7208/Moonlighting.

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Moonlighting.
Date of Scene: 11 April 2019
Location: Apartment 214, Hugo Building (TBD)
Synopsis: Willow gets visited by Sam who thinks (wrongly) she may have been eaten by a grue, and reluctantly agrees to drag him along to tell Supergirl about her encounter with Incubus.
Cast of Characters: Willow Rosenberg, Sam Winchester




Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow's time was being eaten by all the things. So far she hadn't lost her job. She had to tell a little white lie and tell her employer that a member of the family was very ill and she'd been required to come help with caretaking duties - they'd been very understanding, but warned that while they sympathized, if it was going to carry on for longer than a few more weeks, they would have to find another person to fill her space.

To that end, Willow had taken a single night shift, followed by cramming a seminar into the next day, as well as a makeup test for one she'd missed last week, bemoaning her grade point average (it wasn't in any danger, but this is Willow we're talking about here), and taking the last handful of spare change she had in her pockets to grab a pizza on the way home. Maybe not a great use of her funds, but she was exhausted.

Locking her door behind her, collapsing on the couch, Willow checks her phone, and notes the calls and texts she'd missed all day, including one from Sam Winchester who'd been wondering just where the heck she'd disappeared to the past couple of days..

"Great," she sighs. "I forgot that." Because they'd been meant to check in with one another after the trail on the Librarian had gone cold. She was to keep poking at that tiger and get back to him. In the flurry of activity over Superman, she'd plumb forgot.

Sam Winchester has posed:
Speak of the devil... or boy with demon blood, and he shall appear.

Sam had left texts with Willow and got no reply, and in his line of work that necessitated a house call, just in case Something Bad (tm) had happened.

He makes his way through the lobby, chatting briefly with Marcus the guy down at the desk, who said, Willow had just gone up with a pizza, Sam breathed a whole lot easier, but that didn't mean he still wasn't going to go knock on her door and find out what's up.

That's why as Willow's just checking her phone there's a three Wookie sized knocks on the door followed by, "Hey Willow, you in there?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow was just realizing that her oversight in getting back to Sam sooner was likely a problem he was concerned about - she'd been friends with Buffy and company for long enough that she knew better, but the last week or so had been so darn busy that everything had gotten messed up and missed, and not just him.

She's just typing into her phone, <<Hey.. just saw these. Sorry, got waylaid by something. I promise to explain...>> when the knock on her door came.

With a startle, she hits send quickly, even though it's *him* at the door.

"Coming!" she calls out, hoping it's not someone appropriating Sam's body for nefarious purposes (John would be so proud of her for thinking that), causing her to pause at the door to demand, "Hey. How do I know it's you and not someone else?"

Sam Winchester has posed:
Forget John, Sam is impressed with that level of caution. At this rate he'd expect Devil's Traps above the doors and windows.

"Well first off," Sam says, putting down his bag and jacket and pulling his shirt up to his neck, he puts his anti-possession tattoo in front of the eye hole. "I've still got this, and second, you fell out of that bed in the crappy motel that night we got snowed in."

Okay there may have been some debate to if she'd fallen out or if he'd pushed her out in his sleep but he was sticking with his version of the story.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"I didn't fall out of bed," Willow says with slight embarrasment. "I forgot where I was and it was further to the floor than I expected." The petite witch's feet not touching ground as her half-asleep needing to use the bathroom self had expected. To be fair, she woke up rather quickly after that.

Willow opens the door and ushers Sam in. Honestly, if someone or something wanted to possess him well enough to draw that specific a memory of her up as an example, she'd rather deal with them in her apartment than see what other dirty laundry it had.

That, and she was pretty sure it was Sam.

Of course, she didn't know /his/ side of the story. She might have been rather more scandalized if she'd thought he'd pushed her!

"I know I didn't get back to you. I Promise I can explain. Uh.. I have pizza?" The panacea for all ills, and the universal apology. Of course.

