Gathering Post

[londoncallingmods]

The best thing about London was that there was always something to do, no matter what your interests were. This weekend there was a jazz festival in Bloomsbury, an ale festival that would take you through a drunken train tour of the city, an African culture festival near Covent Garden, and several movie screenings, parties, and other pockets of fun.

Tourists were flooding in from all over, and many Londoners were slipping off to, or coming back from, their latest trips to Barcelona, Paris, or Ibiza. The weather was warm, and it had been fairly dry and sunny lately- Really, it was the perfect place to be right now. ...At least that's what anyone who wasn't heading off to some tropical wonderland would tell you at least.

As day faded into evening, bars came alive and shop windows lit up, inviting in tourists and locals alike. The city buzzed well into the night, calming only briefly in the morning, before bursting back into life again.

(Have your pup be anywhere in the city you like. This GP is intended to take place over the course of Sat and Sun, but will be open all week long! Remember to add your pup's tag after you tag in!)

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[prince_of_nymphs]

"Smoking this isn't going to send me to hell, is it? I've had a rough enough time of it as it is, I don't really want to wrap things up by damning myself as well," the young actor snorted, toying with the cigarette, but not lighting it yet.

[sauntereddownward]

"Maybe in the most roundabout of ways, but if you help feed the homeless once I'm sure it will balance it out. It's really all about balance, dear boy."

[prince_of_nymphs]

Fin let out a huff of a laugh, then shrugged.

"Cheers then," he said as he lit up.

[sauntereddownward]

Crowley wore a viper's smile as Fin took the first drag, quite pleased with himself for succeeding, even in the smallest of ways.

"Cheers," he replied, the S hissing a bit.

[prince_of_nymphs]

Fin took a long drag, then exhaled slowly, the smoke curling up as if it was carrying all his troubles away. The young actor was frail looking, all angles and lines, with a slight crease to his brow that exposed the large amount of stress he was under.

[sauntereddownward]

While Crowley had been talking his attention had been torn from the sidewalk and as a result the foot traffic had righted itself and smoothed out. The demon was rather interested in studying the young man who looked like he might blow away in a strong wind.

"What do you love?" he asked curiously.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"Love? I dunno- Art, music, theater... I love when people, myself included, take what's inside and expose it to the world," Fin shrugged. "That's why I do what I do- It's why I haven't stopped, even though common sense might suggest I should."

[sauntereddownward]

"I have a friend who most likely would adore you. He likes artists. But all the best artists are on our side, not his. The best musicians, too," he said, sounding quite fond of his friend.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"Another demon?" Fin asked curiously.

[sauntereddownward]

"Angel, actually. We have an Arrangement," he replied. To those who might overhear he sounded like a bloody lunatic, but he hadn't snapped his fingers and made them see so Crowley didn't care what they thought. Only that he had Fin's attention.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"Is that common?" Fin asked curiously.

[sauntereddownward]

"Quite the contrary, Finlay. Quite the contrary. But he an I have ben here since the Garden, watching over you lot. It was inevitable that we'd become close," he replied.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"I see," Fin replied, suddenly wondering if maybe he shouldn't be talking to a demon without asking Willy if it was safe or not first.

[sauntereddownward]

"Do you still think I'm mad? You know I could be a wizard and be lying to you. Or I could be a fae, too. So many possibilities, and yet you seem so ready to believe when you just told me minutes ago you don't believe in demons," he noted.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"I won't lie- Part of me is worried I've said too much to you, no matter what or who you are," Fin replied.

[sauntereddownward]

"I believe that is a fair assessment, dear boy. There's a reason you shouldn't talk to strangers. Your first mistake was giving me your whole name. Anyone involved with faeries should know the dangers of that," he replied smoothly.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"My name's hardly a well guarded secret," Fin countered. "It's been in the papers so many times now that most know it well."

[sauntereddownward]

"Has your fae friend explained to you that the power isn't in knowing the name, but how to say it properly? That's where the magic is, Finlay," he said and it was a perfect echo of how Fin had said it, making the shape of the world shiver just a little.

[prince_of_nymphs]

Fin looked uneasy, fidgeting a bit where he sat. "Not exactly," he replied.

[sauntereddownward]

"The only person who can say your name more properly than you is your mother. To get a mother to name her children is quite a feat," Crowley said.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"Not an issue I'm likely to have- I've not spoken to my mother in years. She's got no interest in changing that either, so far as I know," Fin replied, shaking his head.

[sauntereddownward]

"But she's alive and given the right questions someone could get your name from her," he said. "Being famous and all it wouldn't even need to be anyone sinister. It could be a reporter. And then it would be broadcast. And then every Unseelie fae would come after you..."

[prince_of_nymphs]

"My Will would never let that happen," Fin replied firmly, sounding mildly annoyed. "He loves me, and he'll always protect me."

[sauntereddownward]

"THere may come a time when he can't," Crowley said calmly, rather enjoying Fin's upset.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"I hope, for your sake, that's not a thinly veiled threat," Fin replied coolly, trying his best to hide how uncomfortable he suddenly was.

Perhaps it was time to go home.