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[blessedarethebookmakers]

Ahem! Well! [he is standing in front of a window again, light dazzling off his pure white wings and he is practically glowing]

Hello, everyone.

I admit times seem a little hard and we are inclined to be grumpy. That Dreamfinder is unfortunately missing again and that the townspeople aren't fond of us. I do believe that is less to do with us and more to do with --well-- times have been hard and Dreamfinder has been a bit concerned or was the last time I spoke -- Anyway, the important thing is! To keep our own spirits up and to be kind and understanding to one another as we may.

My last message I was a bit of--well a bit tetchy. So I'd like to apologize to anyone I got off on the wrong foot.

And especially perhaps to you, er, Beetlejuice. [what a name] I would most sincerely like to apologize to you for the horrible way I've treated you. Demon or not, you don't deserve such a hard time and that you tease others, well [it's just a reflection of your own insecurities really] no one is perfect.

Of course it is perfectly within your rights not to accept my extended hand of friendship and apology, but it is there for you whenever you wish it.

Not even an Angel is Perfect.


[and he beams beatifically, slants of light glinting around him as if a chorus might sing at any moment]

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I should not be allowed to have this unicorn

[darksmokerising]

[Her voice is mostly inflected with an Irish accent but there's a decent amount of Australian and some Londoner in there as well. Mum had been from London and her father from Ireland, then when they'd been taken, off she'd went to Australia.]

I suppose I'm..sorta in-between normal mage and human. I think if anyone aside from the very few who know did know, either I'd be murdered or used for someone else's purposes. I'm not really sure how I grew the wings other than my angel somehow grew them with me and they sort of sprouted after he...after he died.

Give me a few moments and I'll drop by.

Hello? [Her voice sang out with the softly appropriate volume one uses in libraries.]

Re: I should not be allowed to have this unicorn

[dr_riley]

[Drake just watches this exchange with growing distaste and finally rolls his eyes and snaps his mirror shut]

[blessedarethebookmakers]

Hmmm. [he has not much to say to that and will end that here, but when she calls he will appear at his office door]

This way, dear girl. I've set out the tea things. But we can of course switch it up if we're feeling adventurous.

[and he will pour her some tea into a delicate china cup] How do you take your sugar and milk?

[darksmokerising]

Lovely. Mm, two sugars, a touch of darker tan for the milk.

[Not too light nor too dark, in other words.]

It's not a civilized discussion without tea.

[blessedarethebookmakers]

As you like it! [he fixes her tea accordingly and sits opposite her, pouring just a dollop of whiskey into his own]

And certainly you're right. That might be the problem with certain others. This aversion to tea and obsession with soda pop.

[he shakes his head dolefully and sips his own tea]

Now, tell me about yourself, my dear. What is your world like? Your angels? Your demons? Have you met the Most High?

wow, this got lost

[darksmokerising]

Too...fizzy.

[Merlan took her time finding words.]

My world is a world with bumps in the night, possession of bodies by both angels and demons, though most angels don't and the demons do. My parents were taken by demons and I have yet to find them these many years later. Demons are smoke, angels are light and Voice. Some burn bright, mine burned cold and I still miss him.

[Her wings drooped a little.]

I have not met the Most High nor any angel but mine, Micah. He was always so secretive when it came down to it. If I had met anyone, I have no memory of it and he'd have wiped my memory - I don't blame him for it. I value my sanity. I suppose it would be a grave error if Micah's possession of me was found out.

Re: wow, this got lost

[blessedarethebookmakers]

Angels can possess others? You know I suppose we can. [he'd never thought of it, but demons could and they were of the same stock]

What on earth had him possess you though? It seems a bit... much. And it also seems like a rough world to be in. Oh, I'm sure the Almighty has a plan for it and everything, sometimes it's difficult to see why things are the way they are. Ineffable, I call it. But still. I cannot imagine. [he clicks his tongue and sips his tea]

[darksmokerising]

Mm. In my world, yes, they have no physical form.

He needed a body to accommodate him, I had the correct physiology, a combination of genealogy and power, maybe. How could I refuse an angel when there were children's lives - and souls - at stake? I was sixteen and fit right and he couldn't do it himself. It was worth it in the end.

It is a rough world. I'm surprised I wasn't rounded up and killed. On a good note, we did save the kids and spent over ten years saving the world just a little bit at a time. There was a difficult period of adjustment and he wound up augmenting my body a little but I taught him about humanity. And manners.

[Her smile was soft as she sipped her tea. Ineffable? Yeah. That was about right.]

He said I made him a better angel and it's not like God smote him for it.

[blessedarethebookmakers]

Well I suppose that does save on the paperwork, but goodness! I don't know how anyone gets anything done without a corporeal form of their own! You know your own place is so much better than a rental.

[he sips his tea, then realizes what he just sort of implied]

No offense.

And do you know? I don't think God smites as much as She used to. Back in the day, well! You knew when you were in trouble. But She seems to have gotten more lenient and thank Her for that!

At any rate, I'm glad the two of you --er -- got on.

[darksmokerising]

I'm not sure why angels from my world don't have forms of their own. Ah, no offence taken - you're right. Having one's own body is better. I do have to say, though, I enjoyed the company while it lasted.

I'm glad God doesn't smite as much. God in my universe was always referred to as male. I always wondered if somewhere else was different, I'm glad to know it is. I always though the concept of God a female seemed more intuitive to me.

[She sips her tea thoughtfully and smiles.]

In the end, I think it was a wonderful arrangement. I learned more with him than I would any other teacher I could dream up and he learned just as much. It's really wonderful to have had the chance. I don't think I'd ever take it back. I think I would have said yes no matter what.

[blessedarethebookmakers]

Oh the Almighty is All of whatever universe. However She or He chooses to manifest, well that depends, doesn't it? Though for my own part I believe the Almighty is above such things as gender and tries them on as it suits. Though, Goodness, I haven't Heard from her in a long time.

[he smiled a bit]

You must miss him a great deal. ...Perhaps you may see him again. I don't know how such things work where you're from but... I hope that you can meet once more.