#Michael Clemens

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My fantasy is which cast will be well suited for the role of the main characters of Silent Hill 2.

[cilly-the-writer]

Clemens, Isaac, Michael, Reeve, and Memphis standing on an unpictured staircase for a photo.

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Michi 🤩

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VA - Erstes Wiener Krandaubel Opening: Donauwalterinterpretationen (2023)

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WAIT NOT ONLY MICHI HAYBÖCK WILL MISS THIS WEEKEND CUZ HE’S SICK BUT TSCHOFI AND CLEMENS AIGNER TOO??

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Review

We follow a young Coriolanus Snow during the 10th Hunger Games when he has to mentor the female District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray Baird who he develops feelings for and risks everything. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Review

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"Die Studierenden haben das Recht zu protestieren", sagt Michael Barenboim in seinem Statement zum Auftakt. "Und sie haben Recht, zu protestieren." Damit stellt sich Barenboim, Professor für Ensemblespiel und Violine an der Barenboim-Said-Akademie, klar auf die Seite derjenigen, die in den vergangenen Wochen Proteste gegen den Gazakrieg an deutschen Universitäten veranstaltet haben.

[...]

An Universitäten in Berlin, München, Frankfurt und weiteren Städten hatte es zuletzt pro-palästinensische Zeltlager gegeben - von den Veranstaltern als Demonstration bezeichnet. In Berlin hatte vor knapp zwei Wochen ein Brief für Aufregung gesorgt, in dem Angestellte von Berliner Hochschulen gefordert hatten, dass die Camps nicht polizeilich geräumt werden sollten. Um ihre Sicht auf die Dinge vorzutragen, haben die Professoren den Hauptsaal in der Bundespressekonferenz gebucht - eine große Bühne also. Neben Barenboim sitzen vor der Presse: Miriam Rürup (Direktorin des Moses Mendelssohn Zentrums), Clemens Arzt (Professor und Experte für Polizei- und Versammlungsrecht, HWR Berlin) und Michael Wildt (emeritierter Professor für Deutsche Geschichte, HU Berlin).

Die Pressekonferenz ist ein Plädoyer dafür, die Protestcamps gewähren zu lassen - aus inhaltlichen, politischen, aber auch aus juristischen Gründen. Daher geht es viel um Details des deutschen Versammlungsrechts. Staatsrechtler Arzt warnt vor zu vielen Auflagen und Verboten. Die Versammlungsfreiheit sei gefährdet: "Überschießende Beschränkungen schränken diese Freiheit immer wieder ein." Demonstrationen auf dem Gelände von Universitäten seien zudem prinzipiell nicht verboten. Auch Schilder und lautstarke Parolen gehörten dazu: "Das ist das Wesen einer Versammlung." Und dass die Proteste sich teils gegen Israel richteten - und damit auch gegen die deutsche Staatsräson - sei hinzunehmen. "Versammlungsfreiheit ist das Recht auf Dissens", so Arzt.

Für den Historiker Michael Wildt ist es auch aus Sicht der deutschen Geschichte eine Pflicht, die Meinungsvielfalt zu schützen: "Wer vor allem repressive Maßnahmen fordert, ebnet einem autoritären Staatsverständnis den Weg." Und Miriam Rürup vom Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum konstatiert: "Die Protestcamps sind ein Zeichen für gelebte Debattenkultur." Sie spricht aber auch an, dass es Antisemitismus in den Protestcamps gebe. Die Teilnehmer müssten im Blick haben, dass viele jüdische Studierende verunsichert seien.

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A RENAISSANCE CHRISTMAS Works by Jean Moulton, Jacob Obrecht, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Michael Praetorius, William Byrd, Jacobus Clemens non Papa

Joel Cohen The Boston Camerata

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Uh, einen hab ich noch vergessen!

Das wird ein Riesen-Ding!

