forgets, and the slights and insults delivered upon him by his family are myriad. He owes them nothing. After everything they've done, he believes that he, as the injured party, is the one to whom much is owed.

Yet there is a difference between a family that cannot coexist without squabbling and one filled with hate and vengeance. They may have turned their backs on him, but he remembers what it is to be an angel. He remembers what family means. ]

Our kind has fought and died at the behest of one who never deserved our loyalty and our love, and I suspect will continue to do so until there are no more angels in Heaven or anywhere else. I've been a pawn in that war, much to my irritation, but I'll not be in this one.

The angels, or whatever they're calling themselves today, will not come to harm. Not while I'm here.

[ And in case that's a little too vague, he spells it out for her. ]

Help granted.

[afallenstar]

[ Without even beginning to get into the politics of their world - and God knows she doesn't want too, it's messy and painful for everyone involved - she's well aware that here, he owes them nothing. She can't speak for the others, but the kindest thing Anna has personally done for Lucifer since his arrival is stay out of his away. She knows that he doesn't owe her personally any favours.

Which is precisely why she looks so surprised when he agrees.

She's got enough composure not to all out jaw-drop, that much she'll keep covered, but her eyes widen slightly, and it's hardly significantly more subtle. He's agreeing. He'll help her - he'll help them. ]

It's- it's definitely appreciated. If whoever is doing this can just take our Grace, it wouldn't surprise me if there's more powerful beings lurking around the town than us right now.

[ Words are failing her right now, she's come so far and done so well this time around, the last thing that she wants to do is ruin it. ]

I'll let you know. As soon as I hear anything, about the others, or what we have to worry about.

[villainized]

More powerful? I doubt it.

[ It's not arrogance that makes him say that, but experience. Death would not do this. God is gone. Whatever it is, it can't be stronger than them. ]

What I don't doubt is that the town was caught unaware, and that lack of vigilance led to this. But everything is an opportunity to learn, if only it's taken. So we learn. And next time this doesn't happen.

[ Or it keeps happening and Lucifer washes his hands of it. It's all the same to him. ]

I'll be waiting to hear from you.