Christ give him patience. The demon wanted a better carrot other than getting out of this smelly armpit that Lucifer called a relm? This disgusting backwater imbecile populace? Raphael gave him a look he only reserved for those who were clearly fucking with him and those who were just plain dumb. Jury's still out which one this was.
"You're going to have to be discriminate. You'll have one mission and one mission only and that's to dispatch those who condemn themselves to die. How you do it we don't particularly care but that you remain on target is what's most important to us."
Raphael gave another sigh. He couldn't force Alastor to do anything and that was the frusterating part. Even in a state of total damnation the demon, by virtue of being born human, still had the divine right of free will. The most an angel could do was snap his fingers and instantly transport him back to Hell due to his state of damnation.
But that didn't mean everything was hopeless. Raphael still had one more trick up his sleeve before he had to turn back to Charlie in failure.
"You can't kill." He told Alastor plainly, "Sure you can maim, cruelly torture, take over, and what not but demons can't kill other demons without angel steel and from my understanding of your market down here there's very little of it and high demand."
The angel put the files back in his satchel and stood, "But fine. Stay here in this fetid stink pool that you call a home. One serial killer is no different from another and I don't doubt I'll get plenty of takers. I'll find another avenging spirit and tell Charlie that you weren't interested. And you'll stay here, rotting shoulder to shoulder with the worst of humanity, until Judgement Day and trumpets sound provided you survive to that point. Have a nice afterlife."
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Christ give him patience. The demon wanted a better carrot other than getting out of this smelly armpit that Lucifer called a relm? This disgusting backwater imbecile populace? Raphael gave him a look he only reserved for those who were clearly fucking with him and those who were just plain dumb. Jury's still out which one this was.
"You're going to have to be discriminate. You'll have one mission and one mission only and that's to dispatch those who condemn themselves to die. How you do it we don't particularly care but that you remain on target is what's most important to us."
Raphael gave another sigh. He couldn't force Alastor to do anything and that was the frusterating part. Even in a state of total damnation the demon, by virtue of being born human, still had the divine right of free will. The most an angel could do was snap his fingers and instantly transport him back to Hell due to his state of damnation.
But that didn't mean everything was hopeless. Raphael still had one more trick up his sleeve before he had to turn back to Charlie in failure.
"You can't kill." He told Alastor plainly, "Sure you can maim, cruelly torture, take over, and what not but demons can't kill other demons without angel steel and from my understanding of your market down here there's very little of it and high demand."
The angel put the files back in his satchel and stood, "But fine. Stay here in this fetid stink pool that you call a home. One serial killer is no different from another and I don't doubt I'll get plenty of takers. I'll find another avenging spirit and tell Charlie that you weren't interested. And you'll stay here, rotting shoulder to shoulder with the worst of humanity, until Judgement Day and trumpets sound provided you survive to that point. Have a nice afterlife."