Calibrations Spill-Over Post

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[onlyanapple]

And now you know, how... eye opening for you.

[He matches the grin.]

I should say so. A failure of reptilian solidarity really.

[heresyandlace]

[ah yes, much better. he's feeling settled enough to chance nodding at the remote, now.]

I suppose I shouldn't bother seeing what was on the other channels, hmm?

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley gives him a sidelong look.]

That would be a very large no.

[heresyandlace]

You could save me the trouble and tell me what's there...

[onlyanapple]

[His shoulders hunch and a troubled expression crosses his features. This is not a comfortable conversation piece. ]

I don't want to talk about it.

[heresyandlace]

[and the dragon tries not to seem too interested by seeing him actually bothered by something. it's just such a rare occurrence...]

...I could just change the channel to it, if that would be easier.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley sinks a little lower in the couch. ]

You won't like it if that happens. Trust me.

[heresyandlace]

I won't? And why is that?

[picking the remote up again, just looking at it.]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley's hand moves surprisingly quickly. More so than anyone would expect of a creature who spends most of his time in a state of self-made lethargy. His hand is very suddenly on Tek's, gripping it and the remote. ]

Don't.

[His tone is strained, trying and failing to hide the terror lurking under everything. The please goes unsaid, but it's definitely there. ]

[heresyandlace]

[his eyes flick fast to the demon-- surprised, but not exactly fearful. if anything, this is exactly what he wanted to see.

for once, he actually isn't trying to be cruel. he's only curious and fascinated, and belatedly realizing how hungry he is to know more about the demon... especially here, where no one else in the world exists.]

Then tell me.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley's fingers tense for a moment, before his hand drops down joining his other and clenching tightly together. Inhale. Exhale. ]

It was when I was in Paradisa. The castle put us in space.

[heresyandlace]

[and Tek--as he had implied--sets the controller back down once Crowley lets go of him and begins to explain.

he has a rapt audience now, whose eyebrows raise at the mention of space. this is already not what he'd expected out of the story.]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley continues, speaking in an oddly detached manner. As if he's recalling the plot of a movie. Something not real. He doesn't WANT it to be real.]

We were on this ship called the Event Horizon. Stuck there. Usual world changing bullshit. This one had a portal to Hell in it, though, and after a few days it opened and things went...really shitty.

[heresyandlace]

[he nods along, keeping his mouth shut for now. he understands just barely enough about the mythologies from earth--both from his time spent in the library back in the tower, and from what Crowley himself has explained--to follow along with the 'Hell' concept.]

[onlyanapple]

Anyway.

It made me- lose it. I wasn't myself. It fucked about with most people's heads. I ended up killing someone. Ripped her head right off her shoulders.

[He's staring, blankly, at the floor, like this is someone else's story. It's not, though, and the guilt lays heavily on him. ]

[heresyandlace]

...And that's not your style, I am beginning to gather.

[at least he's catching on to the fact that Crowley is much different than other demons he's met in the past.]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley pulls a face. ]

No.

[The denial is a vehement, disgusted hiss. ]

I don't kill people. It's messy and pointless.

[heresyandlace]

You do hate a mess, don't you.

[and he drums his fingers on his arm for a moment, keeping any further thoughts on the subject to himself.]

[onlyanapple]

Of course I do. Takes forever to clean and what do you get out of it? Nothing, that's what.

[Careful, Crowley, your morality is showing. ]

[heresyandlace]

[it really is.]

There are many people who would disagree with that, you know.

[onlyanapple]

Well, I don't much care. Still going to keep my opinion on the matter.