The "Angel in Hell" Campaign

NOTICE: In effort to keep things simple, only summaries of major plot-point chapters will be shown here. There are several in-between chapters, including some RPs between other characters, that will be skipped. If important context is needed--or if a discussed retcon has occurred--that will be covered as an in-between. Because Dimentus' player could not participate in the campaign, it had to pick up right after Dimentus' role in the story. The dates shown are not relative to IC dates, though the final event of the campaign did occur in 2019.

Finally, Engel's story contains sensitive content, which is worth mentioning, even if I won't be going into heavy detail.
CW: References to malpractice, familial abuse, various mental health crises, abduction, SA, severe trauma, themes of cosmic horror, suicidal thoughts and actions.

• [2-28-19] Magic Rabbit: As agents of PRIMA, Engel attends Mitzi on an infantry mission. Their goal is to infiltrate an enemy bunker. With the field medic squadron is taskforce teams 1-A and 5-C. The stronghold they come face-to-face with is unexpectedly teeming with magic their magitech equipment can't conquer. To advance in their mission, 5-C calls upon an ally by the name of "Ears," who has shapeshifted to mimic PRIMA's armor. Ears is able to deconstruct the stronghold and save the mission.

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• [3-01-19] Water and Earth: PRIMA Archipelago is home to several warehouses and hangars near the south and southeast docks. On the days Mitzi works in-office, Engel visits the docks to enjoy the sea and idly spectate the dockworkers, who are friendly with the socially awkward, mute assassin. During the staffs' lunchbreak, Engel notices "Ears" prowling around inside of the warehouse she's sitting in. Engel discovers Ears in his true form, eating strange materials like engines, gasoline, and other energy-producing sources. They recognize each other from the taskforce, but are unable to communicate. However, their inability to communicate leads to strong feelings of curiosity for one-another. Engel feels a strange, but gentle, otherworldly presence in Ears, and in fascination, continues to visit the dock every day. Ears, too, keeps coming back to feast, leaving the dockworkers in dismay with a semi-mute witness.

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• [3-03-19] Emeralds: With repeat crossing of paths, Ears pays more and more attention to Engel. He becomes frustrated by Engel's lack of verbal communication beyond hums and grunts, spurred on by her pantomimed efforts to redirect him from eating goods. Being so alien to humans, he doesn't have a sense of boundaries and removes Engel's mask, revealing her stitched-up visage beneath, and the continuous sutures that render Engel mute. Engel panics, confusing Ears. He is instantly fond of the gentle spirit he sees through Engel's eyes, and her innate abilities not yet awakened. He sees that the human is in need of help and practices the concept of human boundaries. Engel tries to communicate with her cellphone. Ears responds with both verbal English and strange glitches on Engel's phone. When asked for a name, Ears gives Engel his true name by word of mouth. Engel practices writing the name, but the phone glitches to correct 'Zeff' to 'Zeph,' for short.

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• [3-04-19] Speak Freely: In Engel's desire to communicate with others, she found herself emboldened by the mischievous nature of the daemonic artifact Dimentus left to her, the Devil's Advocate. She comes up with a plan to try and debunk Mitzi's schizophrenic hallucinations regarding the "tar," then removes the continuous sutures. Engel wears her gasmask and spends several hours around Mitzi before speaking directly to her. Engel diverts Mitzi's desire to replace the stitches by offering sound logic: Mitzi believed Engel was "sealed shut," so she must not have seen the "tar" coming out of the mask for the past few hours, therefore, the ooze must be a hallucination. To further test this, Mitzi runs a harmless video test with Engel's consent and records her. In this particular instance, Mitzi saw the recordings for what they were, though still suffered hallucinations in the real world. Mitzi found Engel's logic to be sound enough and allowed her to go without the stitches, as long as she still wore the gasmask when demanded.

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• [3-04-19] What's in Her Head: Engel gets to overhear the scheduled meeting between Mitzi and a contracted mercenary, who has been refusing staff's further medical attention for his broken arm. This is Darren Maheras, who first warms up to Mitzi as a friend, and upon noticing it, is sensitive toward her paranoid schizophrenia. He would play several intrinsic roles later on.

