001 + THY KINGDOM COME [video]

[trenchcoatedly]

[There is an angel on the deck.]

[Well, not that you can tell. It's a man in a trenchcoat, a cheap suit, and a crooked tie. He's staring up into space, and then he looks over the long deck of the barge. Finally, he turns and faces the camera. He looks like he could use a nap.]

It's smaller than I expected.

It seems like whenever you sign up to do something......you're expected, immediately, to know how to do it, no matter what the scope. Maybe even the larger the scope, the less instruction you're given. Maybe that's intention. You should be expected to know how to live your life, but a simple ritual comes with easy instructions.

[He shakes his head, annoyed with himself.]

I....That was the wrong impression. My name is Castiel. I'm a warden.

Comments

[ichoosefight]

Are we talking Biblical Plague style disagreements, or just your regular old siblings-are-jerks type stuff?

[trenchcoatedly]

Some combination of the two.

[ichoosefight]

Well that sure sounds like the end of the world. Do you get a lot of those, on... your Earth, I guess?

[trenchcoatedly]

No, there were extenuating circumstances.

[ichoosefight]

That sucks. Where I'm from the world tries to end every ten years or so if we don't get on it not to.

[trenchcoatedly]

At least it's predictable.

[ichoosefight]

Predictably unpredictable. Actually that sounds more like this place than anything else.

[trenchcoatedly]

Do you prefer it here, to your home?

[ichoosefight]

Here? Not at all. At least there are things we can do about the criminals and disasters in Gotham. Here, whatever the Admiral says goes. Don't let them fool you, this is definitely a prison.

No, I'm here for the same reason you are: To help whoever I can.

[trenchcoatedly]

[He is considering this deeply for a while.]

Of course.

You're very wise, Steph.

[ichoosefight]

[ Another very, very long pause. And then a wide grin. ]

Thanks.