"Die Ermittlung" von Peter Weiss

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my headcanons for genshin characters' full names (plus some canon ones lol) ^-^

Travelers:

Aether Sirius Viator

Lumine Spica Viator

Paimon Alycone Merope

Mondstadt:

Albedo Erich Kreideprinz

Amber Ida Hasenkamp-Xia

Astrologist Mona Magdalena Megistus

Barbara “Barbie” Liselotte Pegg

Bennett Anselm Mallory

Dahlia Bram Batz

Diluc Bastian Ragnvindr

Diona Dafni Kätzlein

Eula Babette Lawrence

Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort

Jeanette “Jean” Elke Gunnhildr

Kaeya Rivaan Alberich / Ragnvindr

Klee Käthe Kessler

Lisa Fiorella Minci

Michael “Mika” Clemens Schmidt

Noelle Petra Desroche

Razor Rolf Minci

Rosaria Karoline Nacht

Vanda “Sucrose” Anneliese Hertz

Varka Johann Bahl

Venti Detlef Daiber / Barbatos

Liyue:

Bai Chongyun

Cai Yanfei

Dai Yaoyao

Ding Xiao

Fei Xingqiu

Hu Tao

Huang Zhongli / Morax / Rex Lapis / Deus Auri

Lei Beidou

Lu Xinyan

Luo Ganyu

Luo Shenhe

Luo Xianyun

Mao Xiangling

Xue Baizhu

Xue Qiqi

Yan Yelan

Yao Ningguang

Yip Gaming

Yun Jin

Zhuang Keqing

Inazuma:

Arataki Itto

Kaedehara Kazuha

Kamisato Ayaka

Kamisato Ayato

Koizumi Chiori

Kujou Sara

Kuki Shinobu

Naganohara Yoimiya

Nekoba Kirara

Raiden Ei / Beelzebul

Raiden Shogun

Sangonomiya Kokomi

Shikanoin Heizou

Shikanoin Sayu

Takeishi Gorou

Thomas Oskar Rothschild / Akatsuki Thoma

Yae Miko

Sumeru:

Al-Haitham ibn Jamir ibn Zaid Sader

Candace bint Hamza ibn Ahmar Asim

Collei bint Tighnari ibn Zayd Habib

Cyno Cyrus Bamoun El-Hafez

Dehya bint Kusayla ibn Malek Hashim

Dori Yildiz / “Dori Sangemah Bay”

Faruzan Azimi

Imai Kunimitsu (Wanderer)

Kaveh Roshan

Layla Yildiz

Nahida Ijaz / Lesser Lord Kusanali / Buer

Nilou Golshan

Sethos Cyrus Bamoun El-Abdelfatteh

Tighnari ibn Zayd ibn Kyree Jubran

Fontaine:

Charlotte Benoîte LaFramboise

Chevreuse Cosette Caideux

Clorinde Maëlle Archambault

Emilie Rose Lavande

Freminet Corentin Snezhevich

Furina Regine Babineaux / “Furina de Fontaine”

Lynette Veronique Alarie-Snezhevna

Lyney Valentin Alarie-Snezhevich

Marion Devereaux Neuvillette

Navia Reine Caspar

Sigewinne Elyna Arquette

Warren Gaultier Wriothesley

Natlan:

Chasca Rivas

Citlali Xahuentitla

Iansan Kẹyinde

Kachina Nanatzcayan

Kinich Canek

Mavuika Whakatāne / Haborym

Mualani Ka’aukai

Oluwatoke Kọlade

Xilonen Nocelotl

Fatui (pretty much all of these will change as the game progresses):

Ajax Klimentovich Melnik / Tartaglia

Ceylse Aurelia Valerian / Columbina

Cosette Margot Bourreau / Sandrone

Crepus Arnfried Ragnvindr / Brighella

Jin Chaoxing / Pantalone

Peruere Genevieve Snezhevna / Arlecchino

Raiden Kunikuzushi / Scaramouche

Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter / La Signora

Rurik Vadimovich Vorobyev / Pulcinella

Ulrik Agnar Ingolf / Pierro

Tatiana Snezhevna Agapov / the Tsaritsa

Tlacelel Itzcuintlan / Il Captiano

Zandik Nazeri / Il Dottore

Hexenzirkel (again, will change):

Alice Thekla Kessler / "A"

Anya M. Andersdotter / "M"

Astromancer Barbeloth Oda Trismegistus / "B"

Inessa Ivanova Nikulina / "J"

Nicole Reeyn-Ragnvindr / "N"

Octavia Campana / "O"

Idun “Gold” Rhinedottir / "R"

NPCS!!!

