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	[Friday.30th June 2006.09;17AM]
He was running like a madman, robes flaring out behind him; rosary beads pulling at his neck and swinging off. Suddenly he broke into the pavillion, angels, demons, and... Pilate. Good. He got the message. He raised his spear in a salute to the man, and then ran off to the dome of lightning. Uriel. He slammed to a second stop, his chest heaving both with air and outrage. "You go too far, angel." His voice rumbled like thunder over his tongue, and he raised his spear to slam it against the barrier. Testing it. Lightning screamed and crackled around the spear-point, and he pulled back, roaring. He wouldn't be able to get at him that way. He turned around, whirling. If Uriel was trapped there, let him be trapped. There were plenty enough demons here to keep him occupied. He offered another vicious roar, raising his spear in invitation and warning, cold hard eyes looking up at the demons. "I am the cursed son of Adam!" His voice echoed. "Come, Demons, and let me know thee!"
IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

[Friday.30th June 2006.09;17AM]

He was running like a madman, robes flaring out behind him; rosary beads pulling at his neck and swinging off. Suddenly he broke into the pavillion, angels, demons, and... Pilate. Good. He got the message. He raised his spear in a salute to the man, and then ran off to the dome of lightning. Uriel. He slammed to a second stop, his chest heaving both with air and outrage. "You go too far, angel." His voice rumbled like thunder over his tongue, and he raised his spear to slam it against the barrier. Testing it. Lightning screamed and crackled around the spear-point, and he pulled back, roaring. He wouldn't be able to get at him that way. He turned around, whirling. If Uriel was trapped there, let him be trapped. There were plenty enough demons here to keep him occupied. He offered another vicious roar, raising his spear in invitation and warning, cold hard eyes looking up at the demons. "I am the cursed son of Adam!" His voice echoed. "Come, Demons, and let me know thee!"

IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

~Last but not Least~	[Thursday.29th June 2006.13;47PM]
Pilate had gotten the call to report to the Pantheon. By mere coincidence he was not far and already he had seen miniscule shapes speeding across the sky. Angels. Or demons. Demons had wings too. He was only a man, but a man who had once been a Roman soldier. Who was still a soldier. As he ran up the hill to the height where the Pantheon stood he brought out the ancient coin warm from his touch and spoke in his ancient mother tongue. The spatha that appeared gleamed with ancient symbols of the Holy Father and the Trinity. He raced and ignored the sudden pang that erupted in his right knee. There was no gain unless there was pain. He had learned this lesson the hard way. He feared he was too late to do any good. Always too late. Too late when it mattered. He knew Cain was coming. He had to be here now. But he saw no sign of the man. What he did see was angels and demons and it seemed there was only conflict. But not among who he had expected—there was conflict among God's own ranks.
FINIS MUNDI

~Last but not Least~

[Thursday.29th June 2006.13;47PM]

Pilate had gotten the call to report to the Pantheon. By mere coincidence he was not far and already he had seen miniscule shapes speeding across the sky. Angels. Or demons. Demons had wings too. He was only a man, but a man who had once been a Roman soldier. Who was still a soldier. As he ran up the hill to the height where the Pantheon stood he brought out the ancient coin warm from his touch and spoke in his ancient mother tongue. The spatha that appeared gleamed with ancient symbols of the Holy Father and the Trinity. He raced and ignored the sudden pang that erupted in his right knee. There was no gain unless there was pain. He had learned this lesson the hard way. He feared he was too late to do any good. Always too late. Too late when it mattered. He knew Cain was coming. He had to be here now. But he saw no sign of the man. What he did see was angels and demons and it seemed there was only conflict. But not among who he had expected—there was conflict among God's own ranks.

FINIS MUNDI

	[Tuesday.27th June 2006.07;36AM]
Thick black lashes fluttered like the wings of a million butterflies, rich green hues glazed over with the liquid glow of lush dreams filled with the images of beautiful winged creatures. Eyes peered through the murky haze of blackness and back into the reality of the cruel world about the tiny creature. That was when it hit her, the stark and bitter truth that she was faced within, of the heavenly creature that cradled her within his strong arms as if she was nothing more then a flower, such a gentle and fragile thing. Something that could be torn from piece to piece if he so wished to do so. Not that he would, of course, but here she laid. Her body limped as it twitched slightly against his soft skin as eyes opened and she gazed witness upon it. Those large six white appendages that were illuminated by a glow all their own as she gasped, her hands coming up to hide eyes as they stood within the ruins of the large coliseum that laid within shattered pieces and broken bits. What had happened? Was this some sick fantasy? She had no idea why she had seen such things, after all she was nothing but a lowly creature, a poor whore, what plans had God made with her? Thick glistening drops threaten to spring forwards and roll down the lovely round cheeks of rouge as she sniffled slightly, knowing it was him who had caught her and brought her from the madness.“Lucifer.”She whispered his name softly as she let eyes open fully to gaze upon his angelic face, knowing she had to stay calm and regain some form of her fleeting wits. A rich blush came to her cheeks as she felt them, those large raindrops pelting her cheeks and gently wetting her eyes as she drew close to him and the magical touch he had. A rich sob broke through her chest as she pulled back, fingers coming up to try and stop the flood of black liquid streaming down her face as she sniffed like a child. She was like a child, broken, and unsure of the world around her. That if the reality she had assumed to be true really was the reality she was moving in. It was hard to understand as she placed one hand upon his shoulders, a soft and light touch to see if he was real, or maybe she was really checking to make sure she was real.“What happened? Were…..were there other angels here?”It was frightening, the words calm and spoken one at a time. If she said it, then it would mean they were true. Or that she thought they were truly there. After all, if she pretended to see nothing then they couldn’t possible have been there, right? Fingers shook slightly as they rose to run through the rich ripples of blood red as she caught sight of her own locks, thrown apart by her sudden physical illness. That’s right. It flashed through her mind again, the pulp of a once former female body, the blood that soiled the ground underneath the lifeless sack. What had happened to her? Again she felt her stomach toss and turn like waves as one hand rose to cover mouth, praying she wouldn’t be ill again as she closed eyes, breathing in deeply.“That girl. Who was she?”Eyes turned to him as she let one hand fall to stomach, trying to suppress the raging emotions that boiled within her. It was hard to even think of the girl, or who she was. Better yet, who had been the man that had clawed the tiny figure to pieces under his sharpened claws? There were so many things she did not truly understand, yet Lucifer held the keys to everything that she did not understand herself. He knew everything, the question was, would he give her the information she looked for? Not that he wouldn’t. After all, he had told her so many different things before. Eyes fell onto his as she cantered head slightly like a child awaiting comfort.
FINIS MUNDI

[Tuesday.27th June 2006.07;36AM]

