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[taravata]

You said you could do this, did you lie?

I didn't ask for this. I didn't ask for it this way. [ He grunts in pain- ] Stop it. Stop it now.  Get out of my head--

You're scared, you're nervous. You don't deserve what God has bestowed on you. I see now that this is His way of taking it back. You've failed His test -- then again most humans are like you: too weak to pass.

I'm just a man. That's all I am, all I ever was, ever will be.  I never asked for this. Never said I was gonna save anyone-- I can't.  I just gotta get out.

[ Spoken in a yell - ]

I just gotta get out, goddammit.



[ ooc: Sorry for the delay! Backdated to Mid-day. Likely, no one will respond but this is more for announcing the event.

Orange is Anna and Teal is Castiel. ]

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

What's comin' after us? [ What if this moment lasts only a minute? What if the barrier will close - ] To hell with that, Castiel! We-- I gotta go through. Now. While the damn thing's still wide open.

[ Even with his energy dragging, he forces his way past Anna and Castiel and toward the edge of the ocean - how he plans to cross it, well, he didn't exactly plan that properly did he? ]

I brought it down. [ He glances toward the water, edging one foot in. ] You got wings, don't you? Both of you.

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[rehymenator]

[ Castiel looks to Anna briefly, before settling into a decisive (mostly) answer. He is largely unimpressed with this stubborn trait that humans seem to tend to have. Castiel's first instinct is to forbid Ben from even nearing the barrier. ]

I don't know what is out there, exactly. I know that it will get you killed.

[ Of course, without that willful stubbornness, Castiel and Anna's world would have been sucked quite literally into hell, so. His tone of voice is not as strong in his denial of Ben's request as he might like it to be. ]

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[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

You're certain?

[It isn't that she questions Castiel, exactly, it's that they've tried so hard. To fix this place, to stop the pain it causes or at least allow those who wish to escape it.]

That can't be.

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It's my choice. [ He declares, though the quiet of his voice points to uncertainty. Castiel could be right, an angel, surely would know, but he's too close to just back off. How many days, minutes had he spent trying to figure a way out?

And here it was. ]

Then I'll find a way. By myself. Neither of you're needed no more. I'll handle it on my own. [ Steal a boat, or something of the sort. ]

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[rehymenator]

[ The look Castiel gives Anna indicates the only thing he is certain of is that something isn't quite right, but he also finds himself eager to investigate. The problem is he isn't sure he wants to bring Ben along for the look-see. ]

We could easily stop you.

[ But even those words have very little confidence behind them. Ben's his own man, with his own decisions to make (besides, he's the one that just brought the entire barrier down). And Castiel really does want to go take a look at the situation out there. He looks to Anna again, this time a question quirking up his eyebrows. Should they go? If they do, should they take him with them? ]

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Why? [ He turns toward Castiel, raising him a piercing glance. ] I asked you 'cause I knew you were ones I could trust. Angels.

[ Ben pauses. He is clearly nervous about being up front about what would otherwise be blasphemy. ]

You know what I can do. I thought you'd understand. But in the end, it's my choice- whether I go or not. Ain't any your business. [Stated even more firmly.] We ain't even from the same world.

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[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Enough. Both of you. [The last thing Anna wants is more fighting. She's tired of it. Tried to get away from it and it never leaves her. Turning to Ben, she chooses to ignore Castiel for the moment.]

You're tired, that had to take a lot of you. Stay, try and prepare those you can.

[She gives a glance to Cas.] We'll check things out and come back.

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[rehymenator]

[ It's not often that Castiel looks so frustrated - sighing and moving to argue until Anna speaks to Ben. He knows the look in the man's features. It's the same hard-headed attitude he had seen in Dean, even in Sam and Bobby.

It's what makes Castiel feel somewhat akin to him.

At Anna's second suggestion, however, Castiel is back on board. It would take less time and be much wiser for the two angels to go and scout the situation without Ben for now. Whether he accepts that opinion is another story entirely. ]