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    "In His image" takes a turn for the weird, and the Dragon of Eden has his work cut out for him.

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  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    This was not about the angel. They hadn’t found that out. If they had, that would have been the end of Crowley, very probably the end of Aziraphale, and, although Crowley did not know it then, the eventual end of the world. What this was about was memoranda. Specifically, it was about Crowley’s tendency to assume that the rules and announcements he received in them applied to other, different agents, not Crowley, who was very busy and clever and above all special.
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    Something for whiteleyfoster's fic contest, based on this piece of art.
    The violence is not that graphic, but better to warn than not.

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    09 Aug 2020

  3. Public Bookmark 7

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    Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? Don't ask Crowley. He won't help.
    (A story about being unforgivable.) 

    ... The Devil's book was thin and floppy, and it was not bound in human skin or ancient sigils, although it did have a nice little lizard catch on the cover. And it did contain the names of damned souls, although what it mostly contained was the addresses of wine merchants, confectioners, and various reliable taverns throughout Europe and the Middle East. Crowley had a proper prop book somewhere for the taking of souls, all mazed and foxed and ominous, but he had always found that his notebook would do just as well.

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    09 Aug 2020

  4. Public Bookmark 14

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    After a gloomy history with Christmas, Aziraphale shows Crowley how he has learned to seek out the good in it by traveling around the world on Christmas Eve. Highlights include: the Annunciation; potholes; international teleportation; peace and hope; arson; Lupe gets a doll of her very own.
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    “Have you ever been to a réveillon?” Aziraphale said.
    “Have I?” Crowley blew out a heavy breath as he thought. “Remind me. What is it?”
    “It’s a French custom. French and Creole. On Christmas Eve, people come home from midnight Mass and stay up all night at a feast. Course after course until dawn.”
    “Sounds exhausting. You must love it.”
    "... No."

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    09 Aug 2020

  5. Public Bookmark 42

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    A little extra something left over from the Day 21 prompt (Gift).
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    It so happened that Mr. Fell’s neighbors liked to give him little gifts. This would not have seemed likely to anyone who asked about the pricing of one of his rare volumes, but the fact was that Mr. Fell was quite amiable, a fine listener and a cheerful talker, and if you did something to make his day nicer, your day would be nicer. No one stopped to wonder why this was.

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    09 Aug 2020