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]

Lucifer mainly took over. Mutants were allowed to leave the underground and see the sunlight again, people survived, it was good.

[technologic]

[Wait... What. It looks like something he said bothered her, since now she's frowning.]

Why were the mutants made to stay underground?

[alephbet]

The Millenium Center - that would be the people in charge, and God's main supporters - cast them out out of prejudice.

[Seriously, what was wrong with those guys.]

[technologic]

What? [Looks like that hit a nerve or something, as she almost looks angry, though certainly not at Aleph.] Ugh, just... what the hell was wrong with them? People like that are absolutely horrible.

[alephbet]

[Aleph nods seriously. He's noticed the particular nerve this strikes, but he doesn't comment.]

They've done many terrible things in their day.

[technologic]

... Why? What reason do they have to do stuff like that?

[alephbet]

God's will.

[technologic]

[She huffs and grumbles to herself, rubbing her forehead.] ... Why would anyone even worship a being like that...?

[alephbet]

I'm still not sure. Your guess is as good as mine.

[technologic]

... Well, it's a really good thing you defeated him. Hopefully there won't be anything that would try to take over what he was doing.

[alephbet]

Oh, it's almost guaranteed someone will. But I'll deal with that when it happens.

[technologic]

Ah, that's good! [She glances back at around the meadow, rubbing the back of her neck.] ... At least you weren't brought here while you were busy fighting God, but it sounds like you were busy back home even afterwards.

[alephbet]

If it had happened while I was fighting God we'd all be in serious trouble.

[technologic]

Ehe, that's true. Luckily that isn't the case...

... Who was it that you said is mainly in charge now?

[alephbet]

Lucifer. The devil is pretty much the only person who could reasonably fill the power void.

[technologic]

[After everything he's told her, she shouldn't be this surprised. But she is.]

... The devil? The devil who rules hell?

[alephbet]

That devil.

[technologic]

... Your life has been really eventful, if you don't mind me saying.

[alephbet]

I don't mind. It's true.

[technologic]

How did you meet the devil anyway?

[alephbet]

We were at the same bar.

[technologic]

... He goes to bars in the, um, human world?

[alephbet]

Quite frequently.

[technologic]

[She stares at him, before giving a faint laugh.] ... Your world certainly sounds like an interesting one.

[alephbet]

It is. I hope it's doing all right.