The Desert Angel

Angel Everill, 26 years old, been living in Slab City for two years. Rp-character. FC: Blake Lively.

[desertxangel]

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He couldn’t help but smile as he put his hands on his hips. “So does this mean I’m officially moved in?” he added with a crocodile grin, finding it more amusing for some reason than he should have. “Don’t really have any stuff,” he said with a high shrug. At the mention of the topic of the bed his eyebrows climbed high too. “I really wouldn’t want to inconvenience you like that, so I think I’ll take the couch outside,” he said with what he considered a polite but reserved smile.

Angel replied to Max’s wide smile with hers and she nodded. “I think it does. So, welcome!” She probably looked a bit too happy for being able to help Max getting rid of he tin cube, but really, she liked company and if she could get company by saving someone else from terrible sleeping place it was a win-win situation. “Well, if you happen to get some stuff, feel free to put them in there”, she replied and tapped the cabinet’s door nodding at the couch reply. “Okay, but only if you really are sure about it.”

[desertxangel]

“You did a hell of a job,” he said with a nod. It certainly wasn’t like any abode he’d been in, which made it even more interesting. But he guessed that a lot of places here were like this, an assortment of knick-knacks and other things combed together to create a home, a wondrous oasis in the unforgiving desert. “I like it too. Everywhere your eye lands there’s something pleasant to look at. Beats my tin shack, at any rate.”

Angel's smile turned into a even brighter one and she stepped inside the caravan completely and put her hands behind her back as she watched around her in her home. "Thank you." She took a step closer to Max and opened one of the smaller cabinettes. "You can put your things here, if you need more space, I can always reorganize my own. Also, feel free to open the doors and drawers to know what is where, I don't mind." Then she pointed at her bed at the other end of the caravan. "And the bed is in that end, it really is a big one so we'd both fit in it easily, unless you really want to sleep on the couch."

[itsnotindiana]

“They’ll just tell you they like everything. Those girls ain’t picky.”

[desertxangel]

“Maybe I should have you coming over too to hear another opinion on those then.”

[precious-teacake]

Max nodded as he listened, feeling in agreement. He remembered a time when nightly TV was part of his daily life, but that seemed like an entirely different person and lifetime. He smiled when she joked, beginning to feel somewhat at ease, though he never completely let his guard down. Simply as habit, as a reflex. Max entered the caravan, and immediately his reaction was evident from his face, seeing all of the drapes and tapestries, all the frills and hangings decorating the place. It certainly created a mood. “How long have you lived here, three years?”

[desertxangel]

Angel followed behind the other and she made sure to watch Max’s face as he saw how the caravan looked from the inide. Pretty much it didn’t look like it would be even possible for it to look like that when you stared at it from the outside, but Angel really loved how her home looked like now. “Two. I just had a lot of time to decorate. It was actually my first time doing that.” Before everything had been done for her so now that she got to do it herself she might have gotten a bit too excited with it. “Maybe there is a bit too much in here, but I like it.”

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Behind the Scenes of Log Out.

[itsnotindiana]

“Exactly. I would judge you so hard if the girls didn’t come back covered in powdered sugar.”

[desertxangel]

“That reminded me, I really should get more new recipes for different kind of cookies so I’ll have all new ones for the girls to taste.”

[precious-teacake]

“I…can’t say I did either,” he said, feeling the lie as it came out of him. But he’d said it and there was no taking it back. “TV’s pointless, anyway. There’s the internet for news and the library for entertainment. Or at least that’s how I roll.”

“Is it?” he queried. “I don’t think I’d look too bad, maybe a bit more like a cardboard box with limbs than someone with a womanly figure…but surely I could pull it off?” He was joking, of course. The sarcasm in his voice was evident.

[desertxangel]

“I didn’t really have time to watch tv. Sometimes I thought about how some of my friends did, told me about their favorites, but I couldn’t really talk about those with them since I haven’t seen them. Sometime I managed to see an episode or few, but usually I didn’t. Now that I could, I just find it weird to watch something since I’m not used to such.” She shrugged softly. She didn’t miss something she was never used to.

