IC!CONTACT POST

[youllsayit]

[Forget the NV. How do you get an angel to answer you?

You pray.

Get on your knees and call to the Devil.

He'll be with you momentarily.]

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[meaculpable]

[ Lucifer does not pray. He does not ask or barter or kowtow to beings as powerful as himself. He merely bleeds.

The knife is sharp, but sharper still is the question that dwells inside of it, running its course through the very essence of his being before dropping o the ground, each red droplet a clarion call. ]

'I am standing far from my place of power, Lucifer. Will you endure an audience?'

[ He half expects his twin to ignore him, really. ]

[youllsayit]

[There's no sound to accompany Lucifer's arrival.]

Everyone gets a chance. But how long I stay depends on what you're selling.

[meaculpable]

[ Of course. Lucifer is unfazed. ]

I've no need to barter for what I'm asking for.

[ Without preamble. ]

What is your stance on the Nephilim?

[youllsayit]

[Normally, Lucifer would be bristling in defense of his brother's safety. But not now. Oh, now he just smirks and waves a hand in disgust]

It's an abomination. It's a blight upon a world that, clearly, doesn't need any more roaches on its plate.

Why?

[meaculpable]

[ He reaches for a cigarette, lighting it before continuing. ]

You and I may be of a similar mind. For once.

[youllsayit]

Oh? You aren't including it in your new philosophy, then? How funny. See, right now my hands are tied.

[meaculpable]

As you said, this world is already replete with vermin.

[ He says that with a bit more bite than he should if he's trying to be tactful. ]

Explain.

[youllsayit]

My opinion of the creature isn't a secret. Chuck and Gabriel and Jinx decided to be proactive when they told me, and they made a deal with me. The end result is I won't kill it or its parents. Unless they ask me very nicely.

[He smirks] But I doubt the deal extends to you, even if you are me.

[meaculpable]

I expected as much. You've shown more care for Gabriel than I ever did.

[ Ugh. Family politics. ]

Ignoring the fact that I would never be so utterly blatant about my involvement, what were the exact terms of your arrangement?

[youllsayit]

Your brother doesn't sound as much fun as mine was.

[Lucifer sighs faintly as he weighs the pros and cons of answering.]

Chuck will tell me every prophecy he has here. He will, of course, never again seek to trap me.

In return I won't kill or hire anyone else to kill Gabriel, Jinx, or their creature. I also won't maim, torture, or murder their friends to try to pressure them into doing anything.

[meaculpable]

Gabriel was ever our father's child, young and rabid for the attention Yahweh reserved only for humanity.

[ And he digests that newest piece of information. ]

Do you know any of the details of how they plan to control the creature, once birthed?

[youllsayit]

[Lucifer laughs bitterly, so disgusted it's almost palpable]

They're going to raise it with strong Rightwing morals and hope for the best.

1/2

[meaculpable]

[ Just. This face. ]

[meaculpable]

You've either trying to make a joke, and fairly poorly at that, or this Creation has finally righted itself and we've been left as the only true voice of reason in this matter.

[youllsayit]

[dryly] Weren't we always? Their explanation is that no one ever tried to raise one of the Nephilim 'correctly'.

I expect you came here with something in mind, since you are you. Don't be shy, let me hear it.

fml trying = tried

[meaculpable]

[ No small amount of wry humor. ] Pride before the fall, as always.

[ A contemplative beat. ]

I've little recourse but to play my hand, at this point. Coming to you was simply the first step in seeing where the pieces of the puzzle lay.