Video, late 10/16

[seawalled]

[the feed comes on and it's shaking. why? because Ellie is holding her mobile in very shaky hands and she wanted to do this over the network rather than chance waking or disturbing her family. if they do see this they're welcome to come find her, but she wouldn't dare inconvenience a soul, not even at a time like this. she's white as a sheet and breathless]

Oh my God.

Ohhhhhhhh my God, I can't handle this.

[she presses a shaking hand to her lips and looks around what is most certainly the living room of Crowley's posh flat, for anyone who's seen it before]

I fell asleep watching telly and it was some medical drama, and suddenly it was me on there, as the DS - er, detective, isn't that what you call them? - and there was this EMT. Really handsome. Asked me for a coffee. And I realized I was havin' one of the memories, you know, a new one?

Only ... only ...

[she stops again, pressing her whole hand flat against her mouth this time, as though it'll keep the horror in. as though not saying it will make it go away. a tear slips down her cheek]

... alright, listen, how many've you believe in ghosts?

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[seawalled]

[his words go a long, long way to calming her down, and soon enough she's stopped sniffling. she leans sideways, against his arm, and closes her eyes, trying to pull the memory back]

No. ... No, it was ... it felt so ... everyday. He asked me round for a pint after we got off work. Only, my work was police and he was an emergency medic, and we were chattin' it up over someone on a stretcher. Bit weird, but ... not bad.

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Anthony frowned thoughtfully as she spoke. Wouldn't be his first choice chatting some one up over a patient... he went with patient as the other option that floated through his mind was a good deal more grim and involved toe tags. ]

Maybe he was your guy. That's the way it happened with Aziraphale and me, only I was chatting him up over a set of stairs for a crepe date and potentially plotting a murder...

[ Totally normal! ]

Have you seen that guy around town anywhere? Maybe even as one of the Different?

[seawalled]

Crepes and murder. ... There's a combo you wouldn't read about in the magazines.

[she raises her eyebrows, but makes no other comment. she knows he's already got enough, coping with this whole demon thing. and she can't judge by way of murders ... after all, being a detective, who knows what she may have had to do in the name of duty but can't remember yet?]

I haven't - but believe me, starting now I'll be looking. He was well fit, too: bald, but gorgeous eyes.

[serpentinthegarden]

News reports always leave out the really juicy bits.

[ Or maybe people would have heard about crepe date murder plottings... They can't have been the only ones to ever do that! ]

He has to be out there some where. I hope you find him, El.

[seawalled]

Funny, I'd think the crepes were juicy. Filling, and all.

[it's how they get by - horrible jokes and dry humor. family tradition and all]

... Thanks, sweetheart. How're you doing? Didn't think you'd still be up at this hour.