4: It's hard to run without legs. [Filtered to Aziraphale]

[scaresplants]

[There's a hiss, and the SFC opens up to a shot of the barrier up above. Nobody's appearing on camera, though there is a sigh from someone in the background.]

Um, Aziraphale? I have a little bit of a problem...

[A yellow eye comes on camera, followed by a long green serpentine body. The snake peers at the camera, pink tongue flickering in and out.

Comments

[darkequilibrium]

........

Crowley?

[scaresplants]

Hmmmmm?

[Thinking it's Aziraphale, he turns the SFC on to find...oh.]

What are you doing, calling my SFC? What do you want?

[darkequilibrium]

......

You're a snake.

[scaresplants]

Oh my gosh. I'm a snake. Whatever will I do.

[He's saying this in deadpan-iest tone in the history of deadpan tones.]

I lol'd

[darkequilibrium]

Is that...your real form, then? *he knows at least one demon that can make itself look human, so...*

^^

[scaresplants]

[If he could shrug, he would do so now.]

Not really. I have a truer form than this. I don't show it much- it kind of ruins my reputation with ordinary human beings.

You saw nothing.

[darkequilibrium]

Oh. *Forgive the kid, he's new to this whole demon thing.* Can any demon shapeshift, or is it just a few, where you're from?

Of course not~

[scaresplants]

I'm pretty sure they all can. Kind of comes with the job of tempting people, you know. Plus, we all can defy physics, so really, we don't always need physical bodies.

[A pause.]

Wait, why am I telling you this? Go bug your cousin, or something. I don't need to talk to you- unless you have something to say.

Still your tag in the camp thread, too. :o

[darkequilibrium]

Oh...

*right. Crowley would be a little mad...*

I wanted to apologize. What Naoya and I did...it wasn't right. I'm sorry.

>> I still need to do that. OTL

[scaresplants]

[The snake opens his mouth as if he's got something condescending to say, but then gives it a second thought and sighs.]

That's okay. I understand that you just wanted to protect your cousin and all...but I just can't have him threatening people I like. It's not nice.

[darkequilibrium]

*the fact that it's coming from a demon just makes Hiroki smile. Crowley isn't so bad after all. He's...more like Thor, when the lower level demon was in his party. Tough as nails when he had to be, but very kind deep down.

The smile soon fades.*

What was that all about, anyway? If Naoya provoked you, I want to know so that he doesn't do something like that again.

[scaresplants]

[Hey, Crowley wouldn't like that you were thinking that. He likes to keep an evil reputation- even if he isn't very evil in the first place.]

Oh, your cousin threatened to hurt a colleague of mine. His name's Aziraphale, and he's an angel. Though I do realize that the angels from your world are not quite the best creatures to deal with, I assure you that my friend is quite different. He wouldn't try to hurt a fly.

Other than that, he has the permission to bug me all he likes, as long as he doesn't try to hurt the people I'm close to.

[darkequilibrium]

That's....not true. Not entirely. I've had angels fighting beside me at times. *They make great healbots.*

Sorry he did that. I'll talk to him about it. He thinks Aziraphale might be a spy, but...we come from two different worlds. I don't know why he would jump to the conclusion that all worlds' angels and demons are the same as ours...

*In other words, ABEL HAS NO GODDAMN CLUE about his brother. Cousin. Whatever.*