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(she knows she hasn't really had the best interactions with fitz but he was in that vision she got from the cult and is a huge lucifer apologist, so she feels like maybe she can get some information or context if she reaches out to him.)

I saw something that involved you, I was hoping you could help give me some context

[ well this is unexpected. He squints at his phone curiously. ]

the demons haven't been bothering you, have they?

[ does she need help? ]

(if she needed help, there was plenty of other people she'd probably go to first. what she needs now is information.)

i went to the cult meeting to gather more information, they had us drink from a cup that gave us visions, the one i had -- you were in it

you went to the

[ it arrives unformed, quickly chased by more]

it's insanity to have gone.

But what do they want with me now?

you aren't the first to call me insane, won't be the last

i don't think they want anything more -- i think it was more about what they wanted before. you and others were being prepared for some ritual -- it was like i was a part of it, it was horrific

[ there's a longer pause before he replies this time. ]

it was a binding ritual. They wanted to use us to suppress Lucifer's powers and hold him here.

i'm guessing it didn't go as planned

we were a smaller community then, but enough of us were missed that others found us in time to stage a rescue.

I'm afraid I don't remember all of the specifics of what was done to stop it. But if there's anything you saw that didn't make sense, I can try to provide context.

they said hell was not made for us, not this hell. does that line up with anything you've learned?

I think Lucifer used to fancy them before we came. Our enclosure is fairly recent. Lucifer's protecting us from the worst of it.

They're jealous of us, most likely. Think we should be cast out into the flames like they were.

or maybe they're angry, because he used them and tossed them aside when they were no longer useful to him, like he very well might to us someday.

That seems to be their version of it. Hard to sympathize with someone stabbing meat hooks through your back and leaving you for days to bleed to death.

much like it's hard for me to empathize with someone who tortured me for god knows how long? though at least i had the dignity not to beg

We all have our limits.

guess he didn't find mine

(for wynonna her limits tend to involve her loved ones more than herself, if lucifer had played that angle, things might have gone differently.)

Did you text me just to harangue me, Ms. Earp?

(she has no idea what harangue means but....)

i was trying to get information, actually

And do you need something else unrelated to insults?

[Really, she might have expected him to be this thin-skinned, all things considered.]

they mentioned a new war coming? against god? lucifer? any idea what they meant?

The Order has been threatening new actions since their last defeat. I'm certain there were contingency plans set in place, even then. It sounds like whatever they're planning might be ready to go soon.

I'd imagine you have more recent information than I do in that regard.

you'd think, but most of that night is kinda a blur.

There was likely magic involved.

Have you been assessed by someone sensitive to curses and the like?

no.

do you know someone who's good at that stuff?

My roommate is a demonologist. If she doesn't have the ability herself, she might have a referral for you.

demonologist? didn't realize that's something you could get a degree in.

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