Lucifer vs. Vor master post

[vorbarra]

WHO: Lucifer + the whole damn cast + a bunch of unfortunate victims of circumstance.
WHERE: Various.
WHEN: Starting 5/27 and onward.
WHAT: Lucifer has Mark kidnap Gregor. Shit hits the fan.
WARNINGS: There is definitely going to be torture and violence. Will update with specifics.


Table of Contents (roughly chronological)
Initial kidnapping -- Gregor, Mark, Lucifer
So honey, I haven't told you... -- Aral, Cordelia
Secondary kidnapping -- Lucy, Mark, Kel
Hawke vs. Vorhouse -- Hawke, Miles, Aral, Tex, Jim, Spock, Kel
Miles at the hospital -- Miles, Kitty, Tex, Ed, Jim, Bucky, Ken, Kareen, Mark, Newt, Kel
Location: rubble -- Winry, Miles, Ed, Tex
Ruined date and getting voluntold -- Duv, Kasumi, Aral
Torture log -- Lucifer, Dean, Gregor
Assignment -- Lucifer, Mark
Telepathy -- Aral, Tex, Gregor
Wagon circling -- Miles, Winry, Roy, Ed, Yuri
Requests -- Aral, Jim
Rescue -- Lucifer, Miles, Kitty, Hermann, Mark
Hellhounds -- Lucifer, Roy, Ed, Hawke, Mark, Aral
Main fight -- Lucifer, Aral, Hawke
Swamp mingle -- Tex, Hawke, Ed, Winry, Roy, Jim
Post-rescue at hospital -- Gregor, Miles, Kitty, Duv, Cordelia
Following the trail of burger wrappers and tears -- Duv, Nicolas
Hospital threads part three -- Miles, Cordelia
End of the line -- Duv, Mark
Family reunion & oath swearing -- Mark, Gregor, Aral, Tej, Duv, Miles, Tex, Winry, Ed, Simon
Recovery OTA -- Aral, Miles, Duv, Cordelia, Ed, Winry

Comments

[vorbarra]

Yes.

[ He lets out a breathless, sour, self-castigating laugh. ]

The Emperor disappeared on Komarr. Unbearably selfish of me. I got read the riot act when I returned. [ Since they thought he'd just run away, nothing deeper. ] Imagine if I had died-- they'd be forced to scrutinize everyone in a ten kilometer radius, all unfairly.

[keep_nothing]

Everyone has weak moments, love ... You can't hold it against yourself. You've grown since then, haven't you?

[vorbarra]

... I don't feel so hopeless as to do it again. Not nearly.

[ Gregor puts his face in one hand. ]

But I'm not like what you think I am.

[keep_nothing]

You're human. You're exactly what I think you are.

[vorbarra]

Weak and liable to fall apart if struck the wrong way?

[keep_nothing]

And able to bear more than you think you can with hidden depths you haven't even begun to dig up yet.

[vorbarra]

I can see why you're saying that, but I feel very far from it right now.

[keep_nothing]

That's usually when you start to dig without knowing it.

[vorbarra]

I'd much rather go to sleep for about three days than do any digging.

[keep_nothing]

[ She huffs a breath through her nose, her lips curving upward. ] In your case, I think that would be well-earned.

[ In a bit more somber tone, ] ... And you can always tell me to go away, you know.

[vorbarra]

[ He huffs out a breath and scrubs at his face again before forcing himself to drop his hand. ]

I don't want you to go away, I just want... To pretend none of this had happened. It shouldn't have happened. I feel very childish, but this isn't something anyone ever told me I might have to endure.

[ Gregor is undeniably wrapped in cotton wool as much as ImpSec can get him to stand still for it. Even Metzov and Cavilo hadn't dared violence toward his person. And he's too important a political prisoner for anyone else to treat that way, either, even if he were captured; but Lucifer had no such concerns. Gregor was just a man, there. Emphatically... as human and able to be tortured as anyone else, with no protection at all... ]

[keep_nothing]

There's nothing childish about a natural reaction to a traumatic experience, love. And while pretending won't help you in the long run, there's no benefit to poking at and digging into an open wound either. You need time to heal first, literally and figuratively.

[vorbarra]

I just hope I can get it, [ he mutters. ] I need... at least to sleep again before I can deal with being Emperor at anyone. I'll need to speak with Captain Galeni.

Mark-- Mark ran off.

[keep_nothing]

[ She'd been about to start really mom'ing at him, saying that she or Aral can deal with whatever was left to dealt with if it meant he got more rest—but Mark's name stopped her before she could get the words out. ]

... Ran off?

[vorbarra]

Dr. Gottlieb pulled him here when he took me, but he didn't stay. And we can't just let him go.

[keep_nothing]

[ She lets out a sigh. ]

I know. I would hope that he comes back willingly, but ... [ But she couldn't fault him if he didn't. ]

[vorbarra]

[ Grimly, ] I'll give him a chance to be sworn in. It's all I can do; I can't force him.

[keep_nothing]

No ... it wouldn't be right to. But I appreciate you giving him the chance, Gregor.

[vorbarra]

He deserves that. At least a chance.