(I HAVE A CLEAR FAVORITE NATION)

Mondstadt NPCs:

Adelinde Nett

Adelram Kreideprinz / Durin

Anna and Anthony Heilbrunn

Charles Schenck

Callirhoe Dupuis

Chloris and Flora Diefenbach

Cyrus Laukkanen

Donna Fenimore

Draff Kätzlein

Edith Rayne / Dr. Edith

Ella Musk

Ellin Sheridan

Elzer Boivin

Eury and Nimrod Poirot

Glory Taggart

Godwin Cross

Grace Kappel

Herrik Huffman

Hertha Bonamy

Maeve Livingstone / Dr. Livingstone

Margaret Winfrey

Marjorie Brightwen

Mellan König / Decarabian

Neven Gale / Dvalin

Patchi Driscoll

Patton Schüttmann

Sara Küchler

Siegfria Knochenmus

Timaeus Kloet

Vennessa Aguilar

Victoria Strohkirch

Vile Gagnon

Wagner McGowan

Liyue NPCs:

Gao Haixia / Beisht

Gao Shui / Osial

Huichen Guizhong / Haagentus

Mao Chaoxiang / Chef Mao

Mao Guoba / Marchosius / God of the Stove

Qui Tianlong / Azhdaha

Yi Nuo / Havria

Inazuma NPCs:

Arataki Takuya

Hinoyama Enjou

Raiden Makoto / Baal

Sumeru NPCs:

Amun Al-Ahmar / Deshret

Lilavati Trygve Alberich (post-marriage)'/ Lilavati Kartik Mishra (pre-marriage) / Kaeya's Mom

Nabu Malikata

Parisa Rukkhadevata

Fontaine NPCs:

Alouette Désirée Dupont / Egeria

Elynas Arsène Auclair

Fanchone Océane de Fontaine / Focalors

Remus Berceuse Adagio

all melusines (aside from sigewinne) have the surname "Auclair"

Snezhnaya NPCs:

Aleksander Klimentovich Melnik

Andronika Klimentevna Melnik

Anton Klimentovich Melnik

Teucer Klimentovich Melnik

Theodor Klimentovich Melnik

Tonia Klimentevna Melnik

Khaenri'ah NPCs:

Anfortas Asgeir Alberich

Caribert Alvar Alberich

Chlothar Flosi Alberich

Dainsleif Olan Asketill

Halfdan Munin Lien

Trygve Einar Alberich / Kaeya's Dad

Vedrfolnir Asketill / "the Sinner"

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📸: Raiders/Michael Clemens

[leasthaunted]

Episode 110: Ghost Writers in A.I. (featuring Michael Swaim)

On this week's episode, Cody and Garth are joined once again by Michael Swaim of Small Beans! Together they discuss the time a famous author wrote a book posthumously. That's right! It's actual ghost writers! They also discuss Michael's new book, The Climb and delve into the philosophical ramifications of generative A.I. on the world of artists and creators. So grab your Ouija™ boards, fire up the chatbots, and crack a few glo-sticks, it's about to get weird. 

Thanks for joining the boys again, Michael! Please check out Michael Swaim's new memoir, The Climb, and the comic Michael and Garth made, One Last Job!

Check out the images below discussed in this week's episode and please come join the episode discussion on the Least Haunted Discord!

Samuel Langhorne Clemens a.k.a Mark Twain (1835-1910)

A steam powered River Boat, much like Mark Twain piloted in the 1850's.

Young Sam Clemens as a young typesetter's apprentice

Original 1901 Oujia™ Board

Pearl Lenore Curran, the medium who communicated through Ouija™ board with the "spirit" of Patience Worth- a girl who supposedly lived in the 1600's - to write a series of novels and collections of poetry.

Emily Grant Hutchings, (1870-1960), friend of Pearl Lenore Curran, and St. Louis journalist. She was present at the Patience Worth Ouija™ sessions. In 1916 she, her husband, and medium Ms. Hays used a Ouija™ to communicate with the "spirit" of Mark Twain©.

The book, Jap Herron by Mark Twain, as communicated through the Oujia™ Board.

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LAWS OF CASTING | Bonus scene | Reeve | 234 words

Prompt by @flashfictionfridayofficial​

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     Clemens let the water’s coolness hit his face, sinking a little deeper as he floated there. The pool water was calm. It was quiet. Almost too quiet…

     He was right to be suspicious. 

     Soon enough, Reeve rushed out of the backroom yelling and holding up a huge beach ball, popping with bright primary colors.

     “Look what I found!” 

     Memphis had just surfaced from swimming underwater. She was catching her breath. But seeing Reeve run through the blue tint of her goggles, she yelled back at him.

     “Reeve, stop! You’re going to sli–”

     He slipped right through the very same water he’d splashed out of the pool earlier (doing jumps and canon-balls). He dropped the beach ball in a frantic wave of his arms and lost his balance right over the edge of the pool. Just barely managing to leap into the fall. 

