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[ spike doesn't get a message back, but come midnight, baraqiel is there! their daemon is perched eagle-formed on their shoulder, talons miraculously not damaging cloak or person. ]
This feels like a sufficiently dramatic time and place. [ terribly amused, here. ]
This feels like a sufficiently dramatic time and place. [ terribly amused, here. ]
[He finishes his cigarette, which tastes awful what with the mold and everything, and discards it by grinding it under his shoe.]
I have a flair for the dramatic, I'm told. Sure you relate.
How much can you say from here that you couldn't say back there, anyway?
I have a flair for the dramatic, I'm told. Sure you relate.
How much can you say from here that you couldn't say back there, anyway?
[ an affirmative noise ] It's more interesting, that way.
[ they pass through into the lobby with a nudge of the doors, not seeming bothered by what little light there is. ]
You're one of the Temporals', so not as much as I could say as a Celestial, but more still than we can talk about in public.
[ they pass through into the lobby with a nudge of the doors, not seeming bothered by what little light there is. ]
You're one of the Temporals', so not as much as I could say as a Celestial, but more still than we can talk about in public.
[Well, that's just great. He follows after them, hands stuffed in the pockets of his coat.] Who do I talk to for Temporal business, then? This beaurocracy's a bit of a mess, mate.
What are we actually doing here? We supposed to kill everyone on the opposing team? Is there any kind of incentive to us doing that?
I mean, I love a good slaughter, don't get me wrong, but I'm not breaking my promises for the sake of a conflict I got no involvement in.
What are we actually doing here? We supposed to kill everyone on the opposing team? Is there any kind of incentive to us doing that?
I mean, I love a good slaughter, don't get me wrong, but I'm not breaking my promises for the sake of a conflict I got no involvement in.
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Satariel, Yomiel, and Rameel are their names. Any one of them will do, I guess, but I can't say I have ringing endorsements, considering.
[ biases, and all that. but baraqiel looks around at the lobby, before pivoting and turning to spike, eagle shuffling, and there's something of a sardonic laugh at that. ]
If that were the case, do you think the opposing side would actually tell you anything? [ just - putting that out there. ] I can understand not wanting to break a promise like that, though, since it's not as if I haven't made a similar one in the past.
But what little we were told, it was framed as a competition. Ask your Temporals about whatever bullshit motivations they've been given, they're probably different from the bullshit motivations we were given, which we can't tell you right now.
[ biases, and all that. but baraqiel looks around at the lobby, before pivoting and turning to spike, eagle shuffling, and there's something of a sardonic laugh at that. ]
If that were the case, do you think the opposing side would actually tell you anything? [ just - putting that out there. ] I can understand not wanting to break a promise like that, though, since it's not as if I haven't made a similar one in the past.
But what little we were told, it was framed as a competition. Ask your Temporals about whatever bullshit motivations they've been given, they're probably different from the bullshit motivations we were given, which we can't tell you right now.
[He nods.] Eh. I'll do that. Probably better to make requests of them too, yeah?
[He's curious about the promise... He's not sure it's the same but then again he knows everything's all about love. So maybe they do have that in common. He frowns, considering, then shrugs.]
I do need blood though. Chilled or fresh if you've got it, otherwise I can do the preperation.
Don't suppose you can tell me who's running the show yet?
[He's curious about the promise... He's not sure it's the same but then again he knows everything's all about love. So maybe they do have that in common. He frowns, considering, then shrugs.]
I do need blood though. Chilled or fresh if you've got it, otherwise I can do the preperation.
Don't suppose you can tell me who's running the show yet?
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Some requests are better suited for the side you've been grouped with, but all of us can make accommodations for some things. Right now, we can't do anything about your powers or special possessions, but once we figure it out we'll probably be able to do it piecemeal.
[ they don't elaborate on the promise, but seem to easily take the request for blood, unfazed and head cocked slightly. their hands come up from inside the cloak, and they expand them into the position of someone holding a decently sized, extravagant wine bottle - as they do, starlight solidifies into the glass, and gold dust causes it to fill with thick, red liquid.
once it's full, there's a pop, and it's corked. baraqiel offers him it - it feels warm. ]
I'm assuming human blood, since in most cases other blood isn't exactly appetizing. Can't tell you who's in charge, but here. This'll remain fresh and last you the week, at least, unless you decide to chug it.
[ they don't elaborate on the promise, but seem to easily take the request for blood, unfazed and head cocked slightly. their hands come up from inside the cloak, and they expand them into the position of someone holding a decently sized, extravagant wine bottle - as they do, starlight solidifies into the glass, and gold dust causes it to fill with thick, red liquid.
once it's full, there's a pop, and it's corked. baraqiel offers him it - it feels warm. ]
I'm assuming human blood, since in most cases other blood isn't exactly appetizing. Can't tell you who's in charge, but here. This'll remain fresh and last you the week, at least, unless you decide to chug it.
