StevenE materializes in a burst of blackness as he teleports in from 
elsewhere in the MOO.

William (#2330) has changed the GM of this room to William (#2330).

Jesdyn materializes out of thin air.

Jesdyn has made Jesdyn's local name Neil

StevenE has made StevenE's local name Ekur

fadethecat swings into the room on a bit of rigging.

The GM says, "Between my Illinois trip last weekend, GOTV volunteering 
this weekend, and the mid-term I am giving in three days, I have had zero 
in the way of time to upload logs I should have, much less total XP.  
Sorry."

fadethecat has made fadethecat's local name Draco

Neil says, "This will be session 30, right?"

Draco says, "If you don't mind XP spending between this session and next, 
despite being mid-arc, I certainly don't mind waiting on new points."

The GM says, "It will indeed."

[ Editor's note: Obviously, a miscount -- 31. ]

The GM says, "Yeah, the only thing I'll ask is that you not pick 
something that would have made today's session unworkable."

The GM says, "Maybe we should do something special for session 42.  
Answer with absolute surety one question each PC has about CDaU.  ;^)"

William  . o O (Neil will ask about life, Ekur will ask about the 
Universe, and Draco will ask about everything.)

The GM says, "A'ight, anyway.  We concluded the entr'act last time with 
the following dramatic entree:"

----------------------------------William--------------------------------
--

Thais says, "Ekur?  You're not gonna *believe* who just showed up under a 
white flag."  She pushes Wrinth into the room.

---------------------------------finished--------------------------------
--

Arc 7: No Snazzy Title Yet

The GM says, "It's the '90s, and the three of you are in Ekur's office 
overlooking the town square.  Along with Thais, holding swordpoint to 
Wrinth's back, and Wrinth, who is calmly picking imaginary lint off his 
suit."

Ekur looks over to Thais.  "This is who it appears to be?"

Draco looks over to Neil. "Who is this supposed to be?"

Wrinth smiles smugly at being the center of attention.

Jesdyn [to William]: Before I can answer that, I've got a list of 
resonances a mile long I already ran.

[ snip msg'ing ]

Ekur zaps Wrinth with auto-rez.

Thais nods.  "I've got a bead on him."

Jesdyn [to William]: That is -- current social standing with 
[sS]uperiors, current levels of Discord, most deviant act, and a second 
close examination of his relationship and Thais.

Jesdyn [to William]: Or -- no, damnit, I can only detect Dissonance. 
Damnit.

Jesdyn [to William]: And I probably can't afford OoJ yet.

William [to Ekur]: The smug is a put-on.  He's feeling betrayed and 
abandoned, and his present current motivation is determination to regain 
status.

William [to Ekur]: The Discordant undercurrent of anger is *not* there.

William [to Neil]: Roll it.

Jesdyn [to William]: Well, hold on just a second. If I got... 21 points 
last arc, I would've bought Ofanite of Judgment. Can we assume I didn't 
score quite that high?

Neil . o O ( One point to pay off debt, 20% socked away into the force 
fund, and the 15-point attunement. )

William [to Jesdyn]: At an eyeball estimate, I'd say it's not a sure bet.  
We ran 7 sessions.

Jesdyn [to William]: Hmm. Okay, skip it then -- but I'd like to reserve 
the right to have bought it later.

Neil rolled 8 versus 18 and succeeded by 10.

Neil rolled 8 versus 18 and succeeded by 10.

William [to Neil]: You sense the old arrogance, but there's a crack in 
it.  It's been drilled into him that the beings whose opinions he cares 
about regard him as having failed them.  His reading of geographic origin 
in Gehenna has attenuated slightly; his consuming interest at present is 
reclaiming it.  He has few if any serious relationships at present other 
than potential ones.  Thais he regards strictly in terms of utility.  His 
most deviant act as he regards it is his present exile.

Jesdyn [to William]: Okay, next question -- why is he Ekur's office and 
not a slowly-expanding cloud of Forces? What has he already said to us to 
get him this far?

[ snip msg'ing ]

William [to Jesdyn]: According to the border patrol, he showed up on the 
border literally carrying a white flag and demanding to speak to someone 
in charge, preferably Ekur.  He claimed Heaven would want to hear it and 
a Seraph backed at least that part up -- he refused to say more.

The GM says, "By the way, Draco asked who this guy was.  :^)"

Jesdyn [to William]: Oh!

