Simple {M O M E N T S} - Connor

[Sofia Diaz-Castello]

Sofia "Uriel" Diaz-Castello
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I'll stand by you
Take me in into you darkest hour

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It was a warm summer's morning, and for once the streets of Tombstone were quiet. Well quiet enough. A horses whinny reverberaited through one of the odder shops of the time. Not many people knew how to read, but Graceful Books somehow stayed open. Inside, for the first shift of the day, was an elegant woman, her brown hair up, though a few strands had excaped. Her dress looked almost dusty, and was dusty at the knees. She'd obviously been up for a while, putting a new shipment on the shelves, including the bottom ones.

For now, the woman was sitting on a stool behind the counter, her head propped up by her hand, and eyes were on a book. Shakespear. She smiled a little as something amusing happened. What was the story? Probably romeo and juliet, or midsummer's nights dream. She ignored the heavily spotted cat as it sauntered into the building, a dead mouse in it's mouth. It came close, looked up at her and then dropped the mouse. It meowed, and she looked down. "My dear! How lovely of you to bring me a mouse! Now you go eat it." she said with a grin, down at the cat. Her profile hidden by the turning of her head. The cat did just that, and she shook her head. "I don't see why you have to show me all the time." she muttered.

She was pulled back into the land of comedy or tragedy easily, and relaxed. Almost to much. For a moment, the shop glowed as two large, white wings, the feather's all in place, appeared over her back, but they were gone in an instant, and if you had looked you wouldn't have been sure if you'd just been seeing things. She liked her two shops, and the other one, Darling Tack Shop, was next door, opened and doing heavy business. Usually she was over there, but for now, she was happy, just reading, and waiting.

That wasn't to last. A middle aged man, with balding and graying hair, and a black uniform with a little bit of white near the collar walked in. She looked up, dark eyes bright. "Hello What can I do for you?" the man stared at her, surprised to see her there. She wondered if he was dazzled. She hated it when men just stopped and stared at her. It was not her fault that when in human form she couldn't exactly hide what was under the surface! What came next of course, was unexpected.

"Were is the owner of this shop?" the man asked. When she motioned to herself, not speaking, he frowned. "You mean to say a woman owns this shop? How innappropriate. Women should not bring themselves above men. All of you are banes on this earth. Gave Adam the apple, and trick men into sad situations. You, harlot, should be ashamed of yourself to presume that you could run a shop! And a book shop at that!" the man was sputter, and she saw the bible in his hand. old and tattered. Ah. She stood up, moving around her counter, two cats coming around.

"You are wrong, preacher. Women do no wrong. It is men who are tempted. It is men who chose to fall to temptation!" she didn't even notice that she was glowing slightly, and her eyes burning a deep black, anger seething through her body. The man frowned. "You are the one who should be ashamed! God says nothing against a woman owning a shop!" she realized what she was doing, and shut down her powers instantly. She may have been an angel, an arch-angel at that, but she was a deadly being, and not one to be crossed.

"How dare you speak back to me!" the man reached out and slapped her. Hard. She gasped as she fell back, against the counter, touching her face. How dare he! But she was a bit to stunned to react.


And I’ll never desert you
I’ll stand by you
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[/b][/color] Rambling a bit. Just needed to post something.
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Credits| Flame of Tombstone made it, and if you take it she gets to eat you. so don't. Thanks. Lyrics are Carrie Underwood's I'll Stand By You[/size][/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Connor Donovan]

Connor was sitting outside of the saloon, with his hat pulled down over his eyes. Just another day in Tombstone. Suddenly, he noticed a scent on the air. Regular humans would be oblivous, but to him it was as pungent as the dead cat on the side of the street. He tilted his hat back and looked up. Sniff sniff. He turned his head slightly. Sniff. Then he saw the source of the smell. A preacher was walking down the road toward the bookstore. His lip turned up in a snarl. He hated preachers. They stunk up the whole town. The reason Tombstone didn't have a functioning church was because he had run off every preacher who came to town. This one would be no different.

