003 ☺ Video ☺ Even Cardinal Sin tried to feed her habit

[moreincommon]

GREETINGS, MORTAL SCUM! [The voice on the screen sounds human, if humans had throats lined with sharp metal forks. The accompanying face is twisted, demonic, with glowing eyes and a wide, sharp-toothed leer.] MARK LILLY IS GONE. I'LL BE TAKING HIS PLACE. [Suddenly the picture changes, features curling from a hellish mask into that of a rather beautiful redheaded woman in her late 20s, perfectly normal – apart from the pink hue of her skin and the two tiny horns jutting up from her forehead.] Ahem. Callie Maggotbone, Mark's boss at the DOI. I don't know why he thinks his therapy crap will do any good in space, but he's tried dumber things. So I guess I'm here to "help," whatever that means. Just – give me a jingle if you need anything! [Callie beams and gives the camera a little wave before dropping the look from her face, suddenly snapping out of character.] Ugh. Who do I have to kill around here for a virgin's-blood latté? [OOC: Say hello to Mark's psychotic demon girlfriend, Callie! She's not always quite this bitchy. Really. Not always. Replies will come from boobsandevil.]

Comments

[yeahscience]

...[Isn't Mark Lilly that whitebread little therapist dude?] ...um, there's usually some blood out in the cafeteria for the vampires and all.

[boobsandevil]

Finally, someone helpful. What's your name?

[yeahscience]

Jesse. Who'd you say you're here for, again? [Because seriously?]

[boobsandevil]

Mark Lilly. He's probably gone around being cheerful and boring at you.

[yeahscience]

[Seriously?]

Something like that. And you're his...

[boobsandevil]

[If that weirds you out, Jesse, you should see the rest of her universe.] Superior and fuckbuddy.

[yeahscience]

[Of course, people say the same thing about him and some of the girls he's dated, so maybe that's what finally makes him throw up his metaphorical hands.]

Okay. [Whatever.] Welcome aboard.

[boobsandevil]

[She and Mark get that a lot, actually, especially from her father. It's one of the things she enjoys about the relationship. That, and the fact that it's open.]

Thanks. Now what do you do for fun around here?

[yeahscience]

Well, uh, this place was built less for fun and more for, like... supernatural horrors, but we got some stuff. The pool, the bar, the CES... [He flashes an entirely self-deprecating grin.] I work in the art therapy room.

[boobsandevil]

Oh, good! I was afraid it was going to be boring. [When he volunteers that information Callie snorts in amusement.] Don't tell me you're another bleeding heart like he is.

[yeahscience]

[Of course he's not.

Oh God.

He is now, isn't he?] I, uh. Also do the local NA stuff.

[boobsandevil]

Wow. I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.

[yeahscience]

[Now, now, now, okay. You can say Jesse is a little tamer than he used to be, but don't go insulting his parties.]

Hey, whatever, yo. I throw a kick-ass party.

[boobsandevil]

I'll believe that when I see it.

[yeahscience]

Yeah? How's this for a start? [He turns the camera on the enormous speakers that frame his TV; they're clearly built for a much, much, much larger space than they currently occupy.]