The Park, Tuesday Evening.

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Anyone passing by the park this evening would see a rather unusual sight.

A man clad in what looked like green velvet, clutching a large, glowing green stone, and suspended by a complicated rigging system, suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Over the duck pond.

The man hung there for several moments before gravity seemed to realise that the rigging was no longer attached to anything and reasserted itself.

ker-SPLASH!

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Watching from his usual bench in the park, Aziraphale jumps a little at the splash -- not really so much at the sight of a man falling out of thin air, but more out of concern for the ducks that he might have fallen onto.

Oh, well, and concern for a man who just ended up in a duck pond in the middle of winter, of course.


[ooc: Couldn't resist. Whoo! Autolycus! *g*]

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Autolycus's first thought was This is not King Leonidas's treasury. For starters it was colder and wetter. He glanced at the stone in his hand and groaned. I thought it looked familar.

He drew himself up with as much dignity as a man who had just fallen into an unexpected duckpond could, and looked around, catching sight of the blond man sitting on the bench. He splashed towards him. "Hello my good man. I was wondering if you could help me out."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Of course, my dear." Aziraphale stands and walks toward the pond, offering his hand to help the man out. He frowns at the wet clothes, which are obviously going to be a problem in the chill air.... So when the man has stepped completely out of the water, the clothes are dry. Problem solved.

"Are you quite all right?"

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." Autolycus smoothed down his surprisingly dry clothing. "Nothing appears to be broken. So apart from the sudden and drastic change in location I'm just peachy."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"So...you weren't expecting to fall into our duck pond?"

On the surface, yes, it's an absurd question. But this is Fandom, and the angel has learned to take nothing for granted.

"Where are you supposed to be, then?"

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"No, otherwise I would have brought my warmer clothes. I was in Sparta, conducting a security check on King Leonidas's treasury," It wasn't technically a lie, after all, what better way to test the security of a vault than stealing something from it? "Where are we anyway, Mr...?"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Aziraphale, my dear. No 'mister'." He politely holds out his hand, smiling. "And I'd say that not only are you rather a long way from Sparta, but you're also rather a long time from Sparta."

Frowning again at the mention of the temperature, he adds, "You're welcome to come back to the shop, if you like. I have tea there, and a fireplace."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Autolycus," Returning the smile, Autolycus gripped Aziraphale's forearm. "Pleasure to meet you."

Long time, huh? Figured as much. Let's see if I can fix that. Autolycus lifted the Chronos Stone with a flourish and rubbed the top.

Nothing happened. Hmmm.

Tucking the stone into his shirt he grinned at Aziraphale. "You know what? tea and a fireplace sounds just grand."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Raising an eyebrow at the stone, Aziraphale nodds and motions toward a building at the edge of the park.

"A pleasure to meet you, Autolycus." He cocks his head. "If that's what brought you here, I expect you'll have to find another way to leave. Things work...a little differently in Fandom sometimes. But I expect you'll find it's a nice enough place."

Leading the way, he turns and walks toward the bookshop.

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Fandom, interesting name," Wondering which of the gods he'd managed to tick off this time, Autolycus followed closely behind Aziraphale.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Unlocking and opening the door, Aziraphale leads his guest inside. The shop is filled with shelves of books, some against the wall and some free-standing, and a few locked cabinets as well. An old-looking armchair sits next to a small table in the corner, and an open doorway leads into a lounge area filled with armchairs, a couch, and of course, more books.

This is where Aziraphale heads, waving his hand toward the fireplace. "Have a seat if you like, and I'll get your tea."

He pours two cups, handing one to Autolycus, and then settles into one of the chairs.

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Nice place you got here." Autolycus absently cased the store as he sipped the teas. "Lots of books. Gabrielle'd like it."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Is Gabrielle a friend of yours? If she happens to come for a visit, she's welcome to come by. I occasionally sell a book or two, but mostly people just come in to read or chat."

Aziraphale smiles and sips at his tea. "And thank you for the compliment, my dear. I rather like it myself. It isn't usually decorated like this, of course. Holidays, you know."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Friend, sometime co-conspirator, extremely bossy bard," Autolycus grinned. "She's got spunk, not that I'd ever tell her that. She saw this place Xena would have to drag her out."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Chuckling, Aziraphale cocks his head and gives his guest a curious look. "Co-conspirator in what, if I may ask?"

[romanywitch]

Jenny stopped by the bookshop. The library was closed, and she needed to pick up some supplementary books for her lesson plans on the Jung course.


{{OOC: Accidentally deleted, so I reposted. Sorry!}}

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"In my younger days, I was something of a thief," Nowadays I'm even better. Autolycus replied. "There have been a couple of occasions where those skills have been needed to help return some stolen property to it's rightful owners."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Autolycus raised an eyebrow when he caught sight of the dark-haired woman. "Why? Hello there."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale raises an eyebrow again, smiling over his cup. "Indeed. And is that what you were doing in King Leonidas's treasure? Liberating stolen property to be returned to its rightful owners?"

His tone isn't judgemental as much as it is, well, amused.

[romanywitch]

"Hey," said Jenny. She really needed to stop in more often and learn all the employees' names. "Any idea where the mythology books are?"

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Autolycus chuckled. "No, not this time, although I was surprised he had this," He held up the Chronos Stone. "Since I was pretty sure it was destroyed."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"None, I'm afraid, since this is the first time I've been here," Autolycus smiled his most charming smile. "Although if you're a regular customer I'll have to make a habit of it."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps it was only destroyed in your world, but not in this one. I believe you'll see a great deal of that sort of thing around here."

Aziraphale picks up a plate and holds it out toward Autolycus. "Scone?"

[romanywitch]

Jenny grinned. "I'm not so much a regular, which I'm thinking? Needs to change. It's just that the school's library has a lot in there. But it's closed now, and I need some books."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Autolycus took a scone. "You might be right, I still remember what happened the first time I got hold of it. Before then, I never realised just how obnoxious I was once."