He got down of the porch of the saloon and followed the preacher to the book store. He watched as the preacher went in, but stopped when he reached the door. The angel, Uriel, known in these parts as Sofia, ran this store. If he tried to harrass the preacher man in there, she'd likely stop him. She was the only one powerful enough to do it. The preacher started talking to Sofia. He waited by the front of the store, watching the interaction through a window. He watched as the preacher stood, shaking his finger at the woman inside, apparently berating her about something. It made him smile to think a preacher would berate an angel. He chuckled when she started in on him. Maybe she would run this one out. Then the preacher struck her across the face.

Connor's eyes darkened as he exploded into the bookstore. He reached the preacher in four long strides and grabbed the man by the throat, lifting him a full foot off the floor. "Listen here, you Bible beating son-of-a-bitch," he hissed, "we don't like your kind here in Tombstone. Showin' your ugly face around here is the last mistake you'll ever make." He lifted the man higher as he tightened his grip until he could hear the him fighting for breath. Just a few more moments, and he's be rid of this nuisance for good.

[Sofia Diaz-Castello]

Sofia "Uriel" Diaz-Castello
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I'll stand by you
Take me in into you darkest hour

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Sofia was only half suprised when the tall man walked into her store, and picked the man up. She could feel he malvolence that filled the little book shop. Lucifer. She frowed, as she recovered and moved closer to him. She reached out to touch his upper arm. "Connor. Let the man go." her voice was even, calm, but there was a slight echo, as if she was still keeping back her magic, but just bairly. "It's not worth it." she added, knowing that the Prince of Darkness really didn't care.

Then she stepped back and snapped her fingers. Suddenly the preacher was beside her, gasping for breath, and she was glowing. "Your lucky, today Preacher, just remember, The High Lord doesn't take well to people who act as if they own the world, or know what this means." she reached forward and snatched the book out of his hands. She tossed it aside.

It had been a while since she'd actually gone full angel, and she could feel it taxing her human self. She let everything drain away. She closed her eyes as she took a step back and found one of the book cases behind her. It was a great deal tougher than her. She didn't notice what happened next, if anything did.


And I’ll never desert you
I’ll stand by you
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[/b][/color] Rambling a bit. Just needed to post something.
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Credits| Flame of Tombstone made it, and if you take it she gets to eat you. so don't. Thanks. Lyrics are Carrie Underwood's I'll Stand By You[/size][/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Connor Donovan]

The terrified preacher lit out of the bookstore like a frightened jackrabbit. Connor watched him go, then turned back to Sofia and snarled. "You shouldn't have interfered, woman!" His eyes were returning to their natural color. He stormed out of the shop, letting the door slam behind him. He whipped his head around in time to see the preacher head down an alley.

'Perfect.' He crossed the street and headed down the same alley. The preacher must have heard him coming, because he started to run. It was a futile endeavor. Huge black wings burst from his back, and in three powerful strokes he propelled himself to the preacher and retracted his wings. He turned his victim and grabbed the preacher man by the throat and lifted him once again. "We have some unfinished business, preacher man." The preacher looked Connor in the eye and told him, "My soul will live forever in paradise. You will burn!" Connor lifted his left hand up in front of the preachers face, tendrils of black hellfire wrapping around it. "I already did." The preacher's expression changed from one of defiance to one of pure terror as the tendrils of black flame snaked out, entering his body through his mouth, ears, nose, and eyes.

Smoke rolled out of his body as he burned from the inside. Connor dropped the man's body, now a ruined, charred husk, and it hit the dirt.

[Sofia Diaz-Castello]

Sofia "Uriel" Diaz-Castello
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I'll stand by you
Take me in into you darkest hour

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Uriel heard the words from Connor and growled. She stood up, the nager giving her something to focus on. Dark eyes angry now. She stormed out of the building, to see the golden stallion standing there, His head held high. His gaze on something off to her right. She nodded, reaching out to touch him. He's in there. the stallion's voice was in her head. She nodded. He remembered the man who'd left him behind, and feared him, but he was brave, and would be for his mistress.

"Thank you" she murmured, her voice echoing. She moved quickling into the ally and stopped, her arm coming up to her nose. She coffed slightly, and walked around him, eyeing the dead body. She crouched down, and touched the burnt flesh. "May your spirit go where it will." she murmured, sending a bit of good light to the spirit's way, hoping it might go up, not down. She stood up and turned, glaring at him.

