That's what Lilith said. That resurrections here are connected to Lucifer's magic. People can't die. You already can't die. What if they leveled the playing field?
[He follows her eyeline, but doesn't see anything in particular. Maybe something was there before?]
I just... We didn't talk about some of the things that came with us. And then when you weren't you, it was the first thing you wanted to ask about. But if there's something else going on I should know about...
Have the golden arrow, or, come back to life in a burst of flame. He was standing right there. He knows you're a phoenix. It's probably the only thing he approves of, about you. ( But, she says it with a shrug. )
[Oh. There's a lot in that, a series of worries to knot together and keep among the rest of his anxieties.]
The second one. But... Is. Are you okay with that? Not having his approval, I mean? [Having him around changes their relationship. And shouldn't it? She finally has her father back. She's a little more whole. Maybe she doesn't need as much.]
Landon. He knows I love you. That's enough for him. He sat here for me for almost twenty four hours. If he didn't think you were worth it? If he didn't care?
I don't want to embarrass you either. [ he's nowhere close to Hope's impossible backstory. It was different when they were all just misfits together. Her father is a reminder that she's basically a princess. It's hard to work through, and really he'd rather work through it by stuffing it into a box until it ceases to be a real emotion. ]
But we should drop it. You're right about the arrow being here. But there's something different about it.
[He lets the subject drop. If they keep talking about it, she's just going to say more things that she thinks he wants to hear instead of acknowledging the divide between them that he can't shake until he's good enough. He just has to keep getting stronger, and maybe then...]
We could be happy about that, but -- it's different now. I think it's more powerful here.
You think the golden arrow is more powerful here. How. Why? We don't know that, Landon. It could have no power.
( she doesn't know one way or the other, but, she doesn't want to find out. does he? )
I don't need a demonstration. I don't need to experiment. Let's just keep it hidden.
( while she personally works to destroy it. that's an idea that comes to her that she doesn't voice. it doesn't need to be down here but she refuses to believe what it can do, that it could have more power here.
It has more than no power. [There's something resigned in his tone; it's something he's been considering privately for a long time now.] It's... hot. It doesn't melt anything around it, but it burns when I touch it.
The knife's here too. I don't know if it's related. At least that much seems normal about it.
( she's brought her hand down, walked away, trying to gather her thoughts. )
Stop touching it!
( if it's that bad. she turns back. ) The knife, the arrow. I will take them. And we just won't touch them. We'll forget they're there and we won't tell anyone we have them, okay?
Hope, you're acting like I haven't been handling it for months already. They're fine where I have them. I'll let you know if I get the feeling that someone's trying to open up a Malivore portal over my bed, but I think we're as safe as we can be.
More than no. ( She plays that back. ) I feel like the way I speak is rubbing off on you. I caught that wrong, but, we do nothing with them, okay? Leave them where they are. As far as we know, all the knife does is open a portal that doesn't exist here.
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Date: 2020-09-10 03:59 am (UTC)( They say it at the same time, but that shouldn't leave her off the hook.
She slowly, surely sinks into his embrace and his warmth. He smells of soot, but also the deodorant she likes him to wear. He smells like Landon. )
I thought you were a monster. ( Her voice muffles against his body before she leans back with a sigh. ) You've been dead for 24 hours.
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Date: 2020-09-10 04:13 am (UTC)[But she'll feel his muscles grow tight against her as she says more.]
What do you mean 24 hours?
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Date: 2020-09-10 04:16 am (UTC)( She just slides her hands around his waist more, not wanting to pull away from him just yet. )
I mean that, Lucifer's magic is weak or can only do so much and your resurrection took... longer. A lot longer.
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Date: 2020-09-10 04:35 am (UTC)[And it's hard not to overthink the implications of that. To think about Rafael being resurrected under the necromancer's incredibly specific terms.]
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Date: 2020-09-10 04:36 am (UTC)( What if this had nothing to do with Lucifer. )
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Date: 2020-09-10 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-13 03:08 pm (UTC)I don't think that would've happened if Lucifer was involved. But... It didn't feel right. Maybe he was holding me back or something.
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Date: 2020-09-18 05:23 am (UTC)[He gives her a squeeze before pulling away.]
I need to show you something. I don't want to risk it having any kind of power over us if this happens again.
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Date: 2020-09-18 03:32 pm (UTC)( She self consciously looks back at the door, at her father hopefully back in his room before turning back to Landon. )
What is it you need to show me?
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Date: 2020-09-18 05:56 pm (UTC)I just... We didn't talk about some of the things that came with us. And then when you weren't you, it was the first thing you wanted to ask about. But if there's something else going on I should know about...
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Date: 2020-09-19 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-21 01:43 am (UTC)[Is he okay with his daughter bringing home corpses?]
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Date: 2020-09-23 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-23 02:02 am (UTC)The second one. But... Is. Are you okay with that? Not having his approval, I mean? [Having him around changes their relationship. And shouldn't it? She finally has her father back. She's a little more whole. Maybe she doesn't need as much.]
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Date: 2020-09-23 03:04 am (UTC)( He wouldn't have. )
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Date: 2020-09-23 05:09 am (UTC)But we should drop it. You're right about the arrow being here. But there's something different about it.
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Date: 2020-09-23 05:12 am (UTC)( She brings a hand to his cheek, trying to impart this on him. That's not how she sees him and she hopes that's not how he sees himself. )
What, it's not what everyone's suddenly after? I think we should be happy about that, don't you?
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Date: 2020-10-03 03:09 pm (UTC)We could be happy about that, but -- it's different now. I think it's more powerful here.
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Date: 2020-10-03 05:25 pm (UTC)( she doesn't know one way or the other, but, she doesn't want to find out. does he? )
I don't need a demonstration. I don't need to experiment. Let's just keep it hidden.
( while she personally works to destroy it. that's an idea that comes to her that she doesn't voice. it doesn't need to be down here but she refuses to believe what it can do, that it could have more power here.
she's not thinking along those lines. )
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Date: 2020-10-03 05:38 pm (UTC)The knife's here too. I don't know if it's related. At least that much seems normal about it.
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Date: 2020-10-03 06:15 pm (UTC)Stop touching it!
( if it's that bad. she turns back. ) The knife, the arrow. I will take them. And we just won't touch them. We'll forget they're there and we won't tell anyone we have them, okay?
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