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smk_network[It has been a little over twenty-four hours since the new-- well arrivals, and Aziraphale decides it is time to greet them. He has done this a couple times now for various reasons and is a bit of an old hand at this anyway. He situates himself in front of the window, the sunset is just beginning and tingeing his white wings with just the barest hint of pink. When he speaks, his voice is honey warm and welcoming.]
Hello, my name is Aziraphale. I am...well a bit of a guardian angel here. [well, he wasn't. Not technically, but he might as well be. And at any rate, there were children here and he supposed that might make them feel safer]
Welcome to the magic kingdoms. The place you are at right now is called Main Street, USA-- and from what I know of the USA, it's rather fitting. [everything is absolutely saturated with color, the food is swimming in grease, and the only decent thing around is a bar.]
I know it seems awful and strange. It's difficult to be wrest from your home and thrust into a situation that seems beyond your ken and ability to handle it. But, let me assure you, you can; regardless of age or ability. Moreover, we are more than just a disparate collection of peoples, but a community of individuals striving for a common purpose. [which, by and large, boiled down to trying to survive]
If you need assistance or just a friendly ear, I will be available in the chamber where we had our lovely [in the sense that it was sustenance and free and therefore made lovely by gratitude if not by quality] buffet at the posted hours.
But if you're truly in distress, feel free to seek my aid or the aid of any of the kind people around you. Remember, we rise together.
[that done, he clears the mirror and, with a few pokes, figures out how to make it private]
[locked to Dreamfinder]
If you have a moment, dear, I'd love to talk with you at the Carnation Cafe. It will only take a few moments.
Hello, my name is Aziraphale. I am...well a bit of a guardian angel here. [well, he wasn't. Not technically, but he might as well be. And at any rate, there were children here and he supposed that might make them feel safer]
Welcome to the magic kingdoms. The place you are at right now is called Main Street, USA-- and from what I know of the USA, it's rather fitting. [everything is absolutely saturated with color, the food is swimming in grease, and the only decent thing around is a bar.]
I know it seems awful and strange. It's difficult to be wrest from your home and thrust into a situation that seems beyond your ken and ability to handle it. But, let me assure you, you can; regardless of age or ability. Moreover, we are more than just a disparate collection of peoples, but a community of individuals striving for a common purpose. [which, by and large, boiled down to trying to survive]
If you need assistance or just a friendly ear, I will be available in the chamber where we had our lovely [in the sense that it was sustenance and free and therefore made lovely by gratitude if not by quality] buffet at the posted hours.
But if you're truly in distress, feel free to seek my aid or the aid of any of the kind people around you. Remember, we rise together.
[that done, he clears the mirror and, with a few pokes, figures out how to make it private]
[locked to Dreamfinder]
If you have a moment, dear, I'd love to talk with you at the Carnation Cafe. It will only take a few moments.
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Date: 2019-09-09 01:47 pm (UTC)Are you, like, a literal angel? Because I thought that were supposed to be swirling masses of rings and feathers that the normal mortal eye couldn't really comprehend.
[She may not have actually listened to anything after he said that.]
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Date: 2019-09-10 06:20 am (UTC)But there are different classes of Angels or ranks as you might call them. What you're possibly referring to is called a Throne. They reside where material things start to take shape-- and far outrank me. They are almost the angels to the angels. Or the arbiters of angelic peace in the heavenly sphere.
I am a Principality and am meant to work with mankind...or, duckkind, I suppose. [a smile] So even when I'm fully manifested, I'm still in a shape that most humans can recognize only more... [a gesture] ethereal.
I've had quite a few poems composed about me, you know. Not to sound arrogant, but it is just to illustrate the point of how grandiose a fully manifested angel can be.
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Date: 2019-09-10 06:47 pm (UTC)[She looks him up and down a bit, best she can on video. Grandiose, eh? ... Okay, sure, let's let him believe that.]
Wait, the arbiters of angelic peace in heaven? So heaven's not always peaceful? I thought it was supposed to be paradise.
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Date: 2019-09-11 04:28 am (UTC)Of course things are peaceful but you know things do change now and then and they basically rule on policies and such like. They make sure everyone is on the same page, generate paperwork, that sort of thing.
And it is paradise for the humans, of course. And... well...ducks...or...whomever. [goodness this puts feeding ducks in St. James into alarming perspective and he's going to carefully fold that thought up and put it to the side]
For you the afterlife is everything you could hope for and more. For us it is business.
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Date: 2019-09-11 02:23 pm (UTC)[Sheesh, you poor guys.]
Huh. I'm learning all kinds of stuff today. Maybe I need to be jotting some of this down.
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Date: 2019-09-11 04:58 pm (UTC)But it's nothing for you to worry about, my dear. Everything will be taken care of by the time you arrive.
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Date: 2019-09-12 05:11 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2019-09-12 06:38 pm (UTC)In the meantime if you need anything you know where to find me.
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Date: 2019-09-12 08:44 pm (UTC)... Actually, I do have one more question.
If you have wings, can I touch them?
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Date: 2019-09-12 09:55 pm (UTC)Absolutely not! Was his first impulse. But she was a child. Didn't she have the right to feel the physical manifestation of the Almighty's Grace?]
Yes. Absolutely. Whenever you like.
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Date: 2019-09-13 04:56 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2019-09-15 07:50 pm (UTC)[it was just the once. There was no need to get worked up about it. No need at all]
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Date: 2019-09-11 06:17 am (UTC)video
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Date: 2019-09-11 03:05 pm (UTC)[ Have a bright and happy smirk. ]
I had to chime in when I overheard all this talk about how wonderful Heaven is. Angels say things like that, they have to... it's like hard coded into their being, demons like me can be more honest about it. Does eternal peace and perfection sound like fun to you? Nah! You are way too curious asking all those questions... You would get bored too!
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Date: 2019-09-11 03:51 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2019-09-11 03:56 pm (UTC)Who is deceiving her?! I'm trying to tell the kid that living in the now is way more fun than worrying about what comes after.
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Date: 2019-09-11 04:44 pm (UTC)Certainly. But it is always best to keep the future in mind.
[do they really have to debate angel/demon shoulder politics now? Do they?]
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Date: 2019-09-11 07:42 pm (UTC)Nahhh, gives you winkles. Living for the day is better. Besides most of the evil humans, and I suppose ducks, do is canceled out by the good they do anyway.
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Date: 2019-09-11 07:46 pm (UTC)[but he's not happy with this conversation and, post speaking with Dreamfinder, will spend the rest of his evening in the library and then the castle when the library kicks him out]
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Date: 2019-09-12 05:00 pm (UTC)Probably! But I plan on visiting all forms of the after life anyway.
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Date: 2019-09-12 05:37 pm (UTC)There isn't really a bus service between Heaven and Hell... it's one or the other, no day trips.
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