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logsinthenight2020-01-12 03:10 am
freetobe) wrote in logsinthenight2020-01-12 03:10 am
[Open] Carry you to peaceful fields
characters: Castiel & You (Open) | Castiel & Bruce (Closed)
location: Beacon & In Your Dreams (no really)
date/time: During the Blizzard (Jan 7 - 11)
content: Dreamwalking! Patrolling Beacon during a Blizzard! An angel helping out and endangering himself through it! Whoo!
warnings: CWs dependant on the content of dreams
➣ Beacon {Kiss the feathers of a hummingbird in flight}
[ Castiel doesn't rely on his flesh and blood to keep him in continued existence. The cold doesn't bother him per se, though the weather proved quite vexing to navigate. He hopes that the more mortal of his allies and charges in his place are sensible and will stay inside.
Yet he himself braves the blizzard, patrolling Beacon. Checking on the Bonire, to know for certain that the fire will not be beaten down by the snow. Checking on the edges of the forest, to make sure nothing takes this opportunity to creep in and wreak havoc. Looking for anyone else foolish enough to have stepped outside in this weather. He carries in his hand a peculiar looking, shiny silver blade. His dark hair and coat are dusted with snow, and whenever visibility allows, he moves not by pushing through the snow that's piling up, but by seemingly teleporting with the sound of rustling feathers. Never far - like Crowley and Aziraphale, his flight is limited by how far his lantern allows him to see, though his wings aren't visible to the naked eye. Not unless he wishes to show them, at least.
If he happens to spot someone outside, they might see him at a lantern-light distance, and then suddenly right next to them, blue eyes on the person, and then back to scanning the surroundings. ]
Are you alright?
➣ Dreams and Nightmares {Breaking up into a million specks of light}
[ooc: This one gives you an opportunity to do some dream sharing. This is completely opt in, if you want this prompt, it happens with the OOC permission to enter/invade your character's dream - or nightmare and be witness to its contents. If you already have close-ish CR with him, he might step into any regular old dream you have to check up on you while the blizzard keeps you cooped up. Close CR or strangers having nightmares will also prompt him to make "the trip" as it were, in an attempt to help you through the nightmare and towards restful sleep. If you want him to show up in your dream/nightmare, feel free to respond with a description of the dream. Please put appropriate CWs on nightmares!
Doing this will start to sap his powers, which by the end of the blizzard's duration will run quite low, and the light of his lantern begins dimming accordingly. The implication of this is not known to most people in beacon.]
➣ [Closed to Bruce, Jan 10] Church {Take the shape of an angel in the night}
[ It's towards the end of the blizzard's duration that Castiel finds himself taking momentary shelter in the church. He's been here a few times, though not as often as one might assume an angel to come here. He doesn't bother to brush the snow from his hair, just quietly walks alongside the pews. The church has recently seen restoration efforts, and he can practically feel the care put into the project. Fascinating, the hard work and dedication people put into it. Though he supposes, here in this place, it might have more practical reasons related to that hatch, and the strange conditions of their supposed death.
He's carrying his blade in one hand, serious features trained though on the stained glass, on the alter, on the pews. He looks contemplative, maybe. Or perhaps lost. There's a certain tension in the set of his shoulders, in the tightness of his jawline, and something oddly stilted to his movements. The light of his lantern is strangely dim, and he looks tired.
Castiel eels it in the bones of his vessel, how he has strained himself to grant more peaceful rest to the souls Beacon harbours. No regrets. He won't kill himself for most of them, though if some of them happen to have nightmares, he might be lured into draining himself - draining his lantern - a little more.
He knows he's not alone. Whether Bruce enters after him, or has been there the entire time. Castiel doesn't turn towards him, but says: ]
Hello.
➣ Wildcard {On the whispering wind}
[ ooc: Maybe you want to seek Castiel out differently, contact him on the network, or have a different idea for a plot. Feel free to hit me up on plurk or discord to discuss <3 ]
location: Beacon & In Your Dreams (no really)
date/time: During the Blizzard (Jan 7 - 11)
content: Dreamwalking! Patrolling Beacon during a Blizzard! An angel helping out and endangering himself through it! Whoo!
warnings: CWs dependant on the content of dreams
➣ Beacon {Kiss the feathers of a hummingbird in flight}
[ Castiel doesn't rely on his flesh and blood to keep him in continued existence. The cold doesn't bother him per se, though the weather proved quite vexing to navigate. He hopes that the more mortal of his allies and charges in his place are sensible and will stay inside.
Yet he himself braves the blizzard, patrolling Beacon. Checking on the Bonire, to know for certain that the fire will not be beaten down by the snow. Checking on the edges of the forest, to make sure nothing takes this opportunity to creep in and wreak havoc. Looking for anyone else foolish enough to have stepped outside in this weather. He carries in his hand a peculiar looking, shiny silver blade. His dark hair and coat are dusted with snow, and whenever visibility allows, he moves not by pushing through the snow that's piling up, but by seemingly teleporting with the sound of rustling feathers. Never far - like Crowley and Aziraphale, his flight is limited by how far his lantern allows him to see, though his wings aren't visible to the naked eye. Not unless he wishes to show them, at least.
If he happens to spot someone outside, they might see him at a lantern-light distance, and then suddenly right next to them, blue eyes on the person, and then back to scanning the surroundings. ]
Are you alright?
