Erica was silent before just sighing.

"..... figure out a way for me to feel human again." She said. Her voice was flat, completely devoid of the usual life she had, but there was almost a hint of something to it.

A hint of something akin to desperation.

She wasn't too far gone, not yet.

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Azazel was left waiting for longer than he might have wished before his cell chimed. He was just there, trying to have a conversation with Erica - but that wasn't really netting much from her - before it did. When he checked, he saw it was from Anya.

Balphagor? He likes making people on the surface puppets, extensions of his will. He's power hungry and it's one way he's found that he enjoys exerting that power. The test read, before there was a second.

..... why?

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Anya read the text before sighing and sending a quick text to Jake.

Yo. I might not be home when you're done your shift. Apparently some shit's going on - demonic shit. I'll let you know whatever I can, once I know anything. Love you. And with that, she went, make sure she was properly dressed and ready to go, before sighing and using her mana to get out of there.

She appeared in the den at Azazel's in a twist of black, sending spiders off in every direction.

"..... All right, I was expecting it to be Aedan or Cain, I admit." She commented when she saw Erica.

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Anya just sighed, heavily.

"Yeah, I can see that." she commented after a moment or two.

"Sadly, I have no idea what could help her." She then said. "All I know is that he's one that likes to cause problems, and is a force to be reckoned with. I'm not sure if you being Elizabeth's keeper of Cerberus is going to save you for the moment." She added.

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"A lot of those I'm still in contact with have a bone to pick with him." Anya commented before sighing.

"The best I can suggest, or offer to do here, is leave a couple of spiders with her, they can help to decrease the effects, I think - by eating it, you'd be surprised what my spiders can do - and talk to a couple of my infernal contacts." She told him.

"However, I have no idea if any of that will actually be any good." She added.

"Also, should spread the word that he's in the area."

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Anya sighed before running a hand through her hair.

"I know." She commented before stepping up to them.

"This is the best I can do right this moment." She added before some spiders crawled up onto the coffee table.

"Does she even feel pain as it stands?" She asked as the spiders sat and waited.

"Because... they're need to crawl under her skin."

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Erica was silent before meeting Azazel's gaze.

"I barely felt it." She told him honestly.

"Well, this shouldn't hurt much, then." Anya commented as the spiders started to make their way over to Erica and crawled onto her legs.

"All right then." was all that Erica said, not entirely sure what all she was supposed to say here.

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Both Anya and Erica were silent for a moment, before Anya just sighed, heavily.

"Az, you know I won't stand by with this." She commented.

"I don't amount to much, but I at least still have quite a few contacts that I'm on... decent... terms with down below." She continued.

"I'll make sure that word gets out, and nto all of those I associate wit are all 'kill all mortals' or some shit."

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Anya just chuckled lightly.

"And honestly, this is why you belong on this realm." She commented.

"You actually have proper ... well... emotions. More like a human... and no. I don't consider taht an insult. I actually wish I was more like you in that regard." She admitted before pausing.

"all that aside thoguh, I'll see if I can get any sort of ... well... anything that can help." She added.

"For now, the best I can suggest is to keep an eye on her."

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Anya just sighed.

"I do wonder... how it happened." She admitted.

"He probably targetted her because of her arm." She continued. "But why would she have agreed with it in the first place."

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