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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.]

Comments

[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.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

You realize it is a difficult tale to believe.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

[A slight frown.] It isn't a tale! That's what I am. I do not lie.

Do you need me to show you my wings?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

...You possess wings?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

All angels do.

[There's a pause, and then a large whump- and out of nowhere sprout two large white wings. But they're not completely natural. They (http://i.imgur.com/ZXcBY.jpg) contain gears and mechanical parts, though the feathers are real.]

See?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

[ skdjgsk oh gosh--Yllit jumps, predictably, and just stares. ]

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

[He flexes them back and forth like they are limbs, grinning all the while.]

Don't use them that often, I just teleport from place to place mostly. But I enjoy them all the same.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

Tellaport...?

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

I jump from place to place without walking Like this.

[And there's the sound of turning gears, and he is gone, before suddenly appearing behind Yllit.]

Over here!

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

[ dsjkghkjsgdsk he jumps again, stumbling back a few feet ]

--That is....it's impossible...

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

How is it impossible when it's right in front of you?

[He folds his wings and cocks his head at Yllit, grinning as if he had done a particularly good magic trick.]

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I--no, that's..... [ AAAAAAAAAAAAA his little mind ;A; ]

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

What? What's wrong?

[DID HE DO SOMETHING WRONG AAAAAAAAA]

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I...I do not know how to comprehend these events. By all explanation they should be impossible, yet I see them before me.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, then they're now possible, aren't they? Because I proved it to you.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I...I must be addled. It is the only way this is possible.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

[He reaches over and knocks on Yllit's forehead gently.]

You aren't addled, I assure you. And it isn't a dream.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

[ dskgsdkgsk it just leaves him blinking incredulously, holding the area he tapped with both hands ]

.......

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

...

Any questions?

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

I...I believe I ought to sit down for a short while.

[challengesworld.livejournal.com]

Okay, you do that! Take your time.

[parslunae.livejournal.com]

[ sobbbbbbbbbbbbb what is even going on. He sits down right on the lawn, stealing glances up at CHEERIO, wtf while he tries to rationalize all of this ;; ]