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[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

Bored, the demon walked over to the lake to see who was around...


((Crowley really, really wants to do some bastardly things to people. If you'd like him to do something nasty to your character, leave me an OOC note in your reply, otherwise he'll be good. Marginally. No promises, really...))

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[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"Are you kidding?" Crowley boggled. "Haven't you ever watched television? The red shirts are always the first ones to bite it. Expendable, see."

[astronutty.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but what purpose do they ever serve?" Harvey smiled cheerfully. It wasn't pretty. "If I'm going to have people killed on my account, I'd prefer that they at least did my will or something. At least they'd feel useful."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"They have the purpose of dying instead of you, the hero. I'd say that's pretty damn important. It's definitely useful."

[astronutty.livejournal.com]

"But it's even more useful to keep them alive," Harvey countered. "Dead people are completely useless, unless you need a shield. And even then, they're so messy that it's hardly worth it."

Truth to say, Harvey doesn't really have experience with getting people killed -- his only job is to keep John alive. Everyone else might be expendable to him, but not to John. And if John really wants to save someone, well, Harvey has to work with him.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"Oh, alive people can be completely useless. And annoying wankers at the same time. At least the dead are quiet after taking a bullet for you." Crowley wasn't going to be swayed.

[astronutty.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but you'll always need people to do things. Chaos needs helping along, you know. Besides, it's always good to have someone around to talk to." As someone whose whole purpose in the universe was convincing a certain someone to do certain things for a certain someone else, Harvey wasn't sure what he'd do without John to kick around. He had a sort of idea, but he didn't like it very much.

Sorry for being late -- a friend lent me Good Omens to reread this weekend and I got caught up.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"And there will always be more people," the demon said dryly. "Trust me on this. Anyway, as much of a pleasure as this has been, I think I'll take off. Ciao."

With a slight incline of his head, Crowley turned to walk away.

((It's easy to get caught up in. :D))

[astronutty.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, there would always be people. But there wouldn't always be John (especially not if he didn't stop trying to get himself killed), and that was Harvey's problem.

"Nice talking to you," Harvey said, smiling. "Try not to kill all of the ducks on your way."