Vapula does not believe in chance.
Oh, he'll admit that so many things might appear to be random or
serendipitous on the surface of things but he knows, deep down, that
behind everything is the hand of God Himself. He might not know why God
has arranged things the way they are, but the fact that the One Above
hasn't told him otherwise means he must be playing his own part
properly.
Also, sometimes at least, he sees a hint of the Hand of God as it hands
him a gift under the disguise of "coincidence". It always seems to be
something interesting which he had been looking for, but at others it
is something completely unexpected.
(Of course, he pretends not to notice that it is God tampering with
things again. After all, he has to keep up his part...)
The latest example of this happening has been most fascinating,
diverting from his usual hard science approach to Symphonic mechanics
to one which delved more into the realm of psychology.
It all began in a cafe, you see.
(It was always important to help your Servitors learn to expect the
unexpected. After all, even if you thought you knew everything, you
always had to test again to make sure that nothing had been changed
while you weren't paying attention.)
He had explaining to a Servitor about exactly why their sacrifice would
be so necessary, remarking on how their continued failure in other
areas had made relegation to 'test subject' unfortunately necessary,
when a voice had asked him if he wanted anything.
Glancing up at the human in question, his attention was drawn like a
magnet to the name tag she wore on the front of her uniform and what he
read there gave him a touch of amusement. It was only when he focused
more fully upon her that he realized just what a treasure had almost
literally been dropped in his lap.
This human had a Force from a deceased Superior within her being.
(And she did asked if he wanted anything...)
The Demon Prince of Technology had encountered this phenomena a few
times before, but this case seemed to be slightly different. Absently,
he sent her away and gave a look at the Servitor accompanying him to
signal a wish for silence in which to think.
An experiment had come to mind, of seeing if something could made of
this Force by helping it grow through invoking the Word of it's former
owner.
When Vapula left, he already had the beginnings of a very interesting
plan.
A pair of his Inspectors, Olwin and Weiss, were assigned to keep track
of and implement their Superior's plan for the lady in question. A
Balseraph and Djinn respectively, they have not appreciated each
other's company much but have so far made a remarkably effective team
in this assignment.
The pair are under orders to slowly chip away at all the connections
about the waitress, to gradually reduce those things that link her to
the rest of the world, but not to actually hurt her or allow her to
come to harm. They have been doing a wonderful job so far of following
their order, the equipment which they had been provided with by the
Archangel of Technology working surprisingly well, and have been
seamlessly removing such that they can find.
This has had an immediate effect on their target as possession, people
and other such thing seems to be gradual disappearing into oblivion
leaving only her memories of their existence. The first few weeks were
little things such as keys and photographs, but two days ago she found
that nobody in her work place seemed to have ever heard of her.
It was only this morning that this strange clarity came over things
though, the world seeming somehow more lucid to her even though she
keeps hear these strange noises in the background. That doesn't seem to
bother as much as it should though, not since a strange hollowness
had opened deep inside her mind around lunch time.
Staring at her name tag, she again and again reads it but it doesn't
seem quite right. According to the label, she is supposedly named
"Marie L."...
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