23. Cas

I had my issues with social media, but I had to admit it could be used for good. Especially where the Coalition was involved. Benji’s followers were going to wonder why Gabriel didn’t have their shirt off since it was kind of a requirement if you wanted to use his platform, but most of us knew better. I didn’t know much about angel magic, but they clearly didn’t have the same senses shifters did nor could see auras like witches could. I got vibes off Jophiel, Ariel, and Gabriel that they were more hiding their gender than wanting to transition.

But first, we really did need to figure out what was going on so that we didn’t blast Gabriel to the masses and they say the wrong thing. The angels didn’t have cell phones and only Michael had an idea how to use one. He’d been in the room where the angels could watch humanity. The others had either been held elsewhere or they had been searching other realms and more concerned with their missing Father than technology.

They didn’t particularly want to learn. They just wanted to get this over with, so Pax invited them to sit with him while his text to speech read it out. They seemed happy with that. I pulled Benji and Medusa to me so I could cuddle them while I read what I needed to read.

Saul was savvy enough to know to also post that stupid video on the internet on the off chance the news refused to play it or didn’t play the entire thing. I quickly found it. Oh, Benji and Dionysus’s followers were having a field day there. I recognized some of the usernames. They were mostly getting destroyed by the people who saw my video. There were only a few people asking when and where they needed to fight.

Icemaiden17.uk: What is going on in America right now that your politicians are encouraging violence?

LaSolita17: A bunch of idiots who don’t know you shouldn’t bring a gun to a magic fight. Dumbasses.

AlleyKaty: aren’t we supposed to be tagging the people who are much stronger than us to deal with it?

Jamiedragons : Speak for yourself. #usernameselfexplanatory

Crumpet: Ladies and gents, trust me, never piss off a dragon.

Jamiedragons: Too late.

Stranger_danger1984: Fam, we need to think strategically, not violently.

Motherofgoblins16: Some of us have a reason to think violently #usernameselfexplanatory.

Berni: This is bigger than us. We can be both organized and violent.

Amelia: We can’t be violent. If we want to come out of this on the other side, we have to be above reproach when this is over.

Ericot: Did you see the video Benji posted? It sounds like we need to get that message out. It has proof the angels didn’t have to cause all that violence at the prison.

Wayne1975: That was a deep fake. They made it with AI. Angels can’t really do that. The demons are lying to cover their tracks. We’re coming for you.

CJ_Tempest: because you’re a fucking idiot

Wayne1975: No, bitch. I’m on the right side of things. We going to make it illegal to be supernatural and get all of these demons out of my country.

Booknerd_89: Ladies, I think you know what to do.

Wayne1975: I’m not afraid of a bunch of women

Babsbamm: @thesexyhybrid

Fallingstar: @theoneandonlyorgygod

Berni: No, don’t tag them over this loser. We need to figure out where the real bad guys are. Does anyone recognize anything from the video?

Amelia: I’m pretty sure that’s the penthouse at this hotel in my city. It’s a small city, and that hotel is mostly used by criminals.

BethanyBurr: I’ll bet you’d get a really nice, tastefully done nude if you dropped either one of them a pin.

Heartbreak.kid: I used to work there and I’m pretty sure you’re right, sis. I also know how to watch it without anyone knowing.

Mommyreadsalot9785: Be safe. Just send the pin. You aren’t dealing with regular humans.

Wayne1975: Bitches, I could have fifty armed humans there with just a text and you’ll have to deal with us too.

Lililaly4ever: Except she didn’t mention which city, shit for brains

LaSolita17: And I doubt you’re important enough for any of those people to tell you.

Man, thirsty girls were going to take over the world one day. I had no doubt Benji either just got the pin or it was just a matter of time. We’d know where they were hiding out and could plan. We just needed Gabriel to make the right statement on the fly.

“So, I don’t know what a deep fake or AI is, but it seems like we need indisputable proof that angels can portal and that not all angels are okay with this. And you need it come from more than just your voices. What’s the most public place you can think of where the most people with these devices can see us?” Gabriel asked.

Ugh. We didn’t want to poke the angels in a crowded place because they clearly had no problem killing innocents, but at the same time, I got what Gabriel was saying. If the archangels delivered their message to a crowded square of people recording instead of just Benji’s account, no one could say we faked anything.

“Times Square,” Lucifer said. “It’s full of tourists waiting to take videos and photos of everything.”

“What are we going to do if the angels come?” I asked.

I was thinking of all those people that would be there.

“They won’t because I’ll be there,” Yahweh said. “They’ve been able to feel I’m here since I entered this realm and they haven’t come. They were foolish to do all of this to get my attention. I’m not as wrathful as the stories, but they don’t know that. If they are flying by the seats of their pants, they are probably having a giant oh shit moment that they finally got my attention and how I’m going to react. They won’t get violent in front of me unless they’ve truly found a way to kill a god and if they had, they wouldn’t be so liberal with that banishing sigil. We can do this.”

I hoped they were right.