[They had one way to get either of them out of hell. He didn't have a choice. He doesn't expect Adam to see that, but he sure as hell didn't want to leave the youngest of them rotting in that cage. It was Sam, it was always going to be Sam, but if there had been another way, if there had been anyone else that could have done it...
The past is the past, all he can do is be here now.]
Aside from the cheekbones and the attitude, you mean. YOU talked. I listened. I didn't agree to it. I told you I'm gonna keep trying, so get used to it.
[ Crowley doesn't have any heartfelt words for him, though. It's not that he's incredibly attached or even concerned for Adam's well-being, but the last thing he wants is anyone suffering because of the Winchesters just to allow the Winchesters to co-opt the pain of others into their own. He won't give them the satisfaction. Yes, he is that spiteful. ]
[When Adam is in his room and having one of his moments--those moments where he gets caught up in something menial and not Hell related, and loses track of time--it's not at all strange for him to look up and suddenly find it's dusk when it'd been early afternoon the last time he'd checked.
Crowley's text reaches him on just such a day. He's been spared the sight of the recent murders, and equally left ignorant to the fact that something's even happened. He hasn't been down to the clinic, or the entrance hall eye, or really anywhere where Harry's been leaving his presents, and that leaves him narrowing his eyes at the message in doubt.
[It's the smiley face that really makes the message.
He's beginning to see that demons aren't shy about smiling in the face of impending doom. At the same time, he's just gotten a warning text from a demon; the heads up throws the jackass levels all out of proportion. It's a weird feeling, wanting to say something like "thank you" and "what the fuck" simultaneously.]
Again?
[Because this is Wonderland's M.O., apparently. Hadn't they just been through this a week or so ago?]
It's not an angel statue, no. I'm not entirely sure what it is.
Figured you've been through enough.
[ At the end of the day, Crowley knows exactly what he's been through. Hell with box seats for the Lucifer/Michael showdown in a box. He imagines it must have been worse than most experiences in Hell. It's impressive that Adam isn't more broken, not that Crowley is going to tell him that. ]
[Crowley hasn't seen him spin out in his off moments. It really is a miracle he hasn't unintentionally hurt himself locked up from the outside world, and that's without something in the mansion killing people. At least he's starting to get cozy with his own brand of unhinged. If this is Crowley's version of a prank, it's a shitty one, since it's impossible not to let his imagination run wild and wonder what other brand of unhinged is out there this time.]
What do you mean? What happened?
[Who's dead? How? He tends to agree with the sentiment that enough's enough as far as his resume in torture goes. Having your skin flayed off a thousand times doesn't make you relish the possibility of a thousand and one.]
It must be bad if I'm getting a "heads down" text.
[He doesn't fail to notice it's not from either one of this brothers.]
People are dying. More of them will die before it's over. That's really all I know.
[ Crowley can't be assed to care who it is. It's not Blake or Jo, so he's kept his end of the deal so far, and with luck it won't be anyone else Crowley enjoys the company of. ]
Might want to salt your door. Still not sure what it is, but it can't hurt.
[She'd said she isn't taking risks, but he's taking the warning Crowley had sent him seriously, even if he hasn't seen any of the action himself. It's bad when a demon is warning you off of something.
After surviving zombies together, he doesn't want Bela to end up as chopped liver now.]
My room's safe and I'm with people who know what they're doing.
[He avoids pointing out that he might not be in his room and with said people at the same time. After Martha, he'd felt a little responsible to do what he'd agreed to do and help in the clinic when there was an emergency. One of the doctors getting killed qualifies as one of those, he thinks.]
[Hold on a second, what? He knows better than to ask anything of a self-proclaimed monster, but--
Adam's thoughts are starting to spin too fast for his fingers to keep up. He dials up Crowley's phone instead, his voice is ever so slightly higher than normal, tension rising.]
What about salt?
[Have we mentioned the Winchesters' haven't precisely been filling in the important blanks?]
[Being warned by Dean was certainly a first. Especially when Bela didn' t think that he would care enough to do it in the first place. Maybe there was more to the truce they had.]
Yes. It is.
[She made sure of it.]
Good, I'm glad. It might be better if you're with a few people. I just hope that this doesn't last too long.
[ Crowley doesn't answer until he can lock himself in his bathroom. The last thing he needs is that slug yelling about hats and vacations in the background. ]
Put a line of it along your doorway. Blocks all sorts of creatures from crossing it.
[ Really, he has to stop himself from revealing that he knows who Adam's brothers are because how have they not told him that, at the very least? Crowley could have just come in and possessed him in his sleep for months and while Crowley doesn't see anything to be gained from that, it's the sort of stupid thing Dean would accuse him off in a heartbeat. ]
As long as you're positive. Shoot first, ask questions later.