Angel looked at Max’s body and then hummed softly. “Yeah, no. Wouldn’t fit you in any way.” She smiled and gestured for him to get in the caravan. “Just look around and so.”

[itsnotindiana]

Indi giggles, “I know. Who doesn’t feed them sweet things when they come around? I‘d think you weird if you weren’t.”

[desertxangel]

“That’s true. They are way too cute for not to give them all the sugary things.”

[precious-teacake]

“You’re sure I’d like it?” he asked gamely. It was just interesting the way she said it, like she knew what it was that he liked. Maybe even presumptuous. Then again maybe it was simply politeness and cordiality and he was once again reading too much into everything. “I think I’ll take a pass,” he said with a grin, “Not big into MTV or its output really. Do you guys even get cable?” he added, a passing curiosity.

“That’s a good idea actually. Enterprise.” He stopped when she did, taking a look around and finding it to be almost just the way he’d imagined it. “It’s a neat corner you’ve got here,” he said appreciatively, then chuckled when she mentioned her dresses. “Wouldn’t dream of it.”

[desertxangel]

“Of course I can’t be 100% sure, but it’s a nice place with a lot of things to do and see, plus it’s really beautiful place in general, so I don’t really think you wouldn’t like it.” She flashed him a bright smile and she really was sure Max would like Santa Fe if he’d ever visit the city. “No, we don’t have cable, but we have internet, so with your phone or laptop you can watch TV really easily, or anything from the internet in general. Though some do have TVs and antennas, but I don’t since I never really watched TV anyway.”

“I know, right?” she said with a laugh and put her arms behind her back. “Thank you. I really like it too.” Angel really was proud of how she had managed to make her home look like, it was so cozy, at least to her. She looked at Max again, imagining how he’d look in one of her dresses and couldn’t but laugh at the image softly. “Yeah, don’t. Just the thought of that is slightly disturbing.”

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[precious-teacake]

“Santa Fe,” Max repeated to himself. “Never been. Heard it’s nice.” He gave a small chuckle as they approached her trailer. “No, I can’t say I have. Although I do recall one where he takes off his skin. Now that didn’t look like much fun.”

“Somehow I doubt it would work. You could create some kind of pond biome that cleans itself, but I don’t think the desert has the kind of climate required to pull it off.” He thought for another moment. About the concept of building a pool. “It might require some thought, but it’s not entirely impossible. Then again if you succeed you’re gonna have all of Slab City lining up for a dip, so there’s that to think about,” he added with a gamely smile. 

[desertxangel]

“It’s really beautiful place. I’m sure you’d like it.” Angel really loved her home city, though it would take a bit before she would head back there. Though of course she would visit her parents or so, but she didn’t know would she actually move in there again. ”You haven’t seen it? I really have to show it to you.”

“Well, if it gets too popular you can start to sell tickets.” Angel was sure with Max’s help she would get some sort of pool at least for a day or two. Angel stopped few feet away from her front door and turned around spreading her arms to her sides.”Welcome home. Everything that is mine is yours too. Though don’t borrow my dresses, I wouldn’t like them to get all formless.”

[itsnotindiana]

“I kind of feel like a terrible parent when we have the girls run off to people, but I trust everyone here. But you’re on the list. They make their rounds, everyone who wants baby time gets baby time here.”

[desertxangel]

Angel smiled happily as she heard she was on the babysitter list. Though she had to confess something. “I hope you don’t mind that I’ve given cookies to them time to time when they come by.”

[precious-teacake]

“That’s…precious,” he couldn’t help himself from saying it. “They live nearby?” Though for some reason he expected the answer to be a no. He listened to her pool ideas, snorting a laugh when she mentioned the manger. “You wanna splash around in a horse trough? That’s original.”

“You’re right though, a kiddy pool is impractical. A real one would be the only way to go about it. Although that requires a lot of planning. Maybe even irrigation work if you want it to have a filtration system, it’ll be a bitch to clean without. Tricky indeed.”

