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Started February 23, 2018 by @_sleeby_rat_

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Mike shrugged. "Your guess is as good as mine. We think magic, though. I wouldn't bring it up around Asura, he's kinda touchy about it."

"I'm right here," he said, glaring at Mike.

Pluto stifled a laugh in the driver's seat

"Shut up," he mumbled, wishing he could disappear inside of an oversized hoodie. Except he wasn't wearing a hoodie. No, he chose to wear a perfectly tailored suit, because he's an idiot.

Mike smirked, but didn't tease Asura any more about it. "Looks like we're almost there."

"Thank Lucifer," he said with a sigh. "I technically don't need to sleep… but I need to sleep."

"I've got a pullout bed in the living room, there's a guest at the end of the hallway, and if anyone wants it they can take my room and I'll crash in the truck. Just leave Michael alone, his door is the one with the massive MCR poster on it."

"I'm all right with the living room. Hopefully Asura and I won't bother you much longer. We have other stuff to take care of eventually, although that'll involve finding a way to jump between dimensions again."

"Well good luck with that. The last portal in and out of here is more or less on lockdown via a pissed off giant lion similar to Asura, just a whole lot scarier."

"What's he so upset about?"

"How the hell is there a lion demon scarier than me? I'm like the size of a skyscraper in my true form."

"Everything. And he's been hunting me down for centuries. His privileged ass is sitting right in the middle of the only way in and out of here right now, and I don't know if I have any favors I can call in to get him to move."

"And he's not a demon, he's a guardian. Mean suckers that rival the gods. Samandriel just so happens to be the current most powerful one second to that idiot Balthazar that bailed on our dimension."

Mike sighed. "Well, I hesitate to say it since I suspect it won't work, but maybe if I visit him by myself and ask him nicely, he'll let us through without asking who my traveling companions are."

Pluto laughed. "Oh my gods, you think you can just waltz up to a dimensional gate and ask a pissed off lava guardian who's been hunting my ass for the past 200 or so years to move his melted rear out of the gate? Ha!"

"He ain't hunting mine. You know, I'm not some hunk from the backwoods. I run a business, and believe me, I'm used to negotiating with crabby all-powerful beings. If it's our only shot, I'm willing to try."

"Can you hop to parallel universes here, or are those blocked off?"

"Parallels usually work, but a good portion of them are blocked. Samandriel is trying to cut off all access in and out of this universe in order to get to me and Balthazar. My plan has been to find Balthazar first and then kick him out of here, but I haven't done a very good job of tracking down what appears to be a giant mutant whale."

"Don't look for a giant mutant whale, look for something that gives off… the vibe of a mutant whale. Because I'm willing to bet that he's in human form right now."

"Really?" she said sarcastically. "Because my damn roommate is a freakin' guardian in disguise."

"Maybe we should help you find this Balthazar guy," Mike said. "Speed things up a little."

"Listen, It's been 150 or so years since I started looking for him, so what makes you think we're gonna suddenly be able to find him in the short time frame we have before Samandriel comes after us. He's probably freaking out about you two popping up here as we speak."

"All the more reason to get a move on. Three heads are better than one, and if we split up we'll cover more ground. Plus, if Asura's so sure that Balthazar's in human form, maybe he can find out more that'll help us track him down. If that's really the best way to get out of here."

"Well he's going to show up eventually. It could be now, it could be 300 years from now, I don't know."

"Yeah, only problem is until I eat a soul I've got soul vision and I'm pretty sure someone with all black and gold eyes who seems to be crying ink is going to get a good reaction in public."