THE MOMENT
"No way, an angel?" Vince chuckled. He sat in the breakroom getting to know the newest officemate, Cosmo. "Small world," Vince said. He gestured at himself to hint at the minor coincidence. Vince was a portly, red-skinned man with old wrinkles and obsidian horns. Cosmo's angelic form was lean and pale.
"Wow, I'm glad I found someone I have something in common with," Cosmo smiled at Vince. "Anyone else here play?" Vince shook his head.
"Not that I've found. Though, I haven't really asked around. I don't want to say the wrong thing to an NPC," he said. "Hey, how'd you know I wasn't an NPC?" Vince asked.
"I have good eyes," Cosmo replied. Golden stars glowed in his eyes for a moment before the light faded.
"Oh wow! You're Unique too!?" Vince asked in surprise.
"Well, to be honest, I wasn't just talking about the AlterNet," Cosmo said.
"Huh?" Vince tilted his head at Cosmo in curiosity.
"When I said I was an angel; it's not just in the Alternet. I am an actual angel,' As Cosmo explained, two sets of white-feathered wings appeared on his back and stretched out across the breakroom. His wingtips touched both walls of the 15' x 15' room, then he folded them back in behind himself and one of the sets disappeared.
"Whoooaaa," Vince took a moment to process what he just witnessed. "I seen fae before.. but.. wow... never seen an angel," he said.
"You probably have," Cosmo said. "Most Estrellas are secretly angels." He turned his back to Vince and pulled his shirt up. Two saucer-sized black holes rested on his back underneath a pair of feathered wings. Vince watched the holes widen; then, white wingtips popped out of them. Cosmo stretched out all four wings, then pulled the lower set back in and the black holes shrank again.
"It's easier to keep our wings hidden most of the time," he said.
"Oh," Vince replied. He hung his head and his voice sounded full of disappointment. "I'm not an actual demon...," he said. He poked at his lunch with a black claw. "...just in the game."