in_nomine-digest Tuesday, April 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2586 In this digest: Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> Easter, Part II Re: IN> Easter, Part II Re: IN> Easter, Part II Re: IN> Easter, Part II IN> T-minus 4 days Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> Easter, Part II Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> T-minus 4 days Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> Trust IN> Mercurian Choir Name RE: IN> Trust Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> Trust Re: IN> T-minus 4 days IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag RE: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag Re: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag RE: IN> Seraphim Humor IN> T minus 3 days Re: IN> An Error In Judgment IN> Moe's Easter Tale IN> Humourous Seraphs... IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes Re: IN> Forces question Re: IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes Re: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag RE: IN> Seraphim Humor Re: IN> Humourous Seraphs... Re: IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes IN> Escort Duty RE: IN> Seraphim Humor IN> Hallowed Be Thy Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:00:59 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Trust ::shaking head:: I believe the phrase I'm just going to give to Haagenti here, and for the rest of this story thus far is: "Heaven doesn't want me, Hell's afraid I'll take over." Haagenti with a mind... I'm still stunned. Josh ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 12:41:17 -0500 From: "Steven E. Ehrbar" Subject: Re: IN> Easter, Part II cassandra benner wrote: > Speaking of khalid/laurance, the 1st part mentions that one of the > angels is only a hundred or so years old, i forget as i have no books > to hand, who is older, laurance or khalid? Khalid. Khalid was around for Magog's fall, back in 859 BC. Laurence was created in 50 BC (Dates from the GMG timeline). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 18:39:21 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: Re: IN> Easter, Part II >Khalid. Khalid was around for Magog's fall, back in 859 BC. Laurence >was created in 50 BC (Dates from the GMG timeline). Ah that fits in with the story then, cool cool. *thinks* OMG *looks around* wheres moe.... He hasnt done an easter bunny ethereal write up.... *panics* Cas *Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be Evil.* _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:40:58 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Easter, Part II - --- Josh Moger wrote: > One question though, should we know who the shedite is? Legion before being elevated to Prince, perhaps. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:43:42 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Easter, Part II - --- Josh Moger wrote: > And as for Legion... I admit the bible reference does > seem to make sense, > but I'd be surprised that Laurence and Khalid wouldn't > have soul-killed the > shedite, not just sent him to Trauma. If they couldn't get him out of his Host, they wouldn't have had the chance to soul-kill him. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:49:34 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: IN> T-minus 4 days Gabriel has appeared to many of her servitors, warning them of "The black hunger of the red" and imploring them to halt "The coming abomination". When questioned further, she is unable to elaborate, and leaves weeping tears of flame. Yves, as always, will not comment. In four days, IT will come. - -- Casca "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." --Margaret Chittenden, writer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:50:59 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Trust - --- Josh Moger wrote: > Haagenti with a mind... I'm still stunned. Don't be. With unquantifiable Ethereal Forces, all Superiors are superhumanly intelligent. It's their sanity that is sometimes questionable. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:56:21 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Easter, Part II > > >*thinks* >OMG >*looks around* >wheres moe.... >He hasnt done an easter bunny ethereal write up.... >*panics* Well, how could he? The Easter Bunny's been a bit busy ever since he entered sevice to the Sword... http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine/servitors/Cuniculus.htm A humble, Josh ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:59:16 -0500 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Trust > >--- Josh Moger wrote: >> Haagenti with a mind... I'm still stunned. > > Don't be. With unquantifiable Ethereal Forces, all >Superiors are superhumanly intelligent. It's their sanity >that is sometimes questionable. - ----------------Joke---------------- Oh yeah? One word: Saminga. Of course, I suppose Stupid could be an ethereal discord... - ------------Joke----------------- Josh ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 14:03:08 -0500 From: "Robb Kidd" Subject: Re: IN> T-minus 4 days Eric Bertish wrote: > Gabriel has appeared to many of her servitors, warning them of "The black > hunger of the red" and imploring them to halt "The coming abomination". When > questioned further, she is unable to elaborate, and leaves weeping tears of > flame. > > Yves, as always, will not comment. > > In four days, IT will come. What? That silly motorized scooter thing that was going to revolutionize the world? