36. Plush Tentacles

[madetothwart]

[Filtered away from Riful, her allies or anyone who might wish to help them/hinder the good guys]

[Aziraphale had been waffling over whether to say anything to the populace at large; he wasn't sure how badly injured Pharos was, or if his injuries should be made public. It was reasons like this that he usually didn't bother with official reports to

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Aziraphale

[onlyanapple]

[Oh, he's mad. He's extremely mad. The edges of the journal curl and go brown at the sudden heat]

You went after her again? Are you fucking bonkers?

Crowley

[madetothwart]

[Tutting at the edges of his page smouldering, he pats them down with a damp tea towel.]

You knew full well I was going to; I had made my decision, and I had to stick by it.

Aziraphale

[onlyanapple]

You're going to get yourself killed, Aziraphale.

Thisss isssss foolhardy.

[It was never a good sign when he started hissing]

Crowley

[madetothwart]

[Perhaps wisely choosing to ignore the hissing, Aziraphale's tone was the epitome of calm.]

I actually came off rather well, if I say so myself. She's certainly less dangerous now.

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[cricketycricket]

Altered in what manner, if I may? [he doesn't dare to sound excited yet, not by a long shot, but this is good news]

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[madetothwart]

Her tentacles are no longer organic, meaning they're incapable of being used.

[cricketycricket]

Really! Well, that's a marvellous turn in our favour, tactically! How did that happen, if I may?

[madetothwart]

[A rather sheepish pause, before the cliché:]

It was a miracle.

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[loisfuckinglane]

Compromised. You mean someone put a dent in that thing?

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[madetothwart]

Ah yes, I did. [Sounding a little sheepish.] I altered the organic material of her tentacles, into foam.

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[loisfuckinglane]

... Irreversibly?

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[madetothwart]

Most certainly!

[variare]

How?! I mean...how was she 'compromised'?!

[madetothwart]

She's no longer entirely made of living matter, it... seemed the best course of action at the time.

[variare]

You did it? What happened?

[madetothwart]

There was an ongoing fight and I didn't want to allow her to harm anyone else, so I altered her tentacles to be made of that odd foam used to pack teddy-bears.

[So she became a plush thing, rather than an effective monster.]

Obviously she was incapable of fighting like that; however, she fled using this Key before any further action could be taken.