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

[collegedropout]

[He winces.]

Yeah, that sounds kinda familiar. Adstringendum had a collection of spirits that would cause plenty of troubles for the people who fell into the universe. They were probably entities you could consider gods, I guess? They sure acted the part, anyway.

[rednecking]

Sounds like our Echoes, or at least, the thinkin' they were godly part anyway. Some more than others - there were a couple on our side, and a couple more that were decent folk.

[collegedropout]

You, too, huh?

[He nods.]

Some ended up on our side, I mean. Especially when the whole "enemy of my enemy" thing happens. As it turns out, sometimes there's room to work toward the same goal.

...

In our case, it was a giant death cloud trying to murder us all.

[rednecking]

[just.

This face.

This face forever]

Sometimes, sure.

Didn't deal with a giant death cloud there, though. That was back home.

[collegedropout]

[Ah.]

So your home was just as exciting as another universe.

[rednecking]

Let's just say it started with us finding crazy shit and them all uppin' the ante with each new discovery.

[and that's putting it lightly]

[collegedropout]

[Sam cocks his head.]

Pretty vague statement that applies to a lot of us, man.

What exactly was upping the ante?

[rednecking]

I was bein' vague on purpose, I like being vague.

[...] Plane crash we thought was an accident was actually deliberate, for starters. Then we thought the island we crashed on was deserted, but that wasn't the case.

[collegedropout]

... I guess there's an example of why my brother's afraid of flying.

[:^|]

Was this a Lord of the Flies situation, or something else?

[rednecking]

Don't blame him. I ain't ever flying again myself.

[except, y'know, in spaceships apparently]

More somethin' else. Little bit of supernatural, little bit of time travel, lots of whole bits not makin' sense - I'd be here all night explainin' everything so it didn't sound crazy.

[collegedropout]

... There's nothing you could say that'd sound crazy to me.

Trust me.

[rednecking]

I went through it and it still sounds crazy to me, so I both want to and don't wanna know what the hell your world is like.

[collegedropout]

[A shake of his head and a mild smile.]

Well, I could start off simple? We almost crashed on a plane once, too.

Ours was a murder-happy demon, though.

[rednecking]

. . . yeah, that sounds real simple.

[why doesn't that even surprise him, god dammit]

[collegedropout]

I'm just saying. My world's helped prepare me for just about anything.

[rednecking]

What're you, a demon hunter then?

My world was normal before all this shit. Dunno if they know 'bout the crash or not - I wasn't one of the ones who went back.

[collegedropout]

I'm an everything-that-kills-you hunter.

Demons included.

Sounds like you're in the middle of a pretty big conspiracy, or something.

[rednecking]

[he was JOKING god dammit]

Good way of lookin' at it, there was definitely conspiracy nonsense going on with all the crazy nonsense.

[collegedropout]

A little conspiracy in your nonsense. Sounds about right.

Sorry about your crap luck either way; I'll pay you one forward as long as you remember my kindness in dark times.

[rednecking]

[that gets a real chuckle out of him]

Considerin' misery loves company . . . [a snort] 'Course I'll pay it forward.