sirenspull | 001 [Video]: Oh, Canada.

[The NV turns on, showing a very sleek-looking dark-haired man with sharp cheekbones and sunglasses smirking at the camera. Even over the NV, one can tell that this is a person who knows he's better than everyone else around him- there is no uncertainty in his features, just full-on arrogance. When he finally speaks, his English accent is so smooth one can practically roll a carpet on it.]

Well, let's see here. You know, I've been going through this thing's previous posts and such, and wow, all the entries from people who have just arrived really share a lot in common. You'd think that there's some kind of checklist that we have to get through once we arrive. Like, number one, you must certainly, without a doubt, ask "where am I?" or "what is going on?" or "why have I been dragged across time and space itself to the wretched wannabe of a place that is Canada?" Because finding out things by asking people who might lie to your face instead of quietly gathering information by your lonesome is clearly the way to go.

[A pause as he lets that sink in.]

Second, you must ask where your friends or family or dog or beloved garden gnome is in this place. Which, most of the time, results in nothing but statements like "No, I haven't seen your gnome" to "Oh, yes, your gnome was here before, but I'm not sure where he's gone off to now, sorry about that".So why bother asking? No, I'm going to skip that part entirely- I've already checked the NV for the people I know and they're not here, so, just look at all the time I saved.

Third, you may either a), mention that you "can't stay here because you have something important to go back to" or b), basically give your whole life story to people because you can. I'm not doing the first option because, frankly, I'd rather not repeat the Apocalypse all over again, thank you, and I'm not doing the second one because, honestly, I'd rather keep all of you in the dark. Why in the world should I reveal who I am or what I do without knowing exactly who lives in this place?

[He grins widely.]

What I can tell you is that the name's Crowley. [He pronounces it like it rhymes with "holy".] Anthony J. Crowley. And I do not need your pats on the back or your offers to be my best friend ever or your little cheerful fake welcomes. All I need is information about the darkness at night and how this city works and other such things.

Do be nice and provide it to me. I'm sure a few of you have the collective brain to do so.

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[trolololol]

I get that. England is also pretty much a bunch of little islands all together, so I'm used to that. But just asking me to sit back and relax while monsters try to eat me at night in bloody Canada is a little too much, really.

[The movement doesn't go unnoticed and Michael just smiles. Too bad for Crowley but there are three archangels here and this one just so happens to still be on the side of Heaven.]

Well, I hope you won't mind a little friendly advice. The companies that run the city are corrupt and one is capable of experimenting on all sorts of beings. Best avoid catching their attention in the wrong way.

[Because Michael will end Crowley before SERO can get anything from him. He doesn't want either companies with the information on how to hurt, kill or recreate an angel.

Basically this is a "you're of no interest until you screw up" sort of conversation.]

As for the Darkness, there's a helpful guide around somewhere.

The wounds stay even when night ends, and there are different types of monsters that I can look up if need be. And basically, the situation is hopeless when you're locked out at night- all you need to do is keep running.

Good to know. That's all very helpful. Also, do you have any idea where this darkness comes from, or is it just a big mystery in and of itself?

Yeah, well, I wasn't planning on joining any of them anyways. I'd rather be on my own, and I'm not going to get forced into working or being their experiment, thank you very much.

[He lets out a huff, trying to relieve the incredibly wariness that is just tensing up his body right now.]

And yeah, I've gotten a few tips on the Darkness, so I'm good on that front.

Yeah.

It's the thing that brought us here, and sometimes it brings people back from the dead. But it don't do much else that we know, I don't think.

That'd probably be a good idea, yeah. Helps folks around here know which one you're talking about.

I'm Jubilee, by the way.

Oh. Well, I had Horsemen and things. Guess your end of the world was considerably less biblical than mine was.

Nice to meet you, I guess. Been here long?

No one's saying you need to be calm about this but we aren't the one's responsible for this. That's some machine under the ground that no one can get near to that is.

At least that's what we're told.

I was planning on going back and learning the propaganda afterwards. Because I don't want to see that as the truth first and then deny people who are telling me the actual truth about things later.

[Shut up Mary, it's not like he lost the Antichrist for over ten years or anything.]

So it's just a big ball of "we have no idea what it is", huh?

Anybody bothered to study it, or are those two companies playing keep-away with it?

Jubilee?

[A pause.]

Don't tell me you're a stripper.

Oh? [ Grinning back. You don't offer a deal like that unless you're either very stupid or very certain you can pull it off. And Crowley at least talks like he has more than a couple of braincells to rub together. It's interesting to get an offer like that, but... ]

Personally I don't want for anything.

You're obviously smart enough to tell truth from lies. All you did was miss out on the coupon book.

Dunno. This shit's been going on for years, though, so somebody's probably taken a look.

[He just grumbles something unintelligible at that, and then looks slightly horrified at the mention that there are two Antichrists HIS LIFE IS SUFFERING]

...Other Antichrist. You've got to be bloody killing me. He isn't here, is he?

Was I ever blaming you? Honestly, you people take things the wrong way.

Yeah, so I've heard. The Core, right?

Yeah, that's about the size of it.

Apparently it started ages ago when the Core - the supermagicsciencethingy that supposedly yanked us here - broke and started going haywire. That much is in the historical records in the manual, for whatever that's worth. And there's a rumor that at least some of the monsters are like...spirits of people who died in the darkness? Or on the island in general, it's not clear. So that's cheery.

[A pause.]

But you want something for someone else, is that it?

[Jubilee just stares at the video feed for a moment, before cracking the hell up. She just starts laughing. Tears prick her eyes and she tries to stop but it'll take her a few minutes.]

Sorry. [Clears throat.] No. I'm a gymnast, a bartender, an awesome girlfriend and a superhero but... I'm too short to be a stripper.

Broke? And they haven't fixed it yet? Or are they too afraid to even touch it?

So I've heard. If you die you become one of those things before you come back, as someone told me. Nice to know you're going to kill people when you get killed, I guess.

She. Her name's Christina and her world sounds like a racist shitpile.

[Matter-of-factly. But! To business.]

Listen, man-

-Okay. I don't know what you can and can't sense, but if you're a demon or fallen angel or whatever, you just walked into the worst trans-dimensional Alcatraz possible, and all the Bubbas on the cell block come from the same world as me. If you don't watch your ass, you're gonna be seriously SOL.

Okay, good. Because I was halfway wondering what "Jubilee" could be a euphemism for.

A superhero? What, like in the comics?

But that someone hasn't said anything.

Typical. Even information can be used for power if used the right way.

[... okay fine she'll give you that, but you were still being rude!]

Yes, that's what it's called. Unfortunately we don't really know anything concrete about it except it's what brings and holds us here.

Some people are, I think? There's kind of a whole cold war between the big corporations here, over whether or not it's a good idea to mess with it.

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