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[demonicbeauty]

State your business with Ariadne...

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[venatoris]

I dunno if one person can do that.

[ He smiles, because goddamn, Dean - pull your shit together. What's wrong with you, getting all emo on people? You've got this. ]

We'll be fine, though. We always are.

[demonicbeauty]

I know.

[Which isn't exactly a lie. More like Ariadne trying to be comforting. She's always been good at both.

For now, she squeezes his arm, before pulling back.

And lets out a slow breath.]

Dean...what were you saying before? About Sam and his...soul?

[venatoris]

Cas and I thought his soul was gone. Still do.

[ Considering their fight not so long ago, he's pretty confident that's the case. ]

[demonicbeauty]

[She hesitates. She swore that she would leave Dean out of it, that he had enough to deal with.

But if he's already there...]

Miss Evelyn and I were, uh, starting to wonder something along those lines as well.

[venatoris]

You--what?

[ He looks confused, then annoyed, then relieved. ]

So it's not just me and Cas thinkin' he's acting weird.

[demonicbeauty]

No, he's acting really weird.

[She shrugs.]

I didn't want to say anything, didn't want to worry you.

[venatoris]

[ He gives a bit of an exasperated look ]

When it comes to my brother - always worry me.

[demonicbeauty]

I'd hoped it was nothing, that we were letting our imaginations get away with us...

[Ariadne shakes her head.]

A missing soul is...a strong suspicion.

[venatoris]

[ That's fair. ]

I get that. But I don't think it's unfounded this time. There's something really wrong.

[demonicbeauty]

So what do we do?

[Yes, Dean, she's joining your family in every way. And the look in her eyes better be a good warning that she's not going to sit this one out.]

[venatoris]

I'm not sure yet, honestly. We don't really know where his soul is, but I have a bad feeling it's back home, in Lucifer's cage.

[ Which...is not great. At all. ]

[demonicbeauty]

Lucifer's cage?

[Slow blink.]

What's that?

[venatoris]

The cage the Devil's locked in. Sam trapped him in there but he had to go in, too. It's -- complicated.

[ And fresh, for Dean. ]

[demonicbeauty]

[She exhales softly.]

I assume that cage is in your world?

[venatoris]

[ He nods, dragging a hand over his face. He's tired, man. ]

Yeah. It is. Thankfully.

[demonicbeauty]

All right.

[She takes a quick sip of her tea.]

So how do we get it here?

[venatoris]

That's the real question. I don't know. Cas and I were trying to confirm the whole lack of soul thing, and with how the spell went I think it's safe to say we were right.

But I dunno how to get it here without popping Lucifer out of his cage.

[demonicbeauty]

Maybe something to do with the water? We all arrived here by way of the water.

[As squids, it was strange. We won't dwell on that.]

Some way to summon it through the sea?

[venatoris]

Yeah...yeah, maybe. I'm just not sure.

[ Being sure probably means reaching out to Cas, and he's not sure he's ready to do that yet. The idea of him still stings, the loss aching in his chest like a broken limb, throbbing in agony. ]

I think the first step is...really making sure that we're right. There's only one way I know how to do that, and that's to involve the angel.

[ Can't even say his name, can you. Coward. ]

[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne winces a little.]

I think, if we're asking favors, we're going to have to get you two back on a first-name basis.

[venatoris]

We've been at odds before. It isn't the first time.

[ Cas will do it, Dean just...has to ask and not yell at him for leaving him again. ]

[demonicbeauty]

[She exhales slowly.]

Do you want me to ask him?

I can do it, if you give me the right words.

[venatoris]

No, it's fine. I'll get with him.

I have his crap anyway. He needs to get it out of the house since he doesn't want to be there.

[demonicbeauty]

Do you need me to go with you?

[It's a genuine offer. Not one oozing with pity.]

[venatoris]

No...no, I think I'll be okay.

[ Probably. They'll likely fight like cats but he knows Cas gives a shit about Sam, at least, so he'll do it. ]