001 // waitin' for the hammer to fall

[principality]

Who: Aziraphale
Broadcast: Fleet-Wide!
Action: Marsiva!
When: 2/20, afternoon

[He looks confused. Absolutely befuddled. He doesn't seem to know the communicator is broadcasting, either.]

-dreadful, absolutely dreadful! This is clearly not Earth, and I can't call up the higher-ups to ask them...

[He looks down, and gasps a little.]

Oh! OH! Good afternoon? Evening? Perhaps even morning? Greetings. I am a...er...previous resident of Earth- A. Ziraphale. And I would appreciate, er, directions back...to Earth...

That is, if this reaches anyone? Hello? Oh, bugger.

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[principality]

[He's sitting on a bunk, and he shakes his head, looking up at her.]

No, never been to space before, dear. I did watch a special on black holes last week, though. Do you think we'll need to worry about those out here? Oh, how dreadful if we do.

[mysunnydisposition]

...I hadn't really thought about it. I think the ship would probably have some way of detecting them before we actually ran into one...?

[ She actually has no idea and no actual reason for thinking this beyond occasionally watching scifi movies. Shhh. She's being reassuring here. ]

[principality]

Oh, goodness. I should certainly hope so!

[And then he smiles a little.]

Er....forgive me, what is your name, dear?

[mysunnydisposition]

Oh! Sorry, it's Stephanie.

And you were... I'm sorry, I didn't really catch your name. [ Mostly because it did not sound like a name to her, and she's not sure she heard it right. ]

[principality]

Umm...Ziraphale. A. Ziraphale. It's, erm, it's an old name.

[And then he gives her the best smile he can manage.]

[mysunnydisposition]

Oh. Okay. [ Hey, she runs in superhero circles. Weird names are par for the course. Just as long as she's actually sure she heard it right, she'll run with it. ]

Then it's nice to meet you, Mr. Ziraphale. ...does the A stand for anything?

[principality]

Er...umm...

[Oh, heavens. Now he had to think of something quickly.]

Addison.

["Adam's son" very good Aziraphale.]

[mysunnydisposition]

[ Isn't that a girl's name? ]

...right. Addison Ziraphale. That is an impressive name.

[principality]

Thank you!

[He grins, almost as if he's oblivious. Is he? A little.]