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On a bench just outside the school grounds

Maia sat on a bench, just outside the school grounds near the clinic. Close enough if she needed help and so the doctors could see her but away from the room and in the sunshine to make her feel better. She had the notes from Sara's lecture she had missed and was reading over them quietly, dealing with the news from Paige and the conversation with Sara.

Maia lifted her head up looking at the blue sky, very happy to be out of the dark.

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Coming out of the shop with the intention of taking a leisurely walk through town, Aziraphale spots a familiar figure in the park -- one about whom he's been deeply concerned.

Smiling, he steps back into the shop long enough to slip a couple of scones in his pocket, and heads for the park. He stops next to bench, and quietly speaks. "It's so good to see again, my dear."

Maia looks up and smiles though tears are in her eyes. "Aziraphale" She breathes in relief and stands up to hug him. "Thank you for the feather, Tara said you gave it to her for me." Maia arranges her I.V. again when she sits down. "How have you been?"

Aziraphale leans down to hug Maia so she won't have to stand all the way up. Sitting down on the bench next to her, he says, "I'm glad it helped. Miss Macclay is a very nice young lady."

Giving Maia a warm smile, he adds, "I'm quite well, thank you."

Maia nods staring off into space. "You went away." Maia said not looking at him. "I remember you leaving. Did you get what you needed, what you left for?"

"I did, yes. But I wish I hadn't chosen that time to leave." He studies her, taking in the pallor of her skin and the IV. "I'm sorry I wasn't hear for you, my dear."

Maia looked at the ground and then up at Aziraphale. "Its ok. I don't know what caused it actualy. I don't really remember a lot. I remember you leaving.." Maia paused "Has He answered you?" Maia said suddenly "About Diana, did He answer?" Maia looks desperate for any sign of good news.

The brightness that had been in his eyes fades, and Aziraphale looks sad. "I'm sorry, child. There's nothing I can do for Diana."

Maia stares at the ground. "I should think it was better to be in the dark." Maia said more to herself then Aziraphale.

"You will never be in the dark, my dear. There is always light." He gently touches her arm.

Maia stared up at him. "It was dark, where I was Aziraphale, so dark it seemed to press in on my eyes. The light that eventually came" Maia shook her head "It tried to trap me there, in the dark." Maia keeps her eyes wide blinking only when needed. "The darkness tried to keep me. Maybe I should have let it." Maia stares at the ground now. "At least I had Sara and Diana in the dark. I woke up, I woke up for them and now... I don't have either of them."

Phoebe has ducked out of the class she was taking and was walking around when she saw Maia sitting on the bench. However, she saw her friend talking to Mr. Phale and decided she didn't want to intrude.

Maia saw Phoebe and smiled at her slowly, she waved and smiled again, the smile didn't reach her eyes but she was happy to see Phoebe in the light and not the darkness.

((OOC: if you dont want to interupt them here because they are talking about serious stuff with Maia's mom etc.. you can chat it up with Maia in the room where she is awake. Paige is in there. *smiles* ))

"It was a false light, Maia. Designed to trick you. The true Light can't always be seen." He takes her hand. "That which glitters and shines is sometimes a false treasure. Sara and Diana were not with you in the darkness. They are with you in your heart."

Maia frowned and thought about what he had said then nodded. "Sara was red, in the dark, her light was red when she came to see me. You were white, well.. your feather was white. Tara kept it behind my head. Diana didn't have a color, she was just a voice. I kept seeing her taking me out of the room and home over and over again." Maia swung her leg. "Why was it trying to trick me? What- What did it want?"

Shaking his head, Aziraphale says, "I'm afraid I don't know, Maia. I wasn't there to see it, so I can't say what it may have been. But...you're well now. Your friends saw to that."

A duck pokes its head out of the reeds at the pond's edge and waddles up to Maia. Quacking, it stands at her feet and looks expectantly at her.

Maia looks at the duck and laughs for a minute. "I like how they walk." She turns to the duck "I don't have anything for you Mr. Duck." Maia tries to pet the duck on the head.

"Aziraphale..." Maia pauses not looking up from the duck. "Why won't He, help Diana I mean?"

Smiling, Aziraphale pulls a scone from his coat pocket and hands it to Maia. "I don't know, my dear. There are many things about the Plan that are...well, Ineffable. Not meant for us to understand. We have to accept that He knows what is best."

Maia breaks off pieces of the scone and feeds it to the duck. "I went to that lawfirm, Wolfram and Hart. I don't think they will be able to help either. I-I don't know that Lilah lady, she didn't seem like she would be able to help me." Maia petted the ducks head while she fed him. "How is your friend doing? Crowley?"

Aziraphale brightens considerably at the question. "Actually, my dear, he's come for a visit." He pulls the other scone out of this pocket.

Maia frowns at this. "Isn't he a demon?"

"Yes dear, he is," Aziraphale answers blithely, smiling. He tears off a piece of scone and tosses it into the little cluster of ducks.

