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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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[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

Katou snorted, wishing he had a water balloon or something. "Yeah, well you're a bastard." There was a bit of a pause, and then he hugged Crowley tightly. If he didn't get him wet, he wanted him at least damp...ish.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"Well, yeah," Crowley agreed, before protesting. "Hey! You'll wrinkle my Armani." But an arm curled around the boy's shoulders. The demon would dry rather more quickly than usual, anyway.

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

Katou's grip loosened a little, and he leaned against Crowley a little more. "Too bad," he said. "The rest of us've gotta put up with wrinkled clothes, so do you."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

He snorted. "You don't understand. It's Armani. No one is allowed to wear wrinkled Armani. Fortunately, I have a magic weapon to stay neat."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

Katou snorted. "Oh, and what's that? You hiding a washer machine and an iron away from the rest of us?" Not that Katou would ever use an iron, but it would be nice not to need to wash his clothes in the lake.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

An eyebrow raise. "How'd you find out? Well, I'm not sharing. It's my iron from my club and no one else gets to use it."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

Katou snorted. "I wouldn't wanna share anyway. Do I look like the type of guy who'd wanna iron his tee-shirt and jeans?" Reluctantly, he pulled away from Crowley, realizing that they were right out in the open and someone might see. He straightened up Crowley's jacket as best as he could. "There, good as knew."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"I think it was for the tablecloths," he murmured. Crowley looked down. "Well, if you can ignore the damp spots and how you pulled it crooked..." But his tone was affectionate.

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"Why the fuck would anyone iron tableclothes?" Katou asked. He gave Crowley a bit of a glare. "You'd better ignore it," he said. "I already said that it was as good as new, so it is."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"So you don't have wrinkled tablecloths," said Crowley with annoying logic. "It's a five star restaurant and those are 100% cotton. What else would you do?"

The demon waved his hands dramatically. "And as Katou says, so shall it be!"

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"Who really cares if you have wrinkled tableclothes?" Katou asked. "Five-star restaurant or not, it's still in Disneyland. I'd leave 'em be and let the people suffer through a wrinkle or two. It ain't like it's gonna kill them none."

He laughed at that. "So, didja see what caused the flood? Did we have a freak tsunami?"

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"If I'm paying ninety quid for dinner, I care if there's wrinkled tablecloths. And they're cotton. It's not just going to be a stray wrinkle here or there. Whatever. Means I have an iron," said Crowley. That ought to help explain why he always looked put together, even when others were bathing and washing their clothes in the lake.

He shrugged. "Looked like the park was messing with that robot thing. Kept shooting water at it. Weirdest thing. Funny as hell, though."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

Katou laughed. "Okay, okay. What's a quid?"

He looked over at the lake and couldn't help grinning a little, even if he did like Ska somewhat. "Damn, wish I coulda seen," he said.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"It's another word for pound. One British pound is worth about two and half American dollars in my time or about two hundred and thirty yen. You people have a fucked up monetary system," he complained.

(("[NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system: Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea. The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.]"))

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"What are you talking about," Katou scoffed. "I can't figure out the English thing at all, and they tried to teach us in school." He rubbed the side of his head. "Even the American shit don't make all that much sense, and it's just a bunch of cents making a dollar. Just gimme one form of money thing, and I'll be happy." Then he blinked. "Why would you spend," there was a bit of a pause, "20,700 yen on a meal? I mean, I know you can afford it but..."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"It gets confusing," Crowley admitted, "but it's just practice."

He smiled. "Why wouldn't you? You're paying for expensive ingredients, atmosphere, elegance, taste, flavour, ambiance. It's more an experience than a meal. And when you have that much bloody money, you have to spend it on something..."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"My mom's cooking used to have lots of elegance and flavour and taste and I don't know what ambiance is, but it probably had that too. And there was definitely an atmosphere when eating." Actually, unlike the rest of the atmosphere in the house, when they were eating dinner, it was always pretty nice, especially when Katou's dad was on a business trip, or when Katou kept his eyes on his food and didn't look up or try to engage in conversation. His dad would talk about work, and ask Sae about school, and maybe even crack a joke or two if he was in an especially good mood. "And the ingredients probably weren't as cheap as most people's food, but I never had to pay a yen for it."

He smiled then. "But I guess if we ever get outta here, you'll have to take me out for dinner sometime."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

Crowley shrugged. "I'll take you out sometime and you can see for yourself. Of course, jackets and ties are required in places like the Ritz. Leather doesn't count, unfortunately, so I'll take you shopping first. You'd... probably hate Harrod's. We can go to Selfridges." He smirked. "I think you'll get along just fine with Katie (http://community.livejournal.com/neutral_omens/80959.html?thread=1287487#t1287487)."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"I think leather should count everywhere," Katou said. "It's expensive, ain't it? I think that should be enough qualification." He blinked. "Don't think I've heard of none of those." He paused. "Actually, I think I've only heard of Amani because you wear it, and Hugo Boss because he designed the Nazi uniforms and that's pretty awesome."

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"I... wouldn't disagree with you on that, actually," he grinned, ruffling Katou's hair a bit. "And those are department stores in London, not designers. Say what you will about the Nazis though, those uniforms were c- quite nice."

Yeah, don't say comfortable, demon.

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"They're totally hot," Katou agreed. Katou could really care less about religion or race or what have you, and he didn't much care about what people might say if he said that Nazi uniforms were hot. Anyone who got uptight about that was probably better off not knowing someone like Katou anyway. "If I was alive back then, I woulda fucked a Nazi just because of the uniform." And then he'd probably get killed or something, because he thought he recalled them being pretty anti-gay, but it would've been worth it.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"You probably still could," the demon observed. "I'm sure I've seen a fetish place in Soho that does uniforms and it's not like the skinheads are going anywhere."

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"Soho, huh?" Katou asked. "I bet I'd be able to find something like that in Ja - New York," he said.

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

"I have no doubt you could. They have a SoHo in New York City, too, but you'd probably want the Village," he smirked.

[katou-moon.livejournal.com]

"The Village?" Katou asked, looking as confused as he sounded. "I thought New York was -" a city. He realized that that was probably a very stupid thing to saw, and managed to stop himself. "You go to New York lots?"