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[familybusiness]

[ ♪ bury your head - saosin ]

WHO || Sam and Dean Winchester
WHAT || Sam confronts Dean about what he's learned.
WHERE || Dean's Room
WHEN || November, shortly before leaving on the Thanksgiving Mission
HOW || spam~

[Fortunately for Sam, this time around, when Dean arrives at the Castle? Sam hears about it.

He's made friends since back then, ones that know their relationship, and know that he would want to know. And they're right, because he's been waiting for this awhile, wants to know what took his brother so damn long to come home, wants to know if he'd being avoided on purpose or...no, it's probably on purpose.

Well, that was going to come to an end in a hurry. He doesn't particularly want this conversation, because it'll probably be uncomfortable and angry and horrible, but it has to happen. He can't sit on any of this forever.

Not when he's not the only one who knows.

So that afternoon, Dean will hear a rather...forceful knock on his door, following quickly by a voice.]

Dean, it's me. Let me in.

[Because he's not going away. Sorry, bro.]

Comments

[familybusiness]

That doesn't mean I shouldn't.

[It'd be one more reminder not to do the bad things. Just throwing that out there.]

[likedillinger]

You'd been lying to me for months, Sam. It was gonna catch up to you some time. And when it did, people died for it, and I still don't know to this day if you fessed up because you were cornered into it, or because you honest to God felt guilty that they died to keep us safe without knowing the whole truth.

Is that what you needed to hear?

[familybusiness]

[Sam holds his gaze for a moment, looking stricken, before his eyes drop to the floor. It's not really all the much more than what he already knew but putting it that way?

Yeah, it sucked. Big time.

He doesn't answer. He just soldiers on.]

Buffy knew about Iscariot.

[Considering they apparently took down two of the four of them, they must have been...pretty damn formidable, and now he's worried about her. Why would she know about them unless she'd run into them?

He's also pretty damn sure they're the zealots that Glasya mentioned before.]

Should I be concerned about them?

[Or do they only care about the other version?]

[likedillinger]

I freakin' hope not. But I can't promise you that.

[familybusiness]

Yeah, me too.

[Thing he never wanted for 100, Bob. Dropping something like that on top of people's heads is not....yeah, nope.]

What should I look for? Any kind of cult symbols? Tells?

[Just in case.]

[likedillinger]

Some of 'em dress like Catholic priests, but the ones that don't are harder to spot. They're usually wearing a ring with Roman numerals on it. Shows what section they're from.

[familybusiness]

Priest. Awesome.

[Actually the exact opposite of awesome. How immeasurably fucked up.]

That gives me something to watch out for, at least.

[likedillinger]

If you're close enough to see their crucifix, it's probably too late already.

[familybusiness]

[...considering Dean is usually all 'let's take the fight to them,' hearing that is...especially disheartening.]

Great. That makes me feel so much better.

[likedillinger]

We used to both be protected from them tracking us down by magic. Cas... burned some sigils into us that meant nobody from upstairs, downstairs, or anywhere else could hit us with a scrying spell.

Maybe we can find some way to do the same for you. I don't know.

[familybusiness]

Might be worth looking into. Can spells directed at him hit me instead?

[He not a real big buff on magic just yet.]

[likedillinger]

If we're lucky, we won't have to find out. Iscariot knew we were untraceable that way. They got no reason to try again.

[familybusiness]

[That's...not exactly the most comforting, but it's still a start.]

What about demons? I'm used to them showing up from time to time, possessing someone, causing some damage, and then having to exorcise them back to Hell. We only ever found one weapon that could kill one, and it had some pretty limited ammunition.

[likedillinger]

I've got my hands on a knife that can kill 'em once and for all. Once in awhile they'll possess somebody but usually they just break through into this world and start crawling around like they own the place.

[familybusiness]

Until they get unlucky and run into someone like us.

[likedillinger]

Pretty much, yeah.

[familybusiness]

Any chance there's another one of those knives lying around somewhere, or am I going to have to learn a few new exorcisms?

[likedillinger]

Why don't you ask the hell-skank, since she's the one we took it from in the first place.

[familybusiness]

[Wow, Sam sure bombed the fuck out of that will save, so he very visibly winces at that reference.]

Maybe I will.

[likedillinger]

That was sarcasm. [ there's an edge of concern in his tone as he lowers his gaze at sam, picking up on that vibe easily. ] And don't give me that look.

[familybusiness]

Then maybe you could trying being more helpful.

I wasn't kidding around. Everything else we usually hunt is ass backwards. Considering I'm used to them being clouds of black smoke when they aren't walking around in someone's body, I'd say demons probably are too.

[likedillinger]

Seems pretty straightforward. Holy water, enchanted weapons, all that stuff's good for taking 'em out.

[familybusiness]

Oh.

[He looks surprised, okay. Sure, holy water stung like a bitch but...]

That's...easier.

[likedillinger]

[ lmao he looks a little offended ] Easier?

[familybusiness]

Yeah.

[He's not wrong, okay.]

Like I said, you've either got a cloud of smoke or a possessed human on your hands. You can shoot and stab all you want, but all you're going to end up, if you're lucky, is a dead person when the demon decides it's bored. It can keep the body going as long as it's in it, but once it leaves, those injuries take their toll.

The only way to send a demon back to hell is through an exorcism, which generally requires some serious force or a devil's trap, and a bunch of Latin that you have to get out before the thing finds a way to shut you up. Holy water will burn their skin, and stun them for a few seconds, but it doesn't do any lasting damage. You can keep them at bay with salt, but a little wind and you're screwed there, too. We've only ever found one weapon that can kill one permanently, and it had a very limited ammunition supply.

[There's a beat while he takes another sip of beer.]

So yeah, it's easier.