[He looks genuinely shocked as he's handed the bottle. It's... warm. And fresh. Holy shit. He hasn't had fresh human blood in so fucking long. He can't even bite a prick and drink his fill, he just.
Baraqiel, Spike will now die for you.] ...Cheers. Haven't actually had fresh human blood in...
Two years now. Was getting a bit sick of the butcher's pigs blood, honestly. [It smells amazing. But he'll save it.]
What can you tell me about this little conflict of ours? Since I've already called you here. [He cocks his head toward a table with some chairs.]
Baraqiel, Spike will now die for you.] ...Cheers. Haven't actually had fresh human blood in...
Two years now. Was getting a bit sick of the butcher's pigs blood, honestly. [It smells amazing. But he'll save it.]
What can you tell me about this little conflict of ours? Since I've already called you here. [He cocks his head toward a table with some chairs.]
[ some amusement is obvious in what's visible of their face, but baraqiel just inclines their head slightly in acknowledgment. ]
Just don't ask Suriel and Shamsiel for it, when you need another top off. Providing this sort of thing isn't unusual for me, and where I'm from, but while they'd do it, I think they'd be uncomfortable with it.
[ their daemon takes off from their shoulder and goes to perch on one of the chairs, and they follow, fanning out their cloak so that they can sit more comfortably. spike'll get a look at their wings for a moment as they do. ]
There's meant to be a competition between the two sides, to resolve a dispute between the two of them. We were under the impression that we were meant to find something, though hell if I know what, at this point. They haven't contacted us since they told us to expect your arrivals.
Just don't ask Suriel and Shamsiel for it, when you need another top off. Providing this sort of thing isn't unusual for me, and where I'm from, but while they'd do it, I think they'd be uncomfortable with it.
[ their daemon takes off from their shoulder and goes to perch on one of the chairs, and they follow, fanning out their cloak so that they can sit more comfortably. spike'll get a look at their wings for a moment as they do. ]
There's meant to be a competition between the two sides, to resolve a dispute between the two of them. We were under the impression that we were meant to find something, though hell if I know what, at this point. They haven't contacted us since they told us to expect your arrivals.
[He's interested about how apparently he's used to feeding vampires but something else catches his attention.]
Sounds like you've been had.
Sounds like you've been had.
Yeah, I noticed some particular forms of naivety among the other two you had with you.
So... they're offering you lot a hook as well. Guess that makes sense. You'd have to be either desperate or stupid to sign up for this sort of thing without knowing the details and without gaining anything from it. You don't strike me as particularly stupid. [Unlike your comrades, sorry.]
Don't suppose I can just ask you to tell me what you can about whatever war we're here to settle?
So... they're offering you lot a hook as well. Guess that makes sense. You'd have to be either desperate or stupid to sign up for this sort of thing without knowing the details and without gaining anything from it. You don't strike me as particularly stupid. [Unlike your comrades, sorry.]
Don't suppose I can just ask you to tell me what you can about whatever war we're here to settle?
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I've been around much, much longer than either of them. Experience tends to offset stupidity, if you learn from your past experiences, rather than making the same mistakes over and over.
[ spike can glean from that what he will, as baraqiel doesn't offer a definitive answer beyond that. ]
Ask your Temporals for more details on your side of things. Since you're not one of mine, I'm not playing games with disappearing in and out of Dust for it. But someone I spoke to earlier today called this an "administrative nightmare," in terms of how very little information we've got at the moment.
[ spike can glean from that what he will, as baraqiel doesn't offer a definitive answer beyond that. ]
Ask your Temporals for more details on your side of things. Since you're not one of mine, I'm not playing games with disappearing in and out of Dust for it. But someone I spoke to earlier today called this an "administrative nightmare," in terms of how very little information we've got at the moment.
Yeah, you're not wrong on that. I've been around longer than most of these lot too, and the Scoobies I've got trailing behind me too.
[He sighs. Alright, guess he better go ask these Temporals. But first, he has a question.]
These creatures. [He picks up his daemon, currently in the form of a lynx and just looks at it.] They're supposed to be connected to your soul, yeah?
I haven't got a soul, no more. So what is it?
[He sighs. Alright, guess he better go ask these Temporals. But first, he has a question.]
These creatures. [He picks up his daemon, currently in the form of a lynx and just looks at it.] They're supposed to be connected to your soul, yeah?
I haven't got a soul, no more. So what is it?
Funny, watching how they react to something you've gotten to see a few hundred times over.
[ is it funny? there's no humor in their voice, really. but on the back of the chair they sit on, their daemon hiccups dust before turning into a slightly crimson weasel, moving to put its paws on their shoulder for balance. ]
Souls are interesting, like that. Resilient even when they're broken or gone. Maybe this is yours come home.
[ is it funny? there's no humor in their voice, really. but on the back of the chair they sit on, their daemon hiccups dust before turning into a slightly crimson weasel, moving to put its paws on their shoulder for balance. ]
Souls are interesting, like that. Resilient even when they're broken or gone. Maybe this is yours come home.
