hail the orphan king(s)

[kickingand]

Who: Dean and uh.... a wee Sam Winchester
Broadcast: fleetwide!
Action: Red Fish
When: nooww

[ Dean looks ultimately..... tired. And vaguely grumpy, but when does he not look like either of those things. Though it could be said he has good reason for this as there is a toddler-sized child in his arms, preoccupied with screeching and reaching desperately for the ground. It's shouting his name on repeat 'Dean, dowwn, Dean, dooowwn!' but as soon as he puts the child back on the floor, he's immediately reaching back up again, tugging on Dean's jacket, arms reaching for the sky.

'Dean! Deaaan!'

Truth be told, this is not actually something unfamiliar to him.

It's just something that feels as if it happened a million years ago. ]

Looking for some place to take a kid. [ Wait, let's rephrase. ] Not to dump him, but to get him outside.

Don't feel like cramping him up in here while we've got the chance to get out and-- haven't exactly toured the place much. Just want to get him out without having to deal with... anything. Keep him in here and he'll find his way to the armory when i'm not looking.

[ You think he's kidding. Winchesters and guns are like peanut butter and jelly.... give Dean another second while he swaps the kiddo from one hip to another, almost like he's done this once or twice before. It almost even looks like he's doing that bouncing-baby thing. ]

I'd appreciate the advice.

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[angelherding]

[eww, children.

. . . eww, Winchester children]

What the actual fuck.

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[kickingand]

[ eww your face ]

Glad to know you've never seen a real live kid before.

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[angelherding]

[no eww YOUR face!!]

I've seen plenty. I don't live under a rock, Dean.

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[kickingand]

No, just a hole in the ground.

[ He has no time for your shenanigans, he has a feisty wee one!! Who is now once again toddling around his feet. ]

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[mucked]

[ well, isn't this curious... ]

If you're not keen to take him down where the factions are constantly squabbling over themselves, you may want to try that dog park instead. The new one they just added to the fleet. Children like dogs, don't they?

[ flying by the seat of her well-tailored pants, here. ]

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[kickingand]

[ Now if that isn't one of the best damn ideas he's ever heard.... ]

Kid's always had a thing for dogs.

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[mucked]

[ ah, righty-o then. ]

Is he yours?

[ your son, she means. ]

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[kickingand]

[ The question earns an arched brow becuase of course he's his, he's Sa-- Oh.

Duh.

Let's just all witness as the small child smacks him on his cheek before asking to once again be put down on the floor. ]

My brother. Think his augment turned back the clock.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

[ Oh no small children. Cara's eternal nemesis. ]

Why do you have a child.

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[kickingand]

[ Dean would agree with this if this small child didn't happen to be related to him. ]

Because my brother's augment decided he was better off as a kid, maybe.

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[revengeofthemordsith]

I didn't know you had a brother.

[namisan]

[Give her a few seconds while she just stares blankly and the other shoe drops.




Oh. There we go.]

Don't tell me.

[kickingand]

[ Baby Sam's cheek patting game is strong, after which he claps his hands, quite pleased with himself.


... Dean is just kind of used to this. ]

He wasn't always twenty feet tall.

[namisan]

A fact I'm sure several people are incredibly relieved by.

[Hard to pick the expression on her face. She seems to be dialling between outrage and are you fucking kidding me back to blackmail material and the fact Dean looks a lot...uh. Gentler, like this.

She's not gonna ask if he knows how to look after a baby. Kind of obvious answer.]

There are some nice parks in the Spirit side of things. I haven't been much further. Or take him to the fox park on the Iskaulit. Or bring him by the bar, if you need a break.

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[paraclete]

[Kaworu knows only the barest fraction about children, and even then, barely that. But he's at least trying to speak from experience: there was a time when he was little, too, and at that time... Well,]

Swimming, perhaps.

[His face is noticeably enthralled, despite that ever-present composure.]

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[kickingand]

[ Dean is not sure if he's enthralled by this turn of events, but he's kind of pleased Sam has changed tactics when it comes to exactly how he's following him around. Even with this up and down nonsense, he's not overly bothered.

Kid is cute though, he'll give him that. ]

There a place with a shallow end?

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[paraclete]

[Though pleasant as ever, Kaworu's face takes a turn for the quizzical... and then his thought process plays out across his features: he's coming to a place of common sense, in slow motion.

Finally he arrives: ]

He has trouble swimming?

Red Fish!

[child_of_bhaal]

Well there's at least a few of us that might intervene, if he tries for a weapon.

[Syeira leans in the doorway, looking much more hail and hearty than she has since her revival. She has a repressed, but still peeking through, smile on her face, watching him juggle the toddler.]

I think this is becoming a favorite of Atroma, though this is younger than Arthur was by a long stretch.

[kickingand]

Good to know.

[ Dean knows he hasn't paid her even close to his full attention since she's come back from the dead - they've likely bumped up against each other in passing or something of the sort and he feels dickish that he hasn't done more. But he felt like it wasn't his place, was too distracted with Cas' departure (still is) and now he just feels kind of awkward about it altogether. ]

I swear, the next time an augment fucks with someone-- [ What're you gonna do about it, Dean? Even though he's once again back to setting little Sammy on the ground, watching as he toddles his way on over. ]

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[bythewaves]

What does he enjoy? The current stops are safe enough, although I warrant such a young one would like as not find more enjoyment to be had in Moxxie. Ask for my cousin Finrod, if any give you trouble.

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[kickingand]

Running around, chewing on everything he can find, being read to. Nothing where he's gonna get himself into trouble in the middle of waring factions.

Finrod's got an in?

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[bythewaves]

A very typical child, I see. [ Maglor smiles ] Yes, he has - Moxxie has claimed him - essentially on sight, I believe. But from my understanding they are the faction with the music and the plays and I think he would enjoy that.

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[interstices]

... Is that who I think it is?

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[kickingand]

If you're thinking it's Sam then yeah, you'd be right.

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[interstices]

Which one of you is usually older? I couldn't tell.