interstellar5555 | 003 ┼ SO LONG LIVE THE RECKLESS AND THE BRAVE

Who: Luci & Pride CR
What: What happens when Lucifer has a minor identity crisis? Shockingly, she's only quietly destructive.
When: Backdated to Jan 12th-14thish
Where: Pride HQ / Carnie Suite
Warnings: Carnies with feelings.

[Maybe that's why she calls herself Lucifer-- because no matter what she says or does, she'll never get the benefit of the doubt. She wears the name like everything she's ever done wrong in her life is a particularly comfortable coat, and nothing underneath would ever be seen. The devil did it... The devil always does it.]

[Squalo had a damned good point though-- anyone she was close to could become a target for Santiago whenever this favor is called up. That she didn't blame him for. Hell, she shouldn't blame him for anything she's feeling because it's messed up. She shouldn't care about getting rebuffed for trying to help, what skin was it off her nose? Who gave a shit if he held her at bay with the reminder of her deal with Santiago like it was a crucifix? The fact that he seemed not to care about her murdering two people shouldn't make her hope that people would understand she'd just been trying to defend herself.]

[No. She shouldn't feel any of those things because no one would ever reciprocate. No one ever had sympathy for the devil. This feels like a lesson she's forgotten, a reason why she can't remember any friends aside from before she joined Pride. No matter what she did, no one would think she wasn't completely evil or ready to lie to them or stab them in the back. No doubt that was why 'Lucifer'. She isn't anything like a spirit of rebellion and inspiration-- she's evil incarnate. She's ruthless and merciless. She'd kill you for a Klondike bar.]

[It would be so much easier if she didn't want to make connections with people, if she looked at the people she saw often and felt nothing. But no, she's risking her life to save Xanxus, she's teaching Jamie intimacy, she's comforting Terry after Naomi's party... What the fuck, why does it suddenly feel so wrong for her to feel positively about those memories? Why does it feel so foreign?]

[Carnie Suite]

[Luci stays in bed after she gets back from her confrontation with Squalo. She doesn't want to talk to anyone or see anyone, but given she's right where she usually is when she's upset it's not terribly hard to find her. Especially when she doesn't come out to eat and has shut off her phone.]

[Pride HQ - 14th]

[After being convinced to exit the suite if only to stretch her legs, Luci goes through the motions of procuring a cup of soup from the cafe downstairs to bring back up to the suite. No makeup, her hair product-free, she's only looked like this after Naomi's party. Something is clearly wrong with her.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Luci doesn't move when Yuffie comes in because she knows it's Yuffie. She's preparing a script, wondering what she should say, wondering if she should say anything at all. Would it be better if she just stopped talking to all of them about their strange happenings? Would it be safer for them?]

[She turns to Yuffie, just the top half of her face visible over her folded arms.]

I like people. And it hurts when they're assholic to me. Even when I deserve it.

[Yuffie's eyes narrow, and she tenses along her shoulders. She's running through the list of people she can think of in her head, and it is clear that she's displeased hearing this.]

What happened. [She rolls over so she's on her stomach and can get a better look at Luci.] People you like shouldn't be an asshole to you.

....Unless it's Xan, and I'll hit him. [A beat.]

It wasn't Xan, right?

[She's pretty sure it can't be. They're all used to Xan being a dick and at least Yuffie and Luci seem to take it with a grain of salt.]

No, it wasn't Xan. [Luci rolls over and rubs her face with both hands.] It was Squalo, the cellist in MANTICORE. He seemed pissed, he wouldn't tell me why, we've spent some time together, I thought we were friends, I asked if he was hiding something and...

[Things were said that would require telling Yuffie what she did to save Xanxus after the Solstice party.]

...he suggested I'd turn around and sell him out to Santiago and told me to fuck off.

What.

[Yuffie's literally snarling. It's very clear she's taken offense, and Yuffie immediately starts cursing up a storm.]

That son of a bitch! Who the hell does he think he's dealing with-[Yuffie then slips into something that is VERY much not english, and she proceeds to continue speaking in it. It's very consonant heavy and one word seems to roll into another. It's very clear that whatever she is saying is not kind in the slightest, and she looks completely distracted by her own outrage. It takes her a moment, but she does return to English, as if she never noticed she literally hopped into another language for a good thirty seconds.]

- And what kind of a name is SQUALO anyway!

Edited 2016-01-22 01:34 (UTC)

[Oh fuck, Yuffie... what are you even saying. Stop... stop speaking languages Luci is almost sure she's never heard come out of her mouth until this day. Stop. What if Lesedi makes Luci tattle?]

...Italian, I think. [Luci mutters into her hands.] Yuffie you do know you just spouted maybe six or seven lines of text in a language I've never heard you speak, right?

Well it's still stupid.

[Italian or not. It is still a horribly stupid name in her opinion, because that is an easy target at the moment. And she's mad. Who the hell talks to Luci like that! She's not okay with that or with the implications he's made because there are very few people in the universe she trusts more and...

And then Yuffie catches up to what Luci said and blinks.]

...Wait, what?

Yeah. You ranted in something that wasn't Japanese or Chinese but sounded a lot like that. Guess it's one of those new things that prove we're getting crazier and crazier?

....[Yuffie pauses, and blinks at Luci for a long moment. She looks down in thought, and then when she starts again, she's speaking in it. It's very clearly a question. When it's not answered she starts in English.]

....You couldn't understand that?

[Yuffie is just sitting there, blinking at Luci like this is the weirdest thing that's happened to her today. Which, really, it is.]

[Luci sighs long and heavy.]

Not at all. But ever since I found out I can set my fingers on fire, not much has really struck me as weird.

[Yuffie sighs dramatically and flops down onto the bed again. ]

Fuuuuuuck.

[After a moment Yuffie looks at her again.]

I am so glad my new crazy showed up with you. [And she then frowns.]

Hey, why is your weird so much cooler than my weird?

[Yuffie Kisaragi, missing the point.]

Because I'm the devil, and you're a linguist. [Luci smirks and grabs Yuffie, trying to wrestle her into a cuddle. She needs one right now, desperately. It could always be her last from Yuffie.]

[Yuffie shrieks and struggles for all of a moment, but pretty much all of it's a show.]

Luci! Hey!

[She laughs and turns herself more comfortably so she can tuck herself in next to Lucifer, instead of being just haphazardly across the bed. ]

Guess just I get all the cool helpful stuff. Like a total gibberish language and awesome stalking skills. You get to light stuff up.

[She snorts and puts her face into Yuffie's hair.] I'll let you know when it's something cooler than just tiny flames on my fingers, how about that? Then we can stalk people and set them on fire together.

[ Yuffie is cackling as Luci responds. At least her spirits seem a little higher, right? That's good, right? ]

You'll light people up, I'll get us there.

[ Her grin is infectious, and she's all too happy to plan for whatever this future is where weird crap like this happens. ]

They'll never even know what hit 'em, you know?

If they thought we were bad when I couldn't set things on fire and you could only speak one language, they were sadly mistaken. [She grins, thinking about all of the trouble they can get into once Luci perks up a little bit.]

[At least, she hopes that they're going to have many more instances of hellraising...]

003 ┼ SO LONG LIVE THE RECKLESS AND THE BRAVE

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject