Late on the 12th

[creepyoldguy]

[This is a fairly rare never before seen sight for anyone. Beetlejuice is fresh from the shower, looking utterly livid, his hair a dark shade of red. He's currently trying to get some sort of horrifying stain out of his jacket, in between giving utterly hateful looks to the mirror.]

When I get my hands on the person responsible for this compulsion, I'll make Hell look like a picnic on the boardwalk.

[That's really all the demon has to say for the moment.]

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[serpentinthegarden]

Bold claim.

[ Crowley looked fairly unimpressed with the threat himself but then hellfire wasn't actually something most people could call up. He was curious, not concerned. ]

What's eating you?

[creepyoldguy]

I'm talented. Give me a bit to my powers back and I'll back it up.

[Beetlejuice huffed, still working on the stain.]

I'm under some kind of shitty cleanliness compulsion. Not possession, not a full on curse, just a stupid compulsion and I am already sick of it. I smell like disinfectant.

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Sympathy not being his strongest attribute Crowley laughed. So... uh, thanks? Because it had been a rough couple of days for him and it was a delight to be able to laugh at some one else's misfortune. ]

A cleanliness compulsion! HA! Who did you piss off!? I've been here from that start of all this and I've never heard of anyone, ever, being curse to clean!

[ Sudden evil idea lightbulb... ]

Does it make you want to clean everything? Like if you walked into a dirty room would you feel the need to dust it?

[creepyoldguy]

[Beetlejuice idly flipped him off before answering.]

I dunno, probably about three quarters of the people I've spoken with here. [Conservative estimate.] We Netherworld Demons are not known for our people skills.

Nope, don't care about stuff being out of order. [Or it didn't seem to bother him, and if it did turn out to bug him he certainly wasn't going to give people ammunition to use against him.]

[serpentinthegarden]

Whatever, just don't get any ideas about lighting the world on fire or...

[ Crowley sniffed and looked very much down his nose at the demon rubbing at a stain. ]

... unnecessarily cleaning things. This is my turf and I don't need another demon coming in here and mopping anything.

[strangeandunusual]

[Lydia's eyes go wide. wow. she didn't think she'd ever see this. somewhere, Hades' hair must be turning into icicles, she thinks: not knowing who was responsible, of course]

I mean ... it wasn't me?

[she's trying not to look too amused]

[creepyoldguy]

[He glanced up, a little of the red seeping from his hair when he saw who it was.]

I know, kid. You're more direct, and not a coward.

[He saw that smile and huffed, but, more out of self-pity than irritation.]

Any ideas on who enjoys doing this sorta thing? Maybe that book guy.....?

[strangeandunusual]

"Book guy"? -- Oh! Aziraphale. No, he'd never do something like this. He's ... even more direct than I am.

[she tilted her head, thinking. not many Apprentices would curse someone, especially not anyone new. Crowley, maybe, but only if B.J. had really managed to get under his skin. he hadn't even gone that far with Mal when she stole from the candy shop, so...]

I'm almost afraid to ask, but ... did you make anyone in particular really mad at the party? Or before that?

[creepyoldguy]

Define really mad? [He wiggled his hand back and forth a little.]

Hot roomie and I got off on the wrong foot, but, I think we're okay now. Uh....Municipal Gas Satan said he hated my guts, but, I get that a lot.

Book guy didn't like me much, but, I'll take your word on him. I though it might be him since he magically air-freshenered me, and I hid in his shop all night to scare the crap outta him when he came back in the morning.

[Some of the red dissipated, replaced with green at that announcement. He was pretty proud of that jump-scare.]

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[az_shrimp_horny]

[WTF...]

You know they can treat that shit with medication these days, right?

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[creepyoldguy]

This isn't a brain-chemical imbalance, this is a very small, very irritating curse.

[Huff.]

[az_shrimp_horny]

[She winces sympathetically.]

Ouch. Who'd you piss off?

[creepyoldguy]

No idea. It's a pretty long list on any given day.

[rathersophistical]

[He had better be otherwise clothed. Mary knocks on the door.]

Are you quite alright?

[creepyoldguy]

[Pants, dress shirt, tie, suspenders---he's merely working on the jacket for the moment. Not to worry, roomie.]

S'open.

I've been better.

[rathersophistical]

[She still hesitates. It is the bathroom, after all. But, not one to shy away from things she opens the door.]

Mr. Shoggoth, whatever is the matter?

[creepyoldguy]

I'd say "Mr. Shoggoth was my father" but, I'm not entirely clear on the identity of the guy. So, I'll just say, call me by the middle name, or really, any variation of it that you like.

[He huffed and scrubbed at a stain that pre-dated Al Capone.]

Oh, just someone put a whammy on me. Some sort of magical cleanliness compulsion, and I'm currently plotting very demon like things to do to them when I find them.

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[woo_oo]

Oh no!

[... she only said it because he seemed upset.]

... What are we oh-no-ing about?

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[creepyoldguy]

[Kid. Put on that parental filter, B-man. Deep breath.]

Just got a minor magical whammy that I'm dealing with. It's apparently given me an aversion to dirt.

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[woo_oo]

... Don't most people not like being dirty? I don't mind, I usually find the dirtier the cave, the better the treasure, but I know I'm not like a lot of other people.

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[creepyoldguy]

Y'know. I'm actually not sure....

[Webby's question actually made him pause, and he dedicated a solid five seconds of silence to it. He eventually figured whatever the "norm" was he was likely a severe outlier. Beetlejuice had just finished that thought when the rest of what the girl said clicked.

He flashed her a genuine smile.]

Treasure is awesome and so is being different. Boring people miss all the cool stuff.

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[unladenswallow]

( she's eating cheese puffs that she may or may not have stolen from the meet and greet. they're a great snack and she likes to have them on hand ever since lydia introduced her to them. she arched a brow and tutted with a click of her tongue. )

Set in stains. Talk about a bitch of a thing.

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[creepyoldguy]

They give it character.

...normally. Right now they're weirding me out.

[unladenswallow]

Yeah, you don't really give me the vibe of being someone who gives a shit about stains.

( must be the crazy hair or something. ) Why so uppity?

[creepyoldguy]

Compulsion. I hesitate to call it a curse, because, as far as curses go, this one is super lame.

[Hey, as he talked that hair was going from a vibrant red, to a less intense shade.]