Dossier Twenty-seven

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Henrietta is stuck in a tree. She clings to one of the uppermost branches, which is cracking slowly under her weight. Her wings are folded tight against her back and her eyes are closed.]

I didn't mean to do that! I didn't mean to do that, I really really didn't.

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[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Wha—Henrietta?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Signore! [The branch creaks] I went out the window. I'm sorry, but there was a man--I don't know how he got in.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

—shit.

[AUGH no time to figure this out just yet—the back of Crowley's suit jacket splits and his wings unfold outward. He leaps into the sky and flies up to where Henrietta is clinging to the tree branch.]

[contract_star]

[FUCKWHAT.]

Henrietta, what in the world?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

S...signore! There was a strange man in the flat, so I went out the window. [ DX! ]

[contract_star]

Strange--went out--did you fly? You didn't fall into a tree, did you?

[hexhax.livejournal.com]

[Willow is concerned!]

Ah, Henrietta, right? What's the matter?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Yes, hello. I-I'm all right, really. I just need to remember how I got up here.

[The convincingness of this statement is perhaps tempered by the fact that the branch is groaning like it's about to give way.]

[hexhax.livejournal.com]

[Oh hell, that doesn't sound good.]

Look out!

[She flies up and grabs the branch just before it breaks, keeping it (and Henrietta) steady.]

Sheesh, that was close... You sure you don't remember how you got here?

[madamemoiselle]

Ah~ {Looking up}

You're really high!

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Squeaks as the branch gives a loud crack and swings downward a few inches.] Y-yes. I flew a little bit.

[madamemoiselle]

Ah, your wings are too small, aren't they?

Ne,I'll be up there in a second, if that's alright, but it'll be really fast, so you know. Some people get sick~

[lamb_of_gold]

[Stands under her, calm as can be, arms out] Jump.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Looks down at him, takes a deep breath, and obeys.]

[Half-way to the ground her wings snap open wide, almost unintentionally; three sweeping beats, and she drifts gently into his arms.]

[lamb_of_gold]

[Catches her tightly, smiling] There we are. You seem to be able to do it subconsciously.

[mercwamouth]

I knew there had to be something strange about you!

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[._.] Ah, this is an experiment, though. The Twins did it.

[Creeeeeeak.]

[ghostlighter]

[... what the.]

Henrietta!

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

H-hello, Chris!

[thedeltaqueen.livejournal.com]

[Sealink is far more used to urban areas, but she can climb a tree if she has to. She stops on a branch directly beneath Henrietta's, peering up at her.]

You alright there, hon?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um, yes. I was flying... and I fell into the tree.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I thought you were going to ask about flying before trying it?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

I was! But then I had to do it anyway.

[onedrous.livejournal.com]

[One's lips twitch into the ghost of a smirk; in a dry tone]

A flightless angel.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[ D< ] I'm not flightless! I flew up here.