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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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"I know who you are, Messenger. Your brother and I have a ... working relationship." Uriel was his brother after all. He'd given her Knight a significant advantage. She chuckled quietly and stepped back, looking at him as though he was a particularly tasty dessert. "There has been no commitment yet." And God was already blaming her for things she wasn't doing. When she escaped from the skeleton, there would likely be more threats if she discovered the interest Mab had taken.

That was fine. "I prefer stronger. What would be the point if you weren't?" Her eyes narrowed at the suggestion that he could know her thoughts though. "And how do you recommend we make such a determination?"

Brother. He frowned. Which one, he wondered. He could count on one hand the good ones in the garrison, but he really doubted she referred to one of them. In fact, he feared the worst at this point.

"So, you like a challenge. How cute." Wasn't she adorable? "Just keep pushing. You'll figure it out soon enough, I'm sure."

One brow rose minutely at being called cute. Despite him not being human he was cocky like one. She liked them cocky. Cocky meant they got stupid. Her breath came out as a cloud of frozen crystals and she stepped back, still half a smile on her face.

"You summon me," She started walking a slow, stalking circle around him, "insult me and challenge me. Perhaps you wish to discover how tenuous immortality can be. It seems a fools errand and you are not a fool." Her eyes took in every inch of him as she moved, and cold seemed to billow off of her though the visible cloud of it stopped just before touching him at all.

"I have not yet begun to push, child of God."

Immortality. He wasn't about to even start with that conversation. There was no such thing, but if she thought that there was, maybe it could save his hide. He didn't care about dying again, but he could almost guarantee it wouldn't be as bad as the first time.

... That was still too close for him right now.

"What can I say? I'm one of those kids that like challenges, too." Especially when he can show off to pretty women. He wasn't done flirting with her, but he was still kicking himself that he started it. "In that case... I can't wait."

Immortals could be killed her her world but only at specific times and with specific tools. The rest of the time they were nigh indestructible. They could be hurt but not killed. But you get the right time, and place, a regular old bullet could do the job.

There was a soft sound of chuckling from her as she finished her circle around him, stopping in front again. "Excellent." She wanted to test him, just for fun. And to teach him not to summon her recklessly. It really was quite rude.

So she invoked the circle of icy footprints she'd left around him, to stop him from escaping too easily (it would involve at least a bit of effort on his part though his physical body would make it less effective than if he'd just been in his natural form) And she spread her fingers out to her sides, pulling water from nearby snow and melted puddles so that jagged shards of ice began rising inside the circle.

It wasn't a very difficult test by Mab's standards. But it would cause damage to his physical body soon enough if he didn't do something about it.

Around her, wind picked up and clouds formed above them.

((ooc: I don't know how seriously you want him to fight so I just let her tweak at him a little to test. The circle would basically cut off any of his magic. So no blinking away and whatnot.))

Gabriel watched the circle and ice form around him. Of course, something like that couldn't hold him. Only Holy Fire could do that. But this was powerful enough to restrain him for a bit... but he didn't fight it. He wanted to see what she was made of, too. Maybe that was the wrong choice, but Gabriel was confident that he could overpower her.

So he watched and looked up at her with a smile. "If you wanted to get a little kinky, all you had to do was ask."

Her expression was at least interested. He wasn't doing anything to stop the ice, and so as the clouds gathered and snow began to fall, she doubled the strength of the ice shards, they started jerking up out of the ground gathering from the snow swirling around them, pointed tips getting perilously close to his human skin.

"Mmm, kinky. This is a human term, no? What is it's meaning?"

He chuckled. "You don't wanna know." Maybe he should have told her it was a term for a having fun... He wouldn't be lying.

Still, Gabriel remained still and kept his eyes on her. He didn't flinch or shiver in the cold. Just remained collected and cool about it. Really, the whole ice thing was better than the fire he was accustomed to. A change of pace.