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 14:27:39 -0600 From: David Edelstein Subject: Re: IN> Trust Josh Moger wrote: > > Don't be. With unquantifiable Ethereal Forces, all > >Superiors are superhumanly intelligent. It's their sanity > >that is sometimes questionable. Not correct. Intelligence represent mental power, speed of thought, etc. It doesn't preclude being an idiot. Saminga can mentally track a hundred things at once and figure out certain problems (relating to his Word) with superhuman speed. But in other respects, he's quite capable of being a dolt. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:38:36 -0800 From: Daiv Subject: Re: IN> Trust >Josh Moger wrote: >> > Don't be. With unquantifiable Ethereal Forces, all >> >Superiors are superhumanly intelligent. It's their sanity >> >that is sometimes questionable. > >Not correct. Intelligence represent mental power, speed of thought, etc. >It doesn't preclude being an idiot. > >Saminga can mentally track a hundred things at once and figure out >certain problems (relating to his Word) with superhuman speed. But in >other respects, he's quite capable of being a dolt. > >-David It is also entirely possible that Saminga is smart enough to understand how amazingly powerful his word really is, and knows if Princes really understand that he is both powerful and intelligent, they are going to start being seriously threatened by him. As long as he is considered dumber than burial dirt, then he is safe, to scheme and plot and prepare. Not a canon point of view... but not exclusive of published canon, either. And the idea that Saminga is really a Master of conspiracy should be enough to give any players all kinds of bad dreams. -Daiv Tech writer in service to coffee, Offanite of The Man. - -- hurricane winds blow tempest that has no eye damn those butterflies ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:46:18 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: IN> Mercurian Choir Name Probably comes from... Mercurius, an orator; an interpreter (The things one finds when browsing http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/biblenames.txt ...) Mercurians were clearly meant to be the original "interpreters" between humanity and celestials, no? O:> - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:57:12 -0600 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> Trust So he's a Dolt by Choice instead of Dolt by Design? - -----Original Message----- From: David Edelstein [mailto:amadan@amadan.org] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 2:28 PM To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Subject: Re: IN> Trust Josh Moger wrote: > > Don't be. With unquantifiable Ethereal Forces, all > >Superiors are superhumanly intelligent. It's their sanity > >that is sometimes questionable. Not correct. Intelligence represent mental power, speed of thought, etc. It doesn't preclude being an idiot. Saminga can mentally track a hundred things at once and figure out certain problems (relating to his Word) with superhuman speed. But in other respects, he's quite capable of being a dolt. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:09:11 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Trust - --- David Edelstein wrote: > Not correct. Intelligence represent mental power, speed > of thought, etc. That's only one definition. Another revolves around problem-solving ability, which Superiors have in spades. Even Saminga. > It doesn't preclude being an idiot. Way too true. Intelligence and thick-headedness are not mutually exclusive -- just look at all those Ivy Leaguers and Phi Beta Kappas in Congress. Bottom line; there's a huge difference between having reasoning ability and being reasonable. Saminga has a lot of reasoning ability, but reasonable he is not. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 15:24:19 -0600 From: David Edelstein Subject: Re: IN> Trust Michael Walton wrote: > > --- David Edelstein wrote: > > Not correct. Intelligence represent mental power, speed > > of thought, etc. > > That's only one definition. Yes, but I'm giving the game definition. > Another revolves around > problem-solving ability, which Superiors have in spades. > Even Saminga. Not likely. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 21:21:43 From: "Daniel Gallagher" Subject: Re: IN> T-minus 4 days >Eric Bertish wrote: >>In four days, IT will come. > > What? That silly motorized scooter thing that was going to revolutionize >the world? > Well, Gabriel did say an abomination. Daniel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:06:24 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag Some of you know that I am currently running an IN PBEM and that it has been an uphill struggle at times. Well, at the moment I have the most entertaining bunch of roleplayers I have ever encountered. I thought my first bunch was good (and they were), but these guys beat them to a frazzle and they are both reliable and cooperative (which was not always the case with the others). I have a Seraph of Creation IST Destiny, a Malakite of Destiny, a Mercurian of Trade, and a human who will eventually be a Soldier. I am amazed at their enthusiasm, imagination, and character interaction. I am continually guffawing at the dialogue between the Seraph and the Malakite (I have never seen any reason why Seraphim can't have a sense of humor, except perhaps for the ones working for Dominic), and as for the human ... the character concept was a combination of Arthur Dent and Mayhew from *Neverwhere.