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[A small sigh. All dictated.]

I'm back in the castle now. I got back yesterday. [She just took a day to lie around.] For at least two weeks, longer if I can help it. How is everyone? [Whimsically:] Hello, everyone who's new. My name's Rin. I hope you're having an all right time of things so far. Welcome to Paradisa.

[At the moment, the girl herself can be found stretched out on her back on the grass next to the duck pond with her arms folded under her head. Maybe she's cloudwatching, maybe she's napping, or maybe it's both?

There's a weird cactus-looking creature near her, kind of hidden in the other plants, swaying and making weird clunking noises to itself. Rin appears to be otherwise unaccompanied.]

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[onlyanapple]

Look at you, back and apparently not dead.

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I think if I'd died, you'd probably have heard Legato gloating.

[onlyanapple]

And then I would have had to slap him.

[payback]

I'm touched, Crowley. You would do that for me?

[onlyanapple]

Don't look too much into it.

[payback]

Let's not worry about that, I try to minimize any chance he has of getting his hands on me anyway.

[onlyanapple]

As you should.

Crowley;

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Hey, Crowley. Can you cast spells and stuff?

Rin

[onlyanapple]

I can bend reality, it's a little more complicated than casting spells.

...Why?

Crowley forever;

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... I'm trying to think about what to do with Legato beyond just sticking him in a building in the dead zone and hoping the castle leaves him there. It won't last forever.

[onlyanapple]

No, it won't. Can't the genuis oddbods in this place think of something?

[payback]

I'm asking everybody. I figure maybe if we put more than one layer of something on him, the less easily he'll be able to find somebody to fix him right up again.

[onlyanapple]

Makes sense, I suppose. We don't want a repeat of...anything he's done in the past.

[payback]

... I won't ask you to do something you don't want to do - I won't be mad if you don't want to do anything. This situation is pretty bad. But, Crowley, is there anything you think you could do?

[onlyanapple]

Sorry, there are rules. I can't mess with people's free wills. I can toy with them, tempt them, convince them to do something, but I can't make someone do something. Or not do something.

My powers don't work that way.

[payback]

[Immediately.] I wouldn't ask you to mess around with his will. Or his mind. [That seems like going too far.]

But... what about sealing his powers, somehow? Can you do that? So he could want to use them, but he wouldn't be able to.

[onlyanapple]

Glad to hear it, because I couldn't and wouldn't do it.

[He pauses, thinking for a moment] No...I don't think I could. Some things are even beyond my abilities, scary as that may sound.

[payback]

All right.

If you find somebody you think would be trustworthy... could you pass the question on to them?

[onlyanapple]

Sure. Shame the angel isn't still here. He might have had more luck.

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Who?

[onlyanapple]

Aziraphale. The angel from my world.

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Friend of yours?

[onlyanapple]

Hrmm. He's something of my counterpart.

[payback]

Well... if he turns up, maybe he can help us out with this.

[onlyanapple]

It's likely, he's been brought to and sent back form the castle four times now.