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[pippa_flynn]

And so she had become the Forgotten Queen of the Trooping Fae. Her grandfather's passing had come at a price and now she was some sort of royalty she didn't quite understand and Fin had gone blind again. It was nearly too much to take but Pippa was carrying on. What else could she do? The facts were the facts and no amount of fuss would change it. And she'd tried. She had power coursing through her now, all the time she felt it, and she'd tried to restore Fin's sight. It didn't work. Of course not. Why would it?

And then the dumb twit had gone back to stay with his stupid boyfriend. Pippa was outraged about that and she'd told Fin so. And that didn't work, either. Of course not. And so on that front she bit her tongue. Fin knew how she felt. It had little to do with keeping him close and everything to do with keeping him out of the treacherous prince's arms.

Pippa sighed softly and looked at her mobile that had just chirped. He newest client wanting a progress report. She needed something more concrete and so she sat down at the cafe on one of the dwindling nice days of the London summer, and she texted her client back.

It was striking, just how much she looked like Fin. And, of course, she'd been all over the papers thanks to the paps hounding Fin about his drug use and his blindness. The gentleman at the next table actually had a copy of the daily rag and she smiled at the photo on the cover.

If only life could be as dramatic as the paper made it seem. If only being queen meant something...

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[whispersoflove]

"The Prince has to be blind?" Anael guessed with raised eyebrows. He was not surprised that Fin would be willing to pay such a price. His friend's heart was wonderful.

[pippa_flynn]

"Apparently so. That's another mystery. I want to know why. I want to know everything about our kind and there's so little. Hardly any lore at all. I can find out all I like about that twat prince's kind, and the Unseelie, too. Though I know it's all filtered through mortal legends and probably has little basis in reality...Oh, God, I'm just going on. Listen to me ramble..." she said, finally catching herself.

[whispersoflove]

Anael frowned slightly at the mention of the 'twat' prince, and wondered what Willy might have done to earn himself such contempt. "Your grandfather must have had people close to him?" he offered, trying to be helpful.

[pippa_flynn]

"If he did, I can't find them. It's not like fae have post codes," she pointed out.

[whispersoflove]

"Not even magical post codes of sorts?" It was an actual question; the Fae were so distrustful of angels that Anael knew next to nothing about them.

[pippa_flynn]

That brought about a sharp laugh accompanied by the shake of her head.

"If there is, I'm going to have to learn to use them. Right now all I know is the mirror and I can barely get that to work to let me pass through."

[whispersoflove]

"I'm afraid I'm not going to be of any help in that department," Anael answered with a small smile. "I know nothing of Fae magic."

[pippa_flynn]

"Well then what good are you?" she replied dryly, but with a smile tickling the corners of her mouth. Pippa exhaled a short huff of a laugh and then shrugged.

"It is what it is," she said. "Why are you here? In London? Why aren't you with other angels in...angel land?"

[whispersoflove]

Anael looked amused again, and nodded his head as he corrected her with a gentle, "Heaven. I like it here. Earth, in general, London in particular. I make regular visits."

[pippa_flynn]

"You like it here," she repeated, then thought on that for a moment.

"A lot of people do, I suppose."

[whispersoflove]

"It's very likable," Anael confirmed. "Lovable, even."

[pippa_flynn]

"I don't know if I'd go that far," she laughed softly.

[whispersoflove]

"Oh, without a doubt," Anael assured her warmly.

[pippa_flynn]

"Is this a common thing? Angels on Earth?" she asked, not entirely sure she eve wanted the truth of that.

[whispersoflove]

"Not for the most part, no," Anael shook his head. "Most of us have never even set foot here."

[pippa_flynn]

"How fascinating," she replied, then sifted through her bag until she came up with a little tablet and a pen. Pippa quickly jotted down notes, hmm-ing as she did. Once she was done she looked up at him. "Fascinating. My mother made us go to church for a brief period when we were young. I never dreamed angels were anything more than stories. And not very nice stories, at that."

[whispersoflove]

"Most of us aren't very nice at all," Anael warned her. He was thankful that his brethren's dislike for humanity meant that they did not enjoy spending time on the material plane as much as Anael did.

[pippa_flynn]

"I'd believe that. From what I've experienced in my little life, creatures who aren't human aren't generally very nice to the human race as a whole," she mused.

[whispersoflove]

"Angels aren't generally very nice, full stop," Anael answered apologetically, as if he were responsible for his brethren's behaviour.

[pippa_flynn]

"You seem nice enough," she said warmly.

[whispersoflove]

"I am," Anael confirmed, because it was the truth. "I'm also not a very regular example of what my brethren are like. Be wary, if you meet another one of us."

[pippa_flynn]

"I think I'll take that to heart," she replied, feeling that she would do well to take what he said at face value.

[whispersoflove]

"Good," Anael stated with a soft smile. His gaze was drawn to a clock on the wall, and he frowned slightly. Time passed by so quickly, he found. "I'm sorry, but I ought to go." There was a flyer in his pocket, one Coby had left on his door, to let him know when his next concert was; in twenty minutes, on the other side of London. Anael had every intention of flying there.

[pippa_flynn]

"Of course. Of course. Don't let me keep you," she said with a warm smile. In all honesty he'd piqued her curiosity and she was keen on getting somewhere where she could research all about angels. She did love a good mystery and little gave her more pleasure than to digging into research.

[whispersoflove]

"Do you mind if I use the window?" Anael asked hopefully.