Azrael Erebus sits completely still. Almost like he's been put on pause or as if time was frozen in that exact moment. A slice of pizza hangs in his hand. Close enough for him to bite and yet, he does not take that bite. However, time had not been frozen, nor was he on pause. He was in shock. Terrible shock. Mortification mixed with a little disgust. He's not hungry anymore. He's processing. Everything inside him is telling him, to simply throw that slice of double pepperoni, across the room. Just fucking chuck it. Whip it across the restaurant, like a live grenade. That's what he wants to do. Badly. Yet this isn't what he actually does. Instead he places the slice onto his plate and sighs. Deeply.


Across the table from him, his daughter Lila Laroque sits in silent expectation. Excited and full of smiles. This does not mirror the spaceman's feelings one bit. Not one fucking bit. He can't let these emotions bleed through to his words though. After all this was Lila. The most brightest star in his life. His daughter. His angel. Azrael couldn't hurt her feelings by telling her that she was totally and completely out of her mind. Verging on the brink of being unhinged. That what she told him pisses him off to his very core. That out of her choices in life, by far this was the stupidest and that deep down, he was wondering if he should have her tested for either being insane or to check if she was really related to him. Harsh. He knows it. Too brutal for comprehension and he doesn't mean these thoughts. Not Really. Of course he didn't really mean them. He loved his daughter and would never say such things to her.


These are simply the first thoughts that hit his mind after she got done telling him what she just did. That she had been to Chicago. On business, as she was a historian and the Field Museum needed her help with a project. That while she was in Chicago, she was mugged but that she was alright. No harm, no foul. Someone came to her aid. He came to her aid. That fucking shady, dirtball mechanic - Griffin MacAlister, rescued her belongings. They had coffee afterwards and got to talking. Really hit it off. He got her number and vice versa. She really likes him and wants to see him again. Wants to know if she can come to Second Chance as Azrael's guest, just for that purpose. Azrael wants to say no. To forbid her from this act and all acts involving contact with Griffin, but he knows better. To forbid is to make the object in question more desirable. No. He would have to allow her permission to travel with him. To attend Second Chance and surprise Griffin. No matter how much it revolted him. The man from the stars, had to let his daughter do this. He just couldn't form the words that would give him the ability to relay this message to her.


It was like he forgot how to speak. Could anger make you do that? Forget how to talk? Or was he stricken mute. Could rage cause a being to become mute? It was all so bizarre. Just recently, he was joking to Nathaniel how there was no possible connection to their returning cause then it would have to also coincide with Griffin's return and now... now, his daughter was interested in the mechanic. Maybe he was wrong. Maybe everything was connected. Perhaps Dirk Gently had it spot on. Everything's connected. If this was all connected... if the three of them were connected. Who else would be involved and why? What could possibly happen next and what was this all leading towards? The big picture. Was there one and was Azrael merely a pawn within it, like some character in a story? It was during this spiraling of internal questioning, Azrael realized that he had been quiet for entirely too long. Lila was staring at him with those big brown eyes. She needed an answer.


"Yes. It's absolutely fine. You can attend Second Chance and surprise... Gri... ffin... Mac... Alis... ter."


That was incredibly difficult for him to allow safe passage to that thought - from his mind, to his throat and out into the open air. It felt like he was practically choking out that asshole's name through clenched teeth. Lila, on the other hand, squealed with glee. She's thrilled. Giddy. Azrael felt altogether sick. Nauseous and really... really, annoyed at the same time. Seriously, what the fuck was next????

2x Universal Champion (First reign was less than a day though, lol. Due to Sebastian Duke cashing in his briefcase.)
2x Tag Team Champion
3x Triple Tag Team Champion
1x Television Champion
2x US Champion (Title retired during my second reign as champ.)
2x X-Treme Champion
1x Bombshell Champion
2x HMW Champion
2x SOTM