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[bluemooncove]

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The buzzing sound of wings filled the air as Bee fluttered around the devil. They moved so swiftly that it would be a difficult to even be able to perceive the gluttony demon.

"So you're some kinda icon of sin too? I heard something about you being called Lucy so I thought you may be like my sister but you're nothing alike. Only Mammon's got red hair and you're not anywhere near as goopy as they are. Oh are you even a Cypher? This is really strange."

The questions flow from their mouth like a waterfall. They are being an absolute pest at the moment. To think that this was one of the Nine Great Evils and not some pesky imp.

"What is Hell anyways? I wonder if it's anything like Inferno. You really must visit my district, it's the most popular for outsiders. Not that it's right to call another icon an outsider, my apologies. What are you the icon of anyways? Lucy Cypher is pride but you're not like Lucy so I dunno!"

[thejourneyingzone]

"Well then, surely, that'd mean that guilds would need to collaborate and merge! Make new names that combine guild names until you get an insurmountable name showing the hundreds of guilds that have combined with each other!"

"There should be more guilds! We need a hundred guilds with only one member!"

[alchemistdetective]

"... You know, I never knew I could sing like that. Well played!"

"What song are you SINGING..."

[bluemooncove]

@rulerofthelayersofhell somewhat prompted plot starter

Beauty's presence on the business floor of her guild was quite unusual. In fact, there were many fresh guild members who had come to believe the woman was a myth. A myth or a ghost in her balcony. Typically she relied on her Meisters and other senior guild members to serve as a go between. Today was an exception.

"Well aren't you something?"

She was suddenly there behind Lucy. That was, thanks to an invitation of one of their meisters, the guild member Devil. It was normal for the senior staff to accept guild members without consulting her, that decision was delegated to those with reliable judgements. Still, there were the occasion that they found someone who catches her interest. Rirune was one but she was another. It seemed the Beauties had two tricksters in their midst.

"Quite the interesting name that our dearest Armor Knight suggested for you. Devil. It's not a particularly common word here. In Elbeth I mean. I can understand why she would assign an outsider word to an outsider but I wonder how few are able to recognize the significance of it. Oh well, you've taken to it well."

[bluemooncove]

"Intentionally shrouded you say?"

The question was followed by chuckling. Yes, there were many people who thought that about her. It was true that she played into her mystique, yes. Most in the guild knew little about Beauty. Part of it was a thrill of the mystery, part of it was shame, but part of it was far beyond her own control.

"No no. I can't say that's quite correct. A lot of the shroud hanging over me isn't by my intention or any others. It's simply a matter of a cruel hand of fate. I'm sure that's something someone like you could understand. Sometimes random chance is the cruelest force in the universe."

Beauty leaned against the railing and stared down at the members pathing through the guild. A wistful expression on her face as she watched the fruit of what she'd planted. She'd taken what she'd lacked and made it her own. Her attention was totally gone from Lucy. It had returned to the guild, where it always sat.

Honestly, the explanation about spirits get far more long winded when she starts counting the stuff from her neighbors world. Life gets so complicated but at the same time very amusing when one does. Especially with all the Japanese variety of spirits.

"It's simple and complicated at the same time, that's all I'll say besides the fact all of Hell is quite literally tied to my very being. So no matter where I go, Hell is a thought away for me. It also means residents of Hell can visit wherever I go but none of them wants to leave."

Besides people she specifically place down on the 10th layer but she has measures to prevent that in the first place. As for Beauty's question, well the answer to that is simple.

"Your story is already over and that's all I really need to know. I'm not going to pretend I know anything about you, I'll admit I should talk to those in the guild more, but your intentionally shrouded in mystery aren't you? Why is none of my business and I don't have a habit of trying to figure out every detail of where I visit. I leave well enough alone because its on the residents of a world to truly carve out history."

[bluemooncove]

@rulerofthelayersofhell

"Is it that shocking there are some adventurers with morals that differ from others. My guildmem are fine to view the world as they please, so long as they respect the Primary Guild Laws. Oh yes, I suppose since you're not from here and your joining was a tad casual you wouldn't quite be aware what that means.