Jesdyn [to fadethecat]: Wrinth, disgraced Impudite of The War. He lost a 
few fights with the valiant agents of Heaven -- I was there as well -- 
and it seems Baal didn't take it well.

Neil kicks the Blue Room in passing.

Draco adjusts his spectacles. "How interesting," he says. Given his 
Choir, he's not even being sarcastic when he says this.

Neil says, "So. Here's Ekur. Let's hear it."

Wrinth looks over at the ferret.  "Angel or ethereal?"  He mentions to 
Ekur, "You're probably going to want to keep this classified."

Ekur nods to Wrinth.  "Probably."  He turns to the group.  "Everybody, 
keep this under your hat until further notice.  Dreamshape yourself a hat 
if you have to."

"Angel," Draco says, and offers a sweet little pointy-toothed smile. 
"Don't mind me."

Wrinth shrugs.  "Vassal's call, then."  He dreamshapes himself a chair 
and a lit cigarette, taking a drag, the picture of calmness.  "As the 
Mercurian has already invaded my privacy to confirm, I am not... 
presently... professionally associated... with my former employer."  Calm 
or not, he doesn't like saying that.

Wrinth says, "Lacking a Vessel, my existence has been circumscribed to 
the Marches.  It's not such a bad place.  Could use a bit more 
excitement, but then there's no place like home."

fadethecat [to William]: Oh, I should be turning on my resonance, right 
around now.

Jesdyn [to William]: War knowledge check -- I didn't think Hell was big 
on Outcasting. Did he escape or did Baal just decide this was a good week 
to piss off Asmodeus?

Draco rolled 13 versus 22 and succeeded by 9.

William [to Draco]: "CD 5," so to speak

Ekur says, "Oh, I don't know.  Supernova 1987, the side effects of the 
Berlin Wall going down . . . there's been quite a bit of excitement."

Draco [to William]: Keen. let me know if I get anything unusual on 
motivations or truthiness?

William [to Neil]: All of what you say is correct, but your information 
is limited to what you have here.  Though you'd also know that someone 
who'd run Renegade should be exhibiting quite a bit more Discord, as 
usually happens when a demon shatters his Heart.

Jesdyn [to William]: Worth investigating after we pry some details out of 
Wrinth. Speaking of...

Wrinth takes another drag.  "Yes, I heard about that supernova.  
Apparently the locus ran off into the wilds and, rumor has it, beyond.  
Harder and harder to follow, until it vanished beyond Utgard.  All kinds 
of stories starting up about that.  That the pilgrims following it had 
found Repose of Midnight.  That it led them to Limbo.  That it vanished 
through the Topaz Gates.  Lots of stories.  I figured I'd follow up on a 
few of them."

Draco's whiskers twitch, very slightly, as he watches Wrinth smoke. But 
for the moment, he's just taking notes.

William [to Draco]: So far, all true.  He's telling you, really, most of 
the truth.  He *is* trying to get you to do something with it, but so far 
not even intending to give a misimpression.

Wrinth says, "Imagine the arousal of my cupidity, then, when in the 
course of following up on one description of this supposed Repose of 
Midnight I find myself sporting an unpleasant note of Dissonance and in 
the Marches locus of an ethereal Tether populated by demons."

Wrinth says, "Who do not seem to be in contact with any particular 
members of the Infernal hierarchy... but spending the week there cured me 
of that little personal problem."

Ekur starts.  "An Ethereal tether full of renegades?"

[ brief digression to edit mechanically unworkable adventure hook ]

Wrinth waves the cigarette.  "Not certain.  They didn't act particularly 
Discordant, and I kept my head down as I wandered around.  However, there 
didn't seem to be much work in the way of advancing the Rebellion going 
on.  And shortly after I left, I heard the most interesting bits of 
Disturbance: I'd never heard them before, but I'd heard *of* them.  One 
was what you guys call a Song of Faith.  And the reason I've never heard 
it, you know, is that only angels can use it."

Wrinth says, "So if there are renegades there, I'm thinking there is more 
than one kind."

William [to Draco]: And now, he's omitting another one he heard.

Neil says, "Very interesting. But I think we've all got some questions 
for you, Wrinth."

Neil says, "Why tell us?"

Draco [to William]: Hmm. Making a note of it, then. Will probably ask at 
the end.

Jesdyn [to fadethecat]: Yeah, that's what I was setting up for. Maybe he 
won't realize he's being pumped by a Seraph until it's much too late.

