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[what_he_needs]

[It was an accident. Entirely the fault of the small, green eyed kitten that Wonderland had gifted him via his brother. He was not usually so careless, but he had become lax in his behaviors, and less than diligent when it came to his communication device. His pet had played with the device, turning it on. The feed records and broadcasts for hours.

Around three a.m. Saturday morning, Wonderland will be blessed cursed with a startling vision displayed across their devices. Wings out, stretching them, Michael walks past the screen. He's not dressed, but, fortunately, the screen was angled just right that only from his abdomen up will be visible. He sits in the middle of his room - now the top of his head can be seen - legs folded under him, and begins to meditate.

An hour passes.

Then three more.

He remains still the entire time, eyes closed and focused.

Twenty minutes longer, and the feed cuts out; the cat, aptly named Cat, hits the button again and turns off the device.

When the feed begins again, Michael is dressed, and is standing by the window, looking out. He does this, then sits again and meditates another hour without much movement before deciding to sit on the edge of his bed and begin to whittle. It's a hobby, random in nature, that he'd taken up to pass the time. He has a small collection of carvings piled up on a table in his room.

After another hour, wood shavings flying as he cuts into the soft block with a small knife, Michael looks up to see his cat playing with the device. He stands, and goes to pick it up. Sighing, and realizing it's recording, he turns it off.

Wonderland has just been subjected to the longest, and most dry, look into the daily habits of an archangel.]

Mass text sent out later that day;

I apologize for the video.

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[Video]

[onlyhomemade]

[Gabriel had checked back periodically throughout the day to see if the video was recording. Longest, most boring activities broadcast to everyone over several hours span. When the text is sent he comes back with a video message.]

You really shouldn't be carving in your bed, it's like eating chips or crackers, getting crumbs, or in your case shavings, all over the sheets.

[He shakes his head.]

I feel as though I've failed you as a brother if your life is so utterly dull.

text;

[what_he_needs]

We have infinite time here to do nothing, Gabriel.

[Which is unfortunate, but other than training and enjoying the company of a few, he doesn't have much to occupy himself.]

It's not so dull all the time.

[onlyhomemade]

[A sigh and Gabriel will switch to text since his brother is being difficult.]

All the time. You know events don't count.

And we're Immortal brother, we have infinite time to do anything and everything. Why do nothing.

[what_he_needs]

What do you suggest I do?

[He was serious now; hoping Gabriel would have a suggestion that Michael would find appealing.]

[onlyhomemade]

Michael, masturbation would be better than whittling little figures out of wood all day.

Have you considered learning how to dance, or teaching yourself to play an instrument? We could spar? We could go for a flight or you could read? There's a library. Uriel seemed to love books.

[what_he_needs]

I am not going to masturbate all hours of the day.

I suppose I could try those things, but I've never found music or dance appealing ways to pass the time. We could spar.

[onlyhomemade]

I know that. It was a figure of speech.

You know where to find me. We can always do something. But seriously check out the library. Evelyn can help you find something worth reading.

[what_he_needs]

I've been to the library, met other Michael there. If only there were more books from our world.