in_nomine-digest Sunday, March 17 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2573 In this digest: Re: IN> Day of Rest IN> In A Chicago Diner Re: IN> In A Chicago Diner IN> Litheroy Re: IN> Litheroy Re: IN> Litheroy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:04:17 -0500 From: Eric Eves Subject: Re: IN> Day of Rest EDG wrote: > > I have no idea where this came from. > > -EDG Well, wherever it came from, is there more there that you can write up and post to the list? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:34:46 -0500 From: EDG Subject: IN> In A Chicago Diner I spent the overwhelming majority of yesterday uploading files to the INC, and I think that played havoc with my brain while I slept... - -EDG - --- Belial took a moment to think, his Marlboro almost forgotten at the corner of his mouth. "So..." he said, finally, slowly, "what you've spent the last twenty minutes telling me boils down to: Leopold asked you to take care of some business for him, you got caught on the scene with a gas can and a pack of matches from Leopold's place, and now you've been arrested and imprisoned by the State of Illinois for attempted arson." Haribold nodded silently. The shadowy figure between him and Belial in the circular booth laughed under its breath, and Haribold shivered a little. These meetings were always unnerving. If Belial needed a bodyguard... The Prince puffed absently at his cigarette. "And now you want me to do what - bail you out? Looks like you've got that one pretty much under control. Punish Leopold? For what, hiring someone as dumb as you? Help you finish the job? Not so long as Chicago's finest are watching the place." Haribold looked around. "A-actual-lly," he said, his Discord flaring, "I w-was h-hoping y-you c-c-could h-help m-m-me g-get away." Belial laughed and leaned back in the plush booth. "So the cops already know you're out, huh?" Haribold flushed. "Listen, kid, you've been good in the past, and haven't I always been good to you? Tell you the truth, I had no idea Leopold was planning this kind of stunt. If I had, I would've pulled you off it. So I'm gonna help you out, just this once - but you're gonna owe me big for it." Haribold nodded eagerly. "You remember the last time we met? Lady in red, big hair, center of attention?" The nodding continued. "When you wake up, you're gonna see her. On stage. You're a member of the band - you play the trumpet, don't you? You'll know the songs. Once the set's done, she gets you out in her van. I think you'll recognize the spot." The Prince of Fire scowled. "Now get outta my sight." Haribold got halfway through his next nod before the vessel collapsed face-down on the table. Belial waved for a waiter, and then turned to the shadowy form in the center seat. "Your boys," he remarked, "they sure know how to get themselves in trouble, don't they?" A thin smile gleamed in the darkness. "If only yours didn't keep tempting them, my friend," it said, the voice unnaturally smooth. "Hey, it's not my fault the Bitch keeps throwing Lilim at me," the Prince complained. "Day in, day out, 'Belial, do be a dear and take Ihuin under your wing, she needs a little toughening up,' and she thinks she's doing me favors!" His impression of Lilith was wicked, and the shadow-figure's smile widened. "I gotta say, though, I'm waiting for the day she thinks she's gonna collect. 'Oh, Belial, about those forty billion Lilim I loaned you,' like she even has a hook in me for that!" The shadowy figure leaned forward into the light of the two non-exhausted bulbs. Her face was lean, her jet-black hair long but well-groomed. "You know," she said, "Lilith is only a human. Why do you let her vex you so much?" The summoned waiter appeared and nodded to the woman, then lifted Haribold's body over her shoulders and carried it back toward the incinerator. "'Only a human'? God, you're twisted," Belial replied, taking the last inch of his Marlboro in a single pull and then stubbing it out in the ashtray. Another appeared in his hand as soon as the first was out, and he stuck it in his mouth and began feeling around for his lighter as he continued. "You know why she annoys me? It's because - nah, she doesn't think she's as good as we are. It's because she's the only reason we're allowed our little playground, and she knows it. I mean, she's a Princess, she's the only one who knows how to make those damned Daughters of hers, and we all still owe her the biggest favor in Creation. Now, you know, there are a few of us - Kronos is a gimme - who hate leavin' the Lower Realms, and maybe them she doesn't have a hook in. But the rest of us - hell, we're screwed." He found his lighter, in one of his pants pockets, and flicked it a couple times until it ignited. She laughed. "You haven't taken it the step further. You're a bright guy, Belial, I know you can figure this out. If you owe Lilith a big favor for setting you free - even after all of these thousands of years - then how big a favor do you owe God for creating her so that she could set you free?" Belial had almost gotten his cigarette lit when he heard those words, and he let the lighter flicker out. "Heh," he said, the Marlboro sticking to his lip, "never thought about that. All this time we've been fighting against God, and he's the one who got us sprung. How the hell do you do that, anyway?" She spread her hands, a modest grin on her face. "What can I say? It's a gift." Belial guffawed and lit his Marlboro. "You got that right. Listen, I gotta run - hate crime in Georgia, Vim thinks I oughtta show up and see what he's been cooking up the last couple months. You take care, okay? Don't let Eyes mess you up too much, you hear?" "Hang on," she said, her green irises expanding so that her pupils were mere pinpricks, a gleam running across her bared teeth, her hair falling suddenly ragged around her cheeks. "Do I have my mad face on right? "Yeah, babe, just like always." Belial stood up and straighened his suit. "See you in a month, Gabe." Gabriel winked. "Later, Bee." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:56:34 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: Re: IN> In A Chicago Diner >From: EDG >"Yeah, babe, just like always." Belial stood up and straighened >his >suit. "See you in a month, Gabe." > >Gabriel winked. "Later, Bee." Most class. It would probably work in current standard IN as well, no need for Backwards IN. Hmm, an odd way to go about it all, and did Bee fall for a reason, or did he eventually figure out that mamma dearest still loves him but he has to stay in hell to see that it all works out right in the end. Both this and the Vapula story have made me think a lot about the Superiors who hate eachother. Welldone. Carry on with the way things are (please!!!!), i'd like to see more in this vein. Cas *Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be Evil.* In Nomine @ http://www.angelfire.com/goth/psyber/i-n.html In Nomine yahoo @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inveritas ADnD forum @ http://www.drunkendwarfinn.co.uk ADnD stuff @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADandD_Stuff _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:00:41 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: IN> Litheroy Quick question seeing as i have no books to hand atm. Who was litheroys creator and superior before he became one of the -big boys-? Was it Yves or Gabbriel? I'd tend to the latter as its about Revelations and Truth and what not, but then there was raphael as well... So, gabby, yves or raph? Which was it? I'd like to know as ive a plot seed boiling away in the back of my brain and i'd like a few things confirmed before i write it up. Toodles Cas _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:07:48 -0600 From: David Edelstein Subject: Re: IN> Litheroy cassandra benner wrote: > Who was litheroys creator and superior before he became one of the -big > boys-? I don't think it's been mentioned in canon. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:07:53 -0800 From: Kish Subject: Re: IN> Litheroy cassandra benner wrote: > > Quick question seeing as i have no books to hand atm. > > Who was litheroys creator and superior before he became one of the -big > boys-? > > Was it Yves or Gabbriel? > > I'd tend to the latter as its about Revelations and Truth and what not, but > then there was raphael as well... Raphael. It's in his writeup in the GM's screen, I think. ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2573 ********************************