"He did not need to die." she snapped, watching him. She knew the humans would find the body and panic. "Nor did you need to burn him."


And I’ll never desert you
I’ll stand by you
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[/b][/color] Rambling a bit. Just needed to post something.
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Credits| Flame of Tombstone made it, and if you take it she gets to eat you. so don't. Thanks. Lyrics are Carrie Underwood's I'll Stand By You[/size][/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Connor Donovan]

"You can join him if you like!" he shouted, letting his hand be engulfed by the black flames once more. "I should have been killing preachers from the start, not just scaring them off. Maybe then they would get the idea that they aren't wanted here! Though the angel didn't know it, the reason he hadn't killed any of the previous preachers and why he had killed this one were the same. Her. He stayed his hand countless times on her account, just has he had destroyed this one because of his assault. The woman was so damned frustrating! He extinguished his hand and stormed back to the saloon in a huff.

[Sofia Diaz-Castello]

Sofia "Uriel" Diaz-Castello
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I'll stand by you
Take me in into you darkest hour

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Dark eyes held his gaze, unafraid. "You won't. You've had to many chances over the millenia. Why change now?" she said easily. She ignored the fire, not really afraid. She'd come here because of him, really. It was a safe haven for everyone. Not dangerous, at all.

She snorted, an inelegant sound from the usually pristine female. "It is you who do not want them here. You are on neutral ground, Lucifer, Play by the rules, or suffer the consequences." in her right hand a sword appeared. Long, and blazing with white flame. It was the sword that protected the gates to Eden. She smiled just a little. This was her personal weapon. She'd been one of the four angels to place it in place.

A laugh slipped from her lips as he turned and walked away. She sent the sword where she'd got it from and followed him. "I am not done with you." her usually polite demeanor was pretty much gone. The bun was nearly gone, and most of her hair was falling around her shoulders and down her back and chest. She stood in the middle of the road glaring at him. A golden beast made his way towards her. His hooves placed carefully. His side saddle looked perfect on his back, but some how it seemed that he should have had a better saddle on. He stopped beside her, and nuzzled her, his eyes searching for a black beast, who many would agree, was born in hell, and would die there.


And I’ll never desert you
I’ll stand by you
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[/b][/color] Rambling a bit. Just needed to post something.
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Credits| Flame of Tombstone made it, and if you take it she gets to eat you. so don't. Thanks. Lyrics are Carrie Underwood's I'll Stand By You[/size][/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Connor Donovan]

Connor shouted back over his shoulder. "Put the bloody sword away! You aren't going to use it! And mortals weren't part of the arrangement. Celestials are the only ones affected by those 'rules' anyway."He continued to walk.

"I'm not done with you!"

He spun on his heel to face the woman. "WELL I'M DONE WITH YOU!" He snarled as he turned back around. It was a lie and he knew it. He'd be back. He always went back. He couldn't stay away.

[Sofia Diaz-Castello]

Sofia "Uriel" Diaz-Castello
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I'll stand by you
Take me in into you darkest hour

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She glared at him. "Wrong. It effects them all. And I will." she snapped, but the blade went away. She didn't react as the golden stallion came up close and nuzzled her. Her gaze on the reciding back of Lucifer, Connor to everyone else. Some how, his words hurt. She deflated as he turned around, yelled at her and continued on. She wasn't sure what to do.

It's alright, Uriel. the golden stallion behind her murmured into her ear. She reached up and touched his head. The stallion pulled her a bit back towards her shops. He knew how she felt, but he didn't agree. He hated the man who'd caught him, he was dark, evil. And he was also very very bad for Uriel.

She sighed, unsure what to do, at least until a young man, on a black mare nearly hit them. She jumped back, eyes wide. The stallion whinnied loudly, and nearly charged the mare, but was stopped easily by her hand. "No. Let him go."

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And I’ll never desert you
I’ll stand by you
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[/b][/color] Rambling a bit. Just needed to post something.
Outfit| Click
Credits| Flame of Tombstone made it, and if you take it she gets to eat you. so don't. Thanks. Lyrics are Carrie Underwood's I'll Stand By You[/size][/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote]