AUDIO. @VEGEMIGHT; OPEN.

[magnitudes]

( Hello there, darkness dwellers. Is this a new voice you here? It sure is, lucky you. The accent is Australian, broad almost to the point of cliche, and there's something oddly lackadaisical about it, given the... well. The everything, really. )

So, not being funny, but has anyone, I dunno... fallen off the ferry and gotten a bit cuddly with some mysterious glowy, kinda ethereal-seeming tentacles?

Asking for a friend.

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[magnitudes]

Demi Moore rolls around on a bed of money. I don't really member anything else. Michale Douglas or Robert Redford might be in it. Or Harrison Ford? Shit, I don't know.

we're on a roll

[magnitudes]

Goro Akechi, it's a pleasure to meet you. Of course, it's always a pleasure to meet people who are so wise and have such excellent taste.

( RIP the world, for here stand two bullshit artists. )

Sarissa Theron.

[justcawse]

I'm going to pretend that you actually meant that. Thank you very much for your kind compliments.

[With the two of them as friends acquaintances, nothing will stand in their way.]

It's a pleasure to meet you too, Theron-san.

[necromantiae]

Demi Moore rolls around on a bed of money? Shit, how'd they know that's my ultimate fantasy?

( just never had enough real money to make that happen. )

[freetobe]

Did your ploy succeed?

[ Meant to go to church. Implication that she doesn't go? ]

Do you have faith, then?

[survivaltricks]

[CRACKS UP]

[because he doesn't know there is some truth to that statement. . .]

Hm. That makes two of us, then.

I have no idea where I got it from.

[magnitudes]

( There's a long moment of pause, as Sarissa tries to remember her grasp of Japanese. It's so bloody rusty, but eventually she manages - albeit a little stilted and awkwardly phrased - to get something out: )

I never lie, but I definitely don't deserve to be anything-san, I promise.

( And then a pause, and she flips back to English. )

That was nightmarish, hey. Sorry.

[magnitudes]

I know, I know. Except I bet I'd manage to get cookie crumbs or something in amongst the cash. It'd be a disaster. Can't vacuum crumbs out of money.

[magnitudes]

Maybe it's a divine gift, eh?

[magnitudes]

No, I think people just think I'm extra dumb.

( The Sarissa Theron Story, tbh.

There's a bit of a pause. )

Kinda. I observe all the fasts even if I'm a shocker at going to church? It's complicated, y'know?

[necromantiae]

I could deal with crumbs on money if it was a lot of money. I'd just use it to buy more cookies.

( checkmate. )

[freetobe]

I'd prefer misguided.

[ He has some experience in being dumb. And an ass. Sometimes in combination. ]

I believe I do know. Will you indulge me and tell me more about your complicated status with faith?

[saibot]

Perhaps it found you far too vile to consume.

I..... apologise

[magnitudes]

well that doesn’t match up with the feedback I’ve had so far

[justcawse]

[You know. He can't say he expected that, but it could have been worse.]

Hm... I suppose if you prefer I don't use honorifics, I could abstain from doing so. [A way to show respect, but he's cool either way.] It was a good attempt.

[magnitudes]

It’s been a long while since I studied or had a chance to practice.

( Wry, faintly self-deprecating, ) Better than my English at any rate, eh?

[magnitudes]

Genius, you’re an actual genius. A mastermind.

What’s your name, anyway?

[magnitudes]

I guess.

( Misguided, and her willingness to indulge. )

I’m Greek Orthodox. Observe the fasts, and that. I guess— I hold onto it because it mattered to my Yia Yia, more than... more than ‘cause of havin’ faith, you know? Being part of that community matters to her. Even if I ain’t goin’ to church, I should try be a good Greek girl.

( Her accent is very Australian, but even so - in this context, a good Greek girl. )

Faith a big deal for you?

[necromantiae]

Ambrose Spellman.

( nice to meet you and all that. )

Pleasure. I've been here awhile now and I'm really craving cookies.

[justcawse]

Unfortunately, all I know is Japanese. It seems language isn't a barrier here, so I guess that's one good thing about Beacon.

[He says that, but there's not many good things here so...]

[freetobe]

[ She can't know how loaded of a question that is.

He used to be nothing but blind faith and obedience, just as he was created to be. And yet...

Does he still have faith, these days? ]

I'm an angel of the Lord. So... yes.

[magnitudes]

Ambrose, lucky for you that I, Sarissa Theron, am a pretty great cook.
What kinda cookies you want?

[magnitudes]

Japanese is a pretty bloody great language, though. English and Greek are my main ones.

My thought that the best thing about Beacon was how close it sounded to "bacon," but the language thing is cool, too.

[magnitudes]

What?

( Just to reiterate: what? )

How are you here if you're an angel?

[freetobe]

[ She's just about the first human here who doesn't immediately question the truthfulness of the statement.

Good on her, making a positive impression despite the burning of her footwear. ]

Even angels aren't impervious to some powers in the universe. That said, it must have taken something exceptionally powerfull to pulle me here and entrap me like this.