Sam Winchester has posed:
Sam steps in when the door's opened, glancing upwards as he does, "You know you guys should really paint a Devil's Trap above the door," he observes. "In white, easier to hide, plus the landlord doesn't get on you about it." Pro tips from a Hunter in the rental market.

"Uh-huh," Sam says about Willows explanation of the fall. Honestly though he was just glad she didn't blame him.

"Pizza, pizza would be good. So what's been keeping you busy? School?" he waits her to direct him to the pie rather than hunting it down and digging in without, though he was close to being /that/ hungry.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
A Devil's Trap?

Willow had warded, saged, smudged, and salted the place to death, but that one was new on her. "I don't have white paint, but is there anything else we can use?" The door closed and locked behind Sam. "We're not complete idiots, though. There are other protections here."

Possibly not enough. Who knew?

Willow makes her way to the couch where she sits cross-legged, and opens up the pizza box - it's a small, because that's all she had money for - and grabs a slice with a small inward lament. Sharing with Sam meant peanut butter sandwiches for lunch tomorrow instead of leftover pizza, but it would be okay.

"Uh, not really sure you'll believe me when I tell you what's been up." Because yeah, she wasn't sure /she/ believed it.

Sam Winchester has posed:
"Oh, I've got some, we did the whole place when we moved in," Sam says as he takes a seat by the pizza, and grabs a slice. "I can bring some over next time."

There's a smile around the pizza. "Didn't think you were," he says. "Just thought about them when you asked if I was really me. Stops demons cold no matter who's skin they're wearing."

Sam looks skeptical when she tells him he won't believe her, "Please, I've been up to my neck in fairy weirdness this week /and/ Cas is dating someone, so, you're going to have to work hard to get weirder than that."

If only he knew.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Oh! You could do that," Willow says with a grin. That he's talking about coming back for a visit another time bodes terribly well for being forgiven. Though she has to wonder, "Wait, your angel is dating someone? Can they even do that?" Because while she didn't exactly buy into they were Ken dolls, she didn't think she knew of any lore where angels regularly cavorted in the more human of experiences.

Then again, by the way Sam talked about him, Castiel wasn't exactly a normal angel either. It was somewhat perplexing to the young witch.

"You can put that skeptical look away, Sam," the red-headed with tells him over a mouthful of pizza. "I got a call from Superman - well, I guess the Justic League - saying they needed and arcane consult. Me. I got to go to the Watchtower. And that's not even the weirdest part of it either."

Sam Winchester has posed:
"Sure thing," Sam says unaware he was even likely to hold a grudge. She got busy, didn't respond it happened, honestly he was just glad she wasn't monster food. "And apparently they can or Castiel can, or something? I mean I guess that's good for him but your reaction was pretty much the same as mine."

He gives a shake of his head.

Sam blinks. "Wait what?"

Okay so maybe she could surprise him.

"The Justice League? /The/ Justice League?" well colour him jealous. "What were they like? Did you meet Superman?" focus Sam, focus. "And it got weirder than that?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Your angel is weird," Willow declares as though she and her friends were the epitomy of normalacy. "I'd like that, though, if you could come and do that for us. Every little bit helps." Which was true in their line of work.

She happily munches on pizza waiting for Sam's incredulity to allow her to respond. "I know, right? I was shocked too. I had to go up in that zetaport thing, and then I didn't know what was going on. He was missing! Everyone was upset, and there was an attack." She shakes her head, remember. "There were so many important people there. It was weird."

Sam Winchester has posed:
"No argument here," Sam says tucking into his slice. "Cas is definitely not your typical angel," he says before nodding of the idea of coming over to help out. "Sure thing, and hey, if you want to come and ward our place, that'd be great, I am sure we've both dealt with stuff the other hasn't even heard of yet."

The rest was a lot to process even for Sam. "Whoa, hold on you beamed up to a space station to help find Superman who was there? Who'd you fight? And damn Superman is missing? Did you guys find him?" Yeah, the question storm keeps on raging! Someone maaaay be something of a fanboy.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow clamps a hand over her mouth, because unwittingly she's spilled those beans. "Oh, gosh. Please don't tell anyone about that, because if you do I could be in huge trouble and nobody is supposed to know. Besides, he's not missing." Anymore. Just out of commission. Very out of commission.

