IC CONTACT - DRIFT FLEET

[onlyanapple]

Hi, this is Anthony Crowley. Uh, I’m probably not in right now, or asleep, and busy, or something, but leave a message after the tone and I’ll get right back to you. Ciao. BeeeEEeeeEEeee.



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FROM: SUBJECT: FIE did you hear about the guy... FIE the past, the present, and the future walk into a bar... it was tense FIE did you know babies are cooked at womb temperature? JAYDEN Happy dawning WOLFE Ten months late for work FIE You're doing a grape job with your bar. FIE Your decor remains fruitiful. FIE You have a bluetiful establishment. FIE Thank blue for the service. ALLEN Okay Castiel's been in the fleet several days and you haven't turned up in my quarters drunk... ANDERS I just wanted you to know that you've ruined my happy home life. ALLEN Crowley ALLEN Crowley I have some really good news!! ALLEN I got a bottle of Varric's newest product NANAKO Crowley I hope you've been doing ok! FELIX This planet is miserable ALEX PRESENT COMBO BREAKER INO Meet me at Allen's room -- ALLEN Ino's birthday is the 23rd INO So not only did I get Allen TWO different dates that he ENJOYED... ALLEN I haven't seen any magazines appear in my room lately. INO Alright, I need you to help me with something. ALLEN Who's Adam? INO Alright, you win. We're dating. ALLEN You're okay, right? INO You are SO dead the next time I see you ALLEN CROWLEY I THINK INO'S FOUND ANOTHER GUY

TO: SUBJECT: SAM Got something I need you to do for me. NAMI Sam's in the garden and he's being weird ALLEN ACTION TEK ACTION INO Okay so Sudden pop quiz question ALLEN You've been on two whole dates now and haven't even reported back to me once. INO Someone stole your face

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[save_the_souls]

[There's a long bit of silence here. It's almost like he's lost for words. This is just...God. All of this is so idiotic. No wonder humans are His favorite. Jesus Christ.]

...You had the child named Warlock?

[onlyanapple]

Oh, no no. The Satanic nuns doing the delivery helped name him that.

[save_the_souls]

Jesus Christ.

[He is just not sure how to feel about all this. Like he should be glad Hell and Satanists are apparently this stupid, but...really he expected better. He really expected better.]

Alright, so. You were supposed to care for the Antichrist- but you lost him and he got raised human. You tried raising a different kid called....Warlock...and tried to make him "even". Turned out out that was the wrong kid, which was for the best since you did a poor job raising him. And when you found the Antichrist, he's human so the world wasn't destroyed and now...

He grew up? You said something about him being eleven. That man is not eleven.

[onlyanapple]

No. He's the son on the OTHER side.

That's exactly right. Yeah. Not sure how he's not eleven any more. Maybe time does move forward after all. Or maybe he's from the future. Who knows.

[save_the_souls]

Yes. Thank you for clarifying that.

Probably from the future, from how he talked about you. So what are you supposed to do now? Are you supposed to still look after him?

[onlyanapple]

Well, technically, he looks after himself. I'm more there as... theological support.

[save_the_souls]

Theological support?

Like a priest?

[onlyanapple]

Except...the opposite of that.

Because demon.

[save_the_souls]

...That's still looking after him, Crowley.

[onlyanapple]

That is only a minor technicality.

[save_the_souls]

[So the sort of minor technicality that probably translates into yes, he'd totally be looking out for this guy and Crowley just doesn't want to admit it. Allen knows that tune of Crowley's damn well by now.]

[And...it gets a good pause. Right. He's honestly not 100% sure what he was hoping for by starting this conversation beyond maybe putting his mind at ease, but he can tell that is the opposite of what's happening. In fact learning all these things has probably just made it worse, seeing how he is not only still jealous of Adam- but he's sincerely wondering what the hell they were thinking when they let Crowley babysit Nanako ever. And is Warlock okay? Seriously, he's still kinda concerned about how that kid's gonna turn out.]

[And frankly, he's not even sure what to say to Crowley to address these issues. So, time to end this]

I should go.

[onlyanapple]

[This is weird, and he really doesn't understand what's up with Allen at all. It's hard to judge tone over the text, too. It especially doesn't help he's not good at checking if people are upset. ]

...Okay? It's just that I'm detecting an undertone of not okay.

[save_the_souls]

No, it's-

[There's a pause. Uuuuugh what does he even say. He's probably rubbing his head on his side as he figures out if or what he should say. But, rather than going for the mature confession-]

I don't like Adam.

[onlyanapple]

Really? Most people do. He has this... charm. It's there on purpose. Maybe it doesn't work on you.

[save_the_souls]

I found him annoying. He asked me if I was a homewrecker when I said I knew you. Then he started going on about kettles and metaphors.

[Yes. That's absolutely the reason this guy bugs him. Totally. The metaphors.]

Wait. What do you mean the charm's there on purpose?

[onlyanapple]

Sounds like Adam. He's was pretty fucking weird when he was eleven, I dread to think what adulthood has done to him.

Well. He had to live on Earth for eleven years until it was time so to speak. The Boss wouldn't want his kid getting someone all uppity and chance harming him. Got to make him amenable. Unsuspecting.

[save_the_souls]

So he gave him unnatural charisma to make sure his son was protected.

Well no wonder he ended up liking humanity, anyone would if almost everyone was nice to you. [coughSPOILEDcough.]

[onlyanapple]

That's just nature, right? Protecting your young? Most things do that.

I'm sure he had some people who didn't like him.

I'm sensing a lot of bitterness.

[save_the_souls]

[A pause, because it is the Devil he's talking about] I..guess...

What? I'm not bitter!

[onlyanapple]

You sure about that? I've never seen you so testy about someone before.

[save_the_souls]

What?

I've gotten testy about plenty of people before!

[onlyanapple]

True, but never about someone you've just met.

[save_the_souls]

I-

[But he stops for a moment, what with Crowley hitting it on the head and all. You can almost hear that shameful admittance in the text]

- No, you're right. Usually I try to give people more of a chance.

[onlyanapple]

So why sin't he getting one?

[It's a genuine question. He means no malice. ]

[save_the_souls]

[A long pause. Why wasn't Adam getting a chance? Logically, he knows...Adam hasn't done anything. He's been completely innocent, even if he is the Antichrist. And he didn't even know Adam was the Antichrist before he spoke with Crowley, well after he started feeling dislike for the guy. He was being unreasonable. Completely unreasonable.]

[But yet, he couldn't shake these feelings. The feelings of dislike, of jealousy and of resentment. Adam was an intrusion and a threat to the little scraps of life that Allen had built for himself. Scraps left from the last times someone came and ruined everything.]

[He thinks about lying. About saying nevermind, he's fine and he'll be nicer to Adam. But he knows Crowley will probably call him on his bluff. It's better to be honest.]

It's just-

He shows up out of nowhere with that stupid smile and charm of his. He says he's known you longer than I've known you and he's from your world. And on top of that he sounds far stronger than I'll ever be. I mean, he saved the world when he was eleven? My biggest accomplishment when I was eleven was being able to shuffle a deck of cards after months of struggling with physical therapy!

[Even if that wasn't the exact root of the problem, it was still an irritation. And that's not even getting into the whole how easily Adam just decided to be good. Ugh.]

I know he hasn't done anything, and I know it's not right for me to give him a chance. It's just...The last time someone like that suddenly appeared in my life, always smiling and knowing people I've care about all along, I-

I ended up losing things that I never thought I could lose.