Jan 16th - Video - un: monkey

[moonape]

[Now that everyone is awake and not shared dreaming. Have a talking gorilla on the network!]

Uh, hello there. To hopefully get a few things out of the way, yes I can talk, no you're not imagining it. How can I talk? It's complicated.

My name is Winston, nice to um, meet you all?

[He winces with an awkward smile.]

So I've been having a look at the network set up here through the device provided and it's interesting to say the least. A few of my major questions have been answered looking back at things, but gotta ask just in case. Are these Technicians available for a chat or is this on a "them" basis?

Comments

[useinsouciant]

Do you have angels in your world, Winston? Or on the moon, I suppose. That sounds like a question my group might ask -- are there angels on the moon.

[moonape]

Depends on what you consider an angel.

[One of his colleagues was a medic who wore a suit that allowed her to fly and float to better get to injured civilians or keep up with her teammates. Made her look like an angel.]

I can't say I ever saw any while up on the moon, nor on Earth, but I've met people some would consider angels. People who've done a lot of good for others.

[useinsouciant]

I mean a real angel. A soldier of the Lord. Some do choose to do good acts while posed as humans, so I suppose it is possible you could meet one without knowing.

But I -- [He stops and sighs, dragging a hand over his face.] I was an angel. A soldier of the Lord, sent to Earth to try and stop Lucifer from walking free.

And I failed. We failed, Heaven failed. And once we did, my brothers and sisters started leaving Heaven. With no angels left in Heaven, I became mortal. Human. And I chose a lifestyle as unangelic as I could imagine, so I didn't have to think about the days when I used to be an angel.

[moonape]

[Oh. Ohhhhhhh... this seems pretty serious. Now Winston isn't an ape of faith at all, he's an ape of science and all that, but he understands the uses and application of religion for humans, even omnics with their Iris.

But this is something else. He's not going to say this can't be real or deny Cas' reality when clearly Winston being in this situation is proof of a lot of shit he can't explain right now.]

I'm... I'm sorry.

[That's a lot to take in and he's not sure what he can even say to it all.]

It sounds like you've been through a lot, things I could never understand.

[Not completely. Maybe a little, but now isn't the time to get into that.]