Being Alone (D. Winchester)

2.53 Shojo

At a Japanese restaurant.

A guy was reading the japanese writing on the box.

The boys and i were holding coffees.

The guy read " Anata ga marou mono... Wa anata ka ra mo morau. It says, "what you took will be taken from you." Like, eye for an eye. You with me?"

I nodded.

Guy " Kono bin niwa syoujou zuke no sake ga hu-in sarete iru. "

Then he asked confused "Where'd you guys get this anyway? "

Sam " Why? Is – is there, uh, something the matter? "

Guy "Well, you're not superstitious, are you? "

He gave me the box.

Dean shook his head " Not at all. "

Guy " Because...this says the bottle inside contains a Shojo."

Dean asked confused " What's a... Shojo? "

Guy "An alcohol spirit. Look, it's just an old myth. I wouldn't worry about it. But they are not known for being friendly."

Someone inside the restaurant shouted in Japanese and the guy shouted in return.

Then he looked at us " Man I got to go."

Dean" Oh. Uh, hey, uh... There you go. "

He handed the guy some money.

The guy nodded "thank you"

At the motel.

We walked inside and i saw Garth performing some sort of martial art exercises in the courtyard to the rear of the room.

Sam" Garth. Where's Baxter? "

Garth walked into the room"Dude's a lot heavier than he looks, FYI. "

Randy was in the hot tub with a pillowcase over his head.

Garth handed Dean the EMF reader"But here. Thought you might want this back. "

Dean"You have the CEO of the douchiest microbrew in the US gagged in your hot tub? You really think that's gonna end well? "

Garth shook his head "I'm not feeling the love. "

Sam "All right. Shojo. Uh, let's see what we can see."

Then he sat down on the laptop.

Garth "What's Shojo?"

Dean" Japanese booze monster. "

Garth "I guess that would explain why you got to be drunk to see it. Very poetic"

Sam started reading " Okay. So, a Shojo is said to roam where there's lots of alcohol. There's lore saying that, back in the old day, if you were plastered enough, you could see one skulking around the breweries in Japan."

I was refilling my flask with whiskey.

Dean "Yeah, but why is this one shredding brewers' kids?"

Sam "Apparently, you can harness the will of a Shojo with the right spell box. Then you basically have an attack dog that you can sic on whatever sort of personal revenge mission you want. "

Dean "So Dale nabs one to punish his pals. "

Sam "Send the bottle, sooner or later it's popped open. Then you have a Shojo that will do whatever Dale compelled it to do right here on the box. "