week 0, tuesday morning

[disilluded]

[Hey it's morning, is Sandy getting his coffee fix? Because if he is, Sousei is entering the kitchen and idly quirking an eyebrow.

Ah, someone he hasn't spoken to...

Hmmmm...

Eventually, he will approach, with a simple:]

I suppose routine does make the situation easier to bear.

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[melancoffeea]

[He sure is.

It figures that he'd be approached despite nothing in his body language signaling that he wants company. He nevertheless goes on with his current business, nursing a cup of fresh coffee in his hands.]

That's not why I do it.

[disilluded]

[Company nonetheless is what you're getting, Sandalphon!!

Mostly because Sousei is Sousei, and even if he doesn't want to socialize, he believes he needs to at least have a solid grasp of each person's character here in case the worst should happen.]

Oh? Then why, if I may ask?

[melancoffeea]

[He's gay and depressed. What more is there to know, Sousei—]

Because I can. Do I need a special reason to drink coffee?

[disilluded]

Not as such, no.

[That said--]

I do not intend to overlook anything about anyone here if I am at all capable of doing so, considering our current circumstances.

[melancoffeea]

[If nothing else, he appreciates the honesty.]

Hm. Then this is an interrogation?

[disilluded]

Not yet.

[Well okay then!!]

As of right now, it is as I said--I am trying to get to know those who I have not even spoken to, so as to properly create my own impressions.

Your name?

[melancoffeea]

[Oh, okay. Prepare to form a disappointing impression.]

Sandalphon.

[disilluded]

[That's fine.]

...Sandalphon.

Very well then. And do you have any abilities that you are no longer able to access here?

[melancoffeea]

I do.

[He pauses to take another sip of coffee.]

You?

[disilluded]

No, none. But I have never been particularly inclined towards magic.

[For once, to his favor? He has no idea.]

What abilities have you lost?

[melancoffeea]

My heavenly gifts, you might say—all that separates me from mortals.

[disilluded]

... You are not human, then.

[Hmmm]

What are you?

[melancoffeea]

[Representation is narrow in this crowd. There are humans, a skeleton, and a couple of other creatures to his limited knowledge. Where are the draphs, the harvins, and the erunes?]

I may as well be one now. But before I came here, I was an archangel.

[disilluded]

[He doesn't really know what that is??]

... Did you have a role? Specific duties? What is it an archangel does?

[melancoffeea]

[That's probably for the best. Avoids people's having expectations.]

I had a role, yes.

Archangels serve a wide variety of purposes. Some exist for the expulsion of hostile entities; others maintain a facet of the realm. There doesn't tend to be an overlap.

[disilluded]

[... Hm.]

That is incredibly varied, yes. And so what purpose do you align with?

[melancoffeea]

Something archaic.

[He shrugs.]

It doesn't matter. That purpose is no longer relevant.

[disilluded]

I would argue that your purpose matters a great deal, but...

[A beat, and he shrugs.]

I will press on that point.

[melancoffeea]

Perhaps when I first came to being. That time, however, has long since passed.

[And he's not sharing, though the answer is quite obvious. His tapestry doesn't hide anything for those who understand the connotations behind a few key words.]

Anything else?

[disilluded]

[I will not press on that point... i forgot like the most important word in that sentence it's fine]

Hm.

One last thing. What do you think of the situation we have found ourselves in?

[melancoffeea]

[Sousei is dead, so what does it matter—]

The situation? . . . Humph. It's just another turn of fate.

[disilluded]

...Hm, very well then.

[A nod, simple and accepting.]

Then that was all I wanted to know. I will leave you to your coffee now.

[melancoffeea]

[Well, if the man is excusing himself, then who is Sandalphon, his own curiosity notwithstanding, to stop him? Although now that he's dwelling on it, the subject of fate is distressing indeed. His only acknowledgment of Sousei's words is a hum.

Whatever. There's coffee to be had.]