001: Benny has joined the party!

[vampirates]

-- Well, well. Guess that's what they call a silver linin'...

[ Benny shuts the lid of his small, personal cooler and manages to dangle that off a few fingers while holding what appears to be a wicked looking, makeshift axe... lashed together with some kind of cured skin, a massive bone of some unidentifiable origin and blades of what looks like obsidian, only of a dusty, almost metallic sheen. He's already put on his uniform, that being the first thing available to him that was clean. The navy blue cap of wool, however, he wears... and slips on his matching jacket to boot. It's... more black than he cares for, but that's what he gets for dressing before picking through all his belongings. Can you blame him? Who likes waking up in their skivvies in a tube with some kind of breathing apparatus jammed down your throat?

He's calmer than he was the moments after he woke up, not that anyone can tell that just moments earlier he'd had his mouth filled with razor-sharp fangs and was roaring for a girl no one likely even knew about here. He's had plenty of time in Purgatory to learn how to cool off, and the true meaning of 'cooler heads prevail'. That said, he raises a brow at the device, grasping it's use about as easily as he'd learned to use a cellphone... his Louisiana creole drawl betraying nothing of his alarm: ]

So, should I bother askin' what I'm in for? I figure I'm being charged with something, given the circumstances.

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[backwardscompatible]

Not the first time you've been locked up?

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[vampirates]

[ The better half of a century trapped in Purgatory could probably count as doing time. So sure, Benny nods. ]

Guess you could say that.

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[backwardscompatible]

Me either. [ And she means it literally. ]

But believe it or not, this isn't actually a prison. Or if it is then there are an awful lot of people pretending to be innocent.

[endeavors]

I don't think we've been charged with anything, really. We're just.

Here.

[vampirates]

[ Okay, with no particular reason why presented, then that makes things a little more frustrating. ]

And where's here, exactly?

[endeavors]

It's a... space. Ship. We're in space.

[We're not very helpful.]

[rebelled]

You're here.

[there's a small amount of relief in his voice with those words. while he and benny may not have been particularly close, they still fought alongside one another. they faced down purgatory. and they both dealt with dean and his stubbornness.

it's a bonding experience.]

Did you get out? Before you arrived here, that is. Did you both make it back?

[vampirates]

[ You don't get through Purgatory and dealing with the stubborn Winchester without forging something in the way of a bond, that's for sure. ]

You know, I should have figured you'd be around. Crazy always seems to follow you.

[ Although, despite the teasing, there is an awful lot of tension that seems to relax in his shoulders. He's relieved to see you, Cas, although you were the last one he'd ever thought to see again. He nods. ]

Yeah, Dean and me... we made it topside alright.

Wait, does this mean -- [ What, is this some new level of Purgatory? Did that hunter do him in and now he's back to square one? ]

[rebelled]

Good. That's- [a relief to hear. dean and benny may have disappeared from purgatory, but he needed the confirmation that they'd actually gotten back to earth again.]

Dean is here, but he's from before. He won't know who you are.

[no, the idea of benny not knowing what's going on right now hasn't crossed his mind. he's not had to explain the situation to others for a long time.]

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[blasphemous]

[I'll assume that Cas explained things before this.]

you might want to lock this down, clarence. dean gets nosy.

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[rebelled]

[full disclosure and all]

I do not know how to.

[withlace]

If we're to be charged, this is the first i've heard of it.

[ Which is to say that she has no reason to believe they're being charged with anything, obviously.. ] Given the circumstances, it appears to be a kidnapping, if we're to give it a name at all.

[vampirates]

So I hear. There a particular reason I've attracted the wrong kind of attention?

[ He'd like to know so he can avoid it in the future, obviously. Even if the likelihood of something this bizarre happening a second time is close to none. ]

[withlace]

Is there a reason you think you have? It's not as if I know you well enough to supply that particular answer.

[ Though the question itself is kind of (silently) amusing. ]

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[lacksgrace]

Guess it depends what you did. [ A grin. ] Or what you think you might be here for.

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[vampirates]

I'd like to think it's my natural magnetism.

[ Look, that wry smile almost seems a little amused even. But no, really. What the hell is even happening here? Inquiring minds want to know. ]

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[lacksgrace]

Yeah, well. As handsome as you are, I don't think that's got anything to do with it. [ He pauses, sits back a little. ] You're in space.

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[executiveassistant]

I'm innocent, thank you very much, and so it stands to reason that you are also innocent.

[She shrugs, studying her nails.]

So you can shove down that guilty conscience of yours.

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[vampirates]

Then if it ain't mistaken identity or some crime I don't quite recall makin', just why exactly am I here again?

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[executiveassistant]

Who knows. Just pretty unlucky, I suppose.

[She lifts her shoulders in a bit of a shrug.]

That's one of the harder questions to answer, even for me. Sorry.

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[swedge]

Charged with shitty luck, if that's what you mean.

[ So maybe she might have seen Cas recognize you and then you both mention Dean, and Jo is a noisy creature at heart, so let's just. Fish a little. ]

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[vampirates]

Now that is one hell of an understatement. Pardon my french.

[ Benny fails to notice said nosy girl's fishing, but his smile broadens at the snappy come back nevertheless. ]

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[swedge]

[ Jo's gonna snort at the french comment. Oh Benny... ]

But now that you mention it, this place is an awful lot like a prison. Maybe you'll just have a leg up on it than the rest of us.

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[faithlessly]

[ despite what he told cas, curiosity got the better of dean, which is why he's even doing this. he's sure as hell never seen this guy before, and no matter what cas told him about fighting together in purgatory, dean's not about to play friendly with a monster. and he'll make sure you knows as much. ]

So you're the vampire, huh?

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[vampirates]

I see my reputation precedes me.

[ God dammit, Cas. Way to alert what is arguably the supernatural world's most notorious hunter as to his particular background.

But despite his displeasure, Benny has only easy smiles for Dean. ]

Heard you're from a different page of the calendar, brother.