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[demonicmiracle]

Hey, it's Anthony Crowley. You know what to do, do it with style.

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[sathan]

And when he does begin to fabricate reasons?

( with men like elias it wasn't an if but a when. he would. they all did )

[demonicmiracle]

[After giving it a moment of thought, Crowley shakes his head.]

There's nothing in it for him if he starts doing that. If she's going to get hurt regardless of whether Jon — or you — stay in line, then you might as well act out, yeah? The threat loses it's effectiveness.

[He's seen enough human cruelty to know how this works.]

[sathan]

( she's just used to people being cruel, to being on the end of it )

He won't sit simply, do nothing. Not with the potential for his apocalypse here.

[demonicmiracle]

Why? S'a lot of work for an apocalypse and he's already got the one he wanted. If I were him, this would be a nice little holiday.

[Not the best place for it, but Elias is a dominant with a pretty decent power set and a cruel streak. Crowley can imagine him enjoying himself here.]

[sathan]

His apocalypse isn't Hell on Earth.

( not the same as theirs -- no demons, no hell )

And he has the key to it here. Why not cause another?

[demonicmiracle]

'Cause it takes time and a bloody lot of effort to put together an apocalypse. From what I've heard, he had plenty of time to put the first one together, had power and connections he hasn't got here. If he even wanted to, he'd be starting from scratch, I reckon. The worst he'd have to deal with back home was other Avatars, here he's got all sorts of people that'd take issue with him.

[And not all of them can be kept in check by the threat to Agnes, or even the threat to Jon and the Institute. If Elias tried to start shit, a lot of people here could simply kill him. Or worse.]

He and I are the same, right? We've both got what we wanted back home, just in the opposite directions, and this place is a detour. There's no point doing more than treating it as such, s'a waste of time and energy to do more when we're going back to what's waiting.

[sathan]

( she hopes that he's right because she doesn't want to deal with his apocalypse. better hope he doesn't decide that the power the archivist has been collecting is enough for him.

she's also vaguely sour about the idea of them having what they want waiting for them, particularly when she's never known that. it might seem to finally be in her future but-- how far? )

We'll hope, then. See how foolish he may end up being.

[demonicmiracle]

That's what I'm good at. [Hoping, he means. Although he's good at being foolish, too.] If it all goes south, we'll figure something out, but it's best to leave well enough alone for now. Be there for Agnes if we can, keep her as safe as possible, help her deal with the attention.

[Since they're both familiar with it. Not that either of them have... coped well, exactly, but they're doing their best.]

[sathan]

( she doesn't argue it, refilling her glass but for a moment silently sitting with it. he's given her a lot to think about and she does need to. with how much she cares for agnes can she watch? but could she lose her? and how terribly would it feel if she didn't help her against elias even in some small way? she almost prefers when things were simpler unattached-- but she'd felt so alone then, something she didn't realise how terrible it was until someone had cared for her )