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:: wax on, wax off :: ([info]skeeballfanatic) wrote in [info]colligo_threads,
@ 2009-12-25 11:02:00

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Entry tags:!open, castiel, clark kent, damien thorn, god, satan

WHO: God (OPEN TO MULTIPLE THREADS)
WHAT: Celebrating Christmas, in Her own way.
WHEN: Christmas morning - 10am
WHERE: A church
RATING: TBD
STATUS: In Progress

Many skeptics believed that Christmas had become so commercialized, so focused on spending money buying things that people don't really need, that the real reason for the holiday had been lost. In some ways, perhaps, that was true. For some people it really was all about getting gifts rather than giving them, about selfish things rather than sharing love with those around them. Yet as a whole, those who celebrated tended to know the real reason for Christmas and most, in their own way, gave thanks for it.

And needless to say, it was typically a very busy day for God.

The fact of the matter was, when people prayed, God listened. No matter how small the prayer, no matter how seemingly insignificant, God was there. Smiling down upon them with love and compassion. And while Christmas was symbolic of the birth of her only begotten Son, people still prayed for themselves. Asked for things for their loved ones, for health and for happiness. And every single one of those prayers was acknowledged in some way. It was the one day that things were personally handled by her, as her own thanks to those who still remembered the sacrifice she'd made for humanity so very long ago.

So for the majority of the early morning, God had returned to Heaven to preside over Earth. Now that the sun had risen, though, she returned to Colligo to be with those who were cut off from her creation. She had spent a few hours walking the streets to be amongst the mortals. She had given food and blankets to a group of homeless who were huddled together in the park rather than going to one of the shelters in the city. She had made money appear in a single mother's purse so she could afford some last minute gifts for her children. And at long last, God had wound up at the very same church upon whose lawn she had met with Castiel a few months earlier.

There was a smile upon her face as she listened to the bells sound the beginning of the service. Her skirt flowed silently around her ankles as she stepped inside the building and looked around. Spotting an empty pew and made her way to it, deciding that this was where she would spend the next hour or so. Not up front, near the stained glass window that depicted an image of her Son and his disciples, nor at the alter where the men in cloth were beginning to pray to her, but at the very back of the congregation amongst those who were troubled yet still present. Those looking for guidance, clinging to their last shred of belief, and hoping with everything they had within their soul that God would smile upon them.

Little did they know that she already was.



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[info]chosemanypaths
2009-12-26 11:30 pm UTC (link)
Among those in the back was a man who normally would have felt much more comfortable settled in the front, among the wealthier families and people making a show of their piety. A former United States Senator, a man who knew all about how much a show of religious devotion could boost one's social and political standing . . . and yet here he sat, in the next-to-last pew, staring up at the service with quiet, slightly confused eyes. It had been so long since he really came and heard Mass of any sort, and the memories he still retained were not serving him well. He didn't quite remember what he should be doing, what he should be feeling at that moment. He knew there were things he should know; rituals that had been ingrained in him when he was young (though never as strictly as his mother's scoldings of "Sit still. Be quiet. Listen to the bishop, and for God's sake stay awake."), but they were nowhere in his mind now as, years later, he knelt for a prayer amongst the troubled and the devout together, his aged body protesting just a little as he got down on his knees.

For not the first time in his life, and especially in the last few years, Nathan Petrelli really didn't know what he was supposed to do next.

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[info]skeeballfanatic
2009-12-27 05:12 am UTC (link)
Although it was clear Castiel wanted desperately to attack Morningstar, God knew he wouldn't without her express permission. Just as she knew Morningstar wouldn't dare turn against her right here and now, and try to sway some of the lost souls currently gathered to her side. No, God knew they would behave - as much as an angel as young as Castiel and one who had fallen so far as Morningstar could at least - and therefore she felt quite comfortable with turning her attention away from them after a while to one person in particular.

Nathan Petrelli. A man who had spent the bulk of his life living up to expectations laid out by his father and whose ideas, while certainly not ones that God balked had, had landed him in quite a bit of trouble and caused no small amount of pain to others in his life over the years. He was one of the current lost souls assembled. A man who, while undoubtedly certain of her existence, had still managed to lose his way in a world that had spiraled out of control around him.

Rising, God moved past Morningstar - with a warning look to both her and Castiel that all but screamed 'both of you behave' - and slid into the empty space beside Nathan. He was still struggling, even know in this place of worship. She could sense it coming off of him in veritable waves and made a decision as she gazed upon him to do something she rarely did with most humans.

She intended to make her presence known. Once she'd done so, she knew it was quite likely she would have his full attention. Until she did so, she knew he would pay her very little mind. And in order to help him, she needed him to know who she was and that she was truly there.

It wouldn't take much. Her Will alone could, of course, make him realize it. As could a great many other things she could do to draw his eyes upon her. However, she wasn't about to strip his own free will from him nor did she wish to make a scene and cause the others assembled to glance their way. So instead of anything flashy or impressive, as many likely believed she would do should she truly walk amongst them, God did something rather simplistic.

Reaching out, she placed her hand upon his shoulder and allowed her simple presence to be felt clear to the depths of his soul.

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