[Open] Call Me Little Sunshine

[notoftheblood]

Who: Jack & various
What: catch-all log
Where: The Free cities, other locations will be added to headers.
When: Late November and December
Warnings: n/a, will update as needed!

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[righteously]

Of course you are.

He exhales slowly. It isn't quite... relief that he feels, but it's something. It's space in his chest, where previously things had been tensed so tight he couldn't even breathe. It seems like these days, the best he can hope for is to just buy himself another temporary inch of breathing room until that gets strangled out all over again.

He'll take what he can get.

"Okay. It's alright, that's- fine. It doesn't matter." Not to this kid, and not right now. His eyes open again, new resolve steeling them, something decisive settling into his posture. "Here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna get you back to the inn, we're gonna get you set up with the dungeons and dragons starter pack. Get you a room. Get me a drink. Then we'll sit down and go over the details. Sound good?"

[notoftheblood]

Rolling with the punches and taking the tiny victories, these were the ideologies he had been raised on. The little victories and the lives saved were worth everything, even when the world felt like it was crushing down on him.

Which, despite him trying to act fine, he certainly did feel like the world was crushing down on him.

He looks back to Dean once again when he speaks. Rapt attention on his every word. "The Dungeons and Dragons starter pack?" Had he ever had time to play? Probably not, but he'd learn it soon enough. "A drink sounds good, yes." He nodded after a second. "But we are heading the wrong way, aren't we?" He really had no idea where he was or where he was heading. He had caught the first wagon he saw going by just to explore.