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citynet2023-09-02 11:47 am
inlovewithmycar) wrote in citynet2023-09-02 11:47 am
Video | UN: Ouroborosed -- Subject: AMA
[Crowley flips on the camera before sitting back in an office chair in his usual slouch. Behind him is the backdrop of one of the labyrinthine office buildings, the shades of beige and grey a sharp contrast to his black clothes and red hair. There is a peculiar tension about him, something about the way he's square his shoulders, and the considerable supply of unopened bottles next to him suggests there is some need for the liquid courage.]
Right then. The mall here, yeah? Only marginally worse than the normal kind. And hey, at least we'll never have to deal with the Boxing Day rush, eh?
...That'd be analogous to Black Friday for all you Americans. I don't know if there's a Canadian equivalent. Never stuck around long enough to find out. Saw a moose once and decided that place could just be someone else's problem.
[He shuffles uncomfortably.]
Okay. Yeah. Enough small talk. Time to rip the bandaid off.
[Deep breaths, Crowley.]
So the thing I was worried about happening? ...Happened. For the exact reason and in the exact way I thought it would happen. I'm sure I'll look back and laugh about it one day, but right now I'd like to get ahead of it happening again. No more fun little surprise exorcisms. At least none that I won't see coming.
So, here we go. Let's get this over with.
I'm a literal demon from literal Hell - yes that one - and their former operative of Earth, presently retired.
Ask me anything.
[He's already popping the top off the tequila. He's going to need it.]
Right then. The mall here, yeah? Only marginally worse than the normal kind. And hey, at least we'll never have to deal with the Boxing Day rush, eh?
...That'd be analogous to Black Friday for all you Americans. I don't know if there's a Canadian equivalent. Never stuck around long enough to find out. Saw a moose once and decided that place could just be someone else's problem.
[He shuffles uncomfortably.]
Okay. Yeah. Enough small talk. Time to rip the bandaid off.
[Deep breaths, Crowley.]
So the thing I was worried about happening? ...Happened. For the exact reason and in the exact way I thought it would happen. I'm sure I'll look back and laugh about it one day, but right now I'd like to get ahead of it happening again. No more fun little surprise exorcisms. At least none that I won't see coming.
So, here we go. Let's get this over with.
I'm a literal demon from literal Hell - yes that one - and their former operative of Earth, presently retired.
Ask me anything.
[He's already popping the top off the tequila. He's going to need it.]
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Were you any good? What's something big you had a hand in?
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Had a hand in Original Sin, but talking a pregnant woman into eating an apple is a lot less impressive when you find out pregnant people will hoover up anything vaguely edible.
Uh... lessee. Most of history was spent taking credit for what you lot did to yourselves, no demonic intervention necessary. I made Hamlet a success, I suppose, so if you've ever taken an English lit class and had to slog through that gloomy mess, that's on me. Sorry. It was a favour for a friend.
The M-25 orbital motorway was my personal project, very proud of that one. Selfies were another. Ooh, and Welsh Language Television. Manchester and all that entails. M'also why there's a blanket restraining order on snakes in Ireland. Ticked off St. Paddy something fierce. May have also kicked off the Enlightenment when I dropped an apple on someone's bonce and he figured out gravity.
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Are selfies-- Oh, well. I guess it's like a sin of vanity or something? [Sure. She looks amused though] I dunno, those don't all sound so bad. Sounds like fun.
Don't suppose you know anything about this slice of Hell we've all found ourselves in, huh?
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And this isn't Hell. I don't know what it is, but Heaven and Hell are very, very absent from it.
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That's... [not great. It's really kind of chilling.] There's no sort of afterlife here at all. I haven't seen or heard or felt a single spirit since we got here. It's like this place exists completely outside of...everything.
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But still, there's no one coming out to say they're in charge here and did all of this, and it's been months. I dunno if it's worse to think that it's actually pointless, or if whoever's in charge just doesn't want to say anything.
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A higher power working in mysterious ways and not talking to anyone? Wouldn't know what that's like. [For the record, that's sarcasm.]
Besides, it's better if it's pointless isn't it? No one mucking you about, all your choices are entirely your own to make, you'd be completely and utterly free. You could do, well, anything.
Not to say I don't think someone or something here isn't playing silly buggers; this is all too deliberate to be coincidence. But who knows, maybe it is. Infinite monkeys banging on typewriters and all that.
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Well, point there. [Yeah she supposes it'd be comparable to a god hanging around watching over stuff. That doesn't make her feel much better though.]
What's the point of that much freedom if you're so limited though? We can't travel anywhere, we can hardly do anything. I spend most of my time window shopping and being bored. There's nothing to read or watch or create with.
[She could complain ALL DAY. She waves a hand dismissively though, as if to wave away her complaints.]
I just want someone to point the blame at for being here.
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As for stuff to read, my friend and I are working on fixing that. I think a couple others are doing the same thing? And there's inevitably going to be people making plays or writing little skits to put up on the network. It might take time, but I know humans. You lot don't take long to start innovating.
...But I can sympathize with wanting something to blame.
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I'm not the creative type. I'm more of the consumer type. [Her tone is deadpan and sarcastic, but she believes it of herself at least.]
I can act, I guess, but I made most of my money modeling. Besides... [She trails off, trying to figure out how to put her feeling into words]
Actually creating art--any kind of art--feels too...permanent. I don't want to stay here long enough to create things that might last. The sooner we can figure out who's to blame, the sooner we can get answers and go home.
...Besides, how am I supposed to complain if I don't have anything to complain about?
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And just because we know who's to blame doesn't actually mean we'll get answers or our way. Believe me, I speak from experience there.