fandomtownies | In the Park, Tuesday Morning

[Bwa! Kiki was oblivious, too. Still, on with the fun!]

[Yeah, he totally did not just see Shane walk into his shop carrying a baseball bat. Nope, completely mesmerized by the ducks. Clueless, even. :)]

[Well, sure, if the park bench has the back to the street and is facing the duck pond...]

Aayla is in the park, practicing some low-impact forms (think almost tai-chi). A few objects hover around her until she senses Aziraphale's presence. The various things drop gently to the ground as Aayla comes to a stop and opens her eyes. She turns to where Aziraphale is sitting and bows slightly.
"Good Morning, Mr. Phale."

"Good morning, my dear. I do hope I didn't interrupt you." He smiles, tossing a bit of scone to the little assemblage of ducks. "It's a lovely morning, isn't it?"

"It's alright, sir. You didn't interrupt me." She looks affectionately at the ducks swarming to Aziraphale. "It is quite a pleasant morning. Nice enough to have me come outside to train a bit." She smiles and joins Aziraphale on the other side of the bench.

"Indeed." He offers Aayla the sack of scones. "And you needn't call me 'sir', my dear. Aziraphale will do nicely."

She takes a scone, breaking it into small bits and tossing them to the eager ducks. Smiling a bit at the invitation to address him informally, she says, "If you wish... Aziraphale." The name comes strangely from her, but she tries to accomidate his wishes. "You'll have to forgive me if I am formal out of habit. I still call my old master by his title, and I have known him since childhood." She smiles friendlily. "I am honoured by the request, though." Breaking another piece of the scone, she holds it out in her hand. A somewhat brave duck waddles to her, snatches it from her hand and hurrily backs away, swallowing it only when at a 'safe distance'. She giggles at the animal's behaviour.

Aziraphale chuckles at the duck as well. "I'm pleased to have you call me whatever makes you comfortable, my dear. I have so many different name here now, it's becoming rather amusing."

"Ah, I see." she says, an expression of pleasant amusement on her blue face. Continuing to feed the ducks, she asks, "Are you still moving into the hotel? I haven't seen you or Mr. Crowley there nearly at all."

A slightly concerned look crosses his face, vanishing almost immediately. "I imagine so, my dear, but I'm not certain when. Crowley has been...rather busy of late, and...well, I don't want to bother him about it."

"Hmmmm..." Aayla ponders this a little, trying one more time to coax the duck into coming closer. Taking a bigger piece of scone, she holds it out again, waiting for a brave enough member of the flock to approach her. Soon enough, one cautiously waddles up again and takes it from her, only to scurry away. It munches greedily at it, warding off other ducks who try to take it.
Aayla looks intrigued, amused, and confused all at once. "Strange creatures here..."

"Do you mean the ducks in general, my dear? Or..." He peers over toward the pond to see if he can spot one that might be Crowley's special 'pet'. "Or any in particular? I do believe Crowley has tamed a rather unusual one, or so he tells me."

"In general, I suppose... However, if it caught Mr. Crowley's eye it must be very..." She spots the 'unusual one' sitting away from the group near the lake. "... unusual." Not sure what to make of it, she absently tosses more bits to the normal ducks in front, keeping her eye on the other one.

The 'unusual' duck seems content to stay away from the pair on the bench, for now at least, but Aziraphale keeps an eye on it as well. "Quite," he replies, chuckling. "Crowley wouldn't be satisfied with an ordinary duck."

[ooc: Let's see...it eats liver, occasionally bites the heads of the other ducks (when it's hungry), and Crowley is teaching it to breath fire. He named it Snookums.]

Aayla gives a slightly nervous laugh. "No, I suppose not." She continues to feed bits of the scone to the ducks until she's left with no more. Brushing the crumbs off of her hands, she stands up and sighs. "Unfortunately, I should go back to the hotel and start my mid-day rounds."

"Of course, my dear. I hope you have a pleasant day, and I thank you for taking the time to sit and talk with me." He smiles up at her as she prepares to leave.

Ed is in the park when he spots Aziraphale, he slowly approaches to see if he wants company.

Aziraphale looks up and smiles at Edward. "Good morning, my dear. Would you like to join me?"

[No worries. :) Is this after Aayla?]

Ed nods, and smiles, and walks to Aziraphales bench. "How are you?" he asks

((Yes, i guess. Ed is afraid of people he doesn't know, so assume he waited till she was gone))

"Quite well, thank you, Edward. And yourself?" He motions for Edward to sit down, holding out the sack of scones.

"Oh uh, doing okay, i guess. I lost my gardening-teacher." Ed says, and sighs. Then he looks at the sack of scones. "Can i...could i feed something to the ducks...?"

