flameandpassion | 50 [Text] Hours after Usagi's post.

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50 [Text] Hours after Usagi's post.

[Filtered to Gabriel // Private // Unhackable]

Thank you.

[Filtered to Hitsugaya // Private // Unhackable]

I'm cleaned up.

[Filtered to Cloud // Private // Unhackable]

Thank you.

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Usagi would be dead without you. I'll mention it whenever I want.

You know that piss and vinegar's just gonna get you in more trouble with him, right? He likes it when he pisses you off. Gets off on it, practically.

I can feel darkness. Whenever he gets close to me, it feels like I'm being suffocated. He got too close to me and I took out a talisman. It was a reflex.

I'd say "don't stand so close to 'em," but, uh, we're not a big personal space-respecting family. Next time? Just walk away. Don't give him anything unless you know you can beat him. And at this point? No one here has any shot at defeating him without me and I don't wanna kill him. Really. I don't. I also don't wanna have to keep rescuing every damsel that tries to light him on fire, but I'm pretty much resigned to doing just that.

[Stupid... Liking humans thing.]

I am not a damsel. And I didn't try to light him on fire, I did light him on fire.

[But there's a pause, as Rei closes her eyes.]

If he won't leave me alone and if he keeps hurting my friends, I can't stand by and do nothing.

'Course not. You're a superpowered babe in a mini-skirt. How could I possibly miss that?

[Siiiiigh. And on some level... He understands. Sorta.]

Then you'll die. All of you. That's just how it's gonna be. [Isn't he so bright and cheerful?] I can't hold him back forever, eventually, he's gonna get fed up with me interfering and shiv my ass too.

[... did you seriously just -- ]

My name is Hino Rei. Call me that again and the arrow goes for your face, not his.

-- and I refuse to believe that he can't be stopped. There's a way. There always is.

Oh, there's a way. Me. And I'm not playing ball. Like I said, I'll keep him off you, you try not to get killed.

And, honestly, sweetheart, that arrow would have about as much effect on me as it would on him.

Nothing is immortal here except the Animus, Gabriel.

[There is a way, besides the angels. Rhode Kamelot was killed. The Devil can be, too.]

And nothing stays dead either.

There's always a price.

And what? You think his price is gonna be his evil? You don't think he's paid enough prices in his life to know how to roll with the punches? You don't know him, sweetheart.

No, I don't, but I know them. And they don't like it when people have powers that can be used against them.

[It's said tightly.]

Either way, it doesn't matter. I'm not letting him touch my friends again.

So you're just gonna lump in with every other monster, right? That's all he is to you? Okay, so he's an asshole and he hurts people and I hate it for you all, and, believe me, I'm gonna put a stop to it when I can, but you keep playing his games? You're all gonna be the crispiest cheerleading squad in the city.

So do what you want. But I'm not gonna let anyone kill my brother unless I give 'em the go-ahead. I'm not gonna let him hurt you or your gal pals, but, sorry, can't let you hurt him either. Sucks, don't it?

You show me a kind side of him, Gabriel, some ounce of humanity, and I'll give him a chance.

[She's completely and utterly serious. Because she gave Tyki Mikk another chance, once she saw inside of his head, during the Dreamscapes. Rei is capable of great forgiveness, but you need to work for it.]

As it is now, he doesn't deserve that chance. And I'm not going to tell anyone I care about to give him that chance until he proves that he's worth one.

[Because Rei has ties to nearly every single powerful hero-type in Adstringendum and if she expresses a strong enough opinion, people will listen.]

No one threatened or attacked him before and he took people and put them into comas. I respect that he's your family and that you don't want anyone to hurt him -- I understand that. [Probably more than he'll ever know or realize.] But I'm not naive enough to think it's just going to go away if I leave him alone.

There's no humanity in him, because he hates humans. And there's a good reason for that. You try getting kicked out by your family, shamed, hunted, and then imprisoned, forced to be twisted into a monster thanks to shitty propaganda and you tell me how well you'd turn out.

[He takes a moment to compose himself.]

No, he's not. And yeah, he is gonna keep screwing with you all. But just know there's a lot more to him than what he's showing. He's a bratty kid who likes messing with Daddy's toys. That don't make it better, but it's something to think about, hm?

[Something in Rei's eyes flickers at his description of Lucifer's past -- a sudden understanding, perhaps, some empathy? -- but she doesn't delve into it.]

I don't have patience for brats.

And I can tell you, right now, that no one else in this place does either.

Take up yoga. Get some zen in your life. 'Cause he ain't going anywhere unless we figure out a way to make the Animus send us back.

I'm a priestess, I have plenty of zen in my life.

[Pause.]

Do you have any ideas on how?

A few. [Or... One. But Rei won't like it. :|]

[She senses bullshit.]

When people say 'a few', they usually mean one really bad idea or no ideas at all.

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