Fourth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[demonbelthazor]

Bored, Bel wandered down to the common room of his former residence, the fourth floor. He ordered a pizza, and after it arrived, sprawled on the couch and started flipping through the channels. There had to be something worth watching on. Dammit, Vanessa Saturn was a repeat due to the Olympics. Maybe CFD: Detroit would have some sort of cool gruesome murder.

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[demonbelthazor]

"I can imagine," Bel said. "You're from one of the more normal worlds, right?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"I'm from New Jersey," she said. "It doesn't get much more normal than that."

[demonbelthazor]

"I don't know," Bel joked. "In my world, a lot of demons live in New Jersey."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie giggled. "I don't find that hard to believe for some reason."

[demonbelthazor]

"There could be demons and magic in your world, you just don't know it," Bel said. "Most magical types where I'm from keep themselves hidden."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie cocked her head thoughtfully. "I'm not sure I like that idea," she said honestly.

[demonbelthazor]

"Don't worry," Bel said. "Chances are you're from a perfectly normal world."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"I hope so," she said. Then she kind of blushed. "Um, I don't mean that in a bad way," she stammered. "It's just... I somehow get the feeling that not all demons are as nice as you."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel blinked. Nice? "Um, thanks," he said. "And, yeah, most of them aren't like me. I'm, um, part human, too."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Oh that's... interesting," Allie said lamely. A million questions popped in her mind, but she decided it might be rude to ask them.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel could see the questions in her eyes. "Go ahead, it's okay," he said. "What do you want to know?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie blushed. "Is it common where you're from? How did it happen?"

[demonbelthazor]

"I'm one of a kind as far as I know," Bel said with a slight shrug. "Technically, I shouldn't exist."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"That must suck at family reunions."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel managed a weak laugh. "Never really had one of those. My dad, my human dad, he's dead."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

The expression on Allie's face was a cross between horrified guilt and sympathy. "I am so sorry," she said.

[demonbelthazor]

"It's okay," Bel said sincerely. "It happened a long time ago. I was only three."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure it's not easy for you though," she said sympathetically.

[demonbelthazor]

"I never really knew him," Bel said, a wistful note in his voice. "Sometimes I wonder what I'd be like if my mother hadn't killed him."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie nodded sympathetically and then processed what he'd said. "So if your father was human and died when you were little, you were raised by your mother? Who's a demon?" she asked.

[demonbelthazor]

"My mother didn't care for me," Bel said emotionlessly. "She abandoned me at kind of a private school. I saw her occasionally, but she was never what you'd call a real mother to me."