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Tweak says, "that is so coral"

wantedthedevil (wantedthedevil) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2012-12-29 22:08:00

Entry tags:

claire winchester, lucifer

WHO: Lucifer & Claire Winchester
WHAT: Claire is a Weeping Angel magnet. Lucifer tries to Angel proof her house, but in the good way. Not the way that would keep him out.
WHERE: The Winchester House
WHEN: December 29th; Afternoon
RATING: PG
STATUS: In Progress

Lucifer hated when his abilities were limited, whether it was by confinement in the cage or by a much more annoying situation like when someone more powerful than him was dictating things. That didn't happen often, after all. The only people more capable than he was were Michael and his Mother, and now that he had arrived her, his Uncle, and coming up against the prior two was rare, but his Uncle kept throwing obstacles in his way that Lucifer wanted to knock away only to find that he couldn't do it because of the superiority of his abilities. So Lucifer was having to find ways around them, ways to manipulate the reality that wasn't directly in contrast to his Uncle's manipulations. Putting mirrors up around Claire's home seemed to have worked, but Lucifer knew that that would only last for so long. He had to find a much more permanent solution that would keep not only Claire but her family safe. He wasn't going to have any of them get hurt just because of something that she couldn't control.

Appearing in the Winchester's living room used to be something that he was incapable of doing, with all the protections that they had up, but his arrivals outside had mostly been of consideration recently. But with the situation the way it was now and his own turn of a leaf having removed a great deal of the barriers, appearing outside had seemed like the worst idea ever. Settled on the living room couch, Lucifer frowned before casting a brief glance over his shoulder and holding out a hand to call up shutters over the windows.

"The mirrors might hold them in place, but it's probably better not to give them any easy entrances if they can get past."

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wantedthedevil
2013-01-01 08:05 am UTC (link)

"All right. No double dessert. Not even secret post dinner double dessert," Lucifer said, raising a hand and crossing a finger over his heart. "My Mom strike me down if I lie." Not that he really expected his mother to do such a thing if he just...randomly materialized a cookie or something, but still. It was a phrase that was sincere enough in the moment. Grinning at what she had said about Michael, Lucifer leaned forward on the table, a heavy amusement in his features at the fact that she was right. While he, when he had arrived and discovered that his vessel was no longer falling apart, had completely abandoned any desire for the younger Winchester to replace Nick, Michael had seemed not to take such an attitude when he was here. Dean was his "one true vessel," and that had to be fulfilled whatever it took. Following their Father's orders, after all, was key to Michael's very existence even when they were unnecessary and completely against what he wanted to do.

"Too bad Mikey isn't as unpicky as I am," Lucifer said with a smile and a shrug. "Besides, I've actually gotten a bit attached to old Nick. He's served me well," Lucifer said with a bit of a pause as he leaned back in his chair. "It's really a shame that we can't just...let them out the play occasionally, you know? Not that he would probably want to. Actually, nevermind. He'd probably be pretty pissed at me. I never did manage to get around to that whole...avenging thing I promised."

Pausing at Claire's last comment, though, Lucifer just looked at her, a quietly skeptical expression on his face, "But it's just a new room. No harm there. It's not like I stabbed him in the gut again or something."

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snipsandsnails
2013-01-01 08:43 am UTC (link)

Jack had, in fact, been cleaning up the mess he and his sisters (mostly his sisters) had made, but he hadn't exactly gotten around to cleaning up himself. So when he came into the kitchen, because Meri had been shouting and he always came when Meri shouted, it was with makeup on his face. And in a dress. He gave Lucifer a look that promised the angel would be set on fire if he made any sort of comment, and sighed in his mother's direction. "They made a very compelling argument for why girls shouldn't always have to be the princess when we're playing knights and Chomper was supposed to be the dragon but he wasn't there so it was a pretty lame rescue and then they decided to ride the laundry shoot instead off flying off on the dragon...and I got to read comic books while I waited to be 'rescued'." He paused. "I still don't think I had to look the part. They could have been rescuing the prince. Sometimes princes get in peril too."

All in all, this was just another normal day in the Winchester house. Jack paused after his story, looking into Lucifer's new room and making a little 'huh' noise. "Cool," he said sedately with a small smile. Then he frowned. "I'd better go and make sure Meri and Gabi don't break anything...or each other." He still didn't enter the room though, and he looked over at Lucifer again. "You're staying here?" he said. "Mom's letting you...so I guess it's okay. But you'd better be nice to Uncle Adam. And Uncle Benny. And Uncle Cas. Or you won't get any dessert. And mom makes the best dessert so you're gonna want some. So you should be nice."

That said, he went into the room to play with his sisters and make sure that nothing too insane happened.

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goallbuffyonus
2013-01-01 09:10 am UTC (link)

Claire snorted in derision at Lucifer's comment about not having stabbed Gabe in the gut again. "No," she admitted easily enough, "you didn't stab him. In Gabi's eyes, you actually did something worse." Fixing him with a look, wondering if he would understand then realizing, finally, that he wasn't going to get there on his own, she elaborated, "You changed something that he created. Worse yet, you made it better, even in some small way." Smiling a bit, she gave a slight shrug. "What can I say?" she questioned. "As far as Gabi is concerned, that's pretty much an action worthy of death. Or at least dismemberment."

The scary thing was, she wasn't necessarily joking. However, before she could explain as much, Jack entered the room looking far more like a Jackie and Claire had to fight every single instinct within her, all of which were screaming at her to laugh. Hysterically so, in fact.

