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[hereticsoracle]

A look into an alternate future :) Contains: OC x Alt!Gabriel, Homophobia/transphobia, hate criming, one use of the f slur, tmc typical body horror. Gabriel is not the one being bigoted, and all mentions are very brief/not graphic! Sorry for not posting guys. I've been going through things.

Everyone is treating you like a sick girl. Someone who needs to be fixed. And maybe if they can figure out what's really wrong with you - if you can quit talking to shadows and crying for attention for 10 seconds - they can cut the disease out of you. If you bleed enough, maybe you can be pure again.

So you pray to God day and night, your knees bruised from kneeling at the altar. God doesn't answer. But something else does. An angel. A savior. He doesn't look like they do in the stories, but he holds you reverently. He guides your hands with icy fingers to cut your hair for the first time. He molds your body like an artist, and when the church ladies call you a butcher, he calls you his muse.

When your father calls you a faggot he calls you his lover. And when the first boy you've loved as a boy tries to drown you in the creak he pulls you from the water and calls it a baptism. You find religion in his hands, his lips, the way he looks at you. You ask him if he's God, at first and he only laughs. You ask him if God exists at all and he stops laughing. "Yes," he tells you, "but he hasn't been listening for quite some time." You figured as much, and maybe it's better that way.

He kisses you and his mouth tastes like ruin. You cut your tongue on his teeth and lick the blood from your lips. He steals your breath, and then your warmth. Your limbs are numb with cold when it's over, lips and fingers turning blue. Your hair has started losing its color. Not the pure white of your Catholic school uniform, but the silver gray of someone whose seen cities burn and then be swallowed by the sea.

You don't look much like a yourself anymore, all stretched proportions and big black eyes. People can't recognize you as a girl if they don't even recognize you as a human. Your teeth feel too sharp for your mouth. He tells you he will remake the world, beautiful and mutilated.

He wraps you in marble carved wings, big and heavy and cold, not much use for flying. Because this name he wears is false, his face is stolen. Lucifer was the most beautiful of the angels once. He is still beautiful to you. He tells you he can give you a pair, too, make you the angel he knows you to be. He asks you to let him in, and you do.

He carves into you, reaches into flesh and twists, and pulls until he's made enough room, and then he builds. This artist of the deranged, the architect of the new world, twining barbed wire around your bones and shaping it carefully, patiently into the shape of wings. Your skin knits closed around it, molds to rusty metal, and you feel every heavy twitch of your inorganic wings. You can't fly, but you can feel. Anyone who tries to rip them away will have bleed for it.

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daily affirmations

i am the unkillable faggot

i can exist in grocery stores

i have the shittiest music taste in any room

i have a gun

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To: @DepartmentofHumanResourcesLOA

CC: @DepartmentofMedicalCareLOA

From: "Ezekiel Aias”

Subject: Re: Concerns and Queries

Thank you for your investment in my comfort and availability! Our Last Correspondence did raise some questions of my own. The last letter I received mentioned a temple which brings up the question of housing. I have a few questions should I survive the onboarding process.

I must ask what my living situation would be like if I were employed. The commute is pretty hellish even if I were living in the nearest civilization, so I can only assume I'd be living on one of your bases. Is food free, or do employees have to pay? How often would I be allowed to leave? Can I have pets? What's your policy on drinking/smoking? Is there any way I can get my own corner of library/storage to house all of my tomes and artifacts? You guys can use them too, but you should ask me first because some of them WILL kill you or curse you if handled wrong.

In addition, I'd like to know where I stand in regards to certain assassin-specific policies. For instance, could I have visitors? Are relationships outside of the League frowned upon? Can I still attend college classes, or would I need to go completely off grid? Be warned if you say no to the first two, I can't promise they won't just follow me anyway.

Furthermore, by now you should have received my handwritten medical files, and it inspired concern about the capabilities of Lazarus's Pits. Namely, if I ever had to use the waters of Lazarus, would I have to get top surgery again? Would you cover it? What about my tattoos/scars/brands? Some of those are magically binding, and I don't know how they'd interact with the pit.