We at Beauty & Beast swear to uphold the independence of our island home. We stand in stark opposition to those who practice enslavement and do not take jobs that would promote it in any form. We do not take jobs that are against the interest of the guild. Finally, we protect our fellow guildmembers."

She leans against the railing and watches the members coming and going from the hall. Beauty believes them to be a good bunch even if her own morality does not agree with many. To try and control them would spit in the face of the ideals she's always carried. Even if she does recognize it continues to create some trouble for the guild. Everyone has a different idea of what's good for the group, especially among the Meisters.

"But generally speaking, while those are our primary law I do make great effort to keep the guild's official business within the realm of the kingdom laws we operate in. We'd be far less effective outlawed."

[bluemooncove]

"Perhaps it has decided it deserves a vacation."

"...That is a really out of place animal. They belong in colder places."

[bluemooncove]

"Then know that I look forward to the next of our adventures together. This has been a wonderful experience Lucy and I'll be sure to stop by and visit you sometime soon, so don't go being a stranger."

Bee gave a polite curtsey to Lucy just before she disappeared. It seemed their means of communication with the foreign god had gone with her. Well then that meant that it was just Sats and Bee alone together. There was a long moment of silence as the pair of them stared each other down.

The silence broke as Sats suddenly lunged across the room, reaching for the sword. Bee deftly dodged out of the way. They were well aware that Sats had wanted it for some reason and they certainly would not be giving it today. What would ensue in the aftermath was a several hours chase across the districts of Inferno before Bee finally managed to give their sister the slip for good.

"I don't really need to rest. But we'll have to continue this tour another time. I got all the time in the world, sure, but there are some matters I need to privately deal with."

Lucy got off her motorcycle then sends all her weapons back to Hell. She couldn't just leave them out after all. It'd be taking up room in Sats place. That and she honestly refuses to talk about the origin of Bee's sword around Bee themselves. It'd just never end with Bee sticking to their belief.

Since that sword wasn't made for Bee, if anything the sword is probably older than Bee. Granted that's a guess to talk to Sats about at some point. If anything, she's sure the original owner of the sword is still alive. But she'd need to meet them first just to be sure.

"So later Bee and bye Sats, it was nice meeting you. Even if we do have different philosophies on how to handle Wrath. Our natures are fundamentally different so that's to be expected."

Since she was leaving by herself, moment one blinked she was gone. No need for any kind of visual display since going from one world to another was but a thought away for her. That said the screen showing Shekinah was gone since said screen required Lucy being around in the first place and Lucy Wasn't there anymore.

[bluemooncove]

There is a twitch of frustration on Sat's face when she realized that Lucy had sensed the similarity. It was just a tremble of her right away and it was swiftly gone but it surely had been there.

"Well, of course! Because it was obviously made for little ol' Bee. Besides, if the God Above Gods ever decides to have Inferno invaded again we'll need every single piece of support we got. A holy sword could go a real long way, 'cause them angels would never be suspecting something like that."

"Well, you've both made your decision. Nothing that I can do on this one."

She shook her head as she shrugged her shoulders. For the time being Sats was going to wipe her hand of this entire situation. Having gotten their way, Bee began to skip off.

"So Lucy, would you like to see more of my world or must you be returning to your own for rest?"

"...Honestly, rather than just any angel how should I put this? Sats, it makes me think of you two weapons. So whoever it belonged too probably fine and would probably have zero issues with Bee having it."

She knows to not poke too hard at Bee obfuscating the topic. So she'll speak in a round about way to Sats instead. Since its the truth, that weapon feels like theirs, well in her opinion anyway. She just decides to ignore Bee's terrible naming sense.

[bluemooncove]

"Disarmed? No, there weren't any arms attached to it when I found it."

Bee was well aware of what Lucy meant but it was far easier to obfuscate the question by acting as if they didn't. After all if this did belong to someone else it would render their father's secret gift theory improbable. Also a previous owner would mean a possibility that they would have to give it back.

