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Comments

[heresyandlace]

[funny thing about those mirrors, as Crowley moves around--they seem to be reflecting everything except him, and when they're reflecting Tek himself... the images are anything other than his current appearance. there's the curvy female that Crowley usually only sees in the bedroom, along with the ambiguously-gendered shape he'd been in just after death... as well as a spooky-looking child, a hideous half-monster shape, some blue-eyed version that looks far more human... the variations just go on and on.

and as the demon plops down on the pillows, Tek smiles and actually deigns to set his book aside... after finishing and marking his page, of course.]

You like it? It's taken me quite a long time to collect.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley watches those images, an eyebrow arched. Interesting.

He flashes Tek a sharp-toothed smile. ]

It's not too shabby. Lot of mirrors, I note.

[heresyandlace]

[Tek returns the reptilian smile, but his reflections do not. only the mirror in the very back, visible over his shoulder and mostly obscured by shadow that shouldn't be there, has the sense that it's sharing his grin.]

I'm very fond of mirrors. I like to have a lot of them around. They're important for people like us, I think.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley watches the mirrors through the corner of his eyes, before turning to Tek again. Something in that statement has drawn his attention.]

People like us?

[heresyandlace]

Mhmm.

[he taps a finger against his own cheek.]

We have to remember to keep up proper appearances.

[onlyanapple]

Oh.

[Crowley gives a soft shrug, feigning indifference. ]

Well, yeah. But once you get used to a form you like, it's like slipping into an old pair of shoes, right?

[heresyandlace]

More or less.

[he also shrugs, but it is perhaps more believably indifferent. like this, he might even be pulling off the look even more flawlessly than he usually does. it might even be genuine.]

It's good to have a constant reminder, though. Just in case.

[onlyanapple]

[That is strangely genuine. Crowley turns to look at the mirrors again. ]

...Why? You afraid of what people will see?

[heresyandlace]

[the mirror that Crowley happens to glance toward perhaps isn't showing exactly the same image it had before. this time, the reflection looks much as Tek does now, but dressed for war, with a blade ready and waiting at his hip.

it might be a sort of medieval war, from some other world, but it's unmistakably war nonetheless. his armor is light and fine, though he carries his helmet tucked under his arm--goodness knows he wouldn't be caught dead wearing that thing. and whatever is behind him, it's not the reflection of the room anymore.]

Aren't you?

[onlyanapple]

[Huh. That's very...]

How very DnD. Didn't know you had it in you.

[He realises he's being talked to, and turns back to Tek. ]

Not especially.

[Says the guy who wears sunglasses all the time. Such lies.]

[heresyandlace]

DnD?

[in the meantime, though, you know that little snapping-things-into-oblivion-trick that Crowley likes so much? Tek does that very same thing, and his shades are gone.

poof!]

Right... of course not.

[onlyanapple]

Dungeons and Dragons. Some nerdy tabletop game. It was the angel's, not mine.

[Perhaps if this was a public space, he would have been more pissed off about it. As is, he gives a soft, annoyed huff and leans back in his seat. He's not bothered. See hoe not bothered he is. That toe tapping isn't a sign of being bothered at all. Nope. ]

That was rude.

[heresyandlace]

[and Tek isn't enjoying exactly how not-bothered Crowley seems to be. see this smile? it has nothing to do with anything.]

So is lying, you know.

[onlyanapple]

[He does not like that smile. He huff, lounging back on the seat. ]

I have no idea what you're getting at.

[heresyandlace]

Right.

[he sits up a little, then, and turns toward the demon with more direct eye-contact than he usually bothers with. he doesn't have so much to hide, here... so, he's not so careful about how much he digs at.]

We're the only ones here, you know.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley really, really doesn't like this direct eye contact business. He rolls his eyes giving a dismissive wave of his hand. He doesn't care. Look how much he doesn't care.]

Well done. Figure that out by yourself, did you?

[heresyandlace]

Oh, yes. I'm quite clever that way.

[and the metaphorical spotlight on Crowley isn't moving anytime soon.]

So, what I'm saying... is there's no need to hide anything, here.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley gives a very pointed HUFF. ]

I don't know what point you're trying to hammer home here, but I'm not hiding anything.

[heresyandlace]

Fine, fine. [whatever. he waves his hand dismissively and gets comfortable again.]

Forget I said a thing.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley casts him a LOOK, before shrugging and settling back onto the couch.]

It's already forgotten.

[heresyandlace]

...So, are you planning on just curling up here, wasting space and lazing around?

[it's hard to tell whether he actually cares or not, though. he at least found the LOOK amusing.]

[onlyanapple]

[He flashes Tek a sharp-toothed grin. ]

Sure am, you got a problem with that?

[heresyandlace]

I find it a little insulting that you're even going to be boring in my own space.

[onlyanapple]

You can always kick me out if you're that bothered by it.

[Putting his hands behind his head, chillaxin'. ]

[heresyandlace]

[he may have meant being kicked out of the room completely, but... Tek is taking that to mean his immediate surroundings.

which means he's leaning to the side, bracing a bare foot against the solid part of Crowley's hip... and kicking out, trying to roll the demon out of his cushioned haven.]