His ginger mane and beard already made it impossible for Jupiter to be actually stealthy anyways, and their human and wunimal resources (HWR) for this job were so limited, they couldn‘t risk losing his cooperation.Īs he was supposed to, Jupiter let his gaze slowly wander over the crowd from the outskirts of the dim lounge. They had to agree to this mildly rebellious act begrudgingly.
However, no one could stop him from giving the all black stealth uniform at least a small personal touch by adding a floral pink pocket square and his favourite lavender dress shoes. To his outrage, they had not even let him wear his famously snazzy pastel mint coloured evening suit. It turned out he had not been recruited because of his impeccable looks, his charisma or his ability to turn every party into a roaring success, but because of him being a Witness. Three hours in though, Jupiter felt the nagging of a headache and, even worse, extremely bored. When he received the Stealth’s request to join forces with them on a special mission that would involve the visit of a very fancy and exclusive soirée, it all sounded exciting and like the perfect job for him. (See the end of the work for more notes.) Oh, and a shout out to those who were there for the first posts on my tumblr (Juprafel) – there will be a moment of recognition for you if you make it to the end! :) And there will be a matching illustration I made, so stay tuned for that! I already plan to write a follow up story for Mogtober day 9 which will have more of a romancy note to it. I just really got something for corrupted angels, I guess.
I realise the angels from Grave Importance influenced me and especially the story around Amitiel and Zophiel. I made up quite a few things about them, which will very likely not align with future books. I have (many) theories about him and the “not-actually-angels”, as a lot is still left in the air (pun intended) after Wundersmith. What I enjoyed was to specifically not focus on Israfel's addictive singing, but on what else might connect him to Jupiter, what his personality could be and his background.
I wanted to write down one (of my many) ideas on how Jupiter met Israfel for the first time. I’m still pre-Hollowpox, so some things might not line up anymore later on. This was written for the #mogtober2020 prompt for day 5 (favorite side character)
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