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[raphael, looking particularly polished today in a white suit. or overpolished, frowning a little bit and shoving a hand through his bangs.]

I usually hate it when I get the urge to be proactive. It tends to be so much trouble for so little payoff. But lately, I... I don't know. It might still be trouble, but at the very least I've cleared my conscience.

[there's a long pause, and then raphael coughs. and actually tries to smile for the camera.]

Kira, I've been hypocritical. I can't hold you responsible for fixing things with Michael when I'm not willing to let bygones be bygones myself. And you've had-- a rough morning. So I think it's past time that we went out for drinks. Hell, I'll even pay for them.

Messiah, I have three or four dresses you can borrow if you'd like to save some money. Don't worry, they're not overly revealing.

Belial-- [... another long pause, and for a tiny, brief second he looks horrified. but that second passes.] it's been years and I've been rude. I don't think we should meet up, but maybe one day our relations can be more cordial. I'm... willing to make an effort.

Rosiel... well. At the very least, I guess you ought to get naming privileges since you gave me the cat. If there's anything I can do for you as a doctor, I want you to let me know.

(OOC: Cursed with Armistice Day. ... Raphael has a long list of people he detests and really, this is about as friendly as he can manage. But beyond them, he should be responding normally. For the purpose of anyone who wants action tags, Raphael can probably best be found either at the bar or on his way to it.)

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I gathered that.

[Otherwise he wouldn't have done it.]

Then why are you clearing your conscience over 'being a bit rude'?

That's none of your affair.

[She gives him a snide expression.]

You're a liar for a reason. Don't be disappointing now.

[Because this is obviously about her amusement and not his inevitable mortification. Obviously.]

You saw enough that there's no reason for me to bother.

[Her head tilts slightly.]

I saw her, at that dance.

[oh. damn.]

And what was your opinion?

[What opinion. They decided to collect members for an orgy instead of staying at the dance...]

Her legs open easily. Who is she?

A demon.

[Frown.]

A demon.

[Incredulity.]

[snappish]

I'm not being metaphorical.

[Carla... really could not be more disgusted with this revelation.]

Fine, then. What qualifies as a 'demon.'

Any creature that's fallen from grace, obviously.

[She wouldn't know. She would have told him there was no such thing as a demon or Grace, once upon a time. But then she had met the Ladybird, who had granted her a hideous wish and Carla wonders if she was a demon. It's an idle and inconsequential thought.]

That doesn't tell me anything.

[this is too much to discuss without a cigarette, and raphael lights up accordingly. it gives him a second to debate just how much to tell her.]

[if anything. though he hardly doubts she'd mock it out of him if he kept his mouth completely shut.]

The... oh, please, most cultures have some idea of... Lucifer. He fell from his position as an angel, became a demon, and led a third of the host of heaven into the same damnation. Isn't that the story?

People who believe that shit move out into the styx and get eaten.

I lived through that shit.

That's awful.

[Revolting, even, and her tone is a bit flat.]

How old are you?

A couple thousand. Does it show too badly?

[She's not even made it to 30 yet and she's already tried to kill herself a handful of times. She doesn't even particularly want to think about thousands.]

That's awful.

[It spills out of her again without really meaning to this time.]

[at first he's silent, caught off-guard by her reaction. pity coming from carla-- well. he would've found the thought of it almost laughable.]

Why?

[She just looks confused for a moment herself, before giving a harsh bark of laughter.]

I'd claw my fucking skin off.

No. No, you wouldn't.

[Sorry, man, she's just laughing now.]

[so he just takes another drag.]

Okay, I wouldn't. And haven't.

[as if he needs to clarify.]

It's really not horrible.

You've enjoyed it, then.

[...Incredulity.]

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