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Day Twenty-One - The Angel and the Psychic

Feb 20, 2009 20:17

Who: Nenael, Belle, Edward
Where: Beach
When: Later morning
Rating: PG

Status: Closed, completed
Summary: Edward and Belle talk about Nenael; Nenael wanders over and they chat a bit uncomfortably before each parting to go their own way.

( Where do fallen angels go // They keep falling )

~rf: nenael, edward cullen, isabelle cohen, @beach, *day 21

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venom_seduced February 25 2009, 19:35:56 UTC

Edward had been hanging out on the docks, half contemplating setting up a desk like that charming Lucy in the comic strip, and he'd noticed both the presence of unknown minds and the pair wandering up the beach. He looked up from his ruminations, beginning to trail after them. Belle he recognized, but the angel ... not nearly so much. His marble brow furrowed as he neared, though he wasn't sure how to broach the subject; after all, if Belle had been the one to warn them about the Riverfellians, why then was she fraternizing with them? It boggled the mind.

He hung back a little, not entirely certain where to start with this.

and_snow_fell February 25 2009, 19:47:28 UTC

Isabelle watched the angel's retreat before she swung grey eyes toward Edward. Pale brows elevated and amusement tainted her thoughts as she regarded him.

"Hello, Edward," she greeted him quietly before she started along the beach toward him. She wasn't wondering what he was wondering; it was pretty plain to her. "We go back a little way," she replied. "He probably won't ... bother anyone today. Damion's the one they're likely going to have to look out for."

venom_seduced February 25 2009, 19:56:18 UTC

Edward tried to keep the not entirely convinced expression from his face, but given the fact that she could read his mind, perhaps it was a fruitless endeavour.

"Probably," he echoed, "But not assuredly. Somehow I'm hardly comforted."

Topaz eyes narrowed as he watched the angel wander away. He wouldn't pursue, but he was highly suspicious.

and_snow_fell February 25 2009, 21:20:37 UTC

"Nenael's defense. Like Laurel's defense. He's not the antagonist. He's the shield."

Which wasn't to say he couldn't - or wouldn't - harm people, but it wasn't his primary function. Belle glanced over her shoulder, down the stretch of sand the angel had walked along before she swept her gaze back to Edward.

"How's Bella doing?" she said, mostly to shift the topic. There was genuine curiosity there, too - Bella's mind was one of the few Belle couldn't get into herself. It was endlessly frustrating.

She could at least slide into Sev's when his defenses weren't up - though now that he wasn't fucking her mother, she wasn't nearly as interested in him as she had been.

venom_seduced February 26 2009, 04:16:12 UTC

"She's well," he allowed, "Still a little disoriented, getting used to it. I suppose ... from what I've been told we can start working on her shield now, on how to use it. I'm still not sure how exactly it works, but it's something we can work on. Are working on."

He offered a light smile; things were going well, for all that. Despite all his worry, things were going remarkably well.

justified_sins February 26 2009, 05:16:14 UTC

"Ah," Belle said softly. Shield. Right. Part of her certainly had been aware of that. "And that's what's keeping people out of her head?"

Interesting. Voluntary shields were good and useful, but involuntary ones ... well, they could be detrimental when one was in a dicey situation.

Still, it was annoying that there was a mind about she couldn't get into - she could only imagine what it was like for Edward.

venom_seduced February 26 2009, 13:41:47 UTC

"Apparently," he replied, "I'm not sure myself; my brother's said ... well, they got pulled from a different time than I did. After Bella was changed. That's what they told me, and really I have nothing to say it's not true."

Their memories said the same thing, Edward having gleaned the recollections straight from their heads. It had been mildly disturbing, but at least here he'd managed to avoid some of the particularly less desirable parts. Not that he didn't want a child, but ... not that way, not the way his hand was forced, the way he'd seen her unwittingly harm Bella the way she did.

justified_sins February 26 2009, 14:54:43 UTC

Belle nodded. "Should be interesting," she commented before she glanced over her shoulder.

She watched the angel make his way back up the beach, content to remain silent until he was beside them. "Look like it used to?"

"More or less. Fewer rocks than I recall," he murmured before he glanced to Edward somewhat warily. Nenael dipped his chin in a slight nod to the vampire, though the crests of his wings showed some lines of tension. "Hello," he greeted him quietly.

venom_seduced February 26 2009, 19:20:30 UTC

“Hello,” he replied, just as tensely, hyperaware of how little he knew about how to deal with this.

