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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@thursday | audio

[freetobe]

[ That sure is the 'you're burning your shoes' voice. ]

Is your friend alright?

[ He doesn't get the joke. But then, he also doesn't sound as if he's really that concerned about her friend. ]

Did the tentacles by any chance attach to something glowing in the water about the size of the ferry?

sorry for the slow, I was totally wiped out by work this week :'|

[magnitudes]

( oh no

but he already has such a sound basis to judge her )

They're a bit of a dickhead, don't worry about 'em.

( Fixed it, it's fine. )

Uh, I dunno. Didn't really get a chance to measure it up good and proper, just kind of went "oh Christ these are boney tentacles" and then passed out.

I'm just as slow, don't even worry about it <3

[freetobe]

I can assure you, there is no presence of Christ in this place. Or in the water, I suppose.

[ Is he being serious, or deliberately obtuse? Hard to tell. ]

You were in the water with your friend, then?

we're in this together

[magnitudes]

My friend was a cunning rouse to try and deceive people into believing I'm a more competent person.

( She says it with an air of drama, because she assumes he's figured it out and is just playing with her. )

But... I'm meant to go to church every Sunday, so I need there to be maybe like a hint of Christ?

[freetobe]

Did your ploy succeed?

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

Do you have faith, then?

[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?

[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?

[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?

[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]

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.

[magnitudes]

( Sarissa is quiet a few moments, thinking that over. This guy could be lying, but her roommate looks like a demon, and he’s delightful. Even if this guy isn’t an angel, what’s the bloody harm? And if he is, then they’ve got an angel with them. Maybe that’s not the worst thing. )

Huh. So we’re properly fucked, eh?

( and then, ) Uh, sorry. Does profanity offend angels?