Thick black lashes fluttered like the wings of a million butterflies, rich green hues glazed over with the liquid glow of lush dreams filled with the images of beautiful winged creatures. Eyes peered through the murky haze of blackness and back into the reality of the cruel world about the tiny creature. That was when it hit her, the stark and bitter truth that she was faced within, of the heavenly creature that cradled her within his strong arms as if she was nothing more then a flower, such a gentle and fragile thing. Something that could be torn from piece to piece if he so wished to do so. Not that he would, of course, but here she laid. Her body limped as it twitched slightly against his soft skin as eyes opened and she gazed witness upon it. Those large six white appendages that were illuminated by a glow all their own as she gasped, her hands coming up to hide eyes as they stood within the ruins of the large coliseum that laid within shattered pieces and broken bits. What had happened? Was this some sick fantasy? She had no idea why she had seen such things, after all she was nothing but a lowly creature, a poor whore, what plans had God made with her? Thick glistening drops threaten to spring forwards and roll down the lovely round cheeks of rouge as she sniffled slightly, knowing it was him who had caught her and brought her from the madness.“Lucifer.”She whispered his name softly as she let eyes open fully to gaze upon his angelic face, knowing she had to stay calm and regain some form of her fleeting wits. A rich blush came to her cheeks as she felt them, those large raindrops pelting her cheeks and gently wetting her eyes as she drew close to him and the magical touch he had. A rich sob broke through her chest as she pulled back, fingers coming up to try and stop the flood of black liquid streaming down her face as she sniffed like a child. She was like a child, broken, and unsure of the world around her. That if the reality she had assumed to be true really was the reality she was moving in. It was hard to understand as she placed one hand upon his shoulders, a soft and light touch to see if he was real, or maybe she was really checking to make sure she was real.“What happened? Were…..were there other angels here?”It was frightening, the words calm and spoken one at a time. If she said it, then it would mean they were true. Or that she thought they were truly there. After all, if she pretended to see nothing then they couldn’t possible have been there, right? Fingers shook slightly as they rose to run through the rich ripples of blood red as she caught sight of her own locks, thrown apart by her sudden physical illness. That’s right. It flashed through her mind again, the pulp of a once former female body, the blood that soiled the ground underneath the lifeless sack. What had happened to her? Again she felt her stomach toss and turn like waves as one hand rose to cover mouth, praying she wouldn’t be ill again as she closed eyes, breathing in deeply.“That girl. Who was she?”Eyes turned to him as she let one hand fall to stomach, trying to suppress the raging emotions that boiled within her. It was hard to even think of the girl, or who she was. Better yet, who had been the man that had clawed the tiny figure to pieces under his sharpened claws? There were so many things she did not truly understand, yet Lucifer held the keys to everything that she did not understand herself. He knew everything, the question was, would he give her the information she looked for? Not that he wouldn’t. After all, he had told her so many different things before. Eyes fell onto his as she cantered head slightly like a child awaiting comfort.

FINIS MUNDI

	[Tuesday.20th June 2006.10;23AM]
He had known who had done it the moment that it began. He knew the damage that the sun could wreak on the land, but this was no normal ravaging fire. It was not even demonic fire. This was angelic fire.He was running - down the long, wide street from St Peters to the river - the traffic stopped and staring as their precious city had it's heart burned and ripped out. The word had gone up for all the XI to report to the Pantheon at once, but who knew when the others would arrive, and Cain had to make good time. Down, down the street and across the bridge - each pillar presenting a cold, marble angel. Cain did not miss the irony. Down the streets, past the shops, he ran like a madman - too fast for his apparent 50 years (and too fast for his true thousands).He ripped the silver cross from his neck as he ran, brought it to his lips and kissed it, the latin words spilling like thunder over his tongue as the cross flashed white and extended. The spear glimmered in his hand, topped with His Most Holy crucifix, one of the only human-held weapons that could kill an immortal soul.He would protect God's Holy Children. He would protect those made in His Holy Image.No matter who it was that was the threat.
IN MEMORIAM: 8. FINIS MUNDI

[Tuesday.20th June 2006.10;23AM]

He had known who had done it the moment that it began. He knew the damage that the sun could wreak on the land, but this was no normal ravaging fire. It was not even demonic fire. This was angelic fire.He was running - down the long, wide street from St Peters to the river - the traffic stopped and staring as their precious city had it's heart burned and ripped out. The word had gone up for all the XI to report to the Pantheon at once, but who knew when the others would arrive, and Cain had to make good time. Down, down the street and across the bridge - each pillar presenting a cold, marble angel. Cain did not miss the irony. Down the streets, past the shops, he ran like a madman - too fast for his apparent 50 years (and too fast for his true thousands).He ripped the silver cross from his neck as he ran, brought it to his lips and kissed it, the latin words spilling like thunder over his tongue as the cross flashed white and extended. The spear glimmered in his hand, topped with His Most Holy crucifix, one of the only human-held weapons that could kill an immortal soul.He would protect God's Holy Children. He would protect those made in His Holy Image.No matter who it was that was the threat.

IN MEMORIAM: 8. FINIS MUNDI

Introduction II; Fine	[Tuesday.20th June 2006.10;30AM]
[ mood \| numb ] _And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets._†††Germany lay beneath his feet, divided as ever. It reminded him of Egypt, upper and lower, though the reason behind that thought eluded him completely. The dark gray film that had been casting everything he saw into shadow melted away slowly. But it did so only to give way to a dull orange, like a sullen, dying ember; an eclipse. The only constant thing was the torrent of whispers in his ears, clear enough to catch his attention, but never comprehensible.The sun hung in the dark sky for a few heartbeats, then it sank into the horizon. It rose, it sank; seven did it do so. When it rose once again for the eighth time, he was no longer in Germany. Dust swirled up lazily from the roads of Italy, and the air in Rome seemed choked with the stuff.The streets were empty, there was no sign of life in the city of Rome, yet he could hear people talking, glasses _chink_ing, the bleating of an ambulance, and birds chirping. It was as though things were as they were before.Someone tapped him on the shoulder, but when he turned, there was no one. His other senses insisted that there was someone else there with him, nevertheless. So he walked on, his bare feet leaving no traces behind him. As he came closer to what was almost the centre of Rome, the sounds became less and less distinct. Just when he was about to set foot in the Pantheon, a powerful shock rolled through the ground. He watched the ground churn impassively, even when the buildings began to crumble. Rocks and rubble shifted and rolled towards the centre of the Pantheon, where a dark figure stood unmoving. The ground gave way under the figure, and a yawning portal between Hell––_or was it Heaven?_––and Earth opened wide. _...there._In the way many dreamers do, he missed how illogical everything was. The sky above opened in response, and Earth was briefly as bright as Heaven. Winged beings started to appear everywhere, some shining and bright, others veiled and dull. Little else appeared different. They looked the same in every other aspect._There.Where the hole in the ground opened, an enormous cross started to burn. Soon, the bright seal looked as if it were spitting intense tongues of white fire. It was then that sound returned in an overwhelming rush: screaming voices, all raised in a cacophony of pain, anguish, anger, incredulity and a myriad of other emotions.He found himself bringing his hands up to clap them around his ears.THERE!_The Voice of God blasted through him with such ferocity that he lost all his senses to it.††† Reality finally reasserted itself in the form of a deep ache that seemed to be wrapped all around him like a suffocating blanket. Choking on urgency and the need to obey His command, Metatron spent only a fraction of a second to figure out where he was, before he flew into motion. Out came the IVs, and then there were the little sensors that set the machines around him a-beeping as soon as he ripped them off his person. Once or twice, he narrowly missed knocking something over. Metatron only noticed the other person in the room when he started to change. His hands paused on the ties at the back of the hospital gown he had been dressed in and feel to his sides as he turned to see who it was.Limpid eyes stared back at him, peering from the edge of his hospital bed. The skeletal little girl gave him a bright, sunny smile, "Matthias isn't broken anymore?" A trace of confusion made her frown comically, summoning a pout, "They lied. They said Matthias might not wake up."Metatron relaxed visibly, though he still looked a little harried. With an armful of his ruined clothes, he padded over to the little girl and patted her lightly on the head, "God is calling me." He regarded her for a moment, his eyes opaque, "He'll call you soon." The little girl looked up at him solemnly, as she waved a farewell to him, "I know." That was probably what Metatron loved most about human children––they needed no lengthy explanation, no empirical proof. They simply believed.†††_Three weeks. Three weeks?!_Metatron looked at his watch for the umpteenth time as he waited in the airport. An uncomprehending doctor, a few surprised nurses, and a handful of semi-joyful children later, Metatron was on his own again. The first had told him that it was a miracle that he had sustained nothing more than a concussion, numerous lacerations, cuts and a lot of bruising. Oh, and he had been comatose for three weeks, so he should be careful.A quick visit to his empty and sterile little apartment had been made so that he could take a quick shower and pack a few necessary things. A chance glimpse at the fogged up mirror had shown a spectacular riot of colour on the right side of his face, accented here and there with healed over scabs. The same applied to his right arm and shoulder. Looking at them had made the ache worse, somehow. After that, he had bought a ticket for the earliest flight out of Frankfurt to Rome. It was a stroke of pure luck that that flight was in a few hours. _Luck does not exist. He's calling._A half an hour more of Metatron pacing restlessly, drawing distantly curious looks from an elderly couple, and he boarded the plane. The screams still ringing like weak wraiths in his ears kept him up throughout the flight. Awake, he could not suppress the wave of horror at the thought so many of His beloved humans dying. Upon reaching Rome, the first place he visited was what remained of the Pantheon. Metatron's face was drained of all colour as he surveyed the massive destruction there. The first part right up there is from the Book of Enoch.( About what Metatron heard...Collapse )
IN MEMORIAM: 9. FINIS MUNDI

