15. Who knows what's right?/The lines keep getting thinner

[voluntaryapnea]

[He finds himself on the fourth floor, just outside of what's left of cabin 407, the room next to Dean's. He already has a pretty good idea of what exactly happened. Already knows that the vampire had been sealed inside the room courtesy of mountain ash. He sees it on the floor just outside the door and he kneels down, running his fingers through it and pursing his lips.

He's an awesome warden, really. Helping incite his inmate to attempted murder. Not that Jerry doesn't deserve it. It isn't about Jerry. He has no guilt or sympathy for the guy. It's that Dean is the one who dealt the strike. And Stiles had handed over the information he'd needed to do it with. He doesn't see a difference really, between someone handing a loaded gun to a psychopath out to commit homicide and his own role in the events that had taken place the night before. He lets out a breath and then steps inside the room, looking up at the scorched ceiling. Scorpius had been injured, too. Others could have been. People could have died.

Stiles rubs the back of his neck and grimaces. Innocent people getting caught up in this isn't something he'd wanted to happen, but it has and now he has to figure out how to deal with the fallout. The question is...how?]

[Private Video -- Dean Winchester.]

[It takes him a few hours to decide what to do about the whole situation with Dean. He can't just allow him to go around setting people on fire -- even if they deserve it and he maintains that Jerry did. But he also isn't going to be terribly harsh about punishment in this case. Maybe it's wrong, but considering he played a role in Dean's actions, he can't be too hard on the guy.

And he won't put Dean in Zero or confine him to his room. That's not even a punishment for the guy. Dean wants to be alone. Which is exactly why he can't be. Not just because it's supposed to be a punishment, but because it's unhealthy. Solitude is great, but everyone needs someone, and Dean is no exception, even if he believes otherwise.]

So. We should probably talk about what happened last night.



[Video -- Public]

[The video feed clicks on and it shows Stiles in the pub. There's a blender beside him that's full of ice, and several bottles of various syrups around. He's holding a container of sugar and eying the blender before he begins pouring it atop the ice.]

So, someone wondered about Slurpees on the Barge. I think this is everything it takes to make one. [Maybe. Possibly. Mostly he's just experimenting right now.] So if anyone would like to be a taste tester, come up to the Pub. [You know. If you're feeling brave. Or if you want to bounce off the walls. He's still pouring in the sugar and now half the container is in the blender.]

Comments

[video]

[theresalwayshope]

Oh, God...Stiles, stop. Start small, work your way up--

--nevermind. I'm coming up there to save you from yourself. And make sure Duke still has a bar to tend in the morning.

[Ignore the fact that Allison is giggling mercilessly the whole time she's talking. Really.]

[video]

[voluntaryapnea]

[He glances at the screen and abruptly stops pouring the sugar into the blender, arching his eyebrows.]

Is that -- too much sugar? [He looks at the blender. It is a lot of sugar. But is there really such a thing as too much? If there is, he hasn't met it yet.] Nah. I think it's okay. It'll be awesome!

[routemistress]

Ooh, I want one of them! 'Ave you got lime?

[voluntaryapnea]

[Stiles grins at her eagerness and he looks at the bottles of syrup he dug out from behind the bar.]

I do! Also cherry, strawberry, lemon, coffee, Irish creme, almond, chocolate and...eggnog. [He makes a face at the last one, though. Really. Who wants an eggnog Slurpee?]

[video]

[notsoneedy]

Whoa, okay. I'm coming up for sure, but only to make sure you don't like, instantly die of all the diabetes. Are you even flavoring it, or is it just going to be pure sugar?

[video]

[voluntaryapnea]

[He picks up the comm and positions it so she can see the various bottles of flavoring syrups he's found.]

Pffft. Needy, you know you want to try an eggnog Slurpee.

Video

[changeitroundsome]

[That is a shit ton of syrup, right there. It's got Facilier's attention if only because it looks like he's making some high-sugar moonshine.]

Slour-pees? Don't think I rightly know what one'a those is.

Video

[voluntaryapnea]

[It is a shit ton of syrup. And sugar. And oh, hey, you're the guy that was kind of creeping out Kira the other day when she arrived.]

It's basically flavored ice and sugar blended together. It's awesome and if you've never had one, you should definitely come try one out.