[So what if Bela's light years ahead of him in knowing how to protect herself? He'll still say it.
He's not riding the "everything will be all right" train, either, but he takes the time to write out something that a person hoping for the best could at least make an argument for. If he's scared, Bela probably is.]
Doesn't seem like a normal event to me. If it's just one thing in a place full of people, it can't last. They'll get it. Just stay safe.
[The irony isn't lost on Adam. He's not aware of how you stop a demon from doing something demonic, but having one advise him on how to protect himself is probably so far off the reservation that there's no way back onto middle ground.
Too bad that's his life now, and he's starting to lose a grip on what should make him stop and do a self-check. He'll take a tip from Michael if it genuinely works and keeps him out of a monster's path.]
Just... plain salt?
[Yeah, you better believe that sounds way out there. About as comforting as hearing there's a killer thing on the loose. But if Adam's good at anything at all, it's coping with more than he should.]
[A policy that would hopefully keep her alive. Bela is intrigued by the fact that Adam seems to feel the same way. She couldn't second guess her choices or take a risk by not reacting in the appropriate way.]
You stay safe as well, Adam. I'll do the same.
What if it isn't an 'it'? I haven't seen the murder scenes for myself but I don't know if the killings are random. Whomever is committing them might have specific targets in mind.
[ Angel banishing sigils could be fun. Oh, that could have some hilarious consequences and Adam should know, right? Poor thing needs to protect himself from big, bad Castiel. ]
[Something (or someone) wanting to break a person open like an overripe fruit and do this is as bad as the ghouls. He's tired of being terrorized with crap like this.
As long as he's safe, and she's safe, and the others are safe, then he doesn't care what the offense team does to this thing.]
You think it's supposed to be a person doing this?
[His tone is sharper now. He knows better than to question a non-human entity on being itself after Zachariah and the archangels--for a demon, laughing like that could be a normal thing. But it's still the farthest thing from reassuring.]
Not getting pulled part by some thing out there? How do you know about this?
[Do something normal. While the opportunity was there and nothing chaotic was happening around them. Adam is her ally (or should that be friend?) and making sure he was okay was on her list.]
I think it's a possibility. Maybe they're under the influence of an event? I don't know. All I can do is speculate.
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Date: 2013-12-15 01:05 am (UTC)The past is the past, all he can do is be here now.]
Aside from the cheekbones and the attitude, you mean. YOU talked. I listened. I didn't agree to it. I told you I'm gonna keep trying, so get used to it.
I'll check in again later.
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Date: 2013-12-15 06:26 am (UTC)Welcome to your future, Dean.]
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Date: 2014-02-13 02:40 am (UTC)[ Crowley doesn't have any heartfelt words for him, though. It's not that he's incredibly attached or even concerned for Adam's well-being, but the last thing he wants is anyone suffering because of the Winchesters just to allow the Winchesters to co-opt the pain of others into their own. He won't give them the satisfaction. Yes, he is that spiteful. ]
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Date: 2014-02-13 07:14 am (UTC)Crowley's text reaches him on just such a day. He's been spared the sight of the recent murders, and equally left ignorant to the fact that something's even happened. He hasn't been down to the clinic, or the entrance hall eye, or really anywhere where Harry's been leaving his presents, and that leaves him narrowing his eyes at the message in doubt.
What the fuck is going on now?]
Why?
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Date: 2014-02-13 07:26 am (UTC)[ Or maybe it is. Who's Crowley to judge? ]
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Date: 2014-02-13 09:04 pm (UTC)He's beginning to see that demons aren't shy about smiling in the face of impending doom. At the same time, he's just gotten a warning text from a demon; the heads up throws the jackass levels all out of proportion. It's a weird feeling, wanting to say something like "thank you" and "what the fuck" simultaneously.]
Again?
[Because this is Wonderland's M.O., apparently. Hadn't they just been through this a week or so ago?]
Is it an angel statue?
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Date: 2014-02-13 09:45 pm (UTC)Figured you've been through enough.
[ At the end of the day, Crowley knows exactly what he's been through. Hell with box seats for the Lucifer/Michael showdown in a box. He imagines it must have been worse than most experiences in Hell. It's impressive that Adam isn't more broken, not that Crowley is going to tell him that. ]
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Date: 2014-02-15 07:46 pm (UTC)What do you mean? What happened?
[Who's dead? How? He tends to agree with the sentiment that enough's enough as far as his resume in torture goes. Having your skin flayed off a thousand times doesn't make you relish the possibility of a thousand and one.]
It must be bad if I'm getting a "heads down" text.
[He doesn't fail to notice it's not from either one of this brothers.]
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Date: 2014-02-15 08:06 pm (UTC)Yeah. I guess dead people don't send texts, glad you are, too.
Are you safe?