• [4-13-19] Pet: Last interaction between Engel and Zeph before Engel is to personally meet 5-C. Engel starts to have some self-doubt, wondering if she is "like a puppy" or a "pet" to Zeph, a creature so inhuman. Zeph catches on, and in dire effort to make himself understood, tells Engel that she should not "have bad thoughts." He then, in his words, explains to Engel what he is: an Omnimental. He had many friends and guardians before 5-C, but being what he is, Zeph had to abandon them, so they would not be hurt by mages who sought his power. 5-C found him on a carrier mission and took him in. Engel realizes that, in an ironic way, both of them are trying not to become each other's "pets," but that Zeph is showing her an immense amount of trust. In gratitude, for the promise Zeph gave her before, Engel promises that she will help protect and look after him.

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• [4-21-19] Engel Meets 5-C: The head of the PRIMA organization, a Maruloix woman named Yian'vela, is also one of a few ambassadors to mingle between Elementals on land and the Maruloix people below. Yian'vela had agreed to pay the Omnimental in food; the company's top-selling product: their eco-friendly, elementally-charged super batteries. In exchange, Zeph had to work for PRIMA. It wasn't a route most Elementals would take, but Zeph saw benefits and opportunities...including the opportunity to, in his Omnimental hunger, steal from the warehouses. His game could go on for only so long before 5-C caught on and plotted an intervention. At this point, the members of 5-C are: Bryce Ultan, Nelson Yadav, Randy Evans, Katherine (Kathy) & Amanda Frabotta, Jackson Hodger, Theresa Siu, Larke Balik, and the captain, Scott Mellin ("Pops"). When the whole of 5-C show up at the docks to call out "Ears" on his thieving, they find him with Engel. Some of them recognize Engel and are immensely curious. Engel is shy to a crippling degree, so Zeph takes on the argument with 5-C over his need to eat. It gets a bit heated by the more impatient members of the squadron, so Engel suggests that, in the name of her promise, she and "Ears" go together to other places, to find energy when he's hungry. This is enough to divert Zeph's desires to break into the warehouses any longer, and Kathy is impressed by Engel stepping up, inviting her to join them all back at the apartments.

• [4-26-19] Force of Nature: In order to keep Zeph fed, Engel came to learn the way in which elementals acquire their sustenance. Individually, elementals will come into one of two methods by happenstance, and this will typically align them to a desired element. In the case of non-Monolithic Omnimentals, they have to maintain both methods in careful balance, to preserve stability, and to also remain an Omnimental, and not a strictly aspected elemental. To "Adapt" means to change the self and match the energy around, focusing on ambience. To "Absorb" means to cause surrounding matter to change and suit the elemental. While elementals do not see matters as "good or evil" as people do, the Absorb method can be seen as hostile or even violent to those unfamiliar. This is what happened to Engel when she saw Zeph dip into his Absorb methods. During one of their visits off of the archipelago, Zeph nearly caused a total power outage on a city when he tapped into its power plant. Engel tells Zeph that "the lights will go out" if he takes so much electricity. She knew how dangerous and destructive it could be if Zeph ate with reckless abandon. He sees wisdom in Engel's words, finding preservation to be ideal. He agrees to feed on energy in smaller doses, which aligns him closer to Adapt methodology. This unwittingly dooms the tale, as over time, Zeph begins to reject the Absorb half of his two-sided coin; his inner balance.

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• [7-29-19] Out in the Open & Under the Knife: Curious, Zeph decides to investigate Mitzi in the Lindens' condo on the archipelago, despite being told to avoid her by Engel. Mitzi draws a weapon on the home invader, and Engel intervenes, keeping anyone from getting hurt. Unfortunately, this exposes the truth of Engel's escapades off the archipelago and at various 50-C members' condos when Mitzi is at work. This would ultimately result in Engel being forced to follow a more strict schedule. Three days later, against her will, a tracking chip is installed between Engel's clavicles. Mitzi, developing a specific delusion about Zeph, forbids Engel from interacting with him or 5-C.

