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[milligan]

Hey, here's a thought — no way. From one cage to another, are you kidding me? This isn't even a discussion, there's nothing to discuss about. I'm not going.

What would I even do, it's not like I can just pick up where I left off in pre-med and get back to having a life, can I?

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[bythyignorance]

As long as you came out "Michael free" maybe you will.

[As in maybe none of the other angels will want to pull your feathers out one by one out of sweet vengeance.

Anna is so nice.]

[milligan]

That's— How do you even— [ He's maybe had glimpses of you thanks to Michael piggybacking, awesome. ]

You're Anna. You're one of them. The angels. Your whole war got me in this mess in the first place.

[bythyignorance]

Not my war.

I gave up on all that a long time ago, until Heaven saw fit to drag me back in and ruin my happy little slice of pie life too.

Topped off with torture and brainwashing. Do not associate me with them.

[milligan]

You're an angel. I find that a little hard to dissociate from.

You gonna throw a molotov at me like the other one did? Or just crush up my insides with cancer, because one was fun.

[bythyignorance]

For what point or purpose?


Michael is no longer in you so I have no quarrel with his vessel. If you want I would be happy to zap you right back to your home and let you stay there.

mother of god i need better icons for my sanity's sake

[milligan]

So it's that easy.

[ If it was always that easy then Adam would like to have the whole thing rewound, do it all over again and just say no. ]

What was the point of all that in the first place?

i understand this feel =3=

[bythyignorance]

You're-- asking the fallen angel what it all means?

[Okay, Anna laughs genuinely at that because hell. She can sympathize.]

Like all the people who cross the Winchester's path, you were... collateral damage. Plan B. The point was Dean said no and Michael being the asshole he is destroyed your life instead.

...and I am sorry, because if I had succeeded in my own plans none of it would have happened at all.

WHY ARE THERE NO ADAM ICONS at this rate i'll just make my own

[milligan]

[ Well, this got weird a bit. What happened to you? Other than be an angel, I mean. ]

Plan B sucks. Just for the record.

What was your plan, anyway? How's one angel gonna take down the whole heavenly army? Because I heard that other angel with the trench coat tried, you don't get Michael riding you dry without overhearing some things.

[fallingcomet]

Can I say that I know how you feel, or is that a big no-no?

And.. sorry about Castiel throwing that Molotov at you as well.

[milligan]

[ First reaction? Flinch, because hey look at your face, but you also sound less like you swallowed gravel, so... ]

You're his vessel? That... you know, the other guy.

[fallingcomet]

[ he looks a little awkward, especially since this was just a kid. One who had been chained to the same kind of comet. Except his was one that was a bit harsher, considering who it was. ]

Yeah, I am. Jimmy Novak. Hi there.

[ .. ]

And you're.. Adam, right? Or was it Andy..

[milligan]

Adam. Adam Milligan, half-Winchester. Apparently that was all I needed to get thrown into the mess.

[ Is there an equivalent of holy water for demons that works on angels? Demon tears? Anything? ]

So what's your story?

[fallingcomet]

'S nice to meet you for real then, Adam.

[ it would be cool if that actually worked. You should definitely try it out some time and share the results. The sigils work well enough though. ]

I had a little too much faith, got a little too bored and then the angel came along. My wife and kid thought I was crazy, yadda yadda, and then I said yes to Cas. And then a lot happens after that. And eh, I don't know much of yours, even if I was half-awake— care to explain what happened to you?

[milligan]

[ Sigils can be broken, though. They're like slightly stronger versions of a salt circle. (And seriously, salt circles.) ]

Well, I got eaten by a thing. After that, apparently my monster double went and called John's phone and got the Winchesters into town. That put me on the radar, so to speak.

Zachariah brought me back from the dead as Michael's back-up, kind of like how the other guy was Lucifer's back-up. It went downhill from there, really. I think you remember some of that?

[ Just gonna leave out the part where Dean picked Sam back at that heaven foyer place thing, because that still kind of stings bad. ]

[fallingcomet]

[ they work well enough for getting rid of them and escaping though. Holy water just burns the demons ]

I'd say your story is a whole lot more interesting than mine. But I do remember, as much as I wish I didn't.

.. It might not mean much to you, but I'm sorry you were dragged into this whole thing.

[ oooh that time was hard to forget. An angel carving a vigil into your chest and then using it isn't the most pleasant experience ]

[milligan]

[ Burning them is effective enough, come on. Not everyone's got an all-killing angel blade, man. ]

Yeah, I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry about my mom more than I am for me, to be honest.

How's your family doing?

[fallingcomet]

[ For a while, yeah. Ah-- Cas took his with him, sadly. Don't know where he's gone, but he's left Jimmy practically defenceless. He's not sure if he should be happy about it or not. ]

Understandable.

I-- I don't know. I have no clue where they've gone, no way of contacting them.. [ he shrugs. ] Probably for the best. I'd just be putting them in danger.

