I would like to see the black-out drunk Malthael, but also trying to operate, enter, and exit a portal while intoxicated. Do angels fly into things when drunk?
He had underestimated the strength of the latest batch of drink he'd brewed. Nothing unusual; everyone did it once or twice. Even the Archangel of Wisdom made mistakes, but he had picked his timing horrendously badly. He was due to be at a meeting with the Council. Flying while inebriated, he knew from past experience, was a dizzying affair more likely to land him in a wall or worse, on someone, thus he passed that thought over. A portal would surely be easy enough to open from the Pools to the council chamber. He'd done it countless times before in various states of sobriety.
Today, however, wasn't looking like a good day for that, either. "Open, you blasted thing," he grumbled, forcing the spellwork through and - unnoticed - mildly messing up. No matter, the portal would drop him somewhere closer to the correct chamber either way. The searingly bright colours were unusual, but he put it down to his increasingly fuzzy head. The alcohol hit his resonance faster than anticipated and he blacked out just as he fell through the portal.
He came round to his siblings stood over him, laid out in the middle of the council chamber floor.
"-quite sure he's hallucinating," Auriel's soothing voice entered his hearing first and he made a soft groaning sound, alerting them to his return to lucidity.
"Brother," Itherael greeted him, keeping their voice down. "Do you remember what you were saying?"
"...No?" He offered hoarsely, questioning silently.
"You arrived several hours past the allotted time-" Malthael made a sound that was brimming with embarrassment and dropped his head back onto the cool marble. "-from a rainbow portal, looking worse for wear and ranting about 'unicorns' and 'stuffed toy bears' attacking you with 'cuddles'. You were quite adamant that we consider them demons and go to war."
That was... He didn't remember a single thing about his trip through the portal. Malthael shuddered and turned onto his side, beginning to ease himself up onto his knees to start with. "Did you listen?" He winced at the rough sound of his voice. That batch of drink he'd made needed to be disposed of. Something was clearly off with it.
Imperius snorted loudly and the eldest flinched at the way it pounded through his whole body, wings twisting in agitation.
"The portal closed before we could investigate, brother," he replied bitterly, offering him a hand. "Make no mistake though, if any of us should encounter such a portal again, the utmost care will be taken when scouting it." Malthael let himself be pulled up and leaned heavily on the golden armoured angel as he was escorted carefully to a seat, his legs barely cooperating. "For now, you should rest and deal with your no doubt unintended hangover."
"Shut up," he grumbled rudely, hearing the mirth in his youngest brother's voice. "You are as a bell next to my head."
"The ringing voice of clarity and reason?" Valor smirked, and Wisdom shook his head - and nearly fell sideways for his trouble.
"An obnoxiously loud din on mine delicate hearing," he muttered balefully. "A gong that makes my resonance throb painfully from how loud you are. Be quiet, Imperius." He pointedly ignored how Tyrael was wheezing with laughter.
No more portals when drunk, he swore to himself.