Our Lady of Fandom, Friday

[scruffnfeathers]

Watching the kittens tumble over each other as they slowly progressed towards being able to wander away from their mother continued to be fascinating.

Unfortunately, Castiel was interrupted occasionally by unfamiliar and deeply disturbing sensations -- which he eventually identified as "hunger" and "thirst" and "sleepiness". Which would be why he was currently seated on the steps to the altar with a burger and a soda, eating grumpily and occasionally insulting Jimmy for still craving red meat despite the epic horror that was confronting Famine.

And to think, people had to do stuff like this on a daily basis!

[ooc: like I was gonna not put up a post when there's gods coming to the island? The church is, as always, open. And the kittens are adorable.]

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[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

Gabriel had a habit of checking out churches; it often in the past proved to be a pretty rich hunting ground for people to play Tricks on, and occasionally, he'd see someone who reminded him that humans were pretty worth everything after all.

What he hadn't expected to see when he wandered into the one in this small town was his little brother who the Winchesters had thought was dead.

Not that there wasn't a lot of that going around.

"Hi, Castiel!" he greeted the other angel. "You're looking good for a dead man."

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel stared, caught mid-chew. He swallowed hard and set the cheeseburger to one side.

As Dean would say: Son of a bitch.

"Gabriel. What are you doing here?"

[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

"Convention," Gabriel said. "But the question is, what are you doing here? Finally decide to cut your losses with the Winchesters and run?" Not that he thought that was actually it; Sam and Dean were kinda like a black hole -- get too close to them and they pulled you right in to their way of thinking. Whether you wanted to or not.

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel pulled open part of his shirt, revealing the still healing cuts on his chest. "They required a . . . distraction. To clear the path for Dean to confront Zachariah." And say 'yes'. And end the world. "Decided this world needed ending too, have you?"

[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I heard about Dean taking out Zach," Gabriel said. "Can't say I'm shedding many tears over that one. He always was a pompous ass. If it wouldn't have blown my secret identity wide open, I would've been tempted to play a trick on him myself." Gabriel paused. "And I don't want any world to end, just for the record."

[scruffnfeathers]

"That wasn't what you said after torturing Sam and Dean with bad television." Wait, back that up. "Dean took Zachariah out?"

Perhaps he meant as Michael, for a victory dinner?

[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Angel sword right through the skull, is what I heard. I'm sure Michael is stomping all over Heaven ranting about it. Never did have a sense of humor." He ignored the other part; really if someone changes their mind and joins your side, you'd think you'd have the decent courtesy to not bring up what they used to believe.

[scruffnfeathers]

Yes, well, except for the fact that Castiel was reputed to be dead at the time of mind-changing.

"Then Dean didn't say yes."

Castiel was having just a little bit of trouble with that part.

[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

"Course not!" Gabriel said. "Almost made me want to pop home for a minute just to see the smoke pour out of Michael's ears."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Dean was going to say 'yes'," Castiel insisted. "Sam thought he might change his mind at the last minute, but he was going to say 'yes' and the world was going to end."

[tricksterangel.livejournal.com]

"Hate to disappoint you bro, but not so much. World's still there, though I wouldn't be making any long term investments just yet. And when I last saw him, Dean was so not saying yes that he even managed to talk me into doing something stupid."

[ashelovedjacob.livejournal.com]

Jacob was attracted to buildings like the church. It made him pine for the days when the statue of Taweret was more than just a foot. Though he supposed it was his own fault that it got destroyed in the first place...

He, unfortunately, had no idea what he was walking into, so he was smiling and in his usual relaxed state when he approached Castiel. "Hello."

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel stood, wishing he still had his sword on him. "Lucifer. You'd have done better not to come here."

And how had he cleared up the vessel-y skin issues? This was very disconcerting.

[ashelovedjacob.livejournal.com]

This was not the first time Jacob had been referred to as one of the various nicknames of the devil. It was something of a nickname from his brother.

"It's Jacob, actually," he corrected politely. "Unless you're talking to someone I can't see."

That happened more often than you'd think.

[scruffnfeathers]

Lucifer wasn't exactly known for his modesty, though he'd taken a number of names over the years. Still, another angel identifies him by name and he denies it?

Castiel peered closer. "You're not from my world."

[ashelovedjacob.livejournal.com]

"That's right," he said with a nod. "I'm only paying a short visit to this island for the convention in town."

[scruffnfeathers]

He was the second person to mention a convention. The only convention Castiel could think of was the Supernatural convention Sam and Dean had been tricked into attending.

Jacob didn't look like he was LARPing.

"What sort of convention?"

[ashelovedjacob.livejournal.com]

He totally roleplayed as a lost tourist in order to touch an Iraqi once. True story.

"It's a convention for a wide array of deities and other religious figures," Jacob explained. "I expect this church will get many visitors this weekend."

[scruffnfeathers]

"That explains the presence of my brother," Castiel mused. He looked Jacob over. "And your resemblance to my other brother's vessel. I suppose there's a limited number of forms in the various universes."

[ashelovedjacob.livejournal.com]

"I look like your brother?" Jacob asked, looking amused. "That explains the hostility when I first came in here."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Like his current vessel, yes. Though your skin is better."

[chrisintheam.livejournal.com]

"Hey, the local house of the holy," Chris said aloud as he walked into the church and then gave a wave at Castiel. "Love it. You the proud padre?"

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel frowned, running that statement over in his mind. "No, I've not fathered anyone in this world."

[chrisintheam.livejournal.com]

Chris got a chuckle out of that. "Me either but then again who knows what kind of kids I might have running around that I don't know about," he replied. "I was just asking if you led the congregation here on the island."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Oh. I've been given charge of this facility, yes. I give sermons on Thursdays."