Draco [to Neil]: I like how you think.

Wrinth says, "Well, I want to know what the hell is going on there.  I 
figure so do you.  Revealing myself could have gone in very good or very 
bad ways.  If my previous bosses already know about this place, then I 
have nothing to gain by telling them about it.  If they don't, then I 
have a lot to gain.  If there are angels here working with Hell, you most 
likely want to keep it quiet.  If they're prisoners, a screaming frontal 
assault is likely to get them killed before you penetrate.  Seems we have 
a common goal."

William [to Draco]: And he's *totally* got more motivations than that.  
He suspects the demons hanging out in the place are doing something Hell 
wouldn't like at *all*, and he figures if he can solve the problem and 
hand it to Baal solved he'll be welcomed back.

Neil thinks for a moment, and innocently adds, "Where did you say this 
was again?"

Wrinth says, "I didn't."

Ekur says, "Wait, one moment.  Spending the week there . . . it cured 
your dissonance, or it cured your connection to particular members of the 
Infernal hierarchy?"

Draco is jotting down notes rather intently at this point.

William [to Draco]: And what you get out of that is that he does know 
where it is, and even a brief glimpse.  Whether it's enough to navigate 
to an Ethereal Domain you've never seen is very, very iffy.

Neil says, "Yeah. Well, that gets "why aren't we just going to kill you" 
out of the way, I suppose."

Wrinth says, "My Dissonance.  I was pointing out that it's an infernal 
Tether.  I was already... loose... when I found it."  He points the cig 
at Ekur.  "Thing is, I never saw or heard anyone go down or up it.  Never 
even found the locus."

Wrinth says, "There's other reasons not to kill me, too.  You need me.  
The demons were all in celform.  Ethereals had to be escorted by at least 
one demon at all times.  Djinn on patrol.  Never mentioned their boss, 
though."

Neil eyes Wrinth. "Those are either some /very/ expensive cigarettes, or 
you're a lot looser than someone I've personally shot three times should 
be. Care to comment on that?"

William [to Ekur]: Neil has hit a sore point with Wrinth.

After a moment glaring at Neil, Wrinth says, "I suppose you may want to 
know, should we face combat, that I presently lack the relic weapon 
you've seen me with before.  This was confiscated by my Superior before 
he cured my Discord and... reassigned me."

William [to Draco]: Baal, at their last meeting, took his rapier, cured 
his Discord, broke his Heart, and booted him from Gehenna with orders to 
show he could be useful before Baal decided to put the Game on his tail.

Draco winces slightly in sympathy, and makes a note of this.

Jesdyn [to William]: Damn it, I thought #162 only applied to Console 
RPGs. d:

Neil . o O ( http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html )

fadethecat [to Jesdyn]: Hee.

William [to Jesdyn]: You may ask Ekur's professional opinion on whether 
Wrinth shows any likelihood at *all* of defecting to the side of Good 
yet.  ;^)

Neil says, "So we go there, find out what's going on, engage in a wild 
melee once one side is ready to betray the other, scamper back to our 
Superiors, and claim unalloyed success."

Neil says, "As opposed to just summoning a Superior right here to pick 
your brains. I'm not feeling it, Wrinth."

Neil . o O ( Or having a Sorcerer do it. )

Neil says, "Let's see if you can sweeten this for us."

Draco looks up from his notebook. "I thought, 'Let's make a deal' was my 
line," he says mildly.

Wrinth says, "Whatever information you get from me, you're still going to 
need a handy demon to infiltrate the place.  Maybe Michael has a few 
Lilim with strings he can pull."

Neil says, "I'm contractually entitled to play "Bad Cop"."

Wrinth eyes Draco with new interest.  "Oh, Trade are you?"

William [to Ekur]: Wrinth is very pleased at this development.

Draco smiles brightly. "Yes, of late. Though I feel obliged to tell you 
that if they decide you should be dead, while I would argue against this 
decision under the present circumstances, I don't really have the 
authority to make my objections stick."

Wrinth says, "Fair enough.  At least Trade isn't usually out-and-out 
violent, tend to be willing to strike an honest bargain, word is your 
bond and all."  Wrinth positively grins and sips the tea that the 
cigarette has slipped into being.

William [to Draco]: The implication he's not saying is that he suddenly 
feels some leverage over you.

