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diatu2019-11-18 09:06 pm
temptationaccomplished) wrote in diatu2019-11-18 09:06 pm
you're the first one when things turn out bad
Who: EVERYONE, you're all invited. Or invited to happen upon this, if you missed the invite, and spot it happening in the Great Hall.
What: Aziraphale wants to show off his best friend, so he's invited you all to a tea party.
Where: The Great Hall
When: Tuesday after classes
Warnings: Tyzias is a menace, there's no reason to think anything at ALL about The Arrangement, and if the invite was any indication, the ineffables probably cannot be contained
Due to circumstances which will not be discussed (but, namely, that Pallidus cannot be in indirect sunlight), and using weather as an excuse, Aziraphale's planned tea party out on the lawn has been moved indoors.
He's gone all out. There is plenty of tea (with optional sugar and cream), biscuits (by which we mean crisp cookies), some small cakes that are rather adorably decorated, a fruit pie or two, and treats provided by Sunset Shimmer. (And possibly booze, if Tyzias did decide to bring some). Casual though the gathering is, he's set a proper table to hold their food, with a table cloth, a few candles, some nice napkins. This is not slipshod work. This is the work of someone aesthetically living in a past century who feels like he has waited a good millennia for this moment and is going to do this right.
And what This is, is introduce his demon best friend to polite company. As Crowley put it.
It's true, though. Except where Tyzias is concerned, anyway.
In the center of the table is a small, homey potted plant. Nothing particularly extravagant. Leafy and green and moderately well-cared for, recently purchased, and even more recently labeled with a tag that says "For: Crowley." The "for" was added secondary, after it occurred to Aziraphale that it looked a bit like he'd named the plant Crowley. Which he had not.
Aziraphale, aka Mr. Fell, is playing the anxious, bustling, gracious host as best he can, while being utterly preoccupied with his friend: a tall, gangly ginger who he introduces to everyone as "Crowley." Any assumptions one might make about the two apparently middle-aged, man-shaped beings is entirely one's own assumptions. But if Aziraphale is glowing with joy and affection, and eager to tell stories about the two of them, that's just how it is.
When things settle down and everyone has been served tea and introduced, he might try to show off some silly card-tricks: absolutely typical sleight-of-hand like humans perform, and not performed especially well. He's doing this mainly to annoy Crowley and seems to delight in that, even if he is a little genuinely embarrassed at how rusty his skills have gotten.
Come, join in, mingle. Hang out with your fellow classmates and enjoy some treats. We're coming up on the end of a year and, like a harvest festival, it's time to make new friends, rekindle old bonds, share in some good food, and party before the winter.
What: Aziraphale wants to show off his best friend, so he's invited you all to a tea party.
Where: The Great Hall
When: Tuesday after classes
Warnings: Tyzias is a menace, there's no reason to think anything at ALL about The Arrangement, and if the invite was any indication, the ineffables probably cannot be contained
Due to circumstances which will not be discussed (but, namely, that Pallidus cannot be in indirect sunlight), and using weather as an excuse, Aziraphale's planned tea party out on the lawn has been moved indoors.
He's gone all out. There is plenty of tea (with optional sugar and cream), biscuits (by which we mean crisp cookies), some small cakes that are rather adorably decorated, a fruit pie or two, and treats provided by Sunset Shimmer. (And possibly booze, if Tyzias did decide to bring some). Casual though the gathering is, he's set a proper table to hold their food, with a table cloth, a few candles, some nice napkins. This is not slipshod work. This is the work of someone aesthetically living in a past century who feels like he has waited a good millennia for this moment and is going to do this right.
And what This is, is introduce his demon best friend to polite company. As Crowley put it.
It's true, though. Except where Tyzias is concerned, anyway.
In the center of the table is a small, homey potted plant. Nothing particularly extravagant. Leafy and green and moderately well-cared for, recently purchased, and even more recently labeled with a tag that says "For: Crowley." The "for" was added secondary, after it occurred to Aziraphale that it looked a bit like he'd named the plant Crowley. Which he had not.
Aziraphale, aka Mr. Fell, is playing the anxious, bustling, gracious host as best he can, while being utterly preoccupied with his friend: a tall, gangly ginger who he introduces to everyone as "Crowley." Any assumptions one might make about the two apparently middle-aged, man-shaped beings is entirely one's own assumptions. But if Aziraphale is glowing with joy and affection, and eager to tell stories about the two of them, that's just how it is.
When things settle down and everyone has been served tea and introduced, he might try to show off some silly card-tricks: absolutely typical sleight-of-hand like humans perform, and not performed especially well. He's doing this mainly to annoy Crowley and seems to delight in that, even if he is a little genuinely embarrassed at how rusty his skills have gotten.
