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[dissemble]

[Did you know you had a Civil War Museum, residents of Heropa? If you didn't, be sure to pay attention to what you can see in the background of this man's video. It's a wonderful museum, well organized and very educational.

The man in the video is dressed unassumingly in overalls. He's shutting a door behind him and locking it- obviously he thinks closing time is the best time to greet the rest of the network.
Well, it takes all kinds, doesn't it? His voice is calm and there's almost a neighborly tone to it.]

Hi- I'm, uh. I'm only new here so maybe there's a memo I missed or something, but I was wondering about what exactly we're supposed to be doing here. I'm a fairly simple kind of a guy- I like to call things how I see them. Call a pitchfork a pitchfork, you get the picture.

Now, I'm under the impression that I've been kidnapped and brought to Florida against my will. Not only that- but I've been branded like a piece of cattle. Yet some of you seem to be suggesting I've been done a favor of some kind.

[A pause as he locks the front doors of the museum behind him, checks they're securely shut, and moves away from the building. His tone begins shifts away from good-natured.]

That's a little rude, don't you think? Bringing us all here without any consultation and then asking us to thank them for it? That's fairly arrogant of them, right?

[Wait- was that a scream in the background?]

Now, I don't know you and you don't know me- but I'm sure there's a better way to resolve our differences than having all of us lying down in the dirt and letting them piss all over us.

[As he moves away from the building those of you who were admiring the fine architecture will notice that there are flames coming out of the windows. And yes- those are definitely screams you can hear now.

Lucifer is looking frankly into the camera once more.]

Just my take on things.


[The feed ends.


ooc: this is why you don't give lucifer a job as assistant curator at the local civil war memorial.

heroes- the poor people trapped inside the museum need your help! Lucifer won't be sticking around to deal with the fallout but please go ahead and threadjack to organise/actionspam rescues on this post!]

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[toolongdidntrejoice]

Then you are genuine?

Words on that level are difficult to swallow.

[ But something in his tone betrays an eagerness: he wants it to be true. ]

[dissemble]

I'm always genuine. [Well, that tone is certainly fascinating.]

Contrary to my reputation, I don't lie. I don't need to.

[toolongdidntrejoice]

Heh.

[ it's a soft sound, barely audible, but his lips do visibly quirk. ]

You look different than what I expected.

[dissemble]

Oh?

[Tell me more, tell me more~]

[toolongdidntrejoice]

You look almost ordinary. I pictured more... presence; light of the so-called morning star.

Though I imagine that subtlety is on purpose.

[dissemble]

That's because the skin you're looking at is just an ordinary human.

[If he went around all shining-light-y everyone would be blind and dead in half an hour.]

[toolongdidntrejoice]

[ that kind of show is precisely in kirei's interests. ]

But are you as vulnerable as an ordinary human?

[dissemble]

[Up go the eyebrows. Really? Don't ask stupid questions, friend.]

[toolongdidntrejoice]

[ there's another soft chuckle, more obvious this time then before ]

You'll forgive me, but this place has a habit of sometimes... muting a presence into something more tangible.

You'll find yourself very much resisted here.

[dissemble]

I've been resisted before. [And he's overcome it.]

Will you resist me?

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[toolongdidntrejoice]

No.

I want to see what you will do.

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[dissemble]

That's a dangerous line to take.

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[toolongdidntrejoice]

I am aware; that is the entire point.

But others will fight you. Heroes will raise their banners. What then?

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[dissemble]

The same thing that happens to sandcastles when the tide comes in.

[He's not worried.]

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[toolongdidntrejoice]

How profound -- as one would expect. This world has been too quiet.

I look forward to it.

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[dissemble]

I guess you'll just have to see what happens.

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[toolongdidntrejoice]

So it seems.

I pray it won't take long.

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[dissemble]

You do that.

[Lucifer wonders if he'd look forward to it as much if he knew Lucifer was as likely to 'happen' to him as anyone else.]