Introduction II; Fine

[Tuesday.20th June 2006.10;30AM]

[ mood | numb ] _And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets._†††Germany lay beneath his feet, divided as ever. It reminded him of Egypt, upper and lower, though the reason behind that thought eluded him completely. The dark gray film that had been casting everything he saw into shadow melted away slowly. But it did so only to give way to a dull orange, like a sullen, dying ember; an eclipse. The only constant thing was the torrent of whispers in his ears, clear enough to catch his attention, but never comprehensible.The sun hung in the dark sky for a few heartbeats, then it sank into the horizon. It rose, it sank; seven did it do so. When it rose once again for the eighth time, he was no longer in Germany. Dust swirled up lazily from the roads of Italy, and the air in Rome seemed choked with the stuff.The streets were empty, there was no sign of life in the city of Rome, yet he could hear people talking, glasses _chink_ing, the bleating of an ambulance, and birds chirping. It was as though things were as they were before.Someone tapped him on the shoulder, but when he turned, there was no one. His other senses insisted that there was someone else there with him, nevertheless. So he walked on, his bare feet leaving no traces behind him. As he came closer to what was almost the centre of Rome, the sounds became less and less distinct. Just when he was about to set foot in the Pantheon, a powerful shock rolled through the ground. He watched the ground churn impassively, even when the buildings began to crumble. Rocks and rubble shifted and rolled towards the centre of the Pantheon, where a dark figure stood unmoving. The ground gave way under the figure, and a yawning portal between Hell––_or was it Heaven?_––and Earth opened wide. _...there._In the way many dreamers do, he missed how illogical everything was. The sky above opened in response, and Earth was briefly as bright as Heaven. Winged beings started to appear everywhere, some shining and bright, others veiled and dull. Little else appeared different. They looked the same in every other aspect._There.Where the hole in the ground opened, an enormous cross started to burn. Soon, the bright seal looked as if it were spitting intense tongues of white fire. It was then that sound returned in an overwhelming rush: screaming voices, all raised in a cacophony of pain, anguish, anger, incredulity and a myriad of other emotions.He found himself bringing his hands up to clap them around his ears.THERE!_The Voice of God blasted through him with such ferocity that he lost all his senses to it.††† Reality finally reasserted itself in the form of a deep ache that seemed to be wrapped all around him like a suffocating blanket. Choking on urgency and the need to obey His command, Metatron spent only a fraction of a second to figure out where he was, before he flew into motion. Out came the IVs, and then there were the little sensors that set the machines around him a-beeping as soon as he ripped them off his person. Once or twice, he narrowly missed knocking something over. Metatron only noticed the other person in the room when he started to change. His hands paused on the ties at the back of the hospital gown he had been dressed in and feel to his sides as he turned to see who it was.Limpid eyes stared back at him, peering from the edge of his hospital bed. The skeletal little girl gave him a bright, sunny smile, "Matthias isn't broken anymore?" A trace of confusion made her frown comically, summoning a pout, "They lied. They said Matthias might not wake up."Metatron relaxed visibly, though he still looked a little harried. With an armful of his ruined clothes, he padded over to the little girl and patted her lightly on the head, "God is calling me." He regarded her for a moment, his eyes opaque, "He'll call you soon." The little girl looked up at him solemnly, as she waved a farewell to him, "I know." That was probably what Metatron loved most about human children––they needed no lengthy explanation, no empirical proof. They simply believed.†††_Three weeks. Three weeks?!_Metatron looked at his watch for the umpteenth time as he waited in the airport. An uncomprehending doctor, a few surprised nurses, and a handful of semi-joyful children later, Metatron was on his own again. The first had told him that it was a miracle that he had sustained nothing more than a concussion, numerous lacerations, cuts and a lot of bruising. Oh, and he had been comatose for three weeks, so he should be careful.A quick visit to his empty and sterile little apartment had been made so that he could take a quick shower and pack a few necessary things. A chance glimpse at the fogged up mirror had shown a spectacular riot of colour on the right side of his face, accented here and there with healed over scabs. The same applied to his right arm and shoulder. Looking at them had made the ache worse, somehow. After that, he had bought a ticket for the earliest flight out of Frankfurt to Rome. It was a stroke of pure luck that that flight was in a few hours. _Luck does not exist. He's calling._A half an hour more of Metatron pacing restlessly, drawing distantly curious looks from an elderly couple, and he boarded the plane. The screams still ringing like weak wraiths in his ears kept him up throughout the flight. Awake, he could not suppress the wave of horror at the thought so many of His beloved humans dying. Upon reaching Rome, the first place he visited was what remained of the Pantheon. Metatron's face was drained of all colour as he surveyed the massive destruction there. The first part right up there is from the Book of Enoch.( About what Metatron heard...Collapse )

