[text] @NIGHTSHADE [open]

[primordialerebus]

Did anyone see what the fuck happened to the church????

[ Attached is a photo of the main area looking like a tornado went through it. Pews are scattered everywhere: some shattered against the wall, others look like they got attacked by a large cutting instrument or something. Even the walls and floors didn't leave the incident unscatched, with quite a few new cracks and gouges decorating them. Indeed, the only thing that can be called untouched is the alter of candles up front. ]

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@freddie1967

[sauntered_downward]

Someone feeling we needed to be a bit more secular?

[primordialerebus]

That's a no then. :/

[sauntered_downward]

Well, I can see what the fuck happened to it in your picture and it looks like someone got very, very angry.

Or, we have a new sort of monster to worry about. We are all supposed to be coming back to life in the church, maybe someone wanted to take that away from us.

[primordialerebus]

[ Well... that's an absolutely terrifying thought. Thanks Crowley! ]

... I mean... the trapdoor still looks...... okay? I think that's like the main bit.

[ God she hopes she's right. ]

[sauntered_downward]

Is it?

[What can he say except 'You're welcome'!]

I'm less worried about losing the church now and more about whoever or whatever tried to take it away in the first place.

What's next, exactly? Destroying our food supply? Pouring water all over the bonfire?

[primordialerebus]

[ That's not reassuring at all! The rest of it even less so somehow!! Amazing!!! ]

Maybe this wasn't like, malicious? Just... like taking their shit out on some inanimate objects which is like way better than on a person! ー( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

[ Everything's fine!!!! ]

[sauntered_downward]

[Can you feel the eye roll through the network? ]

Look at that destruction. Do you think someone from this town did this? No, this was a forest spirit or whatever they're being called. One of the monsters in the woods, coming into the town and picking a place of energy to attack.

@hello, voice

[lunchbreaks]

Oh, no. Are you there? Is the spirit there? Under the trap-door, is he alright?

[primordialerebus]

I don't know!!! There's like some real assholes here and apparently some of y'all have magic and superpowers so like idk!?!?

Oh god what if it is a monster or like whatever oh no.

[ AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH ]

[sauntered_downward]

[Oh Hell. Crowley does not want to get up. But all the same, he also doesn't want someone panicking and being trapped by a monster when he is perfectly capable of helping her.

Aziraphale would never forgive him if he did.]

Are you at the church right now?

@Nightshade | Text

[primordialerebus]

Yeah I'm just kinda like... at the entrance cuz apparently the spirits scary and I don't know if it's pissed or not if it's like. There.

[primordialerebus]

Yeah where else would I be!?!?!? Space which like to be fair that'd be real fucking nice right now!!!

[ One request to go home please and thank you universe. ]

@freddie1967 | Action

[sauntered_downward]

Fine. I'm on my way. Just----stay back in case something comes back.

[Crowley irritably gets up, puts on his sunglasses, and heads out. He normally saunters his way around the town, but this time he makes a quick walk over to try to find this person on the network.]

voice

[lunchbreaks]

Do you mind if I pop over?

[primordialerebus]

[ OH GOD IT MIGHT STILL BE AROUND. She quickly steps away from the entrance and cloaks herself within the darkness, staying deathly still even as Crowley approaches. She's functionally invisible so have fun with that.

It's only when she susses out he's not some weird forest monster here to kill her that she reveals herself, dismissing the veil of shadow right as he passes by. ]

Did you see anything???

[ She asks, trying to whisper but doing a terrible job at it in her agitation. ]

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[primordialerebus]

SURE JUST PLEASE BRING LIKE A GUN OR SOMETHING oh god I didn't tell the other dude to bring a gun oh no.

[ AAAAAH ]

[sauntered_downward]

[Crowley himself isn't super menacing, except for the fact that he's all in black with sunglasses despite how dark it is. He gives the girl a gesture in his direction.]

No, but that doesn't mean it's not lurking around, get over here.

Safety in numbers and all that.

voice

[lunchbreaks]

What? I don't have a gun. I'll bring a hammer. Oh, let me check--

[ He mutters under his breath something like "Crowley won't miss this" as he grabs a couple more makeshift weapons and starts heading over. ]

[primordialerebus]

[ Same hat? She scampers over, the shadows around her dancing slightly at her agitation. ]

I didn't really like sense anything but I can't go like super far before I like pass out so like i don't know.

[ She says, rambling and tongue loose from barely suppressed panic. ]

[sauntered_downward]

Why would you pass out?

[Crowley considers her, lets out an annoyed sigh, and offers her his hand.

Because that's what you do, right? Offer your hand when someone is going through something.]

[primordialerebus]

I don't know I think it just gets like overwhelming to See so much at once and my brain can't handl--

[ The offered hand stops her nervous rambling in its tracks and she just stares at it for a moment. Uh. She reaches out and... shakes it. ]

[sauntered_downward]

[Crowley watches her shake his hand and decides, no, okay, that wasn't the right thing to do. He should've asked Aziraphale to come save this person, he is absolutely rubbish at it.]

Well, it's a bit hard to see at the moment, lanterns don't give off enough light around here.

This way, let's circle around, get an idea of what's around here.

[primordialerebus]

[ He'll find Coraline and Crowley's anxiety pow wow near the entrance of the church... well. Just Coraline's anxiety pow wow. ]

action

[lunchbreaks]

Hello! Hello Nightshade, is that you?

[ He runs over, and it's very hard to see because he'd expected her to have a more visible lantern. ]

Ah, I hope you don't mind, I didn't have another hammer-- stopped by the general store, here's a bat for you. Where's the other person you were talking to me about? I brought a tire iron for him--

text, @HK

[catholicisms]

I don't know who it was, though it was likely one of us. Someone used a weapon for most of it.

( the destruction of the church wounds Matt on a visceral level. he'd rather not know who did it, frankly. )