ataraxion | ( THREE : VIDEO : HELLHOUNDS 101 )

[ when the feed turns on, you're greeted by one hunter+angel combo, namely dean and cas. dean looks ~~alive!!~~ the same as he always does, arms crossed and ready to dish out his lovely personality.

and today's subject? let him clear his throat. ]

So. Hellhounds.

[ yeah, no wasting time today, this shit is serious. ]

Some of you might know 'em as demonic sons of bitches from Hell, meant for hunting and draggin' souls downstairs. There's nothin' cute or cuddly 'bout 'em unlike some people seem to think. [ trust him, those fuckers are not pets, not unless you're a demon. ] Which is why we think it's only fair everybody on board knows exactly what's takin' this space cruise with us. [ why yes, there is a hellhound on board the tranquility. it's not only space monsters that thirst for fresh blood and souls around here. ]

So if you ever find yourself needing to gank one of 'em while it's trying to turn you into meatloaf, we've got a couple tips for you on how to avoid your chew toy fate.

[really now dean. wouldn't it be better to focus on the more important parts of this transmission instead of just trying to scare everybody?]

There are a limited number of ways to protect yourself from attack. Those of you who were here during the demon invasion may remember [us] me telling you about the uses of salt. The same is true of Hellhounds, to an extent.

[ throughout the entire transmission, castiel's attention is only half on the camera. given dean's personal history with hellhounds, he's doing his best to try and monitor the other man.

…and if anything, cas' staring issues have dean's expression turning harder as he huffs his next words. ]

If you don't have salt handy, there's always your good old herb option, a little somethin' called the Devil's Shoestring. It'll keep those mutts at bay for a tick-tock. [ or rather, until the clock hits twelve and your time is up. good times. ] Dunno if our space rain forest has any of that, but there should be something equally useful growin' in there.

Goofer Dust is also an option, though it requires a combination of ingredients to create. [the largest of which involves a little dirt theft from a certain dead girls grave. he knows it's an idea that won't go down well with the people here, but when it comes to the safety of the people trapped here, castiel is willing to take that chance.] I will do my best to attempt to recreate it. But until then, it would be wisest to rely on the previous two suggestions to keep it from approaching you.

Not that it's gonna slow down or bite any less if you're its target. Monsters are like that. [ you can pretty much expect to die at that point, if you ask dean. ] But better buck up and all, never know when Lassie from Hell's gonna flip out.

[there's a slight delay between dean finishing and castiel picking up the explanation. most areas have been covered, but there's still one important fact to point out.]

Hellhounds are invisible to most. The can only be seen by those close to death, angels, and demons. [well, bar a few exceptions.] They're stronger and faster than any dog you may have seen before, and there are very few weapons in existence that are capable of killing them.

Consider them a vicious, invisible, and near-indestructible harbinger of death who wants nothing more than to tear your soul from your body after ripping it to shreds. [okay, so perhaps he knows how to be a little more graphic than necessary sometimes too.

yeah, okay, castiel gets another look from dean at that, this one more surprised than anything. a beat later though, he turns back to the screen, an oddly smug smile on his face. ]

Yeah, what he said.

[ all the more reason to try turn the already on board hellhound into an invisible rug. ]

Now that you all know exactly what you share your everyday environment with, maybe you'll think twice if you see a floatin' collar around. Don't say we didn't warn you.

( ooc: as you may guess, dean is green and cas is blue. )

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[ don't make him start on your psychic crap, edgeworth. ]

Good thing whether you think something is or isn't credible doesn't matter for shit.

Doesn't it? Because last I checked, Mr. Winchester, you weren't on the team that sees to the safety of the people here. As a matter of fact, the last time I checked, you were nothing more than a fool who endangers others.

Then how about you do your fucking job and kill the monster that isn't lurking in the shadows, but right under our noses like a tickin' time bomb.

Oh - is that my job now? To slaughter animals that some erratic, half-mad fool gurgles inarticulate warnings about?

I'll get right on it.

You know, it's too bad Jaye called off her Hellhound when she sicced it on you.

[He looks up sharply at that, his lips thinning. Of all the things he was expecting Dean to bring up - ]

And what do you know of that?

I know enough, but that's not the point. You wouldn't be yappin' here and callin' it an animal if you'd been at the receiving end of that thing for longer.

Naturally not; I'd be dead. But the key matter is this: it would be Jaye who would be called to answer for the crime, not the creature.

In that case, sure, yeah. But that's only one of two possible endings if that thing doesn't die; Jaye sics it on someone, or it stops listenin' to her. Or hell, maybe even a combo of both.

Right. And precisely why are those the only two options?

'Cause that's how it always goes. It's meant to be a violent creature, and that's what it will be, sooner or later.

And my dog is technically a carnivore. I'm not precisely worried about her ripping out any throats.

Provide evidence the creature has already done harm; otherwise, be silent.

I think there might a problem in the logic here.

Your dog is a dog, it's a carnivore but there's a whole genetic predisposition to love and care for humans bred into it. It's domesticated.

This isn't like a dog. That's like comparing apples to oranges. Measuring your wheat by another man's bushel.

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All right; in that case, let us take a more appropriate point of comparison. You're familiar with the Starks' "direwolves"?

Yes. And one of them attacked me.

[A pause - ]

When was this?

The first week I was here. I didn't aggravate it. I didn't ask for it.

It bit me and I was lucky it was one of the smaller ones, and not the big gray one or the white one.

[A pause. After a moment - ]

Did you seek to have the creature contained or put down?

I didn't tell anyone.

I was afraid. I didn't even tell Alayne.

It was Alayne's that did it?

Yes.

And I know that hers was the most gentle. Even a wild thing reared by someone kind can turn bad.

[And Jaye is not kind.]

That is so. But would you have seen Lady put down?

Edgeworth, do you really think that it's just a dog?

I know you don't believe in God, and that's okay. But there are places where God is real. And so is Hell. And Hellhounds eat souls.

I wish I had said something. I wish I had told someone. And I wish I had felt like someone would have stood up for me.

[Maybe that's too much of herself, of the part of her that feels powerless all the time.]

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[That last stings, almost irrationally.]

I understand that, ma'am. But we only punish when crimes have been committed. That's true for both humans and animals.

I don't want to wait for Jaye to lose her temper at someone.

Or for her to lose control.

Or for it to suddenly give into an urge.

That scares me. More than anything. It's not like a vampire or a werewolf or whatever else we have on this ship that speaks to people.

But I know your hands are tied.

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