     Making a big unintended splash. He sank straight down into the water and puffed his cheeks as he braced the sudden change of gravity–waiting to float back up. When he came back to the surface, the sharp chirp of a whistle rang in his ears.

     “No running on the pool deck!” the lifeguard called out.

     “Sorry!” Reeve smiled as he held back a laugh. He scanned for wherever he lost the beach ball. Then he saw Michael, who was already out of the water, retrieving it for him. “Michael! Toss it here!”

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You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzLtaF6dYMI&t=101s

14th March 2024

DIE ERMITTLUNG - Plakat und Trailer

Regisseur RP Kahl hat das Theaterstück "Die Ermittlung" von Peter Weiss mit 60 Schauspieler:innen für die Kinoleinwand inszeniert. Der heute veröffentlichte Trailer gibt einen ersten Einblick in das künstlerisch radikale Projekt, das Kino, Theater und neueste Broadcast-Techniken verbindet, um einen eindringlichen und zeitgemäßen Beitrag zur Erinnerungskultur zu leisten.

Im Zentrum des Films stehen ein Richter, ein Verteidiger und ein Ankläger, die im Rahmen der Verhandlung auf 28 Zeug:innen treffen, die von ihren Erlebnissen und Beobachtungen in Auschwitz berichten. Weitere 11 Zeug:innen der ehemaligen Lagerverwaltung sagen vor Gericht aus. Die 18 Angeklagten werden im Prozess mit Beschreibungen der Zeug:innen konfrontiert und sollen Stellung beziehen.

Das Theaterstück wurde 1965 uraufgeführt und hat bis heute nichts von seinem Schrecken verloren: Es basiert auf persönlichen Aufzeichnungen, Zeitungsartikeln und Protokollen des ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses (1963 bis 1965). In unmissverständlich klarer Sprache von Peter Weiss zu einem lyrischen Klagegesang verdichtet und montiert, konfrontiert das Stück Täter und Opfer und lässt das Grauen in Auschwitz spürbar werden.

Nach einer intensiven, vierwöchigen Probenzeit haben 60 Schauspieler:innen den Text von Peter Weiss für die Kinoleinwand zum Leben erweckt. An insgesamt fünf Drehtagen wurden die einzelnen Gesänge im Studio Berlin Adlershof mit einem ausgefeilten visuellen Konzept in nur einer Einstellung gedreht - eingefangen von insgesamt acht Kameras.

In den Hauptrollen sind Rainer Bock als Richter, Clemens Schick als Ankläger und Bernhard Schütz als Verteidiger zu sehen. Hochkarätig besetzt sind auch alle anderen Rollen, so werden die Zeug:innen von Andreas Anke, Filipp Avdeev, Elisabeth Duda, Marc Fischer, Arno Frisch, Attila Georg Borlan, Dorka Gryllus, Marek Harloff, André Hennicke, Marcel Hensema, Rony Herman, Marco Hofschneider, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Rene Ifrah, Eva Maria Jost, Christian Kaiser, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Nicolette Krebitz, Andreas Lechner, Peter Lohmeyer, Jiri Madl, Karl Markovics, Thomas Meinhardt, Robert Mika, Axel Moustache, Dirk Ossig, Axel Pape, Christiane Paul, Barbara Philipp, Andreas Pietschmann, Ralph Schicha, Peter Schneider, Andreas Schröders, Axel Sichrovsky, André Szymanski, Sabine Timoteo, Tom Wlaschiha, Mark Zak und Matthias Zera verkörpert. In der Rolle der Angeklagten standen Thomas Dehler, Nico Ehrenteit, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Christian Hockenbrink, Timo Jacobs, Ronald Kukulies, Lasse Myhr, Christian Pfeil, Torsten Ranft, Michael Rotschopf, Frank Röth, Matthias Salamon, Niels Bruno Schmidt, Tristan Seith, Michael Schenk, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Adam Venhaus, Till Wonka vor den Kameras.

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Hi! I was hoping you could share your fave fcs from ages 50-70? If they have resources that's awesome, but if not I can work with that too! 💜 Tysm!!

Those that have spoken up for Palestine, bolded have resources!

Juliet Stevenson (1956)

Peter Capaldi (1958)

Shobu Kapoor (1961) Indian.

Kamel El Basha (1962) Palestinian.

Sabrina Ferilli (1964)

John Cusack (1966)

Cynthia Nixon (1966) - is queer.

Michael Greyeyes (1967) Plains Cree.

Benedict Wong (1971) Hongkonger.

Waleed Zuaiter (1971) Palestinian.

