[back in black]

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

The chute opened seamlessly out of the wall and deposited the man on the squishy floor of the corridor with an ungraceful thud. The man stood, brushing at his clothes as he did, an oddly human gesture he had picked up from Sam and Dean. His face, as he stared at the featureless wall the chute had disappeared back into, was blank, expressionless, his jaw covered with a dark fuzz. He reached up to touch this unfamiliar roughness as he stared consideringly at the wall.

"Jack-hole," he finally said.

Hey, Cas was trying, okay? It wasn't his fault if human cussing was still a little beyond him.

With that, Cas turned, making his way through the corridors of Stacy, heading towards hydroponics.

After his long stay with GLaDOS, he needed a drink.


[Cas makes his return! Feel free to run into him in the corridors, or to meet him at the beer tree, just specify the location in your tag :3]

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BEER TREE

[ttlytrickster.livejournal.com]

Gabriel had spent his time lately - well, avoiding everything would have been the best explanation. The realization that he was human had finally hit him, and he'd holed up in the residential level, only leaving for food (and crappy food at that), before becoming disgusted with the whole deal and began seeking out something more organic.

Eventually, he'd found Hydroponics. Which had the organic feel - hell, there were trees here - and also had a beer tree.

Gabriel maintained in his head that he could have done it better, and with higher quality alcohol, but the thing was still pretty sweet.

He still hasn't obtained any new clothing, so he's simply lounging around in his plantsuit (which he doesn't really hate, he just likes his human clothes better, but damn if he's been able or willing to find them), drinking one of the beers.

However, the guy who has just entered and is headed this way... Gabriel raises his eyebrows.

"Castiel?"

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Cas froze in his forward motion, staring at the being that was between himself and his destination. Though he could no longer feel the Divine presence, there was no mistaking the short stature, the pointed nose and sandy blond hair.

"Gabriel?"

Cas stared at his older brother, expression blank. "... You're alive?"

It was impossible to tell by looking at him how Castiel felt about this news.

[ttlytrickster.livejournal.com]

Gabriel's expression is guarded. The last time he'd seen Castiel - well, he'd slapped some duct tape on him and sent him dimension-bouncing. And then the blue-eyed angel had left him in a ring of fire.

Not that he wasn't genuinely worried about Castiel, after facing off with Lucifer, but there was no need to let him know that.

"That'd be me, in the flesh," he says, picking at a sleeve. "Unfortunately. And I'm certainly not a zombie or a spirit, so I'd say I'm alive," he continues on, looking at Castiel.

"Dean said you were stuck in a maze?"

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Castiel stares at his brother, head slightly titled. Then, suddenly, he cocks his fist and lets it fly at Gabriel's face.

[ttlytrickster.livejournal.com]

Gabriel can't say that's unexpected, but Castiel's a fast little guy, and so he takes the hit. He actually feels the hit, but there's no angelic strength behind it, thank god.

Gabriel curses a minor Egyptian goddess and then shakes his head, straightening and arching an eyebrow at Castiel.

"I probably deserved that, but you don't wanna do it again."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

"You did deserve that." Okay, Castiel's glaring, slightly. Dimension hopping with ductape on your mouth is not fun.

He's frowning at Gabriel now though, not distracted from the important thing here. His punch actually landed, which means "..... You're human. .... How?"

Re: BEER TREE

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

Dean had no idea, he was just casually sauntering along. Finished with a meeting and patrol, and thinking of grabbing some beers to kick back with. He yawned a little. He wasn't tired, not really, whatever would give you that idea?

[ttlytrickster.livejournal.com]

Gabriel still has his beer. It might be his second beer, actually, but who cares, it's a beer and he's learning to like it a little better.

When he spots Dean, though, his expression lights up into one of mischief.

"Deano!" he calls.

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

(ooc: still waiting on Fiver to be available again but can alternate tags)

Oh great, it's Chuckles the dick angel. Sorry, the dick ex-angel now.

And he's there with... Cas?!

"I interrupt a family reunion or something?"

[ttlytrickster.livejournal.com]

_{((ooc: okay! I'm fine with waiting, too, I just wanted to reply...))}

Gabriel makes a clicking noise, something that sounds like a 'tut'.

"No, no, nothing quite as dramatic as that." The red spot on his cheek from Castiel's fist says otherwise, however. "Just catching up."

HALLWAY

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Kaylee was walking down the corridor, eyes focused on the tablet containing the ship's inventory in one hand and her omnicomm in her other. Occasionally she glanced up to check for anyone she might have bumped into--she was pretty well trucking it, after all--but the mechanic had been lucky enough thus far not to encounter anyone.

