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[After some time, Gabriel decides to go ahead and announce his presence. Why in the hell not? Everyone else was doing it. He didn't know where he was. He didn't know who these people were. He didn't how he got here. He had just been stabbed through the chest by his brother. Screw it, he's retired.

So, the feed comes on to present a middle aged man who had the camera held out at arm's length, while he stood motionless with a smile and a thumbs up... It took him a second, but he eventually frowned and fumbled with the phone.]

It doesn't take selfies? Dude, that's lame.

[He adjusts the camera to show his happy face again.]

Hi, everyone! I have cash and a key to someone's apartment. Who wants to go get wasted and set something on fire?

[Thus is his mood.]

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[casaerotica13]

"Right outside of the creepy, flooded sleeping hut thing. I'm not even going to get started on everything that's wrong with that."

Gabriel glances behind him in confusion, but chooses to not dwell on that now... if ever. "I can guarantee that I can get to you faster, bro... If I knew my way around... I hate new things." He usually loves them so much.

He could probably just sense people and find them that way, but things were still a little too new and fresh for that one. Ah well. At least someone's willing to drink it all away with him.

[betel_geuse]

"Ah, yeah. Huh. I'm..." Betelgeuse turns the phone around and begins showing the new arrival feeds of Genessia. "Best I can do. I'm kinda downtown. Yeah, the metal coffin thing is weird. You think that's wrong? Try reading the stupid pamphlet."

[casaerotica13]

"I saw the words DON'T PANIC and I put it back. Hang on a sec."

Kinda downtown. He looks around at the skyline and-

Poof! Gabriel appears a few yards down the street. He looks around for the nearest soul until he spots Betelgeuse and raises his arms like a touchdown has been made before 'porting into conversation range. "Told ya."

[betel_geuse]

"Yeah, that was dumb thing number one," Betelgeuse agreed, cackling a bit. He applauded, when he saw Gabriel appear. "Awesome! Let's drink ta that!"

He floated a bit closer to the other man, wondering what he was. He couldn't be an ordinary human, doing stuff like that.

[casaerotica13]

Gabriel was as far from ordinary as one could get. He hadn't really seen too many things like his new buddy here before, so he wasn't entirely sure if the guy could place him either... Which was good, all things considered.

"I'm up for drinking to anything. Afterwards, we can go get makeovers then set the stylists on fire with their hot irons." At least he had plans. This guy could use a little touching up, anyway.

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse cackled with glee. "Man, I like your style! Come on. Jack's place isn't too far away and we can drinks and grub, too."

[casaerotica13]

"Well, then! I like this Jack person." He can always eat. Always.

"Gabriel, by the way," he happily introduced himself, following after his newest buddy. "Some poor souls just call me Trickster, though."

[betel_geuse]

"Good ta meet ya. I'm called BJ," Betelgeuse cackled. "Trickster, huh? Gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous of that. People usually just label me a trouble-maker...or pervert."

[casaerotica13]

"Well, I'm those, too. It's all in the PR work, actually. Tell people to call you something while you're dangling them over the Empire State Building and they'll eventually start calling you that. They'll even tell their friends!"

He's amazing at public relations.

[betel_geuse]

"You must be really powerful. If I did that, I'd get fed to the sandworms...well, probably...maybe," Betelgeuse mused. "Well, they'd give it a damn good go. Lemme tell ya, the afterlife bureaucracy is a bunch of damn stiffs, pun very much intended."

[casaerotica13]

"Oh man, tell me about it. My brothers tried to rope me into that black suits and red tape thing. It's freaking ridiculous. If I had to pick between there and here, I'm totally staying here... I'd prefer Earth, but whatever. I'm not that picky."

Cause this definitely wasn't Earth or anything even remotely near it. Definitely not Heaven either. Hell? Well, it could always be possible, but he strongly doubted it.

[betel_geuse]

"I don't mind the wardrobe so much as all the FREAKING RULES! I mean, come ON! How can anyone get anything done, when everything has to be filled out in triplicate? And the SECRECY THING. I mean, really, most mortals wouldn't admit a ghost was real if they got bit by one. Hell, I can attest to that personally. I've had to chomp a few of 'em to prevent some poor slob of a ghost getting exorcised."