[mistconduct]

Dude. You're making Slurpees?!

[voluntaryapnea]

Yes. Hell yes. And this Slurpee making adventure is brought to you by the letter W for Wichita, who asked if we had them here.

[ Private : Video ]

[surfaceshine]

[The funniest part is that it's not that Dean believes he doesn't need anyone; he knows he does. He was never a solitary creature and even Hell couldn't change that core instinct in him. The problem comes in that he needs specific people, and none of them exist anymore. New people are better off without him, and he doesn't have the energy to bridge the gap, doesn't trust anyone enough to try.

When he replies to Stiles, he's sober for the first time in two weeks. Calm, even. His gaze is steady, and he's present behind his eyes without also being hostile. He just raises an eyebrow from where he's lounging in a chair on the deck.]

Should we?

[ Private : Video ]

[voluntaryapnea]

[What Dean lacks in energy, at least, Stiles tends to have in spades. Adderall? Pretty effective in that department. And now that he's not quite as sleep-deprived as he was even a few weeks ago, physically he's feeling pretty good.

He takes note of the difference in Dean. Less hostile, sober. Like setting Jerry on fire has literally had some kind of euphoric effect on him. And while he's glad that Dean's actually not drunk and he doesn't seem upset about talking to Stiles, he's kind of unsettled by the probable reason behind that change. When he'd helped set Peter Hale on fire, he hadn't felt guilt, but he hadn't been happy about it either. Relieved, maybe, that he wasn't going to be an issue anymore -- or so he'd assumed at the time.

He considers his words carefully and when he speaks, his voice isn't hostile or angry or even accusatory. Just a statement of fact.]

That's...sorta not what I had in mind when I gave you mountain ash.

[cons]

[ oh






well

okay. ]

You're going to bust that blender if you put anymore sugar in it.

[voluntaryapnea]

[He grins.]


No way. Sugar won't break a blender. I'm pretty sure that would defy all scientific laws.

[hellofist]

[She doesn't actually see his post, it's while she's walking past the pub and happens to see someone who is definitely her age in there doing... something, with the alcohol. That draws her up short, mostly because he doesn't have the body language of someone trying to do something on the sly without getting caught. He's just in the, at the bar...

That is a lot of sugar and she can't remember the last time she had something sweet, so she finds her course correcting itself without her even meaning for it to. In no time she's sitting down on one of the stools across from him, looking at his arrangement with curiosity.]

What are you doing?

[voluntaryapnea]

[Well hello there, new face he's not seen around before. Then again, there's probably still quite a few on the Barge he hasn't met yet. He grins at her.]

I'm making Slurpees. In theory. I've never actually made one before. Also, I'm Stiles.

[video]

[hearrrtofgold]

What flavor are you using on that slurpee? Some of those syrups are sugary, and you're already heading toward a crash.

[video]

[theresalwayshope]

Stiles plus sugar equals run, Duke. Save yourself. If I die getting hit by a flying blender blade or from doing something stupid on a sugar high, say something nice at my funeral, 'cause I'm on the taste test crew.

[video]

[voluntaryapnea]

Well, I thought I'd start out with cherry and see where I ended up?

Private

[walkthedarkpath]

[ Someone's in a better mood today.]

You know, you may have better luck if I am understanding this concoction you are making. By making the drink, then freezing it and shaving the ice after.

Just an idea. [ From someone who cant cook.]

Private

[voluntaryapnea]

[He considers that for a moment, cocking his head and studying the blender.]

Yeah, maybe so. But that'll take longer, and I have people on their way to try out my creation now.

Video

[whatthefoxsay]

[This is an extremely important question, Stiles. You can tell by the way Kira leans forward, intent as she prepares to ask her question.]

...do you have grape?

Video

[voluntaryapnea]

[His face falls a little at that and he frowns.]

Not that I've found. But I'll look again. There's got to be some somewhere around here, right?

[semifreakingnormal]

I think it needs more sugar.

[He is being very serious.

Probably.]

[voluntaryapnea]

You think?

[He eyes the blender and then shrugs, dumping more in.]

[punched_hitler]

Slurpees - like the drinks from 7-Eleven?

[voluntaryapnea]

Yes! Just like that. Have you had one before?