William [to Draco]: Your Choir attunement tells you he's willing to use 
it if he feels he can't get what he wants out of you any other way, 
though.

Draco bounds up to Neil's shoulder for a better vantage point to address 
the demon. "We do try to be accomodating, within reason," he says, and 
flips to a new page in his notebook. "Though before we get into the 
deal-making portion of this meeting, I was wondering if you could clear 
up a detail or two for me. Back when you mentioned hearing disturbance 
from the Song of Faith..." He flips back a few pages, and peers at his 
notes. "What else did you hear that you chose not to mention at that 
time?"

Draco [to William]: Mm, makes sense. Thanks.

Wrinth blinks, and mutters, "Seraph."  He sighs and leans back.  
"Sorcery.  Construct creation.  The real thing.  Somebody around there's 
got their hands on some Primordial Clay.  And, obviously, they're human."


Wrinth says, "I heard it more than once, so they've got a regular source.  
Never saw it personally, though."

Draco blinks. "How interesting," he says, and adds a footnote to that 
page. He flips forward to the blank page again. "Now, the obvious part 
here is that you have information we want, and would prefer to remain 
alive. It's not a bad place to start dealing from. But I'm still a little 
unclear on what, exactly, you expect to get out of this from /us/. Care 
to clarify?"

Neil . o O ( Do I know what the Song of Faith is? )

-Draco By the way, this is truthfully what he thinks.  More properly, it 
was Vessel creation.

William [to Draco]: By the way, this is truthfully what he thinks.  More 
properly, it was Vessel creation.

The GM says, "...wait, darnit, you don't know that.  Wasn't CD 6."

William [to Draco]: But you know he's not quite right about that bit.

William [to Neil]: Yes, it's not a secret.  It's one of a few Songs only 
angels can sing.

Neil . o O ( Humans in a tether means... living humans. They're not cut 
off, they're hiding. Tsayadim can't perform redemptions without an 
Archangel riding shotgun. )

Jesdyn [to William]: Yeah, but /I/ don't what what SoF is.

Neil . o O ( Would the Tsayadim be willing to kill a genuinely pentitent 
demon just because they've misplaced their Archangel? Especially a 
/useful/ demon who's willing to help them kill those goddamn ethereals? 
With or without pentitence? )

Wrinth says to Draco, "Backup.  Numbers.  Extra investigative abilities.  
Like hell I'm digging deeper into territory this weird without an ace in 
the hole.  And I know you guys."  Resonance says: he wouldn't mind a few 
disposable scapegoats too, in case he's investigating something that 
turns out to be on Hell's up and up.  Or bigger than he can handle.

William [to Jesdyn]: SoF: Corporeal -- angel becomes insubstantial.  
Ethereal -- detect minute Disturbances.  Celestial -- submit your will to 
your Choir and Word.

William [to Neil]: And since you bring up Tsayadim, quite a few of those 
Tsayad attunements have to do with detecting and tracking Disturbances, 
especially in the ethereal realm.

Jesdyn [to William]: Estimated time to my next appointment with Dominic? 
Wrinth has the right idea -- I need to check this mission with a 
Superior.

Draco mms. "So, let me see if I have this straight. You want us to come 
in and help you investigate an ambiguous and likely dangerous situation 
of interest to Heaven and Hell. In exchange for your information on where 
the place is located, you'd get our commitment to investigation." He 
straightens the spectacles, which have been sliding down on his pointy 
little nose. "Let's be to the point, here. Whatever we discover, we're 
likely to want to keep that information for Heaven. Please tell me if I'm 
wrong, but it seems you'd rather take all this information back to Hell 
for a reward there. This strikes me as a potentially problematic set of 
goals, when it comes to working together."

roll 1d7

On 1d7, you rolled 1.

William [to Neil]: Lucky you.  He's showing up this afternoon.

Wrinth says, "Why?  If it turns out to be a bunch of Renegades -- or 
better yet, Outcasts working with Renegades -- either of us are happy to 
have them offed.  If it's a legit Infernal project, no skin off mine, I 
had no way of knowing in my present circumstances.  If it's a Heavenly 
project, then of course I'll want your word not to off me to keep the 
secret."

William [to Draco]: Although if it turns out to be a legit Infernal 
project he'll try to find a way to reveal himself to the locals and have 
your ethereal forces stripped before you can get out.

