a little more inspiration....
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smk_networkIt is late afternoon on the eighteenth, and as the mirror swims to life, it focuses on Aziraphale who is standing about halfway back in the bedroom. He stands, hands tucked in front of him, smiling but looking slightly nervous, his wings arched a bit as if he wants to show them off but not be too obvious. He smiles at the...well...mirror. Fingers clenching a little bit.
When he speaks, though, his voice is low and soothing; warm like honey and pleasant. As if he's happy to see you. And in a way, he is.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you all. My name is Aziraphale and I'm an Angel. Well... Principality if you want to be precise, but that doesn't particularly matter here. First of all, I want to thank everyone who helped me out the other day and apologize for being a bit short with them. This human body is a new thing for me and I rather fear I don't have the hang of it quite yet.
But, we're all a little out of our element here, aren't we? This is a new place for us. A new experience. And a battle we must fight for the good of others who need our help. And sometimes, we can feel stuck, trapped even-- For instance, my wings are rarely displayed and not precisely corporeal when they are. If I need to remove my coat, I can do so with ease. Now, unfortunately, they are as solid as the rest of me.
And yet..." He dips his head and there is a bit of a cheeky smile. "With a little Faith." He hopes. No! Believes! "We can perform miracles."
Then he closes his eyes and focuses, concentrates, believes with everything in him that he still has the capacity for this kind of faith, this kind of miracle. That he will be able to take off his clothes with no problems at all.
All at once he can feel something catch. Something bright and cool and refreshing flow through him and around him.
Anyone looking in would be able to see a faint white gold light beginning to shimmer around him, a wind stirring the curtains and his hair. Perhaps there is a faint vibration, for the mirror slips, so only his head and shoulders are in view. The light seems to flash around him and then--!
He can feel the coolness leave him slowly, like a wave pulling from shore. With a thrilled smile he looks down and notices he did indeed manage to remove his coat as he'd hoped. Or perhaps made it disappear completely. As well as his vest, his shirt, his undershirt-- in fact the only thing left is the fob watch lying helpfully between his bare feet.
"Ah-- Ahem. Well! Slight miscalculation! But as you can see! Everything is just...just tickety...." And then the cold rushes back at once like a tsunami and for the second time in as many days, darkness crashes through him and he pitches forward and out of view.
There is a faint thud as he hits the floor.
But he'll be able to reply to any and all responses in a few hours...
...Probably.
When he speaks, though, his voice is low and soothing; warm like honey and pleasant. As if he's happy to see you. And in a way, he is.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you all. My name is Aziraphale and I'm an Angel. Well... Principality if you want to be precise, but that doesn't particularly matter here. First of all, I want to thank everyone who helped me out the other day and apologize for being a bit short with them. This human body is a new thing for me and I rather fear I don't have the hang of it quite yet.
But, we're all a little out of our element here, aren't we? This is a new place for us. A new experience. And a battle we must fight for the good of others who need our help. And sometimes, we can feel stuck, trapped even-- For instance, my wings are rarely displayed and not precisely corporeal when they are. If I need to remove my coat, I can do so with ease. Now, unfortunately, they are as solid as the rest of me.
And yet..." He dips his head and there is a bit of a cheeky smile. "With a little Faith." He hopes. No! Believes! "We can perform miracles."
Then he closes his eyes and focuses, concentrates, believes with everything in him that he still has the capacity for this kind of faith, this kind of miracle. That he will be able to take off his clothes with no problems at all.
All at once he can feel something catch. Something bright and cool and refreshing flow through him and around him.
Anyone looking in would be able to see a faint white gold light beginning to shimmer around him, a wind stirring the curtains and his hair. Perhaps there is a faint vibration, for the mirror slips, so only his head and shoulders are in view. The light seems to flash around him and then--!
He can feel the coolness leave him slowly, like a wave pulling from shore. With a thrilled smile he looks down and notices he did indeed manage to remove his coat as he'd hoped. Or perhaps made it disappear completely. As well as his vest, his shirt, his undershirt-- in fact the only thing left is the fob watch lying helpfully between his bare feet.
"Ah-- Ahem. Well! Slight miscalculation! But as you can see! Everything is just...just tickety...." And then the cold rushes back at once like a tsunami and for the second time in as many days, darkness crashes through him and he pitches forward and out of view.
There is a faint thud as he hits the floor.
But he'll be able to reply to any and all responses in a few hours...
...Probably.
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Date: 2019-07-22 09:24 pm (UTC)[ He used to be pretty skilled at stopping time itself. Not for a very length duration usually, but long enough for a conversation.
Crowley listened to the apology but his eyes were drawn back to Aziraphale when Rose gestured to him. ]
He wasn't trying to take any shortcuts.
[ Crowley sighed, a demon having to explain the motivations of an angel. ]
He was trying to inspire, show everyone that with a little faith you can do anything and that this isn't the worst and most impossible situation we have ever been in...
[ His smirk was faint and once again far too fond. ]
He did manage to show everyone.
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Date: 2019-07-22 11:37 pm (UTC)It's not an impossible situation.
But it was a shortcut. You can't just magic your way out of problems like clothes or roommates, yeah? Like me. I didn't want to deal with a lengthy discussion about feelings and such, so I just told him to take a bed, and created a bigger problem, yeah?
