Raphael | 002 | Video | Day 71

[servingmichael]

[ Raphael's post comes at near nine pm. He's sitting, not that the small camera gives much of that, but he's on the walkway at the top of the lighthouse. ]

My brother Lucifer is missing. If you think you are the last one who spoke with him, speak up.

[ His voice is cold and commanding. ]

Anna Milton is also missing, although that alarm has already been raised. That's two from my world. So those from it, pipe up. Dean I assume you are still hiding in your little attic, but if I need to come over to confirm it, I will.

[ The rest is locked to all the angelsibs. ]

Castiel, I would imagine you want to keep to your household, with Meg and Dean.

[ Why he didn't know. ]

But keep an ear open. I will come looking for you if I don't hear from you. The rest of you - House 11 is Gabriel's. I expect everyone there.

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private video

[hung_garian]

Yay. Slumber party at my place.

[Less sarcastic, now:]

Out of everyone, Lucifer and Anna are probably the most able to take care of themselves. And hey, who knows, maybe they're off gallivanting and they'll be back within the week. Maybe someone else is feeding them.

[...no, Gabriel, you're thinking of cats now. It's not really the same thing.]

Think it's just coincidence? Both of them disappearing like this? [He's not sure that it is, evidently.] If they're not back within the week, I vote we go smash shit up until whoever's in charge gives 'em back.

private video

[servingmichael]

Time to roll out the bunk beds.

I tried to summon both of them, to no avail.

[ So they aren't here. ]

I don't know. Probably not. But I can agree to that plan.

[ ...Two cranky archangels could be a bad idea. ]

Re: private video

[hung_garian]

Will you be staying over too?

[That's not a question, however much it might sound like one - it's more like a demand. He's trying to keep from getting irrational about this, but with Lucifer and Anna missing already, he's disinclined to risk losing Raphael too. Presenting him with the possibility of being able to keep his brother within arm's reach at all times, well - it does sound clingy, but being around his brothers after so long apart always leaves him feeling slightly off when they leave again, even though they're still within the village, and he'll jump at the chance to keep Raphael close. Would even if the threat of him being taken away weren't looming especially large, in all honesty.

He doesn't say that, of course, but it does bleed into his voice, just ever-so-slightly.]

They'll be back. Nearly everyone who got taken came back sooner or later.

private video

[servingmichael]

Of course. Some of our brothers need the reassurance we provide.

[ Pretending, of course, that making sure Samandriel feels safe is the only reason - without singling him out.

Because Raphael feels it too, that same off kilterness. He'd grown used to it in Heaven, he'd hardly noticed - and he still felt Michael's loss keenly. It was something he had to force himself not to dwell on.

And Gabriel was a good help for that, even if he didn't mean to be. ]

Good.

[Video]

[justrunsasaloon]

I'm still here. You need any help?

[Yes, he's an archangel, but she'd still feel bad if she didn't offer.]

[Video]

[servingmichael]

We have it, thank you Ellen.

Mostly just doing a headcount. How have you healed up?

[Video]

[justrunsasaloon]

Mostly. Still got a few aches and pains, but I'll be fine.

[Not a lie. She's just leaving out the part where a night in a bed and not on a mattress on the floor would do her good.]

You need help with anythin' you let me know. Won't be the first time I took care of a cranky family.

[Winchesters.]

[Video]

[servingmichael]

Perhaps if you weren't living in the bar, you might heal faster.

[ He'll just point that out. ]

There isn't, not for this.

[ But he has plans for the hunters here - just not needed yet. ]

[bostonhowler]

I haven't spoken to St. Lucifer since the first day that I became the fire fae.

[She bites her lip.]

Is there any service I can provide, St. Raphael?

[servingmichael]

I spoke to him after.

[ More to reassure her, than anything else. ]

No Brigid, I'm just taking a headcount.

[bostonhowler]

[She does relax a little, but there's still a tenseness about her. She keeps forcing herself to stop worrying the edges of her sleeves.]

Of course. If you need anything...

[magnets]

[ Jesse sighs heavily, a hand mopping over his face. ]

Nah, man, Lou hasn't been in the house for, like, a while now. Kinda- kinda figgered he up and, y'know. Got taken.

[ A beat, and then skeptically, ] Your brother, huh?

[servingmichael]

I've spoken with him recently. We don't require shelter, and I can't imagine he wanted to live with humans.

[ He doesn't, technically, live anywhere himself. ]

My elder brother, in fact.

[magnets]

What's with you guys and the whole 'humans' thing, huh? Like you ain't one. Ya sure as hell look like one.

[ He shakes his head. ] Besides, Lou totally lived with us for a while, before he took off. Weird dude but he was cool.

[audio]

[tryingitall]

I saw him...slightly less than a week ago. By the lighthouse, to thank him for helping me during the last crisis. [Does that mean he was the last to see him? That's a depressing thought.]

[Private angelsib filter]

I live there anyway, and I'm sure we don't mind extra company, but you don't mean to put us under house arrest, I hope?

[audio]

[servingmichael]

Good to know.

[ Partly why he was at the lighthouse now.

And he filters the rest. ]

Not house arrest, but I don't want anyone going out alone.

[audio--filtered to angelsibs]

[tryingitall]

I'll...abide by that, unless there's an emergency involving one of the other people I know here. Fair enough?

Video

[godsprophet]

[ Chuck isn't an angel, but he does live at House 11. And with just about everyone congregating at their house, that's... awesome and not stressful at all. ]

Lucifer's gone too?

[ That's... not exactly reassuring. ]

Video

[servingmichael]

[ Luckily no one asked Chuck. ]

Yes, he is.

[ Really isn't. ]

[ video - private ]

[foundacause]

[ Well hi there favourite uncle Raphy... or not. But hey, have a demon piping up. ]

Lucifer is missing? Can't say I've spoken to him since I had my wings. [ That was quite the interesting heart to heart too, all things considered. ]

Makes you wonder though, what kind of being has the power to not only cage archangels but to then snatch them from the cage at will without getting bitten. Curious.

[ video - private ]

[servingmichael]

[ Meg's hit the nail on the head about why Raphael is so on edge - not that he'll admit it. ]

Good have to the time line. Castiel goes missing and I know who to ask.

[ And yes...he might take it out on Meg if Castiel goes missing. O O P S?]

[ video - private ]

[foundacause]

[ If Castiel goes missing then Meg will tear the entire Cape apart and all Hell will rain down on their captors - quite literally. Nobody gets to mess with her angel. Period. ]

If Clarence goes missing I'll be sure to let you check under my bed, 'kay?

[private video]

[happytobleed]

Lucifer's missing, too?

[ He cares quite a bit more about Anna, but his talks with Lucifer here had been, well, not particularly unpleasant at all, even if he does still regard Lucifer as an enemy in many ways. ]

[private video]

[servingmichael]

Yes, he is.

[ He's worried about both of them, but Raphael had found some comfort in no being the oldest. That comfort is now gone. ]

[private video]

[happytobleed]

I can help you look.

[ It's an olive branch, awkward, but sincere. ]

If you'll allow me to.