IC: EVENT

[bossman]

A TERRIBLE THING IS HAPPENING

reference books detailing myths and legends stolen from libraries...
wikipedia pages wiped clean from the face of the internet...
ancient stained glass windows smashed and destroyed...
historical research centers burnt to the ground...

Someone out there is trying very, very hard to erase all of the possible sources of power and belief of the ancient gods and goddesses. And it hurts. Whilst the powers of the minders are unharmed by the attacks, the gods and goddesses will be certainly feeling the toll: it's now painfully clear that even the simplest of miracles are now becoming almost impossible to perform.

deities, you had better have gifted your minders with some decent blessings! Because now you're going to rely on them more than ever. Someone is out to get you.

Comments

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ group: family ]

oh good, i'm not the only one.

[ ramiel willingly speaking to the family as a whole? must be a sign of the apocalypse. ]

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

well, well. it seems this little dustup has dragged all the wallflowers off our shelves. hello, ramiel.

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

The sooner this is resolved the sooner I can go back to ignoring all of you.

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

i've never agreed with you more.
what are our chances that michael's taken a sick day, you think?

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

Judging from what I hear, he's just as fucked as the rest of us.
Not that I'd know. I haven't spoken to him in eons.

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

fucked or not, he's a humorless prig
and additionally, i have a problem with his face.

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

I'm sure he has just as much problem with yours.
Mine as well, if it comes to that.
Might make cooperating a challenge.

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

true. well, my girl's already suggested we stab them
and if no better option presents itself, i call michael.

[ joking, joking. kind of. maybe. LOOK MICHAEL JUST SUCKS. ]

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

Your girl has the right idea.
Leave me Gabriel and we'll call it even.

[ AND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER ]

Does anyone know anything?

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

she's mine, of course she does.
deal struck. take pictures for me.

[ rapid-fire back. ]

if they have, they're not sharing with me.

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

i'll ask cherry to film it.

fuckers.
i was hoping uriel would have something to tell me.
but he toes the party line too closely to give up trade secrets.

text

[vultured]

TO: [ ramiel ]

you do like to remind me why i find you marginally less annoying than the rest of our brethren

but haven't you been told? we're all in this together
so why wouldn't he share with his partners
(it's a fucking mystery.)

[ azazel trusts uriel about as much as he trusts the advice of dr. phil. ]

text

[cannonade]

TO: [ azzy ]

it's an enjoyable hobby.

who said that?

text

[apreparescuer]

[A ruined day is your worry, Ramiel? Come now brother. Uriel wants to know what it is you're doing about this. He can't be the only one out there outside of minders trying to make something out of it.]

TO: [ ramiel ]

how badly does this worry the fallen?

text

[cannonade]

[ ramiel is chainsmoking and texting everyone in his phonebook. that's what he's doing. ]

TO: [ uriel ]

Very.
What are you lot doing about it?

[apreparescuer]

TO: [ ramiel ]

gathering all that remains and keeping it from being destroyed as well.
time enough has trained me to look for patterns in destruction. i'm looking for a trace. a pattern. anything, and personally.

[cannonade]

TO: [ uriel ]

You're going to get yourself killed if you're not careful.
You're just as weak as the rest of us, I assume.

[apreparescuer]

TO: [ ramiel ]

i'll be cold as death eventually if i don't do something.
i won't leave this just to the minders. weakness is only condemning if you fall into it.

[cannonade]

TO: [ uriel ]

If your minders don't keep you safe I'll smite them both.

[ BROTHERLY AFFECTION???? ramiel is just bad at all of this. it's funny how being out of the loop for a couple eons affects you. ]

[apreparescuer]

[Despite the threat laced in Ramiel's words, Uriel knows their intention. It is nice that after so long, there still exists any affection at all, however laced it is with bitterness, or not.]

TO: [ ramiel ]

i have faith in them, as you do in yours, i hope.