"But you're right that I found it on the surface. Obviously it must have come from space! A meteorite that landed happening to perfectly resemble a sword! Or perhaps the weapon of a space faring warrior nomad that unfortunately met his end within our atmosphere!"

"That's the kind of tool one loots from a defeated angel and mounts as a trophy, not a weapon to be wielded by fiendish beings such as us. If anything it's bad for your health to be carrying it around. Hand it over and I'll see that it's dealt with."

"Ain't no way I'm doing something like that! I'm S0rd's chosen wielder! The universe itself chose for me to possess it, otherwise I would not have found it! Besides it's already become one of my armaments, no separating it now!"

"Bee, that sword radiates holy energy. If it fell from the sky, must be because the original owner was disarmed at some point. Which for a weapon like that, while fell from the sky still correct, it most likely fell from space. That's not something meant for regular use but that's saying the obvious at this point."

Normally Lucy wasn't one to say something against Bee words. But a sword that radiates holy energy that Bee said from the sky. That wouldn't be ownerless, its impossible for something like that to be ownerless. She has made too many Devil Arms to be mistaken. So now the question was who did it belong too? They probably haven't noticed its missing.

"A holy sword, blacksmithing is more Lucy thing rather than mines. I can create any weapon I wish but she's the one that puts in such fine detail. I just make it perfect for the wielder and leave it at that. For example, Lucy guns are her creation, I had no hand in making those. She thought them up before firearms were a thing and said it was fine since not like she's going to spread them to humans and speed up development. Which in hindsight, she was right, I was worrying too much back then. Anyway, I'm getting off tracked. So if she thinks a weapon has an original owner, she's certainly not making a baseless claim."

"Especially when for Bee fell from the sky means fell from the sky in the mortal plain. Considering how we met, they travel around a lot outside of Inferno, so while going around with humans, they noticed its fall somehow and went to go check it out. Well this is a guess on my part but the only explanation I can think of."

[bluemooncove]

"Oh this old thing?"

When Sats pulled her hands from the violin it remained in the air. It continued to play itself just as it had before. A soft and sweet timbre played out through the hall of Avalon.

"It is one of the creations of our father. If Bee had not made it clear he was once the celestial artificer. A master of engineering and magic, he spent his eternity crafting the greatest of treasures for our world. First he made divine tools for the seven chief angels, the icons of Virtue, such as Lord Uriel's Bow of the Heavens. Then he was granted permission to craft seven powerful artificial angels to fill special duties in Paradiso. Those are our seven eldest most siblings. Then after descending to our level he put the two experiences together again. Crafting the nine of us, the icons of immortal sin, and the tools with which we wield in Inferno's defense.

My violin is one of these tools, though I'll admit it's a bit less offensive than most of father's creations. The music that it plays can calm any who here it but with the right combination of notes it can also produce magical beams. As it is my instrument, created only for me, it respond to me even when I do not hold it. I am still the one playing it now, even without my hands upon it. The bow dances upon it's string as I desires to move it."

"That's right! These are the most finely crafted of relics within our world! Not even the Gods above all Gods have ever created anything to match it. Well, except, I guess they created the world. So they put all the pieces to make 'em in place. Nonetheless, it is known that a masterwork is far beyond the sum of its parts. Yes, that is known!"

Bee waves their hands around and mumbles, it seemed similar to the time Lucy had watched them retrieve their speed. What appeared in Bee's hands was an enormous and ridiculously sharp longsword. A strange black and silver colored steel made up it's blade. From the point a few stray sparks of purple lightning crackled off of it.

Sats eyes widened at the sight of it. A sharp gasp of shock escaped from her lips. This was the first time since Lucy's arrival that the wrath icon's facade had slipped away.

"Except perhaps for this! The final of my armaments S0rd! It is not a gift that I received from father and yet the craftsmanship is of a similar esteemed quality as his own. In fact, it bears a startling level of resemblance to his works that I've examined. It is for this reason that I have concluded that this is a secret gift that he has left to me. Certainly, further evidence to his present survival."

