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aCTioN

[improvident]

[Maintaining an air of mystery is more fun when people aren't as familiar with the supernatural, which is why the floor before Dean cracks, shifting, a swirling circle of red expelling an intense and blinding beam of light from its center. Having done a little mind-mining Bill opts for the artistic, something...familiar.

Lightning crashes outside the windows, the room vibrates and the portal grows wider, lightbulbs shatter, and-

Out comes a neon-yellow triangle, sporting a bowtie, tophat, and cane. With a loud POP the spinning eye of death on the floor disappears.]

ƬΛ-DΛ!

aCTioN

[ganking]

[ if there's one thing dean remembers from his days as a demon, it's the ego. an ego that meant taking up every challenge and appearing at every door whether people wanted him to or not-- just to show he could. needless to say, it appears the newest demonic resident in wonderland is carved from the same wood when it comes to that.

though his entrance is a whole lot flashier than anything dean ever managed. ]

Nice light show. A little flashy for my tastes, and familiar-- like maybe you stole it from another self-obsessed bad guy.

[ don't think he'll ever forget watching lucifer rise from hell. good times.

now, as for bill.... dean squints at him, intently. they weren't kidding about the triangle part. ]

[improvident]

[Spinning his cane with a skill that Fred Astaire himself would be envious of, Bill laughs.]

ΉΛΉΛΉΛΉΛΉΛ. I ƬΉӨЦGΉƬ YӨЦ MIGΉƬ ΛPPЯΣᄃIΛƬΣ Λ ᄂIƬƬᄂΣ BᄂΛƧƬ FЯӨM ƬΉΣ PΛƧƬ.

I ƬΉӨЦGΉƬ I'D DЯӨP BY. IПƬЯӨDЦᄃΣ MYƧΣᄂF.

[ganking]

[ for someone people were so worried about, the dorito doesn't look like much. ]

I've already heard plenty 'bout you, don't worry. Bill Cipher, right? [ you can thank the weird kid on the network for that... not that dipper had been all that helpful in the end, if dean is honest. ] You're the spooky demon who scares kid. Not that I can figure out why...

[improvident]

ПIᄃΣ ƬӨ ƧΣΣ ƬΉΛƬ MY ЯΣPЦƬΛƬIӨП ΉΛƧ PЯΣᄃΣDΣD MΣ.

["Plenty" is a relative term invented by people who have never wanted for anything. "Plenty" is not enough for proper comprehension. "Plenty" is inaccurate, at best - Dean has heard "some."

That's like putting on a Band-Aid and then declaring that you're qualified to do open-heart surgery.]

PIПΣ ƬЯΣΣ IƧ FЯΛGIᄂΣ, ᄂIKΣ Λ ƬЩӨ-ΉΣΛDΣD BΛBY DΣΣЯ ЩIƬΉ BЯӨKΣП ᄂΣGƧ. DӨП'Ƭ ᄂΣƬ ΉIM FӨӨᄂ YӨЦ. I'M Λ ƬЯЦƧƬЩӨЯƬΉY GЦY.

[Ahhhahahaha hahaha HAHahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA.]

[ganking]

[ that's how hunters roll, dorito. dean fails to look impressed with bill's claims about trustworthiness for some odd reason. ]

Sorry, man, demons don't exactly spell out trustworthy-- ever. [ no matter what world, what shape or size they might appear in. especially not ones that dress like their latest newcomer. ] But you can try another lie if you're feeling up to it-- get 'em outta your system.

[improvident]

[Your face says "unimpressed" but your mind says "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE."]

YӨЦ ᄂIKΣ ᄂIΣƧ, ΉЦΉ?

ЩΣᄂᄂ, ΉӨЩ ΛBӨЦƬ ƬΉΣƧΣ: ƬЯIX ΛЯΣ FӨЯ KIDƧ. FЯΣΣ ЩIᄂᄂ IƧ ЯΣΛᄂ. YӨЦЯ FΛƬΉΣЯ ᄂӨVΣƧ YӨЦ. YӨЦ'ЯΣ ΛП ΣMӨƬIӨПΛᄂᄂY ƧƬΛBᄂΣ FᄂΣƧΉBΛG.

[ganking]

[ someone has big balls for such a pointy guy. dean is quiet for a long beat, doing his best to hide any anger he might feel, and to hold himself back from lashing out. ]

There, feel better? Now how 'bout you get lost before something bad happens.

[improvident]

[Really? You sure, buddy? Bill could go on!]

