driftfleet | voice. a quick sad post.

Who: Sam Winchester
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: Red Fish
When: after a sad shuffle :C

[Sam's very much subdued the day that Dean vanishes. If he reacts more viscerally to it, to knowing that this Dean was returning to his inevitable death at Sam and satan's own hands, nobody'd know it — he closes himself up in his room, keeps himself distant for a little while. It helps, because it also gets him away from those damned echoes that have begun to snowball. He's tried his best to ignore them, and with Dean suddenly gone... he doesn't trust himself to be anything but stressed at the sight.

Anyway. Um. Best to move forward, right...? Get back into things. Working at the bar keeps his mind busy, as does helping with the garden, and there's also helping with the weird messages from the planet, and — dammit, Sam, get back into things. Fake it 'til you make it. This too shall pass, if you pretend hard enough that you're fine. So he breathes in deep, breathes out, and addresses the fleet.]

My brother, Dean, um. Dean Winchester's left the fleet. I wasn't sure how many people knew him, but...

[A pause.]

Anyone want to talk? I could use something to keep me occupied. Your choice of topic, just shoot. I can be a pretty good listener, too.

[Help me get out of this funk, huh.]

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It's entirely possible. I mean, technology does make sense, but...

Considering the planets we've visited, it's completely possible they're magic-based, or supernatural, or whatever it could be classified as. Nothing seems to be set in stone; I mean, anything could have a scientific explanation, but... it also could not.

Anything that could answer our questions is on the Marsiva, as far as I can tell.

Hmm...I'll grant you feeling someone's emotions because I'm holding their hand isn't exactly something I could get at Best Buy. [Does he know that reference?] It does seem like a mustant power to me, but unless they were altering our DNA and then putting it back that doesn't track either.

Yeah. It's hard to even say how magic and science interact, half the time.

It's a weird mish-mash I don't think we've even begun to understand, even with the augments.

Yeah, the augments. We'd be fighting with something in hour heads that can control our bodies, emotions, and thoughts. Piece of cake. [Funny how they got on this topic at all when she called to comfort him about Dean leaving. Sometimes distraction is helpful?]

[Distractions are always a blessing, thank you, Kitty.]

Oh, totally. The easiest job ever.

[He smiles a bit; progress.]

How much you want to bet glitches are pretty much constantly intentional?

I've been placing bets.

I don't think I'd want to bet against that. I assumed they were too. I'm less sure about the reasoning. Ratings? Testing us? Manipulating us?

Probably all of the above.

It just sucks that there's no real way of finding answers yet.

You can say that again. Just don't actually say that again. Too corny. [She gives him a little smile. And what is she talking about? She not-so-secretly loves corny. She just wanted to end on a lighter note. Might as well keep things as light as she can for him under the circumstances. Not that talking about why their mysterious overlords do what they do is light, but it beats talking about losing your brother.]

Hey, I've got some things I should do. But if you want to talk theories or plans with me anytime [or need distractions or want to talk about loss or get a drink or...well, there's an invitation here in general] you know where to find me.

Oh, yeah, sure thing.

[He smiles, and it's not as bright as usual, but it's a smile.]

... Thanks, Kitty.

Anytime. [And with that she cuts the line and is kind of sad she won't see Dean around herself.]

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