IN MEMORIAM: 9. FINIS MUNDI

	[Monday.19th June 2006.12;15PM]
A curl of smoke drifted out towards the city on an errant breeze, vanishing into the haze of the city. Power too great to be ignored had called him out, and he sat, watching from afar, a small frown on his face. The sky was lovely, and spoke of too much destruction for his tastes. War was ever so unsubtle and uncivilized these days. The breeze curled back around him after a moment where he sat on Lucifer's veranda, watching the city, and his lip curled in distaste. Death on the wind."You play too rough," he murmured, to whatever being had caused the deaths, and sighed, saluting the city, still great, though less than she once was, with his tumbler of scotch.
IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

[Monday.19th June 2006.12;15PM]

A curl of smoke drifted out towards the city on an errant breeze, vanishing into the haze of the city. Power too great to be ignored had called him out, and he sat, watching from afar, a small frown on his face. The sky was lovely, and spoke of too much destruction for his tastes. War was ever so unsubtle and uncivilized these days. The breeze curled back around him after a moment where he sat on Lucifer's veranda, watching the city, and his lip curled in distaste. Death on the wind."You play too rough," he murmured, to whatever being had caused the deaths, and sighed, saluting the city, still great, though less than she once was, with his tumbler of scotch.

IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

Introduction I; Pulling a Jonah	[Tuesday.20th June 2006.00;49AM]
[ mood \| dazed ] _Approximately three weeks before..._He should have known better.Of all the sentient beings that walked this Earth, be they human, angel or demon, he, of all people should have known better. He knew. He had no excuses. And yet, he still insisted on it. The road stretched ahead of him; straight and broad. Most importantly, empty. Needless to say, Matthias, Metatron, was paying more attention to his own thoughts than he did the road. Being so uncertain of so many things, it was hard not to; each doubt was as a separate voice, distinct and possessing of its own... mind, for lack of a better word. Pretty soon, he was almost sure that he had a whole committee dissecting every little detail he took any notice of. The only voice that was missing––that he really cared to hear,––was His Voice.The sky started to darken, and absently, Metatron simply turned on the headlights, too distracted to look at the digital display of the small clock in his car. The sun rose, the sun set; nothing too spectacular, not when you were thrown out of Paradise. Thrown out. Is that the right word? Metatron pressed his foot harder on the accelerator, and what few trees that were on the far side of the road became green streaks at the edge of his vision. _Sent isn't the right word, either. You're useless down here. You don't even bring hope._Something soft and senseless played on the radio, and his thoughts only ploughed right on from accusing to... well. _Where are You? Why am I here? What is Your will?_The blast in Rome had been all over the newspapers. There had been talk about all manner of nonsensical things: terrorists, a government conspiracy, something, anything but what it really was. Sammael's call to arms had been easy to spot for Metatron; in truth, he did not need to read about it at all. He simply knew. It made his subsequent refusal to respond all that more incriminating, he was sure. But his presence would make little difference, no? No, no difference at all. But if that was true, then––"Do You really want me there? With the other angels? Tell me, and I shall go!" Metatron whispered furiously, seemingly to himself. What went unvoiced was a single, vehement _show me a sign! If You want me to go, give me a sign!In his crippling doubt, Metatron was testing Him. There had been one and only one thing that He had asked to be tested on, and this was not one of them, as Metatron well knew. Foolish, so foolish. Mankind had been doing so for millenia, and He had responded to that indignity with indulgent love, and at most, what amounted to a gentle slap on the hand. Angels, created for only one purpose, were another matter entirely.A muffled cry snagged Metatron's attention, jarring him from his obsessive thoughts. Though it was unnecessary, he turned his face slightly to his left to see what noise was about. A little girl with wide eyes was staring at him, her mouth opened in an 'O', an arm extended to point at something in front of her. She was soon nothing more than a gray flash as his car streaked past her. His smooth brow marred with a slight frown, Metatron shifted his attention back on the road––––and was immediately blinded by an impenetrable darkness. Something in front of her. Something in front of him.Used to being entirely too aware of his immediate surroundings, his senses seemed to have turned on themselves, inside out, to give him the dubious honour of hearing light, seeing sound and smelling circumstance. At least, that was what it felt like when Metatron swerved to avoid something that was not there. Impact occurred when the front of his car met the guard-rail that marked off where the road ended and a steep slope started. Bizarre or simply unfortunate physics tipped his car partially over, and slammed it back down again. The car went spinning wildly until it met the guard-rail on the other side of the road, its momentum spent. Dazed and feeling utterly bodiless, Metatron could only mutter an incoherent sentence before the darkness filled his vision again. He could swear that he could see a sullen, orange ring hanging in that blackness, though. A surge of urgency.A ring.That stench of desperation....an umbrella?_Silence.( OOC Collapse )
FINIS MUNDI

Introduction I; Pulling a Jonah

[Tuesday.20th June 2006.00;49AM]

[ mood | dazed ] _Approximately three weeks before..._He should have known better.Of all the sentient beings that walked this Earth, be they human, angel or demon, he, of all people should have known better. He knew. He had no excuses. And yet, he still insisted on it. The road stretched ahead of him; straight and broad. Most importantly, empty. Needless to say, Matthias, Metatron, was paying more attention to his own thoughts than he did the road. Being so uncertain of so many things, it was hard not to; each doubt was as a separate voice, distinct and possessing of its own... mind, for lack of a better word. Pretty soon, he was almost sure that he had a whole committee dissecting every little detail he took any notice of. The only voice that was missing––that he really cared to hear,––was His Voice.The sky started to darken, and absently, Metatron simply turned on the headlights, too distracted to look at the digital display of the small clock in his car. The sun rose, the sun set; nothing too spectacular, not when you were thrown out of Paradise. Thrown out. Is that the right word? Metatron pressed his foot harder on the accelerator, and what few trees that were on the far side of the road became green streaks at the edge of his vision. _Sent isn't the right word, either. You're useless down here. You don't even bring hope._Something soft and senseless played on the radio, and his thoughts only ploughed right on from accusing to... well. _Where are You? Why am I here? What is Your will?_The blast in Rome had been all over the newspapers. There had been talk about all manner of nonsensical things: terrorists, a government conspiracy, something, anything but what it really was. Sammael's call to arms had been easy to spot for Metatron; in truth, he did not need to read about it at all. He simply knew. It made his subsequent refusal to respond all that more incriminating, he was sure. But his presence would make little difference, no? No, no difference at all. But if that was true, then––"Do You really want me there? With the other angels? Tell me, and I shall go!" Metatron whispered furiously, seemingly to himself. What went unvoiced was a single, vehement _show me a sign! If You want me to go, give me a sign!In his crippling doubt, Metatron was testing Him. There had been one and only one thing that He had asked to be tested on, and this was not one of them, as Metatron well knew. Foolish, so foolish. Mankind had been doing so for millenia, and He had responded to that indignity with indulgent love, and at most, what amounted to a gentle slap on the hand. Angels, created for only one purpose, were another matter entirely.A muffled cry snagged Metatron's attention, jarring him from his obsessive thoughts. Though it was unnecessary, he turned his face slightly to his left to see what noise was about. A little girl with wide eyes was staring at him, her mouth opened in an 'O', an arm extended to point at something in front of her. She was soon nothing more than a gray flash as his car streaked past her. His smooth brow marred with a slight frown, Metatron shifted his attention back on the road––––and was immediately blinded by an impenetrable darkness. Something in front of her. Something in front of him.Used to being entirely too aware of his immediate surroundings, his senses seemed to have turned on themselves, inside out, to give him the dubious honour of hearing light, seeing sound and smelling circumstance. At least, that was what it felt like when Metatron swerved to avoid something that was not there. Impact occurred when the front of his car met the guard-rail that marked off where the road ended and a steep slope started. Bizarre or simply unfortunate physics tipped his car partially over, and slammed it back down again. The car went spinning wildly until it met the guard-rail on the other side of the road, its momentum spent. Dazed and feeling utterly bodiless, Metatron could only mutter an incoherent sentence before the darkness filled his vision again. He could swear that he could see a sullen, orange ring hanging in that blackness, though. A surge of urgency.A ring.That stench of desperation....an umbrella?_Silence.( OOC Collapse )

