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[intraining]

[ when the video comes on, it's on accident, and there's a moment there where the feed shakes around a bit before it jerks - almost as if someone hit it, before it tilts back to a head full of red hair and a very unamused look. ]

Not sure on what planet these kinds of kidnapping-and-drugging shenanigans are even legal, but hey, I can take a joke. You did a great job setting this up, but genre clash? Doesn't start till next month. And this whole Silent Hill thing - what did you call it, Cape Kore? - while really cool and thought out and overall A plus for effort, still not okay. Not a game, here! [ and wow, okay, flashback. why are there so many weirdos who take this game too seriously? she's really done getting kidnapped, and there's no hot fairy here. so immediate negative points. ]

The wrist communicator is really cool. Feeling a little Might Morphin, just without the ti kwan do or spandex suits. Not that I want the suits, but just, if you're going to go half-way might as well go the full way. Go big or go home. Right? [ and at this point she's just kind of babbling. someone's starting to feel really, really nervous. ] I'm serious, guys. Not funny. I just- home? Yeah? Please?

[ there's a moment where she bites her lower lip, looking off and around her - seeing only a cape and a lighthouse and totally unable to drop that 'Big Brother is Watching' feeling creeping down the back of her neck. after the moment is over, she closes her eyes, as if she's finally convincing her to say something she'd been worried about saying.

and, with her eyes closed (though her left does peek open to the camera), she continues. while she is secretly hoping no one answers this last bit because that would not be good. really really not good. ]

And Sam and Dean, if you two are here...help?

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[venatical]

Timey whimey, yeah. [ Though if she saw him a few hours ago... ]

What's the last thing you remember from back home?

[ She's working through to the other side of this situation, and he's confident she'll get there, so he just plunges ahead with his questions even when she's floundering a little. She'll get her feet in a minute; Sam was right that she's a Woman of Letters. ]

And uh, not yet, though I'm working on it. [ And he's gotten a whole lotta nothing, but still. ]

[intraining]

I just left the hospital. [ she shouldn't have to explain any more than that, if the way her voice gets quiet is anything to go by. ] I was on my way home.

[ but okay, charlie. time to pull it together. she takes a breath and pulls her hands off her face. this isn't much compared to finding out your boss is a crazy monsters, right? right. ]

Working on it as in your plans aren't working, or something else? Also! [ because this has been bugging her, but she's gonna lean in close like everyone can hear her. ] Is there a reason every single person in those Supernatural books is here? Or are you just that popular?

[venatical]

[ No, that's enough. That also means he could maybe get her up to speed on what's gone down, if he could talk about it. For right now, he just nods, confirming that he knows what she means. And then his semi-distracted thinking face turns into a definite line face. ]

Sam's not here. [ Did he snap? Whoops. He didn't mean to, and he shakes it off. The memory of Gabriel and Raphael getting their revenge for Trickster!Dean is just fresh. ]

And I don't know. I was here before, then I disappeared and forgot the whole thing. When I turned back up here last month, all these people knew me. I didn't have a clue. I hear Sam was here. [ aka, sorry for snapping. ]

[intraining]

[ well hello there dean. good thing charlie ~understands~ your bromance, or that snap might have actually bothered her. ]

Sorry. [ because she didn't mean to bring that up. really. the fact that dean's actually lasted this long without tearing the place limb from limb looking for her surprises her more than the snap does. ] Wait- so now we're dealing with memory swipes? Who are these guys?

[ apology accepted. ]

[venatical]

No idea. It's not exactly easy to get the jump on 'em. [ And it's pissing him off. ]

We're more or less stuck here, and once you get settled, you'll notice there's jack to work with. Even the angels can't tunnel out, which means we're dealing with serious warding or something seriously powerful. That's about as far as I've gotten.

[intraining]

Well that's comforting.

[ g d i dean. ]

And this isn't some kind of dream thing either, right? Just...happening all over again?

[venatical]

Uh... No. Other than the... dream thing going on right now... Under normal circumstances, no, it's not a dream.

[intraining]

Great. So it's not a dream, there are no crazy djinns, but we are open and vulnerable to dream-walking crazies.

And they took my iPad.

[ honestly the worst part. ]

[venatical]

And my brother. And me, at one point. And my engineer.

[ But yeah, your iPad. Ahem. ]

Hey, you're not alone, alright? I'm here. Get settled and I'll show you around.

[intraining]

Your engineer? For what?

[ is charlie possibly getting jealous that dean has more friends she doesn't know about? gosh. no. ]

Ellen's taking me back to her...bar. I think. [ charlie's gonna look around to make sure she's not here yet. ] Meet me there?

[venatical]

For the building project. Doesn't matter now; he's gone. Been gone. [ They hadn't been very close, so Dean was more annoyed and unsettled than really upset about it. ]

See you there, kiddo.