trenchcoatedly | 001 + THY KINGDOM COME [video]

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001 + THY KINGDOM COME [video]

[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.

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I'd prefer to be seen as less confused.

Everyone's confused when you show up. It's our brand of hazing.

I would prefer to not be hazed.

You'll have to bring that up with the Admiral.

He is unrelated to my confusion.

He brought you here?

I came here.

He still had some part in it.

Of course. But I don't think he would have answers to my questions.

He wouldn't answer you anyway.

I'm accustomed to absent superiors.

Then you'll fit in well here.

I'm Jim Kirk by the way.

Hello, Jim.

Are you a warden?

Yeah, I've been here for a while.

Have you.. rehabilitated any inmates?

I'm on my third.

[Castiel considers this at length.]

That's very impressive.

I'm a glutton for punishment.

You don't enjoy it?

When you spend more than two years dragging someone towards her graduation, you'll see what I mean.

Dealing with the stubborn can be tedious.

I guess that's the point of us being here.

Yes.

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