The Perk, Wednesday

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

With Wilson on clinic duty for half the day, and no classes or office hours to prepare for this week, Aziraphale found himself heading down to the Perk for some apple spice tea and a scone. He was still riding high from the 'birthday' celebration of the day before, and now had a much better understanding of why people celebrated them. It was an amazing feeling, knowing there were people who were pleased you'd simply been created.

[ooc: Entirely open! Stop and chat, or use for your own Perky needs.]

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Aziraphale

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale found a table where he could see out the window and settled in with his tea and a crossword puzzle.

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel needed to get out of the dorms before he went crazy thinking about the trouble he was in, so he headed out to town. He stopped at the Perk to get some coffee, hoping the caffeine would provide some sort of magical solution.

He saw Phale sitting inside and gave him a quick nod.

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale smiled at Bel, and gestured toward one of the empty chairs at his table, in case he wanted to sit down.

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel hesitated a moment, then sat down. "Hey," he said with a forced smile. "How was your day yesterday?"

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

That question earned Bel a huge smile. "Yesterday was wonderful, Belthazor. Really wonderful. Thank you so much for your message, it was so unexpected, and you don't know how much it meant to hear from all my friends."

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[demonbelthazor]

"Glad to hear it," Bel said, happy someone had had a good day. "Birthdays are kind of a new thing for me, too."

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale could tell there something wrong -- more wrong than usual -- and he cocked his head at Bel and looked speculative.

"There's something troubling you, isn't there? Why don't you tell me about it? I promise not to give you any advice unless you ask for it, but sometimes it helps just to be able to tell someone."

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel looked around nervously to make sure no one was close enough to eavesdrop. "Um, I'm in trouble," he said miserably.

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale waved his hand dismissively when he saw Bel's concern over eavesdroppers. "No one has any interest at all in hearing you, my dear," he said. "Tell me what sort of trouble. Is it your stepfather again?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel smiled and gave a small wave as she went to order her breakfast.

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Looking up as Isabel waved, Aziraphale gave her a bright smile in return.

"Good day, Miss Evans, I hope you had a nice Halloween."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It was fun," she said with a laugh. "Even if we did have to battle a small growling pumpkin for our Lo Mein."

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

He had to chuckle at that. It was amazing the things that just didn't surprise a person after a few months in Fandom. "As long as all it did was growl, I suppose that isn't so bad then," he replied, smiling. "Did you go out trick-or-treating?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It growled and tried to be fierce. But it was wee, it had no teeth, and we were hungry. We won." Isabel smiled and shook her head. "My boyfriend and I decided to stay in and celebrate on our own. Besides, Greg and too much sugar would actually be very scary."

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"I did see a few students who probably could have benefited from a more limited sugar intake last night," Aziraphale laughed. "It sounds as though you had a nice time, despite the growling pumpkins. And this being Fandom, we'd all have been terribly disappointed, I think, if there hadn't been something odd happening."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's very true," she agreed. "I actually had been thinking about that the other day when I was thinking of my plans for the break. Monday, hang out. Tuesday, deal with whatever chaos Fandom creates for Halloween. Wednesday, meet Luke for hot chocolate at the Perk. I really think I've been here to long."

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Quite," Aziraphale replied, laughing. "Although I suppose it does prepare you for whatever you might encounter once you leave. After all, there won't be much that could come along that will be stranger or more surprising than the things you see here in Fandom."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

A bit early for her meeting with Luke, Isabel came in, ordered a coffee and a muffin for a late breakfast, and sat down with her laptop to start figuring out exactly where she'd like to go in D.C. tomorrow.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke, still a bit sugar-high from his Halloween experience last night, bounced into the Perk a few minutes later.

"Good morning!" he chirped.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Isabel waved, pushing the laptop aside. "Ready to be introduced to the wonder that is hot chocolate?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Please," Luke said, grinning as he sat down. "There can never be too much chocolate."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You are incredibly wise," she nodded, returning the grin. "Wait right here and I'll be I'll right back."

True to her word, Isabel returned two minutes later carrying two of these (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/ce/225px-Hot_chocolate_mug_with_whipped_cream.jpg), as well as a small dish of marshmallows. "Here you go," she said as she slid one across the table to Luke. "Enjoy."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke's eyes bugged out a bit. "Oooooh," he said, taking a small sip, then grinning. "This is the best thing ever," he decided in tones of great authority.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's even better on days when it's really cold," Isabel promised him. "It'll warm you right to the tips of your toes. Personally I prefer my hot chocolate with whipped cream. But some people like marshmallows instead. You can add a few to yours if you'd like," she said, pointing at the dish. "The heat will make them melt and then you'll get even more sugar."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke reached immediately for the marshmallows. "Peter showed me how to eat these on sticks," he said, adding them to his hot chocolate.