[casaerotica13]

Gabriel barked out a laugh. "I'm not sure if the rules are for the humans or just to keep everyone from going crazy with boredom. There's no point in all the secrets and rules and- ugh. They don't know how to party, man. Not a damn one of them has been laid, I can promise you that."

[betel_geuse]

"Oh, I'd have plenty to do without the damn rules in place! It'd make haunting a lot easier and more fun too! But, nooooooooo! We can't have the precious living finding out that death is not The End. If they need laid, they can't blame me. I've offered that to quite a few of them, the prettier ones," Betelgeuse boasted, laughing, then paused. "You said your name's Gabriel? Like, the angel?"

Betelgeuse had just noticed that his companion had referred to humans as a group, without including himself, among other little clues.

[casaerotica13]

"Me, too. They just don't know how to have fun. I don't really get it. How can they live like that? Or, well, exist like that? Sounds more accurate."

Gabriel smirked and ran a hand through his hair. "I sure did. Guess you could say I have the name of the most handsome angel Heaven has ever known."

He wasn't sure if he wanted to outright admit who he was here. Probably wasn't a big deal, honestly. If his brothers showed up, what were they going to do about it? Other than... scare him to death...

Ah well. If people figured it out, then they figured it out. Besides, this BJ guy wasn't exactly ordinary anyway.

[betel_geuse]

The "handsomest angel Heaven has ever known" kinda gives Gabriel away. Ego is something Betelgeuse understands quite well. Betelgeuse doesn't say anything though. He likes the guy and, hell, what business is it of Betelgeuse's anyways, right? So he just grins, nodding.

"Cool, cool. Yeah, I don't think living is the right word, among the dead, if ya know what I mean. I'm just a poltergeist, not an angel or anything. Not a lot of those around, where I come from, not even in the afterlife."

[casaerotica13]

Well, he's not the most angelic angel out there, so to speak.

"Poltergeist? We got those around where I'm from. Strong, tricky little buggers." It's a compliment, really. "Not a bad line of work, if I may add."

He does chuckle. "Oh yeah. That's what the guys back home thought, too. Never know who's watching, amigo." In his case, it literally is big brother.

[betel_geuse]

"I wouldn't call it a line of work. It's just what I am," Betelgeuse corrected. "My line of work is bio-exorcism...getting the living out of ghost's houses, ya know? Hell, I'd rather have angels than those trumped up bureaucrats at home."

[casaerotica13]

"Oh, that sounds fun." If Gabriel wasn't killing people, he was usually scaring the hell out of them. For his lessons, of course. That wasn't always the case.

"Trust me, bro. Angels are way more bureaucratic than you think. They don't exactly ask for things in triplicate, but if it's not in the good book, it ain't a thing."

[betel_geuse]

"Yeah, it's a pretty sweet gig," Betelgeuse agreed, hitching his shoulders arrogantly. "Really? Damn, that's disappointing. I mean, I figured the harp and wings stuff was a bunch of PR bullshit, but you'd think you lot wouldn't waste time being fussy."

[casaerotica13]

You lot... Well, it wasn't like he was hiding it.

"I don't." Gabriel shrugs. So, he's a little bit more awesome than most of his brothers. No big.

[betel_geuse]

"Good, good!" Betelgeuse praised, smirking. "Maybe you can be a good bad influence on the others, then! Sometimes, people just need to be shaken up a bit. Does 'em a world of good!"

[casaerotica13]

"I don't know about angels, but I definitely get around the human population. Way more fun."

He tried convincing his brothers before. It did not go well.

[betel_geuse]

"Well, yeah. Few things beat living humans for pure fun," Betelgeuse admitted, leering. "Well, it's too bad about the angels, but never mind! Their loss and all, y'know..."

[casaerotica13]

"Completely their loss. Most of them never even got drunk before. Or laid. That's the real sin here."