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Date: 2014-02-15 08:15 pm (UTC)And yes, I am. Barricaded myself away in my room as soon as I heard about what was happening. I'm not taking any kind of risk.
Where are you?
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Date: 2014-02-17 01:22 am (UTC)[ Crowley can't be assed to care who it is. It's not Blake or Jo, so he's kept his end of the deal so far, and with luck it won't be anyone else Crowley enjoys the company of. ]
Might want to salt your door. Still not sure what it is, but it can't hurt.
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Date: 2014-02-17 11:20 pm (UTC)[She'd said she isn't taking risks, but he's taking the warning Crowley had sent him seriously, even if he hasn't seen any of the action himself. It's bad when a demon is warning you off of something.
After surviving zombies together, he doesn't want Bela to end up as chopped liver now.]
My room's safe and I'm with people who know what they're doing.
[He avoids pointing out that he might not be in his room and with said people at the same time. After Martha, he'd felt a little responsible to do what he'd agreed to do and help in the clinic when there was an emergency. One of the doctors getting killed qualifies as one of those, he thinks.]
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Date: 2014-02-17 11:39 pm (UTC)Adam's thoughts are starting to spin too fast for his fingers to keep up. He dials up Crowley's phone instead, his voice is ever so slightly higher than normal, tension rising.]
What about salt?
[Have we mentioned the Winchesters' haven't precisely been filling in the important blanks?]
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Date: 2014-02-18 07:31 pm (UTC)Yes. It is.
[She made sure of it.]
Good, I'm glad. It might be better if you're with a few people. I just hope that this doesn't last too long.
But that seems almost too much to ask for.
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Date: 2014-02-19 12:42 am (UTC)Put a line of it along your doorway. Blocks all sorts of creatures from crossing it.
[ Really, he has to stop himself from revealing that he knows who Adam's brothers are because how have they not told him that, at the very least? Crowley could have just come in and possessed him in his sleep for months and while Crowley doesn't see anything to be gained from that, it's the sort of stupid thing Dean would accuse him off in a heartbeat. ]
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Date: 2014-02-19 04:28 am (UTC)[So what if Bela's light years ahead of him in knowing how to protect herself? He'll still say it.
He's not riding the "everything will be all right" train, either, but he takes the time to write out something that a person hoping for the best could at least make an argument for. If he's scared, Bela probably is.]
Doesn't seem like a normal event to me. If it's just one thing in a place full of people, it can't last. They'll get it. Just stay safe.
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Date: 2014-02-19 04:59 am (UTC)Too bad that's his life now, and he's starting to lose a grip on what should make him stop and do a self-check. He'll take a tip from Michael if it genuinely works and keeps him out of a monster's path.]
Just... plain salt?
[Yeah, you better believe that sounds way out there. About as comforting as hearing there's a killer thing on the loose. But if Adam's good at anything at all, it's coping with more than he should.]
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Date: 2014-02-19 11:08 pm (UTC)[A policy that would hopefully keep her alive. Bela is intrigued by the fact that Adam seems to feel the same way. She couldn't second guess her choices or take a risk by not reacting in the appropriate way.]
You stay safe as well, Adam. I'll do the same.
What if it isn't an 'it'? I haven't seen the murder scenes for myself but I don't know if the killings are random. Whomever is committing them might have specific targets in mind.
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Date: 2014-02-20 02:20 am (UTC)[ He laughs. ]
Be good and I'll teach you other things, too.
[ Angel banishing sigils could be fun. Oh, that could have some hilarious consequences and Adam should know, right? Poor thing needs to protect himself from big, bad Castiel. ]
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Date: 2014-02-20 06:43 am (UTC)[Something (or someone) wanting to break a person open like an overripe fruit and do this is as bad as the ghouls. He's tired of being terrorized with crap like this.
As long as he's safe, and she's safe, and the others are safe, then he doesn't care what the offense team does to this thing.]
You think it's supposed to be a person doing this?
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Date: 2014-02-20 06:49 am (UTC)[His tone is sharper now. He knows better than to question a non-human entity on being itself after Zachariah and the archangels--for a demon, laughing like that could be a normal thing. But it's still the farthest thing from reassuring.]
Not getting pulled part by some thing out there? How do you know about this?
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Date: 2014-02-20 08:18 pm (UTC)[Do something normal. While the opportunity was there and nothing chaotic was happening around them. Adam is her ally (or should that be friend?) and making sure he was okay was on her list.]
I think it's a possibility. Maybe they're under the influence of an event? I don't know. All I can do is speculate.
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Date: 2014-02-21 01:03 am (UTC)[Exactly like go for coffee, or go for runs in the morning. This made those peaceful moments seem like a blessing from on high.]
But I thought events got all of us at once.
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Date: 2014-02-21 02:18 am (UTC)[ And then he hangs up, helpful as ever. ]