10: Shedding skin is easier than most people suspect.

[scaresplants]

Who: Anthony J. Crowley and YOU.
Where: Hanging on a tree in the park
When: All day, man.
Style: Any you want!
Status: OPEN LIKE YOUR HEART TO TEMPTATION i mean what

[So, Vatheonites and new arrivals, you might be wandering around the park, exploring all it has to offer, when you might come across a tree in the middle of the clearing. For some reason, this area is quiet- no birds sing, no squirrels chatter. The tree just stands there, looking rather ordinary.]




[And hanging from a branch of this tree is something long and vivid green. A small snake. Which is odd, because if you've been in Vatheon before, you probably haven't seen any snakes around here.]

[It just sits there, red tongue flicking out lazily every so often. Approach it? Try to pet it? Talk to it? See what happens. Crowley won't bite...if you don't make him angry, that is.]

[ooc: Anthony J. Crowley is in his snake form and hanging out in the park, basically, because he is the Serpent of Eden and he does what he wants. And yes, he can speak. Just not yet, because scaring you all is a much better use of his time than just acting dumb. People who can detect demonic powers and such will be able to tell that he isn't just an ordinary snake. B)]

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[angelphones]

[Well, he was just going to have a nice walk through the park, but something pings him and he heads towards the more tree-y totally a word part of the park. Where is it coming fr -.]

[He looks up, and grins. That's why it seemed a little weird. There's only one demon he knows who would be a snake.]

Hey there.

[scaresplants]

[A visitor. And...oh. It's Katsu. He cocks his scaly head slightly at him silently, trying to determine whether or not he recognizes him in this form.]

[But really, considering who he is, Crowley is guessing that it wouldn't be so hard for the kid to figure it out.]

[angelphones]

[So remember his tree-climbing fail all that long ago? Yeah. He's gotten better at it. Give him a second while he climbs up into the tree with you, balancing a little uneasily on a branch.]

Any special reason you decided to look like this today?

[scaresplants]

[Crowley lets out a disapproving huff as Katsu climbs up. He wanted people to troll around him, not people who thought that he was their best friend ever even though yes, he did have a soft spot for the kid which he will never, ever admit AND WHY IS HE THINKING ABOUT THIS.]

...Jussssssst felt like it.

[angelphones]

[Aw. Come on! It's fine. He leans back.]

Did you look just like this back then? Or is this a different kind of snake?

[scaresplants]

I looked like this back then, yes. [A huff.] Why wuld I ever change what I was?

[angelphones]

Well, I don't know. Maybe you wanted a change.

[He stretches out a bit, draping on a nice solid branch.]

... But I guess... do demons change that much over the years, in any way? I don't actually know a lot about demons, despite... yeah.

[not_heavens_adam]

[Walks in the park? His favorite. Animals not sticking around doesn't surprise him, one whiff of a vampire and the animals tend not to draw attention to themselves, not that he cares all that much about them.

Johnny almost walks right past the tree, not really paying it or it's scaly inhabitant much mind...until he catches that smell...

He stops and tilts his head in the snake's direction, greeting it with a cool smile and tone.]

Hmm? Crowley~? Is that you?

[scaresplants]

[No. Not him. Crowley twists slightly away from the vampire, though it looks like he's just settling in more comfortably on his branch.]

[He then flicks out his tongue a couple of times, pretending that he is a totally normal snake and he is totally not a demon at all. Maybe if he looks convincing enough, Johnny will leave. Yeah. That sounds like a plan.]

[not_heavens_adam]

[He's not dissuaded by the silence, in fact, his amusement only grows.]

It is you...isn't it? You have a very particular scent.

[With a small shrug he crouches down beside the trunk, and leaned against it.]

[scaresplants]

[He really really wants to to say "NO IT ISN'T" but that would give him away immediately. So he hisses slightly at Johnny, no looking very happy about this whole situation.]

[Leave him be to his snakey business, Johnny. >B(]

[not_heavens_adam]

[But he always has so much fun with these conversations 8D

He lights up a cigarette, letting that take his attention for a moment.]