She should have looked up as she went around the corner, but things had been so clear thus far that it didn't cross her mind until she heard a familiar-sounding, "Jack-hole," and crashed right into someone. Apologies were the quick and routine normal ones until she actually looked to see who she'd tried to knock over. Sorries stopped altogether.

"Castiel!! Finally get yourself out of the maze?? Just got out not so long ago myself. Gorram computer..."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Cas hadn't been expecting anyone to come around the corner that quickly, so she had taken him by surprise as well, and he tottered, holding out his hands to steady her and himself, after she had crashed into him.

"Hello, Kaylee," he said after a moment. He paused to consider her words. "Yes," he agreed. "I ... just got out." Again he touched the beard on his face. "It appears I was held captive by that infernal computer for ... a while." He stared at the blank space where the exit had been. Cas had missed the revelation about GLaDOS' purpose, having already been her captive. He frowned. "There was no cake."

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

"Disappointin' as hell, ain't it? Gorram cake's such a tease."

Given the distracted air of the Engineering Department the last few days...weeks...Kaylee had at least gotten past the point of knocking people over altogether. Her focus goes from her balance to his beard pretty quickly, though.

"Now lookit that. Never expected to see any form of facial hair on you. Looks nice 'n rugged." It's a compliment, Castiel. Promise.

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Castiel frowned, trying to look (unsuccessfully) down at his own face. "It itches," he complained, scratching at his chin. "I understand now why Dean and Sam shave so regularly."

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

"Can't say I know how you feel so much on the facial hair aspect of things," she laughed. Well, unless they were talking about kissing someone with facial hair, and then... "You never had to deal with it before?"

Hallway~

[governorkang]

Was that - yes, that was Castiel. Kang hadn't seen the ex-angel in a while, and from the looks of it, GLaDOS was to blame. If the beard was any indication, he'd been gone for at least a week. Beyond that, the bozak had no idea; he had no idea how fast human facial hair typically grew.

The curse made him shake his head, and he chuckled, "Jack-hole? I'm surprised you haven't picked up better curses than that what with all the time you spend with Dean."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Cas blinked over at Kang. "Kang. Hello."

He frowned at Kang's words. "Dean refuses to assist me, he seems to find my attempts to curse ... amusing."

[governorkang]

"Well, he's right. They are," Kang grinned. "But... if you ever wanted to expand your vocabulary, I can help you out."

He glanced at the wall where the chute (and Castiel) had appeared, "GLaDOS could at least let people go in a more dignified way than dumping them in a random hallway."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

Cas blinks at Kang. "I might have to take you up on that," he finally says.

He looks at the chute as well, and shrugs. "Nothing about being human is dignified to me, so it doesn't matter from my perspective."

[governorkang]

"You can surprise Dean with it. Preferably when I'm there, so I can see his face," Kang chuckled. "You hate being human that much? I can't really blame you; I'd hate being stuck as a human, too."

[on_errantry]

A familiar scent had Rhiow turning her pawsteps in a different direction down the corridor she had been traveling, her tail held high and waving jauntily. It had been long enough since she'd seen this particular denizen of Stacy, and while he was around, she was going to say hello.

"Hh'as-tiel," she said. "Good to see you walking around again. I think Ssam and D'hean were getting worried, no matter what they say."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Rhiow," Cas tells her gravely. He pauses, scratching at his beard. "Ah. I suppose I was gone for a while. ... I hope they weren't too worried."

[on_errantry]

"Have you met them?" Rhiow asked, her whiskers going forward. Of course they were worried about Castiel. They were Winchesters.

She was happy to see him again too. The Whisperer was a difficult Power to carry in the back of one's mind. It helped to sometimes have her kin, close-by. "This podpop brought more Powers to this ship. As if there weren't a glut of you already," she said. The Whisperer chuckled dryly in the back of her mind. "I think he's from your world."

[angel-ofthe.livejournal.com]

"Not yet," Cas admitted. "I was only just ... released."

"More powers?" he questioned. "From my world?" Cas frowned. "You mean, others like me? Or different?"

[on_errantry]

"Like you," Rhiow said, curling her tail around her paws. "One of the Greater Powers. The People call him Urrua the Lightning-Clawed. He's unpredictable, and you can never tell which side he'll be on."

If she had to pick a Power to awaken on the ship, it wouldn't have been this one by a long shot.