IC CONTACT POST

[uberboned]

[A woman's voice comes over the line.]

You've reached the Trickster's voicemail. Unfortunately, Mr. Trickster isn't available to take your call, nor will he likely ever be. Should you still wish to leave a message, please respond after the tone, and maybe we'll remember to get it to him, mmkay?

[Beep]

[[OOC: This is an IC voicemail post for all verses games. Please put the name of the verse/game you want in the subject heading.]]

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[uberboned]

[Gabriel exhales once the images have passed and opens his eyes to fix Lucifer with a measured look. Then he leans up... And smacks him across the head.]

You're so paranoid. He was right, you know. And you know, I would never say that about Break.

[thelightbringer]

What?

[Ow. Bitch, you have angel strength.]

Right about what?

[uberboned]

About you pushing people away. I never realized it before, but you have all these issues leftover from Michael. You're afraid of getting hurt again and you wanna be the one in control of the situation, 'cause it's one thing if you kick 'em out- it's another if they walk away.

[thelightbringer]

[Lucifer leans on his headless tiger's neck.]

All right, Sigmund, if you have it all figured out why don't you tell me how to fix that.

[uberboned]

Let them in? [Duh, Lucifer.] Look, it's hard. I know it's hard, but I'm not expecting you to just empty every single detail of your life on 'em. Just show 'em that you trust them... And don't tell them how they're going to eventually disappoint you. People kinda respond badly to that.

[thelightbringer]

[Lucifer stares at him a moment, running through the conversation with Break. Then again.]

I was trying to tell him that he's changing, not... [Gabriel is right. He drops off there, because he's to the point where he can actually take advice from his brothers. Even from Castiel. And besides, when put so bluntly, Lucifer can't argue with it at all. He ought to have seen it before.]

After that, how am I supposed to show him that I 'trust' him?

[uberboned]

He's still going with us on our little trek, right? You'll find a way. [Gabriel's more than a little smug about being right about something. And more to the point- someone actually ADMITTING he's right, because Gabriel never admits he's wrong.]

[thelightbringer]

...In the tunnels? I don't know if he's coming or not. [He's not sure he wants to have that much tension on a mission. Or that's how he's rationalizing it, anyway.]

...Stop smirking.

[uberboned]

Don't worry. Castiel and I will stand between you two. We still need an ambassador and I may be a little tweaked by the guy, but he does have a way with... Something. [No, no he will not.] You're so hopeless, Lucy. [He pats his brother on the shoulder. Aww.]

[thelightbringer]

What is that supposed to mean? [Hopeless. Bah.]

And what do you mean you're 'tweaked' by him? Not enough Winchester in him for you?

[uberboned]

You're almost as bad as Castiel when it comes to understanding how people work. [AND THAT GETS A GLARE.] Yeah, that's exactly it. My taste falls more to brainless hicks.

[thelightbringer]

I don't understand people? I invented all those sins you indulge in.

[But the hick comment gets a barely-stifled snicker]

Fine. What, then? I would have thought you'd like a sarcastic prankster. Especially one who's managed to get every angel in the city to eat sugar.

[uberboned]

He's a little too good at manipulating us. It's weird. [NOT TOUCHING THAT FIRST COMMENT, BECAUSE, DUDE, JUST BECAUSE YOU INVENT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT. :||]

[thelightbringer]

You know, it is isn't it?

It's what I like about him. One thing, anyway. Watching him manipulate Raphael into eating people food...after that how could you not want to keep him around?

[uberboned]

All the more reason for you two to not be broken up anymore. If you like him? I can deal with him- and he doesn't despise me like Jinx does.

[thelightbringer]

[Lucifer scoffs at the wording, but it's half-hearted, distracted.]

The problem is he's tied up with those so-called death gods now. He's sleeping with one of them and you of all people know how much that messes with a human.

[Yeah. He hates the shinigami. But that's not anything new.]

[uberboned]

...Please tell me that's not why you used one to heal yourself.

[thelightbringer]

Of course I didn't. I was already healed by then.

[uberboned]

Just making sure. [He leans back in the sled.] Look, Break'll come back around. Give 'em a week, he'll probably forget he was even pissed. Human's are fickle.

[thelightbringer]

Would my reasons really matter?

Anyway I split my own hand open on his face. [And that wasn't actually the worst of it.] He gave up, Gabriel. You think waiting is going to help anything?

[uberboned]

Worked for Chris Brown.

[YES, HE WENT THERE.]

[thelightbringer]

[S t a r e.]

I can't do that. None of us know how long we'll even be here. I'm not going to spend my time waiting for something that probably won't ever happen.

[uberboned]

Okay, but I swear he's gonna come crawling back. In the meantime... Well, you've got us... Except Raphael, because she's an amnesiac who wants to maim you.

[thelightbringer]

You know, he'll probably give her even worse 'memories' about me as revenge.

[He uses some mojo to get the carousel spinning.]

I'm actually looking forward to dragging you and Castiel on an adventure.

[uberboned]

[Ahh spinning. Gabriel props his legs up on the edge of the sled.] And I'm looking forward to doing something other than creeping people out with a kinda-haunted theme park and being knee-deep in everyone's relationship drama- no offense. The fact that you actually have relationship drama takes a load off my mind.