Our Lady of Fandom, Saturday all day

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel was blissfully unaware of any extinct animals on the island. He hadn't bothered listening to the radio, being busy reading another novel and drinking instant coffee. The kettle was a blessing.

[The church is open]

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[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma stepped into the church during the early morning. She'd noticed the dinos on her way, but as none had attacked her, she'd ignored them.

"Gabriel?"

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Reluctantly Gabriel tore his gaze from the page. "Yes?" he replied, then recognised the visitor. "Emma?"

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," Emma nodded. She glanced around the church, and was sidetracked. "Do you live here?"

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Gabriel replied. Why did monkeys seem to find this odd? It was the house of God after all. "Cup of tea?" No, he wasn't being friendly, he was just showing off his new kettle.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Emma said politely. It was a nice kettle after all. "That would be very nice."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel threw a teabag in a reasonbly clean cup and poured some hot water over it, then handed it to Emma. "Nice day for a visit? Didn't take you for the praying type." The praying type generally wore more clothes.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma eyed her cup with some skepticism. "Oh, I'm not," she said, amused by the idea. "I'm here to invite you to dinner." She paused, remembering the dinos she'd seen. "Although perhaps not today."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

"I always appreciate dinner invitations." They usually included free food after all. "When?"

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma thought for a moment. "How about Tuesday?"

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

"Tuesday. Nothing arranged for Tuesday." Or any other day of the week come to think of it.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma sipped her tea, pleased. "Excellent." She glanced around again. "Does this place have a bathroom? A shower?" No, she didn't need a shower, she was just curious.

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel gave her a somewhat surprised look. "In the basement. You can use it if you want." People generally didn't come here asking for showers, but it wasn't something that bothered him. As long as they didn't use up all the soap.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

"Ah, no thank you," Emma said, blinking back. "But thank you for the offer."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel shrugged. "You asked," he said. "More tea?" The kettle was still impressive.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma was sure it was, but she wasn't as sure about Gabriel's washing up skills.

"I'm good, thanks." She paused. "So what do you think of the dinosaurs?"

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

"They're extinct?" Gabriel replied, wondering how Emma's mind was working.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

She pointed at the door. "Not according to what I saw walking here."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel raised an eyebrow. "They have dinosaurs in the streets now?" He sounded vaguely amused.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma nodded. "Apparently. I'm not certain yet whether it's an invasion or not. At least this time it's definitely not my fault."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

"You're the one usually responsible for invasions?" Gabriel asked. Not that he cared much, but she might be overestimating her own importance.

[carbontelepath.livejournal.com]

Emma shook her head. "Not on purpose. But the last time, with the aliens, I'd just been talking about them, and then they arrived."

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel snorted. "Coincidence." She was taking herself too seriously, I mean being a telepath didn't make you a prophet.

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A creepy-looking dinosaur entered the church and looked around.

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Gabriel looked up. "Hey, get out of here! You're extinct!" he shouted, frowning. It was a gut reaction rather than a well thought through strategy.

[fh-fillers.livejournal.com]

Had he been a big-brained intelligent dinosaur, the dilophosaurus would've taken offense to the extinct comment. He was living now, after all.

The dinosaur came closer to Gabriel, interested in the sound of his funny voice.

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel took a step back. The thing had big teeth and didn't look particularly friendly. He reached out and picked up his trumpet and played a fanfare very loudly and slightly off key in the hope the creature would be scared by it and leave.

[fh-fillers.livejournal.com]

The loud noise startled the dilophosaurus. He fanned out his cowls and spit his nasty venom in the direction of the trumpet.

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel managed to dodge the spit - barely - and backed away, playing another fanfare.

[fh-fillers.livejournal.com]

The dino didn't like the noise, so he hissed and retreated outside with the rest of his pack.

[no-archangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel quickly decided to bolt the door, hoping it would withstand other curious dinosaurs. He then pulled up a few pews in front of the door, just in case.