"Bee! Where did you get that!?"

Sats shock was apparent in her stern tone. Now that it had been out for a few moments a powerful energy seemed to radiate off of the sword. To one experienced in it, it was unmistakably holy energy.

"Fell from the sky!"

Personally she questions 'how' someone like that would die in the first place. Lucy will admit not everyone is completely immortal like her and Shekinah but to create Bee and her older siblings and the weapons of heaven? Who could kill someone like that in this world and not cause a giant commotion everyone be aware of in the process? That just doesn't seem like something one can conceal.

She wants to question Sats if she saw how her father died but that'd be rude. That and remind her too much of when one of her enemies asked her if she recalled how Jesus died and how meaningless it was because humanities sins will never be forgiven by her. Jesus was like a nephew to her and that question really pissed her off to the point she decided divine punishment was more appropriate. She thinks that guy still crucified down in the tenth layer. She hasn't checked in forever.

"..."

She's not going to make any judgment on which one is right. That isn't her world and trying to check would require her direct appearance which would cause trouble. So all she would do is watch. Touching on the family matters of others isn't something she'd like doing anyway. It makes the Jesus matter come to mind. Not to mention Adam and Eve who avoid her like kids not wanting to a parent they disappointed. Which age wise that's actually what was happening.

She'll convince them she forgave them one day. For now though a topic change was in order. One which was on her mind the whole time. "Guitar and Violin, I know how the former is playing itself. But earlier when Sats let her violin go, how was it playing by itself? Self-playing instruments is rather rare. Mostly because only one that interested in music is Lucy."

She grabs her guitar once more and continues right where it left off. Adjusting the tune a little to be a balancer for the emotions radiating off of the two sins. Music should set the mood or fit the mood, unless its just for pure enjoyment then any tune everyone can enjoy is fine. That's her own personal belief anyway.

[bluemooncove]

"Hmmm. You remodeled the whole place? I guess we did that too, at least a bit, since we saw the construction of the city at Inferno's heart. Although, ummmmmmm, where did Inferno originally come from?"

"Huh, actually, that is a good question. Inferno had already existed before me. How did it get her? I am the third older Cypher Imp. Could one of my elders be its founder?"

The pair exchanged glances at one another. It seems like the two knew less about their own world than their visitors did of their own. Then again neither were the gods who created the world. They were effectively three generations removed from that status. Less creators and more shapers of the world they were given.

"But something that I do know is that fallen angels around here aren't afforded the same pleasures of keeping their powers. I'm not sure there's a single denizen of Inferno that can use holy energies. Father almost certainly could but he's not here anymore, Having mysteriously vanished and all!"

"He died Bee! Stop telling people that he mysteriously vanished. You only create strange rumors when you do so. You attended his funeral centuries ago."

"Ah my sister you fail to grasp so much of the world around you. Tis merely an illusion. How could someone as powerful as the maker of the nine sins and the weapons of heaven be killed? This is also nothing more than an elaborate scheme too complex for us to grasp. Yet the time will come when the secrets will be unveiled to us. That is exactly why I spend so much time studying nature's laws. It's all building to something."

The emotion radiating off of the pair was completely different. Sats seemed completely unemotive discussing the fate of her father. Totally aloof to the fact that he has passed. Bee, on the other hand, shined with hope and happiness. It would be up to their guests to determine whose answer was more reasonable.

"Bees live in a Beehive, Bee, or gather around flowers to collect nectar. But anyway, I didn't fall on my own either. I just completely lost my temper with how Shekinah does things and as a result got into a fight with her and every angel in heaven. I just couldn't stand it anymore. Heaven not supposed to interfere in the mortal realm's business unless the forces of Hell were involved in one way or another back when I was an angel but humans are just as cruel to each other and sometimes demons be nicer. Shekinah wanted to preserve human freedom above all else, leave their decisions, all of them no matter how evil, to themselves. There are exceptions but those exceptions were too rare for me, more people could be helped than there were exceptions being made."

