11092/Dean meets a Contessa

Dean meets a Contessa
Date of Scene:	18 February 2020
Location:	The Coffee Bean - Manhattan
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Ekaterina Vespucci, Dean Winchester

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Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
It is evening and Ekaterina Vespucci has made her way to The Coffee bean to top up her caffine levels. She does not sleep much and has alot of balls in the air so this excursion is necessary. Presently she is dressed in a manner that fits right into the University crowd. She is wearing a beanie and sweater. As is usual Kat is alone though much to the chagrin of her small private army. Word on the street about this tiny creature is that she is a 'crime lord' - though she looks like a freshman. Kat waits patiently in line but winds up getting cut in front of. NYC manner - she rolls her large cornflower blue eyes and swears under her breath in Italian.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean Winchester. Rogue. Hunter....pink convertible driver? Dean's put a pink convertible in the lot and got out, joining the crowd and line behind Ekaterina. He looks over the line (being taller helps at times). glancing back to Kat. Dean goes to speak, then thinks better of it. Past few days have been rough. Car got jacked. Phone got borrowed and returned...

And he just wants coffee. Looking over the line again, Dean grouses at it. He's got a fake badge in his pocket. Health inspector. He could use that. Or....wait in line like a good little boy...

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
And as if by magic with Deans appearance Kat gets jostled to the back of the line again and right back into the hunter extraordinaire. "Hey!" Kat protests as a particularly ruse hipster displaces her small frame. She is a small thing. She could use some of her mutant abilities to even up the score here but she regards that as being an abuse of power. "Sorry..." she says as she is pushed in to Dean with a helpless but charming smile.

Dean Winchester has posed:
"Don't worry" Dean says and fixes the hipster with a look. "Look, can my assitant and I go in front of you? We're from the city's civic utilities, We gotta make sure the coffee's safe to drink and the food isn't expeired" he says with a nod. Health inspector? Of course. Now the hipster's got Dean riled up. Dean slips out of line, and comes back a few moments later with his tropy. The hipster's folding bike. Because. Small victories. he nods to Kat. "Come with me" he offers, marching right to the head of the line, flashing the health inspector badge (with his thumb over the name, no less)

"Sorry but we gotta cut in front of you" he says to the poor soul waiting and about to step to the counter.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
The hipster is taken aback by the deluge of events as they mount up - someone has his bike and is using credentials to push ahead. He simply is rooted in place - there is not much fight in him. Kat gets yanked ahead with the hunter, "Nice play," she remarks not resisting.

Dean Winchester has posed:
And that's how Dean deals with hipsters...

Efficiently. "Thanks" Dean mutters. "Got a badge, figured I'd use it aftr that beanie wearing, latte drinking with goat milk, too tight jean wearing asshole figured he'd asert his dominance" Dean mutters more, watching the counter, Dean nods to Contessa. "You go first" he offers. Because when Dean gets into pretending to be a health inspector....all hell's gonna break loose.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Ah I would like to... test a large long black to see whether it is contaminated," Kat attempts to fit into the role of health inspector assistant. There will be hell to pay later as she is a regular here. Lies always come back to haunt you - which is why Kat the self styled Lady Artifice tells the truth for the most part in a roundabout way.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean nods, watching the barista and noting Kat's hesitance. "What she said. I'm uncertain if any of your products are unfit to serve" he offers. Unlike Kat, Dean's used to moving in a web of fake identities, and fake badges and, and....IDs and such. Looking over Kat, then the barista, Dean smiles.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
Kat is about to ask Dean his name but stops acknowledging the ruse requires them to seem like they know eachother. "So what's the gossip back at the office?" The small cute thing asks. She leaves any honest conversation to later.

Dean Winchester has posed:
"Same old, same old" Dean says. "Gossip, well, Marjorie's run off for a Caribbean cruise with Joe from the power department" Dean says, spinning a plausible story. Or trying to. "That leaves Joe's wife spitting nails. So she's sleeping with her divorce attorney, all before the cruise happened" Dean adds, "More mundane gossip? We got new printers and coffee machines. They came without any cables. So our gopher had to run out and get enough cabling for 20 coffee makers" Dean nods sagely.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Ah," Kat says as she gets her coffee and waits for Dean to get his. "Do we perform the tests in the store here or do we do them elsewhere?" Kat asks. "You are the boss after all?"