Finally, I'd like to discuss where I stand on murder and, more importantly, where my Patron stands. I know you've previously stated your organizations distaste for blood sacrifices, but that is the only manner in which I'm allowed to shed mortal blood. Please be advised of this when planning any future missions or tasks for me.

P.S. you don't need to ward the fridge because most of the creatures they protect against don't need to eat/don't eat human food, but I do know who's been stealing Jareth's lunch. Chalk lines will work on less powerful fae, but be warned they hold grudges and you are not safe outside of them (we can discuss more effective measures later if you'd like). While the Spirit Union is thoughtful they are dead, so aside from maybe a complaint box and regular offerings, there is little we can do in the way of benefits.

Thank you for all your consideration and the work you've put in to make this a smooth transition for all of us!

Best wishes,

Zeke

Ezekiel Aias, Prophet of Lazarus (to be)

@Zekethegeek00@gmail.com

"Do assassins get health benefits? What does the interview process look like? Do I have to submit a resume?" The scrawny and mostly unimpressive looking college kid is dressed in some approximation of business casual clothes, even though the modern style clashes with the interior around him. He still won't tell you how he got in to begin with.

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Thank you for your interest in the League of Assassins!

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical care, combat training, and long-term career advancement opportunities. We offer an excellent wellness plan, including access to some of the most advanced medical techniques in the world. The Lazarus Pits are technically not covered by standard policy, but… special cases arise.

.....Naturally, the League takes care of its own.

Please note: Survival is a prerequisite for all benefits. None of it will matter if you don’t make it past training.

The interview process is hands-on. Very hands-on. You may find it more accurate to call it a ‘trial by ordeal.’ The interview process is an immersive, real-world assessment of your skills under pressure. Candidates are expected to demonstrate agility, adaptability, and, ideally, an ability to evade lethal force. It is less of a ‘sit-down chat’ and more of a ‘survive this gauntlet and impress the right people.’

......We find it streamlines the hiring process quite effectively.

If you make it through, congratulations! If not—well, let’s just say we won’t need to worry about your resume.

Speaking of which, yes, a resume is required. However, your skills, adaptability, and ability to not die under extreme conditions speak louder than any list of past experiences. We require proof of ability.

If you insist on submitting a cover letter, we recommend including an explanation for how you got past our defenses. It’s a rather important qualification. We’d be very interested in seeing how you listed ‘breaking into a high-security assassin fortress’ under previous experience!

Best,

The League of Assassins Recruitment Division

(We are an equal-opportunity employer. Everyone gets the same chance to prove themselves—or perish trying.)

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dont let my unintelligibility distract from my message

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you have nooo idea what id be capable of without the generational curse

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when ever I start hearing the horns of the apocalypse I just say out loud to myself "the tumpet. bwaaa" and it makes me feel better every time

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cats being capable of understanding accidents and even giving you a little head bonk to let you know you're still cool makes it infinitely funnier that they don't understand when you're trying to help them

cats when you step on their tail: i'll admit that was rather ouchie, but given the lifetime of goodwill and trust between us, one must conclude this booboo is but a fluke.

cats when you try to get their claws unstuck from the couch covering: this nefarious bitch has never had a single honorable intention in their dishonest and shameful life, this must be one of their sinister plots or perhaps even an attempt on my life,

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skweezy jibbs is a international treasure

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nothing that a haircut and a wardrobe update and a detox and a sex change and a fake ID and getting medicated and selling all my stuff and faking my death and moving country can't fix

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For the last time dude, my leitmotif sounds exactly like it always has. There is no symbolism for creeping corruption in there

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*feels my body get anxious for no reason* what is it boy, what do you see?

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i wholeheartedly believe i deserve a sword. i am true. i am loyal. i despise treacherous men. what else do you need? knight me already

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my top hobbies are shame and embarrassment but i also occasionally dabble in envy

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"you are one of gods strongest soldiers" i say, not even believing in either of those institutions