FINIS MUNDI

The small players roar the loudest...keep that in mind.	[Monday.19th June 2006.10;55AM]
Lucifer looked on with an expressionless mask. The only hint of his feeling contained in his golden eyes that calculated with wry amusement the characters in this very strange assembly. He glanced at the figures of Mephistopheles and Belial and memorized their faces. Interesting. It was his first glimpse of both in their present forms, but the sudden sound of a woman's anguished voice made him turn from his sight-seeing. It was Lucifer's desire to remain where he was on the outskirts of the conflict, but the arrival of his newest houseguest made him decide differently. He saw her eyes widen, saw her face contort before she became sick on the street. He sensed Uriel's power. A sensation that made his six wings twitch before he took to the air and swooped down to the figure of Lilith. She was needed and her human flesh would not survive such an onslaught. A barrier of protection flickered into being as fast as a thought. The force of Uriel beat around him. As if Uriel's force could destroy him, the former seraph who had once been made of brighter stuff than any angel, perhaps save one, and he was the Morningstar. He fought through the harsh gales of fire and light until he was free of the maelstrom. "It appears he has no care for history." He spoke to no one save himself as he landed on the apex of the ruins of the Coliseum with Lilith, unharmed, in his arms. He was amused at Uriel's audacity to think that destroying such a swath of land would make a difference in the war between Heaven and Sammael. Lucifer remembered when the Pantheon had been built though it was never a scene of enjoyment for him. Nothing was as amusing as the entertainment of the Circus Maximus or as lavish as the spectacles of the Coliseum. A sudden flash of scent and sound came to him from the depths of his memories. Compared to the exhibition and bloodshed that took place in the very building under his feet; Uriel's showing was nothing compared to the disgusting acts of which humans were capable. If the Lord's angels wished to protect a species with no free will on an uncontrolled terrarium then let them waste their energy on empty displays of angelic might. Uriel would be weak for days. It would be a very opportune time to attack. Lucifer watched the electric display of Barakiel retaliate in response. Conflict had been sown between the angels and it was all Uriel's doing. He wondered if Uriel knew this. "You are not Michael, Uriel. I do not know why you try to be something other then what He created you to be." He was done. He had seen what he wished to see: the death of Eve and the sealing of the Pillar. Now was not the time for him to speak with Mephistopheles and he could only guess what Belial thought of him. That made him chuckle. Perhaps he would find out...in time."Lilith?" He looked down at her and brushed her cheek to turn her eyes to him. What effect had this had on her as she still awakened to her true self?
IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

The small players roar the loudest...keep that in mind.

[Monday.19th June 2006.10;55AM]

Lucifer looked on with an expressionless mask. The only hint of his feeling contained in his golden eyes that calculated with wry amusement the characters in this very strange assembly. He glanced at the figures of Mephistopheles and Belial and memorized their faces. Interesting. It was his first glimpse of both in their present forms, but the sudden sound of a woman's anguished voice made him turn from his sight-seeing. It was Lucifer's desire to remain where he was on the outskirts of the conflict, but the arrival of his newest houseguest made him decide differently. He saw her eyes widen, saw her face contort before she became sick on the street. He sensed Uriel's power. A sensation that made his six wings twitch before he took to the air and swooped down to the figure of Lilith. She was needed and her human flesh would not survive such an onslaught. A barrier of protection flickered into being as fast as a thought. The force of Uriel beat around him. As if Uriel's force could destroy him, the former seraph who had once been made of brighter stuff than any angel, perhaps save one, and he was the Morningstar. He fought through the harsh gales of fire and light until he was free of the maelstrom. "It appears he has no care for history." He spoke to no one save himself as he landed on the apex of the ruins of the Coliseum with Lilith, unharmed, in his arms. He was amused at Uriel's audacity to think that destroying such a swath of land would make a difference in the war between Heaven and Sammael. Lucifer remembered when the Pantheon had been built though it was never a scene of enjoyment for him. Nothing was as amusing as the entertainment of the Circus Maximus or as lavish as the spectacles of the Coliseum. A sudden flash of scent and sound came to him from the depths of his memories. Compared to the exhibition and bloodshed that took place in the very building under his feet; Uriel's showing was nothing compared to the disgusting acts of which humans were capable. If the Lord's angels wished to protect a species with no free will on an uncontrolled terrarium then let them waste their energy on empty displays of angelic might. Uriel would be weak for days. It would be a very opportune time to attack. Lucifer watched the electric display of Barakiel retaliate in response. Conflict had been sown between the angels and it was all Uriel's doing. He wondered if Uriel knew this. "You are not Michael, Uriel. I do not know why you try to be something other then what He created you to be." He was done. He had seen what he wished to see: the death of Eve and the sealing of the Pillar. Now was not the time for him to speak with Mephistopheles and he could only guess what Belial thought of him. That made him chuckle. Perhaps he would find out...in time."Lilith?" He looked down at her and brushed her cheek to turn her eyes to him. What effect had this had on her as she still awakened to her true self?