ӨΉӨΉӨ, ƬΉΛƬ'Ƨ ЯIGΉƬ. I ΛᄂMӨƧƬ FӨЯGӨƬ YӨЦ'ЯΣ IП ЯΣᄃӨVΣЯY. ЩӨЦᄂDП'Ƭ ЩΛППΛ ƧPIKΣ YӨЦЯ BᄂӨӨD PЯΣƧƧЦЯΣ, YӨЦ MIGΉƬ ᄃЦƬ MY FIПGΣЯƧ ӨFF ӨЯ ƧΉӨЩ ЦP IП MY BΣD ЩΉIᄂΣ I'M ƧᄂΣΣPIПG.

[ganking]

[ disgust rolls in his stomach at the triangle's words, and what doesn't help is that all of it's true. ]

And get out of my head-- [ that disgust melts into anger quicker than anything, and has dean striking out with a clenched fist. first time he's ever thrown a punch at whatever the hell bill claims to be, but it's deserved. ]

[improvident]

[Bill, who doesn't move a single muscle (does he have any to move, really?) as the human lunges, waits patiently while Dean Winchester's fist goes through his body and takes an extra three seconds to come out the other side of him.]

YӨЦ KПӨЩ, I ᄃӨЦᄂD DӨ ƬΉIƧ Λᄂᄂ DΛY, BЦƬ I ᄃΛMΣ ΉΣЯΣ FӨЯ ӨƬΉΣЯ ЯΣΛƧӨПƧ.

[ganking]

[ dean's seen and experience trippy, but something about punching a floating triangle and watching his fist disappear tops it all.

he's still staring at his now withdrawn hand -- it's all there, right? no missing fingers? -- and then slowly back to bill. naturally he wouldn't just be here to rile dean up. demons never are. ]

What, not just here to be a pain in my ass? Thought that's all demons cared about.

[improvident]

[There's time to be impressed by Bill later. Stop gawking, Winchester.]

YӨЦ'D KПӨЩ, ЯIGΉƬ?

[Yeah, let's not go there, buddy. The hovering triangle hovers around Dean, as if appraising him from every...angle.]

...ΛΛΛΛПYЩΛY, I ƬΉӨЦGΉƬ I'D MΛKΣ YӨЦ ΛП ӨFFΣЯ. YӨЦ ЩӨП'Ƭ BΣ FIПDIПG MЦᄃΉ ӨП YӨЦЯ ᄃЦЯƧΣD ƧᄃΛЯ IП ƬΉΣ ᄂIBЯΛЯY.

[ganking]

How do you know about the Mark? [ he asks as if bill hasn't already been in his head a few times. but there's something about mentioning the mark has him even more on edge. ]

'Cause last time I checked, we ain't from the same world.

[improvident]

ӨΉ, I KПӨЩ ᄂӨƬƧ ӨF ƬΉIПGƧ.

[You'd think Bill would get tired of leaving cryptic comments with Wonderland's resident peanut gallery, but you'd be dead wrong.]

ᄃΛIП. ΛBΛDDӨП. ᄂЦᄃIFΣЯ. DΣΛП ΛПD ƧΛM'Ƨ ΣXᄃΣᄂᄂΣПƬ ΛDVΣПƬЦЯΣ.

I'M GӨППΛ GӨ ӨЦƬ ӨП Λ ᄂIMB ΉΣЯΣ ΛПD ƧΛY ƬΉΛƬ YӨЦ DӨП'Ƭ ЯΣΛᄂᄂY ЩΛПƬ ƬΉΛƬ MЦЯDΣЯ-ƧPЯΣΣ ƬӨ ΉΛPPΣП ΛGΛIП. 'ᄃΛЦƧΣ IF YӨЦ DIΣ ΉΣЯΣ, IƬ ЩIᄂᄂ.

[ganking]

[ rrrhg. ]

I know. [ god does he know. hannibal had made easy work of him a year ago-- and now, if it were to happen again, the consequences would be so much worse. ] But that still doesn't explain how you know anything-- any of this. Or what you're tryin' to get at here.

[improvident]

[Bill is already thrilled by the prospect of unleashing holy Hell upon these sad sacks, and what better way to do it than with someone who has already fucked up above and beyond the norm? Dean Winchester, always the disappointment. Nobody would be surprised.]

I ΣXIƧƬ ӨЦƬƧIDΣ ƬΉΣ ЯΣΛᄂM ӨF ΉЦMΛП ᄃӨMPЯΣΉΣПƧIӨП. IF YӨЦ ƬΉIПK ƬΉIƧ IƧ MY ƬЯЦΣ FӨЯM YӨЦ'ЯΣ [His body glows red, enlarging to ten times its original size for emphasis.] ƧΛDᄂY MIƧƬΛKΣП.

