Azazael was often sent on errands by the king. This one was unwieldy at best and hard to see around. a bouquet of 100 long stemmed roses that he had been instructed to trim in gold and then take to an address. The small angel could only imagine what was going on, he had a fair idea after knowing Lucifer for eons. The other gift was way out of line for Lucifer's usual and gave the angel a clue who these were for because he was carrying an electric travel mug that could be set to keep a drink steady at a certain temperature.
Tony finished up stuffing his spanner into the pile of metal he was working on as he heard the door knock. Huh. He wondered who it could possibly be as he wiped his dirty hands on the oil rag and headed to answer it. Pulling the door open he was greeted by a face full of roses. Wow. There were a lot of roses. Was there a---person underneath it all?
"Uh---hey, pal. What's all this? Are these for me?"
The engineer frowned as he took them from the rather short but friendly guy. Oh. An angel. Of course. Lucifer had a messenger? Of course he did. This was his style. Not an e-card kind of guy. Taking the travel mug, Tony glanced at it before noticing it was electric and had some sort of temperature gauge on it. Huh. Well, what did you know?
"This is unexpected. Did Lucifer send you? Because if he did---wow. I totally wasn't expecting this from Hot-Wings. What's your name, bub?"
"Are you Mr. Hotrod Stark?" Azazael asked as he peered around the bushel of flowers. He's short and boyish compared to most of the other angels. His wings are not visible but perhaps his musical voice makes it obvious?
"Well...uh..." He stumbles over the words a little as he hands over the flowers. "He would have sent more but I couldn't fly carrying more than these."
He gets a little wide eyed like a school boy but smiles. "I'm Azazael, messenger and standard bearer of the king."
That just got a laugh out of the engineer who was now very amused. Of course it would be Lucifer sending this poor young cherub out to deliver such an extravagant, if not welcome gift. Tony was just now inhaling the roses and was loving the whole gold-tinted edge they had. Very Lucifer.
"Yeah, I guess that's me, pal. Tony Stark is the real name, you know. But---I've got to admit, these roses smell gorgeous. Also, the flashy flask? I'm loving it."
Did he say Azazael? That got a beaming smile out from the side of the roses as Tony peeked around the impressive bunch. He was now wondering if this younger angel carried around Lucifer's flag. What sort of flag would he even have? Something classy no doubt.
"Hey, uh, Cherub-Cheeks--want to come in for a coffee? Or are you working on commission here?"
"oh....Tony." Azazael instantly blushes full pink on his face. He felt embarrassed but filed away in his mind to pull a prank on Lucifer in return for this. The comment about the roses brought his voice back.
"They're from the king's garden. They will live longer than most roses." He tells the human. Then he is blushing again at the nickname, head tilting to hide behind his hat. "I like coffee."
He can barely get the words out around the blush and nervousness.
The last person to call Tony just Stark was probably the one that threw him through the window of his rather luxurious penthouse tower suite. Loki. That guy. Smirking at the memory, Tony stepped inside to allow the boyish angel inside. He seemed way shorter than the other winged ones he'd met. Lucifer towered over everyone else it seemed. But then Tony wasn't tall himself so he knew how Azazael must feel about the whole height issue.
"The king? You know that makes it sounds even more special because Lucifer is a hot king. These are from his Majesty's angel garden? These babies are going on my bedside table."
Tony placing them down onto the living room table for the time being since he had guests. Turning to a large display on his living room wall, he began pointing a device to the display. It was all high tech.
"Hey, uh, FRIDAY? Two coffees. No sugar for me. No caffeine for me either uh---hey, Cherub, do you take sugar with your coffee?"
Because guess what? Tony could order coffee via FRIDAY on the interface on his living room wall, which connected to several coffee machines around the house and the tech was in every other room in his Nexus house. He'd been busy installing AI and tech as soon as he crash landed into his new world.