IN MEMORIAM: 1. FINIS MUNDI

	[Sunday.18th June 2006.15;41PM]
Uriel clenched his fingers in a pile of ash by his knee to keep his hand from rising to his cheek at the Messenger’s shattering slap. He had realized on some level, though he had not had fully time to rationalize it, that his comrades would be not a little displeased with any sacrificed humans. There was an obvious, yet unspoken schism amongst the angels involving humanity; for those who mattered, at least, they were better off at their final destination and a war always had certain unpleasant neccessities.He still respectfully looked downward at the Messenger’s rebuke, biting his tongue rather than responding. His wings, luminescent, but not currently lit drew up against his form, unblinking to look up at the chastising angel. “Don’t get hurt.” The false man who had become a cherub would stop him if he could, but Gabriel was already gone.The same blanked gaze from eyes like smouldering coals looked on, unflinching as the Guardian Angel's barrier sprang around them. It was only after Barakiel, whom he had never seen so upset, stormed out of the electric cage, that the archangel dared raise his hand to touch the soft brown hairs wet with sticky blood and stinging beneath. He just hoped this would be quick.
FINIS MUNDI

[Sunday.18th June 2006.15;41PM]

Uriel clenched his fingers in a pile of ash by his knee to keep his hand from rising to his cheek at the Messenger’s shattering slap. He had realized on some level, though he had not had fully time to rationalize it, that his comrades would be not a little displeased with any sacrificed humans. There was an obvious, yet unspoken schism amongst the angels involving humanity; for those who mattered, at least, they were better off at their final destination and a war always had certain unpleasant neccessities.He still respectfully looked downward at the Messenger’s rebuke, biting his tongue rather than responding. His wings, luminescent, but not currently lit drew up against his form, unblinking to look up at the chastising angel. “Don’t get hurt.” The false man who had become a cherub would stop him if he could, but Gabriel was already gone.The same blanked gaze from eyes like smouldering coals looked on, unflinching as the Guardian Angel's barrier sprang around them. It was only after Barakiel, whom he had never seen so upset, stormed out of the electric cage, that the archangel dared raise his hand to touch the soft brown hairs wet with sticky blood and stinging beneath. He just hoped this would be quick.

FINIS MUNDI

The appearance of Michael/Veronica Cartwright!	[Saturday.17th June 2006.22;21PM]
It was raining in Miami the night that Michael got the signal. She had shut the door to her apartment with a soft click and stood for a long time, bare feet on the plush carpet, just listening to it hit the glass panes of her windows. The watery light from outside cast strange patterns on the floor, mirrored on the ceiling from the eerie light of her fish tank. She pushed herself off the wall in a snake-like movement and walked over to it, crouching down to be on eye level with the creature inside. “Hey, Ziggy,” she said fondly to the small tawny octopus that crawled from inside its little plastic cave and stuck itself to the glass in greeting. “I missed you, too.” She dandled a few fingers over the water, tickling the surface, and three long, skinny tentacles wrapped themselves around her. She smiled a little and jiggled her fingers, making the happy cephalopod twitch, before she carefully removed her hand, rubbing at the suction cup marks Ziggy Stardust always left. “Looks like a bad storm tonight,” she said to him. Ziggy wisely made no comment. Instead of continuing the conversation, Michael moved to the large floor-sized window of her living room, pressing her face to the glass. Light blue eyes blinked, then slowly closed and her breath formed a cloud on the pane. Michael didn’t want to think anymore tonight. It had been a long day. She’d entertained a new partner, interested in fusing with the company in hopes of expanding her own and perhaps providing the corporate borg with a few more resources. That hadn’t been all she’d been interested in, either. One long dinner later and Michael found out that what this woman was really out to test on her preliminary show was how talented the great Veronica Cartwright turned out to be in bed, to see if perhaps it mirrored her talent in the office. It would have been so easy - a light cupping of the hands at dinner, a few wine glasses too many, sweet lips running down the column of her neck, and then- Dammit. Michael pulled away from the window and looked down at her hands. They’re soiled, she thought to herself. Already covered in tainted blood. And to think- she had not yet begun to defile herself. The war was soon ahead. So soon in fact that her eyes shot open when a bright glare of light caught her attention. She turned her gaze up to the filmy moon, blazing with an unearthly glory that was not of nature’s doing alone. She furrowed her brow. This was what she had been waiting for. Michael shut the door to her room and stood staring at the suitcase sitting neatly on the bed, ready and packed for when she was called to leave. It wouldn’t take long to once-over the apartment. There was little here that she loved. Well, precious little. A note to the girl next door and her keypad number was ready to be slipped into the correct mailbox so that Ziggy would have a playmate, and care. Other than that… She grabbed the suitcase and a raincoat, though she doubted it would be raining in Rome. Before she turned the lights off in the apartment, another bright flash made her glare at the ballistic eclipse. “Dammit, Uriel, alright already,” she muttered to herself as she shrugged on her coat. “I’m on my way.”
IN MEMORIAM: 2. FINIS MUNDI

The appearance of Michael/Veronica Cartwright!

[Saturday.17th June 2006.22;21PM]

It was raining in Miami the night that Michael got the signal. She had shut the door to her apartment with a soft click and stood for a long time, bare feet on the plush carpet, just listening to it hit the glass panes of her windows. The watery light from outside cast strange patterns on the floor, mirrored on the ceiling from the eerie light of her fish tank. She pushed herself off the wall in a snake-like movement and walked over to it, crouching down to be on eye level with the creature inside. “Hey, Ziggy,” she said fondly to the small tawny octopus that crawled from inside its little plastic cave and stuck itself to the glass in greeting. “I missed you, too.” She dandled a few fingers over the water, tickling the surface, and three long, skinny tentacles wrapped themselves around her. She smiled a little and jiggled her fingers, making the happy cephalopod twitch, before she carefully removed her hand, rubbing at the suction cup marks Ziggy Stardust always left. “Looks like a bad storm tonight,” she said to him. Ziggy wisely made no comment. Instead of continuing the conversation, Michael moved to the large floor-sized window of her living room, pressing her face to the glass. Light blue eyes blinked, then slowly closed and her breath formed a cloud on the pane. Michael didn’t want to think anymore tonight. It had been a long day. She’d entertained a new partner, interested in fusing with the company in hopes of expanding her own and perhaps providing the corporate borg with a few more resources. That hadn’t been all she’d been interested in, either. One long dinner later and Michael found out that what this woman was really out to test on her preliminary show was how talented the great Veronica Cartwright turned out to be in bed, to see if perhaps it mirrored her talent in the office. It would have been so easy - a light cupping of the hands at dinner, a few wine glasses too many, sweet lips running down the column of her neck, and then- Dammit. Michael pulled away from the window and looked down at her hands. They’re soiled, she thought to herself. Already covered in tainted blood. And to think- she had not yet begun to defile herself. The war was soon ahead. So soon in fact that her eyes shot open when a bright glare of light caught her attention. She turned her gaze up to the filmy moon, blazing with an unearthly glory that was not of nature’s doing alone. She furrowed her brow. This was what she had been waiting for. Michael shut the door to her room and stood staring at the suitcase sitting neatly on the bed, ready and packed for when she was called to leave. It wouldn’t take long to once-over the apartment. There was little here that she loved. Well, precious little. A note to the girl next door and her keypad number was ready to be slipped into the correct mailbox so that Ziggy would have a playmate, and care. Other than that… She grabbed the suitcase and a raincoat, though she doubted it would be raining in Rome. Before she turned the lights off in the apartment, another bright flash made her glare at the ballistic eclipse. “Dammit, Uriel, alright already,” she muttered to herself as she shrugged on her coat. “I’m on my way.”