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• [7-30-19] Learn to Feel: Mitzi's close monitoring of the tracking chip grows lax after a week has passed. Engel is allowed to roam the island again, so she ventures out one rainy day. Inevitably, Zeph finds Engel. Before she can explain the tracking chip and why she can't stay, his presence causes the chip to glitch. Engel monitors the chip on her own device and makes note of a potential alibi. Mitzi might believe that the chip is slightly faulty and acts up under specific weather conditions. Willing to test this theory, Engel chooses to spend a while longer with Zeph. To learn more about him, Engel asks what emotions feel like to him. He explains that he does not know how to feel the way humans do, but he can recognize emotions they have. This makes Engel feel unexpectedly heartbroken. He notices, and she can't deny that she's caught feelings for him. Engel says that she's afraid her feelings are disrespectful. Zeph reassures her and says that he believes she can teach him how to feel emotions, especially love like hers. This later proves to be because of Engel's yet-untapped Empathy. For the time, they remain dear companions, and reaffirm their promises to one-another, but are not outright romantic. Zeph does not deny Engel her affection, however, using it as an opportunity to learn.

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• [8-01-19] The Hoax: The current season called for several showers and cloudy days. Engel's visits with 5-C resumed. Kathy got Engel a burner phone to use on sunny days. When the squadmates of 5-C comes to learn about the tracking chip, they arrange a plan to have it removed. Jackson, previously educated in med school, would be able to safely remove the chip, replacing it with a dud. Another idea comes up to train the Guide Hare that 'Ears' gave to Engel and have it carry the chip around externally. The extraction happens in the privacy of Jackson's and Kathy's condo. Because Zeph has become a borderline roommate to the couple, he watches over the proceedings and creates the dud.

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• [8-05-19] Inner Light & Angel Wings: After some significant amount of time, Zeph escorts Engel on a mountain-range visit, and decides to help unlock her powers. Engel wasn't aware that she had any powers in the first place. Zeph removes a raw piece of himself, his mana-essence, and imbues Engel. This amplifies Engel's innate ability to sense surrounding life, and allows her to more clearly feel others' emotions; it awakens her Empathy, with added features. Now, she could interface with the elements, hear them, and feel them, too. She could also encourage the surrounding elements to thrive, and new life to grow. Through this "blessing" Zeph gave her, it establishes a deep and spiritual connection to him. Thus began a series of training and experimenting with her powers. Engel practices drawing in excess energies for Zeph to feed on. Then, she discovers how to sample him with her emotional energy. Through Adapt, Zeph starts to learn human emotions by what he intakes. In reply to Engel's spiritual desire for freedom, her blessing manifests itself as her wings. These, she can hide at will. Air is the element Engel struggles with the most, so her first attempts to fly result in failure. Her affinity for fire and water is strong, so Zeph creates a lesson to show Engel "how the water sings to her." She accidentally births an elemental Will-o'-the-Wisp with her powers. Zeph lets it go free into the ocean, but this Wisp later comes to be known as Kearne.

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• [8-20-19] Disarming Force & State of Being: By tearing a piece out of himself to empower Engel, Zeph's hunger grows exponentially. His need to tap into Absorb methodology becomes overwhelming. Meanwhile, Darren Maheras had convinced Mitzi to see a psychiatrist on-site and receive suitable medication. Mitzi's hallucinations and delusions become much weaker at this point, and she begins to see more of Engel's innocence. In efforts to better the relationship with her niece, Mitzi lifts Engel's ban from hanging around 5-C, and when pressed, agrees to visit Zeph with Engel one day. Mitzi tries and fails to understand Zeph, and still thinks he is a threat. When Engel shares that he's imbued her, Mitzi strongly dislikes it, and Zeph becomes on-edge. Before another fight can break out, this time it's Darren who intercepts. Zeph and Darren end up having a short scuffle over Zeph's efforts to drain the power in his armored suit, and Darren wins, calming Zeph down. At the condo, Engel comes clean about several secrets to Mitzi, though not the tracking chip.

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• [8-25-19] Return to the Elements: As Zeph's efforts to quash his need to Absorb come to a head, he grows distant. During one of their getaways, he and Engel take a stroll through an unmanned forest and happen upon a male elk. Consumed by his instincts to Absorb, Zeph attacks and eats the elk alive. Startled by the inhumane treatment, Engel's panic prompts Zeph to abandon the warped remains. Engel feels and hears Zeph's voice in a pair, which isn't natural. He tells her the truth of the cycle of life, how all will eventually die and forfeit its life energy to the universe, and physical matter to the elements. Breaking down, Engel demands that he take her home. He obliges, though confused.

