01 | when messiah comes

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you!
Setting: Room 2-04, Floor 22, Cafeteria, or elsewhere in the tower
Format: Action brackets unless asked otherwise
Summary: Aleph's first day.
Warnings: Nothing so far

[Aleph woke up not knowing where he was. Very bad sign.

The first thing he noticed was a letter. He opted to ignore that in favor of finding his gear, which he soon found in a trunk. That was more like it. If he could have a fight at any minute, a letter would help him less than his demons. That done, he got to reading.

...Destroyed? He wasn't sure he believed that. YHVH might have mentioned 'by the way, the world's about to be destroyed/will be destroyed if you kill Me'. It seemed like something He ought to know as God.

He looked around the room for any sign of his roommates. There were other beds, after all.]

[Aleph had elected to take the long walk through the stairs rather than use the elevator, so that he had a better idea of the layout of the place. Besides, he was used to walking through difficult mazes anyway. Sometimes with pits.

(Kether Castle being one of the most annoying instances. Lucifer could have at least made his home a little more friendly to visitors.)

He stopped at the art gallery, though he intended it not to be more than a quick stop. Beautiful still lifes and portraits mixed with the most ghastly demons and unnatural things that the tower could drag up to be painted. They almost looked real.

Just like home, huh.]

[Aleph duly ate the oatmeal: it looked like they were very insistent about it being his first meal, and anyway, he'd had worse. It was just tasteless.

That done, he poked around the cafeteria for anything more to fill his stomach. A lot of the food didn't look very appetizing... He was hoping to have at least the best of a bad lot, even if finding the best took him a while.]

Comments

[alephbet]

[Aleph nods and taps on his Arm Terminal.]

The demons I contracted with to fight with me. ...Come to think of it, I'm not sure all of them came with me - I should make sure so I'm not caught off guard if a fight does happen.

[technologic]

[She curiously peers at his Arm Terminal, the tech geek in her intrigued by it, but she's refusing prodding at it for now.]

I'm... not sure if bringing them out in the cafeteria would be a good idea. I can take you to the meadow floor since there's a lot of room there, if you want?

[alephbet]

Sounds like a good idea. I think I remember where that is.

[technologic]

I was gonna head up there after eating anyway. [She pauses before grabbing a bagel for herself and gives him a nod.]

Okay, let's go. [And up to the meadow floor they go.]

[alephbet]

[Once they're there, Aleph soon presses a few buttons on his Arm Terminal, and swiftly a woman with wings and a barbed tail appears. She looks around, giggling a little at the sight of Aleph with a strange woman.]

Lilim, do you know where we are?

Not a clue.

[technologic]

[There's a moment where April tenses up when Lilim appears, an automatic reaction, but she soon relaxes and blinks at Aleph.]

So then... she's one of your demons?

[alephbet]

Right. I have a few others, but Lilim's been with me for a while.

[What can he say, Charm is useful.]

[technologic]

I see... [She glances up at Lilim, her experssion curious.] Who are the other demons that you have with you?

[alephbet]

Shiva, Anubis, Rangsda, Beelzebub, and Mara.

[Mara is that redheaded stepdemon you don't want to admit you have.]

[technologic]

That's quite a few... And they all fit in there? [She points to his Arm Terminal.]

[alephbet]

To be honest, I don't perfectly know how it works.

[technologic]

Hmmm, maybe they are converted to and stored as data or something like that... Though I've never seen technology like this before, so I shouldn't make assumptions.

... You gonna bring the other ones out? [She might be curious about the other demons he has.]

[alephbet]

Not right now.

[Again, thinking of Mara.]

[technologic]

[Good plan Aleph.] Ah, okay... How did you contract your demons anyway? I'm guessing you didn't just go up and talk to them...

[alephbet]

I went up and talked to them.

Usually in the middle of a fight.

[technologic]

[She blinks at him again, and then giggles faintly.] Seriously? You just went over to talk to them while you were fighting?

[alephbet]

Well, mostly towards the start of it. After you get too into a fight you're less inclined to chat.

[technologic]

Well, that makes sense, I guess. But do they always listen to you?

[alephbet]

Yes. Demons, as a rule, take their loyalty seriously. Besides, I would kick their ass if they didn't.

[technologic]

[She grins faintly, nodding.]

Well, that's good, at least! I imagine your demons will be a big help here.

[alephbet]

They should.

[technologic]

But you know how to fight well without summoning them, right? Cause I wouldn't be surprised if there would be times when you couldn't summon them.

[alephbet]

Reasonably well.

[The gun in its holster and the sword in its sheath are indicated.]

I used to be a gladiator.

[technologic]

[She nods, before her expression turns confused.]

... A gladiator?

[alephbet]

Someone who fights other people for an audience.