Maia contemplates this. "Is he here to hurt someone?"

((OOC: sorry for the recent slow timing, I am here now. was eating dinner and printing off somethings i needed to do etc.. back from vacation errands and such))

"No, my dear. He isn't that sort of demon." He smiles at her, and his eyes are filled with happiness.

Maia smiles at the happiness in Aziraphales eyes. She glances around and sees the dark spots again. Her hands tremble slightly. "Aziraphale? Can you see things? Things that other people can't see?"

He frowns at the fear in Maia's voice. "Sometimes, my dear. What is it that you want me to see?"

Maia looked back where the darkness had been. "I-I don't know I think I'm crazy." Maia rubbed her eyes and her head. "Earlier I heard it, talking to me."

Aziraphale rests his hand on her arm. "You're very tired, my dear. You should be resting. Do you still have the feather I gave you?"

Maia nodded, "Its under my pillow in the room." Maia sees the spot again. "Over there, do you see it?" Maia whispers "Do you see anything over there?" Maia looks the spot is still there hovering, she blinks it is not going away.

Aziraphale takes her hand and follows the line of her gaze. "What do you believe it is that you're seeing?"

[ooc: Is it really there? And if so, what is it?]

"A shadow or something. The darkness from the room. I-I don't know. I heard it earlier. I think it came with me when I woke up."

((OOC: Yes it is really there, its one of the people from the future who made Maia be able to see the future. Mutant or something, human but highly evolved.))

Aziraphale sees the 'shadow', faint but distinct in the distance. "It can't harm you here."

[ooc: Do you have a particular storyline you're working? Or should I treat them as being along the same lines as demons or spirits? Or would he even be able to affect them at all?]

Maia nodded. "I'm glad you see it. That its not just me I mean. I thought maybe it was just spots I was seeing, from being asleep for so long."

((OOC: I don't think he can affect them because they are human. There is a story line in the works, right now it is just lurking around watching her. Can Aziraphale control humans?))

"No, my dear. It isn't just you." He frowns, watching the shadow and wondering what could be done about it. "Keep near your friends, Maia. I don't believe it would try to hurt you then."

[ooc: Technically, by canon, yes. But he'd only ever do it under extreme circumstances.]

Maia kept her eyes on the shadow. "It knows their witches. It doesn't like Tara." Maia moved herself closer to Aziraphale and gave the last bit of her scone to the duck. "Why is Crowley here? Just a vacation or other things?" The shadow makes Maia very uneasy but she does not want to talk about it, it scares her. She didn't want the thing to know that it was affecting her so badly.

Appreciating Maia's need to change the subject, and always happy to talk about his friend, Aziraphale smiles. "Oh, a visit, I expect. He did me a favor, and now he's come to stay for a while."

"What kind of favor? I take it nothing to do with Diana." Maia frowns at that. "I'm sorry, that was rude. I am glad though that he is coming to stay if it makes you happy I mean."

Looking sadly at Maia again, Aziraphale shakes his head. "No, my dear. There would be nothing that Crowley would be able to do about Diana. I'm sorry."

Maia swallowed hard and nodded. "Yeah, I know, I-I just keep reaching out you know, for something, someone to help me somehow help her. What does Crowley do on vacation?" Maia changes the subject from Diana, she rubs her head. "Does my head look big to you? My head feels so big."

"He drinks tea, drives his Bentley, and smokes. Also, sometimes he feeds the ducks." Aziraphale smiles, but it becomes a concerned frown at Maia's next question. "Are you feeling ill, my dear? Do you need to go to the clinic?"

"No its just my head, it feels so big, like its too big for my body. Is it to big for my body?" Maia feels her head "Does my head look bigger then when you saw me last?"

"No my dear, it doesn't. You look perfectly normal. But...I believe you're having some sort of reaction, either to your illness or to the medicine. Why don't you let me take you to the clinic."

He removes his coat and wraps it around Maia, taking care with her IV.

Maia nodded slowly, her eyes getting heavy as she stood up warm in Aziraphales jacket. "Yeah I-I think I should go lay down. I tried to do to much today I think." Maia stumbles a little as she walks. She grabs his arms as she starts to fall a little. "yeah I need to lay down I think."

((OOC: Maia has a post in the clinic for the evening. I don't know if your allowed in there though. I am getting tired though, jet lag might be headed to bed soon anyway. Waiting to see a comment to a post then I will head into sleep))

Catching her, Aziraphale picks Maia up and carries her off to the school.

[ooc: Technically, no. But...he'd go anyway. I can either comment him in briefly to make sure she's okay and then leave before Rover catches on, or you can just mod him in that he drops her off.]

((OOC: Comment him in on Maia's post I guess. I am so damn tired *laughs* I would appreciate if you did that so I don't have to post anything more or edit. I am to the point of needing toothpicks to hold my eyelids open I think *laughs*))

[ooc: np I'm happy to. Sleep! And welcome back. :)]

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