demonicmiracle: (110)
anthony crowley ([personal profile] demonicmiracle) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm2022-03-03 08:23 pm

(log) march catch-all

Who: crowley + others
When: throughout the month
Where: all kinds of places
Summary: a collection of various threads so I don't spam the comm
Warnings: Gonna be a dead body in at least one thread, will update with others if necessary
twicelost: (alpha days)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-06 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, she's ready. She's wearing clothes suitable for what amounts to a hike in chilly weather, and she'd got her spear safely strapped in the netting that wraps around her torso. ]

Yes. Ready.

[ She spares maybe a second or two to look him over before she heads off in the direction of the assignment. She is absolutely assuming he will follow, and since she's in job mode, she's even less likely to start a conversation right off the bat than usual. ]
twicelost: (curious curio)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-07 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His footsteps take a moment to start up, but there they are, quicker than usual until he's at her side. At least he's being vigilant too. They'll spot trouble easily between the two of them.

His question is almost an affront. ]


I know. [ In a tone that someone fluent in English would have begun with "Of course" and ended with an exasperated eyeroll. ] I am warrior in my tribe. You not worry. I protect you.

[ He doesn't seem weak, really, but... well. She will grant that it's hard to tell sometimes. ]

You can fight?
twicelost: (alpha days)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-14 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ So... that's probably a no, he can't fight. So she says, in a firm and reassuring tone that somehow manages to not come off aggressive- ]

I protect you.

[ It's not an especially long trip to Dogtown, and is neither of their first time doing this Dogtown thing, so that helps get them on track faster. Keeping an eye out for weird things is normal here, Katrina supposes. It's a different thing from walking around in Bristol Cove like the predator she is. It helps that she's not alone, but there's always that thought in the back of her mind, about her people, the damage the humans are doing to the ocean, the way Tia came and preached wiping out humansβ€” ]

What weapon you use before you stop fighting?

[ She is beginning to grasp the value of making small talk. ]
twicelost: (curious curio)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-18 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Letting her win this time is a pretty solid way to go about it.

She listens as they approach the beginning of the path. How curious. That speaks to a breadth of skill. Katrina herself is a seasoned warrior, but she is limited to spears and unarmed combat, for now. ]


You were warrior, in home?
oldbookshop: (this is a bad)

[personal profile] oldbookshop 2022-03-21 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That does sort of dash the odds of a nice little outing, a hope that Aziraphale may or may not have also been holding to. It's been odd, to say the least. To have something happen that was horrific and involved a measure of very tense shouting, and then go on sharing a close space in the days after.

They hadn't left things in an especially poor place, night of. Dare he say they've rarely left things in such a good place after a very real, serious bout of argument and wounded feelings. It's just-- more a matter of working out what to do next.

He doesn't think he's even thanked Crowley. He doesn't know if he's supposed to. He doesn't know if there's a way to say it isn't what you told me, it's that I did it at all or I can't entertain the notion of doing that to you again unless it somehow would save your life specifically that would be... measured. Wouldn't make Crowley feel guilty or ashamed or insulted somehow.

So he thinks, lunch, alright, have a stroll, remember how to have a normal conversation and save the rest for a more private moment. Can't properly avoid the matter here, obviously. ]


Oh. Quite. [ Which is more to say that, when he's blinked through his own bout of inexplicable dizziness and sees Beelzebub for himself, it's even more disappointing than it might usually be. He takes Crowley's arm in turn, pulls him back a step. Less of a good defensive front to be made when his old sword is currently under a couch in the flat, but, well. As potential needs must. ] Rain check on lunch, then.

[ "Still stuck on that gross matter, Aziraphale." This is, by definition, the absolute worst time for Gabriel to turn up from behind. Which Aziraphale would consider about on par. He leaves the Beelzebub-spotting to Crowley in light of present events. Better the devil you know. So to speak. "Oh, come on. Let's not act like any of us thought this was over." ]
twicelost: (classic katrina)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-22 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bosses? Forced him? So... not like sirens. Fair enough. ]

Warrior is choice, for my people. All can fight, but some are healer, some are builder.

[ And some are lost, some are found, some learn their people's rich history and culture... and she misses them, suddenly.

But she isn't so lost in thought that she doesn't immediately see the corpse lying alongside the path. She stops, hissing softly, and looks around for any signs of an ambush. ]


May be hunter nearby.
twicelost: (sus)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-27 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
If not kill here, then is trap.

[ She grabs her spear. She may not immediately fall into a fighting stance, but she's there mentally, ready to go at a moment's notice. ]

Crowley.

[ She glances at him, intending to tell him to be careful, when she notices. It's sudden and clear, like the first time she met Helen. The body belongs to someone with siren blood. Full siren blood. Her eyes go wide. ]

Body is siren.

