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[wilder]

Who: Kaneis Major
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS. Wonderduck
When: February 27th

[Action or Video Broadcast: Filtered to the crew of the Wonderduck]

Hey, we'll probably be leaving in a few days. So is there anything else you guys want from these moons? I can keep an eye out for it.

I mean, unless it's meat. I'm sick of grabbing that stuff, so you're on your own there.

[Public Network Encryption: Public]

[Oh look, maybe he's actually going to be social for once. From the background, it looks like he's hanging out in his ship's quarters. Near him, there looks like there's a tree coming out of the hull. Ah, life with a fairy nature. Also, his hair is short]

So...I've been wondering this for awhile- but is it normal for worlds not to have monsters? Because I've noticed a pretty big lack of them everywhere we go.

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[Kaneis STRONGLY Disapproves -180]

[wilder]

[It takes him a second to comprehend what's going on. But when he does? Oh, he's pissed. So so pissed]

What!? You were going to have me help you make a suicide potion?!

What the hell is wrong with you?!

[devilsinthedetails]

[Cole cannot understand why all of you are getting up in arms about this it's a precaution.]

I don't want to die again, Chris, but I figured that it would be a good idea in case I went evil or another upper-level demon decided to find their way here. And I can't even make it myself, so I don't see what the problem is here.

It's not a suicide potion. As I said before, it's a precaution. I'm unstable on a good day and I don't really want to cause anyone any problems like I have in the past. And I've tried suicide before, but it didn't work so why would I even try now?

[misconceived]

[ Because most precautions don't end up in suicide, Cole. ]

Maybe because you aren't invincible anymore? There are so many better ways to deal with whatever dangers there might be than leaving a ticking time bomb around! Dad, what if someone used one of those on me?!

[wilder]

Chris is right. And it's not a good idea. Even if this suicide potion worked, Atroma would just bring you back, asshole.

[There's no hiding the anger in his voice. He's pissed as all hell about this. Not only was this a STUPID, RECKLESS idea that even wouldn't WORK- but this guy was going to have him unwittingly help him with it without telling him a thing. Which man, he's indirectly caused enough death and sorrow to last him several lifetimes.]

And for the record? You don't rope people into helping with things that'll kill someone without telling them! If I'm gonna kill someone, it's going to be by my hand while looking them in the eye! That's it!

[devilsinthedetails]

They wouldn't be able to use it on you because it needs your flesh and it'd be using mine and I'd only have a small enough dose made for me. Besides, I promised you I wouldn't die, didn't I? I'm still going to fulfill that promise, but if I become evil, then I would rather be taken out than do something to hurt you.

[He looks at the screen to Kaneis and he sighs. Everyone always gets angry at him. It's rule one of his life. Nothing can or will go right for him.]

If you two are so against the idea of me dying, then figure out an alternative. I'm open to anything that doesn't involve power stripping potions. I won't allow that to happen to me again.

[misconceived]

[ Chris just stares at him, hand still on his arm in a crushingly tight grip. If he were using demon strength right now, it would probably hurt a lot. After a moment of stunned and pained silence, Chris outright scoffs. ]

I don't need to strip your powers, we could just bind them. You know, that thing that happened to the sisters? Happened to me? What the hell do you take me for? I wouldn't let you hurt anyone else, either!

[wilder]

[He meanwhile is glaring at Cole as he lists of his conditions. There something that smells of bullshit to him, making promises not to die but marking all these different conditions to it. Luckily, Chris speaks up before he can remark on that]

[He makes a "tut" with his tongue.] Wow, would you look at that. Not even a minute, and the kid managed to find a much better answer. It's a miracle. Almost like you should listen to someone besides yourself sometimes, or something.

[devilsinthedetails]

You mean the thing that your mother and aunts decided that should never be used on me because they thought my life would be better if I was just a human without any chance of regaining my powers? I have no idea why I didn't think of it. Maybe it was because I was told not to ever expect it.

[Oh, he's kind of bitter now because it's always one extreme with him and also fuck the Halliwell sisters for deciding what Cole should be.]

And what's your suggestion, angel? Just let whatever happen and then maybe you can spear me with one of your wings too? Poison me and force me into extreme pain to stop my eventual switch back to evil like I should be?

[misconceived]

[ Chris is just not prepared for the dig against his family and his grip turns even tighter because if he uncoils any of his tension right now he'd be shaking from fear and anger. ]

They aren't here right now. You know who's here? I am. Me. I have never given up on you, and I never will. No matter what they think they know about the balance of good and evil, all right?

