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Tweak says, "I saw the face of God"

Anthony J. Crowley (i_sauntereddown) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2009-12-11 08:15:00

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anthony crowley, elle bishop, harleen quinzel

Storming the Castle [Elle, later Harley]
Crowley stood at the base of the castle with an expression on his face that might have been interpreted as a smile were it on anyone else. On him it just appeared predatory. In a way, he supposed, it was. This castle, this entire experience was like prey to him. He and Elle had come here with the explicit purpose of causing trouble. Big trouble. Epic trouble.

They were going to take on a building whose base was strong. Solid. It reminded him a bit of the castles of Britain, only during their early years where they still had that new castle smell to them. That magnificence. Before the dark and dank set in.

Though, if he had his way, he and Elle would make quick work of this new monarchy. They were, in all essence, storming the castle to take the crown away from whomever it was that had it. Crowley didn't know who had the crown. He hadn't been paying that close of attention.

All he really knew was this was going to be worth the effort. It was infinitely better than killing ducks in the park, that was for sure. This was a rare opportunity in this city to do something other than lounge around lazily.

It certainly beat scaring his plants.

He looked at the doors... gates... whatever you wanted to call them, turned to look at Elle and nodded. She would know what that meant. It was time for action.

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i_sauntereddown
2010-02-21 11:16 pm UTC (link)

The Queen? That girl who did the cartwheels at the zoo and wore the crazy costume, the one who called him a pervert, that was the Queen? Crowley was less than impressed. He always had the opinion, a valid one at that, that royalty was of the stuffy variety. The sort that wouldn't know what a plumber did and did it have something to do with plums? So he was surprised at the declaration that Harley was the Queen.

How very... bizarre a concept to comprehend. She was nothing like the Queens he knew. Granted most of those were of the English variety, but still.

"Well, she's getting away," he said, dodging bits of rubble from the ceiling to try to follow where the costumed girl had gone. Though Crowley had the distinct suspicion that there wasn't going to be much of a castle left after they were all done for Elle to take over and command.

Unless it was miracled back into place, but that wasn't exactly his area of expertise. That was the Angel's.

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i_lovemrj
2010-02-23 04:28 am UTC (link)

Secret passage ways ruled! Harley was so glad she had them put into her castle, and when she got out of this mess, wherever she ended up next, she was so going to put secret passageways there too. And maybe some secret rooms. It was really going to suck to have to leave this place, she’d gotten really used to having servants and stuff.

But there was no time to regret the loss as she raced down the hidden stairs, the hyenas on her heels. She’d asked about Ace, but none of the staff that had been in her bedroom when she darted in to get the Nitro-9 had seen the kid, so she was probably fine. Either way, she was on her own. Harley figured the girl probably bolted at the first sign of invasion.

Which was what she was doing now. Getting the hell out of Dodge, and she made no move to hide what she was doing from the staff. So they knew to get the hell out too, and if they didn’t, well then that was just survival of the fittest, wasn’t it? If some snot-nosed kid was kicking over your anthill, it was time to find a new anthill before the magnifying glass got pulled out.

Of course, Harley wasn’t an ant, so she was the one with the magnifying glass this time. Or, more precisely, the explosives. As soon as she was outside and made sure her babies were clear, she started setting up the charges around the base of the castle. She was neither as careful or as precise as she might have been at another time, but Harl wasn’t stupid enough to think that pair that was invading was gonna be lollygagging around. But even so, she took a moment to look up at her castle before she flipped the switch, taking time to say good-bye.

“It was good while it lasted,” she sighed. Then she pressed the detonator.

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