audio / @hello / open

[lunchbreaks]

Hello, um, everyone. This is Aziraphale. I know I haven't met all of you, but I have gotten to know a good number of you as of late, and I've come to like you all a great deal, so it doesn't sit quite right with me not to apologize for recent events.

The sinking of the ferry was inexcusable. Our-- my failure, was a direct result of poor planning and lack of transparency, but I do need all of you to know that the intention had been to find our only way out of Beacon as other methods had been exhausted, and it was always in the plan to make subsequent trips for everyone remaining who wished a return home.

But I know that no amount of good intention will bring it back, nor heal your injuries, nor surface the supplies it was carrying. For all this, I am deeply and terribly sorry; this was, in no way, how I should have repaid all your kindnesses. I understand your anger, and you can direct it at me, if you would like, if you have need of a place to focus your ire.

However, I am afraid, actually, that I must ask a favor. I have, though not for lack of trying, not been able to retrieve much of the sunken raw material - if anyone should lend abilities, magical or otherwise, to help in the rebuilding of the ferry or the docks, you will have my deepest gratitude, for whatever that is worth.

I will try to assist with this as much as I possibly can, and otherwise will be available to assist those who require healing, though my ability to do so has been stunted.

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@freddie1967 | Private | action

[sauntered_downward]

Brilliantly prostrated, angel.

[Can you feel the sarcasm bleeding through the text, Aziraphale?

Can you hear the door slamming in the cabin as he stalks (as best as is possible with a broken leg) out of the cabin for the forseeable future?]

action

[lunchbreaks]

[ Aziraphale walks out of the cabin after him. It isn't hard, he doesn't have a broken leg and doesn't usually use his angel friend as a crutch. ]

Crowley, where do you think you are going?

@regina; private

[itselbitch]

Hey. Things happen. Don't blame yourself.

Quentin and I can help with rebuilding. I understand he's still mad, but I don't think that's on you at all.

Would you care for some tea? I make a mean cup, and I think Q could benefit from an in-person discussion.

Kindly,
Eliot

private

[lunchbreaks]

[ Oh. Eliot's written him a letter.

It touches him and draws a smile on his otherwise reluctant visage. ]

Dear Eliot,
Are you quite certain? He is very upset. I wouldn't want to upset him further. Though I would be more than happy to come bring you biscuits for your tea.
Yours,
Aziraphale.

audio @stone

[scarsolderthanyou]

Now this I want to see. I don't have any magic besides my shapechange, but even the most powerful mentors where I come from don't have the power to actually recreate things like that.

There isn't a lot of the old ferry to salvage. I tried going down and hauling it up, but it's very far down, and the pieces I could grab just kind of came apart when I pulled on them.

audio

[lunchbreaks]

Yes, I'm afraid I've tried that as well. It's all rather unusable. Perhaps the forest then; we should have enough trees to rebuild.

@eleven | audio to action

[savingthrows]

Can we talk.

[Her voice is slightly muffled, as if she has something over her face. Despite that, it's obvious her voice is slightly clipped, uncharacteriscally serious for a girl her age. Why the tone of voice even lacks the uplift of an implied question mark.

Why you can practically hear the frown in her voice.]

At the bonfire.

audio/action

[lunchbreaks]

Oh. Alright.

[ This is slightly worrisome, so he'll be at the bonfire even though she didn't list a time... ]

@violet_raven; text;

[featherknives]

Oh so you're the second mastermind.

I am not sure if you can rebuild the Ferry, but you can try asking Rastus for instructions. Usually all the orders we place go through him, so he might know something about what happens when Ferry doesn't sail.

[lunchbreaks]

Dear Violet Raven,
Yes I had rather assumed that he wouldn't want to speak with me but I suppose I must try. Thank you for the suggestion.
Sincerely,
Aziraphale.

— text / @parker.

[webshoots]

All I'm going to say - and this isn't just for you, by the way - is you KNOW how this place gets reset, right? You DO know that? I just need to clarify that one point.