* It's absolutely priceless. And when asked which of the characters he wanted to start out as a Servant to, he chose not any of the above but my PC/NPC, who's a Cherub of Stone. (As GM, I think this was a good choice, but the Cherub is not so sure.) Life is good. Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:30:23 -0600 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag As long as we're on the subject... anyone looking for an e-mail player? - -----Original Message----- From: Janet Anderson [mailto:dorigen@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:06 PM Some of you know that I am currently running an IN PBEM and that it has been an uphill struggle at times. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:38:46 +0000 From: "R L" Subject: Re: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag >Some of you know that I am currently running an IN PBEM and that it has >been >an uphill struggle at times. Even 'realworld' campaigns have that problem... As a GM I can relate... ;) (I >have never >seen any reason why Seraphim can't have a sense of humor, except perhaps >for >the ones working for Dominic) I'd always thought they'd have a very ironic, britishlike-dry sense of humor... :) , and as for the human ... the >character >concept was a combination of Arthur Dent and Mayhew from *Neverwhere.* >It's >absolutely priceless. And when asked which of the characters he wanted to >start out as a Servant to, he chose not any of the above but my PC/NPC, >who's a Cherub of Stone. (As GM, I think this was a good choice, but the >Cherub is not so sure.) > >Life is good. > > >Janet Anderson Sounds very cool. I have some spare time... You need some more players??? ;) Ron _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:48:15 -0600 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> Seraphim Humor I'd always thought they'd do well with sarcasm. Stating the obvious at an opportune time is often good for a smile, and it's just promoting the truth after all. - -----Original Message----- (I have never seen any reason why Seraphim can't have a sense of humor, except perhaps >for the ones working for Dominic) I'd always thought they'd have a very ironic, britishlike-dry sense of humor... :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:23:52 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: IN> T minus 3 days Rumors heard from reliable sources say that something big is brewing in Tartarus -- literally. Vapula has unveiled the newest portion of his principality, the Superscalar Construction Yards, and has placed them under security so tight that even the Game is have trouble infiltrating. Only Technologists of Inspector level and above are permitted entrance; all others are turned away with lethal responses. Unreliable rumors place Hatiphas at the scene. In three days, IT will come. (no, this one isn't early; the other one was late. Since I want IT to happen on Thursday, I should've started counting on Sunday. Mea Culpa.) - -- Casca "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." --Margaret Chittenden, writer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:54:35 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> An Error In Judgment > Okay, lets keep a running score board: > > Eli has made up with Dominic More like they're walking in each others' shoes right now. Dom is learning to be less uptight, and Eli appears to be doind some sort of penance by wearing sackcloth (the ashes seem to be optional). Speaking of ashes, I got the impression that the woman Dom was with in DC was Gabriel. - -- Casca "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." --Margaret Chittenden, writer ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 05:47:40 +0000 From: "Jonathan Walton" Subject: IN> Moe's Easter Tale Beautiful story, Moe. I loved all the tiny hints, especially: >"I somehow know that I will hear it again, someday." Which, if nothing else, made the identity of the older angel obvious. So, on Pentacost can we get an update on Laurence's investigation? Creative use of the Song of Tongues (or, better yet, Numinus Corpus: Tongue of Flame) will get you bonus points... ;) Later. Jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:51:55 -0600 From: "Wade Lahoda" Subject: IN> Humourous Seraphs... I was just somewhat reminded of the funniest quote of the night from my game tonight. Exhausted, tired, and nearly out of Essence, the Malakite of Flowers and the Seraph of Creation(IST Dreams) went out dancing. After being unable to hit it off with any of the mortals, the Seraph asks the Malakite "Would you like to spend some time together and strengthen our bonds of affection?" Seraph turns on his resonance. =) Malakite: "Umm...err...uhhh..." Seraph: "Don't worry, it won't take long!" Malakite: "Tee-hee" Seraph: "I mean, only an hour." Malakite: "Umm, no, not tonight...okay?" Seraph: But the funny thing was the explaination the Malakite gave after the Seraph had left. Was she opposed to indulging in the pleasures of the flesh? No. Did she think the Seraph would make a good lover? Well, not really...but she probably didn't have any real problems helping him out. A small sacrifice to make for a friend. But, you see, she didn't feel she could if she didn't feel up to it, because...as she said after the Seraph departed... "How do you fake it with a Seraph?" Well, it amused *me*. That and the OOC comment about the Malakite having just recieved a new vessel and that she should break it in...but that was rather more crude. =) A. Wade Lahoda ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 10:08:01 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes >I'd always thought they'd have a very ironic, britishlike-dry sense of >humor... :) Ah. Yes. Hmm. It appears that Stereotypes are cropping up again... *has never had her sense of humour considered dry, except for by americans and those that follow the American Way.