Gabrielle Union (1972) African-American.

Poorna Jagannathan (1972) Indian.

Haifa Wehbe (1972) Egyptian / Lebanese.

Omar Metwally (1974) Egyptian / White.

Maxine Peake (1974) - is queer.

Tobias Menzies (1974)

Itziar Ituño (1974)

Mahershala Ali (1974) African-American.

also:

Lindsay Duncan (1950)

Luis Guzmán (1956) Puerto Rican.

Kristin Scott Thomas (1960)

Elaine Miles (1960) Cayuse and Nez Perce.

Michelle Yeoh (1962) Chinese Malaysian.

Rena Owen (1962) Ngāti Hine and White.

Alexandra Billings (1962) European, African-American, Unspecified Native American - is a trans woman.

Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macanese, part Malaysian.

Anna Chancellor (1965)

Steve Toussaint (1965) Afro Barbadian.

Michael Imperioli (1966)

Zahn McClarnon (1966) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux and Irish.

Jason Scott Lee (1966) Kānaka Maoli and Chinese.

Diana Lee Inosanto (1966) Filipino, Irish, Chinese, Spanish, and French.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967) Nigerian.

D.B. Woodside (1967) African-American.

Byron Mann (1967) Hongkonger.

Kelly Hu (1968) Kānaka Maoli, Chinese, White.

Lucy Liu (1968) Chinese.

Daniel Craig (1968)

Ángeles Cruz (1969) Mexican [Mixtec].

Naveen Andrews (1969) Malayali Indian.

Benjamin Bratt (1963) Peruvian [Quechua] / White.

Aaron Pedersen (1970) Arrernte and Arabana.

Lee Byung-hun (1970) Korean.

Manisha Koirala (1970) Nepali.

Eve Best (1971)

Will Yun Lee (1971) Korean.

Daniel Sunjata (1971) African-American, Irish, German.

Rick Yune (1971) Korean.

Carla Gugino (1971)

Sandra Oh (1971) Korean.

Deborah Mailman (1972) Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Bidjara.

Arjun Rampal (1972) North Indian and Dutch.

Khary Payton (1972) African-American.

John Cho (1972) Korean.

Adam Beach (1972) 7/8 Saulteaux and 1/8 Icelander.

Idris Elba (1972) Sierra Leonean / Ghanaian.

Clemens Schick (1972)

Laverne Cox (1972) African-American - is trans.

Andrew Lincoln (1973)

Kim Seo-hyung (1973) Korean.

Adrian Holmes (1974) African-American.

Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974) Kannada and Tamil Indian.

I'd also consider checking out my age diversity tag too!

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An 18K chapter (#19) for Reclaimed! PLOT happens! Also, how did I ever initially think I could write this story in only 10 chapters?! 😂

Summary:

During another all A(a)rchangel meeting in response to Crowley disabling the Metatron's secretly installed Hell spy network, Raphael figures out who Crowley was before he Fell, and all he wants to do is immediately go to Hell. But first, he goes with Aziraphale to fulfill Crowley's request of checking in with Clemens. There is indeed a reason Crowley had sensed an impossible depth of emptiness or reaching from one of the angels he had grudgingly taken under his care. Many lost things are about to be found and revealed. Heaven's Healer has been prevented from caring and protecting and saving the ones who needed him most and who he cared about most once already. Heaven will burn before anything stands in his way of that happening again.

Excerpt:

Then Raphael slammed the door to the room and literally sealed it shut before pulling a chair directly opposite Aziraphale and so close their knees were almost touching. He grabbed one of Aziraphale’s forearms and, unable to contain himself any longer, blurted out, “Was Crowley, Chamuel? What Saraqael said… Was he?”

Aziraphale looked right at Raphael. “I am as certain as I can be without him actually confirming it, yes.”

Raphael dropped his head and made an inarticulate sound. 

“You want to go to him right this second, don’t you,” Aziraphale said, sympathetically.

“YES!” Raphael exploded, standing up out of his chair and pacing in circles, “Especially when I think about what…” Raphael sat back across from Aziraphale and his gaze was burning. “You just came from him, right?”

Aziraphale nodded.

“How long was he with Satan?”

“Weeks,” Aziraphale whispered.

Raphael dropped his head, burying his hands in his dark hair. “And he’s only been out two days?” he asked, his voice muffled from between his arms.

“Pushing three now probably, but yeah,” Aziraphale replied. He paused a long moment, “He’s not in a good way, Raphael, and I don’t know what to do.”

