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WINGED SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN
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*Two men and a boy stand outside the gate of an ivory mound in the clouds. Now, these three have been introduced before, but it was so long ago I figure you're due for a re-introduction... and so! They are, in order:*
*One (1) terribly good-looking bishonen man with large white wings and long white hair. He wears a white double-trenchcoat over a white suit with a white tie-- kind of a bleached-formal-Rufus sort of a look, similar to Lucifer's gray suit. His expression is very serious, and his blood-red eyes have a deep sadness in them. This is EGC no Michael, leader of EGC no Tengoku's celestial armies.*
*One (1) white-winged boy with scarlet eyes and short flyaway white hair, very much like Nagisa Kaworu. He wears a white trenchcoat over a white turtleneck. He's smirking right now, definitely prelude to a mischievous grin. This is EGC no Gabriel, the chief messenger and spirit of truth.*
*And finally, one (1) white-winged man with white, chin-length hair and shining crimson eyes, wearing a white, pretty damn Trigun-style trenchcoat. He exudes innocence from every pore, like an aura of childhood surrounding him, and has an incredibly infectious smile. The FDA is probably doing studies on it. This is EGC no Raphael, healer and angel of humanity.*
*These are three of the four EGC Archangels.*
Michael: ........
Gabriel: I think she'll be out soon, sempai.
Michael: .....feh.
Gabriel: You still don't trust her, do you?
*Michael slowly turns his head to face Gabriel, but does not look at him.*
Michael: She was the Hawk King of Kestra's Makaigun, kohai... the Scarlet Witch of Hamelin. Her wings are stained red with the blood of innocents.
Gabriel: Yes, but that blood is currently being scrubbed off!
*Michael stares coldly at him.*
Gabriel: Seriously, and I mean that in more than one way. Sizer-kun is sincerely making amends for the sins she has committed. She has a good heart; we can trust her.
Raphael: I agree! Sizer-san is a good person... I can feel it. ^_^
*Michael turns away.*
Michael: Sou ka.
*The gate of the ivory mound opens, and the Archangels turn to face it. In shining glory, out steps Sizer. She wears her usual white clothing with the poofy pants-- now a brilliant white that bleach commercials would envy --but over it, instead of Brunnhilde (her red armor), she wears a white double-trenchcoat similar to Michael's. She still has her scythe, which has been shrubbed and polished until it shines like silver. And her wings--*
*--are pink. Most definitely pink.*
Gabriel: *wide-eyed* Er?
Michael: Eh? *pikupiku*
Sizer: *blushing beet red and not looking too pleased*
Gabriel: Um... let me guess... any more scrubbing and you would have looked like a plucked chicken?
Sizer: *nods, face burning like a red coal*
Gabriel: Oh dear. ^^;
*Mental picture: SD Perdue King Sizer, with little "Don't Look" stickers over her buck nekkid wings*
Michael: ........ *blink*
Gabriel: Well, it's very... um... it's... ^^;
Raphael: SUGOIIIIIIII! :D
Archangels: Eh?
Raphael: Sizer-san, zettai ni kirei desu ne! *hugs her* Just like a cherry tree in bloom in the fifth month! XD
*Mental picture: SD Pepto Bismol King Sizer, with a little cherry tree blooming out her back, labeled "Cherry tree in bloom in the fifth month"*
Michael: *yank* Stop hugging the Sakura Witch of Hamelin, kohai.
SD Raphael: Hidoi! :P
Sizer: WHAT?! @@;
Gabriel: Huh boy, not this again. *making the 'time-out' sign with his hands* Hold your horses people, this is heaven, not a bank. Sizer-kun, can I have a word with you?
Sizer: *warily* ...all right... *glances at Michael*
*They fly off a little ways... out of earshot of Michael and Raphael, but not out of sight.*
Gabriel: I'm sorry for sempai's behavior... he really is being a jerk right now.
Sizer: Hai, I know. *glaring back* Just like someone I used to know--
Gabriel: NO.
*Sizer practically jumps with the force and authority with which this one word is spoken. She turns and stares at Gabriel in surprise.*
Sizer: Wha--
Gabriel: You don't know Michael-sempai. You can't say he's like anyone you used to know... you don't have any real evidence to judge with.
Sizer: .....
Gabriel: *sigh* Look, I'm sorry, but... I can't just stand there and let him give you the wrong impression. I mean... where he's coming from... he's...
Sizer: .....
Gabriel: ...you know about Lucifer, right?
Sizer: Yes and no. He's the ruler of EGC no Jigoku, isn't he?
Gabriel: Right, but he used to be an angel. A real higher-up, right up there with Michael-sempai. And they were like this-- *holds up a hand and crosses two fingers*
Sizer: Eh? Oo
Gabriel: Well, not okama like-this, but very good friends. Maybe even best friends; I don't know. But they were very close, and Michael trusted him absolutely. *slowly* But Lucifer rebelled against Kami-sama and... betrayed his fellow angels. And Michael was so... broken by this, that he hasn't been able to really trust anyone since.
Sizer: But I'm not going to betray Heaven...
Gabriel: It doesn't matter. He's suspicious of all of us... sou, he's suspicious of me, and he knows darn well what I think of Jigoku's AC system. :P
Sizer: Hontou ni... then it's nothing personal.
Gabriel: No, it's not. And it goes to show what kind of a place EGC is, if an archangel can get by for so many millenia, shinrai shinai...
Sizer: I suppose it is.
*An uncomfortable pause as the two stare down at and through the clouds, and then--*
Gabriel: He hasn't smiled since then, you know.
Sizer: Nan? Who not since when?
Gabriel: Michael-sempai. Before the Revolt, he used to smile as much as Tabris. But when Lucifer first rebelled, he started to smile less. When he saw Hell for the first time, the last smile drained from his face... and it hasn't been seen since.
Sizer: ......
Gabriel: He's not the same angel that Kami-sama created, Sizer-kun. Try to keep that in mind when you're dealing with him.
Sizer: I will.
Gabriel: *smiling* Good.
Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince,
And thou, in military prowess next,
Gabriel; lead forth to battle these my sons
Invincible; lead forth my armed Saints
By thousands and by millions ranged for fight.
--Milton, Paradise Lost
By the way... the 4th Archangel should be Uriel, but the following algebra problem has occurred:
Uriel = Jen-chan
Jen-chan = Gone
Therefore
Uriel = GoneSizer's a temporary replacement for her that may be more permanent than temporary. Enough time has elapsed that she's probably agreed to it, however reluctantly, maybe even just to get out of EGC Heaven, which is a right dull place unlike EGC Hell. And yes, Raiel is still undergoing Deification. Yggdrasil must be encountering Service Errors or somesuch. Or else...
Ordinal 6442: It's always either me or Miyu. Haven't you figured that out yet?
DAMN. I need to cameo Zuphied...
Ordinal 6442: *turning beet red* Zu...phied? Oo
What, you've met her?
Ordinal 6442: Er, yes-- no-- maybe. *cough*
Jaburanigdo: *glares*