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[onlyanapple]

[Crowley seems very amused with the sudden costume change. After all, it's a perfect opportunity to mock others, to enjoy their suffering under the hopes they'll take it out on someone else and add to the general net evil in the castle.

Crowley himself is lounging on a deck chair in the garden of Cas Guts, watching townspeople walk back, completely unashamed with the certain ninja outfit he's been forced into. The blonde wig is annoying, but the fishnets are attracting attention so they make up for it. He's sipping some wine, really enjoying himself]

I don't know what you're all complaining about, it's fun. Besides, bitching about it is just a way to tell your friends you think they dress like idiots. Pretty big dick move if you think about it.

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[save_the_souls]

[Allen was coming home from work at the clinic when he walks down the sidewalk in front of the house- pausing when he sees THAT up on the garden deck. ]

[save_the_souls]

[And theeen he proceeds to keep walking PAST THE HOUSE. Because nope nope nope. Not acknowledging he knows you today uncle nope he'll be at the Chinese place until he's eaten out the memory of that.]

[onlyanapple]

[Too bad, Allen. Uncle sees you and sees you want to avoid talking to him, so he sticks up a hand to wave]

Allen! Hallo, welcome home.

[save_the_souls]

Not talking to you in that!

[KEEPS WALKING!!]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley puts a hand to his chest]

That's mean and hurtful, Allen.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora was on a break from working at the Gallery and decided to take a walk to see what ridiculousness she could spot today.

She spots the familiar fishnets and stops to say hi to her friend... when she realizes that that is NOT the friend she thought it was]

I have no words for just how fucked up that is.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley gives her a friendly wave]

Nothing like a good dose of castle shenanigans, right Nora?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora chuckles, shaking her head at him]

I never thought I'd be seen wearing more clothes than you are. But hey as far as castle shit goes this isn't so bad.

[onlyanapple]

I bet Mark's sad about that fact. But yo're right, this is actually entertaining.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She snickers]

Speaking of Mark you should see what he's wearing. It seriously looks like someone gave him $10 and a picture of Zelos and said go.

[onlyanapple]

I'm sure Zelos is crying somewhere over it all.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Sobbing at what an insult it is and whoa is he to have to suffer this indignity!

[onlyanapple]

That poor poor darling man.

[fanstheflame]

But whoever would wear a hat like this is an idiot. [Gale's bitching good naturedly as he comes through the door in a certain inventor's green suit, carrying out the scraps and trash from the last of the renovations. as he sets them down with the rest of the waste he's going to cart away to the firepit he built near the woods, he finally gets a good look at Crowley and ...well. THERE IS FINALLY A USE FOR THIS ICON]

Oh God.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley gives Gale a coy wave]

I don't know, a little pretention never hurt anyone. Hello Gale.

[fanstheflame]

... I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you're wearing that at all, or the fact that it's probably going to be seared into my memory for weeks. [where is the unsee button., WHERE]

[onlyanapple]

When you have trouble getting frisky with Ino later, please do feel free to blame me. I want to hear the screaming.

[fanstheflame]

Like I'd even give you the satisfaction. [this is him, rolling his eyes at you]

[onlyanapple]

You're mean. [He'll fake-pout] Ruining all my fun.

[fanstheflame]

Hey, you ruin mine, I ruin yours. .... Have you seen Ino yet, today? She's having a hard time with that armor she's stuck in.

[onlyanapple]

I have, Guts used to wear it all the time, no wonder he was such a fucking angry asshole.

[fanstheflame]

[he frowns. this is the first he's heard anything substantial about the guy their house has been affectionately named after]

... Was he as bad as the other one? Vergil?

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley arches an eyebrow, surprised Gale's bringing the man up]

Worse. At least Vergil could occasionally have spasms of a sense of humour.

[fanstheflame]

[he needs to know What Not To Do, of course. it's good to know these things]

Really? ... Seems to me you href a sense of humor to even make it around here, some days. How did he cope with everything if he couldn't laugh at it?

[onlyanapple]

Mostly he got angry and tried to kill things.

how does "have to have" become "href", phone, really

[fanstheflame]

Oh. [a shadow settles on Gale's shoulders like a cloak. he remembers all too well how angry he'd been when he arrived, how easy it had been for Finnick, Peeta, and so many others to get under his skin and raise his hackles. how he'd almost welcomed the anger, the chance to have someone to lash out at. it's not even that Guts had been involved with Ino, but the ghost of their shared temper that makes it easy for him to see them cut from the same cloth]

... His world must have been pretty terrible, too.

your phone wants to LINK THINGS

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley's own expression darkens. The Eclipse was a nightmare for him, and it remains to be something that haunts him, memories creeping up to leap out at him when he least expects it. The things that mess made people do...what it made him do. It really was like Hell had come to Paradisa]

It happened here once. The events of his world. It as pretty fucking awful.

it does, dangit

[fanstheflame]

.... I can only imagine, if you're the one saying that. [he looks up, past the town, toward the castle]

Honestly? Most nights I go to bed, I hope we don't all wake up in Panem.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley follows Gale's line of vision, exhaling softly]

Can't say I blame you. I've heard of some pretty shitty futures in my time, but that one takes not only the cake but the whole bakery.

[fanstheflame]

... Bakery, right. [baked goods will always make him think of Peeta, forever, and he frowns slightly]

Does this place like to pull people back in a lot? I mean ... like it did for Katniss. And Nanako...

[onlyanapple]

Sorry, forgot that was a touchy subject.

[He shrugs]

It depends on the person, really. I've seen some show up once and only once, and I've seen other show up multiple times. It all depends on who the castle enjoys the most, I suppose.

[fanstheflame]

[he shrugs. it isn't touchy so much as simply a touchstone, something that will always make him think of home.]

Sometimes I'll catch myself thinking it's random, like the Reaping.... But then I think about what people have found out, the things we've seen.... and it makes me wonder.

[onlyanapple]

It's definitely got a preference for people with turbulent lives, I'll give it that much.

[fanstheflame]

[he pauses to think - and then realizes something and shakes his head, amused]

Why is it that it seems like every time we have even a remotely serious discussion, something ridiculous is going on?

[onlyanapple]

I think it's what makes us really take stock of our lives, the ridiculous shit.

[fanstheflame]

"I'm standing here talking to a demon dressed like my girlfriend, what is my life and how did I get here"? ... Okay, you know what, that actually makes a twisted kind of sense.

[which is the only kind of sense anyone should expect Crowley to make, really]

[onlyanapple]

See? You'll come to expect anything in the long run, living here.

[fanstheflame]

See, the thing is, I've been here long enough now that I know you're right. [he shakes his head]

I gotta go find something to do to get the image of you in fishnets out of my mind, if you'll excuse me.

[it's going to haunt him, okay. he is scarred for life. maybe he'll see if Tsuna will knock him out, and he can wake up with a secondary loss: The Image of Crowley In Ino's Outfit]

[onlyanapple]

Good luck with that buddy. I recommend whiskey!