The Park, Wednesday Afternoon

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

Sitting on his bench, Lucifer relaxed and watched the ducks. It had been far too long since he had been out here.

He idly tossed the muffin he bought from J,GOB into a group of ducks and watched them fight over it. He had to wonder which one would come out victorious.


[[ooc: open like parks generally are]]

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

On his way from the clinic to the house, Aziraphale spotted the familiar figure on his bench, and stopped for a moment to say hello.

"I...don't know if you've heard all the gossip going around. James got his memories back," he said softly, deciding not to bother with the pointless formalities of 'hello, how are you, nice weather we're having'.

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

"And?" Lucifer asked, still keeping his focus on the ducks.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"It was, or at least seemed to be, Belthazor. One of the students. He used to be half-demon, until his powers were stripped."

Aziraphale stood looking down at the ground as he spoke. "He's a friend of ours. A close friend. I...I'm certain there must be something more. A possession, or someone impersonating him. I still think this old enemy of mine is involved, although I know the others don't agree."

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

So it was the boy Schrodinger told him about. Seemed like he would need to have a conversation with his employee tonight.

Lucifer thought that sounded like wishful thinking on the angel's part. Not that he would say that aloud. It wasn't his place.

"So you still wish to hunt the other down."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

There was a long pause before Aziraphale said softly, "Yes."

He rubbed his hand over his face. "Maybe it won't do any good in this situation. If I'm wrong, nothing here will change. But if I'm right and just...do nothing...I can't stand by and watch my friends be hurt any longer. And if I'm wrong..."

Looking up, Aziraphale gave a little one-shouldered shrug.

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

"If you are certain that is the course you still wish to take," Lucifer said, giving the angel a hard look. "Then my offer of help still stands."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

There was another long pause, while Aziraphale considered how much he dared open up to the Adversary. If Metatron and the others had any idea how congenial they'd already become...

But then, they'd never really said much about his friendship with Crowley, so maybe it wasn't worth fretting over. And it probably wouldn't stop him anyway.

"Thank you. James and I are going out of town for a few days, and I'm going to try and find a time to talk to him about it then. You'll...you'll keep an eye on things here, won't you?"

[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

Keeping an eye on the town wasn't very high on the list of things Lucifer would care to do. But, despite his dislike of it, he nodded in assent.

"I will."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Aziraphale replied.

He reached out and laid a hesitant touch on Lucifer's shoulder, very briefly, and then shot the man a wry smile and turned away toward home.

Sometime after Aziraphale

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

At some point before his clinic hours were over but after Aziraphale had already headed up to the house to start packing, Wilson took a brief break to stretch his legs.

Of course, on general principle, he had to park his butt on the bench when he saw Lucifer there. It was a statement don'tcha know!

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[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

And what a statement it was. Lucifer moved over without comment to give him more room to sit. "Good afternoon."

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[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

"Good afternoon, Lucifer." Wilson said with a warm smile. "Feeding the ducks?"

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[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

Wilson certainly seemed in high spirits for someone who just learned that a close friend attacked him.

"It seemed like the appropriate thing to do in a park."

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[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

He could always spend some time rending his garments and wearing a horsehair shirt. However, moping wasn't going to save Bel.

"Most likely." Wilson agreed before looking back out across the pond.

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[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

...Maybe.

After a moment of silence, Lucifer finally spoke, "Feeling well?"

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[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

After a bit of time, Wilson shrugged.

"Aziraphale and I are going to get out of town for a bit." He said with a slight smile. "It'll help, regain perspective."

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[dawn-bearer.livejournal.com]

"So I've heard," Lucifer replied.