[033] Accidental Video

[to_rebel]

[The video turns on abruptly, jostled as Leppard jumps onto the table and lands almost directly on it. There's a muttered "oh" and the metallic clattering of a fork dropping. As his cat moves away from the feed, the viewer is afforded a view of the table

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[nurse1701]

[Christine may still be mad at him for the last time they spoke, but she can see he doesn't look well.]

I see your a bit more pleasant today.

[She's not worried or anything. Of course not. How silly.]

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[to_rebel]

[Castiel blinks at the tablet, lips pressed together in the moment he realizes that Leppard turned it on. It wouldn't be the first time. When he recognizes the voice, he has the grace to wince, if only minutely.]

I was not myself then. I apologize.

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[nurse1701]

[She keeps her stern look only for a moment before she lets herself smile instead.]

Well, we've all been there. Are you alright?

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[to_rebel]

I am. [Pause] Leppard turned on the tablet. My apologies.

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[godlessblossom]

Castiel.

[She does not even bother with a public filter at first. This is not for all to know.]

What is wrong? You look horrible.

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[to_rebel]

[He looks... ? He blinks a few times, nonplussed, before answering.]

I am all right.

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[godlessblossom]

You are a liar.

[She appears annoyed at that answer.]

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[to_rebel]

[A sigh.] I am trying to be all right.

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[voodooing]

[She really has no idea what to say, or where to even begin. He looks horrible but she doesn't know if she should even comment on that. Or if she should say anything at all after what happened when they last talked.]

Castiel...

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[to_rebel]

[For a moment, Castiel is silent. He'd hardly been kind to Voodoo the last they spoke; even knowing full well that the Underworld had played its tricks on her, he carried a load of guilt over it.]

Voodoo. [A pause.] I apologize. I said some things that should not have been said.

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[voodooing]

[She was silent for a moment.]

You didn't say anything you shouldn't have said, Castiel. I was the one that was...I'm sorry.

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[to_rebel]

It is forgotten.

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[inforapound]

You look like a walking corpse. [...Says the walking corpse.]

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[to_rebel]

[Dryly:] Thank you. [This is Castiel, petting his cat, and doing his best to look unaffected.]

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[inforapound]

[Just as dryly:] You're welcome.

There are guides, you know. I'm fairly certain of it.

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[to_rebel]

Guides?

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[grace_optional]

Oh, for the love of...

[Anna lands next to him with less a whoosh of displaced air than a gust of wind that sends any paper products in the vicinity flying, and drops a hand on his shoulder, scowling down at him ferociously.]

Cas, what the hell... [She hauls up, deliberately checks herself, and continues more gently,] ...sorry. You don't look well. What's going on?

[Dammit, why hasn't she checked on him sooner...Bobby's and Gabriel's disappearances both hit her hard, and she's still feeling them both, but that's no excuse. Clearly the Winchester boys can't be trusted with such a grave responsibility as to make sure their roommate fucking eats once in a while.]

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[to_rebel]

[He doesn't startle when Anna lands and apparently Leppard is used to the comings and goings of angels well enough to only look up with mild interest before going back to stealing food. Castiel is silent in the face of her indignation, simply waiting her out. Then, instead of answering the implicit question, he answers the spoken one.]

I'm looking for food I like. [It's simple and it doesn't delve into what's wrong or who's left.]

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[grace_optional]

[Her frown softens, though it doesn't disappear. Of course he wouldn't just know, and for someone who's not used to them, the symptoms of hunger might not be easily identified as such. Even ordinary humans sometimes just plain forget to eat.] I didn't realize you hadn't already. [She surveys the plates, wondering what he has and hasn't tried so far.] Having any luck?

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[to_rebel]

[Satisfied to speak of this, rather than anything deeper (though this wasn't any light subject, with its implications,) Castiel motions to the alfredo sauce that Leppard was happily lapping at.] I do not like that.