As to the other, she nods, "I could do that." Because there was never such a thing as too much warding in their business. "I'll smudge the place too." It not occuring to herself, or Sam, likely, that with an angel living in his apartment he's likely pretty safe.

Sam Winchester has posed:
Sam was always a fan of wards. "Sure thing, whatever you think we need, I'll even introduce you to Cas if he's around," he says.

Then it's on to the Superbusiness. "Wow, so you're keeping secrets for the Justice League?" he asks, maybe just a little touch jealous. "Did they make you a member?" he asks, though he's very quickly back on track. "So Superman was missing but now he's just, sick? And trust me, I'm not going to breathe a word of this to anyone, I mean it's Superman, people would go nuts if they knew he wasn't out there."

Which probably explain why his filter on the Daily Planet App didn't ping with anything about this. No need to spread panic.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Oh?" Willow seems intrigued at the thought of meeting an angel. "That might be fun." Mind, she's also seen Sam complaining about his non-sibling room mate, so your mileage may vary on that one.

"Oh please don't say anything," Willow entreats again. "They'd kill me if it got out." But she takes his reassurances at face value. Adding, "I don't know about that. I don't think they let people like me become members of the Justice League. I'm not really sure why I got picked anyway."

It was a thought that had her more than a little confused. Of all the magic users that could have been found, why her? Unless you counted the fact that the Enchantress and her brother Incubus seemed inordinately interested in her, and if you took that into account, sometimes the universe worked in mysterious ways to put people in particular paths at particular times.

Sam Winchester has posed:
Well to be fair Sam complained plenty of times about his sibling roommate too, but point very much taken. "And sure, it /could/ be fun," he says with a grin.

As for keeping secrets Sam gives Willow a patient look, "I'm a Hunter, secrets are my thing, you've got nothing to worry about," he says. "You can tell the Justice League that too, I am totally good wiht keeping their secrets. Any of their secrets. Honest."

As for membership. "I think there's supposed to be tryouts and a vote, or something, at least what they say in the chat rooms," he says. "Not that I spend much time there." Yes, Justice League fanboy chat rooms are a thing. "And must have really needed you, I mean I think the Justice League has a couple of in house magic people, so whatever their reasons its probably a good one. Think you're going to go back?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
That got her attention, Sam's little poke about the Justice League, "Are you saying.. what I think you're saying? Like you're not going to fanboy and ask for autographs if I take you along with me, are you?"

Because that would be embarassing.

He did have a point about Hunters, though, and that does get her to relax. "It's been really scary. There's been some really powerful magic involved. I actually helped, I think?" Other than the fact that she couldn't get that temptation out of her head, fueled by the matters of her own insecurities. "I kinda have to go back. There are these.. I don't know. But they keep trying to get to me. I think if I don't go back they'll still keep trying. I feel a lot sofer when I'm with the Justice League people."

Sam Winchester has posed:
"Whaaat? No, god no, I totally wouldn't," Sam says oh-so unconvincingly. "But I mean if you wanted to take me with you..." he says letting that hang there, hoping she'll pick it up.

Just like Sam's fanboying got Willow's attention, Willow's talk of people trying to get to her get's Sam's attention. "I am sure you helped, I mean they wouldn't invite you up for nothing." Then on to the troubling bit. "Who tried to get to you? What did they do?"

Sam had a bit of experience with that, what with the whole demon blood thing. Not that it's been a story he's exactly told Willow.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Okay..." Willow says, worrying her lower lip. "I tell you what. I'll bring you along with me. I have to go and report something anyway.."

Which was nothing but true. She still had to tell someone what had happened with Superman. And after that, tell John too. Not that she wanted to, but if John found out on his own, things would be infinitely more difficult for the girl. She could imagine his disappointment already..

(in which we fade and segue into Sam meets the Justice League and may or may not embarrass Willow who has important things to tell Kara!)