[milligan]

You have people who matter. That's more than anyone can ask for, I'd think. You're not gonna contact them at all? I mean, the war's over, isn't it? There's no reason to involve you anymore.

...Except that's incredibly naive of me to even say, right. Jesus.

—Can I even say that? Jesus is real, isn't he?

[fallingcomet]

Cas'll be coming back soon, I expect. And I won't have him going to use my daughter as a vessel, not again. So there's really no point in going back to them and trying to settle down. And the demons'll still be after me just for being a vessel - Cas's face.. my face will probably be pretty well-known down there by now. I'll— I'll look in on them, see if they're okay, but I won't let them know I'm there.

I like to believe he is, but considering everything that's happened.. [ shrugs. ] Anything's possible.

[milligan]

You know, I kind of like you better than the other guy.

[ The other guy lit him on fire, that's a shallow reason - the less shallow one would be that Castiel was one of them, the angels, the ones who dragged him out of a relatively peaceful afterlife just to throw him back into the fray of the living and end up in Hell.

Caught between the mighty anger of Michael and the twisted values of Lucifer, catching the brunt of boredom when Sam wasn't being actively flayed apart from the soul outwards - now there's something that leaves a mark on you.

It's not that he doesn't want to forgive, but he got left behind down there. It's a sticking point. ]

You're not as hellbent, excuse the phrasing.

[notmeantforthis]

...I'm sorry for how everything turned out. You deserved a normal life, it's what Dad wanted. But if you really don't think you can go back to that, I know a couple of places that might appreciate you being there?

[milligan]

Lady, I appreciate the thought, but do we know each other?

[ There's something familiar about her in a way familiar faces are, Adam just can't pin it down. ]

[notmeantforthis]

Lady? Lady?

[ For a moment she's indignant, but then she suddenly becomes much more concerned. ]

Adam, it's me. Sam? Don't you remember?

[milligan]

...Sam didn't have a B-cup last I checked.

[ And did he actually say that, because awkward. ]

Seriously, who are you.

[notmeantforthis]

[ Adam is damn lucky she's so concerned about his apparent memory loss, or that comment would have earned a much more harsh response.

As it is she just frowns at him as she shakes her head. ]

I'm Sam. Estranged half-sister? Who else would I be?

[milligan]

[ This is so confusing. It's not a "hell no" kind of confusing but it's damn near as weird. ]

And we met how, again? I'm pretty sure I'm remembering things differently than you do right now, no offense.

[swedge]

Most muns don't really care much for the 'pre-shit' lifestyle. But hey, if you can convince yours, power to ya.

Also, let me know your secret. Cause mine sure as hell won't listen to me.

[milligan]

I guess we'll see, she's daring me to just try.

What about you, though? You have a pre-shit backstory?

[swedge]

I'm not saying you shouldn't. Just be prepared for it not to go how you want it to.

[shrug.]

It's not much of a story compared to most Winchesters. It's just that point that she'll take me from. Reliving the moment I died got old the first time it happened. You know, the actual time? Didn't really need to relive it three different times to get the picture.

[A pause, and then:] You said cage. Did you mean...that cage?

[milligan]

If you mean the Hell and all its Angels kind of cage? Yeah, that cage. The Winchesters told you about that?

[ He's assuming she's a hunter, the way Bobby and Sam and Dean are hunters, and he assumes she knows because she's gotten in the crossfire any number of times because that's what a hunter's life seems to be like. Adam wouldn't know, he died before all of that came into his life. ]

Death's a weird thing, though, isn't it? You think it's just... lights and dying, but it's just you being dead. Afterlife's not what it's chalked up to be.

[swedge]

Not from the Winchesters, but I've heard about it.

[You can thank her mun, and one of her games for that. Chuck knowing all things is pretty great. But that's a pretty accurate assumption to make there, Adam, seeing as it's correct.]

You're telling me. It's even weirder when you're not there yet, but other's...are. Or have been. [It's even weirder when no one seems to know where you went, or are going. They say Heaven in one place and in another it's 'we couldn't find you'. And when you know an Angel who can't find God? Well. Complicated just barely covers it.]

[lady_metallicar]

I'll tell you one thing, not being in a game is worse.

Then there's the memes.

[milligan]

I don't even want to know about memes, seriously. Don't give the girl ideas, yeah?

[lady_metallicar]

Sorry, really I am. I forget that a lot of other people's muns are pretty much just like mine.

[milligan]

I'd say I'm glad to join the club, but obviously that'd be a lie. So how'd you get here?

[lady_metallicar]

Divine intervention, same as most of us, I figure.

Well, that and the mun's one of those who likes playing things-turned-people.

[dissemble]

Well, if it isn't the littlest Winchester. What a surprise.

[milligan]

[ You. After Michael-- no, actually you're the last person he wants to ever meet again. Granted you look a little different this time around, but details. ]

I see you got out too. Guess we really can't have anything nice to last around here.

[dissemble]

[He pauses, looking genuinely confused for a moment.]

I'm not the one who wanted to fight, Adam.