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[....His soul come home...? Why would he want that? Why would he want the guilt and the heartbreak and...
You could commit. Be what she wants you to be. Be what the bit needs, what her annoying friends need. He swallows.
He's almost tempted to break the damn things neck, sever it's connection forever. Part of him also almost wants to weep with relief.]
...alright, just checking, 'cuz souls can be weird with vampires. This thing won't just up and die if I get laid, will it?
You could commit. Be what she wants you to be. Be what the bit needs, what her annoying friends need. He swallows.
He's almost tempted to break the damn things neck, sever it's connection forever. Part of him also almost wants to weep with relief.]
...alright, just checking, 'cuz souls can be weird with vampires. This thing won't just up and die if I get laid, will it?
[ that makes them snort, and they move to lace their fingers, setting their hands down against their stomach as they lean back. it disrupts the daemon there, but it's clear that baraqiel ignores their soul. ]
Vampire, huh. [ doesn't sound surprised, anyways. ] I figured, but there's enough things in my city that consume blood I wasn't going to assume outright. But, no, your daemon won't die if you get laid.
Vampire, huh. [ doesn't sound surprised, anyways. ] I figured, but there's enough things in my city that consume blood I wasn't going to assume outright. But, no, your daemon won't die if you get laid.
Well, a week ago I'd say there's nothing else that really drinks blood but us and a couple animals or insects. Then Power showed up, so I guess I might be wrong.
Great news about the being able to get laid thing, though. It'd make taking the piss out of Angel a lot less funny.
Which city was it you're from? Guessing it's a different world to mine, but. [He shrugs.]
Great news about the being able to get laid thing, though. It'd make taking the piss out of Angel a lot less funny.
Which city was it you're from? Guessing it's a different world to mine, but. [He shrugs.]
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I've all manner of things that come and go as citizens or visitors, who have a taste for human in a variety of ways. Better to regulate it than let them go rampant. Different worlds have different takes, though.
[ not going to ask for clarification on the angel thing, considering they can take context clues easy enough. ]
Can't name names right now. You're all meant to form unbiased opinions about us, hence why we were put into these getups. But it's certainly a lively place for the dead.
[ not going to ask for clarification on the angel thing, considering they can take context clues easy enough. ]
Can't name names right now. You're all meant to form unbiased opinions about us, hence why we were put into these getups. But it's certainly a lively place for the dead.
Well, now I'm intrigued. Guess I'll have to find it on my own in due time.
[He's going to stand up.] I'll leave you to it. Should probably see about organizing a meeting with these Temporal twits, anyway.
[He's going to stand up.] I'll leave you to it. Should probably see about organizing a meeting with these Temporal twits, anyway.
[ spike stands, and they remain seated, tilting their head back calmly to look at him. ]
Can't say I'm their biggest fan, but I'm biased by nature towards myself and my own gains. [ dryly ] Come around another time - you'd fit right in with the city.
Can't say I'm their biggest fan, but I'm biased by nature towards myself and my own gains. [ dryly ] Come around another time - you'd fit right in with the city.
Reckon I'll take you up on that, watcher. You're an interesting sort so I'll probably be calling you up again soon.
[Gives a wave as he walks away back to the hotel.]
[Gives a wave as he walks away back to the hotel.]
[ it's satariel that comes to answer spike, arms folded behind their back and under their wings, daemon raven-formed on their shoulder as they come to join him wherever he's set up in this world. ]
Guess I'm the prick that doesn't mind responding. What can I do for you tonight, Spike?
Guess I'm the prick that doesn't mind responding. What can I do for you tonight, Spike?
[He's just at the cafe, in the middle of the night.]
Right. Well, so long as it's not Mr Catholicism, we're set. [He gestures to the chair in front of him.] Baraqiel said you got answers to questions I have that he can't give as a member of the opposite team.
That true?
Right. Well, so long as it's not Mr Catholicism, we're set. [He gestures to the chair in front of him.] Baraqiel said you got answers to questions I have that he can't give as a member of the opposite team.
That true?
[ they come over, wings flaring to move their cloak and make room as they drop down to sit across from him. their raven hops onto the table easily, and they lace their fingers to prop their elbows on the table with it, chin on their fingers. ]
Obviously we're still kind of supposed to stay tight-lipped about some things, but we can tell our teams more than we can tell the opposite side. The way I've been going with it, so far, I've answered questions until I can't anymore, and then I'll tell you I can't or we find out together that I've gone too far.
Hopefully, usually, I can tell you, so that it's not a waste of your time.
Obviously we're still kind of supposed to stay tight-lipped about some things, but we can tell our teams more than we can tell the opposite side. The way I've been going with it, so far, I've answered questions until I can't anymore, and then I'll tell you I can't or we find out together that I've gone too far.
Hopefully, usually, I can tell you, so that it's not a waste of your time.
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