245 Jewish singers returned from captivity in Babylon

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley hasn't been back in to Casa Guts since the Even Horizon mess. He's stayed away, giving South time to deal with what the castle had made him do to her, to find some security in her life again. But now she's given him the all clear, he's gone back to what is undoubtedly somewhere he can call home.

He wanders the rooms at first, noting any changes, checking on his housemates without making it look like he's openly doing so, and eventually, he heads back to his room]

Okay, you leafy little fuckers, you might of had a holiday, but now I'm back, you'd better pick up any slack those sissys let you -

[He pauses, noticing the black lab sitting with his menagerie. He frowns, confused, heading over to his already open journal and flicking through the pages desperately. He'd been in such a self-involved state for so long, this had slipped him by]

When did Lana leave the castle?

Comments

[onlyanapple]

I must have missed it.

[He was totally just walking through and not checking if you were dead or anything, Gale. He pats Shadow's head absently]

And yet another for the hand me down zoo. I'm starting to wonder if people do this to me on purpose.

[fanstheflame]

Nice dog, though. [he reaches out to let him sniff his hand]. He just started coming in one night with the others, after we got back, and I thought he was a stray or something. He didn't cause any trouble, though, so I didn't see any reason to turn him out. .... If he belonged to a friend, I'm glad I didn't.

[onlyanapple]

His name's Shadow. He's... [the demon stares at the dog] been passed to a few different people. He is a good dog though, I suppose.

[fanstheflame]

Poor guy. [Gale stoops down to scratch Shadow behind the ears, as he's been doing in Crowley's absence anyways] How many owners has he had, do you know?

[onlyanapple]

Three? Possibly four. Castiel had him at one point, too.

[fanstheflame]

I don't think I knew Castiel... Was he a friend of yours? [no, Shadow, he does not have food in his pockets today, stop looking]

[onlyanapple]

[A pained expression crosses Crowley's face for a moment, before he replaces it with something far more neutral]

Something like that. Doesn't matter, he's long gone.

[fanstheflame]

[he's lived here long enough to know that look from other people's faces, but he hadn't expected to see it on Crowley. he won't pry, though.]

But he's still got friendly faces around. That's good. ... I brought him hunting with me a couple times while you were gone... He's a good digger.

[onlyanapple]

He could probably use the chance to run around. It's what he's bred for anyway, hunting.

[That may or may not be Crowley giving Gale permission to take Shadow with him other times]

[fanstheflame]

Maybe I'll see if he can help me catch a couple ducks one of these nights, then. .... You need anything? I've got to run into town and get one more bucket of paint for Tsuna's new room.

[onlyanapple]

Nah, I'm fine. Went to the castle not long ago to get all my alcohol.

[fanstheflame]

Alright. [he nods a little, not wanting to make it awkward. he'd seen South's journal, he knew how hard it must have been for him to come back]. I'll see you around, then. ... I'm gonna wonder what hit me later, but... It's good to have you back.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley scoffs, waving him away]

If you're going to be sentimental about this, you can just go.

[fanstheflame]

Oh no, scary demon. [he'll just hold up his hands and back away down the hall. see you at dinner, dude]

[onlyanapple]

Don't be funny. [Yep, when he eats everyone else's food. Bet you all MISSED that]