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[Locked from Tom Riddle/Unhackable]

[Raphael, even from the first frame of the video, is clearly not a happy camper. There's too much tension around her mouth, her jaw gritted too tightly, like she's one annoyance away from punching somebody.]

Adstringendum, I have a question for you. [Deadly serious, even compared to normal.] What do you know about Tom Riddle?

[Locked to the angels/unhackable]

[Her demeanor changes further- tense, the annoyance erupting into obvious murderous anger that she doesn't even bother trying to hide.]

Hello, brothers. My first encounter with this event was on Sunday morning, when I was switched with Tom Riddle.

[The kids watching at home might notice a distinct lack of a chain around her neck, meaning a distinct lack of Castiel's Grace. She shifts her shoulders like an angry cat and continues.]

He has taken Castiel's Grace and, with it, made a declaration of war. He saw fit to inform me that any attempt to take back what is not his would serve as such. [Lip curling slightly.] He called it our only warning. Evidently the city needs to be freed of us.

I do not know much about him, only that he is extremely dangerous and twisted. His soul did not feel intact. I have full confidence that he will do something disgusting to it- weaponize it, most likely.

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Not that well hidden.

[There are always ways to find someone, which he knows full well considering his particular focus on how to hide them.]

Enough to potentially give him time to move. But I don't doubt his arrogance precludes that.

[She's learned the hard way to stop underestimating her enemies. Castiel you asshole.]

Considering his claims of the protection he has put up in his safehouse, he will likely remain there. It's a matter of either removing his protections, removing the location itself, or removing him from it.

[Good lesson.]

I am unopposed to simply taking the safehouse.

[Because this is a normal option in angel world.]

Entirely possible.

Locating it will be the main issue. Use of Botan's radar may be effective in this.

[He's in all business mode at the moment; he'll go back to being pissed off at Raphael personally later.]

[Immediately:] I can convince her easily.

What other ideas do you have? You know the people of this city better than we.

Those from his world may have more information on how his magic functions, and how to counteract it. As you have his wand, though he will not be powerless, from what I have learned it will be more difficult for him to perform magic.

Summoning a human is a futile endeavour using methods from our world, however, should the necessary components be gathered I can attempt a locating ritual.

I think we should leave the wand with you, then. Or Rei. [He's not above using the girl.]

Destroy it.

[It would solve a few problems at once and get back at Tom at the same time. Then they could give Hermione the pieces so she could take it apart and learn how to build her own, if they were feeling generous.]

Yes, obviously. But not until we have your Grace back. If he knows it's been damaged....

Guarding the wand is a waste of resources and simply puts a target on whoever does so.

Rei is a worthy foe, and besides, it's only a target if he knows who has it. And if he does figure it out, it will draw him out in the open to retrieve it.

[Bam, take that logic, nerd angel.]

I would be surprised if he were unable to figure out when it trades hands. And she is not to be used as a lure.

I will take it, if necessary.

[He counters your logic with ~*~emotion~*~ which is only valid when he uses it. Otherwise it's stupid. 8|]

Don't be stupid, Castiel. If you're going to be irrational I'll hide it somewhere else.

Don't speak to me that way.

[He barely even thinks anything of saying it and there's little tone behind it, more a reminder than a correction, but he's too pissed off at everyone and everything to bother wording it more neutrally.]

You suggested I carry it yourself just moments before.

[And it says something that all he gets is a curious eyebrow lift.]

And then you failed to prove capable of guarding it. The reason I suggested you is because you have Rei near you. What do you plan to do if Tom shows up and you're alone?

[It's a little amazing how far they've come. At Lucifer's comment, Castiel's expression darkens just slightly.]

I'm powerless, Lucifer, not useless.

[Magic or not, Tom would be making a mistake messing with him.]

I didn't say you were.

[He'd asked Castiel to mentor him, hadn't he? He wouldn't ask that of someone useless.]

But you are in danger. Don't make it worse by giving him access to your vessel, too.

[He calms a little at that, temper soothed just slightly.]

I will not put Rei at risk for this. If it weren't that he were threatening to use it as a weapon, I would suggest ignoring the entire ordeal.

[Because at this point he's half written off his grace anyway, and even if Tom mangling it causes him harm, he is becoming less and less sure about getting so many people involved. But the risk is even higher if they don't.]

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