[desertxangel]

“They’re still in Santa Fe, so I don’t really see them often, but they call me at least once a week.” There were days when Angel missed her parents, but luckily she could always call them if she felt like talking to them. “Hey, haven’t you seen Robbie William’s music video where he is doing exactly that? It could be fun.”

“Oh I just knew you’d know about this stuff. I was thinking of getting water in it from the lake though. Do you think it’d work?”

[itsnotindiana]

“Regardless, he’s weird.” She smiles and accepts the water and takes a drink, “Oh, you’re an Angel, alright”

[desertxangel]

Angel’s smile just became brighter at Indi’s words. “I’ve heard that couple of times, but thank you. Oh and that reminded me -- if you ever need a babysitter, I’m always ready to help you out.”

[precious-teacake]

“You’re too good, honestly,” he said with a smile and shake of his head. “Guess your parents named you Angel for a reason.” He saw the place in the distance before she even had to point it out, teeming with green life and just…alive. He wouldn’t say anything about it yet until they approached closer though. Curiosity sparked his voice when he turned his head to look at her. “The pool?” It was a skeptical, doubting but in the friendly way, manner in which he looked at her.

[desertxangel]

“I am their angel, I can’t deny that. I’m the only child and my mother keeps on saying I’m the light of their days.” She was raised well and the good heart of hers was probably from her mother who always helped others too. “Yes, the pool. Not anything big, but big enough for two or three. At first I was thinking of those pools they make for kids, the plastic ones you need to fill with air, but I’m not sure would it be good for this heat, so then I was thinking of a huge manger, like those where horses drink water in all those Wild West movies. But I’m not sure would that be big enough for two. So I clearly need help on thinking what would work the best.”

[itsnotindiana]

“Pretty sure he’s superhuman, it makes my stomach wibbles just thinking about. But then I see one of my kids licking a rock and I start to understand the weirdness better. Ah, maybe just water.”

[desertxangel]

“Superhuman, or even Superman”, she thought and laughed softly. “But one water coming up!” Angel disappeared into her caravan and after a moment she was back out and gave a glass of ice cold water to Indi. “Here you go.”

[precious-teacake]

The more she said things like my home is your home, the more he should’ve found it endearing, but instead his walls just went up. It was a world away from what he was used to, putting so much trust in people and being with them openly. It was hard. Max thought the more distance he put between himself and…everything else, the more he’d let go of those walls. But the opposite seemed to be happening. Still, his smile never belied anything wrong with it. “I do love to cook, even though I’m not given too many opportunities to do so,” he said with a faint nod of the head. “But don’t worry, I won’t commandeer your kitchen within moments of knowing you. That’ll come later,” he said, throwing in the joke and immediately regretting said joke. “I just don’t want you to think to yourself,  oh great, now I have to feed him too. Or feel in anyway obligated to do anything other than provide the place you said you’d provide for sleeping. Which, thanks by the way, I wasn’t sure how many more nights in a tin hothouse I could take.” Which was a lie, he could probably take many more nights in there since he’d had worse. But she didn’t need to know that.

[desertxangel]

Angel knew she shouldn’t trust people as easily as she did, but at the same time she didn’t see anything wrong in it either. Maybe she’ll get slapped on her fingers at some point, but sometimes if you trusted in someone who didn’t trust in themselves it would help to start trusting in their own things too. Angel was a goodhearted woman who didn’t want to let people be in trouble, especially if there was any way she could help them out even just a bit. So sharing her home and her food was just one of those things she knew would always help others. She listened Max’s words with a smile on her face and she nodded her head softly. “Now you have an opportunity to do so”, she said as her smile grew a bit. “And you never have to think I’d be thinking that you’d be a burden or anything, I’m just happy to help others. Besides, I don’t like being alone that much so it’s always nice to have some company for a bit longer.” Of course Angel wasn’t expecting Max to stay in her home for eternity, since all of those who had been living there with her had only stayed few days or weeks. Though she always hoped in her mind that she would get a roommate who would actually stay there for a longer period of time. “And now I also have someone to help me with the pool I was thinking of getting.”