video; un: lux

[dealwiththe]

Right. Everyone back to normal now? Or at least as normal as it ever gets on this floating insane asylum.

[ If Lucifer seems a little annoyed, well - he is! ]

Have I mentioned lately that I despise children? The hormonal angst was almost palpable. I could probably think of better Hell loops for myself, but not many.

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video; un: cherry

[devilsheel]

When it’s one kid, it’s not so bad. You know that.

[dealwiththe]

When it's your child, of course. Yours is acceptable. Even if she does still sneak a hug once in a while.

[devilsheel]

You give good hugs. Plus you’ve become an important figure in her life, of course she’s going to sneak them in when she can.

[dealwiththe]

I beg your pardon?! [ He looks so offended!!! Really!!! ] Me? Hugs?

[devilsheel]

Yes. You. Hugs.

[dealwiththe]

That's - [ He sputters a bit. He may look... confused? ] Absurd!

[devilsheel]

[ Seeing the confusion, she smiles. It can’t be helped. ]

Is it? Why? Give me one good reason why that would be absurd.

[dealwiththe]

Because!

[ What is the reason? Uh. ]

I'm the Devil.

[devilsheel]

Yet the Devil’s found his first love.

Is that absurd?

[dealwiththe]

To be fair - yes, it is.

[ Not that he's complaining. ]

When you really think about it.

[devilsheel]

You’re not supposed to fall in love. That is pretty absurd, you’re right. You’re supposed to be enjoying orgies and drinking and coke lines on your piano.

Everyone falls in love with you.

Do you miss that?

[dealwiththe]

No one's ever fallen in love with me.

[ Not until Chloe. And Chloe should know - she did interview like more than 90 of his sexual partners that one time. Not a single one was even a little bit in love with him. ]

But no. I don't miss it. And I don't see what this has to do with hugging.

[devilsheel]

I’m in love with the Devil. Really in love with him.

[ Her smile is soft, faint. Then she winks. ]

That’s as absurd as you giving really good hugs.

[dealwiththe]

[ That still just - brings him up short. Hearing her say that. What does he even do with that? With the look on her face, that she seems to reserve just for him? He doesn't deserve that. He wants to, but he's not sure he ever will. ]

...Yes, it is?

[ That's really all he can think to say. Yes, it is absurd that anyone could love him, especially her. ]

[devilsheel]

Not to me it’s not. It was never absurd. It’s incredible.

[ Later, when they’re together again, she can keep showing him just how much she loves him. Express it in every way possible.

Even if it means being the Big Spoon. ;) ]

[dealwiththe]

I suppose it is.

[ That may be a better word for it! And she can be the big spoon any time she likes. ]

Still. Me. Hugging. I don’t know where I’m going with this, you’ve distracted me. Again. Funny how that works.

[ At least he’s not annoyed anymore! ]

You’d best get back to the cabin soon.

video | UN: presage

[albatrossomen]

[Video only because Lucifer prefers it, although the camera isn't focused on Murmur. Just somewhere on a cabin wall because he's going to narrate at it instead.]

How opposed would you be to pretending none of that transpired?

[dealwiththe]

By 'that' I assume you mean the thing where you kept calling humans monkeys and tried to imprint on me like one of those baby birds with a hand puppet?

[ He pauses for dramatic effect. ]

Yes, all forgotten.

UN: | R. STRAND

[imarealistnotacynic]

They're not that bad. Normally.

[Though he would have previously been right up there with Lucifer's assumptions.]

Though reliving hormonal adolescence was not...a positive experience.

[dealwiththe]

Yes, some humans inexplicably seem to find the little petrie dishes charming. [ Lucifer clearly does not. ]

You mean to say you were just as - nay, perhaps even more - awkward as a pimply adolescent than you are as a grown man?

[imarealistnotacynic]

When you find yourself responsible for caring for a sentient ball of flesh and tissue and bone trying to survive - turning it into a human being and nurturing it, you become more willing to engage.

[His teeth grit. Awkward. Sure. But this is what happens when you are sucked into this place and...

He sighs and laughs.]

I was considerably more dramatic and obnoxious as a "pimply adolescent." and I had terrible acne so I will let that slide.

[dealwiththe]

Mm. Can't relate. Fortunately, my sort don't procreate. Well, except my brother, but that was because he made himself bloody human for a couple of years.

[ The lovable dumbass. ]

Are you saying you were somehow more dramatic before the whole "apocalyptic death metal concert" shenanigans?

[imarealistnotacynic]

[Silence. Then he shrugs.]

Warn him against it I take it?

[Richard settles for a moment before nodding.] My father inspired youthful rebellion by breathing. We fought like cats and dogs and I did my best to bite back as he alternated between preparing me for adulthood and following in his footsteps as a scientist.

[dealwiththe]

Sounds like my Dad, funny how that works.

And I didn't warn Amenadiel against anything - I'm not the warning sort, really. He talked himself into a bout of humanity and now I've got a bouncing baby nephilim nephew.

[imarealistnotacynic]

[When Richard considers his own destiny versus that...He doesn't respond, filing it away back in his mind before focusing on the more obvious.]

He'll be great then. The children of fallen-the children of angels are always great people though my book of Enoch is a bit rusty. Different for you?