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[venatoris]

[ Hi, yes, it's Dean showing his face on the network, which is rare as hell. He looks like bagged shit, but he's ALIVE, and he's grateful for that. His omni is set up in the kitchen, facing him at the table and yeah, sorry, he's low key surrounded by disassembled weaponry. ]


So my brother, Sam, has been a friggin' menace to Trench the last few months, as I'm sure most of you are aware at this point. No worries, he's currently in therapy. [ ignore the monster roar there. ]

My question to you guys is this. [ He holds up a charm bracelet, wiggling it around. ] This is my moms charm bracelet. It's missing three charms. Has anyone seen them? They'd be silver, vintage from the 70s - so kinda worn, probably sterling.

Anyway..yeah. If you've seen those charms, let me know as soon as possible. Please.

[ He hesitates, like he's not sure if he should add this or not, but. Some people probably wanna know. ]

My little brother, Sammy. The fourteen year old. He's gone home, voluntarily. He said...bye.

[ okay thats it bye ]

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[demonicbeauty]

[It probably shouldn't surprise Dean much at all that Ariadne answers his post, quickly.

She looks...disturbed. Mostly about the Sammy part. But she decides not to pry into that right now. She doesn't want to open a fresh wound. Not while there's still the matter of the other Sam to deal with.

So that will have to wait.

Meanwhile, she holds out her hand, uncurling her fingers to reveal a silver, sunburst charm with a pentagram in it.]

Something like this?

[venatoris]

[ holy shit that's gotta be one of them. ]

Yes, yes. Something just like that. Can you -- can you bring it over, so I can get a better look at it?

[demonicbeauty]

Of course I...

[She frowns a little.]

I found it back in my orchard at the beginning of the month. No card, no message. But...

Well, it smelled like Sam had been there. I guess...

I guess I forgot, in all of the...

[Horror? Terror?]

...confusion.

[venatoris]

[ ugh Sam. why are you dropping these things like friggin' breadcrumbs, you ass. ]

Yeah...been kind of a wild one, hasn't it?

[demonicbeauty]

[A wild...what? But she senses this isn't the time to ask for clarification on a figure of speech.

So she nods, looking only slightly baffled.]

Um...yes.

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[explosion]

I'm sorry about Sammy. I liked him a lot. I hope he's safe.

[ he was a good kid who would grow into a good adult. she's glad that he got to leave of his own accord, though. she imagines any sam of the multiverse would appreciate giving that closure to those who cared greatly about him.

but, onto business: she holds up a small, silver tetragrammaton pentacle. she'd kept it safe and close, not wanting to lose it. from the way sam had been touching it when he visited her, she had known it had meant some great emotional importance. now, she thinks the strange sensation she had from it means it has a magical importance, too. ]

Sam gave this to me when I saw him. It feels like much more than a charm.

[venatoris]

Yeah...me too.

[ God he's...really upset about Sam, but he can't dwell. ]

I think it's a whole lot more than that charm, yeah. I think these three charms are a really important part of a puzzle.

If you don't mind parting with it, I'd like to reunite it with this bracelet.

[explosion]

[ what would you know? the charm appears right in dean's open palm in a gentle burst of red. ]

You should have it now. Did you want any help?

[venatoris]

[ oh well. that was easy. ]

Wow. Do you know how cool you are?

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[the_obedient_servant]

Your parents named your brothers Sam and Sammy?

Were they evil?

[venatoris]

[ lol ]

It was technically two versions of my brother, but one was de-aged to 14 sometime in Deerington so it makes it easier to call 'em Sam and Sammy, respectively.

[the_obedient_servant]

Ah, I see.

[They assume all parents are evil on principle.]

So it is possible for multiple iterations of the same person to exist concurrently. Interesting.

Why are you asking about the charm, anyway? Does it have something to do with your brother's state?

[venatoris]

They were from different timelines, but yes. It's possible.

[ he doesn't bother getting into his own personal history here -- far too convoluted and messy. ]

I'm not sure. It could. But they were my mothers, and I'd like them back for that reason alone, in addition to whatever help they could provide.

[ maybe its like harry potter. the power of lurve. ]

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[onebadapple]

Dean! I'm so glad you're back! I'm so sorry about what happened! If you can tell me a bit more about the charms, I can ask my birds to keep an eye out for things... or ask my crow and raven friends outright, they are very fond of shiny things, I'm afraid.

How are you? Is there anything you might need?

[venatoris]

Hi, Snow. Thanks.

They're sterling silver, and so far, two of them have been stars. I'm pretty sure the third one is a star, too. If they see anything like that, it would be helpful.

[ ...star or a pentagram, but that's basically a star and there's no need to go into it further than that, in his opinion. ]

I'm okay. A little tired.

[onebadapple]

Would pie help make you feel better? [She had picked up on his fondness for pie from last time.] And I'll ask my crows and ravens to look. They may even have it already in their nests.

My crow friends are very good at finding shiny things, so don't you fret, will find your mother's charms yet!

[venatoris]

[ he instantly perks up. hell yeah ]

A pie will always make me feel better. And thanks a lot, I'd really like to get these back where they belong.

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[royalfling]

[ Well, sometimes there's closure, and sometimes things just... end. Wu watches the end of the message a few times with conflicted feelings ]

He's really gone.

[ He could probably have kept this to himself, but it seems important to get confirmation. ]

[venatoris]

[ ah, it's you. he remembers the dust cloud vividly ]

Yeah. He's really gone. Spell wore off, and...I watched him walk into the ocean.

[royalfling]

[ Wu nods, feeling sort of guilty for the amount of relief that he feels about that ]

I'm sorry, for your loss. Um. I hope that he's happy, um, in the sea.

[venatoris]

You don’t have to pretend. It’s okay.

[ he gets it. dean is absolutely devastated but… he gets it. ]

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[chickenchoicejudy]

[That...sure is a monster roar over there. That's. It's probably fine. Ryan doesn't know Dean well enough at all to question it.]

No idea about the charms, but congrats on coming back from the dead, man!

[They haven't spoken a ton, but Ryan's been at all of the Rocky Horror rehearsals - he's in charge of the music, and also playing Eddie.]

And, um. Sorry about your brother. That's gotta be rough.

[venatoris]

[ oh yeah. it sure is. just ignore it, pretend you don't hear it. ]

Thanks, I'm glad to be back amongst the living.

[ and he can FINALLY be back at rehearsals whenever they kick back up again, Jesus ]

Yeah, it's-- hard. But it's better. [ Like, Sammy convinced him it was better, anyway. But Dean isn't so sure, and he says it like he's still trying to convince himself of this. ]

[chickenchoicejudy]

It's pretty in the spirit of the show, really. If you were playing Rocky we could just call it getting into character.

[It's a dumb joke, a dumb Frankenstein's monster joke, but if Dean's anything like him then the fact that he died is probably last thing he feels like talking about.]

Yeah. ...Hey, I know it was his choice but. I do the Waker thing? If you want I can keep an eye out, in case he changes his mind or something.

[venatoris]

Touché. [ SNORT ]

Yeah, actually. If you could? [ Dean has his hands unbelievably full with the monster roaring in the basement right now, and being on Waker duty is not something he's got time for. ]

There's a lamp location outside Winchester Cabin, it's the only one in Ache. If he shows up, it'll take him right to us.