[ Now she hisses more sharply, her grip tensing on her spear. Is someone hunting her kind specifically? Oh, they're in for a shock. She'll get them before they even see her coming. ]
twicelost: (sus)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-28 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I not know them.

[ She knows every member of her tribe. This is not one of them. If their eyes were open, she could at least hazard a guess as to where they're from. ]

Not work in ADI. This is stranger. I not find siren in ocean here.

[ There's a hint of distress in her voice, and in her frown. Did someone from her world get kidnapped, just to prove to her it's possible? Is this... is it the Extiction, making themself known? Is this a threat to her? To ADI? ]

What we do? Say to ADI?

[ They should bury them, but it would have to be on land. Katrina can't just go feeding the Extinction to perform an underwater burial, and the body is in human form anyway... ]
oldbookshop: (now im too sober to handle this)

[personal profile] oldbookshop 2022-03-29 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
War? [ High, high on the list of words he'd been fruitlessly hoping not to hear. Of course.

Aziraphale is starting to suspect they'll be needing to make a swift exit. ]
As I recall, we discussed--

[ "Hypotheticals aren't a discussion. Maybe if we'd had you spend a little more time Upstairs, you'd remember the difference."

If Gabriel is channeling some of his sour energy over Beelzebub's entire vibe into his put-upon sympathy, that's his business. It's a little like watching someone stretch a balloon over a sharp corner.

"You had your fun. You delayed the inevitable. Made things nice and difficult. Prolonged humanity's suffering with that little stunt, for the record. So!" Some say the sound of the Archangel Gabriel's managerial clap echoes throughout the universe into eternity. It's in an eternal race against Beelzebub's eyeroll. "Actions. Consequences. Let's not drag this out. Front and center, sunshine." ]


Could do with a more defensible position, I think, Crowley. Weapon wouldn't hurt. [ In this household we ignore Gabriel and stop pretending we weren't created to be good at a little battlefield strategy. Aziraphale adjusts his grip on Crowley's arm to something tighter, more deliberately secure. ] Negotiations seem to be off the table.

[ This is fine.

That's a lie.

This is not fine.

He expects that some part of the two of them has been waiting for this to happen since they got here. It's just another one of those times where there's something more immediately urgent to be getting on with. ]
twicelost: (alpha days)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-03-29 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The Entities. That's right. The very things they're trying to stop. Of course the Entities would want to throw them off. Crowley may not be a warrior, but he's calm where she is upset. He's a good ally.

Katrina relaxes a little, lowering her spear as she thinks it over. ]


If body is real, I must bury.

[ Movement in the corner of her eye makes her look to the side, but it's just a squirrel. She can't help but be on edge, though. ]

If not real, we tell ADI. Entities are making trap.
oldbookshop: (unaccountably sad)

[personal profile] oldbookshop 2022-04-04 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ One small benefit: Aziraphale doesn't get more than a few seconds to internally panic about being separated at the worst possible time. Gabriel makes some dismissive noise as if to say "pff, demons, so dramatic," before snapping his fingers and sending Aziraphale up.

Back to Earth, easy as that. Their Earth. What's left of it, structures and shapes, sanitized of humanity, the burnt-out husk of the bookshop. Still cut off from their powers, still reduced, given the humbling honor of essentially being used as the opening ceremony for the war Heaven and Hell always wanted.

It all goes a bit tits-up after that. If by "a bit" one means "irrevocably and entirely." Aziraphale is almost grateful throughout, in a sickening sort of way, that they aren't left any time to think. To fully absorb what they've been dropped into on top of everything else.

This is not something that they can survive. This is not something with a glimmer of secret hope on the horizon to stumble towards. It's a scrape for extra minutes at best, a refusal to be reduced to surrendering, which Aziraphale avoids thinking about as much as he can.

They make a good enough show of it, he thinks. Benefit of knowing each other. Silent communication, teamwork, all that.

But sadly, in accordance with their usual luck, the tits stay up. Which leads them to where they presently stand, already in less than ideal condition. A little bit cornered. (A lot bit cornered.) A little bit out of moves. (A lot bit out of moves.) The conversation is over. There's no reasoning to be done.

Aziraphale chances letting Crowley out of his direct line of sight. A quick grip to the wrist, a careful attempt at pushing him behind himself. He expects he was technically more made for out-and-out final stands, between the two of them. Durability.

She gave him a sword and never made mention of a shield, after all. ]
twicelost: (sus)

[personal profile] twicelost 2022-04-04 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[ She turns away from the body, her back facing Crowley's back. There's more tension in her stance than usual, on edge as she is, but she can count on Crowley to be smart about this.

She hopes. The physically weaker ones usually make up for it with strength of mind. ]


No sign of hunter.

[ Just to reassure him, and herself. She shouldn't get into any fights right now, not until she's calmer. ]

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