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[swatwithdragons]

[Lance got back home on Sunday night, and now it’s Monday he has a bunch of things he needs to say to people-at various points during the day/evening. For those who spoke to him not long before he left? He sounds worlds better. Calm, and not in a weary faking-it sort of way. Tranquil.]

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[ghostlighter]

... Wait. So do you actually work there, or what?

[swatwithdragons]

Honestly, I can't remember.

[Except not really. He promised Eve he'd be discreet and after the whole zombie thing ...]

Those who went to Babylon jumped into a volcano that rose out of the harbour at the time. It was a one-time deal, and their being able to get there resulted in Bete Noire being put under the influence of a rage curse until they got back and the volcano entrance was sealed over.

As for as the ones who went to Hell, they summoned Persephone, Satan's wife, to take them down.

[ghostlighter]

You're kidding me. You had a spell out of here and you didn't keep it around somewhere?

[ He is going to find that damn spell, Lance. Just watch him. ]

Satan's wife. ... Okay, we're gonna put that under non-repeatable then.

[swatwithdragons]

The city like fucking you over. Things you have, you don't always get to keep.

[It's not even a lie. It's just not true in reference to the spell.]

I'd say so, yes. We haven't seen Satan since around then, either.

[ghostlighter]

Don't suppose you can remember any of it?

[ It doesn't matter if it should be gone. He's like a dog with a bone now - if he wants to find something, he will keep looking for it. ]

Oh. Satan showed up too.

[swatwithdragons]

It needs three people to work.

[An amused snort.]

Satan, Noah, The Angel of Death, God. You name it.

[ghostlighter]

Good thing I've got three people.

... this place is going to be a huge headache, isn't it?

[swatwithdragons]

Well, you did come in in the middle of an apocalypse.

[ghostlighter]

... an apocalypse.

[ More incredulous than disbelieving, though even then it's very deadpan. ]

[swatwithdragons]

The apocalypse, I should say. Famine, death, earthquakes, Babylon's fall, the whole thing.

[ghostlighter]

So, maybe more of a migraine then? [ Rough exhale. As if he didn't have enough pressure. ] You're serious. This world's ending?

[ Which means... a whole lot of other worlds might be, too. ]

[swatwithdragons]

Wish I weren't. Bete Noire used to be one of three, but now Babylon and Yellow Springs have been destroyed it's the only thing keeping the multiverse together.

Still out on whether God wants to start over or is just trying to commit suicide, though.

[ghostlighter]

What do you mean, they're destroyed? [ His excessive demon-hunting and evil-searching back home means he's at least somewhat aware of the cities' roles in the balance of the multiverse, so how can two-thirds of them be gone already? ]

No, wait, actually-what?

[swatwithdragons]

I mean they're destroyed. That spell you want to know about? The first time anyone tried to use it, it opened a gateway between here and Yellow Springs. Noah invaded with his army of dead people and Bete Noire was almost completely devastated. The Magistrate of the time killed Noah and it destroyed Yellow Springs.

Killing Noah completely broke death. No one died, no matter what kind of injuries they sustained. So to fix it, people tried finding other answers--some went to Hell, some went to Babylon. Killing Nimrod fixed the problem, but it destroyed Babylon too.

[All this is said in the cadence of a man who has said it before.]

D'you need a few moments, or shall I continue?

[ghostlighter]

I thought you said the spell led to... this city's earth or whatever?

[ By his tone of voice, it's obvious Chris is used to taking in huge announcements, absorbing the information and rolling with it. Just another day in the life of a Halliwell. ]

That doesn't make sense, though. I mean... nobody dying first of all, but destroying two cities? Or is it one of those all for one and one for all gigs?

[swatwithdragons]

It does. It's supposed to. Noah hijacked it.

How is it nonsensical?