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?

[contract_star]

[FUCKWHAT.]

Henrietta, what in the world?

[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.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

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

[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.]

[hexhax.livejournal.com]

[Willow is concerned!]

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

[contract_star]

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

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[ACK. She dips suddenly downward as the branch cracks again.] I flew! Um. A little bit.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Yes! I did! A little bit.

[Squeaks a little as the branch gives a loud crack.]

[madamemoiselle]

Ah~ {Looking up}

You're really high!

[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.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

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

[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?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately Crowley looks as though he's in no mood to encourage her flying right at the moment :|]

[He hovers near the spot where Henrietta is perched and holds his arms out.]

Here, before you fall.

[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]

[Cling!] It was amazing! I think someone saw me though, that's why I came here.

[contract_star]

Oh--well--that's good at--

[AUGH CRACK.] Okay, just hold on two seconds, alright Henrietta? I'm going to get a ladder.

[Pops out and pops back in only moments later with a ladder, lol from the garage. He props it up against the tree as close to Henrietta as he can manage.] Do you think you can reach it from there? Or should I come up?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Oh, I flew! I just... don't remember how.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No, they're big enough, I just... got nervous.

O-okay.

[hexhax.livejournal.com]

Okay... Well, if you scooch on down this way, I can give you a piggyback ride back down to earth. What do you say?

[She grins.]

It's a bit safer, ya know?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[He wraps his arms around her and lowers them both back down to the ground, face as neutral as he can manage despite some intense inner panic. When they touch down he lets her go, though he doesn't bother winching in his wings just yet.]

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, really? Well, I guess that's fine, then.

{Diva nods before she hops easily onto the lowest branch, landing gracefully, but only a moment after her toes touch the bark, she disappears and branches creak and break as she goes up, finally holding Henrietta in her arms as they start falling back to the Plane's ground. Diva lands with just as much practiced grace, setting down Henrietta}

Ne, so did you hit a tree?

[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.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[STILL HUGGING. She's excited.] I really did it!