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

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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.]

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.

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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.))

nebbish: (disbelieving)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-06-30 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely. I didn't realize that our Mysterious Entity was a frustrated Classics major all this time. Perhaps that's it - he's been murdering us because we've only watched the movie of Julius Caesar and skipped reading it in primary school.
nebbish: (whaaaatever)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-06-30 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
No, that's nice! It's keeping us busy!
nebbish: (but actually)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-06-30 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Brilliant, isn't it? It'll give us a bit of entertainment and then probably slaughter us all. Space is lovely.
nebbish: (disbelieving)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-02 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Like what? A thank-you note?
nebbish: (skeptical)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-04 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
I don't suppose you've any idea how to do that? The reference librarian act is impressive, but I don't see it getting us home, really.
nebbish: (disbelieving)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-04 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Right.

Well, I've a decent knowledge of the Classics, if you need.
nebbish: (texting)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-04 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Haven't, no. Hardly know what that means.
nebbish: (intent)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-04 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
What two mysterious crewmembers?
nebbish: (you're an idiot)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-04 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Well, I could listen to it, then.
nebbish: (squinting)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-05 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's bloody unsettling.

Wasn't Ward the one who shot up the brig, though?
nebbish: (intent)

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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-06 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
So why's it Resnik going on about having people looking for her? I thought he was the one subject to a manhunt.
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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-07 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
But "too" doesn't seem to be part of the equation. I mean, look right there. If Ward had been concerned about himself, it would have been "looking for us." He says specifically "looking for you."
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[personal profile] nebbish 2013-07-07 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Something intelligent, that hunts people. God, we can only hope.

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