IN MEMORIAM: 2. FINIS MUNDI

The Conflagration - During and After	[Friday.16th June 2006.00;39AM]
With sensations more than seeing, Mephistopheles caught the arrival of the two new players on the field, as late as both of them were. She was faintly glad to see the other Fallen, though she didn't properly know him at all. As she briefly considered, she realized all of them seemed rather disjointed, not standing up all together to face the angels as she was. The angels certainly presented a much more unified front, a fact that intensely bothered her. She filed it away for later inspection, much more interested in the actions of the human girl of fiery-red hair. She knew, without a doubt, who that must be, just as she had known who Carmela truly was. It amused her to no end to see the girl so disgusted by Sammael's actions, though she knew she could never let her amusement show, especially to Sammael himself. Another source of amusement was the angel crashing gracelessly to the ground nearby her. Letting a chuckle roll from her mouth, she revised her estimation of the angels' unified front.Then, mid-laugh, mid-revision, that was when she felt the heat and light begin. The laughter died as quickly as it came, her lips moving as if to speak but no words appearing. In the briefest of seconds when she realized what was happening, before the onslaught caught her full-on, she gathered every centimeter of shadow she could, to form even the slightest of barriers against the light, knowing she couldn't outrun it. She figured she would survive it without the added protection, but she hated to think of what all that light and sun would do to her photosensitive skin and she knew no matter what that this would hurt. Despite all her resistance to pain, she still was not very fond of it. The terrible fiery downpour of heat and light sheared away her shadowy defenses in the first couple minutes, though she constantly pulled what little shadow she herself cast to fight against the conflagration. Partway through the attack that seemed to be far longer than it truly was, she worked her wings to pull herself from the ground and hover there, just a little more than a foot off the cement. The ground beneath her was no longer quite a solid substance and was beginning to blister her already scarred feet. When she began hovering, she no longer truly had any shadow to pull from and had to fight to find any to manipulate to keep her barrier even partly intact.Finally, the wild heat died down and the light ebbed enough for her to open her eyes again. She felt the skin of her eyelids crack as she opened them, and the resulting wince made the rest of her face feel like it was going to crack off as well. She'd had sunburns before, she remembered as her hovered there, her black wings beating lazily against the heat rolling off the ground, but this was all of them combined and multiplied by a power of two or three. She saw that the feathers of her wings were charred soot-black and every wing beat stirred off ashy feathers to float away in the thermal currents. She brushed a hand down her side and felt the last remnants of her skirt flake off into the air currents, leaving her just about completely unclothed. She still wore some charred remnants of her underwear, but who knows how long it would last if she had to fight the angels still hanging about? She looked down at the after-effects of the angel's attack, nonplussed at the lack of clothes. What did else would one expect with that amount of heat and fire, after all? She imagined it to be rather like standing at ground zero, especially considering the effects to everything. She realized her head felt a lot lighter than it used to and ran a careful hand through her hair, feeling several sections of hair break as she tugged her fingers through it. All the light had bleached her hair back down to its natural color and the fire-heat had damaged her hair, leaving only three to four inches of her hair spiking and frizzing out in all directions. That pissed her off just a touch, considering she'd finally gotten her hair to a color and style she liked, but she quashed the instinctual reaction to lay out the angel responsible for it right then and there. Not to say the angel wouldn't pay for what he'd done, oh, but he would pay for sure, just not right then. She felt the wind whip up and the remnants of her hair stand on end with the sudden lightning storm, and saw that another angel was trying to make havoc. She ignored him for the time being, despite the fact she was the obvious target, hovering there in the middle of things as she was, still assessing things. The ground, despite the wind doing its part to speedily cool the molten mess, was still too hot to land on. Staring at the glassy earth, that was when she noticed what was missing from the scene.The remains of Eve. The fire had completely ashed or melted what little Sammael had left of her body. Uncaring of every little ache and pain caused by Uriel's flame, her wings beat powerfully, taking her higher into the sky, pulling a roiling mass of shadows across the ground below. To look at it was disconcerting and potentially dizzying, the shadows moving in no feasible pattern and growing larger the longer she hovered there. A shower of purple glitter-sparkles fell heavily from Mephistopheles' clenched fists, eventually being swallowed up by the mass of shadow below. Snapping her head up to look at Uriel and Barakiel, her eyes black on black sparking with the same purple showering from her fists, her very form darkening with concentrated shadow, a spatter of lightning silhouetting her furious form. When she spoke, it was in a barely controlled growl."You... will regret your actions, angel."( OOC Collapse )
IN MEMORIAM: 2. FINIS MUNDI

The Conflagration - During and After

[Friday.16th June 2006.00;39AM]

With sensations more than seeing, Mephistopheles caught the arrival of the two new players on the field, as late as both of them were. She was faintly glad to see the other Fallen, though she didn't properly know him at all. As she briefly considered, she realized all of them seemed rather disjointed, not standing up all together to face the angels as she was. The angels certainly presented a much more unified front, a fact that intensely bothered her. She filed it away for later inspection, much more interested in the actions of the human girl of fiery-red hair. She knew, without a doubt, who that must be, just as she had known who Carmela truly was. It amused her to no end to see the girl so disgusted by Sammael's actions, though she knew she could never let her amusement show, especially to Sammael himself. Another source of amusement was the angel crashing gracelessly to the ground nearby her. Letting a chuckle roll from her mouth, she revised her estimation of the angels' unified front.Then, mid-laugh, mid-revision, that was when she felt the heat and light begin. The laughter died as quickly as it came, her lips moving as if to speak but no words appearing. In the briefest of seconds when she realized what was happening, before the onslaught caught her full-on, she gathered every centimeter of shadow she could, to form even the slightest of barriers against the light, knowing she couldn't outrun it. She figured she would survive it without the added protection, but she hated to think of what all that light and sun would do to her photosensitive skin and she knew no matter what that this would hurt. Despite all her resistance to pain, she still was not very fond of it. The terrible fiery downpour of heat and light sheared away her shadowy defenses in the first couple minutes, though she constantly pulled what little shadow she herself cast to fight against the conflagration. Partway through the attack that seemed to be far longer than it truly was, she worked her wings to pull herself from the ground and hover there, just a little more than a foot off the cement. The ground beneath her was no longer quite a solid substance and was beginning to blister her already scarred feet. When she began hovering, she no longer truly had any shadow to pull from and had to fight to find any to manipulate to keep her barrier even partly intact.Finally, the wild heat died down and the light ebbed enough for her to open her eyes again. She felt the skin of her eyelids crack as she opened them, and the resulting wince made the rest of her face feel like it was going to crack off as well. She'd had sunburns before, she remembered as her hovered there, her black wings beating lazily against the heat rolling off the ground, but this was all of them combined and multiplied by a power of two or three. She saw that the feathers of her wings were charred soot-black and every wing beat stirred off ashy feathers to float away in the thermal currents. She brushed a hand down her side and felt the last remnants of her skirt flake off into the air currents, leaving her just about completely unclothed. She still wore some charred remnants of her underwear, but who knows how long it would last if she had to fight the angels still hanging about? She looked down at the after-effects of the angel's attack, nonplussed at the lack of clothes. What did else would one expect with that amount of heat and fire, after all? She imagined it to be rather like standing at ground zero, especially considering the effects to everything. She realized her head felt a lot lighter than it used to and ran a careful hand through her hair, feeling several sections of hair break as she tugged her fingers through it. All the light had bleached her hair back down to its natural color and the fire-heat had damaged her hair, leaving only three to four inches of her hair spiking and frizzing out in all directions. That pissed her off just a touch, considering she'd finally gotten her hair to a color and style she liked, but she quashed the instinctual reaction to lay out the angel responsible for it right then and there. Not to say the angel wouldn't pay for what he'd done, oh, but he would pay for sure, just not right then. She felt the wind whip up and the remnants of her hair stand on end with the sudden lightning storm, and saw that another angel was trying to make havoc. She ignored him for the time being, despite the fact she was the obvious target, hovering there in the middle of things as she was, still assessing things. The ground, despite the wind doing its part to speedily cool the molten mess, was still too hot to land on. Staring at the glassy earth, that was when she noticed what was missing from the scene.The remains of Eve. The fire had completely ashed or melted what little Sammael had left of her body. Uncaring of every little ache and pain caused by Uriel's flame, her wings beat powerfully, taking her higher into the sky, pulling a roiling mass of shadows across the ground below. To look at it was disconcerting and potentially dizzying, the shadows moving in no feasible pattern and growing larger the longer she hovered there. A shower of purple glitter-sparkles fell heavily from Mephistopheles' clenched fists, eventually being swallowed up by the mass of shadow below. Snapping her head up to look at Uriel and Barakiel, her eyes black on black sparking with the same purple showering from her fists, her very form darkening with concentrated shadow, a spatter of lightning silhouetting her furious form. When she spoke, it was in a barely controlled growl."You... will regret your actions, angel."( OOC Collapse )

