Barbeques are AWESOME [for haganenomore and sinner01]

[canon_is_god]

Sarah stands outside Ed's apartment door rifling through her bag for one last check before knocking. "Okay, I've got sunblock, towels, goggles, spare clothes just in case, my bathing suit is on underneath...okay, we're good!" Tsuri chirrups from her shoulder and she laughs before knocking. "This'll definitely be a fun evening."

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[sinner01]

"Sorry about that, Edward," Florette says. "I didn't quite realize how that would sound until I said it."

"If anyone should apologize--" Aion says, giving Shader an amused look.

"Humor is a great ice breaker," Shader says. "I don't think any apologies are necessary at all, so there."

[canon_is_god]

"As far as Freudian slips go, that was a pretty subtle one. Takes a dirty mind to hear funny things in something that innocent." Sarah, insinuating things? Perish the thought!

[haganenomore]

Ed is now eyeballing Sarah as if he's trying to figure out just what form potential revenge should take.

[sinner01]

Shader's ears flatten in mock affront. "Well, we're demons, so what do you expect?"

[canon_is_god]

Innocent blinking goes here. "Doesn't necessarily mean you're of the carnal-sin type."

Tsuri starts trying to sneak down Sarah's arm for a quick steal, but Sarah baps her on the head. "If you're hungry, go hunt with Maes! You got enough spoiling at Mom and Dad's last night."

[haganenomore]

Ed gets a distracted look on his face. "Thanks Sarah. You just gave me an image of Lust with cat ears and tail."

[sinner01]

Chrono snickers. "I think Sarah's been in the Nexus long enough not to be startled by demons, Shader."

"And the type of 'demon' we are is considered more terrifying, than seductive anyway," Aion says in a very dry tone of voice.

"Though Shader's more cute than sexy, anyway," Chrono says. "And not really scary at all."

Cue Shader pout.

[canon_is_god]

"...you know, I think I saw a picture of that before. Way more common to see stuff like that with Envy, but that's fandom for you."

Sarah grins and shrugs. "Demons aren't that uncommon. Now present me with an Eldritch abomination and I'll go running just as fast as the next guy, but seeing a demon here is like saying that there's a giant robot down the street."

[haganenomore]

Ed gives Sarah a dirty look. "Did you have to bring him up?"

To the others. "While I'm thinking about it, am I right about figuring that waving a squirt bottle of holy water or whatever at you will just result in you being irritated? Or possibly amused, depending on which you pick?"

[sinner01]

"That...depends," Chrono said. "Probably more irritated unless you have a great deal of spiritual strength--"

"And your holy water had a lot of astral energy in it," Shader says. "Madgalen Order ordnance used blessed oil and sacred symbols and inscriptions. Of course that was always backed up by the spiritual strength of the person using it."

"I hope we haven't done anything offensive enough to warrant such measures," Aion says.

"Aion has personal experience with most of the ammunition they used," Shader says. "Gospels don't affect him very much, but Tetragrammaton knocked him for a loop."

It's Aion's turn to growl/pout.

[canon_is_god]

Sarah perks as Shader starts rambling about the astral energy. "Astral energy? So that's like the magic in your world?"

[haganenomore]

Ed shakes his head. "Nah. It's just that Sarah and I both have necklaces dating from when a malevolent ghost type was harassing me and the they've been blessed to keep so-called 'icky' beings away. Which means I could go barreling through a crowd of random beings like vampires, the more usual kinds of demons, and so on and send them flying every which way."

[sinner01]

"It's the source of all life, where souls go when the body dies, and where souls come from," Chrono says.

"It's also where demons draw energy from, and where Apostles get their abilities from," Shader says.

"It would probably function as a barrier for us," Aion says to Ed.

[canon_is_god]

Sarah hums and leans back, tapping her chin with her fork. "Huh...so everyone does a kind of re-incarnation dealie, or do the minds dissipate after death?"

[haganenomore]

"Okay. Just thought I'd better check. I haven't used mine since the time when Sarah did something dumb around Halloween that resulted in her bringing evil to my apartment and my brother, me, and the pets all had to pile into the same bed for a few nights so we'd all be in range of the effects of mine so we could sleep."

To Sarah. "It's also a possible food source for me, according to Shader, although we haven't gotten around to experimenting with that."

[sinner01]

"I'm not sure if it's the energy or the actual person who incarnates--" Chrono says, and then Aion interjects.

"The dead are dead, all speculation is wasted on them," Aion says. "Because they are *dead*." Aion stands up, with something almost like an apologetic look. "I'm going to take a little walk." Aion gets up and heads for the water's edge.

"Hi Sarah, I see you've met one of the elephants in the living room," Shader says.