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[casaerotica13]

[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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[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."

[betel_geuse]

"I don't get it," Betelgeuse admitted. "How does a person stay sane without things?"

[casaerotica13]

"They don't. They're all nuts."

[betel_geuse]

"Ah, well, there you go then. Huh. Do angels eat and drink? Maybe you could spike their drinks or something."

[casaerotica13]

"Not unless they want to. And these guys don't want to. They're, what you call, above all of that."

He jerked his shoulders as if to say "what," but he is really one of the few people that cannot understand his brothers on most days.

[betel_geuse]

"Above all that?? No offense, pal, but they're idiots!" Betelgeuse proclaimed, shaking his head. "Well, pfffft, on them. You and me are going to eat, drink and be MERRY! Screw tomorrow."

[casaerotica13]

"You're my kind of guy, BJ. I think this will be a beautiful friendship."

[betel_geuse]

"Thanks. It's nice to meet someone with a good set of priorities," Betelgeuse praised.