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From:

messengerofgod

From:

serenesuccessor

[When Naomi was little - real little - she'd tried running away from home. It had been right after Dad had left them, after they moved from their home to a crummy apartment because that's all that Mama could afford. Naomi couldn't remember her thought process, just that maybe if she got lost Daddy would come find her.

He didn't.

Naomi had ended up in an unfamiliar neighborhood with a skinned knee that felt like she'd broken it opposed to just, well, skinned. The very little girl had curled up on a bench, crying into her knees until a strange man appeared in front of her offering her his hand. Naomi didn't remember too much about the encounter, except the man had wings, something she had told him numerous times as he walked her all the way home without her ever mentioning it.

The moment they reached her block they'd heard Kou shouting her name and, with a push from the man, she'd rushed into her older brothers arms knocking him over. When she looked back to introduce her new friend the stranger with angel wings had vanished.

The incident had faded into memory, at least until Naomi discovered just what was going on with her brother and the fact that she was the vessel of a spirit named Serenity.

Or rather, the memory returned with full force when Naomi arrived at Maria's apartment complex after school to see the man that had brought her home standing in the garden.

Needless to say, Naomi's reaction was to gape at him and point.]

Y-You!

From:

messengerofgod

[This is weird.

Like, weird weird. But he'd always known she'd be the vessel. The true one. It's easy to point out, and they're important, after all, true vessels. He just found his way, way earlier.

And he'd always liked Ssrenity, before he ran, anyway.

So that little girl's just staring at him.]

...me.

From:

serenesuccessor

[Her cheeks flush, embarrassed. Aunt Chiaki and Mama's lessons in manners suddenly returning to her.

But she really can't help but stare because she can still see his wings.]

So-Sorry, it's just, uh...

[She bites her lip.]

You're an angel...?

[It really shouldn't be a question, because after all the weird things that have been happening seeing an angel shouldn't be surprising. And yet.

In the back of her mind, Serenity was chuckling.]

From:

messengerofgod

In the flesh.

[He gestures to the shadows of wings behind him, just a mere suggestion of himself.]

Or at least, as much as I'll ever be.

From:

serenesuccessor

I met you, when I was little.

[She's more just trying to work this out. A small frown forms, but it's quickly replaced as she remembers something out.

Right! Manners!]

Oh! Um, 'm Naomi!

From:

messengerofgod

I know. I know who you are. And I know who you are, too.

[He pokes her in the forehead lightly, looking her as if he can see right through her, down to the core.]

Gabriel. They call me Gabriel.

From:

serenesuccessor

[Naomi let's out a small whine, rubbing her forehead with a pout.]

... Serenity says hi.

[Because if he knew there was really no reason to hide it.]

Gabriel... Wa-Wait! Like the Arch Angel Gabriel!?

From:

messengerofgod

Hey, kiddo.

[That one, of course, was directed towards Serenity.]

Think. Y'know any other angels named Gabriel?

From:

serenesuccessor

[Naomi pauses, eyes rolling skyward as she tends to do when conversing with Serenity.

Then she's giggling behind her hands.]

Serenity says that she is not a child, good sir.

[Pause.]

O-Or good Arch Angel? Oh wow. I can't- I mean-

[She stops, takes a deep breath and ducks her head.]

What are you doing here?

From:

messengerofgod

Compared to me? Pretty much everyone's a kid.

[He just gives a little shrug.]

Keeping an eye on you. Well. Keeping an eye on her.

From:

serenesuccessor

[Of course. Why should she be surprised that that's his answer? That seems to be what everyone's doing these days, what everyone's been doing all her life.

Puffing out her cheeks Naomi gives a small huff.]

I can speak for both of us when I say we don't need anybody to keep an eye on us!

From:

messengerofgod

[He shakes his head, giving her a little eye-roll.]

That's why you fell out of that tree the other day. Because you don't need anybody to keep an eye on you.

From:

serenesuccessor

[Her mouth opens, prepared to counter. The mention of Tree Incident #35 makes her stop, mouth shutting with a click. A frown forms - a pout really not that she'll ever admit it.

Then she's giving him a Look.]

Are you a stalker?

From:

messengerofgod

A stalker. Oh boy, kid thinks I'm a stalker.

[And Gabriel proceeds to have a really nice belly laugh about this.]

From:

serenesuccessor

Heeey! Hey, stop laughing! It's a logical conclusion!

[And she stamps her foot, childishly. That action is followed by a blush because, well, she was being a child. Naomi is trying hard to be a grown up in the face of all of this.

After all, she can't be the little girl she once was. She's fourteen and kind of has to potentially save the world.]

'nd I really don't need someone watching out for me! My brothers the one who needs to be watched over.

From:

messengerofgod

Sure it is.

[But he's laughing, as if this is riotous. Still, he manages to calm down enough to talk again.]

Someone's probaably on that.

From:

serenesuccessor

Yeah, a buncha crazy people who've kidnapped him and let that creepy Markel guy possess him.

[Naomi huffs, planting her hands on her hips.]

From:

messengerofgod

[A little shrug.]

I'm not in control of that. Not my problem.

From:

serenesuccessor

[Naomi gives him a disbelieving look.]

You're an Arch Angel. Isn't it your job to watch over people who need it?

From:

messengerofgod

Not really. That's not what we do.

[Hasn't been what he's done for ages.]

From:

serenesuccessor

It's what you should be doing.

[And Naomi is very frustrated, so hopefully Gabriel won't hold her shouting at him against her.]

From:

messengerofgod

No, it isn't.

[Because really, he's just watching Naomi because he liked Serenity.]

From:

serenesuccessor

The-Then go away! 'Cause I don't want some creepy dude who won't go watch over my brother watching out for me! Angels are s'pose to help people no-

[She stops, eyes looking skyward again. Naomi gives a little huff, shaking her head in response to Serenity's request. It probably looks comical, watching her argue with herself.

Then she scowls, levels Gabriel with a small look of betrayal before she shuts her eyes. For a brief moment it looks like she might fall over, but she regains her balance and when her eyes open their a clear blue.

Serenity levels Gabriel with a Look, arms crossed over her chest in her best attempt to seem angry even if a grin is forming.]

Gabriel, only you could make a little girl go from looking at you in utter awe to enraged.

From:

messengerofgod

[Gabriel just pats Serenity on the shoulder, completely nonchalant to the fact that an angel just took the reins of this young girl's body. Whatever. Shit happens all the time.]

I wanted to see how easily she'd crack.