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[intraining]

[ there is half a second of what looks like a ceiling, and then a quiet oh crapsticks before it's tilted, very quickly, downwards. ]

Alright, so Cape- Can I call you cape? We're not even on a beach anymore, which totally sucks since I was just getting used to this whole idea of Cape Constant Nightmare. I even made t-shirts.

[ cue exasperated sigh and overly dramatic eye roll. ]

Also, just for the record, when I agreed to go to Oz I did not sign up to come back here. Wherever here ends up...being. [ charlie loses a little steam, here, looking around her in every direction the camera can't see. she's fidgeting a little, mostly because she's in some creepy room all by herself. totally normal. completely normal. one hundred percent- ]

Not that I mind the redecorating - it's got a great Tomb Raider meets first Terminator vibe - but uh. What the frick, guys? Just. What the frick. Anyone want to give me the sparknotes version before I go completely insane? Yes? Maybe? IDK?


PRIVATE to DEAN WINCHESTER, SAM WINCHESTER, JO HARVELLE, ELLEN HARVELLE, ANITA BLAKE, FORTESCUE, and ALEC MCDOWELL

Guess whose back, bitches.

[ vulcan salute, then charlie out. ]

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[animator]

Well, well. Look who decided to join us. You missed the big move, Charlie.

It's good to see you again.

[Video/Private]

[intraining]

Hey-o Anita. [ and okay, charlie's smile is a little more honest. let's talk about people she hadn't even remembered to miss back home, and is now suddenly hit with the fact she missed you. ]

I like what you've done with the place. Nice and...ancient.

[Video/Private]

[animator]

[The missing goes both ways. Anita doesn't have a lot of friends in this place, but she definitely counted Charlie among them.]

Isn't it? And not nearly as sterile as most facilities. Downright homey.

[She hates it here, just as much if not more than Cape Constant Nightmare.]

We'll need to give this place a catchy name, too. I really had my heart set on those teeshirts.

[Video/Private]

[lightgunhustler]

Charlie?

[There's a welcome face. Jo's lost a few too many friends from this place not to smile when she realizes she's not seeing things. It feels wrong to welcome anyone back to this place, but she's glad to see Charlie all the same.]

Long story short, there was an earthquake and the only way to get clear of it was to take the tunnels that opened up to this place. Surprise, surprise, the tunnels collapsed and now we're stuck inside these four walls. No ocean view to be had. I say we got hustled.

[Video/Private]

[intraining]

Jo!

[ there's this whole disconnect between the charlie of five minutes ago who was very much convinced that jo harvelle was nothing but a character in the supernatural books to the charlie of right now who is seeing jo smile and is smiling back and it feels really good to see her again. like, really really good.

like supremely good.

but right, back to...cape horror things. awful things. really awful things. charlie nods along with the explanation a little, before she stops on the hustled part and really can't help herself- ]

Do the hustle doo doo doo- uh. Yeah. I remember the tunnels. I was with Alec and Anita, we were going in and trying to take them to the end and- [ head explosion hand gestures, yes. ] Back home.

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[blackmagus]

[Fortescue's surprised. It's a pleasant surprise. When people leave, she doesn't kid herself by imagining they'll be back. If they do, that's something. But otherwise, they're probably better off just being gone.

Needless to say, she has no idea what salute that is. But it brings a smile to her face all the same.]

Hello, love. Memory intact, I see. What's this about Oz?

[She'll fill you in if you want, but you might have to nudge her in that direction, Charlie.]

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[intraining]

Hello beautiful.

[ which maybe is a stretch, and charlie looks a little more than sheepish, but the grin should help make everything less awkward. especially when charlie kind of waves the whole oz thing off as not a big deal. ]

The Wicked Witch kind of came back and tried to wreck some major havoc, but Dorthy and I took care of it. We were headed back to Oz when I showed up here, so you can imagine my surprise. No yellow brick road, no singing munchkins. I feel a little cheated out of the experience.

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[venatical]

[ No freaking way.

Charlie goes missing, then Sam, and everyone's starting to snap, and then a ton of new people get trapped here with the rest of them -- it's been a not-fun ride here at the not-Cape. Dean's happy and disappointed to see Charlie; maybe she was in a better place, but he's definitely missed her face. ]

We got beamed back to the ship. [ Wait. ] Hang on, forgot that could almost be a real answer. No, we got evacuated. Home sweet lab, huh? Where are you?

