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[socius]

[Anna is, despite the late hour and gruesome noises wafting in as background ambiance, wandering about the city. Deep in the city, in what looks like the slums. Dirty, and not just from the Darkness curling in every nook and cranny. It's filthy for other reasons, decaying with a lack of TLC, underpopulated by the rich and overpopulated by the poor.

There was blood running from her nose, and even a quick wipe to it does little to stem the admittedly slowing flow. She looks pale, more so than usual, tired, dizzy. Even a bit green around the gills, so to speak. Like she's uneasy on her own footing.]

Again? [......]

This place is disgusting. [She doesn't sound malicious, irritated, or anything of the like. Just .. tired.] This city is no different from anywhere else on Earth. The poor are always left to rot in their misfortune, while the rich sit on high and turn a blind eye.

[She lifts an arm, the force of her Grace extending, wiping a creature to roadkill instantly. Even if she staggers in the wake of it. A moment later, after she's composed herself, she shuts the feed off.]

[[ooc: So Anna's been canon-updated again! This time, taken from The Song Remains the Same, just after having landed in the past. So she's ... a little worse for wear. Determined, but really weak. Good thing Sam ain't around right now! 8D]]

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[unluckyinlove]

[Well...that's just great.]

Anna. Why don't you cut out the political mumbo jumbo and get inside.

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[socius]

[Oh hey, it's Jinx!]

Aren't you getting married soon? ... Did I miss the wedding? [No idea how long she's been gone.]

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[vinovidivici]

That's the food chain for ya.

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[socius]

No. Just human stupidity. Stubbornness.

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[mulletrock]

Anna?

[Dean's inside with Ben and is tone is hushed because he's pretty sure the kid's sleeping and he doesn't want to wake him or his mom up.]

The hell happened? You need any help?

[He doesn't know that she didn't have her mojo to begin with so for now he's treading lightly because she seems pissed and he doesn't want to wind up on the wrong side of angel food cake.]

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[socius]

[Well, to be fair, it's been a long while since she hadn't had her mojo. But she is a little pissed, more than a little worse for wear at the moment. But Dean is a Winchester she doesn't mind. At least for now.]

I was home. For a while. [...] Is your brother still around? Your family?

[Make it less obvious, at least. She just wants to know where Sam is. Even if, logically, she would end up killing herself before she was able to deal with Sam properly here.]

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[vw_coyote]

Anna! Are you alright?

[Voice]

[socius]

[HESITATION.]

Yeah, I'm fine.

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[deathknellgrell]

What did you expect?

Humans are such dirty creatures, after all.

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[socius]

So are every other type of creature.

[employeeofthemonthforever]

...you're surprised?

[socius]

Not surprised. Just annoyed with it.

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[magnetic_magpie]

[She's clearly not in a good mood, injured or ill. He shouldn't argue. And he doesn't mean it as an argument. But once he sees confirmation that she is inside, he speaks up.]

Not all those who are wealthy are like that Anna. Some of us remember being hungry, cold, scared. If my People went without food or water or power - I did as well. That is part of why this place infuriates me so much.

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[socius]

[Oh hey Mags. This angel's still not that pleased with you right now.]

Not much of a difference when only one out of every few hundred of the more fortunate act like that. It doesn't do a damn thing.

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[paterelohim]

[He... recognizes those crazy-eyes. That faded hair dye. The bile and bitterness.]

Anna....

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[socius]

[Hey shut up she's a fabulous bitch. With fabulous hair.]

Chuck.

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[learnyourplace]

[Cue some sisterly concern. Rachel can't really disagree with Anna's assessment, but she can comment on Anna's appearance.]

You're weary.

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[socius]

[She bristles at the sound of Rachel- but beyond that, seems rather unperturbed. She doesn't answer, either. Why? She is weary, and it's Heaven's fault. Michael's fault. Raphael's fault. Castiel's fault. All of them. Rachel's just another one of the masses.

Even if ... There is a slight soft spot for the remembered time last Anna was in the Port.]

ACTION TO THE TENTH POWER

[servingfather]

[Michael is there seconds after this post is made. His hands are tucked into John's jacket pockets.

For so long he tried to keep this from her - her future, what Heaven did to her head but here she is. The look he gave her when he came to kill her, it's not there this time. Instead he looks....apologetic. Or as close to it as he can get.]

Anna.

[socius]

[And yet, she's terrified. She can feel him the instant he appears next to her, hears his voice. And it's terrifying. She's taking a flight back, just a few feet, enough that he's out of physical arm's reach.

.. She can't bring herself to flee any further.]

Michael...

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[uberboned]

[Gabriel's aware of timelines like he's aware of just about anything back home. He vanished off the grid when the Winchesters outed him, but he poked his head out of his hole when he felt the twinge of a timeline shifting, that something could change here in the present.

And there were two angels worth of Grace written all over it.

So when Anna arrives, bleeding and looking like hell with the reek of a Grace-weary angel all over her that suggests pulling something off she shouldn't have done, Gabriel knows automatically where she's from and where he has to be.

He lands deftly wherever she is without preamble or fanfare.]

Anna. [His tone's a warning, as much as it is an expression of joy at seeing her here again.]

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[socius]

[It's the first time in a long time that Anna shows any form of hesitation at Gabriel's arrival. Her tenseness, as if she wants to step back, to let her fight or flight instinct kick in- but then, it's only him. No need to, is there? She wouldn't have been able to out fly him in her current state anyway. Not with her wings as shredded and burned, torturously twisted and broken as they are. Raphael's handiwork.

Her smile is small, but there for her brother. She remembers everything, at the very least.]

I didn't miss the wedding, did I?

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[no_resignations]

Such is the way of life. Those weaker must suffer for those that are stronger to thrive. It is not their fault. Resources are always going to be finite, and there is never going to be enough to go around. As nice-sounding as it is that all are equal and can live in peace together, it's hardly practical.

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[socius]

It isn't practical. And won't ever be on Earth as it is.

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[makeflowersgrow]

[It looks like Paris... Eponine looks worried on the video, biting her lip.]

You live there, Madame?

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[socius]

No, I don't.