Dean Winchester has posed:
"We get the paperwork and the other guys come in, do the tests" Dean says, inspecting the cookie/muffin/etc case with a nod. Looking over to Katt again, Dean nods. "Alright, so we know what to do, now..." Dean smiles. "Now we do our thing" he adds. Honest conversationw il happen, yes. Honest conversation is Dean's thing at times.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"We do 'our' thing?" Kat says looking, "Like right here?" she says keeping everything vague. "At or on one of the tables over there," rich with innuendo Kat remains deliciously vague. She sips her coffee and steps to one side to let the next person in.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean's not a stranger to innuendo. Nope. He's caught it and nods. "Gotta make sure everything's up to scratch" he addsds with a grin. "Right here, tables, the walls are built properly, the counter's strong enough. THe works" he nods, doing the air quote thing with his hands. Inuendo's a great thing. Plus Dean's naturally a forward moving guy. And he thinks Kat is sorta cute, too.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
Kat nods and makes her way towards the table, "So does my white knight have a name?" she asks as she sits. She introduces herself first however in Italian no less , "Sono La Contessa Ekaterina di Vespucci." The anacronistic introduction is paired with a slight curtsey.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean's got a million IDs, and now he's dropping the health inspector act, he smirks. "I'm aware of who you are. Your name's familiar to me, Ekaterina. I'm Dean" he says. Oh he's hesitant to give his last name, that's for sure. The Winchesters are definitely not saints or law abiding good guys. Sometimes, the road to hell's paved with great intetions.

"Dean. Dean Winchester" he says finally, with a hesitant pause.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Are you a relative of Sam Winchester? I met him in the company of an Angel of the Lord a year or so back. Distasteful misanthropic thing called Castiel. I am a devout Catholic who even went so far as to inform Ares that he didn't exist when I met him - but this Angel tested even my faith." She was too flighty for dour Castiel. And he seemed to like her evil older sister Selene - he had a thing for bad girls. The one thing Kat though often accused of being was 100% not.

Dean Winchester has posed:
"Yeah he's my little brother" Dean says with a smile. "Ah, angels" he nods and looks amused then studies Kat. She's not bad looking, really. Cute, even. Dean doesn't call many 'cute'. Kat gets that distinction.

"Castiel. You know Castiel?" he asks with a slow tone to his voice. Well, she knows Sam, and Castiel, and now him. Is she secretly a member of their hunter's network without telling anyone? Maybe. Just maybe...

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"I have met him - and know of him," Kat clarifies with respect to castiel. "The question I guess that lingers is how do the both of you know an angel? And what are you doing gracing a coffee place with one? Are you hunters or zealots or somesuch?

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean shrugs. We are hunters" he says with a nod to Kat. "We hunt demons, vampires, werewolves. Whatever needs hunting. We do it" he adds with a knowing smile. "Castiel helps us, and in return we help him out" Dean nods. Vague. Dean. Vague....but also useful

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Been hunted myself a bit - and put hunters onto other things," Ekaterina admits, "Including my older brother Krule - I put a puritan hunter Solomon Kane on his back - after he'd tried to kill me on more than one occasion. he of course counted that as a betrayal. Typical." Whaich raises the question of what the hell Kat is if she is drawing the attention of hunters.

Dean Winchester has posed:
"But that" Dean sighs. "Is justified. You wre defending yourself" he adds and nods, looking over the line then to Contessa again. "If I put a hunter on Sammy, I'd be dead" he admits. "If I was dumb enough to try asking somebody to hunt Castiel..." he adds and trails off. That's a death sentence right there. No, not trying to kill angels today. He actually likes Castiel,oddly enough.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Krule might have disagreed - we were at an impasse and were technically at peace. But he was a savage - a cannibalistic murderer - and I could not have him in my domain - which was quite a big one - over a thousand years ago in Europe." She sips her coffee, "My family - they are mutants - most being of a much less magnanimous measure than others - we have a tendency to go Game of Thrones on eachother too too easily."

Dean Winchester has posed:
"Long life and family huh?" Dean asks with a smirk. "See, History's all books and words on a page. so since your folks are mutants, you're what...a....a walking history book?" he adds with a raised eyebrow and watches her with a smirk. Dean's a forward momentum guy. He grins. "See. Sammy did that to me. I'd try to work it out. Though...." he says with a nod and a slug of coffee. "Different situations"

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"I'm an External - there are relatively few of us - the oldest of us can bost an origin right at the dawn of human history. But I was not born as a direct part of any lineage. I was simply an accident as most of us were - I was born in Italy - about 800 A.D. I was called Engelberga of Parma back then - wound up Empress of the Holy Roman Empire - which is kind of modern Germany approximately. I still have my crown lying about my compound somewheres." After another sip, "So that's me - what have you been up to?"

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean whistles. "Oh, so you knew Charlemagne?" he asks. It's meant as a jab. But comes off more as an awed question. "You. Knew. Charlemagne?" he repeats, in awe of this. Okay. This woman is way, way more interesting than she appears. This little woman, oh yeah, frigging Empress Coffee drinker over here. Oh he'd love to get to know history. Well, beyond hiss history anyway.

