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[ hello, tranquility. you remember dean, right? yes? no? either way, today finds him planning something stupid. at least act surprised. ]

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm not looking forward to climbing back into that pod-thing for another jump. [ nope, not one bit. not if it means there's a chance he won't wake up for another month again. ]

Does anyone know what would happen if I skipped out on that? I mean, I guess turnin' into space dust's worse than pullin' another act of Sleeping Beauty, but if there's any way 'round that… Or if you have some gruesome tale 'bout how your buddy Joe tried it and got eaten by a space dinosaur, let's hear 'bout it.

[ let him know. or something.

a beat later, and on an entirely different subject; ] Also. Who the hell does a guy have to get cozy with 'round here to get somethin' more... fun in his locker? [ do yourself a solid and don't ask what's fun is. the smirk on his face should speak for him. it's gone with the next bit though; ] ...'cause not for nothing, but aside from people dyin' and monsters lurking in the dark, not a lot seems to happen 'round here. Almost like home, y'know, except for this bein' some sci-fi nerd's wet dream.

[ okay, maybe that's a little unfair considering he has to physically stop himself from losing his shit every time some iconic pop culture character decides to show up. ]

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You choke on space salad or something, man? [ AS IN HEY BRO HOW'S IT GOING DEAN'S BORED so let's go do something reckless. ]

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[ This is the question she always dreads. And while it's not exactly a secret or anything, she's only told a handful of people, so she's just going to go ahead and casually switch the feed to a private one. ]

Possessed video game. You die in it, you die in real life. It's based on this fucking psycho, Elizabeth Bathory, and the incantation at the beginning brought her spirit back. Only good part? I can take comfort in the fact that she didn't bathe in my blood.

[ Dean can't see it, but October - thanks in large part to how exhausted she is due to lack of sleep/horrible nightmares when she does sleep (unless she passes out from sheer exhaustion) - has her jaw clenched and can barely see the screen thanks to the tears in her eyes. Though unexpected, this is a reason she stuck with text. ]

[ dean's hunted all sorts of things, seen all sorts of cases from the seriously freaky to just plain weird. he's not really sure where this one falls, other than it's nothing he's really heard of before. ghosts causing violence and whatever through possessing objects is one thing, but a video game? that's a new one. ]

S'nasty business, angry spirits. [ he can't see her or what talking about this is doing to her, no, but this wouldn't be a sunny topic for anyone. ] So what had crawled up her ass and died? And why a video game? Freakin' spirits're getting creative.

When she was alive, Bathory believed bathing in the blood of young, innocent girls would keep her young forever. She tortured and killed HUNDREDS. The game itself was actually based on her life; it was set on her plantation, there were ghosts of all of the dead girls you had to fight but eventually it was the bitch herself that would get you.

We were thinking the game itself was made to bring her back, but I don't know if my friends ever got proof of that. [ She was killed before Hutch and Abigail could tell her. ]

And yes, I know how insane this all sounds, but you asked.

Insane is puttin' it lightly. But don't worry, I know a thing or two 'bout insane all the same.

[ anyway. ]

Sorry that happened to you, October. Gotta say, that's a nasty, ugly way to go... but at least you're here, right? [ he thought he'd never say that to anyone, not when he himself is so insistent on getting off this boat. but for her...

she's alive here and that's what matters most. ]

[ Sam said basically the same thing, which makes her wonder what kind of life they lived back home. ]

Yeah. Too fucking bad here has enough shit to make life unbearable sometimes.

Sometimes. [ key word, right there. ] I dunno 'bout you, but sometimes is better than always. Especially if always is just...death. [ how is one conversation both positive and grim... but dean knows a thing or two about death, and this? this is better. ]

Trust me, I'm probably one of the most grateful people on this ship. I just wish it would stop piling shit on us all the time.

[ Mostly she'd just like to be able to get a decent night's sleep again. ]

All the more reason to fight and find what's really up with this place, right? I know that sounds easier said than done, but that's why I wanna try this, you know? To maybe figure out what's really going on so that it'll stop pilin' shit on everyone.

Except you dying because you're trying to prevent that will do the exact opposite. It'll just add to the pile.

Look, I'm not too happy about this plan either but I can't think of anythin' better before that jump rolls around.

Dean, seriously, this place doesn't need more unnecessary death. Just don't do it, okay? Please.

[ If she wasn't feeling so emotional and teary-eyed (annoying and ridiculous, she's aware) she'd have switched over to voice or video to drive that request home. As it is, text will have to do.

Has she mentioned how desperately she hates this sleeping issue thing? ]

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