God is Dead!

It was dusk in New Orleans, and Joe Collins was out on his porch. Work had slowed down for the moment, but he'd done a reading a few nights past, and the spirits were angry. Hell, the spirits were outright pissed and raring for a fight. Something had happened to shake up everything - Christian angels, Jewish angels, devils, loa, everything supernatural was fucked up and angry.

Made him awful nervous about his partner. He dialed Melanie's phone. "Where are you, girl?" he half muttered, waiting for her to pick up or walk in the door or ... something.

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They had arrived in a most unconventional way, at least by Wolfwood's standards. He'd never really been teleported anywhere, so that was one of the few weird things he felt he needed work on in the future. But when they got there, he found himself rather in awe of the world known as Earth. It wasn't unlike Stantal - at least this part wasn't. It was sandy, sunny, hot and where they were, there were few people. He was rather surprised to see any amount of grass on the lawn when he followed Kabe as she helped a man pass on in his home, and he waited outside for her. His cigarette was dangling from his lip as he crouched down and ran his hand through the dry, yellowing grass of the lawn, fascinated by it.

He'd seen grass, but it was rare to him. The single sun was also just a little unnerving, but he figured he'd get used to it. He also knew there was only one moon. He wondered if people felt more alone in sympathy for their solitary celestial bodies.

Finally, at last, Wolfwood had told Kokabiel she could go, given she could walk normally in flat shoes. She'd told him she'd be back in a day or so to take him topside, as he'd needed a bit of time to prepare himself for actually seeing Earth. She didn't blame him. She'd kissed him goodbye - hopefully well enough for him to keep in his mind for a day or so - and told Azrael she'd return to get her briefing.

Kabe popped back topside on Oshima Island, in Japan, and for a moment, was overcome. It was so different than where she'd been trapped - different trees, animals, and the sense of the water lapping at the shore pushed her to where she had to fight tears. It was beautiful, in every sense of the word.

Eventually she recovered her calm and looked inland. She knew Uzza had been chained here, and figured the first place she ought to go upon returning to Earth was to ask her brother-in-arms a lot of questions. She just hoped he wouldn't pass judgment on her for what she'd done. It wasn't his place. And besides, she thought, she still might technically outrank him.