Draco stares evenly at Wrinth for a moment. Then says, "I'll need to talk 
this over with the others." He looks to Ekur (senior in the room) and 
Neil (most likely to manhandle a demon given an opportunity). "If you two 
would like to do so at this point?"

Neil says, "I was about to suggest the same thing. Let me go find some 
friends for Wrinth, first."

Neil steps out of the room to go find a Karst or six.

Jesdyn [to William]: Wait, I'll bet angels of Stone make crappy guards.

The GM says, "This is done, and Wrinth is in the waiting room outside 
with a half-dozen grumpy angels staring at him while you are in the room 
with the door closed."

Neil . o O ( "Well, he dreamshaped a door and walked out of it. What was 
I supposed to do? Hit him?" )

William [to Neil]: Stand in the way.

The GM says, "Un-dreamshape the door."

The GM says, "Dreamshape a ring of fire around him."

The GM says, "Stone learns how to deal with this sort of thing."

Neil says, "Well? Any ideas?"

Draco passes out copies of what he read from Wrinth. "I have the idea 
that we should be very, very cautious about going into unknown and 
supposedly hostile territory with a demon we know full well will turn on 
us the instant he believes that's even a neutral choice, much less a good 
one for him."

Neil says, "We know he was looking for the Repose of Midnight. We don't 
have to let him live."

Neil . o O ( Too bad I never learned Thais could strip Ethereal Forces. )


Draco blinks. "Do we intend to simply drag the information out of him, 
without offering anything in return? This strikes me as...unfair, though 
I realize there are extenuating circumstances."

Neil says, "Or we give him to Dorotea."

Neil says, "She's had time to practice. She has his True Name, and were 
he to face... distraction... during the Will War, she might give him some 
real trouble."

Ekur laaaaaaags.

Draco shakes his head. "It's not what we do with him eventually that I'm 
concerned about, so much as what we offer in exchange for his 
information. He /is/ providing us with something we want, regardless of 
his past actions, and doing so voluntarily. His motivations are dreadful, 
but the act remains."

Ekur says, "I don't think we really want Dorotea tempted to go back to 
her old ways, and if she were to lose the Will War, we'd be rather up a 
creek."

Draco says, "Her Cherub would, I think, have some forewarning if she were 
about to stumble badly. But I agree that it's a situation with potential 
for some real problems."

William  <ooc> Things are going kind of slow.  What's the discussion 
actually about here?

Draco wants to figure out what sort of deal we're going to cut with 
Wrinth, since he's not happy with the idea of just yanking the 
information via Superior brain-sucking or what not and then not giving 
Wrinth anything in return.

Jesdyn [to William]: We're waffling because it's a bad situation and we'd 
want downright unrealistic levels of assurance or it's not worth doing.

Jesdyn [to William]: Our main sticking point is that Wrinth thinks it's a 
good plan.

Ekur <ooc> I actually don't have any objection to going with Wrinth's 
plan.

Jesdyn [to StevenE]: I don't understand how we play a part in it -- we 
just wait outside, he says "come on in", we walk in, we get punked. I 
don't see our role.

fadethecat [to Jesdyn]: See, Draco's main sticking point is "I don't want 
a demon stabbing me in the back once he realizes that turnign this info 
over to Baal would get him happy points back home."

Jesdyn [to StevenE]: He couldn't find the locus, so it was all on the 
Ethereal -- we could just walk around being jerks, I guess. I could 
probably do Calabim convincingly.

Jesdyn [to StevenE]: A Habbalite is just an Elohite without a safeword.

The GM says, "Actually, celform is recognizable as celform, and can't be 
faked.  An ethereal icon of celform is something different.  Were there 
any angels in Wrinth's sight, they'd have been wearing normal icons and 
acting like good little Ethereals."

Draco wonders if Ekur would be willing to get a few temporary tattoos for 
the good of SCIEN--er, Heaven.

Jesdyn [to William]: So we go in as Ethereals... that works.

Jesdyn [to William]: But it doesn't solve Wrinth betraying us all...

Jesdyn [to William]: Tell you what. Neil doesn't like, doesn't think it's 
worth it, and won't do it. However, we've already scheduled a visit with 
someone willing to overrule him.

Jesdyn [to William]: Then the issue of surety is Dominic's problem and 
/he/ can take what precautions are appropriate.