Azazael slips in past the human. He's lithe and built compact for speed. Though his wings are hidden at the moment, if he saw them they are blue with dashes of white like the summer sky and razor thin like the wings of a swallow.
He pauses to look at the flowers. "The king cut them from his gardens this morning."
Azazael, unlike Lucifer is pretty tech savvy. He's not perfect but he does indulge in a more modern sense of living. Part of that can be seen in his jeans and floral dress shirt paired with a fedora. This angel almost always wore hats, especially fedora.
"Extra sugar, extra caffeine and marshmallows." Maybe Tony wouldn't have those but it never hurt to ask.
Ok...extra sugar, extra caffeine and marshmallows. It sounded like what a child would want if they were at a coffee shop. Maybe Azazael was a child in angel terms? He looked boyish and was kind of short. What did Tony know? He made the coffee and then came back passing the angel his rather sweet cup, overflowing with marshmallows.
"It's lucky I still had some marshmallows in the cupboard. Brought them back over from the penthouse."
The flowers still held sway over Tony as he smiled fondly. Lucifer had cut them this morning? What a romantic. Of course. The engineer sipped on his own coffee, which was much less sugar-filled than Azazael's. Just the standard black with no sugar and no marshmallows.
"Hey, you're not going to be jumping off my wall, are you? All that caffeine. Does it affect you angels as much as humans?"
"Yes." He answers simply because the blush still hasn't faded. Part of his desire for sugar came from his energy levels. As one of the fastest angels in creation he does burn through a lot of energy, even if Angels don't need food for energy the sugar and caffeine help.
Azazael takes to coffee gratefully and starts sipping at it. He can see the love in how the human gazes at the flowers and suddenly all of Lucifer's meticulousness about how they should be cared for and delivered made sense. This man and the king shared affection. That thought brought another round of intense blushing.
"I'm already the fastest angel. The coffee doesn't make me faster or slower."
"Fastest angel, huh? Is that after you've been pumped full of sugar and caffeine or without? Do energy drinks make you faster? Because I've heard crazy stories of kids being pumped on those things and yeah. You probably don't need to hear about that."
Tony shrugged and sipped his own coffee, wondering what the flag bearer and messenger of Lucifer did all day. Besides drink coffee and stuff himself full of sugar. Was there some other celestial thing he did? Inhaling the flowers once more, Tony then turned to the flask, picking it up and turning it in his hand.
"This flask? I can mod it. FRIDAY could be an interface inside for voice-activated commands. Tell Lucifer thank you next time you see him. I want to meet him again and thank him personally for these gifts. They're special."
He really was happy that Lucifer had given him freshly cut roses and a technical flask as a present. It meant a lot to Tony.
"I was created that way." The boyish smile overtakes his nervousness. How could it not when, sometimes, you could outfly even the king.
"You work with AI?" Azazael, of all the angels, was probably the most involved in human culture, except Balthazar but he wasn't fallen and that didn't count. "Well... I think if the king is sending you flowers from his garden you can come yourself whenever you want."
He almost mentioned that the king must like Tony a lot, but instead of words his cheeks just flush red again.
"Like all the other angels I have things I do in creation." He meant besides being Lucifer's messenger. "God hates me because I taught humans to paint and decorate their bodies."
From the look of proud mischief, it is obvious the young angel doesn't regret it. "I make jewelry and clothing and perfume.... and do hair and body coloring.. and body piercing, tattooing.. I have a couple from when Lucifer was testing out a gift for Balthazar. Lucifer says I'm the angel of fashion but I do more than that too."
Other things, like possibly giving humans bladed weapons accidentally, but that he's definitely not mentioning. One apparent thing is that even with just starting to sip the coffee, Azazael is already talking a mile a minute like a hyperactive child explaining their favorite thing. "I'm also an angel of peace and diplomacy. I can speak all the languages, even the made up ones, and the dead ones, and the ones from other creations.. or I can learn them fast." And then he add very quietly. "I can also be invisible."
