Dean Winchester | 002 | Video | Day 64

[venatical]

[ Dean thought long and hard before he decided to do this, and even now he's not sure he should; half the people he remembers doing things to basically deserved it, but Chuck didn't, and that vampire guy with the rice didn't, and Cas... He's trying not to think about what he did to Cas. It's better that way. He's freaked that the whole trickster vibe went to his head the way it did, and he's freaked how quickly he settled right into it. The saddest, most pathetic freaking thing about it is that he can't remember being that happy in a long time.

Apologies aren't really... things... he likes to do, so he's not going to issue a general one. He's had a whole night to feel sick to his stomach, and he's spent most of today putting alcohol into that stomach, and now he's bolstered enough to sort of kind of vaguely dance around the idea that he's maybe kind of sorry for what he did.

He's sitting in the bar, and he reaches to pick up his beer again as he looks down into the feed. ]

Uh, so I'm guessing...

Everyone still here's back to normal now, huh? No more Freaky Friday?

[OOC: Still going to be glacially slow, but my slowness doesn't mean Dean can dodge IC consequences! ]

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

[Oh look, it's that vampire guy with the rice. Luckily, he's neither vampiric nor counting anything anymore.]

Yeah, looks to be that way. Thankfully.

[He's only kind of angling for an apology, since he has quite a few things to apologize for himself.]

[venatical]

[ It sure is that guy. Awesome. He takes a drink and sets the beer down before he answers, leaning his arm on the bar again. ]

Not so long in the tooth anymore, then? [ Hadn't Dean called him a mupppet, like, a lot? ] So what are you on the regular, then? ...An accountant? [ That's the opposite of an apology. He really is sorry, but that joke -- he couldn't not go for it. At least now he doesn't ooze smug jerkface. ]

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Close. I run a card game. Poker, mostly.

[So yeah, he deals with a lot of money. 'Accountant' is far from the worse thing he can think of being called.]

What about you?

[venatical]

Freelance work, here and there. [ It's an automatic response, but considering where they are and what happened... He'd rather not heavily advertise the fact that he's a hunter because there's enough people gunning for his blood now, but he doesn't have to lie as much now. ]

I'm sort of a private investigator. So you're a card shark? Out for blood, counting cards? [ He purses his lips. ] Poetic. I like it.

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[hung_garian]

Pssst. Dean.

[A dramatic pause, and he leans in close to the camera before continuing in a stage-whisper, with a grin that would make a shark look friendly.]

You're so screwed.

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[venatical]

[ Oh fuck. He's legitimately scared, which means now's the perfect time to respond with bravado. ]

Aw, come on. What's a little... constant fuckery between friends? [ Not that they were necessarily... Were they? Freaking angels. ]

You didn't have a problem with it. At least it wasn't a Japanese game show.

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[hung_garian]

I wouldn't know. Ask any friends of yours you did that to, see what they say.

[Admittedly Dean has a point - what Dean did to him pales in comparison to what he's done to Dean. As it happens, though, Gabriel's not really the type to care about that.]

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[servingmichael]

Yes, he really is.

[venatical]

And you wonder why I got revenge against you guys when I had the chance.

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[hung_garian]

Woah, hold up. When'd he piss in your cornflakes? Are you okay?

[Also, how funny was it, but he doesn't want to ask that until after he's sure Raphael wasn't actually hurt.]

[onteamdyson]

Unfortunately. Er-- ... fortunately? I can't tell yet. Everything still blows.

You doing okay?

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[venatical]

Uh.

[ Does he want to talk about it? He talked things out with Charlie once and that was kind of nice, and she's kind of like Charlie... A sister he never knew he wanted.

He switches the feed to private. ]

I pissed off a lot of people and fucked up my best friend, but I've got an entire bar of alcohol so... Can't tell yet. [ He smiles thinly. ]

What about you? What blows?

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[onteamdyson]

Best friends are pretty damn forgiving. And hey, it's not like you could help it. Dude, it's gonna be fine. Chin up! If you need a drinking buddy, I am sooooo down.

[Talking is usually nice, yeah, but she doesn't want to talk about this. Not yet. Not when there's still a chance he could come back.] Just ... stuff. In general. We're not doing so good over here.

[justrunsasaloon]

Howdy.

[Nope. That's all she's got to say. She's not mad, she's not angling for an apology, though an explanation would be nice.]

[venatical]

Hey, Ellen. You healing up okay?

[ Nope. Gonna have to drag it out of him. ]

[justrunsasaloon]

I'm fine. What about you?

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[godsprophet]

Yeah, I uh. I'm human again.

[ He's also out of the Infinity Circle now. Thanks for that, by the way. ]

[venatical]

Hey, congrats. [ He gives him a thin smile, and then takes another drink. He doesn't look back at his communicator. ] How long were you stuck out there?

[godsprophet]

[ Yeah, you better feel sorry Dean. ]

Oh, I'm not really sure. I, uh. Called Anna, and she... broke the circle.

[ After, you know. Being laughed at. ]

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[happytobleed]

I hope you don't expect me to help you with my siblings. Most of them came out of this less than pleased with me.

[ If he sounds a little more distant than usual, maybe that's all in Dean's fat head. ]

[venatical]

[ Maybe it is. He'd been expecting Cas to tell Dean to fuck off, but in Cas's own words, and...

Well, he thinks that happened just now, actually. ]

Wasn't counting on you having my back. [ He doesn't even know how to begin to fix him and Cas, and the words choke him, not that he even knows what he should say. ]

[happytobleed]

Good.

[ Castiel is so glad that this isn't a video. His face twists up with his words and they hurt, but not as much as Dean's words had. ]

I'm glad I could live up to you pathetic expectations.

[tryingitall]

All clear here. [Balthazar appears, chin in hand. He's been watching this conversation for a bit. He hesitates to admit it, but he's getting worried for Dean's sake. Raphael and Gabriel are a dangerous combination.]

Obviously, you've stepped in it. I don't envy you. But if you were worried I'd be out for blood too, don't. I already knew you were a jackass. I'll let it slide this time.

[He might feel differently if he knew what had happened between Dean and Castiel. But he doesn't, and he'd like to keep a loose alliance with Dean just for Cas' sake.]

[venatical]

[ That's one angel he can cross off the list at least. He could ask Balthazar to keep an eye on Cas while Dean has to angel proof the house, but then maybe he... shouldn't... ask that. ]

Thanks, that's real sweet of you. Any chance you could talk the attack dogs out of it?

[tryingitall]

I'm so flattered you think a little angel like myself has some sway with archangels. I'm afraid you're on your own with this one.

[Probably. He's thinking about it. But he won't be making any heroic efforts, that's for sure.]