Caritas, Saturday

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It felt like a lifetime ago since Jane was last in New Mexico. And maybe there was some nostalgia in where the island brought them to today. But, luckily for Jane, Tino didn't care about any of that and went with the most cliche specials of the day.

Because Tino gonna Tino.

Specials
Cosmonaut
Space Oddity
Alien Abduction

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Comments

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I don't know if I'm offended by all this or not," Sabine said when she came in.

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"We can blame Tino if you are," Jane suggested. "I would have picked a Norse theme."

For personal reasons.

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"I meant all of it. But this is definitely playing into it. While looking sort of good," she said.

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"Ahhh," Jane said with a nod. "Well, you can order something and decide that way."

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"Let's try the Cosmonaut," she said,. "Space Oddity is a little on the nose when you're from
Space."

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"It's based off a song if it helps any," Jane said, getting started on that for her. "How've you been?"

It was almost like they'd both been just MIA for reasons or something.

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"Went home for a while," she said. "Now I'm learning about new states. What about you?"

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"Also spent time back home. Well, New Asgard." Which sort of counted. "Different home."

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"You have two homes?"

If you asked Sabine, so did she.

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"Well, here," Jane said. "And I used to live in New York before I went to New Asgard. It's a lot of places, I guess."

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"Do you like all the places?" Sabine asked.

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"Oh yeah, they're all nice." Well. "Some are more stable than others. This past week being a case of being weird."

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"I feel like this place is a whole other story," Sabine said. "There's nice and then there's the Old West."

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Jane had to laugh at that. "It's not that bad."

Just a meth dessert outside of town!

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"Not that bad," she allowed. "But the lampposts are alien heads. And I don't know aliens who look like that."

Maybe Bith, kind of.

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"I don't think they're even real aliens back home either," Jane replied. "It's more... the fake version that people believed for years before any actually became public."

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Sabine nodded. "I checked out one of the museums. It was something."

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"That bad?" She hadn't really spent much time with the museums when she'd been in the state.

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"It's a lot of conspiracy talk," she said. "People are very interested about the coverup of the existence of alien life."

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"Well, people like to think things happen for a reason," Jane replied. "And conspiracy lends to that."

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"I've also never been quite sure why non-human life here would have to be a big deal, but I know I'm very biased," Sabine said.

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"Well, before at least, there wasn't any tangible proof we weren't alone out here," Jane explained. "Theories, yes."

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"There's not exactly a lot to this solar system," she agreed.

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"Oh yes, it takes more to get to the nearest inhabited area," Jane agreed. "Apparently most of them use jump points. Stabilized wormholes. It's really fascinating."

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"That's what they do here?" Sabine asked.

[single_man_tear]

"Hey, fancy meeting you here," Dean said taking a seat at the bar. "What's the drink of the day?"

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"Themed with the new locale," Jane replied with a quick grin. "Or just a beer maybe."

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“Hmm. Well if Tino came up with the specials, I’ll have the beer,” Dean said with a grin. “Busy night?”

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"Thankfully no," Jane replied, grabbing a glass to pour from the tap for him. "But there was a lot of moving stuff that I think had been put off for a while."

So many kegs. Just so many kegs.

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“So that took you two seconds while you juggled them one handed?” Dean teased.

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"Well, maybe," Jane said, preening maybe a little bit at it. "But now it's done, I have time to chat."

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Dean smiled and for a second there he almost looked bashful. Nervous even. “That’s good! Because I’ve been meaning to chat with you about something. Nothing bad! Just something I… I’ve been meaning to say but haven’t had the courage to say it out loud.”

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"Oh?" That was still something that made you pause!

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"These last few months being on the island and being with you? I don't think I've ever had a happier time in my life," Dean said, looking at Jane sincerely.

He reached out for her hands, trying to bolster his confidence. In the past whenever he admitted this to someone or someone admitted to him it always backfired on him somehow.

"The truth is, Jane, I'm-"

He paused and took a deep breath.

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Oh, Jane for sure inhaled deeply at that, eyes going wide. Because maybe this was still coming as a bit of a shock here.

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"Jane I'm in woof-ah-rooo"

Wait. What?

Dean looked down and saw his clothes had fallen down and in his place he was covered in fur.

SON OF A BITCH

Well that's what he tried to say but it came out as some frustrated barks.

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"...I should have expected that," Jane admitted with a sigh.

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Dean let out a huff and laid his head down on the bar. He let out a long pitiful whine of frustration.