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Jun 03, 2008 19:29

Yeah. It's a problem.

He's made it decades without it, mind -- but seeing Sam Winchester with that thing that looks like a chrome file folder on speed, and seeing Sam use it, is enough to get him thinking.

If you can password-protect the shit out of what you're working on -- and that's possible, he knows, he just doesn't know how yet -- it's ( Read more... )

will scarlett, bobby singer

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always_okay June 4 2008, 02:52:46 UTC
494 reads everything in sight. It's just something he does.

If he's not making an effort to conceal it, though, it leads to staring. And a desire to commentate.

Mostly he's fascinated by the pre-Pulse computers in the ads. So if 494 is sitting at a table nearby and peering at you, Bobby, it's nothing personal. It's just so very retro you can't not look.

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salver June 4 2008, 02:57:01 UTC
Maybe it's nothing personal. But like hell is it going unnoticed.

There's a couple of things worthy of investigation -- or at least that's what they look like -- in the Circuit City advertisement. Bobby puts it aside and moves on to the next one.

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always_okay June 4 2008, 03:00:31 UTC
That can only mean one thing.

An instant, and 494 is at the table, picking up the discarded ad.

"Are you done with that?" he asks, already flipping it open.

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salver June 4 2008, 03:22:07 UTC
Bobby looks up.

Dry:

"Guess so."

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always_okay June 4 2008, 03:33:57 UTC
494 knows etiquette. He just doesn't really care about other people's personal space. He plops down in the seat opposite and spreads out the insert.

"I don't believe this stuff," he marvels. "The things you people make do with."

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salver June 4 2008, 03:43:08 UTC
"Which people would that be?"

He leaves off son. It's kind of implied. Not necessarily kindly, either.

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always_okay June 4 2008, 03:53:57 UTC
"Oh, you know." He shrugs, eyes still on the spread. "People from the past. I'm a little spoiled with this stuff, so."

That's when he looks up and smiles at Bobby. He's practicing being endearing. Or, more likely, he's just being himself.

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salver June 4 2008, 04:00:42 UTC
Spoiled, Bobby can imagine.

"That so."

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always_okay June 4 2008, 04:20:48 UTC
Hey, he can't help it if he's part of a military budget.

He leans on his elbows. "What're you in the market for?"

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salver June 4 2008, 04:23:50 UTC
"Don't know yet." It's not really a lie.

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always_okay June 6 2008, 19:42:02 UTC
He checks the year on the catalog.

Huh. He was eight years old when this came out.

Things were pretty different back then.

"Well, for fun? For work? World domination?"

It's possible.

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salver June 7 2008, 04:29:35 UTC
"Try curiosity."

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always_okay June 7 2008, 06:24:25 UTC
"That counts?"

Believe it or not, it's an honest question.

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