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[anormie]

[So if you think that the little room that Ella's in looks like it could be a jail cell, you are entirely not wrong. It is in fact, a jail cell, and Ella is wearing a fancy dress and her hair is curled but yes, still in jail.]

Uh, hey guys? I'm um kinda in jail right now. Could someone come get me out? Please? Also like, no Lucifer it wasn't for counting cards! [Is she outing herself as a card shark? Yep.]

All I did was try and hug someone and that was seen as violence, so now I'm in violence jail. For aaaaaaaa hug! This is madness.

So um. Help?

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[anormie]

Apparently? I mean I've never heard of it being one but you know different planets and stuff.

And honestly, I'm not really sure. Central processing, I guess?

[albatrossomen]

Different cultures indeed. Very well, I shall come to see if there is any assistance I may offer.

[Usually he's more hands off though so he'd much rather someone else handle the job more directly.]

[anormie]

I think Lucifer is going to come. Once he stops tormenting me anyway.

[Siblings are always assholes sometimes. /small>]

[albatrossomen]

Should you two require further assistance do not hesitate to ask. I'm certain you'll have your revenge.

[Siblings do be like that tho.]

[anormie]

Thanks, Murmur.

[And she goes Private]

I do miss ya though, bud. It was kinda nice having the whole angel backup thing.

[Private going forward]

[albatrossomen]

My pleasure.

[Private:]

Perhaps fortune will smile upon us again in the future. I did quite enjoy your company. I believe...

Yes I believe you were the first truly human, human I had been paired with.

[And now he's back to supernatural beings. Not that he's complaining, it's just interesting.]

[anormie]

It's so weird to think that there are like so many not fully human people here. It makes me wonder how many other ones have been in my life or crossed my path that I just didn't know about.

[albatrossomen]

I cannot speak for the Earth you hail from, but on my own we have been among your kind for a very long time. Granted, in my experience none stick around terribly long lest the ruse become difficult to upkeep.

[anormie]

And the one who did that I can think of totally like told everyone who he was. We just didn't believe him.

[albatrossomen]

Utilizing the natural skepticism and cynicism of your species does act as a remarkably reliable shield. I do not believe that was his goal in the least, but I have experienced it first hand myself numerous times.

[anormie]

Have you had a lot of experience with humans?

[albatrossomen]

A complicated question. Once long ago I was... [He hesitates, frowning. Expression darkening into something difficult to discern for a brief moment before being replaced with that impassive mask of his.

He does better without emotion, he thinks.]

Well, that hardly matters now.

Not recently, no. It's been a very long time since I've spent any extended period of time in the mortal realm. Oh I've certainly flitted here and there in brief spurts, spent enough time among souls, but it's hardly the same. The skepticism, however, never changes. Mortals have ever been experts at explaining away that which they do not entirely understand.

[anormie]

Ain't that the truth.

[albatrossomen]

Every time.

Honestly it barely makes hiding a challenge. Do you know how long I went about with too many hearts and no one noticed a thing?

[anormie]

Wait what? How many hearts do you have?

[albatrossomen]

Presently? One. This vessel is...

On loan, you could say.

[anormie]

Like is that some human's body?

[albatrossomen]

It was, yes.

[anormie]

....Where is the human now?

[albatrossomen]

Wherever it is he is intended to be, I suspect. The vessel was quite empty when I came upon it.

[anormie]

So you're kind of piloting his brain through electrical impulses then?

[albatrossomen]

In a manner of speaking, though that alone is not quite correct. Those of my particular Order exist on the very edge of where matter begins to take shape. As such it is a little more along the lines of...

[Give him a few moments to search for an adequate word.]

Nuclear energy?

[He's a whole ass reactor trying to pilot a tiny little brain.]

[anormie]

Like splitting the atom reactor nuclear?

[Yes, Mur she totally does combine that with the sound effect of a bomb going off, you're welcome.]

How are you not like leaking radiation everywhere? Do angels have a special radiation level we can't detect yet?

[albatrossomen]

Yes! Precisely!

[He's both excited that she gets it and for the sound effects they're very helpful, thank you, Ella! Well, as excited as Murmur tends to display which this time was a fair bit more lively than is typical.]

To be fair, I believe it might be a little more along the lines of fission energy than radioactive specifically. However, therein lies more of the practical value to a vessel. Containment. Granted, that is not to say it doesn't take a constant amount of effort to keep from boiling out my own blood or shattering the bones but for the most part I've grown rather comfortable within this one. Tight space as it is.

[A brief, thoughtful look.]

Truth be told I would not be surprised if in some not too distant future your kind did devise methods by which you could detect our energies outside of those gifted few who already can.

[anormie]

I'm guessing that you mean like psychics or whatever by 'gifted' right? How does being gifted work? Is it like a thing from genes? Is it hereditary? Or is it like divine intervention or luck?