[ He's tempted to try putting space between them, but again. He's so close to just shaking apart right now that he merely turns to look away. ]

This isn't helping anyone.

[wilder]

[His eyes narrow at Cole, looking at him with utter disdain]

My angelic suggestion is to get over your little pity party and listen to your son. Everyone's got bad stuff in their lives and people who tell them terrible things that's likely full of crap. None of it justifies choices like this that just hurt people for no good reason. Can't you see how much you're hurting your son?

Is that what you really want?

[devilsinthedetails]

[There's a long moment of silence while he looks at Kaneis on the screen before he looks to Chris.]

You've got a perfectly good substitute for your Aunt Paige right here, Chris.

Tell me what you need for the binding potion and I'll see about getting them to you. Work on a spell as a backup in case of emergencies.

[And then he leans in to whisper something into Chris's ear, too quiet to pick up over the video feed, and then presses their foreheads together.]

As for what I want, Kaneis, it never comes into play. Even when I gave up everything for the woman I loved, it never mattered. Because it was always everyone else who mattered, not the demon with a soul who should have never been born.

[At that, he shimmers off. Because he's done and has been for a while.]

[misconceived]

[ Chris kind of stands in shock for a very long moment, Cole's words ringing in his ears. Once he shakes out of it, there's a violent movement where an energy ball crashes to the wall where it harmlessly explodes and barely singes the metal there. He stands, breathing, before he eventually runs a hand down his face. ]

Sorry.

Sorry, I just... I don't think that broke anything. [ He tilts his head back to the camera, so drained and scared and holding up as strong as he can. ] There's a lot more to that than what it looked like.

[ I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you, Kit. ]

[wilder]

[He almost rolls his eyes at Cole's departure. It doesn't illicit empathy, even if he can relate to the words (and relate to them very much he can). If anything, it adds to his anger towards the man. Throwing a hissyfit because people weren't going along with his suicide plan.]

[But Chris's freak out shakes him out of his own stewing. That poor guy. His tone loses most of it's edge when he speaks to him]

It's fine. If you do break anything, it'll give Lloyd something to do.

[Which means, go on ahead and freak out. Since hey, it's not like he can offer this guy a hug without putting a hazmat suit on.]

[....]

There's always more to things. That's how life works. But it's alright to be upset by this even if you know the full story. [he hesitates] ...I know I was when my father pulled the same crap.

[misconceived]

[ Chris fights very hard to not give in and throw more energy. His hand flexes, fingers stiff, while electricity crackles over it and he looks around as if for some kind of escape. There isn't any, not really, not in this stupid Fleet, and the realization has Chris hunch his shoulders more. ]

Don't tell me your dad's pulled a dying hat trick, too.

[ Which is a funny thing to say when Cole's only admitted to dying twice. ]

[wilder]

[Haha..ha...ha...ha. He shifts a little]

Sorta, except you know...

Humans don't usually come back after the first time.

[misconceived]

[ Chris pauses, clearly trying to think about that for a minute because Kaneis is an angel except angels in Chris's world used to be human once too. ]

... Oh. [ He shifts, looking like he wants to do something but there's nowhere to really go or anything to do right now. Everything tastes sour and it isn't his magic sense going off. ] Yeah, I... know how that feels, too.

[wilder]

[Honestly, Kaneis just isn't sure if his father was a human or an angel by the end. There was actually very little he knew about his father beyond what others have told him. It's not that he was too young to remember him, he could remember him very clearly. It was just, well...how it was with his father.]

[Still, he preferred to think his father was human. It made him feel just a bit more human too.]

...Yeah. I'm sure you would. [What with your dad dying so much gosh]

So...yeah. Go ahead and be upset if you want, there's nothing wrong with that. [He offers a bit lamely; since he really isn't comfortable talking about anything related to his father] Heard there's a tub of ice cream in the freezer, if you're the type to eat your feelings.

[misconceived]

[ Somehow, that gets a startled laugh out of Chris. His hand finally stops sparking and he holds it over his mouth until he calms down because some of that is just a little bit more hysteric than it should be. ]

No. No, um... I'm more likely to make anything than eat it myself.

[ His anger has turned down to a simmer because he wasn't really mad in the first place. Cole being so cavalier about preparing his own vanquishing potion isn't anything he ever expected and all he's able to do is relive turning fourteen all over again. That helplessness is building and he stares at his hand for a long moment before something different forms instead of the earlier energy. ]