Two men approach the table, one of them -- the curly-haired and substantially less pale one -- bearing a distinct air of, I can't believe I'm doing this.
Gaeta can appreciate someone who gets to the point.
"As soon as I learn how, I guess," he says, a faintly self-deprecating note creeping in. (Admitting ignorance has never been something he enjoys, even if it's just over a game.) "But...Dr. Cullen said it wouldn't be that difficult, so."
Teja has seen written Sanskrit before -- Nikola Tesla, the vampire, was working with that language. But he cannot read it, so it is the 'regular' sign, which he sees as Gothic be the magic of the bar, that he looks at.
"Greetings," he says to the stranger whose signs these are. "A man explained to me about base ball only today; I would try, if I may?"
[I'm so not even home from my trip (and won't be until tomorrow night, some twenty-ish hours away) but I'm tagging you for extended slowtimey thing! >.>]
Was it more troublesome to be stuck figuring out, how to approach an 'Angel of the Lord' soliciting baseball on highlighter bright poster board lacking only glitter to make it truly gauche or a being that had actually evoked true fear (even as it was followed by further giddiness) in Carlisle for the first time in what felt like eons?
He had not hurt Carlisle though. And. Well.
He did not, this Angel of the Lord, look very remarkable.
But ( like Yrael) there was the actual pain, and near confusion, of inability meeting a wall of inescapably not hearing him the same way as normal beings; and, in that, he was beyond rare.
Eventually, after watching many different people walk up and then back away, Edward did approach the table. Standing a few feet back from the table still, when he spoke, evenly, "I'd like to sign up."
Edward is not the only one watching and listening with something other than eyes and ears.
The senses that can be so sharp outside the door are often blunted, sometimes to nothing, here in Milliways. And if he had not so recently met Carlisle Cullen, Castiel might not have picked up on the boy's 'otherness' or known how to classify it.
But it is the same as what he felt from the vampire.
Edward picked up one of the ball point pens, with only a lingering appraisal of he man's face and possibility of moving suddenly. Then he leaned down and wrote
Edward Cullen on the sign-up sheet at the front and center of the little table.
Castiel has no problems reading the name upside down.
"You are of Dr. Cullen's family."
The name can hardly be a coincidence. Vampire habitually align themselves into family groups. Some have been known to adopt the same name, a vestige of a human family.
The hints of reticence in the boy have not gone un-noted.
"There will be no violence. I assured him when Meg introduced us."
After some initial awkwardness.
Castiel has carefully not thought too hard about what his superiors would think of him taking it upon himself to make such an assurance.
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She is curious.
And her hair is very, very short.
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Castiel notices that her hair is short where it had been long. But sees no reason to comment on the subject.
Vessels change. Sometimes naturally. Sometimes by design.
"You recognize it. Others might read it."
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"Bar does not translate?"
She is both curious and uncertain, now. These things happen.
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Castiel looks ever so slightly sheepish.
"There were a number of colors of paper to choose from..."
Led into temptation by office supplies.
And if one is going to make four signs, what is the fun of using only one language?
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Good-naturedly so, more or less, but.
Gaeta nods a greeting to Castiel. "Evening, sir."
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"Do you wish to play baseball?" he adds.
Angels. Not long on the small talk.
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"As soon as I learn how, I guess," he says, a faintly self-deprecating note creeping in. (Admitting ignorance has never been something he enjoys, even if it's just over a game.) "But...Dr. Cullen said it wouldn't be that difficult, so."
That trails into a small shrug.
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It's even on the sign.
"I have only watched games, myself. I have not played."
Castiel takes a moment to nod politely to the man's companion.
"Dr. Cullen. It is good to see you again."
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"Greetings," he says to the stranger whose signs these are. "A man explained to me about base ball only today; I would try, if I may?"
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"We are in need of players," he adds, holding out a pen.
His head tilts to a curious angle.
"Who was it who explained baseball to you?"
He had spoken with Meg about it. Perhaps baseball is a widely held interest in Milliways.
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A good place from which to begin.
"I have spectated."
Enough to know how the game is played.
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He had not hurt Carlisle though. And. Well.
He did not, this Angel of the Lord, look very remarkable.
But ( like Yrael) there was the actual pain, and near confusion, of inability meeting a wall of inescapably not hearing him the same way as normal beings; and, in that, he was beyond rare.
Eventually, after watching many different people walk up and then back away, Edward did approach the table. Standing a few feet back from the table still, when he spoke, evenly, "I'd like to sign up."
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The senses that can be so sharp outside the door are often blunted, sometimes to nothing, here in Milliways. And if he had not so recently met Carlisle Cullen, Castiel might not have picked up on the boy's 'otherness' or known how to classify it.
But it is the same as what he felt from the vampire.
Castiel nods.
"We are in need of players," he says.
It is an invitation. If you listen.
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Edward Cullen
on the sign-up sheet at the front and center of the little table.
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"You are of Dr. Cullen's family."
The name can hardly be a coincidence. Vampire habitually align themselves into family groups. Some have been known to adopt the same name, a vestige of a human family.
The hints of reticence in the boy have not gone un-noted.
"There will be no violence. I assured him when Meg introduced us."
After some initial awkwardness.
Castiel has carefully not thought too hard about what his superiors would think of him taking it upon himself to make such an assurance.
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