* Cas *A man walks in to a Bar* *"ouch" he says* 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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 19:55:28 +0800 From: Manny Nepomuceno Subject: Re: IN> Forces question At 12:52 PM 3/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Well, made up of forces, and possibly contain essence. I don't think rocks >hold essence, but they might be solid corporeal forces. > >Josh IMCW, there are other kinds of Forces besides the three in the game. I don't explicitly name them, but they're around...mostly common building blocks that aren't as important as the basic three. Characteristics _can_ attach themselves to Forces (my 0-Celestial Force animals thus don't necessarily have Perception and Will scores of 0) but it's not necessary, and it's the rare animal that gets 4 free characteristic points without one of the big three Forces. ;) Manny Neps http://www.geocities.com/angeloffools ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 12:30:40 +0000 From: "R L" Subject: Re: IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes >Ah. >Yes. >Hmm. > >It appears that Stereotypes are cropping up again... >*has never had her sense of humour considered dry, except for by americans >and those that follow the American Way.* Eh... sorry for stereotyping you. I saw Monthy Pythons Flying Circus last night and was probably a bit influenced by it.. ;) > >Cas >*A man walks in to a Bar* >*"ouch" he says* LOL Now that is that dry, Brittish, understatement humor we all love!! :) Ron _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 05:42:03 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> I'm in a very good mood and need to brag That sounds like fun. Sorry I can't be there. Having no computer at home really sucks. 0:( ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 05:44:06 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: RE: IN> Seraphim Humor - --- "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" wrote: > I'd always thought they'd do well with sarcasm. Stating > the obvious at an > opportune time is often good for a smile, and it's just > promoting the truth after all. Indeed. They'd probably do well with puns for the same reason. But would Seraphim get Dissonant for using reverse psychology? ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 05:51:46 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Re in a very good/humour/steroetypes - --- cassandra benner wrote: > *A man walks in to a Bar* > *"ouch" he says* Now, now, Cas, we must have IN content. 0:> That should read; "Two Malakim walk into a bar. The Mercurian ducks." ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "In film, the director is God. In documentaries, God is the director." - -- Alfred Hitchcock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:40:16 +0100 From: "Stephen McIlvenna" Subject: IN> Escort Duty Following the first decent break from work since Christmas, I have managed to complete the write-up of the second chapter in my Midway campaign. Those of you who are interested can find it under the Angels of Midway link here: http://www.btinternet.com/~s.mci/innomine/inindex.html. As always, comments are most welcome. Stephen http://www.btinternet.com/~s.mci/innomine/inindex.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:25:25 -0600 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> Seraphim Humor - -----Original Message----- From: Michael Walton [mailto:thunderdog_sa@yahoo.com] - --- "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" wrote: > I'd always thought they'd do well with sarcasm. Stating > the obvious at an > opportune time is often good for a smile, and it's just > promoting the truth after all. > Indeed. They'd probably do well with puns for the same > reason. But would Seraphim get Dissonant for using reverse psychology? Hmmm.. would depend on how you view the following statement "You don't really want to do that, do you?" Is it a question if the Seraph think it knows the answer already? Is it an opinion? If the Seraph knows that "doing that" would be harmful, is it considered a fact? Oh the other wing.. Saying "I don't care if you go" is a lie if you really do care. