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[slipperysoul]

[ Angel’s lingering by the angled late-day sunlight coming in through a dusty window of an abandoned warehouse when he turns on his NV, looking about as calm as can be for what he’s about to say. ]

Should have apologized weeks ago for what I did. Nobody should have been killed, I never wanted that to happen. Not here.

But how do you forgive part of who you are when you’re already condemned to hell. Absolution isn’t something i’m looking for anymore when there’s already nothing I can to do to stop the inevitable.

Saving the world doesn’t do anything when you’ve spent a few hundred years doing much worse. [ a beat, while he glances out towards the fading light. ] So what else is there?

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[Video]

[vw_coyote]

Got taken? Souls aren't revolving doors.

[Skeptical coyote is skeptical.]

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

Mine was never supposed to be. Most vampires don't have souls where I come from.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

Then how do you?

[She cocks her head to the side, looking more curious than accusing. She knows people who have done things out of their control. So, she wants the whole story, first.]

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

[ He sighs... rubbing his face for a second. Usually he wouldn't be wiling to hand over this story, but he sort of owes it. So he's more willing. ]

I got mine back through a curse.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

[Her eyebrows go ALL the way up.]

That's an interesting curse.

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

I was the Scourge of Europe, I liked being a vampire, liked not having any guilt. Getting my soul back wasn't exactly a walk in the park.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

I have different vampires. They don't lose their souls.

[Except that one, but he'd been demon-ridden and that was completely a separate issue.]

I can imagine it wasn't. So what're you going to do now?

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

Now? Now I have no idea what i'm gonna do. There's a warrant out for my arrest, if the other vampires here don't get to me first. And I have to worry about whether or not Lucifer's gonna try yanking my soul back for another round of play time.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

[She's quiet for a moment, petting Medea's head. The cat seems perfectly content at least.]

You could turn yourself in.

[She grimaces.]

And I know how shitty that would be, but it's an option.

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

It is an option, and i'm considering it. [ A fact he would be a little more calm about if a whole boatload of angry vampires weren't angling to shit all over him. And his apparently rampant feelings. ]

Safest place to be if it happens again is behind bars. So it makes sense, but Buffy's not exactly thrilled with the idea.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

[Buffy?]

A friend?

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

Something like that. I've known her for a few years.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

[She has a small smile on her face. The way he said that said there were circumstances around their relationship. Something she understood well.]

If you want a stranger's advice... I can offer some.

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

Since you actually asked first, why not, since you're offering.

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

First, I'd get yourself a good lawyer. There's a couple Newcomers in the port who might be willing to help. Then, I'd have a talk with the Sanguinarian Society. They're vampires, at least, and might actually want to help rather than just shoving you out into the sunlight.

[Which is cruel, in her mind and she used a knife to cut off a vampire's head and then burned it with a Fae object.]

And finally? Maybe talk to Gabriel. He runs Purgatory, the bar. Lucifer is his older brother. Not sure how much help he would be, but he might have some suggestions.

[Video]

[slipperysoul]

Not sure I trust the guy that runs Purgatory any more than I trust his brother, but I appreciate the advice. All of it, I mean. Even though I'm pretty sure I havent got a clew how to get in touch with the Sanguinarian Society.

[ Angel mulls it all over for another second before: ] Any lawyer you'd recommend in particular?

[Video]

[vw_coyote]

[She sighs.]

Sorry, I haven't had much contact with the lawyers around. Though, on second thought, you might be better going native, rather than Newcomer. I'm sure they've dealt with something like this before.

[She shrugs with a smile.]

I know Gabriel loves his brothers, but I doubt he approves of everything they do. You can always ask his... [She really tries to stop the lip curl and doesn't quite manage it.] Girlfriend.