[lunchbreaks]

Dearest Parker,
I had taken such a consideration as a worst-case scenario, and pitted it against our current worst-case scenario, which is having an unspecified amount of time at maximum two years to prepare for an enemy that consumes planets that we know little else about, where some powered individuals have found themselves limited.

You do not have to believe me, and I do not say this to convince you of my conviction, but I can think of no better way to explain: these actions were not made lightly, nor without care.
Sincerely,
Aziraphale.

@daylit; voice.

[sunborne]

I know you didn't mean for this to happen! [ daylight is so painfully earnest at times it kind of hurts but, perhaps, this is a good time for it to show. ] What's important now is learning how to figure out what to do next.

I'll definitely do what I can to help with rebuilding the docks and maybe the ferry if you guys are in a real pinch. And, for what its worth, at least you're saying sorry and promising to do better. [ unlike certain individuals, judging by one of the comments in this post. can you hear the pure ':/' in his voice as he says those last words? ]

[lunchbreaks]

Thank you, Daylight. I'm really rather hoping we can get a team together as we had for the church!

audio | @kol

[unpredict]

[ kol turns away for one minute to go explore...! ]

I'm surprised this didn't piss the Lighthouse Keeper off enough to reset us. Did she accept your apology?

[ if she's anything close to being as emotional as his family… they're still screwed. an apology might help. maybe a lot of grovelling. ]

[lunchbreaks]

She has not said, and I expect she does not wish to speak directly to me, but I believe she had told someone this would not cause a reset, if you are worried.

[voice] @kingofwei

[pure_havoc]

[aww everyone else is so nice and forgiving. Not this guy.]

The person who chooses to apologize is not the person who needs to. It was a stupid, short-sighted, poorly planned attack and now we have all suffered for it. Had I any authority I would see to it that all three of you were punished.

But I don't. Enjoy your luck while you have any left.

[huff!] I knew that one would be trouble.

[lunchbreaks]

I don't disagree with you, and if you should all democratically agree on a punishment I will accept it, but I warn you that in doing so we gain nothing as a group.

private text, @HK

[catholicisms]

You were involved in the hijack?

( he is really, really surprised to hear that. it doesn't seem like Aziraphale at all. he's... disappointed. apparently even angels make dumb choices sometimes. )

[lunchbreaks]

I was tasked with keeping those on board calm and safe, and on that point I have failed miserably, yes.

I am sorry, Matt.

audio - @elizabeth;

[isochrone]

Being very new, I confess my ignorance on many of the goings-on here, but what were you even trying to accomplish with hijacking the ferry?

[ The welcome guide had made it fairly clear to its importance, she thought. ]

Re: audio - @elizabeth;

[lunchbreaks]

[ She might even notice that the voice on the recording is his. ]

That's where we all come in from, so I thought perhaps there would be a way to send us all back.

@cuttingedge; text

[knifecollecting]

How are we supposed to believe you'd come back?

Even with whatever good intentions you claim, now we're in big trouble. What if we can't rebuild the ferry?

Re: @cuttingedge; text

[lunchbreaks]

Dear Cutting Edge,
I don't suppose you are to believe anything, I am merely explaining. Convincing anyone of my intention would only serve to clear my conscience, and as that is not the point, I won't waste more time or energy on doing so.

I do not know what we will do if we cannot rebuild. I can only attempt to fix what I have broken.
Sincerely,
Aziraphale.

audio; @elena

[otrazhenie]

[ Elena's already been through the wringer of emotions associated with the ferry crash and the various parties involved in causing it, so she doesn't react to that part of the message. Everyone else seems to be doing a fine job of that already, anyway. ]

I can help rebuild if we can get the materials. I'm not sure how good I'll be with the actual building part of things, but I'm stronger than I look.

[lunchbreaks]

Oh, thank you. I'm not sure how we'll get materials, but I think right now the leading idea is to cut down some of the woods. Have you built a boat before? I thought I'd ask - I'm not sure any of us have.