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• [8-25-19] Split in Two: Early winter arrives. Engel spends time to herself to dwell on what she had witnessed. Kathy reaches out, and having done plenty of research in the occult, offers her wisdom. 'Ears' must be severely out of balance and needs to be allowed to do as nature intended -- quite literally. Both agree that 'Ears' must be internally severing due to his imbalance, and Engel believes she can find a way to help. Engel agrees to meet with Zeph, who offers another lesson in flight near that same forest. The lesson is a success. Following its success, Engel detects the second voice in Zeph again. He has a particularly enlightening, internalized dialogue with himself. One Zeph misses the old friends they had to abandon. Both fancy Engel and her "starlight." One half wants to use Engel's innate abilities to his advantage - Absorb. The other half, Adapt, wants to continue as he had been. Engel expresses her desire to help him stabilize, offering him coalesced energy, and Zeph abruptly splits in two. The equal halves have begun a game: a race to achieve Monolith. They would do things their own way, so long as they do not hurt anyone they care about. At the end of the race, "the stronger one will consume the weaker," becoming whole again. When they establish distance from each other to begin the game, Engel chooses to follow one, weakening her link to the other.

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• [8-30-19] Jaded Wrath: By splitting into equal halves, Zeph has become significantly weaker. This time, Engel sacrifices the artifact that Dimentus left to her. It once served a means for them to communicate over long distances. She allows Zeph to consume its intrinsic magic, and he leaves the husk with Engel as a memento. This marks the Wrath daemon's final farewell from the plot, though the daemon's impressions play a critical roll in the development of The Undying Star later.

• [9-01-19] Shatterglass: 5-C suffers a devastating attack during a scouting mission from a force they can't visually perceive. Without 'Ears' at their immediate side, over half of the squadron is either killed, severely maimed, mentally broken or crippled, or succumb to their injuries in transport. The group having known through Engel that 'Ears' had recently split, and being well-versed as she was, Kathy identifies it as being an 'Ears,' and Scott staggers the hostile entity with an anti-magic weapon. Wounded, the entity that 5-C comes to name 'The Other' is forced to rely on his magic to deliver damage through wind and ice. 'Ears' arrives to fend off The Other. This breaks one of their established rules. They were not supposed to interfere with each other's means of acquiring energy. Zeph believed that The Other was breaking the rule to not attack people they cared about, but The Other had adopted the teachings of the fae -- how to abuse loopholes. By no longer caring for the people who once kept them, The Other could maximize energy gains through betrayal. Zeph realizes that The Other has revisited and killed the faces from their past, and none but 5-C and Engel remain. The last of 5-C's members escape as 'Ears' fends The Other off. As they fight, they drastically change in many ways from matching each other, shaped by their ideals. Realizing that The Other found 5-C through him, Zeph has no choice but to avoid 5-C and Engel at all costs. PRIMA receives word that a hostile Greater Omnimental is on the loose, and configures their security to target the signatures that 5-C recorded during the attack.

