abraxaslogs | Set my sights on the setting sun

[Rare that Lucifer is in his own domain, typically at Istredd's tower, or Wanda's woods, but he does have work he wants to do here from time to time. His primarily place to work out of is along the beach of the red lake, lately shifted to just a patch of out-of-place snow under him.

The last time he really worked at this a demon in the form of Dean Winchester showed up and ruined his day.

So really any other visitors should be better.

He's surrounded by sketched lines and weaves around him that have no meaning, no harm to anyone that may arrive.

Just Lucifer, oddly focused and hard at some kind of unseen 'work.']

Edited 2023-07-20 04:14 (UTC)

[For as much time as he's spent in the Horizon overall, Jayden hasn't actually done a huge amount of exploring others' domains. Partially it's because he hasn't had much motivation or desire to do so, content to just mess with his own Horizon and also sulk a bit, but since he's started feeling a little better the urge to explore has gotten a bit stronger.

It's rewarded when he ventures into Lucifer's domain, because this place is really cool. Very, very cool, if somewhat ominous, and that sense of foreboding helpfully balances out his sometimes reckless curiosity, preventing him from getting too close to the water of the red lake. Instead he stops well safe of the waterline, looking around at the place, before catching sight of someone on the beach.]

Hi, uh, am I intruding?

[It's asked in a mix of hesitance and politeness as he approaches close enough to be heard, though still keeping a bit of a distance just in case he is indeed intruding and it's not taken very well. Also because he feels like someone--or something?--is watching him, and so his attention is now split to focus on that as well.]

Unless you plan on stepping through one of my lines then no, you're not. [He is going to be undoubtedly annoyed if he has to correct one of the woven symbols, even if it is as simple as clicking the domain back into place, but he's got thoughts all up in his head that he doesn't want to have to go over something a second time.

He leans forward, dragging a hand through snow to sand.

He doesn't recognize the voice so really that's immediately a point in the stranger's favor.]

No, no intention of that. And if it's somethin' to do with magic, then even less so.

[Because drawing fancy sigils and such is a part of some magic, right? At least it was in fiction in his world, though he hasn't seen it as much here, aside from the arcana stuff and whatever symbol was on the shrines in the pit.]

It's less magic and more interrupting my thought process. It's all nonsense, mostly. Like a drafting board. Mapping out changes for... [He waves a hand around them to indicate his domain.

His mind typically works differently than most.] But what, you've got something against magic? [Been there, pal.]

[Jayden is not at all sure how the lines are supposed to help as a drafting board, at least not in the form they're in, or why this person wouldn't just make the changes directly to the Horizon. But that's all rude to say, and Jayden's usually on his best behavior when in another person's domain, so he doesn't comment.

The question gives him an easy diversion anyway, and he shakes his head.]

Not exactly, it's just not somethin' I ever dealt with before coming here, and my first real experience with it wasn't too great. But I'm figuring it out, just bein' cautious about messin' with anything new.

[He's had enough of being subjected to magic he doesn't have any understanding of, thanks. But his attention draws away from Lucifer for a moment again to look for what might be causing the feeling of being watched, and this time he spots the snake. The large snake. Wow, that is a snake.]

Is it friendly?

[Please tell him it's friendly.]

That's what classes are for, typically. If you're somewhere that offers them. [He knows the guy isn't Thorne and he doesn't think Free Cities and Solvunn are great on the teaching aspect.] I suppose just studying in general. [Who has he become that he's encouraging this, ugh.

But he literally was just in class that afternoon, so. Hey. That's life.

He looks up from his work and over towards Dersti, who is enjoying the fake sunlight as any fake snake would. He looks to the man, breaking out in full, wicked grin, his voice far-too sweet, exaggeratedly so.] She only eats who I want her to eat.

Great. Reassurin', thanks.

[He says it dryly, attention still on Dertsi, but despite the comment he is somewhat reassured. She's probably not going to attack spontaneously, at least, so he'll just avoid being too annoying.

So, finally, after several seconds he looks back at Lucifer again.]

I've been working on that. The studyin' thing, I mean.

[It's been tough to figure out a place to start, but he's at least looking into it at this point, and has a good handle on the power he'd found himself with spontaneously as well as creation in the Horizon, so there's that?]

Is magic somethin' that exists in your world, or was it all new here for you too?

[Let her enjoy the sand and don't harm her host or the handful of people that never visit but could visit and really she's chill. Maybe because she isn't infused with Wanda's Chaos magic like the five ravens in Istredd's domain are, created by Lucifer but do their own damn thing.

Sometimes to an annoyed point.] It exists but it's not... common. And I'd feel quite dirty using it. [It's all witches, mostly. He's grown more respectful to witches now courtesy of Wanda (and redheads, too), but it was a Work in Progress.

So was the magic-thing.] It took me quite awhile to put up with the fact that while I don't need it [he kind of needs it] my life is made exponentially easier with it.

[This is the first time Jayden thinks he's heard that particular sort of situation, where magic's a thing but unusual, especially in a negative way. It's almost like here, in a sense, depending on the faction and type of magic anyway.

He nods thoughtfully at Lucifer's last comments, because that part he has a slightly better understanding of.]

Yeah. It definitely makes things a lot easier; I don't know what kind of technology you have in your world, but there's so much that could be done easily through tech that you need magic for here, unless you want to do it the really long way.

[It's annoying, and definitely played into Jayden's motivation to get past his extremely unpleasant introduction to magic here.]

Twenty-first century Earth technology. [He's not sure that will mean anything to the guy, but there's a chance, anyway. It'll give him a read of him at the very least.] So. A lot.