For all intents and purposes, Nenael was the enemy. Which was all well and good when the angel was standing on the other side of things looking smug. Standing here, looking like little more than any of the rest of them, Edward was slightly less sure of what protocol he should be taking here. Belle’s rather placid stance wasn’t helping all that much. Still, it didn’t seem right do to something so foolish as extend a hand or similar, so he simply nodded, topaz gaze slipping to the psychic as if in question.

and_snow_fell February 26 2009, 19:30:00 UTC

"I don't think she really liked the rocks after Tris got hurt on them. So I'm not surprised there're fewer of them." She paused. "Nenael, this is Edward. Edward, Nenael."

"So she liked the rocks just fine before?" He smirked faintly before he nodded to Edward. "I'd say it's nice to meet you but I'm sure neither of us would actually mean it."

He was half tempted to ask the man what he did here, but refrained. No need to start things, after all.

"Well, she's Laurel," Belle pointed out. "Still crazy as a loon. Clearly, it was the rocks fault Tris got hurt, so when she was pulled here ..." Belle splayed her hands in a 'you see my point' sort of gesture.

She glanced to Edward, offering him a little shrug in response to his expression. He's not going to attack you. And if he did, I'm pretty sure you could take him.

venom_seduced February 27 2009, 05:14:55 UTC

Edward relaxed slightly; knowing if worse came to worst he had a decent chance was comforting, though not so much that he let his guard down entirely.

"Probably not," he agreed with the angel, "Perhaps under different circumstances."

Though he couldn't say for certain being that he had precisely nothing to compare this with. How he and the other might have interacted under a happier veil remained to be seen.

and_snow_fell February 27 2009, 05:35:28 UTC

He nodded to Isabelle's explanation, and wondered how Laurel was faring on the other side. He wondered if she'd survived Sylar. That actually was moderately disturbing, and he frowned slightly.

"Different circumstances," he agreed as he inclined his head. He flared his wings out, shaking them a few times. Stray feathers fluttered down to the sand, and he had an urge to gather them up for Sylar.

Shaking off the urge, he glanced over to Isabelle. "So, where are the safe places today?"

She shrugged. "Wherever Damion hasn't already stirred things up," she guessed before she glanced toward Edward to see if he had input on the matter.

venom_seduced February 27 2009, 05:40:01 UTC

"Avoid the dorms," he offered, "He's been there; they're moderately shaken up, especially those who've been to Riverfell."

The hostages, really; those who couldn't defend themselves. There weren't that many of them, but there were enough. And many of them were connected to some heavy hitters in a cruel twist of fate.

and_snow_fell February 27 2009, 06:26:44 UTC

Well, of course that was where he'd start. The angel nodded lightly. "He'll get to everywhere if he has time," he admitted quietly. He did wonder if they'd be pulled out early; it had happened that way once before, hadn't it?

But yes, it stood to reason he'd start in the dorms, and seek out the ones he knew to be most susceptible to his presence. "Maybe I'll just spend the day on the beach," he offered in a bit of a tease toward Belle.

"Might not be the worst idea you've ever had," she admitted. "If not the beach, the shops." She shrugged. Then wondered if they could take what they'd bought back to Riverfell with them.

It was interesting, and she wondered if her mom and Laurel were buying things on the other side. Useful things, she hoped.

venom_seduced February 27 2009, 13:48:26 UTC

Edward thought about telling him to avoid the dock as well, but he suspected no one would find that funny save himself.

"Do they get to shop while they're here?" he ventured warily.

Not that he didn't think they'd be allowed to, but taking it back would be interesting. Though he wondered what they'd be interested it. It wasn't as if the joke shop or the lingerie store would have anything of interest. But then again, those weren't the only ones there. They were just the ones more frequently used. He supposed something would be of use in some of the shops.

justified_sins February 27 2009, 15:09:07 UTC

"I don't think Dami will, but I can't see why they wouldn't be allowed to," Belle offered with a little shrug. The only thing she worried about was whether or not they could steal the task items ... but it wasn't as though they'd really gotten a hold of anything that useful. Nothing they could use, anyway. What were they going to do, spy on themselves?

The angel smirked faintly before he turned his gaze out across the water again. "Can't imagine what I'd want to bring back there," he murmured. Still, he might browse simply to sate his curiosity.

Fluttering his wings a few times, he resettled them against his back as he watched the sun sparkling on the waves.

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