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[godpleaseheal]

[OOC: Contains potential spoilers as it takes place shortly after the end of I, Lucifer. Please read this slated entry first before commenting.]It was horribly unpleasant trying to sleep the night after I had organized Lucifer's papers, added my notes and gone on my not-so-merry way to nowhere in particular. I had done this to myself, but I still

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[pere_callahan]

Though people did come into the church on occasion, it was not as common at this time of day. Callahan was sitting at the desk in his adjoining room, writing in a journal, when he heard stirring in the chapel. Though he generally did not like to interrupt anyone who may be there to worship, curiosity got the better of him and he opened the door and stepped inside, surprised to see a man there on the floor.

"Ah, hello," he said. "Can I be of some help to you?"

[godpleaseheal]

"I think so," I said as I got to my feet, having no real way of knowing whether he could help me or not since he was completely unfamiliar to me. "Where are we?"

[pere_callahan]

Oh, dear. The poor soul must be new.

"You're safe," Callahan assured him first "You're in a church. On... an island. And I'm afraid it gets rather complicated from there."

[godpleaseheal]

I appreciated the reassurance, and I imagine I looked like I needed it too. "Oh," I said quietly with a rueful smile. "What additional complications are there?"

[pere_callahan]

"Well..." This was always so difficult to explain. "People tend to just appear here, out of nowhere, as you just did. And as far as we can tell, there's ah, no way to leave. At least, not voluntarily. I'm sorry, I know that this must be a lot to take in all at once..."

He approached the man and offered his hand. "I'm Don Callahan. Ah, Father Callahan, if you prefer."

[godpleaseheal]

How was it that I did not recognize a priest? At the time I assumed I had simply become more human than I'd even realized. Later on during the course of my stay, when I had been on the island for more than a few short minutes, I would be more certain that being on the new island had changed more than just my form.

I accepted his words despite their overwhelmingly peculiar implications and readily shook his hand. "I'm Raphael. It's a pleasure to meet you, Father."

[pere_callahan]

"Likewise, Raphael. Interesting." He let his hand drop and said thoughtfully, "You are, as far as I know, the first person to arrive inside the church. Generally people show up on the beach or inside the compound."

[godpleaseheal]

I managed a sad sort of smile as I glanced around the church. "I imagine it's possible to assume that Someone might be trying to tell me something, but I rather doubt it."

[pere_callahan]

Callahan chuckled. "I often feel that way myself. You seem to be taking this very much in stride. I suspect that perhaps the life you came from was not altogether usual?" Callahan found that those, like himself, who had traveled between worlds and the like, tended to accept the fate of the island much more readily than those yanked out of a normal existence.

[godpleaseheal]

"The life I was recently living was normal," I said thoughtfully before offering him an apologetic smile, because I didn't mean to be enigmatic or dishonest. There was little point in inventing a new past for myself. I could not fall back on Theo Mandros either, and so I was left with little choice but to explain to this priest, this man I did not recognize, who I really was. "But I was an archangel."