virtue smiled a tight lipped smile. “i’ve been on earth for over a century now, and i was down in hell for a century before that.. i’m not really a regular kind of archangel. like i said, i’m retired.” her and disease had been good together for a while, though her inability to fully commit always halted her growth. “if you see him say hi, we didn’t end things on bad terms.”
the little archangel nodded. “i’ll be right back with your shake.” she promised, leaving the horseman momentarily to herself. she gave the order to the kitchen and then made up the shake, wondering if she should keep an eye on the horseman. while she was serious about her retirement, she didn’t really want any trouble following her back to her and Lucifers house. they both preferred to leave the trauma of hell at the door.
reappearing at aellas table she put the shake down along with a knife and fork. “so do you live in town or are you just passing through? i didn’t think there was a lot of war around here.”
true to her words, virtue really didn’t seem to be a regular kind of archangel. it intrigued aella, and she was quite curious about the relationship virtue had with lucifer ( her having spent a century in hell said a lot, but the tattoo of lucifer’s name on her wrist said even more ) but she wasn’t stupid enough to ask right away. understandably, virtue didn’t seem to enjoy her presence too much.
she promised to greet disease if she saw him, and watched virtue as she left to get aella’s order. the archangel was clearly tense, and visibly unhappy. did she expect aella to randomly unleash her powers on the customers ? aella almost sighed - it was always the same. everyone thought her to be lawless, acting on her own accord. but such was the price of being god’s tool. the thought of that didn’t fill her with nearly as much happiness ( or any, as it was ) as it used to.
❝ i haven’t decided yet. i’m staying in a hotel at the edge of town. ❞ she said when virtue came back around with her milkshake. she wrapped her hands around the tall glass but didn’t try it yet. ❝ i’m not necessarily drawn to wars. ❞ if that were the case, then she would spend her days and nights wherever america had decided to send their soldiers now. or any other capitalist country, for that matter. ❝ conflicts are enough to draw me in. and there are lots of those anywhere on earth. ❞ aella explained, leaning out of her booth to point towards a bickering couple a few tables away.
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