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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.

Comments

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[notready]

You do that all the time when you're alone?

[ Someone's amused. ]

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[what_he_needs]

Not all of the time. But, more recently I do.

[Michael's more amused now than he'd been when it'd first happened.]

[notready]

Why's that?

[ She means to ask what changed. ]

[what_he_needs]

Someone suggested I use my wings more. The whittling, I stumbled upon that.

[notready]

Maybe we need to get you another hobby.

[what_he_needs]

I've received that a lot today. I'm taking suggestions.

[Nothing has struck him yet, though.]

[notready]

What've you got so far?

[what_he_needs]

Dancing, music, sparring, drinking, reading, art, and a few other things.

[Offers of demon sex and told to masturbate. Both, less polite things to mention, that he found just as uninteresting.]

[notready]

[ Charlie thinks about it for a second, and then... Well, it's a long shot. ]

There somebody you like? Spend time with them.

[what_he_needs]

[He frowns at that.]

I am fond of a few people here, but I wouldn't subject them to my company for that long.

[Michael does visit occasionally.]

[notready]

If they like you, I don't think it's about subjecting them to anything.

[ If you could see her face right now, Michael. Please. ]

[what_he_needs]

Good point, Charlie. And what about yourself, subjecting anyone to your company?

[notready]

You asking me if there's anybody I like, Michael? [ Is that what that is???? ]

[what_he_needs]

Yes. Is there?

[Maybe it was Jeep, he didn't know.]

[notready]

A girl's not supposed to kiss and tell.

[ Not that there's been kissing and telling anyone. Kind of. ]

[what_he_needs]

I understand. As long as you are happy.

[notready]

I'm just kidding. If you want to know that bad, I can tell you.

[what_he_needs]

I am only concerned for your well being. Your personal life is for you to share, when you so choose.

[notready]

I get it.

You ever met anybody named Sam?