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:10:26 -0500 From: EDG Subject: IN> Hallowed Be Thy Name I'm unsure of the ending. Suggestions are welcome. -_-;; - -EDG - -- At the back of Laurence's Cathedral, hidden in the shadow of one of the buttresses that line the walls, is a door, simple and wooden. There is a trick to this door that few know: its various brass decorations (including the handle) need polish. In fact, this is the door's Need (at level 1); if a creature does it the favor of polishing one of the decorations with a soft cloth for one minute, the door will respond to the favor by opening of its own accord. It is to the benefit of those who use this door that the Need is immediately visible to any Lilim who sees the door, without the need for any sort of roll. (There is one other way to work the door: it will always open when bidden by the Archangel of the Sword.) A creature managing to get the door open will find itself facing a hallway, wooden, lined with doors, and vaguely medieval in appearance, with a doorway to an open room at the end. The rare creature that not only has access to this door but has been to Hell before may recognize this as a replica of one of the residence halls of the Guildhall in Lilith's domain. Almost invariably, when new Bright Lilim arrive in Heaven, they gravitate to one Superior in particular: the Archangel of the Sword. (There is no documented evidence as to why this trend exists, although several Lilim have gone on the record as saying that Laurence is "cuter than hell." Laurence isn't sure how to take that.) When they do, Laurence initially directs them here, to this hall, in order to meet and get to know the other Brights, who often have better insight into working for Heaven than anyone else could. Moliq, the Host's newest Bright Lilim, hurried along in Archangel Laurence's wake as he strode through his Cathedral. The door burst open before him, and Laurence beckoned Moliq through. "Go talk to your sisters," he said in a hushed voice. "I'm sure they have missed you in your long absence from grace." He paused as she stepped through the doorway. "And Moliq... thank you." He smiled, and the Bright Lilim nearly fainted, then skittered off down the hallway. "Hello, Brother," said a quiet voice from behind him as the door slid noiselessly shut. "You seem to have quite the collection." "Brother Vapula," said Laurence, a smile coloring his voice. "They... come to me. I do not ask for this honor, but neither can I, in my heart of hearts, deny it." He turned to face the Elohite. "How have you liked your first days in the Eternal City?" Vapula's skin was clean for the first time in his life, though he still bore traces of the scars and tattoos that had blemished his body. He was dressed in the simple robes of a penitent, and his demeanor was very unassuming, although the ashes on his bald head were a touch Laurence had not seen in a long time, and Vapula was doing an admirable job of keeping them on his smooth scalp. "It is... a marked difference from the shambolic life I am used to living. I have yet to truly get my bearings." He looked down. "Brother Laurence, I have been to see Jacob's Ladder." He laughed self-consciously. "I have so much yet to learn." Laurence nodded somberly. "There is much to learn here. And.. there is much for us to learn as well." Vapula looked up sharply. "Anything I can do to help our Lord... but so soon?" "No, friend," Laurence said, smiling. "Continue your acclimation. When you are ready, come find us." He moved off, toward the front of the Cathedral. "And until you select a Superior, I pray that you find yourself comfortable in my home." Vapula nodded. As a newborn Elohite, he was still struggling to control his emotions. It was only natural for him to want to serve under the Archangel of the Sword, he felt; after all, that one was the man who had sent him on the path to redemption. But were there other places he was needed? Vapula had resolved to take as much time as he needed to prepare himself for service to the Lord and an Archangel when the door opened, and a Bright Lilim stuck her head out. He recognized her at once, of course: Grenic, one of his own Servitors in days gone by. He had thought that she had died - - and, irrationally, found a sudden joy in his heart at seeing her alive and well. "My sister?" he asked, for she had not yet seen him. The Bright Lilim looked toward him. "Have we met?" she asked. "I'm afraid I'm still new here. You're an... Elohite, correct?" Was I really that bad at educating my subjects? "I am." He stepped closer. "My name is Vapula. I think we've met." His eyes twinkled as she stared. "Oh my... you're..." she stammered, letting the door close behind her. "They got you to redeem?" Vapula nodded. "I was... rejected by Hell, and accepted by Heaven. And having been a Catholic anyway, in my saner moments...." He shrugged. She nodded slowly, comprehension dawning. "W... welcome to Heaven, Lord Vapula," she said, but Vapula interrupted her before she could continue. "I am no longer a lord of any sort, my sister," he said quietly. "Even before the Lord God accepted me back into His light, I had renounced that arrogance. I am a penitent in the house of God - nothing more." The Bright Lilim nodded, understanding slowly dawning. "I... have taken a new name in the service of Heaven," she said carefully. "I am called Vehia... brother Vapula." The Elohite smiled. "Vehia," he said, testing the name out. "I like it. Much easier to pronounce than Grenic, and friendlier to the palate." Vehia beamed. "Vapula... I'm glad to see you again. I'm sure we'll see each other around, but I have to go..." Vapula chuckled. "I understand. It is good to see you as well, sister Vehia. Be well." ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2586 ********************************