imnot_likeyou: (this tale will have a happy ending)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-12 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
We try.

[Sam's not always sure they succeed.]

And we're not perfect. We've made a lot of mistakes.
matriarchate: (tentative conversation)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-12 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
We're nothing if not our mistakes. And what we do after we make them.

( She looks over the crowd, nods to one of her witches, but then looks at Sam again. )

What's next for you and your brother?
imnot_likeyou: (days and days go by)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-12 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Don't know.

[He exhales slowly.]

I think Dean might want to stick around Mystic Falls for a while.

[He's seen the sparks of interest in his brother regarding Elena, and Sam isn't going to begrudge him that.]
matriarchate: (Default)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-12 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Has Caroline expressed any interest in either of you becoming adjuncts?

( She may have an opportunity, depending, but does Mystic Falls have both of them. )
imnot_likeyou: (she died too soon and she died too fast)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-12 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He huffs a laugh, before shaking his head.]

I'm not sure Caroline's our biggest fan right now, in terms of having us around her students.
matriarchate: (squints)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-12 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
You threatened her newest vampire. Dean threatened her newest vampire.

( She makes the distinction. )

How often to do you guys split up? Are you a packaged deal everywhere?
imnot_likeyou: (i've got to let her go)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-12 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Not often. I mean, every so often we do get so sick if each other that if we have to see the other's face we might punch it so it's usually a good idea to take a break.

[Once a year, usually.]

But not too often.
matriarchate: (attention undivided)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-13 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
And on a scale of 1 to punching it?

( She steps into the row, taking her seat. )
imnot_likeyou: (but those wayward sons better carry on)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-13 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now?

[He pauses as he moves to take the seat next to her before shrugging.]

Maybe a seven?
matriarchate: (hair to the side)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
That's not insignificant. And, the farther we get from him threatening Stiles? That number goes down? You two are real assets for us, Sam.

( Us. But, she does - also mean her. She says 'us.' She's the company. )
imnot_likeyou: * dean (and there's little light)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, generally we run at an even five.

[If Dean and Sam are ever completely happy with each other, something is wrong.]

We're not looking to go anywhere, unless you want us to. We intend to stick through this until it's done.
matriarchate: (holding it together)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't know when that will be. You're okay, not taking smaller cases?

( Because those pass her desk, so to speak, too. )
imnot_likeyou: (there's a broken man)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
There are other hunters we can pass those off to.

[Allison isn't the only one with a network, after all.]

If you want them off your plate.
matriarchate: (> — calm in the storm)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I had heard that you had taken more of a leadership roll.

( They spoke highly of him, when not worried about his well-being. Dean was eventually found, but what happened after, that's escaped her purview. )

About a year ago. Is there still an outfit back in Kansas?
imnot_likeyou: * bobby (to get them out of the game)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sam nods.]

They work out of the Men of Letters base there. They're good people.

[Most of them just come from a world where things went wrong. They don't know what else to do but hunt.]
matriarchate: (Default)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. I have to say, the Men of Letters didn't make our radar. It's hard to believe just how many of us hunters were operating under each other's noses. You work directly with them too, then?

( Their secret, the legacies they carry, continues to remain under wraps. )
imnot_likeyou: + text (he says come with me)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
They actually went defunct around the fifties, but our grandfather was one. So we sort of inherited this whole bunker of research and notes.

[He can't help but smile a little because nerd.]

Way better than Google.

[Nerd.]

But yeah, they're a much bigger thing across the pond.
matriarchate: (inhalation)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
And why didn't you? Fly there, whip them into shape. Something tells me Dean and any European beer would go together.

( She smiles to herself, looking back at Sam, then. )

You guys are the United States only, right?
imnot_likeyou: (days and days go by)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that would involve getting Dean on a plane, and that will happen when Hell freezes over.

[Like, sub-zero freezes over.]

But we also have a ... fundamental differences on how to handle the supernatural, and tried to kill us when we didn't play their way, so ... we decided to just leave each other alone.
matriarchate: (um really?)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hunter vs Hunter.

( Something they have in common, too. )

Dean Winchester is actually afraid of something? And it's flying?
imnot_likeyou: (and two motherless sons)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Why do you think we drive everywhere?

[It's not because they enjoy the American road trip experience, though maybe on some level they do.]
matriarchate: (or this is a better idea)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Because, if I owned an Impala, I might drive everywhere, too. Or, my dad might. He's still jealous of your trunk set-up. Says we should make it standard issue.

( As hard as it is for her father to trust other hunters given how they treat his daughter, he likes the Winchesters. )
imnot_likeyou: (and i feel so cold and so alone)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

Yeah, it's not all it's cracked up to be. But I'm sure if he asked nicely, Dean would walk him through it.
matriarchate: (> — assemble)

[personal profile] matriarchate 2021-01-18 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
When he gets back from Paris, I'll let him know.

( That's where he's stationed most of the time. He misses her, but he also has responsibilities to the school there, to other family members, and to Isaac in Europe. Now like more of a brother than an ex to her. )

Looks like they're starting.
imnot_likeyou: (i'm trying to warm it up)

[personal profile] imnot_likeyou 2021-01-18 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sam nods, turning his attention to the stage as he does.

This will probably be fine.]