It was the downside of her personality. She knew once she got worked up, she will fight anything that stops her from resolving what has her so angry. Said something just happened to be God and now her current appearance is one she doesn't use too much even if she can still return to it.

"So I went against how Shekinah ran things and well killed all the other angels in heaven since they were weaker than me. I knew they'd be fine. Nothing in Heaven can truly die unless Shekinah wills it. But both of those are taboos and I got a one way trip to Hell in the most painful way possible in return. It wasn't really a blow to my pride, I knew I could never beat her in a straight up fight. The actual blow was after spending some time in Hell. Even if I stopped what was going on in the mortal plain, it'd just continue down in Hell. So the solution?"

"Take over hell, remodel the entire plain and make nine new layers for it from scratch. Since back home is quite unique, Hell didn't have someone of a similar level of power to Shekinah so it was a contest for the throne. One which I won."

"Well it was like that because my personality terrible for running it., So I wanted someone else to rise up to the same level as me and rule it. But like I said when we met again, wasn't expecting it to be you. Though if I'm honest, I'm glad it was. I got my friend who doubles as an eccentric younger sibling back. Plus things are far more peaceful and the relations between Heaven and Hell are very peaceful now. Besides those who prefer the old days and are against you, everyone mostly gets along. Those clashing Empires in Hell forever confuses me."

"And as I've said countless times, just pay them no mind, their more my business when the fighting gets out of hand because they dragged somewhere unrelated into things. But yeah, becoming a Fallen Angel isn't really pleasant but unless an angel has my level of anger issues, its perfectly avoidable."

"I'd say Devil is more accurate than fallen angel. You just prefer calling yourself the latter because you like your angelic nature to the point you never stopped using those powers. But it does result in the funny sight of people reacting to you still using holy power like its the most unexpected thing in the world. Fallen Angels are still angels, they don't lose access to their holy powers. Granted you were the first and only one, so that wouldn't be obvious. Anyway, we should ignore Bee and Sats."

[bluemooncove]

Bee is eating up Lucy's attempts at drawing them. As the art continues they shift from miming injury to a number of other funny and ridiculous poses. At one point they're striking a heroic pose. At another they seem to be miming drawing a sword from a stone. The whole time they spend snickering like an imp.

"Why of course we are! We're both heroic bastions of freedom absolutely beaming with a love for humanity. Like two peas in a pod! No wait! Two bees in whatever bees hang out in!"

They rose from where they had been posing and took off into the air. Tiny wings beating ridiculously fast as they returned to hovering around Lucy. It was moments like this that made it clear Bee's wings were far too small to naturally support their weight. One would assume that they flew with magic but then why would their wings buzz away as they flew?

"We've got some fallen angels 'round here but life tends to be pretty rough on 'em. The Gods ain't too happy with just letting 'em fall on done they have to be significantly punished first. Though, while they talk a big talk about angels falling, there's never much mention of us devilish things rising. A shame 'cause I'd quite like to try the food they got up in Paradiso."

"They may have gotten off track but it's true that falling is not pleasant. If yours was anything similar to the process in our world then you have my complete sympathy. There's a reason our father chose to awkwardly meander down here rather than fall."

"Under normal circumstances you'd be right but no matter how mad I get, I don't forget what I'm doing or why. Thus why I never bother listening to Shekinah. My anger always loops back around to me being perfectly calm, its always been that way and its not possible to change that so I simply embrace it. I wouldn't be me if I suddenly started trying to keep how angry I get in check and what I prefer doing most of all is staying true to myself, so even more reason to not listen."

"Everyone has their own ways of expressing the Sin of Wrath, in my case the angrier I get, the calmer I am. Long as one can embrace their nature, they can find a way to make things work out in time. After all, everyone besides Shekinah has regretted making me angry and nowadays I have no reason to get angry at Shekinah. That said, I was way too angry for an angel. So being a fallen angel suits me better."

She for fun while talking sketched each pose Bee was in, she only needed a second for each one. Nevan was put to the side but the guitar was staring at their creator wanting to ask 'really' but Lucy was more concerned with sketching everyone of Bee's poses for fun. So the guitar just played itself instead of bothering to get her attention.