"Yeah? That so? Created to be fast, light and agile. As well as boyish and charming. Good qualities to have, Cherub. Yeah, I work with AI. She's called FRIDAY---the interface. She can back-chat you too if you're not nice to her. I built it into her subroutine for her to have her own personality."
FRIDAY was more a friend to Tony when he was alone or in a dark place when there was no one else to talk to. He'd practically spoken to her everyday after JARVIS became Vision, relying on her more and more for input on things. Now, he had friends in the Nexus as well as back home with the Avengers, Tony felt like he could open up more. Having friends like Lucifer and Ziggy---well, he was grateful for them more than anything.
"God hates you? He probably hates me too for all the sinning I've done in my life. Who doesn't he not hate? You taught humans to paint and decorate their bodies and---he hates you for that? Sorry but God needs to get a life."
Was that a pun? Or some euphemism? Even Tony wasn't sure. Jesus. The poor kid. The high and mighty assholes really did a number on Azazael an his angel buddies. That sucked. If he was the angel of fashion then God could stuff that up his ass for all Tony cared.
"I have a friend who can become invisible---actually a few. Neat trick. Do you tattoo the angel's butt cheeks? Just a general question here."
The more Tony compliments the angel the more he blushes. It is the king's lover and he is very close to Lucifer. However, he is also excited about the technology. "She is an adapting and learning AI?"
Azazael sighed and looked over at the roses. "I think God hates a lot of people or he wouldn't send all the humans to Hell to be tortured. " Azazael was kind, unfallen and warm. He couldn't understand torturing people the way God had in the past.
"Invisibility lets me be a spy for the king." And sneak into heaven which he doesn't mention right now. The question has him laughing. "No, I haven't tattooed any butts. Belial, the chancellor who specializes in magic, tattooed mine."
He lifts the bottom of his shirt to show Tony his swallow tattoo. "The swallow is one of my animals."
"Yeah, she is. FRIDAY was my replacement AI for when the last one sort of became sentient and I had to allow him to evolve. It was his right as a sentient being."
Vision was born. What a moment that was too. Surprising but so amazing to watch an AI become a walking, talking person. That memory would stay with Tony forever since it was his own invention that came alive. Not that he wanted to think of himself as some tech Dr. Frankenstein. That was too weird.
"Nice tattoo you've got there. A swallow? Can you turn into a swallow and fly around?"
Tony did wonder about that side of things. The world of angels was slowly opening up to him thanks to Lucifer and his wondrous world.
"He became alive?" Azazael is a little surprised and then smiles. "It's good that you let him be himself."
Not everyone would let go of something they thought they owned. This admission solidified Azazael's feeling about Tony.
"All angels from our creation have an animal, or two they can take the form of when they want." He confirms. "The king can become a serpent or a burning lion or lioness."
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Valentine's Mission
14/2/21 16:00 (UTC)Both in hand he awkwardly knocks on the door.
Re: Valentine's Mission
14/2/21 20:56 (UTC)"Uh---hey, pal. What's all this? Are these for me?"
The engineer frowned as he took them from the rather short but friendly guy. Oh. An angel. Of course. Lucifer had a messenger? Of course he did. This was his style. Not an e-card kind of guy. Taking the travel mug, Tony glanced at it before noticing it was electric and had some sort of temperature gauge on it. Huh. Well, what did you know?
"This is unexpected. Did Lucifer send you? Because if he did---wow. I totally wasn't expecting this from Hot-Wings. What's your name, bub?"
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14/2/21 23:03 (UTC)"Well...uh..." He stumbles over the words a little as he hands over the flowers. "He would have sent more but I couldn't fly carrying more than these."
He gets a little wide eyed like a school boy but smiles. "I'm Azazael, messenger and standard bearer of the king."
