20 November: Daily Excerpt

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Username:agdhani


Any background information:While Simon is about to do do something against his own knowledge, his sister meets her own angel...


Excerpt:

Waiting at the corner of the building where Simon usually had lunch, he watched, reading the hearts of each passing person, seeking the source of the danger that he could feel tightening around them. They were only mortals, no threat, oblivious beloved little beings who lived their lives with no idea of the broader scope of reality. But none of them were the one he sought, none of them bound to that mechanical that was as much a part of Simon as his arms and legs. Then he saw her. Not the one he sought, but the girl child whose innocence and naiveté continued to beguile him. Unlike her brother, she had little contact with the InBetween. All of that, however, was likely to change very soon.

He fell into step beside her for the first time and asked at once, “Where is your brother?” Realized is presence at once, even before he had finished speaking, she stopped walking to stare at him.

“Simon?” Great. It was just her luck that it was her twin this handsome, exotic stranger was interested in. Everyone always seemed interested in Simon. Eden might as well be invisible. “I don’t know…class I suppose…”.

“His afternoon classes were cancelled.”.

Eden cocked her head with a smirk. “Then you know more than me. I haven’t seen him since this morning.” Usually they met for lunch, if their schedules permitted, but since he was not here yet, she checked her cell phone for messages. “Oh..he’s probably home by now…” she murmured, showing him the phone.

He did not even glance at it. “You must go to him…stop him…”.

“Stop him?” Okay, this guy might be good-looking but she was starting to think he was some sort of psycho stalker.

“He must be careful…he is in great danger…you both are.”.

“Both?” This was getting creepier by the moment. He did not sound crazy; his voice sounded sincere and his body language did not suggest she had anything to fear, but she still did not think she could trust a man who out of the blue declared her brother was in trouble. What sort of nameless danger could he possibly be in.

To appease the stranger, however, and to ease her own conscience because she never would forgive herself if Simon really WAS in trouble, she quickly dialed his phone and waited for him to pick up. His phone was set to ring longer before switching to voicemail than most, because it sometimes took him longer to get to his phone then it might other people. This time he answered it sooner than usual, causing her to breathe a sigh of relief and smile at the redhead as if to say ‘I told you so’.

[tehexile]

Username:tehexile


Any background information: the MC is suffering from an unfortunate case of death, and a Celestial Bureaucrat and an Infernal Bureaucrat are having a massive cat-fight over the fate of his soul


Excerpt:

“I hope you realise how badly this bodes for your case, Lord Broken,” said the Infernal, drumming his fingers on the side of his desk, “Not only has your apprentice once again tampered with a vital piece of equipment that is five security levels above anything he should be allowed to access – before his probation period has even expired, no less – he then proceeds to trespass on our property...”

“Now wait a minute, he isn't 'trespassing' anywhere, he's dead!”

“Ah yes, I had forgotten that you had been leaking first-level Mandates to non-transcendent Mortals instead of assigning tasks to actual trainees,” he rubbed his hands together, “Well, as you are aware, we do have certain rights pertaining to expired souls...”

“The two issues are completely unrelated! You aren't neutral enough to be an impartial judge of his soul in that matter anyway!”

“Indeed, I am not. I had best leave that to another branch of the Infernals, that is not affected by this matter at all,” he mused, “But, ah, that means he is not a client of mine. And yet he is approaching my territory. This means he is trespassing.”

“How can you twist my words around so much?” yelled Lord Broken, “He only died because you denied him access at the last minute, anyway! You can't hold him responsible for a situation that was caused by you!”

“I was perfectly justified in denying him access. He does not have security privileges to access that machine.”

“He was attempting to repair a critical systems malfunction; one that, by the way, hadn't been spotted...”

“Pardon me, is it not your department?”

“Not when I'm being held in custody under Infernal law, it isn't!”

“Its been faulty for three thousand years!”

“A paltry length of time and you know it, but all this is beside the point. He spotted it, he had the instructions, the experience and the Words of Power necessary to repair it, he even cited a legitimate representative that had given him temporary access to the machine, which you didn't even check the validity of before you refused him access!”

“Because that person no longer exists!” he said, “Or are you expecting me to believe that your apprentice somehow spoke to Saint Lysander? You... do know who Saint Lysander is, yes?”