"...They certainly make good friends. That's the only way I can describe the sight before me."

[bluemooncove]

"A temper brings nothing good. It's simply anger unmanaged. It is when we learn to control our anger and harness it for our own gain that we are at our strongest. Uncontrolled anger is only an exploitable weakness, Shekinah is right in this regard. There is something far more elegant about tempering one's temper into the strongest of tools."

Sats extended her hands again and the violin returned to it. There was no break in the music, she was able to grab the tool and pick up where it had left off. As she tucked it beneath her chin, the icon shifted her gaze back towards the many armaments on display. Her mystical senses resuming their analysis of each one at a time.

"Ya talk a lot about mastering your nature Sats but for some of us it ain't as easy as others. I can't exactly master hunger like it's some kinda cartoon fighting ability. You're just lucky that yours is only rooted in emotion and not feeling."

"Emotions are feelings."

"Defeated yet again in a duel of words. Quickly Lucy! You must defend my honor!"

Bee dramatically fell to the ground and began to lay there, as if they'd been struck down by a serious blow. After a few seconds of holding the pose they shifted to another one. Then another. Then another after that.

"Despite how calm she is now, well Lucy temper has only gotten worse rather than better. Back when she was an angel, she had some restraint, mostly because I could stop her. But now? In her own words, she's free to stop reigning her temper in. Those occasions are quite flashy in a its impossible for me not to notice way. But fortunately for me, things that anger her that much have decreased since she's no longer as busy as she was in the old world."

But what angers her, angers her and Shekinah has for all intents and purposes given up on reasoning with how angry Lucy tends to get. That was an argument she's never won as long as she's known the other. So ironically being a fallen angel fits her better than being an actual angel.

"In my opinion, a balance mix of both is the most preferable.Both have their good points and so I incorporate carriages and also more modern inventions. Too much of either is too dull or a mess. Well that and as someone just said, when it concerns the old world, back when I was an angel I was the busiest."

Lucy shakes her head recalling those days. She was so, so busy.

"As time passed, people tried summoning demons for various reasons less and less. There was also less diving into forbidden magic and causing a different problem. Invasions from Hell were a regular occurrence, leading to clashes with individuals I have terrible impressions of or their subordinates. So with my temper I simply hit the entire area. It was faster and it got annoyances out of my sight much quicker. Old, modern or post modern, I'll get annoyed no matter which it is."

"Especially when I have neighbors who likes to send trouble to me and Shekinah's world. She might say decrease but in reality its more my actions are far less noticeable if I'm simply returning the favor."

"I've said this numerous times but you need to calm down. Is that why it seemed so peaceful? I know you normally returned the favor but doing so directly?"

"We've been over this countless times, my temper going nowhere."

[bluemooncove]

"Eh it's no big deal. Sats used to slice through all sorts of things before she began tryin' to mellow out. If anything her palace must be used to bein' sliced every which way from Sunday. Absolutely no problems with slicing rifts into existence here ~ except maybe for the space and time continuum."

Bee hovered up along the rack, examining the many different weapons on display. Some they had already become familiar with but there were a wide range of options beyond them. They were polite enough not to snatch anything out of it's place but they floated about closely examining each.

"My my, this is an impressive armory. Individually you've far more than we do but if we counted the armaments of each Icon I do believe we'd be nearly matched. I suppose you're even more ancient than I am, probably your world's equivalent of father's generation, so I suppose you've had more time to practice."

Bee was examining each weapon from a purely aesthetic perspective. Zipping about to look at each one and guess at what it could do. Sats approached things differently. With a strong magical sense she observed the capabilities of each tool and their level of crafting. Remarkably well made. Her father would certainly love to meet their smith.

"The instrument is a rather interesting one. It seems that we have similar tastes."

With a wave of her hand, Sats caused a violin to appear before her. It momentarily floated in the air before she took it. Its bowstring appeared next as she began to play a tune along with her guest. To an embodiment of wrath, music could be one of the few soothing elements of life.

