Drink Count: 29 || Take a look in the mirror and cry Lord what you're doing to me

[eyesofaserpent]

[Aziraphale is gone. Or, well... A drone, more rather. He gets a sense that this might be permanent. It's been several days now and Crowley's gone by 852 Goldberg to check and see if the angel has come out of it yet. But even his wings are gone.

It breaks his heart to see Aziraphale like this. He can never bear to stay long when he comes to check on him. It's like his whole foundation is shattering more, the longer he stays with this shell that was once the angel he desperately loves.

And now also his not!wife is a drone. What the fuck, universe?]


A. [Park: Around Noon]

[Crowley is sitting alone on a bench and feeding the ducks some bread.]


B. [Olney's Tavern: Evening]

[Cowley's behind the bar and drinking a lot more than he usually does. And not even the cocktails he normally drinks, but just scotch on the rocks. Even his wings are starting to become a reflection of his mental state, the normally sleek and immaculate appendages are untidy with the occasional falling feather.]

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[acuity]

[ nearby, a girl is carefully rolling a piece of fish around a pill before feeding it to her penguin bff~ ]

[eyesofaserpent]

[Oh, it's that girl that helped him out a while back. He watches her a moment before returning to duck feeding.]

[acuity]

[ her penguin seems to be satisfied with just a few pieces of fish, and she has leftovers. for a moment she takes a look at the ducks, then approaches Crowley curiously because he seems like he'd know their diet 8|b ]

[eyesofaserpent]

[He looks up again, a bit unsure of what to say.]

Er... Hi...

[acuity]

Hello, sir. Would you happen to know if these birds like fish?

[ weird his voice sounds a little familiar? HMM 8|a ]

[eyesofaserpent]

I know they eat minnows sometimes.

[He tosses some more bread pieces to the ducks. If you don't recognize him, he's not going to mention their last meeting. It's a bit embarrassing to him.]

[acuity]

... I'll try it out, then.

[ still looking at him weirdly, but throwing a few fish into the water and watching the ducks examine it. ]

[eyesofaserpent]

What's your name kid?

[He honestly can't remember if they'd exchanged names last time.]

[acuity]

I'm Platina Berlitz. Oh, and this is empoleon.

[ gesturing to her penguin, who enters the water and chirps a little at the ducks :> ]

[eyesofaserpent]

I'm Crowley.

[He watches the birds interact.]

[acuity]

Crowley?

[ YEP SOUNDS FAMILIAR. ]

... This may be a strange question, but weren't you a snake, a while ago?

[eyesofaserpent]

[He frowns. This was bound to happen.]

Yeah, that was me.

[acuity]

I see! I'm glad to see that you were able to turn back to normal.

[ gosh idg why you're frowning though 8|a ]

[eyesofaserpent]

I got back into my normal shape the next morning.

[It was embarrassing okay? B( ]

[acuity]

That's good to hear. Your friend must have been relieved, too...

[eyesofaserpent]

Yeah... [He looks down, his throat feeling dry suddenly.] He was...

[acuity]

[ just tossing another fish out, glancing over a little but not really picking up on anything 8( ]

[eyesofaserpent]

[He looks back up at the ducks and tosses some more bread to them.]

[acuity]

[ watching the ducks squabble for both bread and fish 8|a ]

I wonder which they prefer...

[eyesofaserpent]

They're omnivores,so they like both equally I'm sure.

[acuity]

I don't know very much about the fauna here, but you're probably right!

[eyesofaserpent]

That's usually how it works with ducks.

[acuity]

That they'll eat anything, you mean?

[eyesofaserpent]

Well, nor really anything, but they eat fish and eggs and vegetation and things.

[acuity]

I see! There's a lot about the fauna here that I still don't know...