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taxonomites2009-11-10 09:18 pm
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003: [Visual] Don't shoot the guest, Dean. He gets enough of that at home.
Mary had been sorely tempted to have this conversation without being visible to the boys, but after some consideration, she had opted to set the tablet on a setting that allowed them to see her. It had taken her a while how to use the device, and she was glad to finally be adjusting to all of the new technology of the city. Everything in Taxon served to remind her that she was a long way from Lawrence, though even a closer match to their home wouldn't have felt like one without John. For that reason alone, there were days when she could appreciate how different Taxon was. Fortunately, today was one of them.
"Boys," she started, quickly remembering that her conversation would be picked up by anyone who was listening. "Dean, Sam, and Toby." That was better. No one would listen to that unless they happened to have the same name as one of them. "I just wanted to warn you that I have a friend staying at the house for a couple of days." Friend wasn't the best choice of word; Nathan was more an acquaintance than anything else, but she would consider him a friend if this went well. "I'd still like the three of you to spend as much time here as you've been - and Toby, I'm dying to meet this girlfriend of yours - but please, try to be nice to Nathan." She knew that Sam and Toby would be able to pull it off. Dean, on the other hand...
"And by nice, I mean leave your weapons in the car while he's here, alright?" Mary glanced up, her eyes wandering over to a picture on the mantel of John and the boys. She sighed, leaning back into the couch cushions and staring down at the tablet again. "Any questions?" It seemed like a fairly simple arrangement to her, but this wasn't what they were used to. The boys would need a few days to get comfortable with it, and by then, Nathan would probably be back in his house.
Regardless, Mary was glad to be getting the hard part over with. She wouldn't admit it to any of them, but she was looking forward to having someone in the house who was around her age and knew hardly anything about her. The boys had their own lives, but she only had them. She felt like she should be more social, and this was as good a time as any to start working on that.
"Boys," she started, quickly remembering that her conversation would be picked up by anyone who was listening. "Dean, Sam, and Toby." That was better. No one would listen to that unless they happened to have the same name as one of them. "I just wanted to warn you that I have a friend staying at the house for a couple of days." Friend wasn't the best choice of word; Nathan was more an acquaintance than anything else, but she would consider him a friend if this went well. "I'd still like the three of you to spend as much time here as you've been - and Toby, I'm dying to meet this girlfriend of yours - but please, try to be nice to Nathan." She knew that Sam and Toby would be able to pull it off. Dean, on the other hand...
"And by nice, I mean leave your weapons in the car while he's here, alright?" Mary glanced up, her eyes wandering over to a picture on the mantel of John and the boys. She sighed, leaning back into the couch cushions and staring down at the tablet again. "Any questions?" It seemed like a fairly simple arrangement to her, but this wasn't what they were used to. The boys would need a few days to get comfortable with it, and by then, Nathan would probably be back in his house.
Regardless, Mary was glad to be getting the hard part over with. She wouldn't admit it to any of them, but she was looking forward to having someone in the house who was around her age and knew hardly anything about her. The boys had their own lives, but she only had them. She felt like she should be more social, and this was as good a time as any to start working on that.
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"This place is worse when you're adjusting to it than it is after you've settled in. And the - what do you call them - glitches? Glitches aside, Taxon isn't that unusual." Except for the tablets, and the hatches, which had become normal to all of them. "How long has she been here?" Mary hadn't exactly been keeping track, but she knew that Olivia had shown up shortly after her arrival in the city.