Action/Video.

[collegedropout]

Who: Sam Winchester and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Space Bar or SS Bloodsport
When: The 9th - sometime these next few days.
(Note: feel free to take your time tagging this if you have a calibration with him! Or we can wrap it up quick or plan out the ending, whatever you prefer! No rush.)

[ACTION.]

[So — Sam got updated. Thank fucking christ. Nami, you'd better be ready for him to excitedly knock on your door at some point. You can also find Sam at The Space Bar, where he's right back to bar-tending. Feel free to stop by if you need him. But as everyone settles back into normalcy aboard the fleet, Sam makes a new entry to the network. Gotta air out that dirty laundry business.

A few days after they've returned home:]

[VIDEO.]

So, um. That was something, huh...?

[He clears his throat, drums his fingers on top of an old red book.]

Let's just clear the room — I wanted to apologize for... anyone who had gone into my head, or whatever you want to call it. I know there's a lot in there that isn't exactly pleasant to deal with. But I'm cool with it. I mean, I remember it all, and I'm totally fine with everything. So if you're worried about the whole trespassing thing... I'll get over it.

I'm just... I'm sorry, because I know some of it was... Yeah.

[He's dealt with worse. Far worse.]

There are some things for me to be thankful for, right now, in better news; I got a quick trip back home between the Marsiva and the Bloodsport. See, um... My brother, he made it out of a predicament in one piece when I was sure he was gone. And I did, too. Somehow. And I got to meet my mom. Like, in the flesh, as herself.

So as shitty as this month has been in some respects... I'm... just happy I've got her and my brother.

[Ehem.]

Anyway. Enough of the sappy serious stuff.

Anyone want to rent out a book? I'm starting to get quite a collection here.

I've got a list, I'll post it for you guys.

[ATTACHMENT://

IT by Stephen King (Peggy)
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Rick)
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Arthur)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Bucky)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Sawyer)
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss]



... And...

[He holds up two more: All My Friends are Dead by Avery Monson and Jory John, and... The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories by Alisa Surkis and Monica Nolan. He winces.]

Look, I'm not going to kink shame — but someone please take the horse one. You can pass it around like it's The Ring video for all I care.

Comments

[Video]

[collegedropout]

It is, yeah. But when you're limited on reading materials, it's a book for all ages.

I mean, an adult can appreciate the importance of not letting a bird drive a vehicle.

[padadin]

[Ok, that makes him chuckle. That's a way to look at it, Sam.]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone around here comes from a world with driving birds. [After a pause, he can't help adding.] Sorry about the dinosaur book, by the way. It sounds like a mean joke.

[Atroma sure has a twisted sense of humor.]

[collegedropout]

[He smiles a little, perhaps a bit sadly.]

Kind of mean, but I'm, used to mean.

It's, uh, not a terrible book. Once you get over the meanness.

[padadin]

It's not a thing you should be used to.

[He says as if he wasn't also getting used to a life of war and painful memories. Details! That last comment though - Shiro arches his eyebrow.]

It's not? What is it even about?

[collegedropout]

... It's pretty much about what it sounds like.

But — it's got some good jokes in there.

[He flips to a page, and — ]



[Ah, good ol' Tuesday.

Fuck Tuesday.]

[padadin]

[Shiro isn't sure of what he's been expecting, but this is probably not it. That's some dark humor right there, and, well. Shiro can be kinda morbid some times. He does look a bit amused now.]

You win. I'll take this one, if nobody has asked for it yet.

[collegedropout]

[He chuckles in good humor.]

Sounds good, it's all yours to rent out.

I'm Sam, by the way. SS Bloodsport. Nice to meet you.

[padadin]

[Some nodding - oh right. Introductions, those are important.]

Shiro, pilot and co-captain for the SS Blameless. It's nice to meet you to, Sam. And thanks for this "service". It's nice to have a little piece of home even it's about-- those horses. [...to call it something.]

[collegedropout]

[He laughs.]

I'll try to keep a look-out for more appropriate reading material, while I'm at it.

[padadin]

[And he chuckles in return.]

The rest of your collection isn't bad, those are some big classics there, although they sound a bit old to me. Are you also from the 20th century?

[collegedropout]

21st century, actually, but I like older literature. Kinda just got used to it being around more.

Glad to hear it didn't all get lost to time.

[padadin]

20th and 21st seem to be the most popular around here. [Which was the era of tv and reality shows, if he remembers correctly, so it would make sense.] Not at all. "Romeo and Juliet" is still a favorite of school plays. "Fahrenheit 451" was an-- interesting look into the past's vision of the future, to say the least.

[collegedropout]

Definitely. Sometimes I read things that tried to predict my time, and it's always a really interesting read. I always loved the fact that that book never listed any actual year. It applies to you and me in similar ways, despite how far apart in time we are.

[padadin]

[In similar ways, huh? He gets what Sam means, he really does, and he agrees. But there's one thing though, one difference together with the similarities.]

When you read it the first time, did you think that was a possible future for your present?

[collegedropout]

By the time I'd read it, some things had already happened, honestly. They'd started introducing books electronically, and we started bringing in bluetooth around the time, also. We weren't quite to the level of having whole televisions on the wall, but we're getting pretty close.

[padadin]

I meant the kind of society and governments books like Fahrenheit 451 described. Dystopia, I think it's the term?

[collegedropout]

Ah. Gotcha.

It's hard to say, honestly. We've always teetered on that dangerous edge, I think, depending on the country. I'd like to think it could never happen, but... I learned not to discredit anything in my life.

[padadin]

[A dangerous edge. An apt description, he thinks as he nods, at least that's what the history books taught him. It's a bit hard to imagine on Earth some times but like Sam said... he doesn't have to discredit. He learned that lesson too.]

I can't be sure we are from the same Earth, but even if they're different, I think it's worth saying: it gets better in the future. There's hope. Countries are working together to explore space.

[collegedropout]

[Sam smiles; not a bad 'kid' (a kid by his weird warped standards, thanks to Hell and all that entails, really), being so hopeful.]

I don't doubt it. I like to think there's hope around any corner of universe you're from.

Some's just a little harder to grab than others, is all.

[padadin]

[Just don't ever call him a kid to his face. This 26yo is a bit tired of leap year baby jokes, you see, even if that's not Sam's intention.]

As someone who is going around the universe at home, trying to save that hope? I couldn't agree more.

[collegedropout]

Oh, yeah? I take it that's your day job.

To put it lightly.

[padadin]

[Nodnod! To put it lightly indeed.] We're fighting an evil alien empire that has taken over the universe. I'm sure that back in your time there were already plenty of science fiction stories that give you a good idea.

[collegedropout]

... Yikes.

I'm mostly used to just dealing with defending one planet. It sounds like a hell of a job, trying to juggle a whole universe.

[padadin]

We were fighting the Emperor before we were brought here - we had a plan with help of the inside. Bringing down the head would make it easier to take care of the rest. And being able to travel through wormholes is a perk, I admit.

What are you defending the planet against?

[collegedropout]

Uuuh, well... Angels, demons... gods. Monsters.

... It varies.