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[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.]
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.
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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.))
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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Last I checked, it kind of hurts a lot where I'm from. And they don't exactly leave people alive once they do drink from them, either.
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[ faith might be speaking from experience on that first part
she's the worst slayer. ]
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did u just call me babe, who does that]
Good to know you're keeping an eye out for any kink body counts.
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Not like I'm the morality police or anything. Tyke'd be pissed if somebody died mid-screw and she had to make the 'don't be a moron in bed' PSA is all.
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Okay but more seriously, he frowns and looks totally UNSURE.]
Why can I picture a network entry like that...
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[ a nearly audible shrug on her end. ]
Just sayin'.
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It's pretty much a rainbow of personalities, anyway.
[#the politer hunter here]
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...so what's your deal? No offense, most've the civilians who end up in hunting are kinda-- old dude, living in a cabin with a lot of guns type. You're all polite and shit.
[ social skills what ]
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Not sure. I guess maybe I had never wanted to be a hunter in the first place. So the whole look of hunting — never really cared to look like it. Dunno.
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Well, it's one hunter to another; not like that's unusual, hunters telling each other why they do what they do. He just -- hasn't had to explain it much, in his life. Most hunters knew John, knew why he was in the business.]
When I was little, lost my mom to something supernatural. Dad kinda ended up in the business to track the thing and get revenge... took me and my brother along, so I've been in it since before I can remember.
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[ not even wes knows this story, ]
Shit sucks. [ this is her sympathy face ]
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[This is Sam's sympathetic face, only it's like 100% sympathetic like you just told him your dog died or something. Because that's how Sam rolls — feeling bad for people is his M.O. more than Dean's, and hell, he can't really help it.]
I was luckier, I guess, than a lot of hunter kids. They kept me in the dark for a long time — 'til I was eight. Never really answered any of my questions about why we moved so often, stayed in motels, all that. Taught me how to shoot a gun and use a knife, but they were pretty hush-hush.
Once I snooped, though, I kinda' got roped into it. Been in the life ever since then.
For most of it, anyway.
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[ oh my god sam you can't just be sincere at people like that!!!! ]
Shit. Eight, really? [ she's reluctantly impressed. ] And what, you took a vacation or something?
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Went to college.
Wasn't exactly the life I wanted, nearly getting killed by monsters left and right, living out of dirty motel rooms. Hell, half the time I was worried I'd end up an orphan any second.
Just wasn't a good environment to try and have a decent life in.
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[ d u h sam. ]
So you went the brain route. Not bad.
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[But then he went back.]
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[ shit always goes sideways, in faith's estimation. ]
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[The answer is yes. Even if Sam hoped otherwise.
An echo of tiredness rings in his reply.]
Got pulled back into it, yeah. Sometimes it's hard to be normal when something has it out for you.
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[ she is every bad girl stereotype at once lbr. ]
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Uh.
That sucks.
[smoooth, sammy, smooth]
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[ her proudest moment was the day she went to jail
her life man ]
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Why??
[... Sam totally does this later in his life, he has no room to question it.]
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[ faith is js, destiny is the worst she was not well-equipped for slayerhood. ]
Needed to do my time. [ a beat. ] More like, needed me to know I could do the time, but whatever.
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