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• [9-01-19] Braut in Karminrot: Over the course of two weeks, Engel did what she could to provide support and received confirmation of the events. Kathy convinced Engel that 'Ears' was probably trying to keep them safe by staying away, and that she shouldn't leave the archipelago until he came back. 5-C kept anti-magic weapons on their persons. Engel came to the conclusion that, because some of the members were understandably trigger-happy, Zeph would not return because of the anti-magic weapons. She chose to leave her own anti-magic weapon at home, and continued to visit the docks, awaiting Zeph's return. Due to his heavy wounds, The Other was able to perfectly match Zeph's traces without aspecting himself, which was considered a significant feat. Having stalked after Engel, her frequent visits to the dock unarmed opened a window of opportunity. In a convincing feint that bypassed security, The Other presented himself as Zeph and approached Engel. Concerned to feel that "Zeph" was wounded, Engel wanted to help him, and asked if he would take her someplace to accomplish this. Because The Other was so strongly impacted by fae upbringing, he used Engel's ignorance to his advantage and bound her by word in several ways. Ultimately, several miles from the archipelago, Engel realized she felt her link to "Zeph" in the opposite direction, and the game was up. Engel, lacking for self-preservation, feared for her friends' lives and the lives of those on the archipelago, so she told The Other that there was no need to take her home, and that she would still feed him. The Other took Engel outside of a dormant volcano, masking Zeph's trace of her. The promise Engel had made to Zeph to feed him was done before the split, so The Other staked a claim. He treated it as a fae promise that Engel hadn't kept, and as thus, he would collect her debts. Additionally, if Engel wished for the remaining members of 5-C to live, that was her choice, but she would have to make up for the loss of energy their lives would have provided him. Engel stood her ground and insisted that she could gather enough energy from the volcano. The Other tore off Zeph's link to Engel and established his own. In doing this, Engel found that The Other had eaten so many humans that he learned what it meant to feel emotions. It made him humanly cruel. He had no desire to "hurt" Engel, for he genuinely loved her by his own definition, but hurt in meaning was kill. What all transpired outside of that dormant volcano is locked behind suppressed memories. She had been coerced, and The Other chose how Engel would feed him. When Engel's regenerative serum ran dry, The Other allowed Zeph to find him and come retrieve Engel. The Other was surprised to find that Zeph would pursue him a short distance with full intent to cancel their game, but Zeph was forced to turn back and save the unconscious Engel, who was dying of severe blood loss. Zeph stabilized her and brought Engel to Kathy and Jackson, who had been searching up and down the docks for her. They covered her body with their coats and rushed her to the ER. She had been a missing persons for nearly thirteen hours. According to the examiners, Engel had been sexually assaulted. Psionic damage was discovered later. Her body was mutilated countless times and forced to heal via the serum. It left parts of her insides inexplicably missing. Strange bruises littered her body as inhuman handprints and runic spirals. She was comatose for another two weeks before consciousness returned. Zeph has since restored Engel's physical body from The Other's damages.

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• [9-02-19, 9-11-19] Fallen Angel (I & II):
• [9-24-19] Stella:
• [10-02-19] Höllenwächter:
• [10-15-19] Supernova:
• [10-18-19] A New Beginning:
• [11-11-19] Fae Fancy:

• "Du Alta!" - Engel speaks Berlinerisch. Known to be a very casual, albeit particularly aggressive-sounding dialect of German, it pairs in an amusing way with her small and sweet voice! (Her accent reflects being Berliner. Her enthusiasm when speaking may come off as intense or "angry" to those unfamiliar.)

• Runt of the Litter - Engel's mother failed to inherit the Kriegshund gene. As a result, Engel does not carry it in her bloodline either. Compared to the other Lindens, she is medium in stature, and much less broad. She is prone to carrying extra fat and muscle on her body, but for the most part, her body distributes it evenly.

• Bride of Chaos - Engel has been claimed by an Omnimental who is named by word of mouth (BWOM) -- otherwise introduced as "Mr. Linden." Engel's and BWOM's bonding is consensual, and she carries BWOM's elemental blessing. This is the blessing which has awakened Engel's powers.

• Nature Lover - Nature itself is fond Engel's spirit. Wild prey animals are at peace around her, and domesticated animals bond with her easily. Any fruits or vegetables she grows in her garden also seem to thrive exceptionally. Stray elementals have been known to gravitate to her side in seek of solace, though greedy hands are snapped at by Mr. Linden.

• Stimming - Typical of many children, Engel stimmed through hair play at a young age. On account of her anxiety disorders and severe depression, she still stims under stress as an adult. This manifests itself by self-soothing hair petting and preening. Sometimes she will play with someone else's hair for the same effect.

• Bath & Body Works - Engel smells about as sweet as she acts. Between her extensive hair products and body lotions, she smells like shea butter, wild strawberries, mandarins, and pink jasmine. Her hair products are tame enough that her scent is not overbearing.

• Sentimental Omnimental - Mr. Linden took interest in Engel's love of romance novels, especially when, after their relationship reached that point, her focus drifted toward chapters that involved a wedding. He took a piece of his essence and crafted a band of four rings for Engel, and now calls her his "Wife." This radiates a lot of magical energy.

• Regenerator - A top-secret serum to enhance metabolism and decrease physical aging, the serum was primarily used for the Lindens and other Kriegshund prototypes with the intent to enhance their abilities. Although Engel is not a Kriegshund, Mitzi had installed the system in her body. Engel's supply ran out a few years ago, and she has declined to have it refilled.