William <ooc> I was just about to suggest that the Boss show up and speak 
to all three of you, mm?

fadethecat [to William]: Likewise, Draco is not happy with the potential 
for backstabbing, but does think that three angelic resonances should be 
enough to get a heads-up if Wrinth tries it. Might invest in some useful 
get-out-of-jail-free things before heading out, though.

fadethecat [to William]: That works for me.

fadethecat [to StevenE]: You lagging, or with us?

Ekur says, "I'm here.  I'm with you.  I'm not all that worried about 
backstabbing."

The GM says, "You hear a yelp of 'HOLY mmph' from outside the room, and 
the Cloak glides through the door.  Dominic is in your presence."

Neil bows, with a sinking suspicion of what's coming. "My Lord."

Dominic scans the three of you, and addresses Neil.  "Why is there a 
known demon in the waiting room outside, my servant?"

Neil says, "He entered Civis under a white flag to ask for our help 
investigating a novel demonic presence in the Marches, to regain his 
favor with Baal."

Neil says, "We were just discussing if we were going to refuse and kill 
him, or kill him and then say "no"."

The GM says, "There is the brief warm sensation of Superior-boosted 
Seraph-of-Judgment-boosted Essence-boosted Seraphic resonance."

Draco blinks up at the Archangel of Judgment quietly with wide, admiring 
Seraphic-ferret eyes.

Dominic picks up a copy of Draco's notes and scans through them as well.

Neil . o O ( I made /Dominic/ spend /Essence/? )

Ekur bows to Dominic.  "Or if we were going to say yes.  It's an 
interesting situation, and I think we should check it out.  Ethereal 
death is not that bad."

Draco . o O ( Except for the part where it hurts. And leaves Discord. And 
it's embarrassing. Also, it hurts. )

Ekur . o O ( Well, yes, but then it's over and you go out and do it 
again. )

Neil . o O ( I'm the only angel here who's still got all the Forces he 
fledged with. )

Draco [to Neil]: Hey, Draco could still have all the Forces he fledged 
with! He never dipped below 7, after all. Depends on which /ones/ he 
lost...

Dominic says, "There is more to the situation than the demon is fully 
aware of."  He gives Draco his notes back.  "Enough that it becomes our 
duty to investigate, especially where humans are involved."

Neil says, "As you wish, my Lord."

Neil . o O ( Can you stick his Ethereal Forces into a bucket for me? No 
-- into the /Judgementmobile/. Wah hah hah hah hah! )

Dominic says, "To work with demons is generally unwise when it can be 
avoided -- and it could, in this particular instance.  However, it is 
wiser in the long term not to do so, again in this particular instance, 
for it removes a potential threat in the future.  The demon has, under 
different guise and with stolen goods, purchased a social favor you owed 
to an ethereal by the name of Wolichter.  It is best to force him to use 
this leverage to obtain your assistance rather than leave this sword of 
Damocles hanging above your head."

Draco beams. "Is that what his leverage was? It's good to know."

Dominic says to Draco, "I have been told you now make it standard 
practice to require that favors traded to demons be nullified.  I applaud 
this clause."

Jesdyn [to William]: What the HELL did you price that favor the elf did 
us at? "Sit there and spend an Essence" is not "drag your sorry carcass 
to the Farthest Marches for the glory of Lucifer".

Draco's pupils are teeny tiny stars.

William [to Jesdyn]: Oh, quite true.  But he was hoping it could tip a 
balance if necessary.

The GM says, "he = Wrinth, that is"

Neil . o O ( Alright, alright. We've got our Marching orders, and Dominic 
visibly picked Wrinth's brains and decided to leave them the way they 
found them, more's the pity. )

Neil says, "It will be as you say. We'll take off as soon as Wrinth 
recovers."

Dominic says, "All of you are wise enough to know that betrayal is a 
constant threat when dealing with Hell.  Remember that the association is 
useful only insofar as his presence is required to assist your 
investigation, and make the angelic and human presence in this Domain 
your priority."

Dominic says, "For the duration of this mission, Draco of Trade, Ekur of 
Dreams, I deputize thee as members, with Neil, of a Judgment triad for 
purposes of dealing with angels you may find consorting with demons... 
other than under these orders.  My servant will instruct you on the basic 
forms and the standing orders for such missions."

Dominic says, "Be watchful," and disappears.

Draco turns to Neil. "I like him," he says. "So what do we need to know?"


Neil begins to explain. "If you see an angel consorting with a demon, you 
call "dibsies". The first member of the Triad to call dibs..."

FADE SCENE