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Sam  Winchester {020  »  085} ([personal profile] avengeful) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2013-06-29 05:39 pm

(voice.) + (text.)

[First thing to note: Sam's got a killer hangover.

Second thing to note: he's still in the library, nursing his hangover with coffee and scanning through the network out of sheer desperation for something to find. Anything to pass the time, really. It's hours into his work that he finds something that
might be familiar. Give him a few hours, a little irritation, and nothing remotely helpful in the remaining library aaaand -- ] 

Alright, so get this. 

There's a quote put up on a secondary sub-network, and I think it's from our friend with the red face.

[He scooches in his seat, looking over the words.]

"Such is the appearance of black birds." Now -- I can't put my exact finger on the chapters, but I remember in one of my Mythology courses, there uh -- it was a passage. From an old Greek text I read through during one of our big finals in my last year of undergrad. [A sound of frustration, some moosey grumbling about an Essay From Hell. Then he snaps his fingers, brow furrowed.] Pausanias. He, he wrote a big long piece detailing his firsthand point of view of Greece, way back when; I remember using it as a cited work for a few written works in classic greek literature.

[huff scoff first world college boy problems.]

Or -- it could not mean anything at all. Maybe if doesn't even have to do with the actual passage. Or maybe Mr. Smiles just likes to post from super ancient literature for kicks with no rhyme or reason. 

I don't know. Anybody got extended knowledge in old Greek literature? I don't exactly have the actual texts around to figure anything out, anyway. Don't know if any of you do, or if it even means anything at all. I can't find anything else besides this, but maybe someone who's better at surfing through the different places around here can do a better job than me dishing out more stuff hiding out.

But then there's more. Something about Scylla turning back?

[He'll just copy/paste the full message from the page.]

SUCH IS THE APPEARANCE OF THE BLACKBIRDS.
SCYLLA TURNED BACK; SHE DARED NOT TRUST HERSELF FAR OUT AT SEA.


And speaking of... this. Who's had firsthand experience with this Red Smiley, anyway? How'd those go? I know it hasn't been all that fun, but any kind of first-hand experience about the guy, I'd love to hear. If it's not too much trouble for you.

[Man, his head is killing him.

......................................................]


Or maybe something a little easier: anybody have any remedies for space hangovers?


((ooc: the first part totally just an ic shout out to the tumblr pages, but see if you can figure it out! characters can ICly figure it out too, if they can figure out all that technical mumbo jumbo and actually find the correct sub-networks and stuff. EDIT: there's more stuff, oops.))

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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-12 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Your definition of sane might not be everyone else's.

They've already been out here forty years, like having all of us here is really going to stop them if they don't want to stop anywhere.

They're not nice people. They don't give a shit about us.
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-13 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Entertainment. I mean, say what you want about us and my personal opinions aside, some people get off on acting like they're gods. Having us run around like we do? Makes it so they can feel like gods, and have us entertain them.

It's like Pay-Per-View only they don't have to pay for it.
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-15 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ This is officially her favorite conversation. If only because of this reaction. ]

Relatively. Just, for the record, know that if any theories you come up with turn out to be wrong. I'll laugh. But since you're new, know that it's totally not your fault. It just defies explanation.

[ Spoilers: Not actually what she thinks but god she has bigger issues, thank you very much. ]
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-15 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ i laughed so inappropriately. ]

That's pessimistic, you know that, right?
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-18 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You're hopeful about one thing, and the fact that you're ready to be completely wrong makes you a pessimist with regards to another thing.
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-20 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
In theory, yes. Like that, not really actually. Just kind of makes you look a little weird.
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-24 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Wrong kind of weird.

[ that's actually a compliment. at least you're not crazy sam. ]

But who knows, maybe you'll get lucky. If you find anything interesting after this, I'd love to hear it. Even if you are weird.
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[personal profile] mathematically 2013-07-27 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I always hate that phrase.

[ But she doesn't sound necessarily annoyed about it. ]

My hero.

[ and end feed yolo sam. ]