Does it trouble your mind the way you trouble mine? [closed]

[peacefulexplorer]

Navigating his way to Seth's building without assistance makes Daniel prouder than he has any right to be, but it's just nice to know he's able to adapt and learn his way around. It gives him a sense of accomplishment to contrast with the drifting downward trajectory it feels like his life's taken as of late.

The optimism lasts about as long as it takes for Daniel to find the apartment door. Then he briefly loses his nerve and has to take a minute (or two, or three, certainly no more than four and no, he has absolutely not been counting) to collect all his thoughts into one place and automatically begin assembling a preamble before scrapping the idea almost immediately.

He is not going to start with a formal introduction. That would be ridiculous.

And he's not nervous. Just a shade agitated, maybe. Well within reason. It's just the issue of he and Seth spending a disproportionate amount of time walking around in each others' heads, something that definitely warrants a conversation of some sort. Possibly involving alcohol, and Daniel isn't typically one to make that suggestion lightly.

He's done hesitating. Daniel takes a quick breath and knocks before he can change his mind.

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[peacefulexplorer]

"Wait, that was you?" By now he's heard very limited versions of the account from multiple parties but has been sorely lacking on any kind of details extending beyond "there was a Godzilla".

The admission speedily informs him that, first of all, the archangel Gabriel's powers for illusion, possibly object manifestation, are astronomical. That large a construct with that wide a radius of effect with that convincing a reality is an incredible feat, and he's regarding it more or less as just another fun Friday night. Secondly, it alerts Daniel to the startling fact that the archangel Gabriel has a very active sense of humor.

"You...made Godzilla?" He doesn't know whether to laugh or be confused or astounded and he's pretty sure his face settles on a bizarre mix of all three. "Like a complete, city-wide illusion? That's incredible. I mean -" He shoots Seth a glance, but he doesn't seem very impressed. Maybe regular exposure to this sort of thing normalizes it for him, but for Daniel it's all very, very new and equally exciting. "- uh. Just...because?"

[powerdealer]

Gabe might've finally gotten to hear Seth admit that he did have a pretty good time with Godzilla, or at least in the way that it's made a great story, and it's easier to laugh when looking back at it. But then Gabe continues with that description of Seth, and he can't help but shoot his friend a very pointed Look. A 'why are you doing this?' look, mixed with astonishment at just how ridiculous Gabe can be. It sounds like something you'd imagine being in of those cheesy romance novels you see at the supermarket.

He might've started worrying that Gabe was actually flirting with Daniel just out of legitimate interest - a thought which surprisingly makes Seth feel a little queasy in a way he doesn't think has anything to do with last night's drinking - but no, he is definitely messing with Seth. Has Daniel yet realised this was the Gabe who Peter and him were talking about offering threesomes?

And he'd correct Gabe in his description of the scene, except Daniel seems to have breezed right by it and just gotten stuck on the 'Godzilla' bit. Thankfully. ...Probably. It does kind of tell him that Daniel takes very little interest in or notice of Seth, uh, 'glistening'. However, that description is probably going to stick with Seth a while and just embarrass him on regular occasions, he's sure, even if none of the other present parties seem even slightly bothered by it.