[log] No sheets were given [open]

[swatsflies]

Characters: Castiel, Ecks, Jim, Kunsel, Zack, and Zell.
Location: 262
Date: 240 (Evening)
Summary: Delivery and hanging out.
Warnings: Ecks' fashion, Sad Losers, etc...

262: This was probably a single-story office building in the past, but at some point it seems to have been converted into a rough-looking infirmary. There are a few rod-iron beds in several offices, all of which have mattresses but lack bed sheets, while an area that probably once held cubicles now holds a couple of heavy metal tables. The tables are clean, but the carpeted floor beneath them is stained with blood.


(( Backdating/Coming late is fine! ))

Comments

[ecks]

Yes, I am Ecks. You are Kunsel. Doctor House tried to sell you one time.

[She remembers these things.]

[deus_ex_phs]

[There's a slight twitch from Kunsel at the memory of that.]

Yeah, well, Dr. House tends to do things he probably shouldn't do. And some things he definitely has no authority to do. That was one of them.

[Just so we're clear.]

[ecks]

I know. He does not own you, so he is not authorized to sell you. He does other things he should not do, too, very frequently. I have observed this firsthand.

[deus_ex_phs]

[Good, glad to know they're on the same page.]

He hasn't tried to pull something like that on you, has he?

[ecks]

[Blink.]

Doctor House has never tried to sell me.

[deus_ex_phs]

Good.

[That's said very firmly.]

So, you all set for the night? You short on anything you need?

[ecks]

Yes. We have food. It is not good food, but it is food. I have soft things to sleep on, and I have weapons. I do not think that I need anything else.

[deus_ex_phs]

What about an invitation to the dogpile? Couldn't hurt to have a little extra warmth, right?

[ecks]

You have a pile of dogs?

[deus_ex_phs]

[There's a look of wicked amusement for just a brief moment.]

We do if you count Zack, Zell, and Jim.

[A pause.]

It's a figure of speech, Ecks. When people curl up close together for warmth, it's like the way dogs do the same, so we sometimes call it that.

[ecks]

[That's a smile -- so a joke. Ecks smiles back.]

Also you. You are also a dog.

[She has to consider the offer, though. She would like to be warm, and she likes to be with friends. She has never slept touching another person, though, except when Doctor House was hurt so badly she didn't think he would wake up.]

Will you pinkie swear that you will not hurt me or take my things while I am sleeping?

[deus_ex_phs]

Figuratively.

[Let's just be clear about that.]

But yes. I'm part of this dogpile, too.

[And as much as he wants to smile at the request for a pinkie swear, he doesn't, because he recognizes the seriousness of the question. It deserves a serious response.

But one it doesn't take him much time to consider, because he only waits long enough to give her a sober look before extending his hand, pinkie out.]

I will. I'll pinkie swear not to hurt you or take any of your things, if you promise to do the same.

[ecks]

[Ecks has never been good at knowing when other people are telling the truth, and she knows that a pinkie swear is only words if the person is already a liar. But Kunsel does not seem like he is probably a liar, and Zell will be there besides. She considers him carefully in return, then leans forward to hook her pinkie with his.]

I pinkie swear that I will not hurt you or take any of your things.

[deus_ex_phs]

[Likewise, Kunsel knows that just because Ecks has made a promise here, that doesn't necessarily mean he should trust her completely. Still, from what he knows of her, he thinks this will be enough to forego standing watch.

That, and Zell's general good opinion of her.

So he holds her pinkie long enough to cement his solemnity, then lets go and nods his head in the direction of the others.]

Alright. Feel free to join us whenever you're ready. I think the others are almost done setting up.

[ecks]

[Ecks smiles again, stretching her mouth into that unnatural rictus of before for a brief moment as she nods, then lets her face relax again.]

I will bring all my fake animals with me. They are soft and good for sleeping.

[It'll just take her a couple minutes to pack her other things back into her bag and bring the animals to where they are sleeping.]

[deus_ex_phs]

[Stuffed animals also provide a certain amount of warmth, which none of them will complain about.]

That sounds perfect. We've got a quilt, too, and a towel and some things we use as blankets.

[Which means overall it sounds like they'll be sleeping relatively warm and comfortable tonight.]

[ecks]

[See, he gets how incredibly useful they are. Suck it, House.]

I will come soon.

[And she shifts to get up and start gathering the things she uses to build her nest bed each night.]