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thursdays_angel) wrote2009-01-01 04:44 pm
thursdays_angel) wrote2009-01-01 04:44 pm
Threshold
It is not a door in the way most beings understand the concept.
Nonetheless, that is what it is. In a place where no such thing has been before.
Castiel looks a question at the messenger who has brought him here.
"And what am I to do?"
"To come and go as it finds you," the messenger tells him. "To learn from what you find on the other side. A vessel has been chosen for you so that you may journey there safely."
Castiel frowns. A vessel. The only reason to inhabit a vessel is to walk among mortals.
Castiel has not walked among mortals for thousands of years. No angel has.
"Why?" he asks.
There have been rumblings. Rumors. Even Heaven has a gossip mill. And no one is ignorant as to what is unfolding on Earth. Has it progressed this far? Far enough that a centuries old ban on direct interference is going to be lifted?
Castiel offers up a prayer that things haven't gotten that bad.
The messenger gives him a tolerant look. Castiel has something of a reputation for curiosity.
"Because God has commanded it. Because there may be work for you to do, very soon."
Castiel nods. That answer brooks no further question or debate.
He will go. He will learn.
And he will begin immediately.
Nonetheless, that is what it is. In a place where no such thing has been before.
Castiel looks a question at the messenger who has brought him here.
"And what am I to do?"
"To come and go as it finds you," the messenger tells him. "To learn from what you find on the other side. A vessel has been chosen for you so that you may journey there safely."
Castiel frowns. A vessel. The only reason to inhabit a vessel is to walk among mortals.
Castiel has not walked among mortals for thousands of years. No angel has.
"Why?" he asks.
There have been rumblings. Rumors. Even Heaven has a gossip mill. And no one is ignorant as to what is unfolding on Earth. Has it progressed this far? Far enough that a centuries old ban on direct interference is going to be lifted?
Castiel offers up a prayer that things haven't gotten that bad.
The messenger gives him a tolerant look. Castiel has something of a reputation for curiosity.
"Because God has commanded it. Because there may be work for you to do, very soon."
Castiel nods. That answer brooks no further question or debate.
He will go. He will learn.
And he will begin immediately.