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Raphael | 002 | Video | Day 71

[ 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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You could do so with more respect.

It's a two-way street, yo.

What part of 'cut it out' are you not getting here?

Look, all's I'm sayin' is that if he wants some respect, he oughta show me some too. I ain't no trained monkey here.

No, evidently not. Not house-trained either, I'd wager.

[Possibly Gabriel is not the best person to be intervening here.]

Consider yourself lucky he's asking for respect instead of tearing it out of you, sunshine. Keep pissing him off and you'll be lucky to wake up intact the next morning.

Yeah, ya gotta lay down newspaper all over my house. Are you joking?

I ain't afraid'a him. [ So it looks like someone's got a death wish here. ] S'pose I oughta be?

If you were ever afraid of anything, yes. Don't mess with him. He's pissed off enough about Lucifer without you and your idiotic bravado.

Now, if you're very lucky, I'll be able to talk him down on your behalf. I'm starting to doubt whether I really want to, but what can I say, I'm a bleeding heart. Otherwise, you might wanna enjoy the time you have left with your limbs.

He ain't the only one pissed off about Lou, ya think I don't care?

Look, man. The whole hero thing, it's flattering and all, but what's he gonna do, kill me? Big deal. Even death don't mean nothin' here.

There's been plenty of people who've died here and not come back. You wanna take the risk that you'll get a second chance?

[But the other part of that gives him pause for a moment.]

You barely know Lucifer. Why would you care?

Why not?

[ He says abruptly, heat of the moment, pauses and rubs a hand into one of his eyes. ]

Guy was my friend. [ Like he needs another reason. He sits up a little, gestures irritably at the camera. ] And he was a hell of a lot nicer than his brother here, so why wouldn't I care?

He'd destroy your entire species in a heartbeat, if he could get away with it.

[It's said with a tinge of something that's not entirely identifiable. Nostalgia, perhaps, in a weird way, or maybe regret.]

If he cares about you one way or another, I'd be surprised. Still. It's nice that he's made a friend.

[Now that is pretty clearly condescension. No ambiguity there.]

Yeah. So everyone keeps tellin' me.

[ But Lucifer never hurt him, not personally, and the whole idea that he was Satan - actually Satan, the guy from the stories, harbinger and all that jazz - still hasn't really sunk in yet. To Jesse, he was just a guy, the guy with some real problems he hadn't really gotten to sorting out yet. ]

What's it matter anyway? He's gone, ain't he?

Not gone gone. He'll be back. Like Schwarzenegger, or genital herpes.

[What he'd said about people not coming back doesn't apply to his family, after all. They have to come back.]

[ He's catching onto your booshit, Gabe!! ]

So, what, he's a sure thing, but me, whoa, better not test it?

How long have you been immortal?

[ A pause, confused. ]

Uh, since never? I'm just a dude, yo.

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At this point it's Darwinism really.

At this point it's just ya lookin' for an excuse to whip it out on someone, more like.

You've had amble time to shut up. I remember when the first humans learned of our existence - they knew when we spoke to listen. So strongly suggest you do.

[ There's not actually anger in his voice - only profound disappointment. ]

Humanity blames my brother for bring evil into the world. And he did, in creating demons. In taking a handful of human souls and torturing them until they were so warped, so twisted, they weren't human anymore. Took something wonderful and bright and destroyed it, turned it into something monstrous.

You know why, Jesse? Because he saw that in them. Saw how flawed and cruel they could be to one another. So he tore and ripped until that was all that was left.

And far, far too many of you prove he was right.

So no, I don't need an excuse to act. I need a reason not to.

[ Not that Raphael has to tell Jesse, not really. Something like an angel is so much bigger than he can comprehend, and seeing the world out of Raphael's eyes really isn't an option he can fathom. But he's been in the shit of it, he's been around long enough already, seen how ugly the world could get. ]

[ He shrugs a shoulder, peers at Raphael with something almost confusion as he leans forward. ]

So what the hell stops you?

Very little.

[ A lingering sense of responsibility to what God thought worthy of ordering his beloved brother cast from Heaven over. Which grows less every day. ]

But goin' around killin' everyone in town ain't exactly gonna make you friends real fast.

And?

And, so what's killin' me gonna accomplish, huh? You're an angel, right? Ya feel better about yourself pickin' on the little guy?

You tell me. Has your life caused more harm or more good?

[ Calmly. Too too calmly. Like he knows and he's already made judgment. ]