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[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

[When you are an angel who has yet to entirely catch up with human invention, many things are completely mysterious to you. Like teapots, or telenovelas, or comic books. Angels didn't need stuff like that, but Cheriour decided that if he is going to be here, he is going to learn all he can about these things.]

Um, hello. Yes. I have some important questions. You see, I found some things in the city, and I want to know what exactly what their purpose is. I'm not terribly well informed on inventions, and people are the best source of information, so, erm, here I go.

First of all, umbrellas. What a strange name. Um-brell-las. Brelly-ums. Erm, what do they do? Are they weapons? Because I stabbed a chair in the tower with one, it's pretty sharp...but why do you need the cloth for it? I don't get it.

Second, what do you do with those weird blowing things that you often find in bathrooms? The ones that spew hot air in your face. Are they used for cooking? Like, if you hold one over food, it gets it hot. But why would you cook in a bathroom...?

And last but not least, please elucidate the meaning of this very odd thing I found on the bathtub yesterday.

[There's a squeaking noise.]

What is the purpose of having a small yellow rubber duck?

[Today's derpiest angel brought to you by Things-That-Don't-Make-Sense-In-Cheriour's-Head.]

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[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

...

[He'll just be cocking his head at you like a curious bird now.]

Well, I exist, and I'm such a being working for the power of good. Should I stop believing in myself?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

Aside from your...eyes...you seem Qui'sol to me.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

...What is a Qui'sol? Is that something bad?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

Qui'sol short for Qui'amsol. It is our word for those like you--"those who walk in sunlight".

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Ah, I walk in the sunlight, that is true. But I also walk during the night, midday and twilights, too. Also midnights. I love midnights.

But I suppose you can't?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I am Ublit--a child of moonlight.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Child of moonlight? How poetic, almost. So the world of the night is your home?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

It is the time in which we thrive, yes.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

So that is why you're out and about so late. Hmmm. Now it all makes sense.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

Is it of interest to you?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Everything is of interest to me. That's just the way it is for me.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I...see. You are one who seeks knowledge.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Yes, like all angels, I take pride in knowledge.

[And he then raises the rubber duck and squeaks it.]

...Which is why I want to know what this is.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

...What is that?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

I'm asking you. I discovered it on one of the bathtubs.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

Bath "tubs"?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

They're these big white things where you can take baths in. I don't know how exactly to describe them.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

But it is a method of cleansing oneself, correct?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Yes, the water comes in and you clean yourself. And then it goes down the funny little drain at the bottom of the tub when you are done.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

You do not use rivers or lakes?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, I do not bathe. I have no need to. But humans use what is called "plumbing". It brings the water from the rivers and lakes to them.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

You are different from them?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Of course. I'm an angel. I do not need to bathe, eat, drink, or even breathe. And I do not age. I may look like a human being, but I'm far more than that.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

An...gel. [ what on earthhhhhhh, this makes no sense ]

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Yes, an angel. Celestial beings who work for God. And only one god where I come from. I cannot die and cannot age. This isn't even what I truly look like.