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[4: video]

Jan 10, 2011 23:52

There is some very brief static, then views of fingers and the ceiling and walls of a motel-like room. Finally the feed stabilizes as Castiel sets his cell phone on a table, propped against a book to hold it upright, and sits on the ratty sofa opposite it so that he's in the video frame ( Read more... )

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[Video] dashboardlite January 11 2011, 05:48:43 UTC

Predictably, Dean is in the kitchen. He's making something in the microwave, communicator-cum-EMF propped up on the dining table (set to SCAN to find interesting messages), and he almost drops the plate in his hand. To be honest, Dean isn't really interested in the transmission until he hears his name. Fumbling his glassware, the hunter abandons his Hot Pocket in favor of sitting down at the table and adjusting his camera.

It's Cas.

And he looks...tired.

Dean's aware of, to some extent, Castiel's role in bringing him back from the dead, which is cool and all, 'cause he's sure that Hell sucks like a goddamn Hoover. But he has yet to see the angel so unsure of himself and his position, not that they'd talked extensively on the subject, or anything.

"Hey, buddy," He pipes up a little worriedly, quirking an eyebrow. "You okay? Why didn't you tell me any of this' sooner? About me...needing you...and stuff."

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 11 2011, 06:00:37 UTC

Cas is a little surprised to hear from Dean, and startles. "Forgive me," he replies awkwardly. "I did not feel it appropriate to discuss your future self with you. I thought it would displease you."

[Video] dashboardlite January 11 2011, 06:16:02 UTC

"Dude, it's me. I oughta know whether or not I'm douchey in the future," He jokes, rolling his eyes, before sobering a little.

"...I'm not douchey, am I?"

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 11 2011, 06:23:46 UTC

"I don't know what that word means," Cas says. "You use it a lot though, so I guess I should learn it."

Re: [Video] dashboardlite January 11 2011, 06:36:38 UTC

...yeah, okay, not quite the response he was hoping for. He takes a deep breath and considers Castiel's previous distress. Learning the local lingo isn't a top priority right now.

"Doesn't matter," Dean waves one of his hands flippantly. "Tell me about the future, Cas."

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 11 2011, 06:55:31 UTC

"It does matter," Cas insists. "I wish to understand you.

And the future is a very broad subject, Dean. I cannot tell you all of it. I can tell you that you are not a bad person though, if that is what you are wondering. You are human and flawed, but not bad."

[Video] dashboardlite January 11 2011, 07:03:37 UTC

Cas really wants to know? Dean briefly explains that "douchey" is a synonym for being a "dick", an "asshole", or "a deplorable person", and how admittedly, sometimes he feels that way about himself.

With all of Castiel's 'wisdom of ages', he makes Dean feel very young.

Dean doesn’t tell Castiel how the angel also makes Dean feel very old, or feel like an awkward teenager, or a teacher, or a brand new student, or like a million other things Dean’s never thought were inside of him. Castiel seems to wake old parts of him up in new ways, and the man never even notices.

"...right. I meant about angels, Cas," He corrects himself. "And the Big Guy Upstairs. We've had demons forever, when did you guys show up, and why?"

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 12 2011, 05:15:40 UTC

"We - angels - showed up because events occurred which would trigger the apocalypse if not curtailed," he replies. "Your sojourn in hell was a part of that chain reaction, and so I was sent to pull you out. I did not enter hell alone, but I alone retrieved you.

As for God... I do not know." The amulet that future Dean lent him hangs heavy and warm under his clothing, twin to the one hanging over Dean's heart now.

[Video] dashboardlite January 12 2011, 05:48:53 UTC

Putting two and two together is hard. Dean has never been particularly good at math, either. But by the transitive property, things fall into place.

Dean going to Hell = Triggers angels appearing
Angels appear = The Apocalypse
Dean going to Hell = The Apocalypse

He doesn't quite register Castiel's comments about who, what, and why concerning his journey out of Hell, because he's too stuck on a singular piece of information.

"...I started the Apocalypse?"

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 12 2011, 06:14:44 UTC

Dean is quicker on the uptake than most people give him credit for. Castiel needs to remember this as much as anyone. Still, he'd hoped he wouldn't have to have this conversation quite so soon.

He sighs. "No, Dean. You did not start the Apocalypse. Don't give yourself so much credit," he says with a wry almost-smile.

"It is true that your actions in Hell broke the first seal. But it was only one of the sixty-six it took in total."

[Video] dashboardlite January 12 2011, 06:25:20 UTC

It was good of Castiel to quickly diffuse the sudden horror blooming in Dean's mind, because his mind was full of It's all your fault. But his actions? What did that even mean?

...what had he done?

"In Hell," Dean swallows, his mouth dry. "What did I do?"

Re: [Video] out_of_minutes January 12 2011, 06:41:45 UTC

Castiel has heard the term 'white lie', but has never understood a need for it, until now. He remembers they way Dean lost himself in guilt for months after Hell, and doesn't want to see it happen more than the necessary once.

He sighs again. "'The first seal shall break when a righteous man sheds blood in Hell,'" he quotes. "The demons intended for it to be your father, but when he escaped his imprisonment, it became you."

He wants to reassure this Dean, wants to shelter him from horror as much as he can, and isn't thinking very hard yet about what that says about his feelings, how different he himself is from the first time he had this conversation. "It's not all bad," he insists. "It means that you're a righteous man. That you weren't in Hell because you merited it."

[Video] dashboardlite January 12 2011, 07:05:00 UTC

"The first seal shall break when a righteous man sheds blood in Hell."

Dean is silent for a good, long moment, mulling over this new information. A "righteous" man. And he was supposed to be this "righteous" man? Dean Winchester, a man who had spent his entire life growing up out of motels, learned to hunt monsters while other boys his age played cowboys and Indians, made his first sawed-off shotgun when he was ten, raised his brother because no one else would.

Dean Winchester, a man who hustled pool, cursed like a sailor, drank like a fish, and fucked around with any loose woman he was attracted to who could spare an evening, or less than that.

A man who killed for a living.

And he was righteous?

"Whose blood did I spill?" He asks quietly, gaze fixed to a spot on the table.

[Video] out_of_minutes January 12 2011, 20:56:55 UTC

Cas may be practicing his verbal evasion skills, but he's also being honest when he replies, "I do not know. I was sent to retrieve only you, not any others also in perdition."

Re: [Video] dashboardlite January 12 2011, 23:59:41 UTC

Dean huffs a sigh, rubbing the back of his neck.

This isn't good news.

"Awesome," He mumbles sarcastically, sitting in silence for another moment. Dean takes all of this in, hoping that redemption from Hell doesn't make him anyone's bitch.

"Why me?"

[Video] out_of_minutes January 13 2011, 04:31:18 UTC

Cas is starting to feel bad for being unable to answer Dean satisfactorily. "That also I do not know. You have an important destiny, one that required you be retrieved and returned to life. But I do not know what the Plan is."

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