001 [Offline | Video] Back-logged to two hours after the sirens
[After a fitful first night in Siren’s Port, Dean decided to do something more productive the second night and go out before sirens, make a little cash, get his mind off of all the things, you know: guy stuff. But go out before the damn curfew and you stay out, and that’s okay with him as he started throwing on his jacket while opening the door to his temporary apartment. Mary, for her part, felt like being nosy and walking all of twenty feet down the hall to Dean's apartment for the third time today. Nothing was more boring, she was quickly learning, than having nothing to do during the Darkness. She saw his open door and stopped short.]
Oh- hi. Are you going somewhere?
[Dean stopped in his tracks with his jacket mostly on and paused, looking at her in with a brief flash of sadness before shrugging his coat on the rest of the way and giving a crooked grin.]
Yeah. I was just gonna go see the sights. Hopefully I’ll run into Marlo Thomas twirling her way through the streets. That’d be something.
[He was going on about nothing important and he knew it because something told him that telling her he was going to go hustle pool for money won’t go over that well. Mary looked at him skeptically.]
Where are you really going? You'll have to be out all night. Because you're not going out in the Darkness.
Right. [Then he laughed a little under his breath in a “man I’m cornered,” kind of way.] You got me. I was going to a bar.
Really? I'll go with you!
… Wait, what?
Yeah! [She shrugged lightly, an almost daring look on her face.] I haven't been to a bar in so long, and... If I don't have little kids any more, I might as well get back into doing normal grown-up things.
… ‘Cause that won’t be weird at all. [He was a little taken aback, but just took it in stride with joking sarcasm. He couldn’t say no to her.]
Weirder than my four year old son being older than me? [She jested, but she wasn't entirely okay with that part just yet.]
Heh. Right… You win. [He studied her a moment. A bit of an awkward moment.] Well, let’s get going then. Don’t want to break the friggin’ curfew before getting there. [His tone is a bit sarcastic because, really? Curfews suck. Especially if they’re technically enforced by monsters. Then he shut the door behind him and put a hand gently on her back to lead the way.]
Yeah, definitely. [They headed to the elevator and she pushed the button cheerfully.] I'm a little excited. [And weirded out. In a mostly good way.] I haven't hustled pool since high school. I mean- that's what you're doing, right? A hunter's night's work?
[He bowed his head while bemusedly shaking it with a smile before glancing over at her.] Man, nothing gets by you, does it?
[She shrugged with a sunny, satisfied smile.] Most of the roaming hunters I knew made their money doing stuff like that. My Uncle Scot even taught me how.
Well this place better have some good game. We’re gonna be there a while.
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[The NV clicks on in a soft jumble of noise, the image resolving onto half of Mary Winchester's slightly out-of-focus face as she looks at the screen in concentration. Buckle up, Siren's Port, you're about to be subjected to another accidental post. Mary looks at the screen for another few seconds then reaches to touch something just out of frame before putting the device back down... somewhere. She backs up, revealing a bar behind her with pool tables, and walks up beside Dean, who's leaning against his pool cue and talking amiably to a few other guys.] It was nothing. So- whose turn is it?
[Dean turns to Mary with a smile.] Yours.
[She proceeds to take her turn, acting like she doesn’t know a lot about the game because she’s “just a girl.” Dean stands back and watches her ask one of the other guys if she was holding the pool cue correctly. The man is starting to look a little frustrated by the fact that somehow this naïve woman and the guy with her keep winning their money. But despite that, he still checks her out when she bends over to take the shot. Mary gets three striped balls into the corner pockets and a side pocket of the pool table, effectively helping them win. Again.]
[Dean turns to the short and wide man who looked really pissed at this point with a cheeky smirk.] Hey Norm. [That’s not his name.] Does letting her win blow up your skirt there, pal? [“Norm” looks sour.] Oh, sorry. Guess she just beat you, huh?
[Norm slams some cash on the table and roughly brushes past Dean to leave.] Yeah, that’s what you get for checking out my mom, you dick. [He mutters this under his breath while watching him leave. The guy was a sleaze ball.
Then he turns back to the table to find other guys giving up and Mary putting the balls back into the triangle. He shrugs, the night is still young in his opinion and he’s sure some other people will come along later, but he also suspects that by the time the night was over, he should find a new bar to hit up. And that’s when he looks over at his NV and notices the recording light.
Right, mom doesn’t know about cell phones. Shit. He goes over to the device and picks it up with a sigh. He considers turning it off, but now that he has a bit of alcohol in his system, he’s feeling a bit more sociable and holds it up and out so he can talk into it.]
