sirenspull | 005: Video

[ The NV flickers on for the first time to--what is that?--bubbles and bleak murky water. Green and grey, and a flash of light high above. There's wild splashing, white water, and a bleary shot of the city in the far distance.

The water swallows up the NV, and then over the next minute or so everything is just dark. Bleak and dark and wet.

And then the splashing starts again. The NV goes off in all the activity.

An hour and a half later, it comes back on, and a sand smeared, wet, bedraggled Sylar is leant over the NV, shivering--the water is subzero. There's seaweed in his hair, and his eyes are blazing gold, as though on fire. He's considering exploding just to teach Lucifer a lesson he'll not forget. ]

I have a wonderful idea. [ His voice is harsh, as though he's spent the last few hours choking saltwater, which would be accurate. ] The next time you decide that something is yours, write your goddamned name on it.

[ OOC: Sylar's replies will come a couple of hours later, as in the meantime he'll be stopped from exploding the city. He doesn't appreciate getting dumped in the ocean much, not really. Also shh it's totally Wednesday here. ]

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Lucifer. [pleading.]

There's a line, Sam. People on one side, ingrates on the other. You're on one side, he's on the other. Guess which side.

There's gotta be somethin' I can do to change your mind. I know how he is. But he's - important to me. And Sylar's gonna be lookin' to get back at me eventually. He'll go after Miles.

...You don't understand. I can't lose 'im.

Then teach him to pray to Michael. I doubt Miles could handle my brand of protection anyway; he's not as sturdy as you are.

[Hi, Sam. Meet Lucifer's incredibly vain side.]

...Then I want off the list too.

...What was that?

Besides callin' out for help, have I ever asked for anything from you?

[Flatly:] Movie night, a game of pool. What's your point?

My point is if we're both caught in a burnin' building, I can't deal with bein' the only one saved from it.

You're one of the truest friends I've got here. Try to understand what this means to me.

Sam. [Lucifer sighs, and his voice is quieter.] I'll tell you what I told him.

I saved you because I like you. But I'm not your tool. I'm not going to go out and save every person you happen to like just because you ask me to. And even if I was willing, I wouldn't do it for someone who doesn't even have the brains to be grateful about it.

So what if I talk to him? What if he apologizes? Makes amends?

There's no way we could make a deal?

If you can get him to apologize, and explain the prayer to him...then sure. We can work something out.

With him. [This isn't a schoolbus ok, don't start piling people in under the Devil's wings.]

Thank you.

[he would never. It's just - he loves the guy. :c]

Well don't thank me yet. He's stubborn.

I'm thankin' you for keepin' the option open.

You know how I love a deal.

I'm pretty desperate for this, so I'm more than willin' to make one.

I hope he is, too. I'll have to let Sylar know either way now.

What?

Because right now he thinks Miles is fair game. If that changes, i'm going to tell him so that I won't have to rush in and save the day. I'm saving us a step here. Marking my territory.

[but how does he know - ?

Right. Edgeworth hadn't made the conversation private. Godammit.]

Right. Okay.

Let me know.

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