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After consent is obtained, it appears that an angel may occupy a vessel for as long as necessary, though it can be forcibly removed. Having left a vessel, it would appear that the angel requires new consent from the vessel to resume using it as a host; [[Castiel]] had to use [[Claire Novak]] as a vessel when [[Jimmy Novak]] was not currently an option. This apparently only applies when the subject is mentally capable of doing so, as [[Raphael]] was able to re-use [[Donnie Finnerman]] after being banished from him despite Donnie being virtually catatonic and unlikely to give new consent to Raphael's use of his body. Angels can apparently re-occupy a body that has been restored without its soul, as Castiel has confirmed that [[Jimmy Novak]] was killed and passed on to Heaven after he was killed by Michael and yet he has continued to operate in Jimmy's soulless body for several years since. [[Anna Milton]] had her human body regenerated as a soulless vessel for her to use, by calling in "old favors." These are the only examples of angels using soulless vessels.
===Vessel/Angel Interaction===
[[File:Lucifer-Rooney.jpg|thumb|right|350px|While possessing [[President Jefferson Rooney]], [[Lucifer]] converses with him in his mind.]]
While occupying a vessel, the original consciousness of the human is suppressed, though it can come to the surface in rare instances; [[Lucifer]] allowed [[Sam Winchester]] to experience some moments of his actions when he destroyed some of the [[demon]]s that had monitored Sam during his life in an attempt to convince Sam to submit to him,<ref name="five22" /> while Jimmy Novak was at least aware of enough during his time as [[Castiel]] to recognize the Winchesters when he met them after Castiel was expelled from his body as well as knowing how to set up a salt barrier to protect his family from attacking demons.<ref name="four20" /> Hosts have also been able to regain control from the angel; when Sam and Castiel were acting as Lucifer's vessel, they were each able to at least temporarily regain control while Lucifer was still inside them, although he was able to regain control of Castiel after a few moments (Sam leapt into [[the Cage]] before Lucifer could retake control of his body).<ref name="five22" /><ref name="eleven14" /> Additionally, while possessing President [[Jefferson Rooney]], Lucifer was able to manifest himself in a dark room in Rooney's mind to hold a conversation with him in order to learn how to properly pose as Rooney. In the real world, Lucifer was facing a mirror and appeared to be talking to himself from an outside perspective.<ref name="twelve08">[[12.08 LOTUS]]</ref> During [[Crowley]]'s attempt to get Sam to expel [[Gadreel]] and later Castiel to expel Lucifer, Gadreel and Lucifer were able to manifest themselves in the form of their previous vessels to stop the attempts rather than appearing as their current vessels.<ref name="nine10" /><ref name="eleven18">[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]</ref>
Conversely, angels can also suppress themselves while in vessels, as shown when [[Gadreel]], masquerading as Ezekiel, erased Sam's knowledge of him and retreated into Sam's subconscious in order to allow them both to heal.<ref name="nine01">[[9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]]</ref> This was also demonstrated when Michael (from the [[Apocalypse World]]) took Dean as his vessel to fight Lucifer, Michael initially allowing Dean to control their power to confront Lucifer before he took control of Dean's body himself.<ref name="thirteen23" /> Later, Dean was able to manifest himself in a mirror to communicate with Michael in an attempt to order him out. The attempt failed and Michael quickly suppressed Dean again.<ref name="fourteen02" />
According to Castiel in his second conversation with [[Dean]], [[angel]]s are "walking among" humans for the first time in 2,000 years.<ref name="four02">[[4.02 Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester]]</ref> [[Uriel]] made a comment in the 1970's that it was against orders to manifest on Earth in a vessel.<ref name="five13" /> At least two angels have been on Earth during this period: [[Anna Milton]] and [[Gabriel]]. Anna fell, cutting out her [[grace]], and was subsequently born as a human. When she regains her grace, her body is destroyed,<ref name="four10">[[4.10 Heaven and Hell]]</ref> but is later regenerated for her to occupy as a vessel.<ref name="four16" /> If [[Gabriel]] has used the same vessel since arriving on Earth after Lucifer's fall, it must have been serving him for thousands of years. Gabriel's vessel is known to have the same outward appearance as [[Loki]] who Gabriel was masquerading as, but it is unknown how this was accomplished.<ref name="thirteen20">[[13.20 Unfinished Business]]</ref> While some angels enjoy their time on Earth in vessels, others resent it. Uriel holds disdain for humans, and [[Zachariah]] in particular, whose vessel is never identified, despises the prospect, as illustrated by the following quote:
While sharing his body with [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] after making a deal to retain control of his body, Dean was able to use the archangel's strength, invulnerability, teleportation and flight abilities. Dean was even able to display Michael's wings in a manner similar to the way several angels have done in the past. Although Dean was able to do this through his deal with Michael, when Michael chose to seize full control for himself, Dean was powerless to stop it.<ref name="thirteen23" />
While an [[angel blade]] kills both the vessel and the possessing angel every time,<ref name="nine10" /> the [[archangel blade]] does not have the same effect, as shown when [[Nick]] survived the death of [[Lucifer]]. Sam speculated that the archangel blade was designed to kill the possessing archangel while sparing the vessel(however this is only a theory as evidenced by Gabriel's death appearing to killed him and his vessel). Nick was able to remember several of the things Lucifer did while possessing him, leading to nightmares and flashbacks while awake.<ref name="fourteen01">[[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]</ref> The possession also left him with psychological effects such as Lucifer-like mannerisms when angered, leading Castiel to believe that Lucifer's possession did more damage to Nick's psyche than was previously realized.<ref name="fourteen02" />
==Vessels==
* [[Vince Vincente]] assents to becoming Lucifer's vessel after Lucifer appears to him as his deceased partner Jen, using Vince's grief to let him in.<ref name="twelve02">[[12.02 Mamma Mia]]</ref> After around a month of possession by Lucifer, Vince is burned out by the possession during a battle with the Winchesters, [[Castiel]] and [[Crowley]].<ref name="twelve07">[[12.07 Rock Never Dies]]</ref>
*President [[President Jefferson Rooney]] is taken as a vessel by Lucifer in his attempts to take on influential vessels. Through Rooney, Lucifer fathers a [[Jack Kline|aNephilim]] [[NephilimJack Kline|child]] child with Presidential aid [[Kelly Kline]]. Lucifer is exorcised from Rooney by the Winchesters, Castiel, Crowley and [[Rowena]] using the [[hyperbolic pulse generatorHyperbolic Pulse Generator]] and apparently returned to the Cage. Rooney survives the possession and is left with no memory of it.<ref name="twelve08" />
[[File:Lucifer-Nun.jpg|350px|right|thumb|[[Lucifer]]'s voice channeled through a [[The Nun|dead nun]].]]
===Mouth Pieces===
While still confined to his [[Lucifer's Cage|Cage]] and restricted by [[the 66 Seals]], [[Lucifer]] talks with [[Azazel]] via the body of a [[The Nun|dead nun]] inside [[St. Mary's Convent]], speaking through her mouth. Azazel made a blood sacrifice of at least seven nuns to enable the communication, which was only possible because the convent was positioned on top of the location where Lucifer's Cage was sealed.
