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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[hung_garian]

Possibly both.

[At least when God had left they'd known it was His choice. And that He wasn't off being potentially tortured and experimented on by some mysterious force. A constant presence lurking in the back of Gabriel's mind is the way Sam had been when he'd come back, after being one of the first to go missing: bloody and hurt and out of his mind. And then he'd left again and never come back. Since then, people have mostly returned unharmed, but apparently Gabriel's subconscious doesn't care about that.]

I'm not convinced Chuck does eat. Pot noodle, maybe, and an awful lot of alcohol, but I'm pretty sure he's allergic to nutrition. Could ask him, if we, uh, actually had any popcorn that... wasn't popped. Just corn then, I suppose.

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[servingmichael]

Anna'd put you're head in a wall over it.

[ Raphael's doesn't care about it either. It's only been weeks since the Cage closed with Lucifer and Michael inside it, and he's not - at all - being rational about being trapped and siblings being out of reach. ]

I think it's still popcorn?

[ Not touching on Chuck since, he's pretty sure Gabriel is right. ]

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[hung_garian]

She could try.

[Not that he'd actually lift a hand against his siblings over something so petty, but he can defend himself without hurting them. And one should never underestimate the importance of non-violent retaliation, especially in the form of small animals in one's sister's hair.]

Can't say I'm an expert on culinary terminology. For that matter, can't say I care. [And, because skirting around the actual serious discussions can't go on forever when they're this stressed:] When're you coming over?

[The now, please is technically only implied, but it'd be obvious to even someone with Castiel's social skills.]

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[servingmichael]

And it would be amusing for the rest of us.

[ He knows Gabriel wouldn't hurt her over that - that's what makes it funny to watch. ]

Soon. I have a couple sigils I'm putting it to keep an eye on something, then I'll be there. Five minutes, at most.

[ The church, the graveyard, the lighthouse - unseen and not harm but if an angel crosses them, he'll know. ]

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[hung_garian]

Yeah, I bet. Just so long as there's no gambling or jello involved, I think I can live with it.

[He nods, with just a hint of reluctance. But that's what really makes him realise how oddly he's acting about this: he'd gone millenia without his brothers until they'd all arrived here. When five minutes starts seeming like too long to wait, he figures he's probably being a little too clingy, even given the circumstances. He forces himself to relax a little.]

So I'd better set another place for dinner, then. Good to know. I'll see you soon, Raphael.

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[servingmichael]

I make no promises about the gambling.

[ ...God, Lucifer and Job Bro. What else is there to say?

Raphael knows he's being clingy - but then, he's convinced none of The Host, none of the archangels were ever meant to stand alone, and he doesn't want to have it happen again. ]

Keep the door unlocked.

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[hung_garian]

[He nods - as if locking the door could keep Raphael out - and hangs up.]