comedownthisroad | [Locked to angels and demons only]

Doin' what wrong?

This whole... fulfilling our callings thing. The never-ending war between the angels and the demons - not that it's going on here anymore. Thank fucking god.

It's just... there's gotta be a way of existing that doesn't rip apart half the people who have to live it, right?

You'd think that. I'd like to take what part of our evolutionary chain that made Callings happen out back and shoot it, but that ain't likely to fix anything.

Yeah.

Hey, good news, though - Wallace appears to be doing better. Also, I think he has a crush on someone in the Conrad, 'cause he was there for a couple HOURS yesterday, said he'd gone to see Grace, but I totally saw Grace coming BACK just before we left.

You seen anything? I would love to have something new to tease him about.

Good for him! Wallace is a good kid. Deserves some light in his life... And now that you mentioned it, I think I saw 'em in the lobby yesterday. With this snip of a thing.. Brunette, glasses. Think she's a wanderer. Spittin' image of that one Fallen Angel we had in the Conrad for awhile.

On more than one occasion.

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

We are a fucked up couple of species, huh?

That's putting it lightly. I went away for awhile. Learned there are a lot of people trying to change it. No one's been exactly successful yet.

Did anything prompt this exactly?

Just some kid being at loose ends because she doesn't know what she's supposed to DO now that she's all with the wings and shit.

And... a lot of shit I've lived through the past year and change.

My cousin Georgia got killed in the attack on Torchwood, and I didn't even know about it until weeks after it happened. And she shot my friend, while trying to shoot his ward. It's all so fucked up. But we keep fucking living like this.

I don't think most of us know until it's too late. Not until we're struck with something happening to us that we never thought possible. There should be manuals, but they could never cover all the bases or reach all of the necessary people.

Seriously.

I sometimes fucking wish I hadn't gotten my wings in. I think things would've been a hell of a lot less complicated.

Humans have it entirely too easy.

All the time. Things must be a lot simpler for people like Georgia and Romana. At least they felt like they knew what the hell was going on.

Yeah.

On the other hand, they're dead. So is it really that much better?

Yeah. Probably not. You'd think there would be some kind of middle ground somewhere.

You'd think.

...so how are you?

Not dead yet. Which is obvious by the fact that I'm... writing in your journal. But it's something, right?

Yeah, it's something.

I guess you're doing about as good as I am, then.

Family's coming to town, didja hear?

WHAT.

They do know there's a truce here, right? A truce that will cause UNHOLY VENGEANCE from both sides to be brought down should any homicidal angels (no offense) break it?

...do you need anything? Backup? Heavy artillery? Bomb shelter?

No offense taken, they're a bunch of fucktards and I'd appreciate them staying far. far. away.

But the lovely FRANCINE came to town to check on me, and reported back that I'd told him and the family to go fuck themselves, and apparently my dad took issue with that, because as soon as they've cleaned up some bayou down south, he and whatever army he's got with him are going to come to town to try to drag me home.

I mean literal dragging here - Francis already shot me once trying to get me in his damn car.

And... come on, you know my family. You really think they're gonna give a shit about some stupid truce?

If it comes down to it, though, more backup won't be turned down. I know Vince'll have my back, plus a good chunk of the Gauche, demon and otherwise. And my wayward sparkly glam rocker fag cousin's here (that's Aaron, if you couldn't guess) and he thinks the family's gone off the deep end of the deep end, so...

I swear to god, if there is ONE MORE WAR where one side uses ME as an excuse to start fighting...

They are not bringing war to this city. Not again. Come to that, I will raise up an army myself and I'll kill them before the demons get a fucking chance.

If at any point you think they might be in town in the next few days... let me know. I'll even come stay there at the Gauche if you want, as long as your ward doesn't mind another archangel around the place.

Yeah, that was sort of exactly my reaction. They're not fucking starting another war in my fucking city. They're not putting my friends and my home in any more danger than it is on a daily basis.

I'll let you know when I know anything. I'm hoping Francis'll let me know when they're heading in, but I can't count on it. Just... keep your ear to the ground.

Yes.

All the time.

Frequently.

Part of the provisions of the Treaty established a fund, in point of fact, to research the nature of Angelic and Demonic Callings to see if anything could be done in controlling them. It's an ideal I hold close to heart. Unfortunately most of the top researchers in the field are somewhat loathe to relocate to Chicago.

Still. Perhaps we'll yet see an improvement in our lifetimes.

All the damn time.

My my. I appear to the be only one in this city happy with my lot. :}

Oh, look. Definitely a demon, with that wording. Good, I'm glad there are still some of you out there who are smug fucking assholes. It makes me feel all warm and FUZZY.

As if angels aren't just as smug and assholish as we can be sometimes.

Oh, I know. I'm related to a good chunk of them. Barnam family, based out of Boston?

Yeah.

Bingo, you took the words right out of my mouth. Though I guess it would be pen, to be precise, given the whole journal thing.

Gotta say, печенье, you're the first I've seen with your particular brand of moral quandary, despite Chicago's apparent tendency to bring on the quandaries, so I'm learning. Second-hand, with great glee and hilarity all around.

Comes with the job description, I think.

Hi, I'm Elashte's guardian angel. You know, Chicago's very own Neqa'el? Yeah.

Ex-pol proprietor of the very fine fortress over in Cicero. Never actually met the guy, but I poked around the place once; expecting a siege anytime soon?

A guardian to a demon, though, fascinating. It's a wonder more people aren't breaking down the doors to study that, suppose the fortress is a wise idea after all. Funny how Chicago's just fucking up the Barnams right and left, innit?

We already had ONE major assault on the place and the bitch got in without hardly a moment's work. Bunch of people killed.

I think we're allowed to be well-fortified.

Really.

Well, I'd hope you all learned from this little lesson and re-fortified the fuck out of wherever it was she got in, of course. Otherwise it'd be your own faults if there were to be, say, a repeat of history. I hear it has a tendency to do that.

We're gearing up, believe me.

Incidentally? If you happen to be in town when I post a supremely angry and probably incoherent entry... get the fuck out.

It means the army's showed up and you and every other fucking demon should get the hell out of dodge.

Duly noted. Though I'll admit, I'll probably get myself situated in a nice bunker with a viewing camera of some sort (or hack into the CCTV) and watch the shit fly aboveground. I'll stockpile popcorn and everything. Much as I don't want to catch the wrong side of a Barnam's righteous anger, I'm none too keen on missing the drama, either, kiddo.

If I could, I would not be above joining you. As it stands, that would probably just end very badly for me.

You say that as if I'd be stupid enough to make the bunker easily accessible. You wanna front row seat in our own home-made movie theater, you gimme a ring. Or a journal, whichever.

Mind you, I'm not promising I'd have the whole setup done before your cavalry rolls into town with their trumpets. Not that I'm actually expecting trumpets and all, though that'd be an added hilarious bonus. Hey, it's a hypothetical situation, there can be some trumpets if I want.

If there were trumpets, at least I'd have WARNING.

And I have way too many friends that they might hurt to get to me, because I swear to god, they ARE that crazy.

Plus, love El? But I think he'd be a bit of a buzzkill in that situation.

Oh honey, I know how crazy you Barnams can be, believe me. One doesn't have to have direct contact with them -- which I assume I haven't, anyway, unless you have some particularly humble cousins -- to hear the tales.

I'm getting that impression, kiddo. No offense to your ward or anything, but I'm more the bloodthirsty type than he, it seems. Besides, psychics seriously harsh my cool.

dont think. :) gets u in truble.

:P think you get me in trouble more'n thinking, thanks.

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