"Life is nothing but a joke..."

"Do you believe that father?" Lilith looked at as he sat on his throne overlooking his realm.

"Do I believe that? If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't be here, you and your sisters wouldn't be here. When it comes down to it I look after the worlds fallen, not anyone else. Yes the gods have their devoted followers, but me? I have the souls of the faithless, the souls of the ones who wrote off the gods already" he looked emotionless at the green moon shining down on the earth of his "underworld".

"You didn't answer my question. Whether you are the god of death or not, it doesn't mean life is a joke. Think about this way, yes you are the god of death, yes it is hard to come to terms with that. Trust me, all three of us have been present when you deem whether a soul is worthy or not, and send them here or out there" she pointed towards the forest which held the "heaven" of this world so to speak. "While it's a sad truth, it does not mean that all is bad, for even if the souls here are dead, they still stay a live and well, some better than others, but still well and YOU do that father, not me, not Jeze, not Lusi, you" she touched his shoulder.

For a while Azreal didn't move [i]"It's a damn shame, you should be here to see your daughter...."[/i] he spoke with in his mind to something that was indescribable.

[i]She would have turned out different if I was here Azreal, and you know that. If I were still here alive and kicking, then I would still be your advisor and she would be like Jezebel, quite the mischief maker[/i] that thought made Azreal smile but for only a second as light shining through the balcony of his throne room have shown on his face. He stood and walked to the front of the doors "Come along now you three" he spoke to the three in the room, though to anyone else there was only two, Lilith and Jezebel.

They walked the corridors of the castles until they reached the front of the place, Jezebel skipped around behind Lilith, talking to her "Where did all the servants and others go?"

Lilith looked around and suddenly stopped, looking behind them and seeing all of the souls that resided within the castle staring at the four "Wait what is happening? I was not aware that the souls were free from their rooms and duties today"

"They aren't" Azreal spoke, he knew what today was, usually his daughters were gone, but today he felt they needed to witness the old bat in action again "Every ten years, have you not realized that I send you two on missions or simple arrons for me?" he raised his hand and it began to glow black, first his fingertips and then his whole arm. The door in front of them slowly began to slid into the ground until the door was wide open. He turned it his body armor and mask fell upon his body.

"Wait what? Has he really Lili?" Jezebel looked at her father, confused with the situation unfolding.

"...Son of a bitch, I guess I never realized...wait hold on, what about Llusia?" as if on queue Llusia rose from Azreal's shadow and stepped out from behind him.

Her mask and hood dissipated into black fog and she looked at Azreal "There are a lot this time father, are you sure?" saying that further confused both Jezebel and Lilith.

Lilith hated not being in on ANYTHING, especially when it came to her father "Will you tell me what is going on dammit!" Jezebel moved away slightly, she had been in the cross fire of her sisters fighting and her father and sister fighting, it was not a fun experience to go through.

Azreal glared at Lilith, making her cower down and look down "My apologies father, but you know that I do not like being in the dark" Azreal moved past her and stood in the corridor where all the souls looked at him.

Llusia pulled her two sisters back and behind them "Every ten years, as sort of a right of passage, father must fight the souls within Le'DeRaug so that he can continue to keep them imprisoned here. If one soul beats him, that soul gets to go to Aelburn. If a soul loses they are instantly sent into the deepest part of Le'DeRaug and must wait a full ten rotations of waiting, meaning 100 years until they can try again" Lilith and Jezebel looked at their father in awe. it was never apparent to Lilith but she did always wonder how some souls here seemed to disappear or how souls were even deemed worthy to go to Aelburn. Hell she had only been there once, and what she saw was complete beauty.

Jezebel crossed her arms "But isn't it my job to keep the souls in check? that is what father gave me right?" she looked to Lilith for confirmation to make sure she was right, making Lilith nod in a yes motion. 

Llusia looked at her father and worried slightly "Yes it is, but this is not keeping the souls in check, this is keeping father in check" and with that the three shut up, waiting for something to happen.

Azreal's ripped overcoat that covered his waist down and his pants below that, seemed to move like black fire. his arms were covered in black aura and he stood calmly waiting for them to confront him. One of the bigger souls, a chimera of sorts, jumped from out of the group and slowly pawed over in front of Azreal "Oh? Ourm? Is it your turn finally? whats this, your third try?" the soul growled in anger and Azreal held out his right hand, a scythe forming in it. The Chimera charged him, making Azreal flick his left hand pointer finger upwards and the ground moving from under the beast, making him smash against the ceiling. Ourm fell onto the ground stunned for a moment, before getting back up and backing up slightly, then suddenly jumping towards him. Azreal went to slash at him with the scythe, then realized that there were suddenly two other bigger orc like souls rushing him. He did his best to block the kick coming from one of the orcs that sent him flying into the wall. Another Orc followed after that, trying to knee him into the wall, Azreal quickly sidestepped that kick and grabbed the orc by it's hair, lifting him backwards so that his neck was showing. With one fluid movement, he cut the orcs head clean off and dropped it.

The Chimera made a run for it at the door, while the two other orcs kept Azreal preoccupied, Llusia moved from her spot and raised her hand, her mask coming back into place. Suddenly she was gone and she reappeared from under the chimera, forming a weapon, she thrusted upward and pinned him into the ceiling. Both him and the orc fell to the ground and slowly was absorbed back into the castle.

Meanwhile Azreal quickly subdued the second orc with haste and turned towards the last one, the one who kicked him. The orc tried to punch at Azreal, who in turned, moved to the side, and grabbed the orcs wrist, pulling him forward so that he was punching into the ground, then with a rapid slash, cut the orc in half. He turned again to the other souls who had been waiting and then all at once they rushed him. He dropped his scythe that seemed to fall into the nether building, and he suddenly made a dozen or so hand motions and the building itself seemed to roar back at the rebeling souls, making them stop dead in their tracks. Suddenly, monsters of every shape and size began to rise out of the buildings floor and Azreal laughed a maniacal laugh "I, Azreal, God of Death, Son of destruction, and Father to Hatred, summon Raguldor back from the clutches of the nether and serve me!" he punched the ground and at first nothing happened. But Jezebel, Lilith and Llusia knew what was about to happen and they quickly averted their eyes. 

Lilith Stood outside the gate and heard screams coming from within the castle "Well that's interesting, I didn't think gods could be challenged like that" Lilith looked at Llusia who was in turn watching Jezebel setting small things on fire.

"Father was the one who chose it to be that way, after this, it seems he wants to meet with one of the gods, though he hasn't told me which one" Llusia looked over her shoulder at Lilith and then back at the castle as it seemed the castle was moving on its own, following Azreal's commands.