...BЦƬ ᄂΣƬ'Ƨ GΣƬ DӨЩП ƬӨ BЯΛƧƧ ƬΛᄃKƧ: YӨЦ ЩΛППΛ GΣƬ ЯID ӨF ƬΉΣ MΛЯK. I KПӨЩ ΉӨЩ.

[ganking]

[ okay, so the guy knows how to be spooky. dean braces himself, but is instead met with bill as he'd appeared seconds earlier once more. for a guy shaped like a triangle, he's awfully dramatic... which is definitely a demon thing.

dean crosses his arm. ]

... Alright. How?

[ see? simple. spit it out. ]

[improvident]

[And just think! You haven't even seen his true form!]

YӨЦ ПΣΣD Λ BӨӨK, ƧЦЯΣ, BЦƬ IF YӨЦ ƬΉIПK I'M GӨППΛ ƬΣᄂᄂ YӨЦ ЩΉIᄃΉ ӨПΣ ӨЦƬ ӨF ƬΉΣ GӨӨDПΣƧƧ ӨF MY ΉΣΛЯƬ, YӨЦ'VΣ GӨƬ ΛПӨƬΉΣЯ ƬΉIПG ᄃӨMIПG.

[Tit for tat, Dean-o.]

[ganking]

[ his eyes narrow as he tilts his head just slightly to the side. ]

You'd need a heart to do that for starters... So what's it gonna take? Help in world domination? Unleashin' hell? My soul?

[ ahahah wouldn't the last one be funny. but alas, he's not surprised by this. of course there'd be a catch. ]

[improvident]

[God, no, anything but the trademarked Angry Winchester™ look! Bill is shaking in his custom-made beaver skin top hat!]

Λ FΛVӨЯ DӨЩП ƬΉΣ ЯӨΛD. ПӨƬΉIПG ƬΉΛƬ'ᄂᄂ "ᄃӨMPЯӨMIƧΣ" ΛПY ӨF YӨЦЯ FЯIΣПDƧ ΛПD FΛMIᄂY, ƬΉΣY'ᄂᄂ Λᄂᄂ BΣ ƧΛFΣ ΛƧ FӨЯƬ KПӨX.

[Which is saying something.]

I'M GӨППΛ ПΣΣD Λ ΉΛПD GΣƬƬIПG ƧӨMΣƬΉIПG FЯӨM ƧӨMΣӨПΣ.

[ganking]

[ it does put dean at ease, knowing his friends and family would be out of this. of course, trusting a demon is only someone without a brain would do, so he's not entirely convinced... but right now, this is starting to look like his best option. ]

...What from who?

[ 'cause if it's someone's soul, then... ]

[improvident]

ПӨ ƧӨЦᄂƧ, GΣΣZ, ƧᄃЯΛPΣ ƬΉΛƬ ӨПΣ ӨЦƬ ӨF YӨЦЯ BЯΛIПPΛП ΛᄂЯΣΛDY.

[Besides, what's he gonna do with a soul? Play interstellar mini-golf with it?]

IƬ'Ƨ Λ BӨӨK FЯӨM ƧӨMΣBӨDY ЩΉӨ'Ƨ GӨППΛ PЦƬ Λ ᄂӨƬ ӨF PΣӨPᄂΣ IП DΛПGΣЯ IF ƬΉΣY ΉӨᄂD ӨПƬӨ IƬ. BЦƬ I DӨП'Ƭ ПΣΣD IƬ JЦƧƬ YΣƬ, ᄃΛPIƧᄃΣ?

[ganking]

[ brow raise. ]

A book... [ wow unimpressed. ] What's stopping you from getting it yourself? Seem pretty sure of your nifty skills there.

[improvident]

[A BOOK. SO CRAZY, RIGHT? PRETTY CRAZY BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO READ, RIGHT? Yeah. He thought so.

Bill hovers in a circle around Dean before putting a hand through Dean's head.]

IП ᄃΛƧΣ IƬ ΣƧᄃΛPΣD YӨЦЯ ПӨƬIᄃΣ, ΣIПƧƬΣIП, YӨЦ ᄃΛП'Ƭ ƬӨЦᄃΉ MΣ.

ЩΉIᄃΉ MΣΛПƧ I ᄃΛП'Ƭ ƬӨЦᄃΉ ƬΉIПGƧ.