[And he does look pretty great. Dean had struggled to be a point of solidity and humor on the Barge, to lighten the spirits of others however he could and drag them back from various and sundry edges, but it took its toll on him. Here he is once again a creature in his element: very rarely were his eyes quite this bright, his smile quite this easy, his sense of self quite this at peace with the world around him.
He's happy. Really, truly happy. And also, presently, staring suspiciously at Ned.]
It's my natural awesomeness shining through. What's going on? Besides the obvious.
I can't make it private from my end. Do the thing if you have to.
Because I turned 30 on the Barge and now I'm 28ish again, not counting the couple of weeks it took us to jump around through every which world on our way here, I'm back and forth between here and 20freaking51 for date night, and that's not even counting all the fuckery I'm still sorting out from floods, breaches, and that asshole other Barge.
[Abruptly, Dean really wants to punch something. This isn't unusual for him, but it's a little less usual that he doesn't know what, exactly, he would aim at given his preference. There's a lot to digest in what Ned just said, and because he saw the way the Piemaker's face fell, it doesn't occur to him for even a moment to doubt that it's the truth.
That scares him, though. And pisses him off. And confuses him. As abruptly, the hunter switches into business mode.]
I know that after you'd left the Barge, he came here. And he didn't know who I was, and he's...a lot angrier, and more paranoid, and I don't know what's happened in his world but it can't be anything good.
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Date: 2014-08-20 03:43 pm (UTC)He's happy. Really, truly happy. And also, presently, staring suspiciously at Ned.]
It's my natural awesomeness shining through. What's going on? Besides the obvious.
I can't make it private from my end. Do the thing if you have to.
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Date: 2014-08-20 03:45 pm (UTC)Nothing.
Well, something, but mostly just that tingling feeling of regret for not..leaving sooner.
[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 04:00 pm (UTC)How long's it been?
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:01 pm (UTC)How long for you?
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:04 pm (UTC)Look, it's weird, okay?
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:05 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 04:10 pm (UTC)Why wouldn't it be weird?
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:12 pm (UTC)Have you met the other you yet?
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:15 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 04:16 pm (UTC)Not Ben. The other Dean Winchester. The inmate.
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:18 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 04:19 pm (UTC)He's an inmate. And he doesn't remember ever being here.
And it's the hardest thing in the world to see him and not you.
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:23 pm (UTC)That scares him, though. And pisses him off. And confuses him. As abruptly, the hunter switches into business mode.]
Tell me what you know, Ned.
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:26 pm (UTC)That's all I know.
[Mainly because he's too scared to get close]
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:32 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 04:34 pm (UTC)When he first arrived and I thought he was you. We didn't..get along all that well. Or at all, really.
In retrospect I might have come on too strong.
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:37 pm (UTC)He hurt you?
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Date: 2014-08-20 07:39 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-08-20 08:15 pm (UTC)If he's - I'm - an inmate, you don't want anywhere near me. Him.
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Date: 2014-08-20 08:18 pm (UTC)I need to be around him. Even if it hurts. I need to make sure he'll be all right.
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Date: 2014-08-21 04:22 am (UTC)I'm not gonna try to tell you to give up because that's not what you do, but christ. You're my friend, and I'm not there.
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Date: 2014-08-21 11:41 am (UTC)And I think maybe it's time to just...accept the things I can't change.
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Date: 2014-09-01 04:48 am (UTC)But that's a stranger concept, too, to consider. He's not sure he likes it phrased that way, but what it might mean?]
Ned?
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Date: 2014-09-01 11:18 am (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2014-09-07 10:09 pm (UTC)It's not.
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From:[Private] This tag is so old I took the account off LJ Juggler.
From:[Private] Yeah well whose fault is th- mine, it's my fault, I'm so sorry
From:[Private] I knew it.
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