Instead, to her credit, Claire managed to only give her son a sympathetic look at the predicament he'd described. "Jack," she suggested, although only after he'd finished threatening Lucifer. What? She wasn't going to interrupt her son when he was laying down the rules. If anything, he was most likely to explain them fairly and most accurately. She wasn't about to discourage that. Which was a fact made obvious when, instead of correcting him, and pointing out he was speaking to an adult in such a way, she instead continued with an even, "Go ahead and go wash up, if you want, honey. Then you can play until dinner is ready." Meri and Gabi, of course, would be helping to set the table and do whatever else she and Dean could come up with, in the interim. They hadn't cleaned up the mess upstairs, after all. Not that Claire had confirmation, yet, that Jack had done so either, but she knew her son.

Then, her attention turned back to Lucifer. "Speaking of dessert," she tacked on a thoughtfully questioned, "I know you don't have to eat, but do you want to at dinner time?" Before she could say more, Meri's head appeared from around the doorway of the new room and she announced, matter-of-factly, "Say yes. If you don't eat dinner, you don't get dessert. You really want dessert cause Jack's right. Mom makes the best ones ever."

Then she was gone again, and Claire sighed softly before sending Lucifer a bemused look. "Last chance to change your mind and run, screaming, from the house. No one would really blame you, if you did," she half-joked.

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wantedthedevil
2013-01-01 09:29 am UTC (link)

It was a mixture of amusement and sympathy and greeted Jack's appearance, impressed that Meri and Gabi managed to get him to agree to something like that even as he was wholly unsurprised at the same time. It hurt, thinking back on the number of things Michael had actually bowed to under the combined pressure from him and Gabriel. Still. They'd never managed something this brilliant. Holding his tongue had been difficult, but Lucifer had managed it, smiling politely to Jack until he left to join his sisters, snapping his fingers a moment later to give the boy a bit of a reprieve by putting him into normal clothes.

"Naaah. I'm tougher than I look," Lucifer said with a bit of a chuckle. "Besides, it's fascinating seeing the dynamic from the outside. You can't really examine all the angles when you're the one stuck in the middle of it. You know?" Lucifer said before chuckling quietly. "You don't really think the little one will try and set me on fire. Right? I am pretty cute and cuddly in my own right. I could give Gabe a run for his money in the adoration department. Possibly. It never hurts to try and win over some extra love. Positive opinions will help if Sammy ever shows up again."

Not that Lucifer expected Sam to be all buddy-buddy with him, but it would be nice. He was a good guy. They could have a lot of fun together if he'd only just loosen up a bit.

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goallbuffyonus
2013-01-02 04:01 am UTC (link)

Claire snorted softly when Lucifer asked about Gabi. "Let me put it this way," she said, having a pretty good idea how to put what he'd done into perspective, if only a bit. "If you had made something and someone else came along, and changed it, even a little bit, how do you think Meri would take it? And what do you think she'd do to the person who did it?" Arching a brow with a pointed expression on her face, she tacked on, "And honestly, I'm not sure that anything is going to ever convince Sam to trust you. In fact, if he does show up, I'm pretty sure he's going to end up trying to perform an exorcism on Dean for at least half of the things that he's okay with here that Sam won't get."

What? She loved Sam, she did. He was family. However, he also was pretty judgemental of others. Granted, Dean was too, but he had chilled out quite a bit in the past few years of being in Colligo. Unless the Sam that showed up was the same one who had been here with Ruby, before, Claire wasn't going to hold her breath that he would take things quite in stride as his older brother now did.

Speaking of. The sound of the Impala rumbling up the driveway echoed, muffled, through the garage door. Claire smiled at Lucifer and held up her hand, slowly counting down from five silently. By the time she'd reached one, she pointed her finger at the doorway to where the kids were playing... and sure enough, Meri came dashing out of the room at that exact same instant.

"Daddy's home!" she announced gleefully. Making a beeline for the door that led to the garage, she began excitedly hopping up and down from foot to foot, waiting for her father to finally come inside. Claire grinned and shook her head, looking back to Lucifer.

"And so it begins."

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wantedthedevil
2013-01-02 05:02 am UTC (link)

Lucifer thought about what was being said, really thought about it, and he realized that she was right. Meri would probably shoot the person, at the very least, and since Gabi probably didn't have access to a firearm yet, holy oil and a lighter would have to be the next best thing. Mentally wincing, Lucifer shifted in his seat as he made a note to do his best not to be flippant about his baby brother around that one. He loved Gabriel to death, after all, and the majority of what he did, even when it came off oddly cruel, was out of that love, but it was probably better to play it safe around the kid until she realized that.

"Sammy really needs to relax," Lucifer said, leaning back in his chair. "I mean, I know I nearly drove him out of his gourd for awhile there, but I think we really started to connect. I could be good for him and visa versa. And really, if you'd asked me to put down money on the one of the boys to eventually figure out how to live with the things they're supposed to be killing, my money wouldn't have been on Dean, so... Maybe there's hope for Sam yet if he returns?"

Lucifer liked to think that, at least. He'd hoped, before, some small twisted part of him, that he might have been able to persuade both the boys to his side eventually. Because he did like them, even as much as he'd thrown in their way and hurt them, there had been an appeal in the pair, but now, well, now, he was just happy that there was some semblance of trust developing.

Even if he was the one switching sides this time.

As Meri dashed out of the room, Lucifer turned his gaze to follow her, a hint of amusement on his features that only doubled the second that Gabi dashed after her squealing, "Wait for meeeeeeee!" all the way. So it begins, indeed. Lucifer just hoped he was right about him having the toughness to deal with this.

"I can help, too!" He called after a moment, grinning at Claire and offering her a wink before moving to follow the girls.

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