You know....you make for a really cute snake~

[scaresplants]

[Okay, that's it. He will not be called cute. Not by Johnny. He turns and gives Johnny a very deadpan look, before:]

I'm not cute.

because all the Jesus-type figures should have CR with the Serpent of Eden

[withoutasign]

[Signless is just cruising the park, doing his thing and being all calm and collected, even though his mind is full of all the recent events in Vatheon. He does, however, notice the snake in the tree, and pauses, since he hasn't seen a snake in the bubble before.]

Hello there, little one. Haven't seen one like you around here before.

of course they should /o/

[scaresplants]

[Crowley notices the visitor and raises his head slightly to have a better look at him. Ah, another one of those trolls. And this one is bigger. He flicks his tongue out, and he really does look curious- probably because his conversation with Nepeta a while ago did make him interested in these trolls he hadn't talked to much about.]

[So he merely gazes at Signless, as if to say "Well, hello there to you too."]

[withoutasign]

[Signless is charmed by the way the snake just flicked its tongue at him. He likes snakes, having known a lusus who was a snake long ago, and this one seems friendly.]

What are you doing down in the bubble? Wouldn't you be more comfortable up on the island?

[The island seems more snake-friendly than the bubble.]

[scaresplants]

[There's a pause. After what had happened with people on that island when it first opened (people had gone mad and Ryoji had torn him a new one, not too many fond memories really), he decided that place must be cursed somehow. It made sense in his mind.]

[Besides, he lives here. So he just shakes his head after a while, clearly saying that no, he'd rather not live on that island even if that place had a car emporium on it.]

[withoutasign]

You can understand me?

[Signless is a little surprised by that! Besides the white barkbeast who was someone special in her world, he didn't realize there were talking animals in the bubble. And Ammy looked like a lusus, while this snake definitely doesn't.]

Can you speak?

[scaresplants]

[He nods to the first question, and just peers at him slightly at the next, wondering what to do. He could play dumb, but how long was that going to last? Besides, it's not like there was a well-versed collection of snake sigh-language he could draw upon to continue the conversation.]

[So, after a period of silence, he lowers his head slightly, giving another quick nod. And then he speaks, in a very curt British accent:]

Yesssssss, I can.

[xthecorvus]

[ So this guy. He was out doing a few errands today. Maybe it was after the young master had gone to bed. Either way, he'd never pass up the chance to notice this one particular snake up in a tree. Though he wasn't really too fond of them, he finds himself trying to figure this one out, as if it was a peculiar puzzle set before him.

There could be just the faintest glimmer of magenta in those scarlet eyes as he watches you though, Crawly. ]

My, aren't you a curious thing...?

[scaresplants]

[He lifts his head when he sees the man standing in front of his tree, and for a while, stares at him. That feeling...it was rather familiar, and reminded Crowley of his coworkers back home.]

[He flicks out his tongue, catching the scent, and yes...it smelled like a demon, too. And there was something very bird-like in that smell, too. How odd.]

[xthecorvus]

[ Still with his eyes trained on the snake a moment before reaching out, offering him a hand in case he wanted to draw close, curl around, whatever. This was a different sort of creature. ]

Most certainly not human, no... nor are you an ordinary garden snake.

[ Tilting his head ever so slightly. ]

Your name?

[scaresplants]

...How astute.

[He stares at the hand slightly before inching up, but still suspicious enough not to wrap around it just yet. Being a snake meant you had a whole set of vulnerabilities to remember, including the ability to be tossed into a wall or another such heavy object without any effort at all.]

Crawly. [A pause.] Yourssssss?

[xthecorvus]

Like is to like, I suppose.

[ Snakes didn't do well with crows, did they? No matter how gentle the facade. But that hand is drawn away. ]

Sebastian will do.

[ It's not his true name but even between demons, a name was a powerful thing. Thanks for the easy loophole, Ciel. ]

I don't quite recall crossing one such as yourself in the past. But you are rather familiar.

[scaresplants]

Yes.

[He turns his gaze away from the hand to Sebastian's face, yellow staring into red.]

Hmmm. I think I've heard of that name before. But yesssssss, I feel the same way...