Seasons - Lucifer's Voicemail

[dadbeatdad]

Why hello there. You've reached Lucifer Morningstar. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the tone and I might get back to you. Make it good~ Byyyyyyye~

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Re: late August

[castaside]

"Fruit, please. Or anything fresh." Food there was... not fresh and mostly not fruit.

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

Lucifer sends his double to go fetch some fresh fruit from the kitchen.

"Okay. Fruit juice and fresh fruit coming up. Is there anything else you want to tell me? Anything at all. Or talk about. ...I know we won't fix or mend anything, really. I am here to listen and help in any way I can, small or not. Like you were for me, when my heart was freezing. Or I was too depressed to get out of bed. Or when Charlie...you get the idea."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"I'll probably want to talk more later. Right now I just want to rest and eat something that's not random detritus. Or what tastes like it. Qhyone was not terribly hospitable.

"--And I'll probably need understanding about not surprising me for the next few months at least. I may be jumpy."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"Grotesque," Lucifer mumbles. Fresh food and no surprises.

"Very well. No surprises. ...Sorry about the teleporting without warning you. That was bad of me."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"And they made us wage war on the environment if we wanted clothes or sheets or anything. It was the absolute worst." How can a monkey live on one set of linen clothes?

"It's all right. I'd rather be here than the middle of the woods. Warning me should be sufficient. I'd be careful about surprising Choco for similar reasons. She had to live through, or "live through" that for more than the 6th time, and she was acting a little different. I suspect it's another alter who compartmentalizes quite well."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"This snake god is crueler than even the Sinners at their worst." Such a little bitch god.

"A warning form now on always. Until you say you are ready for surprises again. Would you like me to let Wukong and MK know so you don't have to answer any follow up questions from them?"

Lucifer feels the etchings and keeps working at them.

"How many will that make now? Five?"

Re: late August

[castaside]

"Yeah." Little bitch indeed. Except that when in their world, you're powerless to do a damn thing about it.

"I'll contact them when I'm ready, if you don't mind. And Wash." And Candid. "Sooner than later, don't worry, I just want to be able to breathe before I drop this particular bomb. I was most comfortable being a mess around you so you had to deal with me first. Sorry."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"Of course, love," Lucifer gently lays down the chain to hug Macaque fully from behind.

"I am honored you felt most comfortable with me. I mean that. We can be a complete mess around each other. Every time. I love you, forever and always. Never apologize for that."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"A dubious honor, really, considering what you're contending with." He's jumpy, touchy, and overall a disaster with a memory that has holes in it.

He leans against Lucifer. Fighting and beating his urge to cry again. "I love you too. Several weeks felt like an eternity without you." And his other mates. At least his kids were there and ""there"" or else he'd have gone completely nuts.

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"I wear it with a great honor," Lucifer pets Macaque and holds him. The double returns with fresh cut mango, strawberries, apples, and grapefruit. Along with a few bottles of apple juice, orange juice, and lychee soda.

"Here we go."

Re: late August

[castaside]

Macaque takes a mango and a strawberry and eats them despite how eating makes his stomach want to argue the point. He did miss fresh fruit and is hungry, it's just that his memory full of torture and death is bothering him more than it usually might.

"Thanks." He also sips the apple juice. "You made just the right amount of fuss." He hopes everyone else takes it as well.

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"You're welcome. And I'm glad. ...You went through something terrible but I can't change it. But I can support you through it. And you do not need to calm me down right now. Not when you need me. Our little book club has definitely taught me quite a lot."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"If I did need to calm you down, I would." He's good at putting himself aside for someone he loves. "I'm not quite fragile enough not to."

He blinks at the mention of the book club, then smiles softly. "It helped me too. I might have to read them again though, to make sure I haven't forgotten anything. This place felt so far away while I was in that dream."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"I know you would. But you don't need that right now," Lucifer gently boops Macaque's nose.

"And we will re-read them together, with both our notes. Refresher readings, just in case."

Re: late August

[castaside]

He shoots Lucifer a soft smile, and chuckles when his nose is booped.

"You're far too good to me."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"I'm as good to you as you deserve. And you are to me," Lucifer picks up the soul chain again and resumes his work.

"Eat your fruit and I'll focus on this for a bit."

Re: late August

[castaside]

Macaque smiles and resumes eating, slowly.

The soul damage shouldn't be too difficult to fix, thankfully. As long as Macaque doesn't use his shadow magic.

And if he does, his objectives should counter it. Ear petting is one, grooming, emotional intimacy... the snake really had his number.

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"I hate this snake all the more. Do you remember your objectives?" Because this is cruel. To tie these acts to this soul bullshit. Lucifer is very much focusing on trying to undo these. It is his soul right now, after all. On loan but still. He won't let this snake win.

Re: late August

[castaside]

"Grooming, ear petting, emotional intimacy. Things I wouldn't mind doing with my mates but loathe to do with strangers." So of course that's what he was assigned.

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"Indeed. I worry doing them may reinforce them in your soul. Until I remove them, should they be avoided? Have we been triggering the emotional intimacy one during this conversation?"

Re: late August

[castaside]

"Generally objectives heal the soul. And I'm not sure how much I can avoid any of them if I'm to tell my other mates about this. The intimacy one was triggered by the touching, but it's calmed down now."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

"Oh. So they won't...make it harder to...get rid of?" Lucifer asks softly. He just wants to make sure. This magic still feels so alien to him.

"If it heals, then, I suppose we can use it somewhat while I work to remove the taboos first. Unless they are tied together, then we'll need to remove both at the same time. I was just worried that triggering them would carve them even deeper. Like how Choco's are so deep into her soul."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"I can't promise that. I haven't had experience removing them. But they're designed to reverse soul damage, not make it." He sighs. "It's the taboos I want gone, the objectives can stay forever for all I care. But if both go, all the better." The less pieces of That Snake on him the better.

"Choco has had hers for far longer and mine were probably the result of different magic, since we weren't really there. Also her soul is generally a mess, mine is fairly pristine. Except for the death and messy resurrection. I've seen a picture representation of hers, trust me on that."

Re: late August

[dadbeatdad]

Lucifer smiles. That does make him feel better, honestly. If it is to heal and perhaps not really the snake's magic but more of a almost psychosomatic response to the dream. But via the soul. Soulsomatic? Or some shadow of power but not truly the snake's. Either way, that does make Lucifer more hopeful. He nods and works on the taboos first then. Best to see if he can remove them alone. That would reveal if they are somehow bound together, taboos and objectives.

"I can only imagine and I'm sure it falls short. I'll get them gone, love. Shouldn't be too difficult. I just want to make sure they don't lash out and damage you more on the way out first."

Re: late August

[castaside]

"I'm sure it falls short. If she'd ever allow you to look you would be horrified. But yes, thank you. I'd be lost if I couldn't use my shadows."