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15/2/21 13:40 (UTC)That just got a laugh out of the engineer who was now very amused. Of course it would be Lucifer sending this poor young cherub out to deliver such an extravagant, if not welcome gift. Tony was just now inhaling the roses and was loving the whole gold-tinted edge they had. Very Lucifer.
"Yeah, I guess that's me, pal. Tony Stark is the real name, you know. But---I've got to admit, these roses smell gorgeous. Also, the flashy flask? I'm loving it."
Did he say Azazael? That got a beaming smile out from the side of the roses as Tony peeked around the impressive bunch. He was now wondering if this younger angel carried around Lucifer's flag. What sort of flag would he even have? Something classy no doubt.
"Hey, uh, Cherub-Cheeks--want to come in for a coffee? Or are you working on commission here?"
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18/2/21 19:38 (UTC)"They're from the king's garden. They will live longer than most roses." He tells the human. Then he is blushing again at the nickname, head tilting to hide behind his hat. "I like coffee."
He can barely get the words out around the blush and nervousness.
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18/2/21 21:14 (UTC)The last person to call Tony just Stark was probably the one that threw him through the window of his rather luxurious penthouse tower suite. Loki. That guy. Smirking at the memory, Tony stepped inside to allow the boyish angel inside. He seemed way shorter than the other winged ones he'd met. Lucifer towered over everyone else it seemed. But then Tony wasn't tall himself so he knew how Azazael must feel about the whole height issue.
"The king? You know that makes it sounds even more special because Lucifer is a hot king. These are from his Majesty's angel garden? These babies are going on my bedside table."
Tony placing them down onto the living room table for the time being since he had guests. Turning to a large display on his living room wall, he began pointing a device to the display. It was all high tech.
"Hey, uh, FRIDAY? Two coffees. No sugar for me. No caffeine for me either uh---hey, Cherub, do you take sugar with your coffee?"
Because guess what? Tony could order coffee via FRIDAY on the interface on his living room wall, which connected to several coffee machines around the house and the tech was in every other room in his Nexus house. He'd been busy installing AI and tech as soon as he crash landed into his new world.
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22/2/21 21:18 (UTC)He pauses to look at the flowers. "The king cut them from his gardens this morning."
Azazael, unlike Lucifer is pretty tech savvy. He's not perfect but he does indulge in a more modern sense of living. Part of that can be seen in his jeans and floral dress shirt paired with a fedora. This angel almost always wore hats, especially fedora.
"Extra sugar, extra caffeine and marshmallows." Maybe Tony wouldn't have those but it never hurt to ask.
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23/2/21 11:49 (UTC)Ok...extra sugar, extra caffeine and marshmallows. It sounded like what a child would want if they were at a coffee shop. Maybe Azazael was a child in angel terms? He looked boyish and was kind of short. What did Tony know? He made the coffee and then came back passing the angel his rather sweet cup, overflowing with marshmallows.
"It's lucky I still had some marshmallows in the cupboard. Brought them back over from the penthouse."
The flowers still held sway over Tony as he smiled fondly. Lucifer had cut them this morning? What a romantic. Of course. The engineer sipped on his own coffee, which was much less sugar-filled than Azazael's. Just the standard black with no sugar and no marshmallows.
"Hey, you're not going to be jumping off my wall, are you? All that caffeine. Does it affect you angels as much as humans?"
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25/2/21 14:07 (UTC)Azazael takes to coffee gratefully and starts sipping at it. He can see the love in how the human gazes at the flowers and suddenly all of Lucifer's meticulousness about how they should be cared for and delivered made sense. This man and the king shared affection. That thought brought another round of intense blushing.
"I'm already the fastest angel. The coffee doesn't make me faster or slower."
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5/3/21 10:20 (UTC)Tony shrugged and sipped his own coffee, wondering what the flag bearer and messenger of Lucifer did all day. Besides drink coffee and stuff himself full of sugar. Was there some other celestial thing he did? Inhaling the flowers once more, Tony then turned to the flask, picking it up and turning it in his hand.
