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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.

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

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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No shit, really?

[ d u h sam. ]

So you went the brain route. Not bad.

Brain seemed like a good way to go. My family liked to use it for hunts, so I figure I'd apply it to real life, if I was gonna leave the business.

[But then he went back.]

Don't seem all that left to me. Lemme guess, shit went sideways?

[ shit always goes sideways, in faith's estimation. ]

Doesn't it always?

[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.

Same here, only my break was a little more state-mandated.

[ she is every bad girl stereotype at once lbr. ]

.... Oh.

Uh.

That sucks.

[smoooth, sammy, smooth]

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Yeah, well. Turned myself in, so I can't get too stuck up about the accommodations or whatever.

[ her proudest moment was the day she went to jail

her life man ]

Wait — on purpose?

Why??

[... Sam totally does this later in his life, he has no room to question it.]

Went a little out of control for a while-- anger issues and being able to break shit easy, who woulda guessed that doesn't end good?

[ 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.

Huh... How'd that all go, for you?

Wasn't the best time I ever had, but whatever. I made it work.

[ and that's what she needed to know. ]

Hey, as long as you made it work. Don't think I'd do very well in jail.

[just look at him, man

granted he could kick half of their asses without a problem but

look at his hair]

You get used to it. I mean, the food blows and they make you watch shitty movies, but there's three square and you always have a bed, so.

[ kanyeshrug. ]

Not exactly Club Med, but could be a hell of a lot worse.

[He scoffs in good nature.]

Guess so.

Seems like you're doing pretty good to me, then.

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Yeah, that's me. Real well-adjusted.

[ ahahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ha. ]

... At least you're not chopping off heads left and right here?

Dude-- ex-con, not the headless horseman.

[ 'chopping off heads left and right' sam you're a hoot

faith has a weird sense of humor the end. ]

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