One of her brows lifts slowly at that response. And just about now those ice shards are going to start poking into his skin, it's not like they were growing slowly or anything. "You believe I want to get a little of something you do not think I'd like to know?" And his feet are starting to get iced in. She hasn't really flexed her power yet in this place, not to any real degree and as the snow start getting thicker, and the wind starts blowing more, it almost seems like none of it is touching her. Each snowflake somehow finds it's way around her and the wind misses ruffling all that hair or shifting her dress at all.

Gabriel looks down at what all is happening. Okay, this is beginning to get a little worrisome now. He wasn't very worried, but he at least felt that he should be. This woman was powerful... somehow.

But he glanced back up to her with a little smile. "It means suggestive flirting, your majesty... Well, sort of. It's more of one of those things that you explain through example.

"What I would like to know is, what you're planning on making out of all this? What do you really want with me once you got me? I'm starting to really doubt this is going to go down a sexy road." Hell, he's been wrong before.

Assuming Gabriel bleeds the ice shards would start to pink with it. He didn't let on that he was worried or even uncomfortable. Interesting. That interest coming from a woman who had repeatedly tortured a man to the brink of death in a manner that would make certain demons gleefully nostalgic over nearly a decade, this could be considered gentle rebuke.

Her head tilted at his response and even as those shards cut into him she broke her circle, stepping closer and smiling, eyes going half lidded, hand lifting to his cheek, surprisingly warm. Her expression was certainly interested.

"I cannot claim you as my own." God already did that. And she was so touchy about things she'd likely go off half cocked if Mab tried to claim one of her angels. "But there are certainly consequences for unnecessary summonings."

"Perhaps you should discover what it means to flirt with Winter." Her shifting eyes bore into his and she leaned in, pressing her lips to his. Her power iced through him with the kiss, burning cold and then hot, searing through his human body with dangerous intensity, even as it rumbled through his soul like heavy thunder and moving earth, restrained only because she didn't want to deal with killing one of God's beloved. A small portion of a raging blizzard is still a concentrated blast. And a glacier's heavy weight even held back can cover leagues. Through it all, still those shards cut into him.

((Again, just let me know if I went too far and you wanted to react earlier))

She reminded him of Kali. Sort of. Kali had at least a touch of a sense of humor. Mab was on a whole other plane and her superior attitude regretfully reminded him of his two eldest brothers. Yet, she was still pretty interesting. Her powers, while something to be feared, certainly gave him a heavy dose of curiosity. Not to mention that she could be summoned. That meant there were weaknesses there that she seemed to either accept with a harsh annoyance or ignore completely. But dangerous. She was still dangerous. Kinda made her pretty hot, though.

Gabriel watched her closely as she broke her own circle, not even bothered by the ice pricking into his vessel. He could probably escape easier now, but he stuck around for what would happen next, which was quite unexpected. A kiss like that wasn't foreign to him, but the force of power was. It felt like a giant neon sign blinking CAUTION right over his head.

Just screamed CHALLENGE to him. He leaned forward as much as the ice would allow without harming his body further and returned her kiss with his own power coursing through. His wasn't like a punch to the gut like hers. It was a warm feeling, like the rays of the sun, from inside out that slowly growing into something close to smoldering coals. It wasn't nearly overpowering. Just warm. Partly done as a way to keep her in the dark about the length of his abilities and partly done because of a rather large mix of his own thoughts of how a proper kiss should go.

This was damn sexy, though, and he was pretty sure she was lying when she said she didn't know what kinks were.

((It's not a problem. :) I'm loving it. Keep doing your thang.))

As someone who worked with one of his brothers she was fairly well aware of what kinds of powers he held. He tempered them well, that ice didn't stop slicing into him but it did start to creep up over his feet, and parted so she could press closer while she kissed him, her whole body flush against his, her hand sliding up his cheek into his hair nails against his scalp before curling into the hair and pulling him closer.

The Fae are attracted to power. And Mab's mind is already whirling trying to find a way to make Gabriel useful without bringing God around to pitch a fit. Her kiss was unhesitating and absolutely all in because there was really no reason not to enjoy it. His power felt like spring even held back and she felt amusement at the thought.

She let a little more of her power go and her body nearly glowed with it. Still shielding him so his vessel wouldn't melt in her hands but letting it roll through him like a winter storm just past the point of what a human could survive. He might need to take care around her teeth, pointed and dangerous in their natural form.

