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[ Luna Lovegood is perhaps the best she's looked in months. Despite the exhausted look about her, and the expression of queasiness — she's void of any trace of Corruption. She's been spending the past several days sleeping, and not sleeping; trying to calm her stomach from the copious amounts of wild animals she'd devoured as a beast. While sustenance for her in Beastform, her stomach now she's human again is... far more delicate. But the worst of it has passed, at least. And Peter has been a blessing for her, making sure she's alright — even if eating has been a little bit of a struggle.

She sits in her room, sat on her bed with her knees curled up to her chest, still dressed in pyjamas. Her Omni rests on her bedside as she begins the broadcast. She's anxious; her brow drawn down in a sorrowful frown. It's important, though. People deserve apologies, even she deserves no luxury of apology in return. She hurt people, quite a lot — and while the memories of the latter half of April are foggy at best, she knows she's done some terrible things. ]

I realise a great deal of people may be very upset with me right now. I would have done this sooner, but I... needed a little bit of time to sort out my mind. [ She's still trying to do that, but it's now or never. ]

I remember the butterflies, and then... it gets a bit mixed up after that. [ It was like... falling down a very, very deep hole. Slowly slipping away from herself, and into something cold and dark and twisted. ]

I'm sorry. I know I hurt a lot of people, I know I— I think I killed people, too. I know I wasn't myself, I became someone terrible and then something terrible. A monstrous Beast. [ It hurts to refer herself as that. No beast is monstrous. But she did monstrous things. That is... simply how it is, and she's ashamed of herself. ] I know people might think it isn't my fault, that I became a Beast — but I still did those things. I barely even know who I did them to, I don't remember much.

But I'm very sorry.

[ She doesn't expect forgiveness, not at all. She's alright with that. Luna's quiet for a long tome, just leaving the apology there. But after a while, she inhales and continues. ]

I was lucky. My friends found me, my boyfriend found me. They brought me back. They knew who I was even though I was a Beast. I can only guess others haven't and won't be so fortunate. [ How many times have Sleepers been killed as Beasts? How many will be in future? ]

I've been doing some thinking, the past couple of days. How to... maybe help Sleepers, somehow. Back home, someone very important to me, a hero to me really, led the way in the study of magical beasts — he's one of the greatest Magizoologists known to Wizardkind. He offered a great deal of insight into beast behaviours, abilities and how best to care for them — compiled it into a textbook.

I'd... like to start doing something like that, but for Sleepers in their Beastforms. I want to do it as my area of study at the School of Mutter. An encyclopaedia of Sleepers' forms of Beasthood, noting their appearance, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. But also how best to help them, calm them down. Bring them back.

[ She doesn't want it to mean it's how to kill them. No, no. Not at all. It's how best to help Sleepers, so they don't have to be killed. But also knowing how best to deal with them, so other Sleepers don't end up getting killed when dealing with Beasts. Merlin knows how many Witches and Wizards were likely killed by magical creatures they had no clue on how to handle them. Wild animals are just that, they can kill. ]

I could have very easily met death at the hands of a Hunter, but I was lucky I didn't. Knowledge is a very powerful tool, and I believe it could do a great deal of good. [ That being said: ] If people have information they'd like to share about their Beastforms, or how they've dealt with bringing Sleepers back — I would like to hear it for my research.

If you'd rather speak in person, you may find me at Ritual Gig in Willful Machine. [ There's a little pause, her voice wobbling slightly. ] You... may have known it as John Constantine's shop, but moving forward I shall be taking up the reins in his absence.

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She is owning up to it! That's why she made this post in the first place. And she's trying to do something good, do what it takes to stop it from happening to other people. Be pissed all you want, but nothing you said is helpful at all and I'm not going to let you talk to her like that.

( Coming in here calling Luna rude words and saying "Fuck you" to her over and over... this guy's a serious asshole.

There's a bewildered scoff— )

What— are you serious—? I'm not gonna fight you.

That's great. I'm really fucking glad for her. It sure as shit is making me feel better, I think that's plenty helpful.

[Johnny's main priority was to make himself feel better in any given situation.]

Damn right I am. If you want me to stop you're going to have to come over here and make me.

[...He's so fucking petty.]

( This guy's not backing down. If anything, his aggression is rising, and Peter's heart is palpitating ninety to nothing. Part of it is also a worry this guy might try to fucking hurt her. Peter had witnessed Johnny for himself in the jungle, after all, he knows how wild he can be. )

Look, just—

( Paimon doesn't even have to claw out of him the way he had back during the incident that caused all of this. There's no violent convulsion; the demon's just suddenly there, flowing easily through the anger that he and Peter are both sharing. )

I will come to you and I will tear your tongue from your mouth, wretch!

( ....Ah. There he is. )

[Johnny has learned that the best defense is more offense. He was the king of doubling down on his own BS.

He is a little confusion over the shift in Peter's mindset but he shrugged it off quick. Clearly the kid had just decided to man up. He actually grins at the threat.]

That's more fucking like it.

I'll meet you at the clock tower in gaze. I'm going to kick your lanky ass across town.

( While Paimon and Johnny are spitting at each other, the demon is simultaneously carrying out a mental conversation with Luna. One in which he's explicitly told not to attack this man, today. Or to do damages to his tongue.

But the demon has been given permission to leave a warning, and he has every intention of doing that. )

You will not meet me today. But you will know my presence. From here on. For always.

( With that cryptic demon message, he turns off his video feed. Sorry Johnny, no Round 2 with the demon today.

However, from this point on, Paimon will begin routinely stalking and terrorising this man..... Great times are to come!

....And for a little dose of it, later that night, Paimon will be leaving Johnny a very nice demon gift. )

Go figure you'd chicken the fuck out you litt-

[And then the feed closes and Johnny looks confused for a second.]

-That fuck just hung up on me.

You realize this is why you keep dying, yeah?

You realize I don't give a shit.
These little fucks deserve it after what they did.

What? Deserve to kill you again? You're right to be mad, sure, but maybe take a minute and cool off before picking another fight with a supernatural entity.

I know what the fucker can do this time around.
He's not going to get me the same way twice.

[Jesus christ.]

Look, before you go fight him, come find me at the Gate in Prufrock. We're training, and if you pussy out on me then I'm going to beat the shit out of you in the middle of the next lesson and it'll be super embarassing.

[Rock meet hard place.

There's a part of him that looks like he wants to argue but then he stops himself. It's actually amazing to see it in motion.]

Okay. You know what? Deal.

I could probably use the chance to blow off some steam from all these other losers before I take it out on him.

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