"This flask? I can mod it. FRIDAY could be an interface inside for voice-activated commands. Tell Lucifer thank you next time you see him. I want to meet him again and thank him personally for these gifts. They're special."
He really was happy that Lucifer had given him freshly cut roses and a technical flask as a present. It meant a lot to Tony.
"So, what else do you do for fun?"
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8/3/21 04:52 (UTC)"You work with AI?" Azazael, of all the angels, was probably the most involved in human culture, except Balthazar but he wasn't fallen and that didn't count. "Well... I think if the king is sending you flowers from his garden you can come yourself whenever you want."
He almost mentioned that the king must like Tony a lot, but instead of words his cheeks just flush red again.
"Like all the other angels I have things I do in creation." He meant besides being Lucifer's messenger. "God hates me because I taught humans to paint and decorate their bodies."
From the look of proud mischief, it is obvious the young angel doesn't regret it. "I make jewelry and clothing and perfume.... and do hair and body coloring.. and body piercing, tattooing.. I have a couple from when Lucifer was testing out a gift for Balthazar. Lucifer says I'm the angel of fashion but I do more than that too."
Other things, like possibly giving humans bladed weapons accidentally, but that he's definitely not mentioning. One apparent thing is that even with just starting to sip the coffee, Azazael is already talking a mile a minute like a hyperactive child explaining their favorite thing. "I'm also an angel of peace and diplomacy. I can speak all the languages, even the made up ones, and the dead ones, and the ones from other creations.. or I can learn them fast." And then he add very quietly. "I can also be invisible."
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5/4/21 09:15 (UTC)FRIDAY was more a friend to Tony when he was alone or in a dark place when there was no one else to talk to. He'd practically spoken to her everyday after JARVIS became Vision, relying on her more and more for input on things. Now, he had friends in the Nexus as well as back home with the Avengers, Tony felt like he could open up more. Having friends like Lucifer and Ziggy---well, he was grateful for them more than anything.
"God hates you? He probably hates me too for all the sinning I've done in my life. Who doesn't he not hate? You taught humans to paint and decorate their bodies and---he hates you for that? Sorry but God needs to get a life."
Was that a pun? Or some euphemism? Even Tony wasn't sure. Jesus. The poor kid. The high and mighty assholes really did a number on Azazael an his angel buddies. That sucked. If he was the angel of fashion then God could stuff that up his ass for all Tony cared.
"I have a friend who can become invisible---actually a few. Neat trick. Do you tattoo the angel's butt cheeks? Just a general question here."
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24/4/21 01:28 (UTC)Azazael sighed and looked over at the roses. "I think God hates a lot of people or he wouldn't send all the humans to Hell to be tortured. " Azazael was kind, unfallen and warm. He couldn't understand torturing people the way God had in the past.
"Invisibility lets me be a spy for the king." And sneak into heaven which he doesn't mention right now. The question has him laughing. "No, I haven't tattooed any butts. Belial, the chancellor who specializes in magic, tattooed mine."
He lifts the bottom of his shirt to show Tony his swallow tattoo. "The swallow is one of my animals."
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8/5/21 16:23 (UTC)Vision was born. What a moment that was too. Surprising but so amazing to watch an AI become a walking, talking person. That memory would stay with Tony forever since it was his own invention that came alive. Not that he wanted to think of himself as some tech Dr. Frankenstein. That was too weird.
"Nice tattoo you've got there. A swallow? Can you turn into a swallow and fly around?"
Tony did wonder about that side of things. The world of angels was slowly opening up to him thanks to Lucifer and his wondrous world.
(no subject)
10/5/21 01:21 (UTC)Not everyone would let go of something they thought they owned. This admission solidified Azazael's feeling about Tony.
"All angels from our creation have an animal, or two they can take the form of when they want." He confirms. "The king can become a serpent or a burning lion or lioness."