The Devil's Nest, Tuesday Night

[my_own_advocate]

It was Tuesday, and the Devil was done sleeping off the weekend. It had been an inspiring one, especially near the end, as one could tell by the music flowing from his piano right now.

Well, maybe it had been that, and 'googling how to make anaemic pop palatable'.

Either way, you could kind of tell what he was playing if you squinted.

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Talk to Lucifer

[my_own_advocate]

If you want to catch him at the bar between songs.

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[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden caught Lucifer at the bar, instead of draping herself over the piano as usual, mostly because that was where he was when she arrived.

"Good weekend?"

She hoped so, since Lucifer had turned off his phone on Saturday. Unless that was just being tired of texting about weddings.

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[my_own_advocate]

Never leave your phone on when you're having a meltdown chasing criminals, Seivarden, it was a simple but useful piece of advice.

"A delightful one," Lucifer agreed, grinning into his drink. "I was happily entertained by a group of college seniors, I can't complain."

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[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden grinned. "Good to hear."

She ordered a whisky from Tiny.

"And thank you for mentioning the bridezilla thing. Now a lot of the wedding orders make a lot more sense."

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[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer made an amused noise. "Did you get swamped by wedding orders this week?"

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[1000yearstoolate]

"No, but I get them now and then, and often one of them seems a bit obsessed. I never realised it was the bride."

She made a gesture with her hand.

"At least being picky about flowers for a party makes more sense than trying to arrange one in a couple of hours. Summer tried to explain it to me though and I think I get it now."

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[my_own_advocate]

"I did have a quickie Vegas wedding once," Lucifer mused, "For reasons that made complete sense, so it's not always completely irrational. Though now I'm terrified to hear what Summer has told you."

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[1000yearstoolate]

"You got married? Why?"

Seivarden wanted to hear those reasons.

"Oh, and since it was Summer it was a long explanation, but the part I got was that these days it's just a party to declare how much into someone you are. So I'm just going to treat it like that and never mention shotguns or unwanted children again."

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[my_own_advocate]

"There's a bit much paperwork and other bureaucratic madness involved for it to be just a party," Lucifer said. "It took me over a year to get my two-week marriage annulled." Beat. "It was an attempt to con my mother by distracting her with my delightfully devious wife while I tried to figure out her plans."

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[betterthanaplan]

"Spears?" Duke asked. "Really?"

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[my_own_advocate]

Oh. Him.

"I spent my weekend within the hallowed walls of a sorority, might as well get inspired," Lucifer said idly.

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke still didn't know he'd managed to set Lucifer off. "Sounds like fun. You know that song's 22 years old, right?"

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[my_own_advocate]

Duke's ignorance was not going to last long now the shock had worn off, no worries.

"Well if you're experiencing something you don't like around here, feel free to cross the street to inflict your judgment on our competitors," Lucifer said, reaching for a glass.

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[betterthanaplan]

That was a whole lot sharper than their usual banter, yeah. Duke frowned faintly.

"Would've thought a weekend at a sorority would have relaxed you."

Lucifer seemed rather . . . wound up.

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[my_own_advocate]

"Would you now," Lucifer said, sounding snappish. "Well, you think rather a great deal of things, don't you?"

... He was not, it had to be said, ever particularly rational when he felt judged. By the ten or so people whose opinion he actually gave half a toss about, anyway.

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[betterthanaplan]

"Okay, what's with you?" Duke asked. "You're not wearing your usual happy-go-lucky mask."

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[my_own_advocate]

"Oh, good, do you have some more nuggets from baby's first psychoanalysis class for me?" Lucifer said. "I can't wait to hear how you work these back into blaming me for your own choices this time."

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[okteiviakom]

Octavia considered coming to the piano. But, no. She would have preferred to not do this here at all but, well, here she was now, having slept through the time she could've come see him at his house, instead. So. "Hey, stranger," she rasped, catching him on one of his visits to the bar.

Joking? Like Claire had learned over the weekend, it was nearly impossible to tell.

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[my_own_advocate]

Was Lucifer relaxed after talking to Duke?

... No, that was a big word. Less snappish, though.

"Octavia," he greeted lightly. "I take it Tiny's taken care of you?"

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[okteiviakom]

Octavia raised her glass a little bit in confirmation.

Then lowered it again. "How was your weekend?"

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[my_own_advocate]

"It involved waking up in a sorority house on Sunday, so I can't complain," Lucifer said. "Took me two showers to get all the whipped cream off, though."

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[okteiviakom]

"Sounds like fun."

That was way too dry to be even a little bit sincere.

Octavia took a sip while eyeing him.

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[my_own_advocate]

"Do I have something on my face?" Lucifer asked, squinting back at her.

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[okteiviakom]

"Heard Duke wasn't funny," Octavia rasped.

That was on way to get on that subject, sure.

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[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer sighed. "Yes, I talked to him about that. We agreed not to spoil the mood any further."

She definitely would have had an easier time at his house.