The door to the hotel is opened with Vaggie entering through first while Angel Dust entered second with Charlie being the one to enter last and shut the door behind her, the three of them are greet to the ever present sight and sound of a nigh empty hotel with creaking wood; the only one however that was inside the hotel at the time to greet them at all was mummified man with burnt skin beneath his wrappings, that being Joshua Graham, the first 'sinner' that Charlie had search for to get his council for help.
Sitting on a lone chair beside a table of M1911's and a duffle bag, Joshua idly leafed through a book with the title 'Seven Sins', his eyes were that of before he glanced up from his book that he managed to acquire through his own means while in hell; Joshua's eyes trailed after the first two as Vaggie plopped down onto a couch while Angel headed towards the beat up fridge to get himself a Popsie.
While the two were doing their own thing, Charlie continued to walk in while holding her arm and looking down in shame; the spawn of Lucifer and Lilith looked up and glanced in Joshua's direction, of the two that spoke first was Charlie. "Did…did you manage to catch that broadcast?" she asked while looking a bit ashamed of losing her cool while on tv.
Joshua, who held his book in one hand while leaning his other elbow on his knee, shut his book and placed it aside on the table beside him, "That depends on what council you'd like first, Charlie." he started to say as she walked over to stand beside the room to speak with the burned man more clearly, he look up at her from his seat, "I can quote from the scriptures I still remember, or I can speak my mind from experience."
Charlie shrugged as she leaned against the table Joshua stashed his M1911's on top of, "Both probably, I am trying to redeem these sinners afterall." she replied lamely with a downcast look.
Letting an exhale of thought out, Joshua spoke while remembering off the top of his head of a bible verse, "One such verse might help you better, and it is Ecclesiastes Chapter seven verse nine, 'Do not be quick to take offense, for the taking of offenses lodges in the bosom of fools'." he spoke, before adding, "Though, that just one iteration of the verse in how it has been interpreted, there's also 'Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools'." Joshua idly commented.
"Hmm…" Charlie rubbed her arm in uncomfortableness at how spot on her situation was on the mark with how easy she was provoked at having her attempt be called a failure, "That newscaster, she…" she began to say, only for Joshua to cut her off as he stared at her through his eye holes of his wraps.
"Yes, she called you a failure after telling you your project was dead on arrival." Joshua regaled what he had seen on the available small television that Charlie had in the hotel, "A simple jeer from a sinner about your attempt at redeeming a profligate." He pointed out with a plain look in his eyes as he idly placed the book he had shut onto the table beside him.
From across the room, Angel Dust lifted a brow while licking from his popsie, and questioned, "A what now?" he asked while looking confused at what he was called. It wasn't hard for him to eavesdrop, and he has yet to ever be called a profligate. "You mean porn star, right?" Angel Dust asked with a flat look.
Joshua slowly looked in Angel's direction and answered, "That is what a porn star is, a profligate, a shameless immoral and degenerate person." he further explained, before looking back at Charlie.
While Joshua went back to speaking with Charlie, Angel Dust smirked while shrugging as he walked around to look for some place to sit, "Eh, I"ve been called worse."
Back with the conversation Between Charlie and Joshua, Charlie then questioned Joshua to speak what he thought from experience, "Many a time while I was alive on Earth." he began to explained as he sat forward in his chair and steepled his fingers together, "I've faced plenty of foul and atrocious characters, it's easy to be cross with someone when they open their mouths and bark, but just as so is it easy to walk away as well when all they do is bark."
"Huh…" Charlied mused as she stopped rubbing her arm and relaxed herself from the stress she built up from the day, "And if someone bites with their bark?..." she asked with an amused grin of hers.
"That is up to you to decide, but never let it be unsaid that the bible does not prohibit defending yourself." Joshua explained to Charlie with a soft tone, before reaching out to pick up one of his pistols, and retracted the top of it to check the chamber, "Nor I, in my case, as many a time in my life as a born again Christian of the Morman faith, more than once I had to place a bullet into the head of an enemy." After checking everything was good, Joshua placed his pistol onto his lap to look directly back at Charlie, "Violence is a tool, but never let that tool control you." he warned.
Charlie laughed softly, and leaned off from the table to head back over to Vaggie, "Thanks, Joshua, it feels good to hear that sort of advice." she commented with a soft smile.
"Hm." Joshua let out sound of agreement while reaching over the table to pick his book back and open it to where he left off from, "So as the faith teaches, Wisdom is worth more than silver, it makes you much richer than gold." he said softly as he leafed through the pages and found his spot.