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Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.
He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -
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from_scratch
from_scratch
"I will remain present. Ever so demonic." Wag, wag. He mantles his wings in a way that might be menacing in different lighting and attached to a different facial expression.
thisvorlunatic
Miles snickers. "Yes, perfect. Mind giving me most of an appropriate angel circle, since you're here?"
from_scratch
Cam stands back and makes most of an appropriate bound-but-not-gagged angel circle.
from_scratch
There appears an angel. Her wings are gaudy primary colors, like a scarlet macaw.
She yelps when she sees Cam, eyes going wide.
She yelps when she sees Cam, eyes going wide.
thisvorlunatic
"Hello," says Miles. "Please don't be alarmed. How do you feel about working with demons?"
from_scratch
"Is he bound? You have to - is he?" she squeaks.
Cam smiles, and says, "Boo."
She squeaks again.
Cam smiles, and says, "Boo."
She squeaks again.
thisvorlunatic
"I'll take that as a 'definitely not'," says Miles. "Can you tolerate working on the same planet as a demon, and do you have any medical expertise? I'm going to have some positions opening up in local hospitals in the next few weeks."
from_scratch
"I - I'm not very - medical," she apologizes, looking warily at Cam. "Just basics."
Cam lashes his tail slowly. She cringes.
Cam lashes his tail slowly. She cringes.
thisvorlunatic
"Well, thank you for your time," he says, shrugging, and commences dismissal.
thisvorlunatic
And when she is gone, Miles erases the circle.
"I feel sort of bad for her, but really, you're not that terrifying. Particularly to someone who is supposed to be indestructible. Round two?"
"I feel sort of bad for her, but really, you're not that terrifying. Particularly to someone who is supposed to be indestructible. Round two?"
from_scratch
"Sure." Here is most of a circle. "A substantial chunk of demons' bad reputation has to do with people thinking we're likely to be rapists, though, not just perpetrators of wanton destruction. If you start from the assumption that I have bad intentions? She was stuck in that circle and I'm the only matter in the room she can't change."
thisvorlunatic
"Okay, point. You could try toning down the 'boo' factor, in that case. We don't get anything out of needlessly harassing the angels, except very limited entertainment value."
from_scratch
"Yeah. It didn't actually occur to me in that framing until the last minute, I've never been ungagged around angels before. Sometimes they used to look kind of reassured if I tried to spook them without talking because it meant, well, I couldn't talk, some summoner had me under control. I'm all recalibrated. Will not boo the angels."
thisvorlunatic
"All right."
Adjusted protocol having been established, he finishes circle number two.
Adjusted protocol having been established, he finishes circle number two.
from_scratch
Here is an angel who, also, looks warily at Cam, but maintains his composure except for a slight fluffing of the smaller feathers on his dove-gray wings.
"Summoner?" he inquires politely of Miles.
"Summoner?" he inquires politely of Miles.
thisvorlunatic
"Hello," says Miles. "Consider this sort of a job interview. How do you feel about working with demons?"
from_scratch
"As long as they're bound appropriately that's fine. I've been on projects that involved demons before."
Cam does not say "boo".
Cam does not say "boo".
thisvorlunatic
"And if the demon in question is not bound in a way that satisfies your standards...?"
from_scratch
The angel looks at Cam.
Cam does not say boo.
"I don't need to audit the circles, but I don't want to be blamed for demonic behavior resulting from inadequate binding."
thisvorlunatic
"No one is going to blame you," Miles assures him. "If you're not comfortable around the demon, we're also going to need angels with medical expertise to help out in local hospitals starting probably a few weeks from now; is that more to your liking?"
from_scratch
"I'm a competent medical angel. Does your demon provide payments for your other summons?"
from_scratch
"Then that sounds agreeable, although I prefer not to take jobs that are longer than a week all at one time."