04 | if I feel God judging me

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you!
Setting: Floor 13, floor 18, and floor 25.
Format: Starting with action brackets, will match anything.
Summary: Aleph engages in petty vandalism, studies magic, and picks flowers.
Warnings: None.

Floor 13: [The stained glass windows are largely intact, and the church seems as austere as it has ever been. Aleph sits silently in one of the pews, tossing a rock up and down with one hand.

Without warning, he throws the rock at one of the windows. It breaks, and the sound of shattering glass is just as quiet as anything else is on this floor. He waits for a moment.]

Nothing, huh.

Floor 18: [Aleph is intently studying the open book in front of him. Next to him there is a small stack of books, all about magic. From time to time he picks a line to read aloud, always in some arcane language he has trouble pronouncing. Nothing ever seems to happen when he does so, however, and he seems a little frustrated.]

Floor 25: [Aleph has his visor off for once, and is picking dandelions and trying to make a crown out of them.

After some failed attempts, he has succeeded. Satisfied, he puts the crown around his head and searches the meadow for a lake or a mirror. If your character stands still long enough, he'll ask:] You don't happen to have a mirror on you, do you?

Comments

[alephbet]

Nope. Definitely a giant floating head. I have personally met Him, if you call a fight a meeting.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Oh ok, that's totally normal Sunday afternoon for me too.

[aka 'what.']

[alephbet]

I'm kind of a big deal in my world.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Really? People in mine usually make a date for it every other week.

[Wow OK even she thinks she's being a bit heretical here.]

[alephbet]

They're not doing it right. He shouldn't be up for a rematch that quickly.

[Yeah, that tends to happen.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Her smirk widened a bit as she held up her hands in defense.]

Chill bro, I'm just kidding with you. Don't gotta take it so seriously.

[alephbet]

Sorry. It's a bit of a sore spot for me.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

What happened? Your girl dump you after Sunday mass?

[alephbet]

God's evil and wanted to wipe out most of humanity. News at eleven.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Just. Staring. For a good moment or so.

"What, seriously?" And, as an after thought; "I don't even have cable, how am I supposed to tune in?"

[alephbet]

"Don't they have giant display screens showing breaking updates where you're from?"

To be fair, Aleph's world had basically a handful of cities.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

"No way. I live in Texas. They don't believe in societal advances."

Ba-zing!

[alephbet]

"I'll take your word for it." Not like he'd heard of Texas, so the brilliant wit was a little lost on him.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

You're missing the jewels of her native humor here!

"So what's your deal? Why you so pissy at the big man upstairs?"

[alephbet]

"The 'wiping out humanity' bit I mentioned covers most of it." There wasn't a whole lot worse you could try to do.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

"What, seriously?"

That was... oh ok.


"Sound a bit out of character for a giant glowing face, if Mel Gibson has any say in it."

[alephbet]

"Who's Mel Gibson?"

[reddeadvirtuoso]

"An actor that really like the giant glowing face of god. He probably thinks he's a second Jesus, or he really wants to be."

Did we mention he's crazy?

[alephbet]

"Okay. I've been warned, if he ever shows up here."

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Alright, she can't resist a few chuckles. "Perfect. Your education on the modern world is becoming even more satisfactory."

[alephbet]

"So what else should I know?"

Much better subject than God.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

"Hey, wasn't I the one asking the questions?" NOT SO FAST, BUCKO

"What's all this shit about wiping out humanity this time? Five points if it's more creative than half the video game premises these days."

[alephbet]

"Guy's a dick. Humans aren't perfect enough for him. I don't know what you want me to say."

Sorry, man, it wasn't as worn out back then.