• Heavenly Bread, Heavenly Cuts - Engel successfully runs two separate shops in Talos Island! The buildings stand next to one-another. One is a bakery, and the other is a hair salon. The hair salon has all of its seats owned through commission work, claiming a few up-and-coming stylists. The bakery is Engel's main focus, and the reason why the two shops had to be relocated and rebuilt over the last few years, due to a lack of room to keep up with customer demand. The bakery offers a subscription service, allowing for regular discounts, catering services, and newsletters.

• Life is Hard - Engel is covered from head-to-toe in various scars. Most of these come from surgical procedures, followed by combat or self-harm. The surgical scars exist on her forearms, lower back, and mid-sternum. Self-harm scars are most prominent on the sides of her neck, followed by her forearms. Scars from various attacks exist on her sides, the shoulders, her thighs, and down her back. She has very small gouges on her face; one under her left eye and one under the lip. Engel is especially self-conscious of her scars; she is only willing to show skin on a good day.

• The Doctor's Out - Engel has developed both acute Tomophobia (fear of surgical operations) and Nosocomephobia (fear of hospitals). Her Nosocomephobia is triggered by hospital smells in particular.

• Perfectionist - Driven by her mental health disorders, Engel suffers from intense perfectionism. She often feels inadequate in what she says, does, or creates. This results in her maintaining physical appearances (contrary to a common symptom of depression) and putting out genuinely good products without fail.

• Put the Knife Down - Although Engel is masterful in hand-to-hand combat and has militant training, she attempts to avoid combat as much as she can these days, and if forced into a corner or situation, she relies on disabling the other party rather than going for the kill.

"What do I call him? Fuckass, or Ears?" "Let's not get into a habit of calling him "fuckass," for one."

—Larke and Amanda,, "Intercepted Carrier" ((Discord, 2019))

"I see that. You have a small voice. I must listen very hard for it."

—Named By Word of Mouth,, "A Small Voice" ((Discord, 2019))

"You are troubled by things that are not real." "And yet HERE YOU ARE!"

—BWOM and Mitzi,, "Out in the Open" ((Discord, 2019))

"I do not deserve to be called an angel, you know." "You are an angel. You have lived through so much more because of me."

—Engel and Mr. Linden,, "Element of Change" ((Discord, 2020))

"I will love you until all the lights in the sky are gone forever. I will love you until the wind stops its forever dance. I will love you until the ocean stills, forever." "Until dhe ocean stills..." "I will love you until fire no longer gives light, until all it casts is darkness, forever." "What about the earth...?" "I will love you even when the earth is only dust." "...Can I call you mine?" "...Yes." "Then, you are my Zephinerahk." "And you are my angel."

—BWOM and Engel,, "Element of Change" ((Discord, 2020))

"Are you gonna sit here and tell me that this isn't Engraanahk at 4 am puppeting Engel's body, only for Mitzi to walk in and get threatened?"

—Whisk,, Out of Character ((Discord, 2019))

*Mike Ramiro is a fancy boy doing a fancy bow for MOTHER.*

—Mike Ramiro,, Casual Roleplay ((CoH, 2020))

*Raising the peace sign, he phases out of reality.* "((He did not just))"

—Dr. End Times and Engel,, Casual Roleplay ((CoH, 2020))

"engel's charisma stat is something she literally wears on her chest if you catch my drift"

—@Arctique,, Out of Character ((Discord, 2020))

"Chicken milk." "Do not."

—Mike Ramiro and Engel,, Casual Roleplay ((CoH, 2020))

*Engel in der Holle waters the Podge with lightweight alcohol.*

—Engel and Hodge Podge,, Casual Roleplay ((CoH, 2020))

"She's just showing Engel where the fiend weed is grown"

—@Arctique,, Out of Character ((Discord, 2024))

"The council forgives Engel for being a bottom."

—Whisk,, Out of Character ((Discord, 2024))

Engel's Playlists

"ENGEL IN DER HÖLLE" -- Main Playlist
"ENGEL IN DER HÖLLE" -- Gameplay Playlist

Duo Playlists

"DOCTOR'S NOTE" -- Engel & Mitzi
"ELEMENTAL" -- Engel & Mr. Linden
"BATHED IN CRIMSON" -- Engel & Agraanahk
"GEIGER BLIP" -- Engel & The Undying Star