[ If there's one thing Jo knows, it's that when talking to Dean about anything, it's safer to bring alcohol. So when, just a moment or two later, she comes out of the kitchen she's got two bottles of beer in each hand. Just in case.

She's already talked to Sam - about how he wants to handle bringing Dean up to speed on everything - but she figures this has got to be a little overwhelming for him. Especially after her whole dream fiasco, right after getting to Asgard in the first place, and maybe she wants to help him hate everything just a little less. ]

Hey. [ Jo sets the bottles down on the counter, opening them up and handing one to him. ] How's it going?

Yeah, you definitely picked one of the worse curses to pop in on.

[ She just watches him for a minute before grabbing her own. ]

You talk to Sam?

[ Jo takes a long drink from her bottle, trying to figure out the best way to talk about this without either a) pissing Dean off, or b) screwing something up. ]

Last curse, [ she starts, pointing one of her fingers up off her glass and pointing at him, trying to make it seem as casual as she can ] had the whole city covered in those candy heart things. If you stepped on one, it forced you to do all this crazy shit to the first person you saw. Kiss 'em, compliment 'em, punch 'em in the face... [ she shrugs. ] This place isn't a cake-walk, don't get me wrong, but it's not usually so R rated.

[ As for the Sam thing, she kind of drops her eyes from him. ]

Yeah, well. Apparently you two go through some crazy shit in the future.

I dunno about here. Some things, yeah, especially the bracelets. But the natives live like it's medieval england or some shit and there's no internet. [ Obviously because internet is the basic necessity for the future. Ask Ash, he's having a real issue with it. ] Last I knew from back home it was 2009, so I can't really help you with that.

Can you do something about that? Sam's whole... [ She motions to the top of her head, making a face that's supposed to mean his hair cut. ] It's getting a little out of hand. More and more every time I see him.

Sorry?

[ But she's not really. Not when she knows he at least gets to see the rest of it. That's where her line ends, as far as she knows. ]

Either way, it's pretty bad. Maybe wait till he's sleeping?

You could drug him.

[ She's kidding, of course. But she shrugs all the same, because while she might have been able to help him out on the updating bit, she'd promised Sam. ]

It's just an idea.

[ But he seems to be in a better mood, and that makes her smile a little easier. ]

You could use your powers too. What house did you end up in?

You get powers when you get here, smart one. Did you listen to the welcome party?

[ Not like Jo did when she got here, but she's been here almost five months now so those are just details. ]

Freya's are... uh. Charm and energy transfer, right?

Well you have powers. Surprise.

[ There's a moment when she just kind of watches him, gauging his reaction, before she stands up from where she was leaning on the bar and takes a drink from her bottle. ]

It's not that bad, you know. [ A pause, and then she's shrugging a little. ] I mean, it's no home. And it's pretty shitty half the time, but it's not bad. Or I guess 'it could be worse' works better.

So maybe you can stop acting like it's the end of the world [ oh the irony of that statement in so many different ways ] and enjoy the downtime. Just a thought.

[ she stares at him for a minute, trying to figure out if she can read him or not. ]

Something else bothering you?

[ Yeah, she's going to take that hint and move right on. ]

Nothing you have questions about, maybe? [ She's looking for something, she really is. ] About the city, or your new welcome party, or the fact that we're kind of friends with King Arthur and Merlin...