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! ]
worthallthis: (sad 2)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-06 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," they say quietly, still looking down at their hands on their knees. "I didn't know she was." They don't say sister. Not out loud. It feels too fragile and strange. "I didn't know who she was."
worthallthis: (lookback)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-06 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't even see them, Aziraphale, just got a mental earful of them bickering with each other. But the Soldier wants it to be true. Wants to find out more, even if it's fragile and strange. Even if it's dangerous. "Okay. Okay, yes."
callada: (se siente bien estar aquí)

[personal profile] callada 2020-02-06 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Not lately, not with the sky being cloudy almost this whole winter. Have you had any chance to try flying up above them?

[He hasn't really followed up on that, which perhaps he should have; enough people have offered to fly, but he hasn't persisted in asking them to do so. He's been busy enough with creating paper maps and meanwhile exploring when he can.]
justcawse: (pic#13613553)

[personal profile] justcawse 2020-02-06 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, thanks for the soup anyways.

[OOC: Good to end the thread here?]
bunny_suit: (Default)

I've been spelling his name wrong this entire time. I'm so sorry.

[personal profile] bunny_suit 2020-02-06 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it matter what you ask for? [She'd love to get some of her junk food someday for example.] I'll have to check him out
worthallthis: (hug)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-07 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
They do so. The Daylight memory that sparked the association is strong, and the very brief flash of the earnest little girl is much less so, but they try to hold onto it. Dark hair. Blue eyes. Pink ribbon in her hair. Not smiling-- serious, holding out her finger to hook into-- into his, because back then it was still "he". It was only a flash, but there are little details to fixate on. Just no context.

Aziraphale can find the context, though it takes a minute of hunting, following the train of thought, and tossing back more malicious memories. It's a little less happy than the last, but it's clearly the right one:

"You have to pinky swear," Becca says soberly. She's all of six years old, and she's very serious about this.

He understands. He's a whole seven and a half, and he's serious about this, too. He has to be a good big brother, especially since their Ma is so sad right now she's not even cussing, and their Pa is mostly not talking to anybody at all. "I swear," he says, letting her take his hand and hook their pinkies together. "I won't go nowheres."

"Me, neither," she says, and shakes their joined hands together. "Swear you'll help take care of Susie and Jeanie, too."

"Aw, Becca," he whines.

"Swear!"

"Okay, okay. I promise." It's the least he can do. Little Toby's gone to the heaven now, or so their Pa said, but even so it feels like nobody's going to be happy again. The least he can do is look after his sisters until his Ma and Pa feel better. Hopefully they feel better.


Like last time, though, the second wanted memory comes with something much less savory right on its heels. The Soldier was half-expecting it, though, and manages to scramble back and out of angellic range before he can get more than a sensation of smoke everywhere, overlaying the smell of death, the sound of sirens growing in the distance, a flash of the metal hand pulling someone small and clearly dead out of a pile of rubble.
callada: (recuerdos de su condición)

[personal profile] callada 2020-02-08 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's smart. A good precaution. Stone might be willing, or Jason Grace.

[As he imagines Crowley needs no mention. Naturally, he's the first one Aziraphale would likely consult. Unless instead he would rather avoid even bringing it up, for should it be dangerous, it might be better if Crowley didn't know. It would be easy to play it off as mere curiosity, nothing worth worrying about, and maybe that isn't far from the truth anyway. Apologies can come later if something goes wrong.]
worthallthis: (confused)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-08 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
They're okay. Well, all right, they're not okay, but they will be. It's enough like last time that they have a baseline for this kind of thing. They're wedged against the wall, but that's normal, that's fine. Sorting through the more complete memory, the Soldier answers automatically, "They. Yeah. Good names. Good kids. They were really young when Toby... died."

Maybe that's the connection. Dead children. Jesus, what a fucking awful mission that was. They can't let Aziraphale think they wanted to do that shit. "I didn't know there would be kids. On the mission. When the building blew. Briefing didn't say that. Tried to get some out before the handlers came for me."
worthallthis: (lookback-sarge)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-08 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Tea. One of these days they'll convince Aziraphale that cocoa is much better for soothing. But they're gonna sit there on the floor, by the door now, and get themselves in order and let him make whatever he wants. Something warm in a warm cup will feel nice, either way.

Two incidents doesn't quite make a pattern, but it's enough for the Soldier. Feels like two memories is the hard limit for this kind of thing, if they don't want the worst things to break loose. "Most of my missions I killed people," they say quietly after a moment, half to themselves, only about half to Aziraphale. "That's what I was for. Does it even matter that much. If they were adults or kids."
callada: (Cool Dude TM)

[personal profile] callada 2020-02-08 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
He's mentioned he wants to do more exploring in general. Something like that might not be a big step into the unknown, but still, it's helpful. Whatever photos you can get, I'd appreciate it.

[Sure, with Stone he could also just ride up there himself but it's both exciting and terrifying to think of being so high above the ground. He'll let them work out if it's possible before he has anyone carrying him around - he's just dead weight up in the air and they're perfectly capable of taking pictures themselves anyway.

The soup won't last long, now that it has cooled down. It's hard to stop eating it. Impressive, how many people here are such excellent cooks. He feels spoiled, truly.]
worthallthis: (knocked down)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-02-10 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
The Soldier rests their elbows on their knees and tucks their head between their arms. Hiding, just a little, hair covering what little of their face would otherwise still be visible. It's gotten really long. "Still did it." That's still on them. It's still in their head. They're pretty sure they're still capable of doing it again.

They'd really felt good during the siege, when they were fighting again in earnest.
callada: (I bet Doffy uses mascara)

[personal profile] callada 2020-02-10 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I imagine Soldat won't be all that pleased either if it happens. But hopefully I won't have to.

[Still, he appreciates that Aziraphale is considering contingencies. Better than some who would charge off into the unknown without thinking.

He finishes up his soup and sets the bowl and spoon down.]


I should go find Mary, see if she wants some of this.
Edited 2020-02-10 02:21 (UTC)

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