Raphael looked up, his dark eyes flashing, “Well no fucking shit he’s not in a good way! Do you have any comprehension how fucking impossible it should be for him to be the tiniest bit functional, let alone running the goddamn entirety of Hell and dismantling that arsewipe's illegal spy technology, and what forcing himself to do all that anyway, let alone right after being tortured for weeks, is fucking doing to him?!”

Aziraphale pressed himself backwards in his chair. A string of angry swearing was not what he expected to fall out of Raphael. “Do you know the full extent of what Hell and Satan do to demons?” he asked once he'd gotten over his shock.

“Yes, Aziraphale,” said Raphael scathingly, “I have managed to keep my ear to the ground and up to date on the goings on and how things function. Overhearing Michael’s conversations and piecing other things together was not too hard.”

“No, I mean…” Aziraphale struggled to put his real question into words, “I thought after what I saw Satan do to Crowley at the barn before they went down to Hell that I had a pretty good idea too. But… I don’t know anymore… He seems…there’s clearly things beyond. And I know that doesn’t make sense, but he talked about not being able to leave Hell due to Satan having made it so there are physical consequences if he does, like there’s some auto-mechanism thing almost. And it’s just… I don’t even know what all I’m trying to say because I haven’t even gotten the chance to think about it all properly yet, but he was properly terrified when I suggested leaving but he absolutely refused to tell me what the consequences were and I wondered if maybe you might have an idea or… I don’t even know…”

And now he dropped his head into his hands. “How can I come in here and hold a meeting like that with the Metatron of all angels, and then feel so completely worse than useless and helpless when it comes to Crowley,” he asked Raphael in almost despair.

Raphael sat back in his chair, lost in thought. “To answer your first query,” he said at last, “No, I don’t know specifically what Satan might have done. But whatever it is, I guarantee it’s worse than either of us can currently imagine, and I would urge you to believe whatever Crowley tells you and know that it’s probably exponentially worse than he’s letting on.”

...........

Mark opened the door a few seconds after Aziraphale knocked. “Hiya, Bossman!” he greeted cheerfully.

Aziraphale glared as he walked through the doorway.

Raphael tried to hide an out loud laugh in his elbow.

“Oh, you must be Raphael!” Mark said, his eyes lighting up and sticking out his hand, “Good to meet you, sir! I’m Mark. Please, come in!” Mark gestured broadly as he shook Raphael’s hand.

“Nice to meet you, Mark. I’ve heard good things about you,” Raphael smiled.

Mark positively beamed and could barely contain his energy as he closed the door, “Thank you, sir.”

“Just, Raphael. No ‘sir’. Feels too commander-y,” said Raphael, the smile not dropping from his face at Mark’s genuine excitement at meeting him, and Aziraphale’s huffy sighs next to him over being called “Bossman” while Raphael got called “sir”.

“Clemens ran out to grab a couple things for the fridge. He should be back any minute,” Mark said. “You two want anything to drink? I’m afraid that water, tea, coffee, and Lagavulin 16 is all we have at the moment.”

“Oh lord, you are Crowley’s children,” Aziraphale muttered.

“And what does that mean?” Raphael asked, deeply curious.

“We are not his children,” Mark interjected, offended, “We just…picked up certain habits is all.”

“Mmm, yes, that’s one way to put it,” Aziraphale said, and then pointed right at Mark, “Which would be believable if you didn’t behave like his long-lost child either. Or younger sibling, or twin, or something that angels don’t even have.”

“Anyway, what the Bossman is referring to,” said Mark, pointedly ignoring Aziraphale’s glowering, “Is us only having those particular drinks. Coffee and whiskey, Lagavulin and Talisker specifically, being Crowley’s particular preferences. And since he was the one who helped integrate us to Earth and show us how it all worked, we, of course, not knowing the difference, simply picked up some of his habits. So now we apparently,” and it was Mark’s turn to glower at Aziraphale, “Get called his children. Which is highly insulting because we’re obviously not CHILDREN! I love your outfit by the way,” Mark added, turning his attention to Raphael and abruptly changing the subject as he gestured for him and Aziraphale to take a seat anywhere in the small sitting room of the flat. Mark picked the closest chair and draped diagonally in it, propping one foot on the arm of said chair. “It’s very non-Heavenly,” he finished, grinning.

Aziraphale pointed, “See? Twin, child of, something.”

Mark shifted his pleased grin from Raphael over to Aziraphale and it became one of pure sarcasm.

Aziraphale spluttered, “Uncanny. Downright uncanny.”