Second 'place-watch'

Second 'place-watch': 
Robin Foale, 3/5/2013

It's a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. The townsfolk hurry about their business going to wherever they need to be. Although many in fact sit in the sun on chairs, others on the freshly cut grass. Two characters sit cross legged in front of a stone guardian. One is thin and short, wearing a white tuxedo despite the heat. The other is a huge ape of a man in shorts and a combat vest. The two have been sitting there on the hard pebbly ground for nearly a hour, silent, ignoring the chattering of passer-by’s and children playing around them. 

Finally, the ape of a man can't stand the waiting and turns to his companion. 
"Well?" he says in his deep booming voice.
"Well what?" the man in the tuxedo says in a calm and collected voice. Not taken his gaze away from the stone guardian.
"Are we done yet? I can't feel my legs anymore and I'm starting to get thirsty." 
"Well, if you want to leave be my guest. No one is stopping you."
"You know bloody well that I can't do that. Especially since we're so close to the boss's establishment." The ape of a man says glancing up at the grand Gothic building behind the stone guardian with it's gigantic windows which, although dark glisten in the sunlight and match perfectly with the reddish brown stone walls. 
A group of children run past the two men, it seems they are chasing a flock of pigeons. Smiling the ape of a man points at them.
"HA! Remember when we used to do that?" he chuckles revealing a wide smile. 
"If I recall correctly, it was you who did it. Not me." the tuxedo man replies, still intently starring at the stone guardian. 
"Besides, I left such childish things behind years ago." he continues with a voice full of pride. 
The ape of a man wipes his nose and yawns again, annoyed with his partner.
"Yea yea... whatever. You used to be a kid like that once. There is no denying that at least. Right?" 
"Perhaps..." the man in the tuxedo says lightly before suddenly stopping.

The children are now climbing over the stone guardian. Shocked by this the tuxedo man is about to speak up but stops, biting his lip in frustration. 
"Hey! Don't you little rug rats have any respect!? That's the stone guardian for crying out loud!" the ape of a man yells in defiance to which the children don't respond. 
The ape of man then proceeds to get up only to be stopped by his companion. 
"Let it go... they can't hear you." he says with a hint of sadness in his voice. His partner still standing sighs in annoyance.    
"I know, but it still pisses me off." He says stamping on the ground. 
Smiling the man in the tuxedo gets up and puts a hand on the huge man's shoulders. 
"Come on you big lummox. Let's get that drink."
"I thought you weren't done?"
"I don't think I will ever be done apologising. Now come on. You know we can't stray from one another." The tuxedo man finishes saying before turning to leave.
"Hey?" The ape of a man calls to him as starts to walk away.
"Yes?" The tuxedo man responds, turning on the spot to face his partner.
"Do you think they will... the mortals I mean, ever remember him?" The ape of a man says to which the tuxedo man actually doesn't have a response for once. Instead he pauses and after a minute responds.
"Perhaps. Time will only tell my tall friend. Time will only tell..."
And with that the two walk away into the sunlight, leaving the statue of the bearded man to sit in his seat of stone, for ever more

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The above took place in the grounds surrounding Exeter Cathedral and the stone guardian I refereed to was the statue of Richard Hooker. Unlike my last piece, I wanted to experiment with character conversations instead of just one singular character monolog. Therefore I included two of them in the above scene. The characters were not based on anyone I knew, however I felt they made for good polar opposites, thus not characters you would expect to see with one another unless put into a situation as I did. The situation being one of supernatural occurrence as I wanted the pair to be kind of like angels, but not really angels at the same time, which is why they can't be seen.