IN MEMORIAM: 2. FINIS MUNDI

Electrifyingly tasty!	[Thursday.15th June 2006.21;50PM]
[ mood \| infuriated ] Barakiel uncovered his eyes at the same moment Gabriel slapped Uriel. Blinking away the glare, he looked around, trying to see if any of the Fallen still stood. Uriel...what have you done? All the people..! He shook his head violently, then stalked towards his...friend. Eyes narrowed, he flicked his wings twice, pulling a sheet of shimmering divine power around the both of them."You're a fucking moron, Uriel," was all he could bring himself to say while holding back a massive urge to punch the man. A muscle jumped in his cheek, his jaw was clenched so tight. After a moment of staring down at the archangel, he turned and exited the lightning shield, causing it to close and contract around him for Uriel's protection. Or perhaps, it was meant to keep him there. No matter, he squashed his need to deck Uriel for now. Later, he promised himself. Later, he could beat the shit out of him.Well, the sun's little game was over. It must be his turn, then. He didn't even glance upward as the most frightening dark clouds one could imagine sprang up overhead, their growl conveying his sheer rage, at Uriel, at the Fallen, and at what had happened in that place. Especially Sammael. Unlike God's Light, he had far more control over the area his powers affected, and kept it within the new blast radius of the pantheon. Within those boundaries, a storm the likes of which the world hadn't seen since Creation raged, tearing at anything, everything that was moveable. Fingers of lightning traced over any surfaces, seeking something to kill. Something being a Fallen. Any Fallen.
IN MEMORIAM: 10. FINIS MUNDI

Electrifyingly tasty!

[Thursday.15th June 2006.21;50PM]

[ mood | infuriated ] Barakiel uncovered his eyes at the same moment Gabriel slapped Uriel. Blinking away the glare, he looked around, trying to see if any of the Fallen still stood. Uriel...what have you done? All the people..! He shook his head violently, then stalked towards his...friend. Eyes narrowed, he flicked his wings twice, pulling a sheet of shimmering divine power around the both of them."You're a fucking moron, Uriel," was all he could bring himself to say while holding back a massive urge to punch the man. A muscle jumped in his cheek, his jaw was clenched so tight. After a moment of staring down at the archangel, he turned and exited the lightning shield, causing it to close and contract around him for Uriel's protection. Or perhaps, it was meant to keep him there. No matter, he squashed his need to deck Uriel for now. Later, he promised himself. Later, he could beat the shit out of him.Well, the sun's little game was over. It must be his turn, then. He didn't even glance upward as the most frightening dark clouds one could imagine sprang up overhead, their growl conveying his sheer rage, at Uriel, at the Fallen, and at what had happened in that place. Especially Sammael. Unlike God's Light, he had far more control over the area his powers affected, and kept it within the new blast radius of the pantheon. Within those boundaries, a storm the likes of which the world hadn't seen since Creation raged, tearing at anything, everything that was moveable. Fingers of lightning traced over any surfaces, seeking something to kill. Something being a Fallen. Any Fallen.

IN MEMORIAM: 10. FINIS MUNDI

	[Wednesday.14th June 2006.09;04AM]
It was half a second after Sammael disappeared that Gabriel slammed into the ground, directly where he had been. He let out a hoarse cry of frustration as he crumpled, rapier clattering across the stone as he dropped it, wings banging and folding around him as he cushioned his fall. He was covered in blood, the pieces of the girls broken body scattered around him. When he had come to a full and complete stop, he raised his hands to his face, buried them, and gripped. He didn't scream, though he wanted to. He couldn't do anything right. If he had been half a second faster...Then the fire began. Uriel. It covered everything, further than it had been destroyed previously, and Gabriel watched with blank eyes. Who cared about not using heavenly powers, now? This show would prove to everyone something strange was happening. And nothing Gabriel could do would cover it up. He closed his eyes. He didn't want to know how many were dying, right now. He completely ignored the girl when she arrived on the scene, and he completely ignore the new demon; in fact, he simply ignored anyone else who was there. He slowly got up, blood dripping from him, and put his wings out to full size. He picked up his rapier, but in a flash of light it was gone. In a flash, he disappeared as well, but reappeared beside Uriel. He raised his hand and slapped him fully against his cheek, hard as he could. "Fool." He said quietly. "You've done the Devil's work for him." In another flash he was gone, but his last words were left after him."I'm going after Sammael."
FINIS MUNDI

[Wednesday.14th June 2006.09;04AM]

It was half a second after Sammael disappeared that Gabriel slammed into the ground, directly where he had been. He let out a hoarse cry of frustration as he crumpled, rapier clattering across the stone as he dropped it, wings banging and folding around him as he cushioned his fall. He was covered in blood, the pieces of the girls broken body scattered around him. When he had come to a full and complete stop, he raised his hands to his face, buried them, and gripped. He didn't scream, though he wanted to. He couldn't do anything right. If he had been half a second faster...Then the fire began. Uriel. It covered everything, further than it had been destroyed previously, and Gabriel watched with blank eyes. Who cared about not using heavenly powers, now? This show would prove to everyone something strange was happening. And nothing Gabriel could do would cover it up. He closed his eyes. He didn't want to know how many were dying, right now. He completely ignored the girl when she arrived on the scene, and he completely ignore the new demon; in fact, he simply ignored anyone else who was there. He slowly got up, blood dripping from him, and put his wings out to full size. He picked up his rapier, but in a flash of light it was gone. In a flash, he disappeared as well, but reappeared beside Uriel. He raised his hand and slapped him fully against his cheek, hard as he could. "Fool." He said quietly. "You've done the Devil's work for him." In another flash he was gone, but his last words were left after him."I'm going after Sammael."

FINIS MUNDI

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