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Who: Sam Winchester
Broadcast: TEXT. Fleetwide.
Action: N/A (but we can if you have an idea, just pm or plurk me!)
When: Today!

These masks continue to be a pain in the ass, huh?

But I guess the alternative is being laid up in bed sick — which I don't recommend, in case you're feeling brave, because seeing the people who took off their masks isn't inspiring any faith here. As for me, I'm needing a little break from travelling around down there in all that questionable toxin. Not exactly my cup of coffee, you know? Prefer more open roads, more green and, uh. An ocean I can smell and not go into coughing fits over.

Maybe I'll just spitball some stuff to pass the time while I question what I'm eating from these kitchens? I'm feeling nosy. Call it an acquired skill set, being nosy. Back in the other place I was trapped in, I mostly gathered information about our bestiary; monsters from all kinds of worlds would fall into the world with us, and I did my fair share of fighting some pretty rough creatures. Including the killer rabbits that would try to sabotage my garden. They're small, fast, and aim for the jugular, FYI.

Anyway, pick a number, any number —

1. Favorite fairy tale, ghost story, or piece of folklore.
2. Favorite thing about the other worlds you've been to? (Least favorite, too, if you're feeling like getting it off your chest? I'm a crappy psychiatrist, fair warning.)
3. Ever run into people who know you from a book, movie, or game? Or, uh... manga?
4. War games — which do you prefer, and why?
5. Magic in your world: real or fiction?

I figure I'm being totally transparent, but I'm a big fan of information gathering. But it's also... actually really nice to be in one place long enough to get to know people. How often do you have the chance to learn about alternate universes? Small pluses.

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Your dad took you with him?

[To shady places, sure, but Asuka envies that kind of camaraderie. Even as a child, her father wasn't much more than an entity that shared half her name.]

Darts were part of my therapy. Practicing helped get my accuracy back on the level it used to be.

Not anymore. There were some near-apocalypses.

On occasion. More often than not I stayed in a motel, but when I got old enough to follow him along I definitely took a lot of opportunities to play.

You've dealt with near-apocalypses, too??

What did your father do?

Near is understating it, honestly. A third of Earth's population died during the first one. That was before I was born.

I didn't think it was that common. How many have you gone through?

Edited 2016-04-14 01:52 (UTC)

He was a hunter. Um. Investigator of sorts. We'd look into mysterious deaths around the country and if something supernatural was involved, we'd stop it from continuing its murder count.

And honestly... Uh... Maybe... three?

Maybe three near-apocalypses. We're possibly working on dealing with a fourth. I only count one as an apocalypse in title, though. Because it was literally called the Apocalypse, you know? Seems more prevalent.

[Beyond the text, he's faltering a bit in his typing.

It's no mystery to people who know him well... the Apocalypse is a difficult subject.]

Edited 2016-04-15 07:43 (UTC)

Is that what you were doing before you got here, or was that just your father's job?

[Three. Asuka chews her lip unseen. She almost wants to ask if everyone was reduced to eating goopy supplements worse than what's on the ships, or had attempted to colonize the moon, but decides not to press on that aspect.]

A fourth? Is it the same group trying to destroy it every time?

It was my job, I guess. Um. Family business.

And actually... no. Somehow it's never the same thing.

Go figure.

Edited 2016-04-17 09:53 (UTC)

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[To be curious or to be kind. Asuka can tell he really doesn't want to keep on this subject, so abruptly, awkwardly, she swaps it.]

We should play sometime.

[He smiles faintly where he sits.]

Sounds good. I'd like that.

We gotta stay sharp, right?