The Park, Thursday Morning

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

It had been a busy week so far, and so Aziraphale had little trouble convincing Wilson to enjoy a light breakfast and then crawl back into bed. Assured that the young doctor would be staying put for a couple of hours, the angel slipped out to the park, something he hadn't been able to do in quite a while. It was cold, but he wrapped a scarf around his neck and hoped that he could manage for Wilson not to notice the lack of a winter coat for just a little while longer.

Settling comfortably onto his bench, with a thermos of tea and a sack of fresh muffins from J,GOB (for the ducks, of course), Aziraphale felt prepared for a quiet morning of people-watching.

[ooc: Open! Or feel free to use the park for your parky needs. Will be disappearing for a couple of hours mid-day EST.]

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[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette was taking her morning jog through the park when she noticed the man sitting on the bench. If she was not mistaken, he was the same man that was in Dr. Wilson's class on Monday.

She slowed down as she neared him, and she waved when she drew his attention. "Good morning."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale recognized the young woman as one of Wilson's students, and replied cheerily, "Good morning, Miss Hargrove."

He crumbled a piece of muffin for the couple of ducks who were standing expectantly at his feet. "Rather cold morning. Would you like some tea before you continue on your way?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She raised a brow and smiled. "Oh, you remember me?" Annette swore she had never seen bluer eyes. "Did Dr. Wilson introduce you? If he did, I can't remember." Her smile turned apologetic.

Glancing down at the ducks, she grinned and shoved her hands in her coat pockets as she stepped closer.

"Tea would be really nice, thank you."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"I have a good memory for names," he replied with a smile. "Mine's Aziraphale, and no I don't believe James did introduce me. I won't be attending all of his classes, just for the next couple of weeks while he recovers."

He waved a hand toward the bench, inviting Annette to have a seat, and produced a teacup from...possibly his pocket. "How are you finding Fandom, my dear?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Aziraphale. And that is right; I had been told that he had been sick. I hope he is feeling much better."

Smiling, she sat down and watched him pull out a cup...from where? She might have tried to peer around him. This was Fandom. She had to remember not to be surprised.

Accepting the cup with a gracious, 'Thank you', she replied. "I will admit, the first couple days were really trying. I wondered if I was lost somehow in a perpetual dream." Grinning, she took a sip of tea, finding it very good.

"But I have come to really enjoy it. I like the spontaneity; keeps me on my toes. Are you a professor here or are you just a great friend of Dr. Wilson?"

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

Coming up from behind the angel, Lucifer sighed. Why did they insist on sitting on his bench? Not bothering with an invitation (because you did not need them when it was your own property), he took a seat next to Aziraphale. "Good morning."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Since Aziraphale was always pleased to share his bench, he didn't mind that Lucifer didn't wait to be invited.

"Good morning, my dear," he replied cheerfully. "Tea?"

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

"Please," Lucifer replied, settling back against the bench.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale produced a cup and poured out tea from his thermos, then held it out to Lucifer.

"Really lovely morning, isn't it?" he said. "I...appreciate your not saying anything to James about the...incident. I really am dreadfully sorry about it."

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

Accepting the cup, Lucifer cupped it in his hands, inhaling the aroma of the tea with a soft sigh. "I doubt he will let it drop, you know," He said, taking a sip.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette didn't feel like being stuffed up in the church today, especially with Chrono being all cranky because of an alleged date with the Doctor, which Rosette insisted was more of an investigation into modern social customs than a date. So she was out in the park, practicing a few nifty moves with her soccer ball. It wasn't quite juggling oranges, but she was still pretty good at it.

She gave Aziraphale a wave when she saw him there, too, not breaking the rhythm of the ball bouncing expertly on her knee.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

It certainly looked impressive to Aziraphale, who returned Rosette's wave.

"Come have a cup of cocoa when you get tired," he called, remembering that she was on his list of people who didn't really prefer tea. Odd, he knew, but he did try his best to accommodate all tastes.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

When you're forced into tea service for trolls, you tend to lose a taste for it.

"I don't get tired," Rosette said with a grin, getting in three more bounces before catching the ball and tucking it against her hip while she drifted over. "But I'll stop for a moment anyway. How've you been, Aziraphale?"

She hoped she was impressed. She'd been practicing him name a bit.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale was certainly very pleased at hearing Rosette say his name properly, and he smiled as he poured her a cup of hot chocolate.

"Much better this week," he admitted, "now that James is up and about. And I'm very much enjoying having classes in session again. I hope you're doing well, and keeping yourself busy?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Oh, thank you," Rosette said, setting the soccer ball down as she took up the offered cup and took a sip before bobbing her head in a nod. "Busy enough. Things are still very slow around the church, but I'm having a productive week. Just learned about twist tops on bottles, and this Saturday I'll be learning about pinball. I've very excited about that."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Since Aziraphale'd had a few moments like that himself while living in Fandom -- his discovery of cell phones being top of the list -- he understood why Rosette was so excited.

"I think that's lovely, my dear. Where are you going to learn about pinball?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"The Doctor will be accompanying me to Pizza Planet, where I understand there is a machine," Rosette said with a nod, idly wondering why she suddenly felt the need to be so formal in her speech patterns. She figured it was just something about Aziraphale; you always wanted to impress the guy when you were around him.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker was putting up more posters (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/945185.html#cutid1) through the Park, but waved to Mr. Phale when she saw him. "Hey, Mr. Phale. How are you?"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, Miss Parker," Aziraphale called back, smiling warmly. "I'm doing quite well, much better than last time we spoke. What are you advertising?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Teal Dear!" Parker held up a poster in front of herself. "Their first engagement of the semester is tomorrow. Are you and Dr. Wilson going to be well enough to attend?" She came over, pushing her sunglasses up on her head. "Do they have any clues aobut how he got hurt, yet?"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"At Caritas?" Aziraphale asked. "I'll tell James about it, and see if he feels well enough. He's taking an extra clinic shift tomorrow, but if he rests during the afternoon, I might be convinced to let him out of the house for the show."

The angel's eyes were merry as he answered, although Parker's question about the attack brought a more serious expression to his face.

"Nothing official, no. I...have a theory, but it's nothing more than that, I'm afraid."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose jogged around the park, she really was enjoying the morning breeze.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale spotted Rose as she was jogging, and raised a hand to say hello."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose paused, good as any place to take a break. "Good morning!"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, Miss Tyler," Aziraphale replied. "It seems like a popular morning for people to take a run. How are you doing today?"