A lovely thing about Christmas

[lord_wizard]

Who: Felix and YOU!
What: Trolling for Christmas kisses!
When: All day today
Where: Anywhere from the town to most general traffic areas of the castle (lobby, hallways, grounds, etc)
Rating: Depends on how handsy you want to get.

[Today, Felix has been Christmas shopping. That fact is fairly obvious by the mass of shopping bags strung over both of his arms. He seems to be having a little trouble handling all of them. Maybe you could give him a hand?

Really, they're not as cumbersome as they look. While it's true some of them are legitimately filled with presents, a number of them are hiding some of those castle nutcrackers, while the rest are filled with nothing more than tissue paper.

With these, he takes an extrememly leisurely route from town to the castle, meandering the streets, to the gardens, to the lobby, and even the hallways, regardless of whether or not any of these are actually on the way to his rooms or not, greeting nearly every passerby with a smile and shifting the bags in a way that might be a signal to the more altruisitcally minded. Either way, he's happy to stop and chat, if only to set them down for a moment.]

Comments

[lord_wizard]

What issue do you have with winter?

[onlyanapple]

It's a reptile thing. It's too bloody cold.

[lord_wizard]

I thought you only turned into a snake.

[He walks up and puts the bags down at his feet]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley chuckles]

No, I'm always a snake, I'm just very good at fooling people otherwise.

[lord_wizard]

Now that I think about it, that does add up. Shame on me for not noticing. But, can't you simply choose to be warm?

[onlyanapple]

[That gets an eyeroll behind the shades]

Thank you for that suggestion, Felix. I never thought of that myself.

[lord_wizard]

Oh, don't give me that. You said your abilities alter reality, so I assume there is a reason that doesn't work for you...

[onlyanapple]

[He folds his arms over his chest for a moment, huffing out a breath of cold air]

I'm a snake. It's the form I chose to bring about the Fall of Man, and it's the form He made sure I could never get rid of, with all the benefits and pitfalls therein.

[lord_wizard]

[Felix hasn't really gotten the full story of your daddy issues, Crowley, so this only gets a raised eyebrow from the wizard.]

'He' being...?

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley points a finger skyward]

The Big Guy.

[lord_wizard]

[Oh this is a God metaphor, ok. But it doesn't clear up much for him]

Forgive my ignorance, but if you're a demon, what influence would your god have over you?

[onlyanapple]

He created me. He has influence over everything.

[lord_wizard]

That seems...problematic.

[onlyanapple]

Yeah, welcome to my world.

[lord_wizard]

Well, I suppose you'll have to work around the problem. Maybe you can find someone to help keep you warm.

[onlyanapple]

Well, that is always entertaining, I have to admit.

[lord_wizard]

Indeed. Have anyone in mind?

[onlyanapple]

You know me, Felix. I can always find someone. Seen as you have that pesky monogamy thing going on.

[lord_wizard]

[He smiled mildly and shrugged]

What can I say, there are some aspects of my life in which I prefer stability.

[Which also now included this yearly tradition between him and Crowley, which is more what he means at this instance, given the look in his eye at the moment as he leans against the doorframe of the Bentley]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley grins at that, an eyebrow arching]

Well, it's an important thing to have, stability.

...Also you're leaning on the car.

[lord_wizard]

Am I?

[With a look that said 'MAKE ME STOP' and exactly how he had in mind. Damned if he was actually going to initiate anything, though the nutcrackers were making it hard to resist]

[onlyanapple]

You know how I feel about that.

[And surprisingly quickly, or perhaps, not that surprisingly at all, given how long Felix has known the demon, Crowley grabs the front of his shirt, pulling him off the Bentley and turning to push him against the opposite wall. The smirk remains on his features, moving in closer]

You know I don't like it.

oh my god did you press a major button there /face in hands

[lord_wizard]

[That knocks the wind out of him in more ways than one, and it's clear from the sudden look of near panic on his face that this has gone more or less off the rails from how he'd planned things. The sudden almost-violence and even the look on the demon's face screams Malkar in more ways than he's comfortable with...makes him recall being restrained and hurt and used. There's just enough magic on him however, along with the even older conditioned response that made him a martyr, to keep him rooted to the spot rather than fight for escape, clearly torn between arousal and terror]

C-Crowley...

good job demon

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley been planning to slip into their usual dance around this time of year, the snarking and teasing until...well, properly ~enjoying~ one another's skills in this area. But Felix's expression is enough to make him step back, a touch of confusion crossing his own features]

...Felix?

good job *provoking* the demon, more like

[lord_wizard]

[He's wide-eyed and frozen to the spot for the moment, his hand fluttering at his lips in a way that could have been comical except for that fact that he's shaking. The worst part, perhaps, is that he'd slipped up in front of somebody that wasn't Ashura.]

Oh powers. I didn't...I shouldn't have...I'm sorry...