➣ Dreams and Nightmares {Breaking up into a million specks of light}
[ooc: This one gives you an opportunity to do some dream sharing. This is completely opt in, if you want this prompt, it happens with the OOC permission to enter/invade your character's dream - or nightmare and be witness to its contents. If you already have close-ish CR with him, he might step into any regular old dream you have to check up on you while the blizzard keeps you cooped up. Close CR or strangers having nightmares will also prompt him to make "the trip" as it were, in an attempt to help you through the nightmare and towards restful sleep. If you want him to show up in your dream/nightmare, feel free to respond with a description of the dream. Please put appropriate CWs on nightmares!
Doing this will start to sap his powers, which by the end of the blizzard's duration will run quite low, and the light of his lantern begins dimming accordingly. The implication of this is not known to most people in beacon.]
➣ [Closed to Bruce, Jan 10] Church {Take the shape of an angel in the night}
[ It's towards the end of the blizzard's duration that Castiel finds himself taking momentary shelter in the church. He's been here a few times, though not as often as one might assume an angel to come here. He doesn't bother to brush the snow from his hair, just quietly walks alongside the pews. The church has recently seen restoration efforts, and he can practically feel the care put into the project. Fascinating, the hard work and dedication people put into it. Though he supposes, here in this place, it might have more practical reasons related to that hatch, and the strange conditions of their supposed death.
He's carrying his blade in one hand, serious features trained though on the stained glass, on the alter, on the pews. He looks contemplative, maybe. Or perhaps lost. There's a certain tension in the set of his shoulders, in the tightness of his jawline, and something oddly stilted to his movements. The light of his lantern is strangely dim, and he looks tired.
Castiel eels it in the bones of his vessel, how he has strained himself to grant more peaceful rest to the souls Beacon harbours. No regrets. He won't kill himself for most of them, though if some of them happen to have nightmares, he might be lured into draining himself - draining his lantern - a little more.
He knows he's not alone. Whether Bruce enters after him, or has been there the entire time. Castiel doesn't turn towards him, but says: ]
Hello.
➣ Wildcard {On the whispering wind}
[ ooc: Maybe you want to seek Castiel out differently, contact him on the network, or have a different idea for a plot. Feel free to hit me up on plurk or discord to discuss <3 ]
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That I can't tell you. There's no afterlife for my kind, even under normal circumstances. Perhaps you'd return to life rather than perish. Perhaps you'd move on to your soul's proper resting place. Or, perhaps, you'd merely cease existing altogether.
[ Castiel has never been good at offering comfort. ]
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Huh?
[He thinks back to the conversation so far.]
Oh.
N-no...
I meant...
If I got outta this tree where would I go? I don't want to intrude on anyone...
[He tilts his head pensively.]
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I don't believe anyone here would turn you away in these conditions. To risk your wellbeing over not wishing to impose on others is foolish.
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[He hugs his knees against his chest again and looks the stranger over. Slowly, his frost-addled brain catches up with his ears and he points at the other man.]
Did you say your kind has no afterlife?
[When he realizes he's pointing he lowers his hand back to his legs.]
Who are you?
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My name is Castiel.
[ He hesitates for a moment, just looking at Link. Looking into him, with a stare that holds the weight of galaxies and sees beyond flesh and bone. He takes Link's measure. Sees beyond the parts of him that are 'just' human, to the truth of his soul.
And then he steps closer, and reaches up towards the low branch. ]
There is no need for your suffering here, Link.
[ He reaches out to press two fingers to Link's forehead. He's not hurt, per se, but he's too cold for something mortal, for a life so much more fragile than Castiel's own. So healing here is not aid to close a wound. It's warmth, at least a little. He cannot take the bite of the blizzard away, or ward Link from it. But he can help a little for the moment.
And with the healing, the warmth, the light of Castiel's lantern dims a little. ]
My kind, yes.
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Then it's just Link again, blinking in confusion at the sensation of warmth.]
How...?
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[ Castiel holds the gaze, blinking too little for a normal person. He may not know the details of the Hero Soul - but he knows he is looking at something not unlike the Righteous Man in the weight of fate and divine intent upon its shoulders. ]
I'm an angel of the Lord.
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[He lowers his gaze and lifts his knuckles against his forehead.]
I dunno what that means, but......It sounds like you shouldn't be here, right?
What sort of place is this?
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[ It's a very astute observation of the obvious. ]
One powerful enough to draw in and imprison powerful beings. I don't believe it to be an actual afterlife. The trappings of it still mistify me however.
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[Link's expression hardens.]
It's some form of Twilight, it's gotta be.
Where I'm from it was starting to flood the land... Entire cities were covered in darkness. People trapped in the dark became spirits who didn't know what was happening to 'em.
[He scratches at his nose.]
My people used to say the dead walked in the Twilight, that you could feel 'em when the hour of twilight fell... Maybe they were right.
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[ This Twilight does sound like it aligns with Castiel's personal theories. ]
Have you encountered it yourself - this Twilight?
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[He's about to tell Castiel that it's nothing worth worrying about. But Castiel isn't part of the Resistance. He's not even human.
The Twilight probably doesn't even exist here.
There's no point in hiding the truth for Castiel's safety.]
I've seen what it can do to the World of Light if an evil power is in charge of it. I haven't been to the Twilight Realm itself, though, no.
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It must be a fascinating place that he originates from. ]
Good intentioned powers of light can often do as much harm as evil powers. If not more.
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...How can good do more harm than evil?
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Oh no.
He's near forgotten this kind of idealism, this kind of conviction of what is right and wrong.He used to believe this, he used to think like this.
Castiel winces, slightly. ]
Good intentions do not protect anyone from faltering. Regrettable actions can feel necessary for the greater good. You can break the world trying to save it.
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...You've seen this happen?