Drabble therapy!

[vulgarweed]

Obrigada to everyone who offered condolences and commiserations over yesterday's unfortunate World Cup turns.

Here, have a Good Omens drabble. x-posted to go100


Mislaid Plans
Words: 100
Rating: PG for inadequate profanity
Characters: Aziraphale and Crowley
Summary: Some human passions can easily override the outmoded communications systems of Heaven and Hell.




“Bugger,” Aziraphale said, looking at the parchment. “I was supposed to do something about that match. What a pity they couldn’t get in touch with me yesterday.”

“Why couldn’t they?” said a suspiciously suntanned Crowley.

“Too much prayer interference over London,” Aziraphale said, wincing. Like the rest of the city, he was a little hungover, and not in a good way.

“Oh! Oh yes,” Crowley. “I missed a manipulation memo from my side as well. Same reason, it must be. Too much cursing interference.”

“Were you here?”

“No, I was checking on that ‘Girl From Ipanema’ Muzak project in Rio.”



Not sure if that makes it better or worse, really.

Comments

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

Sorry for this questions, but... you´re brazilian? o.O

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

My mother is. She's from Salvador, came here as a college student long ago...

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

huhu, nice!

I'm brazilian, a live in São Paulo, but I know Bahia (not Salvador in fact, but a city next to it)... do you speak portuguese? ^^

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

sorry, I live in São Paulo. xD

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I've been in the airport at SP a few times...Sadly, I don't speak Portuguese, although when I've been there I've picked it up some, only to lose it again. I can read a little bit...but I find the pronunciation really difficult. It's a beautiful language when anyone else is speaking it. :)

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

Ohhh.. so pity. T_T Sometimes I wanted post a comment in the your LJ (in general about Good Omens, of course =p) and I cannot found for the words that I want... my english not good yet...

Well, so nice that you have a brazilian mother, btw. ^_^

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Aw, you could always go ahead and do that - I can whip out my trusty dictionary, after all! (Seriously, that's how I taught myself words and things last time I was there - with a dictionary and some Portuguese editions of books I knew really well, like LOTR and the HP series!) I don't mind the effort one bit.

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

realy? oh, thanks! this will be more easy, i hope so... ^^

you like harry potter, btw? o.o

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Sure, go ahead. If there's something I really have trouble figuring out, I can always ask.

I do, yup. :)

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

really, you can ask, xD

Well. I'll try to write in english, good for you, good for me. ;-)

So nice! What your favorite character?

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Whatever works for you - if you can't find an English word, try the Portuguese one. :)

Aw geez, so many. I like Snape, McGonagall, Remus, Luna, Hermione, Neville...

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

Well, I read english better than I write...

My favorite character is Remus. ^^ but I like also the Twins, Draco, Snape, McGonagall, Kingsley (do you remember? the auror...), Narcissa, Ron...

And... in Good Omens, who you prefer? Crowley or Zira? ^^

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I love Kingsley too. And Mad-Eye. Much love for the Aurors with interesting backstories.

That's an impossible question to answer in the "favorites" sense, but I'm going to say that I think Crowley is slightly more likable but I probably relate more to Aziraphale. :)

[dana-norram.livejournal.com]

sorry for don't answer to you yesterday... i neeeded sleep. ^^'

Aurors are cool, I think, although I don't like Tonks very much... in the Halfblood Prince she's very apathetic.

I understand. I loved both, but Aziraphale makes me smile a bit more. xD

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

LOL! {{hugs}} re: World Cup. And the rating is hilarious. *g*

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Hugs and LOLz gratefully accepted. XD There is no curse foul enough in Entish, Elvish, or the tongues of Men...

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Now, now, the ‘Girl From Ipanema’ Muzak might not be SO bad. >D

Alas for England. Sighs. At least they got further than the USA did.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Oh yes it is. XP

Hey, what was my team, chopped liver? Wait, don't answer that...apparently they were. My sympathies to England as well - the other team I was somewhat invested in, if more mildly. This drabble is meant to reach out to both of 'em.

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least I wasn't jinxing them by rooting for them. I've got the worst luck that way.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

See, and here was me thinking, I'm a Democrat, it'll be nice to root for the winning side for once. :P

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - I can imagine how it hurts. It just so happened that Fate, myself, and Zidane were all on the same side. For ONCE. Are you sure thinking of cozy Zaidane/Henry slash won't make you feel better?

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

gah, misspelling.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do understand. I'm not actually holding a grudge against France or any French fans...to anyone who watched that game there wasn't any real doubt who played better. No, it's Parreira's face on my dartboard.

And yes, slash can make almost anything better. :)

[dreya-uberwald.livejournal.com]

Love the idea of human static getting in the way of divine/infernal communications.

I wasn't watching the England match (used the fact that the game meant that the town centre was practically deserted during the game to get some shopping done without the usual crowds), but I did hear the collective groan from what sounded like miles around when the penalty was missed.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you. I honestly can't imagine a prayer on any other theme getting through during the penalty kick phase of that England match. And I'm in the US and I'm only half Brazilian, but that was enough to feel a taste of the collective national gut-punch. Ow.

That must have been an awesome sound.