"So go on, I'm interested. What was it like in that time?" he asks. Okay, Dean /might/ be dating somebody. But Ekaterina's just flat out interesting

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Charlemagne, Queen Isabella of Spain, Elisabeth Bathory, Lucrezia Borgia - getting more modern Benito Mussolini." She shrugs, "A few more - but if you are around a while you get to know things. Benito was the most recently regrettable - there is aphoto of me with him. And Botticelli got me drunk enough to paint a nude at one stage - but don't look it for reference - he liked a certain type of female form - very pear shaped."

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean's impressed. "No way" he says. "You're BSing me ain't ya?" he adds with an incredulous look. "You're kidding, you're kidding" he says and holds up hands. "If you really did know them...then....then....go on. Tell me about the most interesting ones" he offeres"

Free history lesson? Yes, yes please

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Not sure how interesting they are to me - briefly though - Benito was the biggest logistical comedy show I ever encountered. He was using WW1 weaponry in WW2. I had flings with a couple of the aforementioned people. Bathory became quickly an ex. She had obvious unsavory habits. Earned her the moniker Countess Dracula after all." She hands over a juicy detail with the latter story. "You must have a story or two of a good hunting." Ekaterina avoids too much detail with exposition - it is a bit late for a long story she thinks. Her tryst with Bathory should be salacious enough she hopes.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean listens, impressed. "See, history books were accurate" he nods looking amused. "So, you're like...this ancient walking history book huh? Well" he shrugs. "See. You're interesting and a good recounter of history" he nods.

There's that unddertone of Dean would like to get to know Kat. There's also the whole 'Dean is not single' argument in his head.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Things usually get distorted - but not for ill reason - sometimes just to make previous political necessities more current. America has been one of the worst offenders there - I've always taken issue with the Civil war's present interpretation. But let's leave it at that - I was not even in America at that time."

"Though notably I did marry Amerigo Vespucci's father and therefore I am the stepmother of America," she notes cynically. "Little shit hated me - even though I bankrolled him." Yes Kat even had her role in founding America or so she maintains. "Well all of that aside - you have spent some time with the powers that be - if Castiel is a marker. Any inside info to offer?"

Dean Winchester has posed:
"I'll tell you if you dish the dirt" Dean says cagily. "What do you wanna know?" he asks with a grin, sipping coffee. Dean's no gossip girl. Wrong gender. But hey. he can spill the beans if it's with enough incentive. Becase. hey. Hey. he's like that and generous and all that. "Amerigo? Bah. History shows he was something. Just what? I don't know!" he offers with a smirk. "So. Whatcha wanna know?"

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"How about the big guy? How about God? I am a good Catholic girl technically. Got anything on the big G?" Kat cuts straight to the lean avoiding the fat. "Oddly enough I know some pagans who migh tobject to my asking."

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean raises an eyebrow. "If I tell you, what will I get for it?" he wonders. No need to be smited...smote...smitten. No definitely not smitten!
"The big guyy Dirt?" Dean asks. And he spills the dirt on the big G. Just like/that/

He's prepared for holy retribution, to. But in Dean's world. Pretty ladies get what they want. Contessa is pretty enough.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"What do you want for it? A 'night in heaven' is easy enough but rather weak. You must have want of something better? I am an artist of no small renoun - with commercial galleries in every major city in the US. Perhaps some work of salutory art? A Winchester Arc de Triomphe?"

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean grins. "Something that my family can be proud of" Dean says with a knowing smile. "Something that is truly brillaint"

Yeah not much of a thing to go off of. But, Dean's vague like that at times. he's figuring that.the artist knows what is truly brilliant. "So" Dean muses. "Something truly brilliant"

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"And that is what the main man is up to? Sounds intruiging." Kat says without entusiasm. 'Are you up to anything yourselves? The Winchester I mean?" An openining to trouble if ever warranted - Kat chases Dean's latest conflict.

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean grins. "Actually looking into a mystery. Tell me why a drummer in a band would be turned vampire and stalk the guy who replaces him?" Dean asks. "Then get dusted. Stalk the guy, attack him after a show. Get dusted. We're looking into that. You wanna help?" Dean asks with a grin. "Looking into the folks around the band. Rumor is" Dean nods tapping his nose. "That the leading lady and the guy who went vamp were dating" Dean shrugs.

Ekaterina Vespucci has posed:
"Which death and endlessly recycled band? And wo is this drummer? I am no vampire myself - actually they kind of die of they bite me. I'd love to help - no mistake."

Dean Winchester has posed:
Dean shrugs. "Five Times Novel. You know Shaw Studios, right? They recorded there. There's the raven from that. I know him, smart kid. But he had a vampire problem. It died by drumstick" Dean says lazily. "O'bry, the formre drummer was dating Kip. They split. Bad drama happened. And so..." Dean muses. "O'bry stalks the new drummer, goes to a show, gets staked with a drumstick. Poor guy's freaked the hell out" Dean says gently.