007 | Castiel | Open video (CW: missing limb, blood)

[happytobleed]

((OOC: Please heed the content warning))

[ At first, the video shows only flashes of Castiel's face looking particularly annoyed. He's clearly walking and looking for something and it isn't clear if he's even aware that the video is on or if he intended for this to be audio-only. ]

If you see a small saber-toothed cat, do not approach her. She appears to be... agitated.

[ He pauses. ]

There you are.

[ He starts to move more swiftly and there's a brief flash of his other arm, or what's left of it. Most of his forearm is missing from his right arm and he's done nothing to cover it yet.

There's a loud growl and then the feed cuts out. ]

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[happytobleed]

[ With the way things are going, Castiel fears the blood may really be his before long, anyway.

He wraps his other arm around her, loose and a little awkward, but not any moreso than most of his actions. ]

He read me a book. Sitting might have been ineffectual and annoying.

[ He smiles gently. ]

He said I should be more careful, too.

[ That seems to be the popular opinion. ]

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[enchangement]

[ Good thing River doesn't give two coins about awkward. Sincerety is what matters to her. ]

Good. [ That he did something comforting as opposed to, say, just shrieking at Castiel the entire evening about how stupid and dangerous the stunt he pulled was.

That sounds like the sort of thing a guy like Dean might say.

River grins up at Castiel. ]

We are in a majority! The question is, will you be? [ She runs her finger along the edge of one bandage. ]

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[happytobleed]

[ What does he say to that? He's never been one for following the crowd or for putting himself first. Saying no to Dean is never easy, but it's nothing he hasn't done. ]

I'll try.

[ It's the best he can promise. He doesn't want to lie needlessly. ]

Hopefully there won't be any more danger for a little while.

[ He's not naive enough to think they'll get too much quiet. ]

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[enchangement]

Best anyone can expect. The attempt, in lack of just doing.

[ that may or may not be a chiding remark, but either way, River will accept it. ]

And when there is?

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[happytobleed]

When there is... I may not try as hard. I won't let people get hurt or killed so that I can play at being safe.

[ He's just not wired that way and anyone who knows him should understand that, but then Dean's always been a hypocrite about this sort of thing. ]

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[enchangement]

If there is an option the preserves all - the defended and the defender - consideration should be taken. Yes?

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[happytobleed]

Yes.

[ He nods and even if he doesn't agree for the right reasons, he does agree. ]

I wouldn't want to cause pain to others if I could avoid it.

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[enchangement]

[ But to River those reasons are good enough. For now.

So Castiel gets another hug. ]

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[happytobleed]

[ Castiel's social skills are strange, stilted in some ways and perfectly fine in others. He still isn't sure how one goes about making friends on purpose, but this seems like he's stumbled into it by accident, so he hugs back, stiff and a little awkward, but without discomfort. ]