Come, join in, mingle. Hang out with your fellow classmates and enjoy some treats. We're coming up on the end of a year and, like a harvest festival, it's time to make new friends, rekindle old bonds, share in some good food, and party before the winter.
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But still, she is practically vibrating with energy, and chugging down tea like there's no tomorrow. She's happy to make new friends, check in with old ones, and be stupidly amazed by card tricks.
"This is a GREAT DAY!"
I'm assuming they're coming together, but let me know
"Miss Webby," he beams, offering her and her friend a plate of lemon biscuits. This is, presumably, well before Tyzias has taken over, so Aziraphale is in a polite, well-mannered mood. "You'll have to meet Crowley--he has always loved ducks. And," he adds, turning to Lena as if Webby has been keeping a secret of her, "now, who is your lovely friend?"
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Besides, there was something fitting about their first date going to a tea party, considering the night that the two of them first met in the first place.
When Aziraphale came over, she nodded her head in greeting. "Lena," she responded, trying her best to at least sound friendly. "Nice to meet you."
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WOW. That felt GREAT.
"She's my girlfriend and we're here on a date."
Even better!
"We're on a date because we're dating!"
Okay maybe she needs to stop.
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That was why they were having this tea party, after all. It was Aziraphale's equivalent to Webby's outburst. Sort of.
"Well, I'm proud to have you two as guests during your date. You make a lovely couple." They really did. And then, because this was the question to ask couples, because who didn't enjoy telling their story (or so Aziraphale assumed, as he certainly did, when given the chance): "However did you two meet?"
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The feeling returned, however, at the question of their first meeting. Even though she knew that she could avoid all the Magica stuff, even just their initial meeting didn't sound...the best.
"Webby found me writing fake SOS notes and sending them out in bottles. Then I convinced her to sneak into a birthday party for the mother of a family of crooks. We got caught, and spent the rest of the night evading them as they chased us all over town."
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"But, along the way, fake friendship turned into real friendship which turned into romantic feelings and now we're going to be together forever." Amen!
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"I have no doubt," he agreed, as it was not his place to attempt to tell his classmate that she may not spend forever with her childhood-friend-turned-girlfriend. They just might. They were astoundingly sweet together, and after all, some birds did mate for life, he was certain he had heard such in a documentary. Mostly certain. Couldn't recall if that was the case for ducks, however. In any case, one could only hope to achieve their level of adorableness. "You're just perfect together. Webby once told me about wanting to be an adventurer, and it sounds like you provide adventures to spare, Miss Lena. Nothing better than a wonderfully bad influence with a good heart." And then, because he was curious.
"Whatever became of that magical monstrosity?"
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She can't help blushing a bit; aside from Webby, she was unused to words of praise, and she can't help the creeping feeling that they were more than she deserved. "Uh...thanks."
She paused a moment, glancing at Webby while playing a bit with her hair. "From what I've heard, she'd been defeated. I don't know all the details, though."
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He saw a movie once back in the 80s about a space alien that looked like a talking bird. It wasn't really pleasant to look at unless you were making fun of it. The children walking in thankfully don't have that problem, they just happen to be -
"Ducks."
Okay, hopefully they didn't catch that, that's probably rude. No need to be too rude to kids. With adults they've probably done something recently even if they knew better. Kids are still sorting it out.
The pink one is a little ball of perpetual motion, and he can't help but snort as she inhales the contents of her teacup. "Don't think you're supposed to chug it," he says good-naturedly. "Unless it's iced. Which it's not, we're English, we're supposed to act scandalized by that kind of thing."
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"I'm just kind of excited," she admits, kicking her feet about in the chair. "Today's a pretty special day and all~!"
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"Not many parties around here? Or something else?" Crowley glances at the girl she came in with, who looks a little shyer, more withdrawn. Something pings as familiar about them - for some reason. "Who's your friend?"
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"Who, that? Oh, that just happens to be my girlfriend, and we're on our first date." The enthusiasm behind those words might explain a few things.
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With a soft smile at Webby, she looked over at Crowely and offered a half-wave, half-salut. "Hey," she greeted. "You're the guest of honor, right? The reason for the party and all."
Despite not engaging the other partygoers as much as Webby, being more withdrawn let her observe more, and pick up things here and there.
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He offers the new couple a genuine smile, Webby's enthusiasm and pride bringing up things that have been on his own mind lately. "Though you've got reason enough to celebrate yourselves. Congratulations, both of you. Feel free to see some of this party as being yours, I won't tell." He winks, not that the glasses give much indication.
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"It's been a long time since either of us have been to a party anyways. I'd almost forgotten what it was like!"
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(Some pun. But he's not sure what's gotten into him tonight.)
At Webby's remark re: parties he chuckles, not unkindly. "Really? Not birthdays, or anything?"
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