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[freakymagoo]

2 koo kwuh quest churn?? things

1 any one want fur n table and chair and bed
message me

2 did you get creep tick strange message
who sent it
why
where did it go
who sent this tablet
what do you want

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sorry that was many things

Comments

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Yeah, for some reason Crowley doesn't have that same creepy crawly feeling when it comes to snakes. They are just shorter and have to slither up something to see who they are talking to. ]

I was too old for the draft when it first began and by the time they got around to the the Third Registration the war ended.

[ Luck of the devil! ]

I would have dodged though if I had needed to, just run off some where. Nasty things wars.

[freakymagoo]

you dont look a day past 12

[That was a compliment, by the way.]

it was the only thing i was good at

[serpentinthegarden]

I've been called youthful before but twelve!

[ It was flattering enough to smirk at the text but the next line was sobering enough to snap him back out of that. ]

Where did they send you?

[ Given the way it had been written the Homefront seemed unlikely but maybe he had avoided the trenches. ]

[freakymagoo]

its the hair
not hideing any snakes under there are you ?

[Imagine just sitting around having a drink or three and then suddenly this lunging snake attack.]

a bit of France and Germany but spent 4 years in Constantinople
you didnt miss much

[Don't hold your breath, he can only spell that one because he's seen it so many times.]

couldnt wait to leave
and then i came back
and all i wanted was to go back there and just
wasnt so good here after all

but are you really 50 ?

[serpentinthegarden]

Just the one.

[ He did have a snake tattoo near his ear on one cheek but there was very little chance of it slithering out from under any hair and spooking anyone during drinks. ]

You never hear much about Constantinople. Was it as badly torn up?

I mean... you could always reenlist. I'm not sure its much better over there trying to rebuild everything.

[ France and Germany had gotten the lion's share of the news coverage. Every time you picked up a paper those nations were splashed all over the headlines with bombed out buildings or war images from the front lines. Crowley had missed a great deal but he felt better off from having done so. ]

Fifty! I haven't cracked fifty yet. I'm forty-eight.

[ Those two years mattered! Though he supposed as they had just been through a New Years that he would be forty-nine whenever his birthday came up. Whenever that was... April something. ]

[freakymagoo]

[You never know with those pesky tattoos... one blink and they're gone.]

not like the first year
they wont take me back now

wow yore all most 50

[He would have said 'congratulations' but that word's too hard so Crowley has to settle for a much bigger, much better equivalent:]

thats grate

[serpentinthegarden]

[ At least its probably not poisonous? ]

Nah, maybe not. Not with all that history. It was supposed to be the War to End All Wars anyway...

[ Not that Crowley believed that! As long as their were humans then there would be wars. ]

Is it great?

[freakymagoo]

im sure they say that every time

i think so if yore happy
are you happy ?

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Never was there ever a question that felt as heavy as that one. Are you happy... tch. He should be. He had a decent flat, enough money to keep him off the streets, and wits enough to make things interesting with his schemes. There was just that little something that was missing. If only he knew what that was. ]

Yea, course I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be? I've got everything going on.

[freakymagoo]

good

maybe if you meet the woman of your dreams you should use a blind fold

[serpentinthegarden]

I already have shades.

[ Those might shield him from any lady's stoney glare? ]

Besides I'm not really the meet a girl and settle down type.

[freakymagoo]

why do you wear them all the time ?

what type are you?

[serpentinthegarden]

Eye condition. It's better if I do.

[ Golden colored eyes with odd looking pupils did get one too many strange looks. People just didn't understand anyone who was different and he wasn't looking to join a sideshow. ]

I'm the type that doesn't get attached to anyone. It's better that way.

[freakymagoo]

[Well that answered that mystery. Bucky always thought Crowley was either perpetually hung over - well, he probably is that, too - or he knows of soldiers who couldn't stand bright lights anymore after the war, but Crowley never served.]

never wanted chill drun?

[serpentinthegarden]

I would be a real good influence on children!

[ Not that they weren't fun, sometimes, when they were playing... But what kids needed was a father not a whatever he would be. ]

If I wanted one I could just go outside and grab one with all those street kids out there. You? You're the one you managed the whole marriage thing.

[freakymagoo]

ok but thats kidnapping
they are a lot of work on yore own

vicky all ways wanted a baby girl

[serpentinthegarden]

Who would notice! Or care. It's not like anyone is out there looking after them now.

A girl. Seems like that's the way, ladies want girls, guys want boys?

[ What would he know about it though never having been domestic. ]

[freakymagoo]

what can anyone do? everyone is struggle ling right now

lucky girls find gentle men
lucky boys die in the war
i would have liked a girl too

[serpentinthegarden]

Not everyone. I saw plenty of fat cats out on New Years.

[ They just didn't see the needy around them or didn't care if they did. ]

Yeah. Nothing wrong with a girl.

[freakymagoo]

everyone who cares has cared
you seem to care
cran berry and wallnut

[serpentinthegarden]

[ How sad that an annoyed hiss can't be heard through text. ]

I never should have bought those bloody muffins.

[freakymagoo]

its good you did
you did a good thing
but you cant help everyone

[serpentinthegarden]

I'm not a good person and I'm not trying to help everyone.

[ Why did everyone lately think he was? Ugh... You do one or two decent things and people get the wrong impression of you! ]

Which reminds me if you want some work you are going to have to get your hands dirty. Dirtier than they were... You have too much of a copper reputation. My guys won't take a chance on you.

[freakymagoo]

just the street kids?
soft spot?

what do you want me to do  kill someone?

[serpentinthegarden]

I don't have soft spots.

[ Guessed it on the first try. ]

There's no need to go that far unless you are looking for work as an assassin. I was thinking something more along the lines of borrowing something that doesn't belong to you. Something that would get you attention. I hear old Nicky is good for a bob or two.

[ Nicola "Nicky" Giordano head of the Giordano Crime family. He was not the sort of guy you wanted to piss off but always surrounded by family and a dangerous reputation which insulated him from trouble. Anyone stealing from him could expect instant fame in the underworld and all the trouble that goes with it. ]