[But Lucifer's not very tech-savvy either sssssoooo. He's better recently, primarily from vessel-hopping like it was going out of style. That sure helped pick up gulfs of knowledge.]

[It does indeed mean something, and Jayden nods in agreement.]

Same. I miss the internet, and phones, and cars.

[And a whole bunch of other stuff, but especially those.]

[Eugh.]

Was any of that really worth it? The internet is basically subliminal mass-brainwashing, oftentimes without the subliminal part.

Yeah, sure, but we've got the same problem with the network here and it's harder to turn off.

[He's sort of joking, but at the same time it sure would be nice to just mute everyone when they get on some particularly stupid topic. Or, alternatively, be able to save conversations to read later.]

It's also a lot faster to get information through the internet than havin' to track it down the old fashioned way.

I'm just used to white noise. [To emphasize, he unleashes his control constantly holding down the MUTE button on his oh-so lovely, poor-sense-of-humor, Singularity 'gift.' The sound rudely tunes through their surroundings with Lucifer as the source.

He Does Not Appear Amused by it, and 'jams down' the button to hold it back once more after he's made his Point.] Ignoring the scrolling text of the 'network' is hardly difficult. I very rarely pay it any mind, and frankly I get 'bored' just as quick. [Lucifer will either 'religiously' stalk the Horizon texts for useful information or just literally ignore it entirely. It'll make life difficult for him eventually.]

[Jayden is not expecting the sound and jolts in surprise, but after the initial shock--]

That's so fuckin' annoying.

[He says it both as a general remark and in sympathy; he's not sure what it is or why it's a thing, but by what Lucifer said it seems to be thing he has to deal with, which sounds awful. Literally and figuratively. But it makes sense why the network wouldn't bother him in comparison.]

So if the internet, phone, and cars aren't the sort of technology you're missin', what is? If anythin' I guess.

[It could be that Lucifer is using magic to replace something other than technology, after all.]

[Yeah it really is!!!]

Ohhhh, I suppose I'm what you could call archaic when it comes to technology. Sure all the little people [sorry] need it, but it's not really my speed. [He misses power but he's not about to say that at the moment. He makes a line through the snow to the sand and connects the many unusual squiggles.

The red lake freezes over and changes to an active aurora borealis instead of water beneath the ice. Somewhere else in the domain something shifts, unseen. Lucifer looks satisfied for a moment, but then shakes his head and moves to a different cluster of symbols and erases them entirely, and half the lake just outright disappears to blank canvas. Just ice/aurora, and then a straight cut-off of nothing.

He sits back, pondering, his focus back on the man.] Is it miserable sounding to say I don't miss anything from my world?

[There are a few explanations Jayden could come to for the first part of what Lucifer says, especially when combined with his previous comments about not normally using magic. There are at least a few supernatural beings around, some of which Jayden's met, and so that's his theory for Lucifer.

But he decides not to ask, especially when Lucifer starts messing with the domain, which is fascinating. It's not at all how Jayden alters his own, but it's interesting to see how other people do it, and his sample size for that is very small so far.

He is about to comment on that, but then Lucifer makes his last remark, and it's not at all what Jayden might've expected him to say. But he shakes his head, the answer easy enough.]

I don't think so. Sometimes people just don't have anythin' going for them in the place or situation they're in, and when they get somewhere new there's nothin' to miss from what they left. This is kind of a bigger scale, but still the same thing.

[So he's not judging, and he'd be a hypocrite if he did anyway. Even though he lamented the loss of technology, and he misses his job, those are pretty much the only things about his world that Jayden feels any sense of loss for. He knows that so many of the people here are missing friends and family, or have some grand purpose or goal, and there's just nothing that significant connecting Jayden to his own world.

Of course, maybe that is just miserable, but misery loves company and all that.]

[Lucifer would be surprised if many changed their domain like he did. He could imagine worlds'-worth of landscapes, but his mind spirals, and wanders, and branches off into hundreds of different directions, and the result to the Horizon is... undesirable.

This is the only way he has to pull separate ideas and try to really build something substantial.

He thinks he's supposed to be dead and 99.9% of the population thinks he's evil and to be blamed for the rain pouring and on-top of that, he supposes the planet is apparently nuked so like.

Whatever.

Why go back? For some delicious, instant-gratification, honestly-unpleasant, demons worshiping him?

Nah.

They're fucking weird.] I'm not exactly 'about' my current living situation here but it's likely the best scenario I've got. [He sure keeps going back to Thorne willingly.]

Best of all the bad options?

[He gets that idea, as although his world certainly isn't having issues on the scale of Lucifer's, his personal life has definitely been a mess for just about as long as he can remember.

Though of course Jayden does realizes he should ask--]

Which of the nations are you in?

Thorne. [yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay]

Ah. Heard that's not exactly a great place to live.

[To put it mildly.]

Super swell. Though the climate itself isn't terrible, outside of winter. [He's not particular about the cold anymore, which is hysterical. He spreads his arms to his domain.] And thus! Here we are! Sometimes.

Oh, does it get cold there?

[It feels slightly humorous that he's had multiple discussions about the weather in the past few weeks; even in a completely different world, it still seems like the go-to talking point. Nice to know that's universal.]

Yeah, I think the Horizon's my favorite part of being in this world, actually. Haven't really seen anythin' better yet.

Harsh winters, grand ol' time. [He Does Not Like It.

He sprawls out a bit, careful of his scrawled work.] I think I'd have to agree with you there. The amount we can build. Such a small space but there's so much that can be done with it. It should get more use out of it.

Set my sights on the setting sun

OTA / The Horizon

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)

(no subject)