voice; around 11 pm

[momchester]

[The first thing you hear is a rush of labored breath. Whoever's posting clearly is having some- issues.]

Hi. [Issues indeed. She sounds shaky.] Uh- I wouldn't do this as a post, but the nurses are only giving me about ninety seconds before I go into surgery. I just- have some thoughts.

Uh.

A lot of people are getting attacked by this weird Darkness monster- it's. [Loud breath.] A regular monster, no wings or ooze, but it's incredibly strong. It's durable, it's- not normal.

There's something wrong about it. I don't know what, but-

-a list of people attacked. We need to organize. There has to be a pattern.

I can talk about this later. In the mean time, any stories anybody has about this monster, I'd appreciate it.

[There is already a post and a list being made, but Mary is word vomiting a little here. She had to beg the nurses for a second to contact her family, and wound up braindumping about the monster out of her demented sense of obligation to the entire world all at once. Oops.

Also, all replies will come IC-ly several hours later.]

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[hungryanhorny]

Guess I better keep that in mind.

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[servingmichael]

He's most people's favorite.

[Though that wasn't always the case.]

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[hungryanhorny]

What? Least of a dick?

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[servingmichael]

Gabriel is The Messenger. He was Created to interact with humanity.

[He has more experience with them, in other words.]

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[hungryanhorny]

So he's good with a letter?

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[servingmichael]

He's good with words.

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[hungryanhorny]

And you're not?

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[servingmichael]

He's better. I was given other gifts.

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[hungryanhorny]

You wanna fill me in on what those were?

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[servingmichael]

Healing. Medicine, in modern terms, but also matters of providing care. The converse is also true - if there is someone who deserves the fury of Heaven being brought down on them, I am better. I am also the most merciful of my brothers, at least most of the time. Children are under my protection so those who are harm them won't find mercy from me. They would be better to find themselves at Gabriel's hands or Michael's.

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[hungryanhorny]

Think you could use some work on your bedside manner, dog.

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[servingmichael]

When the situation calls for it, I can be quite comforting, although I'm not the best of my brothers at it.

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[hungryanhorny]

How 'bout you give me your best shot?

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[servingmichael]

That would require my being there in person.

[He's actually asking permission.]

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[hungryanhorny]

So? What are you waiting for?

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[servingmichael]

Mary to be able to be left alone, for one. For another, you do not seem the type of be reassured by the sudden appearance of another where you are.

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[hungryanhorny]

Sorta getting over that, actually.

Who's Mary?

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[servingmichael]

Oh?

[How, why?]

Her.

[He turns his NV to face a hospital bed. Mary's just out of surgery and in recovery, still asleep. He's perched on a chair at the bottle of her bed.]

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[hungryanhorny]

[Just getting used to insanity]

Right. Her

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[servingmichael]

[Good luck with that.]

Yes.

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[hungryanhorny]

She alright?

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[servingmichael]

She needs to recover, but she will be fine. No lasting damage.

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[hungryanhorny]

Can't you heal or something?

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[servingmichael]

I can. And anything she is unable to heal on her own, I will.

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[hungryanhorny]

Sure she appreciates, that.