Hi, I’m Dean. I’m new to town and as you can see, I like pool. [He gestures behind him.] I also like cards and good booze. So if anyone’s got suggestions on places I can find these essentials, I’m all ears.
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Oh- hi. Are you going somewhere?
[Dean stopped in his tracks with his jacket mostly on and paused, looking at her in with a brief flash of sadness before shrugging his coat on the rest of the way and giving a crooked grin.]
Yeah. I was just gonna go see the sights. Hopefully I’ll run into Marlo Thomas twirling her way through the streets. That’d be something.
[He was going on about nothing important and he knew it because something told him that telling her he was going to go hustle pool for money won’t go over that well. Mary looked at him skeptically.]
Where are you really going? You'll have to be out all night. Because you're not going out in the Darkness.
Right. [Then he laughed a little under his breath in a “man I’m cornered,” kind of way.] You got me. I was going to a bar.
Really? I'll go with you!
… Wait, what?
Yeah! [She shrugged lightly, an almost daring look on her face.] I haven't been to a bar in so long, and... If I don't have little kids any more, I might as well get back into doing normal grown-up things.
… ‘Cause that won’t be weird at all. [He was a little taken aback, but just took it in stride with joking sarcasm. He couldn’t say no to her.]
Weirder than my four year old son being older than me? [She jested, but she wasn't entirely okay with that part just yet.]
Heh. Right… You win. [He studied her a moment. A bit of an awkward moment.] Well, let’s get going then. Don’t want to break the friggin’ curfew before getting there. [His tone is a bit sarcastic because, really? Curfews suck. Especially if they’re technically enforced by monsters. Then he shut the door behind him and put a hand gently on her back to lead the way.]
Yeah, definitely. [They headed to the elevator and she pushed the button cheerfully.] I'm a little excited. [And weirded out. In a mostly good way.] I haven't hustled pool since high school. I mean- that's what you're doing, right? A hunter's night's work?
[He bowed his head while bemusedly shaking it with a smile before glancing over at her.] Man, nothing gets by you, does it?
[She shrugged with a sunny, satisfied smile.] Most of the roaming hunters I knew made their money doing stuff like that. My Uncle Scot even taught me how.
Well this place better have some good game. We’re gonna be there a while.
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[The NV clicks on in a soft jumble of noise, the image resolving onto half of Mary Winchester's slightly out-of-focus face as she looks at the screen in concentration. Buckle up, Siren's Port, you're about to be subjected to another accidental post. Mary looks at the screen for another few seconds then reaches to touch something just out of frame before putting the device back down... somewhere. She backs up, revealing a bar behind her with pool tables, and walks up beside Dean, who's leaning against his pool cue and talking amiably to a few other guys.] It was nothing. So- whose turn is it?
[Dean turns to Mary with a smile.] Yours.
[She proceeds to take her turn, acting like she doesn’t know a lot about the game because she’s “just a girl.” Dean stands back and watches her ask one of the other guys if she was holding the pool cue correctly. The man is starting to look a little frustrated by the fact that somehow this naïve woman and the guy with her keep winning their money. But despite that, he still checks her out when she bends over to take the shot. Mary gets three striped balls into the corner pockets and a side pocket of the pool table, effectively helping them win. Again.]
[Dean turns to the short and wide man who looked really pissed at this point with a cheeky smirk.] Hey Norm. [That’s not his name.] Does letting her win blow up your skirt there, pal? [“Norm” looks sour.] Oh, sorry. Guess she just beat you, huh?
[Norm slams some cash on the table and roughly brushes past Dean to leave.] Yeah, that’s what you get for checking out my mom, you dick. [He mutters this under his breath while watching him leave. The guy was a sleaze ball.
Then he turns back to the table to find other guys giving up and Mary putting the balls back into the triangle. He shrugs, the night is still young in his opinion and he’s sure some other people will come along later, but he also suspects that by the time the night was over, he should find a new bar to hit up. And that’s when he looks over at his NV and notices the recording light.
Right, mom doesn’t know about cell phones. Shit. He goes over to the device and picks it up with a sigh. He considers turning it off, but now that he has a bit of alcohol in his system, he’s feeling a bit more sociable and holds it up and out so he can talk into it.]
Hi, I’m Dean. I’m new to town and as you can see, I like pool. [He gestures behind him.] I also like cards and good booze. So if anyone’s got suggestions on places I can find these essentials, I’m all ears.
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