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[intraining]

Unless this ship includes the original cast of Star Trek, you are so off course, bud.

[ and she tries to hold the :| face. she really does. but it lasts for all of three seconds because dean's still here and dean's still dean and man. flashbacks. ]

Um. No...actually yeah, no freaking idea. I woke up and got the whole voice recording and the deja vu was enough for me to skip to the start menu. Better question - did you say lab?

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[servingmichael]

There were earthquakes, we evacuated into tunnels which where under the town, they lead here.

Why were you going to Oz?

[ That is the important question here. ]

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[intraining]

Welcome back to you too, calm, cool and to the point.

[ wait, welcome back...charlie that doesn't make any sense. oh well. she tries to shrug and make it look like she's a badass, but there's no telling if it actually works. ]

Yeah, The W3 came back from Oz and The Winchester Bros and I teamed up with Dorthy to take her down. After it was over Dorthy realized my skillage when it comes to all things hunting and asked me to tag along. No big.

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[triplelindy]

[ Now she is a damn sight for sore eyes. Charlie's re-arrival is a nice surprise to wake up to, and while he probably looks just as bad (if now worse) than he did when he arrived, this doesn't keep the smile off his face. ]

Good to see you back, Your Highness. Wasn't the same without you.

[video - private]

[intraining]

[ there is a process when it comes to charlie's reaction to see sam. first, it's excitement, then it's a pause for recognition, then it's a drop in that excitement because- ]

Holy Beejeebus, Sam. You look like crap. [ sorry bro, it's kind of a shock to go back to this when the last time she saw you you were...like a hundred times better.

but then it's back in character, chin held high and everything. ]

I couldn't keep my subjects waiting, after all.

[toldinthebook]

Anymore?

[ That's absolutely a question, for how pointed and 'huh' it sounds ]

You've been here before?

[intraining]

Yup. [ charlie is fairly certain that sounds a whole lot more badass than it actually does. oh well. ]

But back in my day- [ did she really just say that ] we had a beach-side view and a lighthouse to go with. It was all very New England, minus the crazy accents.

[Video]

[oldfashionedhero]

Oz?

[He doesn't get that reference, but he feels like he should.]

Is that a code name for something?

[Video]

[intraining]

Yeah, you know. We're off to see the Wizard~! [ she even sings that in tune, slight dance and everything. ] Eh? No?

[ a sigh, shaking her head. you know, some cultural references she figured everyone would get, no matter the universe. ]

If by codename you mean the fact my childhood is a real life book with a real life badass hunter chick as the main character.

[happytobleed]

[ Oz! He understands that reference, though he doesn't understand that it isn't actually a reference at all. ]

We followed a tunnel here. There weren't many options.

[ A smile begins to form just at the corners of his eyes. ]

It's good to see you again, Charlie, though I might have preferred that it happen on better terms.

[ Maybe back at Sam and Dean's bunker, assuming Castiel is still alive. ]

[intraining]

[ charlie just ends up smiling at cas, nodding along with the info she's got from everyone else. ]

Eh, circumstances are for squares. I go wherever...these creepy scientists apparently want me. Plus, I left before I could get a D&D group going. Had to come back for that at some point.

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[hung_garian]

We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete.

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[intraining]

The circle?

[ BUT HEY GABE she actually did miss you. ]

Hope you've been holding down the pop-culture-fort while I've been gone.

[runboyrun]

Charlie!

[They don't know each other that well, but he still missed her. She's his kindred. He bonded.]

Dude, where've you been? How have you been? You ok?

[intraining]

Stiles!

[ no matter the level they know each other, D&D bonds the,together and that's one of the strongest bonds there is. ]

Sup, dude? And eh, that's a little complicated. Went home for a bit, I think, and now I'm back. So on a scale of one to Freaked The Fuck Out, I'm about a three? The test run was nice. What about you? Survive the tunnels?

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[monticora]

You're alive. Which is good because I'm pretty sure Dean thought I kidnapped you or murdered you.

[ Dean's stupid though so he doesn't let it bother him. ]

Anita missed you. [ Which is Alec speak for "I missed you too". ]

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[intraining]

Yes, well, I'm pretty sure Dean would have blamed a rock if that was the last thing I was seen with.

[ she says it lightheartedly, with a tiny little smirk. she's onto you, alec. ]

Yeah, she told me. [ but it was a valiant effort on your part. ] How've you been?