The Archangel of Protection's in a mood to be proactive, just this one time. There's a particularly annoying Calabite of Dark Humor out there who's been a moderate-to-serious annoyance for just a little bit too long: his last escapade (involving half a ton of bananas, a removed detour sign and a tour bus full of nuns) was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was a lucky thing that some of her Servitors were there to prevent fatalities: best not to let it happen again.

Now, this demon (Ferigblug by name) led his pursuers a merry chase before they were able to kill his vessel, but Zadkiel's got word that he's gotten out of Trauma. The Archangel sees no reason why he should get off so lucky this time. The Word is "terminate with extreme messiness" - and if the method of termination involves a banana or two, well, payback's a ... unpleasant-but-sometimes-deservedly-so sensation.

Unfortunately, Ferigblug's not quite nasty and powerful enough to get formal attention from Laurence's Order of the Eternal Sword, but Larry's let her have a couple of trackers anyway. Good training for the newbies. They'll certainly act as if they're backed up by the rest of the Order, and they'll be wearing their special "Hi, I'm going to be soul-killing somebody today. Are you somebody?" Order-sashes, so prudent demons will back off, whistling innocently. Between them and the Servitors of Protection, this shouldn't be too difficult.

That's actually the real problem. Ferigblug hasn't been happy in his work, lately, and his last Prank was also the straw that broke the camel's back. Screaming, banana-covered nuns weren't nearly as funny as he thought it'd be. In fact, they weren't funny at all. When Trauma hit, he took the opportunity to workout some things, and emerged with the realization that he was, frankly, an immature bastard who was working for a seriously disturbed master. Going Renegade was the next obvious step. Incidentally, he's now sporting the Selfless Discord (which is clashing horribly with his Angry one), so he's slightly confused most of the time. However, Ferigblug is sincerely seeking Redemption, and will have just contacted a random bunch of angels (wonder who?) and convinced them of his sincerity, just before the Sword-kiddies and banana-toting Shielders show up.

It all sounds kind of funny (well, it's supposed to), but Ferigblug's pursuers are kind of worked up by the time they catch up to him. The Swordies are going to be self-important, homicidal (but not too homicidal: they're all pretty new at this), and all proteges of a bunch of higher-ranked angels that you don't particularly want to annoy. They're also very attached to their (borrowed) swords. Hope nobody accidentally breaks a priceless artifact...

The Shielders will be a bit more rational, but then they were the ones who had to miracle away a half-ton of bananas, calm a bunch of hysterical nuns, and rotate twelve bus tires. Someone's going to have to get tropical fruit lethally shoved up an orifice or two, or they won't feel any closure. Generally, this should end up with a couple of car chases, several scenes where the penitent demon snarls for forgiveness, and, if you play it right, a nice little pie fight in a bakery (note that a little bit of Essence does wonders for improving something's velocity).

Of course, if you can get a Superior on the phone, this problem will get shut down pretty fast. A shame that they're all in an emergency Council meeting, huh?