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[demonicmiracle]

You'll all want to start wearing as much wool clothing as possible.
If you go into the pond, it'll likely save your life.
You're welcome.

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[demonicmiracle]

Sensible lady, your aunt
You aren't the lad that pulled me out of the pond, are you? I'm the Brit with red hair, if that helps

[They've had two conversations and are yet to trade names.]

[webdesigned]

that's me, yeah. i figured you might be speaking from experience on winter pond swimming
i'm peter. unless you want to keep it to lad that pulled you from a pond and brit with red hair, but that's a real mouthful

[demonicmiracle]

I've been unlucky a couple times. Your feet alright?
Peter will do. I'm Crowley, if it wasn't obvious.

[Can guarantee he's gonna forget Peter's name and call him "that lad from the pond" at some point again.]

[webdesigned]

you've ended up in there more than once??? you're not kidding, that is unlucky, wow.
as for my feet i got feeling back in my toes after a day or so. i have been sleeping with my shoes on, just in case, and so far so good. what about you, you managed to warm up yet?

[demonicmiracle]

I reckon God might be punishing me

[A VERY FUNNY JOKE.]

Glad you didn't lose any toes. I'm fine, learned enough lessons from the first time. For the best, too, I'd had no idea that hot baths were a bad idea and it would've been my solution to the problem.

[webdesigned]

you must have done something really bad in a past life, huh?

( also a bad joke, that he does not realize is a bit on the nose... )

oh. yeah, it can put you into shock. gotta warm up again slowly, as excruciating as it is in practice
did you go to the hospital after? i've kinda been worried about you.

[demonicmiracle]

Something like that, sure.

Loathe as I was to do it, yeah, I ended up at the hospital. They stitched up my leg where that thing in the pond had grabbed me. No need to worry about me, though, I'm more sturdy than I look.

[webdesigned]

really? what did they say about the idea you'd been teleported under a lake and had a bad leg injury from an underwater tentacle monster? or did you not mention that part

[demonicmiracle]

You know, I totally forgot to mention it.

[He did not forget to mention it.]

The locals aren't much interested in seeing the reality here, I hardly expected them to believe the truth. A lie was easier.

[webdesigned]

i guess so. it never feels like asking around gets very far, but somebody around here has to know something, right?

[demonicmiracle]

People in charge might, but the rest of them don't seem to have much going on upstairs, as it were

[webdesigned]

yeah, good point. and the people on top usually aren't that talkative

( not without a little inspiration. or if they needed to monologue after victory seemed certain, but that's not gonna help in this instance. )

[demonicmiracle]

That's how they end up on top, generally

[webdesigned]

probably had something to do with it, sure.

( he could conspire and scheme a bit more, that there has to be a trail of breadcrumbs somewhere, that sooner or later they'll get a hint and then they can start figuring out what the hell is going on here...

but knowing there's likely limited privacy on these things, Peter doesn't say any of that.

instead, he just says, )

glad you warmed up okay.
if you need anything, like groceries or whatever, with your leg like that, just let me know

[demonicmiracle]

That's sweet of you, but I'm alright. Hardly the worst I've had to deal with, and my husband isn't entirely useless

[He isn't at all useless, and also he doesn't know about the injury, so Crowley isn't about to admit he needs help with anything.]

[webdesigned]

that's ... like the husband they gave you when you got here, or...

( it's cool if he just has a really great relationship with the guy he was suddenly shacked up with, it's just, Peter hasn't heard anyone refer to that so casually before. )

[demonicmiracle]

[The good thing about texting is that he can explain this without getting flustered.]

Ah, sort of. We know each other. Knew each other, back home. We're old friends, not married, though. That's been an adjustment.

[Well, that wasn't too terrible.]

[webdesigned]

( without getting flustered, huh? good to know... )

i didn't know it was even possible to show here with somebody you knew
that's nice. i mean, being fake married has to be kinda weird, but not as weird as being fake married to a stranger. or the fake son of a stranger.

[demonicmiracle]

There's two blokes here who know each other from home, but they're not married, what with both being men.

[The same could be said for he and Aziraphale, depending on how people have read him, but he doesn't quite think about it that way.]

I will admit to being relieved I'm not married to a stranger. Or responsible for some kid. No offense.

[webdesigned]

none taken. i wouldn't want to look after me either

( look how gray his parental figures are. parenting peter parker is a less than ideal task. )

[demonicmiracle]

I dunno, you seem an alright kid, but I've already one back home to deal with and he's handful enough.

[webdesigned]

( just wait until he shows up with broken eggs and an even more broken face, Crowley, you'd be surprised how much of a problem he can be! )

oh, you've got a kid?
i'm sorry. has to be hard to be here without them. but i guess it's better to not have kids here.

[demonicmiracle]

[Can't be worse than trying to raise the Antichrist.]

Ah, I'm his nanny, actually, but you're right about it being better he's not here. This isn't a place for children, especially not ones under 10.

[webdesigned]

( he's definitely at least a little worse than raising a fake antichrist though. )

oh. i wouldn't have guessed you're a nanny.

( might be from the handing off beers to a teenager thing. but that's cool!! )

seems like not too many younger people ended up stuck here, at least. hopefully it stays that way

[demonicmiracle]

[At least he's sensible enough not to start a food fight. Maybe.]

What, I don't strike you as the soft and nurturing type?

[Or maybe it was the beer thing.]

Not a lot of us ended up here at all. Seems an odd collection of people, though