lunchbreaks: (look at me now、 will i ever learn?)
ଘ 𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕖 ([personal profile] lunchbreaks) wrote in [community profile] logsinthenight2020-01-11 11:24 pm

ansa vilt í náttini svørtu // catch-all // semi-open

characters: Aziraphale and... you?
location: Miner's Castle #3, or your home, or town square
date/time: Jan 7th-25th ish?
content: Catch-all up to the total blackout event (??? i forgot what this was called again and i just looked it up)
warnings: Extremely fussy angel



It's cold outside (open)
[ Aziraphale took all of the vegetables and the meats and seasonings that Crowley had gotten from the grocery - braved the cold to go retrieve him, bless - and naturally used it to make soup. A lot of soup. Way too much soup. In fact, this is a miraculous amount of soup for the ingredients used, and quite tasty. It helps that it's been bulked up by some sort of grain - rice, noodles, perhaps both. It's not as hearty as a stew, but it manages to fill container upon container.

Which means that, naturally, at your door, stands a snowman-looking being. He has pale blue eyes and frosty eyelashes peeking up over his scarf. He appears to have either fashioned a coat out of a comforter, or just to be wearing one tied around himself, since he looks more marshmallow than human at the moment.

But what is really, really important, is that he is holding an impossibly hot container in his hands.
]

May I come in? I've made some soup for your household.

Let's stay in (closed to Miner's Castle #3 Residents)
[ It's cold outside, so once everyone's in and there appears to be enough supplies for everyone to hunker down for duration of the cold snap, Aziraphale starts to place pieces of fabric or fuzz or whatever is available around the sides of windows, around the edges of doors, to try and fill in the gaps.

He frowns at the sheer amount of items needing covered, wonders if he shouldn't just draw the curtains and tape them shut. Occasionally he'll either enlist the help of one of his housemates, or go check up on them to make sure they're not in need of tea or a blanket.
]

You'll catch cold like that.

[ He'll say this, regardless of how warmly the other is dressed.

Eventually, he might pull out a boardgame from a previous resident, and blow off the dust, set up the pieces, and see if his family would like to stay snowed-in and play.
]

Oh look, yarn! (open)
[ Aziraphale can't knit or crochet to save his life. But what he can do is make frames out of sticks, and wrap the yarn around them to make snowshoes. It doesn't look like this is going to melt anytime soon, or quickly, so he thinks this might be a pertinent venture. If you ask, he'll make you a pair. Or, he'll teach you! ]
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-03 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Like last time, the Soldier settles on their knees on the floor in front of the couch, letting Aziraphale sit on the couch. They don't really need a calming blessing this time; despite the general undercurrent of fear, the spike from a moment ago is gone, and they've done this before. It's not an unfamiliar thing.

And they want. The memories of Hannukah. Of family. Of something. If it comes with something bad, this time they're ready for it, and accept that sometimes good just comes with bad attached. It's fine. They want to see how it's done, and only practice will help them do that.

So they kneel, and wait expectantly. Hopefully, even.
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[personal profile] justcawse 2020-02-03 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Something special...? What is it?
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[personal profile] bunny_suit 2020-02-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about it in these conditions right now. I'd feel bad if you made another trip through this weather just for some sweaters. Whenever works the best for you is fine.
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[personal profile] callada 2020-02-03 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
In another time and place you could open a restaurant.

[He means it, this is supremely satisfying. Aziraphale put a lot of thought into this and it shows. He has another bite and finds himself torn between wanting to savor it and just wanting to devour it.]

Ever thought about doing some cooking classes? I'd bet there are people here who would benefit from learning from you.
callada: (smile like you actually mean it)

[personal profile] callada 2020-02-04 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[More surprising than Soldat being a good cook - which is a surprise, for he hadn't expected the man to have a passion for much outside his skills in combat - is this idea of Crowley, master confectioner. It's a puzzle for candy seems so delicate and detailed, and Crowley doesn't seem like the type to have the patience for it.

The very idea brings a wide smile to his face.]


I won't tell him. But I'm glad he has something like that he can do here. Something creative. Better than throwing himself at the ferry or the lighthouse.

[Though he does admire the demon's determination to do anything at all, even if it's occasionally wildly off the mark of what should be done.]
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-04 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Like before, the Soldier's mind is pretty clearly divided between accessible and inaccessible memories. Compared to Aziraphale's last trip inside, though, the barrier between the two spaces is... fraying, a little. The holes are easier to find and a little bigger, both the darkness and the light of life before Beacon leaking out a little more than before. It's not a flood, but there's definitely a noticeable change. The Soldier's mental presence still can't follow through, though they try their damndest to try and feel what Aziraphale is doing anyway.

Whether both of them thinking about what they want to find helps, or the recent knowledge dump sifted them closer to the surface, what Aziraphale is after is surprisingly close and ready to bring to light. Steve, plus family, plus holiday leads to:

He's dragging a ten year old Steve to the house, trying to explain again as they go. "You don't have to do any of it," he's saying. "If you don't want to. But it's fun. Pa and Becca only do the fun stuff, not the fasting stuff, since Pa isn't Jewish or anything and Becca's a whiner. Ma made a good dinner, you can have that either way."

"I don't know," Steve says, reluctant, even though he's walking after him, hasn't yanked his hand away or turned back, even though the last friend he'd tried to bring along for a non-Catholic holiday hadn't even gotten this far. "You're sure your folks won't mind?"

"They said I should invite you," he repeats, stamping one foot a little harder on the next step, as if that will emphasize the point. "And I want you to."

"Well, if you want me to, sure," Steve drawls, and he lets Steve's hand go to punch him in the shoulder, but they're both grinning.

"We even got chocolate for the dreidel game," he says, pushing open the front door to the apartment, letting out heat from the oven, noise from three little sisters all yelling at each other, and Ma yelling at them to shut up. Steve looks overwhelmed. He just grins harder. "It'll be great, you'll see. Ma, Pa, I brought Steve!"


That's where it ends, and the Soldier sits blinking on the floor, digesting it, trying to settle the idea that they had sisters, parents, people who wanted to know their friends. People he came from.
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[personal profile] bunny_suit 2020-02-05 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh right. I've read about Raustus, but I'm don't know much. What are they like?
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[personal profile] justcawse 2020-02-05 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
That's certainly something. That's definitely something to look into.
worthallthis: (smilesad)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-05 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"You shared it with me." And now the Soldier is wiping their eyes, too. "Wouldn't have found it without your help." And now they know, at some point, some time in the distant past... they had sisters, a mother and a father. They know something more concrete about... heritage. Whatever that means, exactly.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-05 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Becca. Dark hair. Blue eyes. "I. Think I have one. Pinky promise." They look at their own (metal) fingers and frown, though at least it doesn't look like they're trying to extract one of those from Aziraphale-- just thinking hard. "Daylight wanted to do a pinky promise and I saw. Little girl. Think that was her."
bunny_suit: (pic#)

Idk if Raustus uses pronouns or not sobs

[personal profile] bunny_suit 2020-02-06 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
A... bird person..?

[But if people can come from different worlds, it's not really too strange to think about. Hell, her wold has robots named Omnics.]

And they can bring different requests here?
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[personal profile] justcawse 2020-02-06 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Let me know when you do. If there's a chance to finally investigate it without a hungry threat behind us, I'm interested in checking it out. Although, if we do go back, we'll need to be better prepared.
Edited 2020-02-06 00:29 (UTC)

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