001 | Enter the (second) Serpent

[eyesofaserpent]

[He appears to be a young man in his twenties with black hair. His eyes are covered in sunglasses and he wears a stylish suit that seems to be tailored to him. Old habits die hard, after all. He is also flipping through a badly tattered book.]

No... This one isn't right.... Just decaying paper. Bloody hell, Angel. Why did you have to go and leave me?

[He closes the book gently, the delicate spine crumbling a bit as he does so. He finally looks up from the book and realizes he's... Well, nowhere from his world, that's for certain. He looks around.]

Well, this is a bloody positive change from rubble and blood.

[His senses heighten. If this is a new place, there might be other creatures here. He's been running for so long from not just angels, but his own kind, this sort of reaction is the only one he knows anymore.]

Is this some sort of trick to get my guard down? Maybe I'm hallucinating. I wouldn't be surprised if I've gone mad.

[However... If there was some alcohol around, maybe he could drown away his cares again.]

I wonder if there's some drink here. It's been far too bloody long since the last time I had a decent drink. Maybe I can forget the last thirty years.

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[cruxified]

[He used to be a human... maybe. Kratos wordlessly offers him an updated brochure.

The awkwardness is almost akin to being offered a burger by a man with a creepily smiling mask, except Kratos doesn't smile. He just stares.]

[eyesofaserpent]

[He takes the brochure, but steps back.]

Thanks...

[cruxified]

[Kratos gives him his space.]

This is the Astral Plane. For now it seems to have calmed down, but outages and random side-effects happen somewhat frequently.

[Meanwhile, he's still trying to figure out what the hell Crowley is, too. He's like darkness but... not a mage... hrfffmmph.]

[eyesofaserpent]

Side-effects? Something tells me I don't want to know.

[cruxified]

[He keeps going.] This project is an experiment. Naturally, they enjoy running other tests alongside it.

[eyesofaserpent]

Oh.... Strange...

[cruxified]

... You seem unfazed.

[eyesofaserpent]

Not exactly unfazed... I just. I don't really know how to respond to that.

[cruxified]

There is much to take in at once.

[But you're still making his mana senses all weird.]

[eyesofaserpent]

So it seems...

[His senses are twinging a bit too much for his taste and he still can't place what it is about this guy.]

Hey, funny question. But what are you?