[audio; locked to the Sleepers]

[antecedent]

George Kardos has opened communication!

All right, I need you to sound off so I know who you are and if you're not a ghost. Getting annoying mixing the two up after this long.

Comments

[delightme]

You know, seeing the supernatural and all of that. Is it just ghosts that appear to you?

[antecedent]

Oh. That's something I could do since I was a kid. Grew up in a circus full of supernatural beings. The ghost thing is new.

[tartanisstylish]

Er.

[ long pause HE'S THINKING ]

No, I don't have any reasons, actually.

I don't suppose there's a . . . timetable or anything that could help me avoid . . . boas.

[perpend]

Hey, no problem!

[myfedorarocks]

Allen Grant has opened communication!

you can't tell the difference? that would scare me.

i am alive.

[antecedent]

[The fact that you had to actually think about that makes Ken worry for you, Aziraphale.]

Alas, there isn't a timetable in the world that could contain the fabulous that is Princess Liam and his lovely red boa. [pause] We're still working on the stage name.

...Avoiding late nights on weekends is probably your safest bet.

[antecedent]

It's not scary, just confusing.

[delightme]

Excuse me, a circus? What did you have werewolves jumping through hoops?

[antecedent]

A circus. And the werewolves were the trapeze artists.

[myfedorarocks]

that's a good thing, then.

[tartanisstylish]

[ He's trying to be openminded or something okay . . . ]

Clearly.

Thank you. I'll do that.

[delightme]

How....odd. [And that was coming from angel.]

[throwoutthebook]

I don't even wanna know what the hell yer talkin' 'bout. Not a ghost here, that's fer sure.

Really. Ghosts. On top a' everythin' else...

[trickntreats]

Sylvester Wilton has opened communication!

[Gabriel considers not answering at all, listening to the conversations he can hear, just because it hurts that this man can see the way he ought to be able to see, and he's blind twice over. But, finally, he does say something ... and yet doesn't even manage a degree of levity.]

Checking in.

[antecedent]

Looks like it's only something I'm dealing with. They aren't the type to be actively malicious.

...as far as I know.

[antecedent]

Thanks. [short pause] Something wrong?

[antecedent]

My life in a nutshell. [And he didn't even mention the oddest part.]

[delightme]

This all must not seem like much of a stretch to you, then.

[trickntreats]

Just damned peachy, thanks for asking.

[antecedent]

If you say so. [He doesn't believe it, but isn't going to push it.] What do they say you're supposed to do in this place?

[antecedent]

Some of it is. [pause] Ever hear of anybody here that is supposed to look older than they do in this place?

[antecedent]

[You can't be openminded about Ken and Liam, just accepting of their many quirks.]

We're new at this whole drag show thing.

Don't be a stranger, John.

[delightme]

It depends how you mean.

[antecedent]

Like a seventy-six year old man suddenly waking up in this place looking in his late twenties.

[delightme]

No, I can't say I have, but I tend not to pry into other people's business unless I absolutely need to. Not looking your age is really the least of my worries, considering my brother and I are older than, well, everyone.