002 :: Video

[itsjustafruit]

[Crowley is sitting outside, based on the background in the video, probably at a sidewalk cafe that's closed for the unseasonable weather. Occasionally a small snow-slide passes behind him - it's possible he's sitting under an umbrella. He's holding a mug with steam drifting up and takes a sip that doesn't fog the sunglasses he still has sitting on his face despite the obvious lack of sun.]

See, now this is what I mean. Blizzards in July. I suppose they aren't so interesting if you're accustomed to living in the southern hemisphere, but I've always been partial to Europe, which makes this a welcome novelty.

Indulge my curiosity, since I've been away a few years - what curses have you experienced in your time in the City? Which ones did you enjoy and which did you hate?

[ooc: He's just collecting information to keep from repeating the deities' efforts if he decides to start messing with people/the City.]

Comments

I was picturing an airily bitched laugh; it's actually quite an evocative image

[itsjustafruit]

I don't recall Welles' work being called gaudy. It's been a few years since I've seen his movies; unlike some people I know, I move on with the times.

ahahahah. sob.

[berthierite]

'The times' do not seem to be linearly accepted here.

I'm a member of the "WTF typo?" club, it's just another layer of entertainment

[itsjustafruit]

My times are the only ones that matter to me.

I am here to entertain~

[berthierite]

I was only curious.

[itsjustafruit]

So was I, and you haven't answered my questions. Which curses have you experienced?

[berthierite]

I'm afraid I only just arrived yesterday. I have no spoils to divulge.

[And wouldn't do so for free in the first place.]

[itsjustafruit]

You will, and I'll ask you again afterwards. You seem to be taking it in stride so far. [He expects that to change when just the right curse catches her.]

[berthierite]

There's no cause to fuss, although I would greatly prefer to return to my sisters.

[There is a great deal of cause to fuss. She is missing in action. The punishment for deserters and traitors is execution.]

[itsjustafruit]

They can't get by without you for a while?

[berthierite]

No, I don't think so.

[itsjustafruit]

I guess they're just going to learn. [Empathy is for people who care.]

[berthierite]

[It's okay, bro, she doesn't expect it, and smiles easily.]

Yes. They know their responsibilities.

[itsjustafruit]

What kinds of responsibilities? Are these blood sisters or sisters in the wimples and rosaries sense?

[berthierite]

We spoke of responsibility before. [Nope, not divulging the evil mission.] Their own lives are theirs to protect.

I am the second youngest of four.

[itsjustafruit]

[Too bad, he'd just laugh and say have fun.] So no wimples, that's good. I have a slight wimple allergy.

[berthierite]

'Wimple.'

[She echoes that with polite distaste.]

No, we are all very capable. We have an aversion to such... 'wimples' as well.

[itsjustafruit]

[He holds up his communicator to get a better look at her and grins.]

I see that. It looks like you have an aversion to weather-appropriate clothes too.

[berthierite]

[She's wearing more than she usually does and blinks at him cluelessly.]

You don't care for it?

[itsjustafruit]

[More accurately he doesn't care about her dress.]

Either you don't feel the cold or you don't care about hypothermia, either way I wouldn't want to interfere with your philosophy of being responsible for your own survival.

[berthierite]

I'm very used to the cold, thank you for your concern.

[There may be the most subtle hint of wryness to her tone when saying thank you.]

[itsjustafruit]

I hear it all the time, "That Crowley, he's such a caring chap."

[berthierite]

[She laughs, it may be the only real one that has passed her lips this whole time, but there's not telling the difference.]

Certainly, Mr. Crowley, I will be sure to spread the good word.

[itsjustafruit]

You do that, since I apparently have both a Greek god and a would-be superhero wanting to track me down. I certainly don't know why.

[berthierite]

I don't think I entirely understand.

[Damn superheros getting in everybody's way.]

[itsjustafruit]

Give me some good PR to counteract the scurrilous lies being put out about me. I certainly did nothing to incite a massacre or get children killed. [Those water-guns-turned-real-guns wouldn't have hit a soul, so it totally doesn't count.]