#(because i imagine the instant he learned adam was in hell he'd go down there)

[yellingmetatron]

Upon the Reception of Certain Information

"…FUCKING FUCK. FUCK. FOR HOW LONG?"

"Um…"

"NO, DON'T BOTHER FUCKING ANSWERING THAT." Metatron makes a halfturn counterclockwise and inverts himself. "ANY TIME IS TOO LONG. I'LL LOOK IT UP LATER. AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHY NOBODY FUCKING INFORMED ME OF THIS DECISION?"

"Lady Sera thought it was… best to keep as few angels as possible aware of the Exterminations. In your absence she is the most senior archangel, so…" the Er'el who drew the short straw fidgets nervously

"SO SHE WAS FUCKING TRYING TO PROTECT US. I KNOW HOW SHE WORKS. AND I KNOW HOW ADAM WORKS, TOO. FUCK, I KNEW HE SPENT TOO LONG ON EARTH… SERA CAN WAIT. I WANNA TALK TO THE HIJIKO. FUCKING… NEVER BEEN GOOD AT TALKING WITH HIM, SERA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER AT THIS, WHY DIDN'T SHE--"

"Umhe'sinHellnow"

The light in the Archives takes on a strange, painful quality.

"What. Do you mean. Adam is in Hell."

Metatron's voice is very, very soft and very, very calm. It is perhaps the most terrifying thing the lesser angel has ever heard.

"The… the last Extermination… Lucifer and his daughter organized a resistance… there was another angel there too, Vagatha I think--"

It's hard to describe what happens next. If the sound of sheet metal tearing could be described as an atmospheric condition like fog, it would come close. The Er'el cowers as the archangel's emotions are made manifest, the intensity of his rage and anguish carving scars into reality as the Er'el's vision blurs and its extremities go numb. Something that is almost like thunder rolls through every atom of the Archives, and the painful light dims-- but the painful quality strengthens. Yet all through this, Metatron's tz'funahim simply flit about serenely, completely unaffected.

Then, things go still.

"…I AM GOING OUT. THE CHAYOTH ARE COLLECTIVELY IN CHARGE OF THE ARCHIVES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. DO NOT SEEK TO CONTACT ME. AND IF SERA WANTS TO KNOW WHERE I AM… ALL THE ANSWER SHE NEEDS IS MY SILENCE."