"Please do, my dear." Aziraphale pulls a day-old scone from the sack and hands it to Edward. "I'm so sorry to hear about your gardening teacher. What happened?"

Edward pins the scone to one of his scissors, and uses the others to cut of little pieces of scone to feed to the ducks.
"I don't actually know what happened. One day he was here, the next day he was gone. I was all very weird. He was really nice. He drank a lot of tea too, come to think of it"

((Your way of writing changes 0.o It confuzzles me. I mean the " versus [ things, or something))

Aziraphale raises an eyebrow and smiles at that. "I'm sorry I didn't get the opportunity to meet him, then. Perhaps he'll return soon."

((OOC: So sorry! That must be annoying. I promise I'll stick to the " things. ))

"Yeah, i think you two would've gotten along. But i think he'll be back. You see, his gardens are here, so..." Ed says, and is quiet for a moment. Then he goes back to feeding ducks. "Have you been to the museum yet?"

((Oh, it's not a problem :) It was kinda amusing to see. The wrong login however...:P ))

"If he does return, then, I do hope you'll tell me, so I can meet him." He watches Edward out of the corner of his eye, curious to know if he's troubled beyond just the loss of a class.

"No, I haven't yet. I do mean to though -- I'd like to get around to see all of my new neighbors very soon. I have spoken to the young psychic, and to the nice young woman who does counseling. Is the museum quite good?"

((Oh, get used to the login thing...it happens all the time. *rolls eyes at mun*))

"I haven't been there yet, either. But i should. Or i want to. I like art. Art is just like books, only...not in words" Ed ponders the concept. "A woman who does counseling? I thought only Jonathan Crane did that?"

((Ed-mun will comment as different chars just to get revenge :P))

"I wasn't aware Mr. Crane did counseling, but Ms. Chenowith has opened a business here in town." He smiles over at Edward. "Perhaps we should go to the museum together sometime, then."

"I think we should. That would be fun" Ed smiles at the thought. "Ooh, i gotta run, i got class in a minute" he says, "See you around" he says to Aziraphale, as he stands up and starts to walk away.

((Mun is off, so that's why Ed is leaving. They should go to the museum sometime, though :) ))

"Good day then, Edward. It was very nice talking with you." Aziraphale smiles a goodbye, and once the young man is gone he turns back to feeding the ducks.

((No worries. They should go to the museum sometime. That would be fun. :) ))

((come on a monday or wednesdat Paige works then, ooh send Crowley!))

((My dear, I have no control over Crowley's movements whatsover. Believe me, I try.))

((is it just plain wrong that I like the fact he called Paige 'my Paige' it is isn't it?))

((Anytime Crowley calls you "his", yes, be very frightened. It is not a good thing.))

((he makes me want to bring Evil!Paige back! *eg*))

((Honey, Evil!Paige wouldn't fair any better. There's evil and then there's Evil.))

((Ah yes but he wouldn't be as mean to Evil!Paige and she could flirt with him, cos that was so much fun *misses Crowley*))

[OOC: Crowley wanted this delivered to Aziraphale "after he was gone." I'm not exactly sure when that is during the day, but I figure he would have left sometime during the day, and Kiki would have gone out, locked the shop, and found Aziraphale to make the delivery - hence why I'm so late in posting this - didn't want to interrupt the plot and all.]

Sometime later, Kiki comes out of the shop.

She's very obviously been crying, and she stops beside Aziraphale and holds out an envelope that is crinkled from being clutched so tightly in her hand. The writing on it is easily recognizable as Crowley's.

"He told me," she whispered, "to give this to you after he was gone."

[Since Aziraphale has found the letter already, don't worry about this. Kiki will have left it for him on the counter in the shop. ~~Sweet! Something else for her to angst about!~~]

[I'm sorry about that -- I'd meant to drop you an OOC note about it, and I forgot! I had to figure a way for Phale to not know what had happened until after his talk with Wilson. I apologize for godmodding Kiki.]

[Nope, no worries, I was able to swing it with no problem - Kiki was so freaked out about the Shane/Crowley thing that she and Harry took off from the shop until Harry could get Kiki calmed down. Then she had Flying Club and Class in the evening. It wasn't until much later that Kiki even remembered the note, which she left sitting on the counter, but the shop was so cold and frightening and full of creepiness that she wouldn't go back for it.]

[Ah, good. *hugs* Thank you for your patience. Yesterday was crazy-weird. :)]

[Yah, but it worked out really well for Kiki - Kiki's first day as an employee and all, a good reason to bring out the angst, a way to move on her own issues with Crowley, plus time with Harry? All v. good from this end!]

(Dur! I swear I'm hitting "reply" and all day LJ has been posting my comments as new threads!]

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