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Date: 2019-07-22 11:54 pm (UTC)We usually magic our way out of problems.
[ Eye roll. Humans... Some times they, well usually they missed the point. For Aziraphale's sake he thought it was a same the meaning had been missed. ]
Is that what happened between you? A fight over which bed to sleep in?
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Date: 2019-07-23 12:33 am (UTC)[And then she laughs in a bitter huff over the question.] We didn't even get that far. I kind of panicked in the doorway, because I won't even share a room with my best mate Jack -- mind, that's because he'd bring blokes back and wanna shag 'em, and forget I was there and 21st century, not 51st -- but I offered to clear off, or just take the couch, that I'm used to roughin' it --
[Exasperated eyeroll.] I haven't even been sleeping much for a year. Just cheating with time travel to skip it! So really used to roughin' it. Like I said, the end days o' Britain, this would have held three families and twenty people...
[Haunted eyes, haunted thoughts for a moment, before she shakes out of it.] He just kept doin' the --
[Hand wave.] Really terse snippy trying to be polite and gentile, and it was just...
[Both hands up and a feral wolf growl.] So frustrating! Like just let me--
[She trails or cuts off for a third time in a row and rubs her temples in exasperation.] Okay, yeah I just heard myself, and I get it. Like I said, I really wanted to shortcut the whole... all of it! Discussion. I get that he's not fragile, but you're still both not used to having to sleep or eat, and just because I've been shortcutting it for awhile, doesn't mean I wasn't born doing this. It's easier for me to get back into, than for you two who have to learn it new, after what, thousands of years, you said?
Like, you clearly know him, so let me ask you this, when was the last time he had to share a room with a human, [Holds a finger up.] while having to relearn magic, being forced to sleep and eat, stuck to one timeline, unable to put his wings away, and oh yeah: in a new dimension?
[Both hands up again in exasperation.] But opposite? Being with an immortal who hates having his powers of telepathy and time control stripped, roughing it camping or end of the world situations, and jumping into new worlds to fight the darkness: that's literally my main jam. [Huff.]
[Rubs the back of her neck.] Still think he cleared off so I wouldn't go running to the Doctor, but like I said, joke's on him, I haven't been pure since I was a child.
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Date: 2019-07-23 06:56 pm (UTC)Using magic is normal for us. We're magical beings, used to be anyway... it's doing things the mortal way that's strange.
[ Those fears and concerns of hers though? Given a laugh. ]
He's an angel, nothing like that would have happened!
[ There wouldn't be any boyfriends brought around for midnight trysts and it had been that way for centuries. Which was a shame really but that is the way it is. ]
We lived among humans on Earth but separate from you. More observers really, coming around every now and then to offer a temptation or perform a miracle to give humanity the choice to do good or evil. We didn't need to ever, share a room with a human if we didn't want to.
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Date: 2019-07-23 07:35 pm (UTC)My point is it's harder on you than me, so I was trying to make it easier, on him, and he wouldn't let me.
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Date: 2019-07-23 08:05 pm (UTC)Now I would have made you sleep on the sofa! You'd wake up in a proper bad mood with that crick in your back but him, nah...
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Date: 2019-07-23 08:26 pm (UTC)[Rose rubs her temples.] I can't handle it. And I could hold my own against you. Blimey, if we were sharing a room, I wouldn't have given a damn. The only weird thing would be yanno... you're you. And your face. But also, I could have cleared off. Which I said I would...
[alkjyioszjsz;ldkjaskldj so much rubbing her face in exasperation.] I always know what I want, yeah? It's trying to... be accommodating that throws me over the edge. First bloke I ran off with, I missed my A-levels, I got a job for him, covered rent, all of it, and I mean I wasn't happy, and it messed my options up badly, but I was sane.
If he didn't want me here, he should have let me be the one to leave. [Arm fold! HUFFFFFFFF.]
[Flail!]
That's the rule! The one with the problem clears out. [Gently pounds fist to forehead.] Worse'n my parents gettin' together and having Tony. Ran away then too, because there's only so much "no no we really want you here" you can take.
Look, pretendin' I'll take your word for it, which I won't, but pretend I will --
[Nah, she already knows Aziraphale doesn't want her there, and she doesn't want to be there, and Crowley definitely seems like he'd be happier with his angel.]
What is the best way to make him happy and let him be -- [Selfish? She closes her eyes. Angel.]
[RUBS TEMPLES AGAIN ARRRRRGH.]
[Very growling hellhound voice:] What would make him comfortable?
Obviously, no human, [Hold up a hand and ticks fingers down.] Bed. [Gesture.] Friend, [Another finger down.] But also blah blah, I have to make it all I'm being super selfish and want to run away, which -- [Eyeroll] fine, I absolutely do, but beyond that?
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Date: 2019-07-23 10:47 pm (UTC)[ He felt the need to smile and even laugh at that. ]
Oh that is perfect! Couldn't have paired two more ill-suited people together...
[ Only one worse than that was pairing an Armageddon fighting demon with the Antichrist. ]
Whoever came up with these room assignments really cocked them up.
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Date: 2019-07-24 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-24 07:45 am (UTC)[ About that time there was a knock at the door. Sylvando arriving for a visit and bearing soup!
OOC: We can say this thread ends here and picks up down here if that's ok with you.]