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[blasphemous]

[The brunette on the feed might be familiar or it could be a complete stranger. It doesn't matter to her. She's been here long enough not to care if people do or don't know her. She is sitting on the edge of her desk, the network device propped up on the dresser so she doesn't have to hold it.]

A while ago, the dear Captain Hook offered to lock up the masks that belonged to people here. [Technically, Meg doesn't believe they belong to anyone. She thinks they belong to whoever thought it was cute to hand them out.]

No clue who took him up on that, but the thought that there could be enough of them to lock up was interesting to me. Turns out, there are quite a few of these things laying around and they seem to induce vivid hallucinations. [For those that are thinking otherwise, Meg's tone definitely implies that this is a bad thing.]

I have experience with objects that do more than they're supposed to. Back home, we call them cursed objects and we have ways of dealing with them. Those ways include burning, rituals, and most of the time just locking them up in a box designed to hold that item.

Now, I'm not saying these masks are cursed objects, but it certainly fits the bill and I'd like to have a shot at figuring that out. If anyone has interest in sharing their mask with me, since I didn't get lucky enough to get one of my own, I'd be really [She clasps her hands together and holds them close to her chest, as if she's oh-so-grateful.] tickled.

[Her hands drop and she looks at the camera, slightly dead-pan.] No, but seriously, if you want me to hold onto it I will, but I just want to take a snapshot, take some notes and ask some questions. Then you can have your mask back.

Any takers, I'll be in the common area on twelve. [She grins, it's almost enough of a grin that you might think you can trust her. Almost, really, it's up to you.]



(( eta: if your character wants to run into Meg (not you, Crowley) on 12, it will take place before Dean tells her that Crowley is on board. After that point, she's not out there all willy nilly and the part with her location is erased/edited from her broadcast. ))

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[lacksgrace]

Sounds kinda boring if you ask me.

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[blasphemous]

Research usually is.

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[lacksgrace]

I guess I don't get it. There's plenty of other stuff you could be, uh, researching.

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[blasphemous]

Maybe I like creepy masks that induce hallucinations. [She shrugs.] We all have our hobbies.

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[lacksgrace]

Weird hobbies. [ But he grins. ] Can't really help you out though. I was skipped over when they were handing 'em out.

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[blasphemous]

Absent that day, were we?

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[lacksgrace]

I dunno. I've probably seen worse than whatever those masks were showing anyway.

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[faithlessly]

Why the interest? [ there are other things to do besides getting all excited over what sounds like dangerous objects. ]

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[blasphemous]

[Does Dean happen to remember a certain angel slightly upset over what his mask made him see? There's the interest.]

Why not? These things just showed up and they don't seem to be in preparation for a costume ball.

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[faithlessly]

[ he remembers alright, but he's still not sure if meg trying to figuring them out (and possibly succeeding) sits well with him. ]

Uh-huh, right. And what're you gonna do with whatever info you get?

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[blasphemous]

[she rolls her eyes.]

Provide people with curse boxes so they can lock up their personal nightmares. [and get one step closer to figuring out WHAT has its claws into this place.]

In your infinite wisdom are you more worried about a demon having her hands on the masks or the people who are scared?

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[faithlessly]

Both, and you know it. [ lies. he's actually just more worried about a demon having her hands on 'em. though, he does of course worry about cas' mask issues but that's about it. ]

Why do this for everyone? [ why not just cas. ]

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[blasphemous]

[Thanks for your judgment. PS. I am never going to tell you that I was the last one to see Sam.]

Because I have a better chance of making one work if I have more information. This isn't a one of a kind object. These are multiples, given out like candy on Halloween. Plenty of razor blades tucked inside.

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[firstofficer]

A scientific study to conclude a matter of religious superstition?

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[blasphemous]

No, it's a magical inquiry to -- okay, I can't even try to go there.

[She tried.]

It's not exactly a scientific study. Gathering information, taking photos, looking for a pattern. It's research on a topic I'm familiar with.

Also, not a superstition and not always based in religion.

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[firstofficer]

[ his interest is piqued regardless, and the tilt of his head can probably be heard over the feed ]

And what patterns would allow you to conclude that the items are indeed cursed?

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[blasphemous]

There are reactionary tests that can be done through magic. If they were all cursed by the same person, there's probably a signature. Someone has the balls to try and take on an entire ship manifest -- they tend to sign their name.

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[firstofficer]

The potential risks?

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[blasphemous]

That it does nothing and the masks are something completely different... [she pauses]

Or that whoever put them here, doesn't like me snooping, tracks me down and kills me. That's always a fun one.

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[vernon]

Nobody told me there was going to be cursed masks, Ipkiss.

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[blasphemous]

We're a bit shy of a Jim Carey in Space flick.

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[vernon]

And here I was hoping to be entertained.

So those things cause some freaky visions, right?

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[blasphemous]

That is the current rumor. [More than a rumor, she's seen it happen.]

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[vernon]

Any way to tell a regular old mask from these hallucinatory ones?

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[blasphemous]

I've only seen one of them and it was an ugly sonuvabitch. [Of course, that's because it looked like a Leviathan about to feed.]

I would just say it's probably safe to avoid any mask on board. Unless you got an invitation to the ball.