Third Drink | Video | Day 97

[justrunsasaloon]

[Ellen doesn't look real happy. She's not, but normally she's a bit better at hiding it.]

New batch is out of the still but it's weaker than the last one. If anyone wants a bottle, stop by and pick it up.

[She sips water out of a glass. She's got other things to say.]

We're going to need things to run through the still. Rice, oats, cornmeal, frozen fruit, anything that can be run through the still.

If you find anything in the forest, dandelions can be used to make wine, too.

[She almost turns it off, but stops for a second.]

Also, got a haunch of venison, if anyone's willin' to trade for it.

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[justrunsasaloon]

You got a better way of passing the time? Besides, medicinal uses.

[She believes in the medicinal power of alcohol.]

Moonshine.

[hung_garian]

Got a few, sweetheart. I can give you a list, if you like - or a demonstration.

[He waggles his eyebrows meaningfully, but then makes a face.]

Anything that strong's usually icky. At least you can mix vodka with soda or juice and not have it taste like surgical spirit.

[justrunsasaloon]

Nah. Not that interested in angels. Maybe ask Meg?

[Another twist of the camera, to show the demon on the floor in the trap. Whoops.]

Not as strong as the last batch.

[hung_garian]

[...ah. Minor moral dilemma: while he may not approve of whatever weird thing it is Meg and Cas have going on, this is not something he's entirely comfortable with going on either. Though he does appreciate the skill (or at leas paranoia) that was presumably involved. He whistles, almost under his breath.]

Lemme guess, she didn't pay her tab?

[justrunsasaloon]

[Ellen is a vindictive woman. Meg killed her baby girl. That's enough for her.]

Told Dean I'd stay away from her, if she returned the favor. She walked in to my house.

[hung_garian]

And you, naturally, responded using reasonable force.

[It's not a criticism or an accusation. His tone is, if anything, carefully neutral. Honestly, he thinks Ellen's well within her rights here, but it still doesn't sit quite right with him. Meg's been surprisingly un-evil the whole time she's been here.]

She say why she was visiting? Maybe she just wanted to help deplete your alcochol supply.

[justrunsasaloon]

It's just a bit of a devil's trap.

[And holy water.]

Doesn't matter. I promised Dean I'd stay out of their house, as long as she stayed out of mine.

[She kept to her side of the bargain.]

[hung_garian]

She looks pretty beat up for just a bit of a devil's trap.

[justrunsasaloon]

Who knew demons couldn't hold their liquor?

[The shrug is implied. You didn't heal Jo. You she won't spill to. See what special privileges Raphael gets?]

[hung_garian]

It's definitely news to me.

[Despite everything he's done, though, he's still a coward over things like this. Ellen is no threat to him, he knows that. Even Dean doesn't really worry him. But taking a side on this issue when he has nothing to gain from it - it doesn't matter whether or not he's comfortable with what certainly looks like torture. Doesn't matter that he's gotten kind of fond of Meg, in an antagonistic kind of way. Doesn't matter that she means an awful lot to Castiel. What matters is that siding with either Meg or Ellen could have further-reaching implications than he's willing to risk. Easier to just stay out of it - comme d'habitude.]

Next time I have any trouble with one, I'll make sure and take it out for shots at the local bar instead of resorting to fisticuffs straightaway.

[justrunsasaloon]

[The only person here she's a threat to is Meg, unless the vampire gets out of line. Other than that? She's content to run the still, the bar and be left alone. Anyone hurts her baby and she'll come down like Thor's hammer.

She likes Cas and loves Dean, but that doesn't negate what Meg did. There are some things that Ellen just can't forgive.]

Bring 'em here. I'll save a bottle of moonshine for 'em.

[hung_garian]

You're too kind.

[justrunsasaloon]

Always willing to help out a friend.

[Vicious woman that she is.]

[hung_garian]

Then I guess your friends must be very lucky people.

[It's a casual reminder that he's not one of them. He's certainly not one to judge her for torture, it's not that, but the friend of his enemy is - until proven otherwise - suspicious. He doesn't know what (if anyting) Meg's done to her, but he knows Ellen's a friend of Dean's. He's done enough to Dean in the past that he's a little wary of finding himself in Meg's shoes one of these days.]

What with the pest control services and the bartending and the moonshine supply and all, that is. It's very altruistic of you.

[justrunsasaloon]

Usually. Of course, it ends up with me being lucky too.

[Aaand she walks right into that one.

She doesn't consider Gabe an enemy and she's willing to keep the peace. For now. Dean's a big boy and can handle himself. Stay away from Jo, and they're fine. She draws some pretty easy boundaries. Hell, she's nice to Raphael.]

Gotta do something to pass the time.

[hung_garian]

[Oh, goodness. Tension about demons and issues of allegiance aside, he just physically can't pass that up.]

Yeah? Well, friends or not, anyone who so much as talks to me has a good chance of getting lucky... if you're interested.

[Cue eyebrow-waggling and smirking.]

And it'll help pass the time, too.

[justrunsasaloon]

[She sighs.]

Ya know, Lucifer and Raphael didn't strike me as so infantile.

[Now she's irritated. And she just doesn't have time for your shit, Gabe.]

No thanks. I got better ways of spending my time.

[hung_garian]

Lucifer and Raphael are boring.

[No offence.]

[justrunsasaloon]

They are single-minded.

[She doesn't really like either of them.]

[hung_garian]

Wouldn't be such a bad thing if the track their minds were capable of was a slightly more interesting one.

[justrunsasaloon]

Nothin' wrong with bein' focused.

[She's been focused. For a long time.]

[hung_garian]

There is if you're focused on something dumb.

[What? They're his brothers, he can be childish if he likes.]

[justrunsasaloon]

What you call dumb, another person calls their life's work. Nothin' wrong with that.

[Nope. She's in a mood.]

[hung_garian]

Lucifer's life's work revolved around eradicating mankind, last time I checked. Don't tell me you're defending that.

[justrunsasaloon]

You forget I got myself and my baby girl blown up trying to stop him?