"...Only Lucy would have the patience to listen to every single one. She's a very patient person otherwise managing Hell be impossible."

Shekinah does not blame Sats at all. Half the time she cuts off calls with Lucy because those would go on for so long if she doesn't. Though a certain topic crossed her mind. Her friend was interested in the difference between her weapons and the armaments of Inferno? That would be a weird topic her friend would find interesting.

"Oh, then I'll just bring them here. Fortunately for me, since I made every single one calling on them the easy part."

Her sword appears in hand then she swings down, cutting open a rift which a weapon rack tall enough to reach the ceiling came out of. Granted compared to the demonic nature of most of the weapons, two feel like a mix of angelic and demonic, well Bee would recognize those as Lucy's guns.

"Huh, Guess there's still some remnants from when I got mad. Well they were my original weapons, so guess that can't be helped."

She grabs her guns and just places them in holsters that formed on her dress. Which concealed the energy the guns were giving off.

"Lucy, I've said this numerous times, don't just use your power to slice open a rift in someone's home! Especially to bring forth your Devil Arms, I always wonder why you're so casual about that."

"Because I'm just showing them off. Not like I'm gonna use them. Well okay, besides this one."

She grabs Nevan and casually plays a tune on her guitar.

[bluemooncove]

"Hmmm you cancel each other out? Like protons and electrons or acids and bases! ... or hot and cold!"

For the first time since they arrived, Sats rose from her throne. She walked across the chamber all the way to where Shekinah had stood. Then she gently reached a hand out and clasped it over Bee's mouth. They would continue to make weird similes until someone stopped them. It was the only way.

"Trust me. This is for the best. Otherwise we would have been stuck here for an entire week."

Bee halfheartedly struggled against their big siblings grip. A few light jabs hitting into Sats as they struggled. It was quite clear there was no true effort behind it. Bee was swinging as softly as possible. Strikes that may well have still harmed a mortal but did absolutely nothing to a fellow icon. Eventually, once they seemed to calm down, Bee was released from her grip.

"Hey! It's very important to understand how things work! That's the only way that new things can be learned."

After their words of protest, Bee turned towards the screen and gave a polite bow.

"I did not have the opportunity to voice this before you left but I appreciate the kind words. Being able to call such an important being a new friend is a great honor. One I certainly will never receive from your equivalents in this world. I thank you for being willing to say so."

It is then that their attention shifted back towards Lucy. A soft smile on their face as they did so.

"I believe you had mentioned something about wanting your armaments examined by the people of my world? Sats is something of an expert on them! So we're in one of the best spots!"

"They can't, this is a clone as I said before, not my actual body. So I can't really exert any power through it since its simply meant for conversations. If it was my actual body, me and Lucy offsets each other and that fact stands out since we're polar opposites now. Besides when she switches back to her original angel powers. I just wanted to check in right quick."

"...Hm, You can get rid of the clone, I have a better way if you want to talk, I'll need your help since I can only connect to my domain from another world, not yours. It's kind of weird talking to your clone down here anyway."

"Hm, Fine, though I will say I'm glad you met someone like Bee since they spoke my mind, any friend of yours is a friend of mines. Anyway, sorry for the sudden intrusion, even if I'm not actually there."

With that Shekinah's clone vanished with Lucy shaking her head at the fact Bee and Shekinah are both far nicer than she'll ever be. Still she needs to get around to what she was doing. Demonic and angelic, Lucy used both of her powers and the other end responded in kind, creating a screen that let Shekinah talk through it without showing up in person or through a clone.

"And there we go. I wish I could show up in person but Bee already said what would happen if I did. It makes traveling impossible for me, besides the fact I'm not as carefree as Lucy. I can't be gone for too long or major trouble pops up immediately. Trouble beyond someone in Hell trying to take advantage of Lucy's absence only for it to not really work out."

"Let's not talk about that. I recently lost my temper because of that and I know you and Sats there both felt it. So I won't say more on that."