It was true, she didn't know the word kink and of course sidhe can't lie, but she isn't one to shy away from dangerous play with her sex either so in a way he is right.

When she finally pulled back, he was iced in up to his knees and their breaths came out as clouds of frozen air as the warmth hit the cold air around them, smelling of fresh, unpolluted ice.

The ice was getting increasingly annoying, not that he minded being manhandled in this particular situation. Still, there was a limit and she was pressing pretty hard against it.

When she pulled away, he followed her lips for about an inch or so. Yes, this restraint thing was nice, but really annoying. Especially knowing that her intentions were-... Well, he wasn't sure what her intentions were and that was the whole point.

"I think kinks would be easy for you to grasp," he finally said with a smirk, voice a little rough until he opens his eyes again. Then his vessel began to glow in a golden light and the ice on his body started to melt. He could break away a lot quicker with a lot more strength... But for now, Gabriel smiled to her. "I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship."

Most of the ice shattered and left his body in a shockwave as the light grew steadily brighter. "I'm still not a tool, though."

Ice tinkled around her, landing on the frozen sidewalk. Her power dimmed as she reshielded herself so Dresden couldn't think she had broken her agreement with him not to harm innocents. Any human walking by would be in danger if she hadn't. Angels are pure soul so standing and watching him, she licks her lips in appreciation. It is not often one gets to taste pure soul without ripping it from it's host.

She inclined her head a little in acknowledgement that yes, she likely would be able to grasp kinks quite well and then riff on the subject magnificently. The shockwave sent her hair back a little but she didn't even flinch at it as a wave of heavenly energy brushed by her.

"Everyone is a tool, child of God." Her smile was sly, "Some are just more fun to play with."

"Do not mistake it though, summon me at your own risk I will have every right to be less playful." In other words if he pissed her off enough knowing the consequences even God should understand when someone needed to be reprimanded. Although frankly, Mab thought the God that was here might not be someone that could be reasoned with. Mab would risk destroying the city and everyone in it in a fight with his Mother if she was disrespected. Some things could not be tolerated.

The light dimmed away again and Gabriel finally looked away from her and down to the rest of him. He moved a stiff arm, balling the fist a few times to watch the remaining ice fall off his skin. She was strong, probably much stronger than this, but so was he. It was fine.

Still, he smiled up at her again. "That's fine. I'll just have to come looking for you, then. Always loved hide-n-seek." Especially the sexy kind.

As he shifted and knocked more ice off himself she waited patiently for him to make it clear he understood that she did not like being summoned for inanities. Like yanking someone out of their house and dragging them halfway across a city to say hello. Which was beyond irritating.

She tilted her head in curiosity. He was an interesting fellow, generally she and Angels did not see eye to eye. She only worked with the Watcher because they both shared an interest in Harry Dresden. "You may also use the talking device." She held the device up and raised a brow as though that should have been obvious.

"I could, but there's no fun in that, is there?"

He brushed down his front and approached her to the edges of the circle of ice surrounding him. "I like a challenge."

"There is fun where you make it, Messenger."

She did not move as he stepped close to her again, she certainly wasn't going to back off an archangel. He was impertinent bordering on rude but she found him more entertaining for it. Dangerous line though it was. "Yes, I imagine you do."

"I'm good at making... fun."

That was probably a euphemism. "I do hope that we get to see each other again soon, my cold hearted Queen."

"Well then, the communicator should be quite useful." She did not miss the innuendo, she just ignored it for now. Nor did she miss the possessive. Considering who he truly served it was, perhaps, not the best choice but she did not dissuade it either. Choosing to speak as though he was hers was something she might take advantage of later. Even angles could be bound by protocol.

"You will be one of the few who has wished such a thing." She touched fingers to his chest and cold without physical form seared for a split second before her nails dragged down his shirt to the softness of belly. "Be careful what you wish for, Messenger." She let that hang between them for a moment before a gust of wind sent snow and ice swirling up between them and her hand disappeared in the blinding flurry.

When it died down, she was gone again.

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