Date: 2023-08-10 12:39 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (don't think that I will let it go)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
I'm proud of you, buddy.

Well.

Mostly for cutting him off.

Little less proud for the 'you were right' part, but. Still.

Date: 2023-08-10 12:45 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (so realistic so realistic)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
Yeah, come on, buddy.

[He will find you in that rare occasion and sit down in front of you and pull out his well-worn string and start going through the motions.]

Just watch, awhile. But I think I figured out how two people do it, finally.

Date: 2023-08-10 01:20 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (hallelujah to me)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[Unfortunately, given the nature of this worse-than-actual-social-media, Lucifer sees it to. His gaze is sharp, glinting. It comes with the vaguest, airy threat of 'I dare you.'.

He knows Istredd can't help himself. Knows it'll only keep devolving.

So the odd ping of rolling text somewhere along the floor gets in his vision and he's snapped out onto Istredd in an instant, pinning him very rudely onto his back.]
Nope. We're done. Let you dig your own grave, little public cat fight. [He straddles Istredd's hips, immovable stone archangel, leaning far out of reach, still annoyingly pulling his string between his fingers.

He sees Nero's response trickling in somewhere over Istredd's head. Rolls his eyes. He reaches down with both hands holding one of the shapes neatly between them and presses his pointedly into Istredd's chest Stares down at Istredd, cool and commanding.]
Shut it out, Istredd. [Like telling someone to walk away from the internet. Block the connection. ]

Date: 2023-08-10 02:03 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (I will wait)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[At least Lucifer had expected Istredd's anger from the moment of Nero's first response, had known what Istredd's anger would look like. Their reward for learning their boundaries and how to read each other and prepare.

He'd kept a very close eye on the proceedings and while he wanted to rip Nero a new one he let it go on, watching for that teetering towards a point of no return between him and Istredd, thinking they were in the clear, and oh, well, here we are.]


Yep. He is. No arguments from me there.

[He is definitely not moving.]

Date: 2023-08-10 02:25 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (failing we're losing sight)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[Lucifer could get drunk on reading (and feeling) Istredd doling out the weaponized strikes, hitting where it hurts. But that comes with problems other than just Istredd's immense, unrecoverable, Regret.

Which is pretty bad in itself.]
He's a child and that was a public forum. [He's less concerned about the child part and far more concerned about the 'public venue' part, obviously.]

Date: 2023-08-10 04:07 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (the shifting snow drifts)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
Yeah, it really sucks for you. [There's an attempted lightness to his voice.

Yeah he doesn't want to hear the strangling part in general.

It's hilarious that Istredd even try to throw out that he was fine when going down memory lane, ignoring the anger part of it all, probably isn't helping.]
Responsibility's a bitch and you went and took the largest possible serving of it and now you gotta suffer the consequences that come with it. That's the double-edged sword of being closely regard and seen, Istredd. Can't just fade to the shadows.
Edited Date: 2023-08-10 07:22 am (UTC)

Date: 2023-08-11 01:53 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » f ApocWorld (or lungs filled with smoke)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
Nah. [He does take his hands off Istredd though and resumes leaning out of reach, mildly amused.] I'm far better than an 'emotional support animal.' [Except he doesn't purr.] And you're more than capable keeping up with chatter from there.

Date: 2023-08-17 10:10 pm (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (so realistic so realistic)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
You like me being on top of you. [Maybe. Probably??? Probably not he just puts up with a lot of Lucifer's eccentricities.

Lucifer learned some things about High Magic from Michael but ultimately they just don't have the right means in Thorne. Secret Basement Underground Native Cult is still what Lucifer thinks is there only option, because hiding a shrine somewhere in the castle is nigh impossible.]
Having more people in Solvunn practice High Magic is more the necessity there. But better she bite off more she can chew than us if she's already got some connection.

Date: 2023-08-18 04:23 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (cold to the touch)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[Very Good, Istredd.

You multitask while Lucifer says unkind things about other people.]
So what if she does? She'll just be swatted down like a bug. They'll just make an example of her and we'll be done with it.

Date: 2023-08-18 04:42 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (you on my teeth)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[There's a reason he plays this simple game. Just something rhythmic to focus on. Centering. There's other reasons, too, but. They're a different matter entirely.]

You know I don't think very highly of deities but I imagine the gods to have less of a mass temper-tantrum reaction as a certain queen does. Barely even notice a tiny human shouting incessantly at them and poking them with a toothpick. [He doesn't know what the new batch's abilities are but he doesn't imagine they have the capabilities to take on the pantheon.] You can't teach the ignorant. They have to learn in the fire.

Date: 2023-08-18 05:42 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[Look he has Wanda higher on the list than himself. But he also knows what she's capable of, what she's supposed to be capable of.]

Uggggh that's not fair, you can't use that against me.

[It's absolutely fair and not only that it's smart. Lucifer squashes Istredd's anger and overall narrow-minded not-thought-through ideas and Istredd squashes down (most of) Lucifer's going-to-blow-up-in-all-their-faces disasters.

He at least thinks about them now, anyway.

Thinking about them and taking them into complete consideration isn't always enough however. Someone's gotta make the shady deals, the dark deeds, the bad risks. That's still Lucifer. Because he thinks he can handle it, absorb the damage unto himself.

Perfectly healthy things.]


Fine, maybe she can kill a god. Good for her if she can. So fine. Fiiiine. [F I N E] Make sure she's smart about it or whatever.

Date: 2023-08-18 09:57 pm (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (and idols alike)
From: [personal profile] thedevilwhorose
[Istredd's saltiness only makes Lucifer grin. Little spitfire, like Lucifer's going to discourage that.

He shifts position so he sprawls out, still atop Istredd, hands and string in close proximity, just pushing his legs out across the floor so that he can rock his ankles side to side.]
Yeah alright I don't want to become God Tier in a decade and have some new Summoned try to ruin my day.

You have other people at your beck and call that can help 'handle it'. [Not Lucifer (technically). Lucifer is not (technically) at Istredd's beck and call.

He makes a face at the mention of the woman and says nothing. Let Istredd say whatever he wants to say, Lucifer isn't being sucked into a lead-in.]

Date: 2023-08-19 04:45 am (UTC)
thedevilwhorose: (Default)
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I am not.

[He's all bird bones, surely. Feather light.

(That is not how vessels work in the slightest).

But he will, with the Most Drawn Out Petulance, slant his back down to the floor and fully lift his legs so that Istredd can Do What He will since he is the most surly of the two of them at the moment and that should Be Acknowledged.]


I have ten years for you to prove me otherwise. Peanuts. I promise you I'll do most of my work in the latter half. [Because grace levels. And. Ugh. Magic.

But being 'delusional' is exceptionally on-brand for the devil, as Istredd will learn. (As Istredd likely already knows, but hasn't quite associated with the Devil.)

Just like, similarly, Istredd will recognize Lucifer Not Talking About the funguslady is for his benefit, not Lucifer's.]
It's not about that. I didn't ask about things that I should have--and clearly I should have been more... in that scenario. You, whoever was involved, should have killed her. If not for necessity to what she had power for down the road, but for that silly little thing called mercy. [He huffs, a tone that is........... likely not helping.] But I already said that for your being the 'sane' one, you were anything but.

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