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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[dadbeatdad]

I mean...uh. Not sure you want me to go more into that honestly.

[He clears his throat because oh boy. How to tell your daughter about sleeping with Eve?]

I asked Angel about it. And they are someone you are trying to redeem. And they said as long as everyone understands that it isn't romantic and...given your mother and I have been separated for a while, that it would be alright to...explore this kind of thing.

It isn't like I'm sleeping with everyone self assured confident woman I meet. Evangeline was quite...enamored with me and I was flattered.

And after she died, she required distraction. And I assisted with that. And talking to her about how she felt after, somewhat.

I mean, if you think it would affect the hotel, I could talk to her about well. Not doing that anymore.

[hellborndreamer]

[ Given how it must have felt after her mom and him split, to have someone show legitimate interest in him? It must have been nice, right? It didn't seem to her like it was just done without any regard or the like, plus he had talked her through some stuff so there was definitely more to it all than it had initially looked. ]

Just... until we can get the hotel fully up and running with some patrons? Maybe just... hold off for a little while?

[ A pause. Oh no. Now she felt bad for trying to dictate what her own dad should be doing. ]

I'm not saying stop completely. Um.. temporary break? [ She exhaled a soft groan. ] If that's okay, I mean.

[dadbeatdad]

I can do that. She'll understand.

[Lucifer pauses.] Are you alright, Charlie? I know...this must be a surprise. All things considered...

It was for me when it happened, I'll admit.

[hellborndreamer]

A surprise is.. ah.. one way to put it.

[ Even if he couldn't see it, Charlie shook her head and sighed softly. ]

I'll be fine though, dad. I'm not really mad at you or anything, okay?

[dadbeatdad]

Alright.

Just...if you want to talk about it. We can. If not, that's okay too.

[hellborndreamer]

That's the thing. I DO want to talk about it but I don't even know where to begin..

[dadbeatdad]

Alright. Well, take a breath and go with whatever comes out first?

[hellborndreamer]

I... well.. okay.

[ There's a small pause as she takes a deep breath, then exhales. A moment of silence and then it's broken as the words all kind of spill out at once. ]

I'm totally all about having healthy coping habits and it should be fine as long as it's helping others but i'm also supposed to advocate against people having sex before marriage. [ She pauses to take another inhale, then exhale. ] I also don't want to seem like i'm trying to tell my own dad what to do because that would be mean and not my place to do that, and i just want everything to work out with the hotel here...

[ Whoops. Hope that was even remotely understandable to him. ]

[dadbeatdad]

[Lucifer listens. He did love through Charlie's emo phase. This isn't the same but if he could do that, he can get through this. Especially with him trying to make up for lost time. Lost connection.]

Okay. Let's break it all down. Sex before marriage is a biblical thing. And here, I mean, it isn't such a bad thing unless someone wants to become more virtuous, right? And I understand you wanting to make sure everyone is safe. And you're just telling me your worries. And I would rather you be honest than hold it in, Char Char.

We'll make this hotel work. I will do everything I can to make sure it does. I said I would support your dream, whatever lies instore, and I meant it. With all my heart.

[hellborndreamer]

[ Just hearing how well her dad takes it all is a bit of a relief, given her concerns about all of this. It reminded her that this wasn't hell so things would be a little different when it came to redemption and what it took, so perhaps she was coming down too harshly on this? ]

Thanks for hearing me out on this, dad. I... was worried it'd come off as being a bit... aggressive? Which I don't want to be, so... um.. yeah.

[ Charlie exhaled a very heavy sigh but when she speaks again her tone is much more uplifted. ]

I really do want you to know how much it means to me that we're getting a chance to do something like this here.

[dadbeatdad]

Oh not at all. It was more uh morally panicked, if anything. Which given what we're trying to do, makes complete sense.

[He isn't upset about her request or the worries. They are valid. He's just surprised internally she didn't bring up her mother. Maybe Angel was more right than he originally even thought.]

It means a lot to me too, Charlie. We're doing this together. I've been devouring books on self-help, communication, and psychology. Working at the library let me read a whole lot while we worked to getting the hotel up and running.

[hellborndreamer]

[ She'd honestly been tempted to bring up her mom but decided not to, and focusing on what he was saying helped push those thoughts aside. ]

Awwww, really?? Dad, that's amazing!!

[ Can you tell how proud of you she is~? ]

[dadbeatdad]

[He can and it makes him so happy.]

Really! I said I would support you no matter what. I thought it would be best to be prepared. We're going to make this hotel a reality. And a successful one at that.

[hellborndreamer]

Yeah! We absolutely are!

[ She's in a much better mood now than what she was earlier, and it likely shows in just her tone of voice alone. ]

I just... hope some of the others from home show up sometime. I miss them.

[dadbeatdad]

I am sure you do. Give it time. They'll come join us.

...Though if that uh radio guy doesn't I won't be sad.