004 [Text] | Late 4/8

[thechoiceisyours]

[Hopefully everyone has recovered from their hangovers and energy drink comas by now, but if not he's using text to be courteous. Also because it's really late, and because this message works better in text anyway.]

So this isn't exactly a huge important development or whatever, but if your usual texting back home involved emojis I'm sure you'll be ecstatic to know that you can send them here now, too.

[There's a link to install a small program on the phones, which enables a smiling face, a scowling face, and a hand giving the finger.]

Options are kind of limited to happy, unhappy, and pissed off, but never fear. Any additional emoji requests can be submitted to Emily, who I'm sure will totally love fulfilling them for you since she's the master artist here; I just do the scripting. Definitely request as many inane emojis as you could possibly want. Make sure to ask her every time you talk to her if they're done yet, too.

[Sorry Emily. Harmless revenge is sweet.]

So yeah. Have fun.

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Hey this post was actually semi-carefully timed, Sam, gosh. At least he didn't release Pong in the middle of a wendigo attack, unlike Rhys some people here.]

She does now.

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[hollowly]

( aslkh well that. is certainly something to be proud of. yes. )

That's kinda cold, dude.

( except. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. )

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[thechoiceisyours]

I'm pretty sure she'll forgive me. Besides, I have to do the coding part anyway, so it's not like I totally abandoned her to her fate.

[And it benefits them both to make more of these things for another reason entirely anyway.]

I don't think we've met yet?

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[hollowly]

So I'm guessing that means you're good with tech?

( you can't mention a word like coding around sam winchester and not have him say something about it. )

I don't think we have. I'm Sam.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Sort of. I mean, I was back home, but it's a whole different thing here.

[So he's having to relearn it, but fortunately Rhys has already figured out a lot and Chris is good at figuring out patterns.]

Nice to meet you, Sam. I'm Chris.

How long have you been here?

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[hollowly]

Yeah, I feel you. I still kind of feel like I'm out of my element.

( even though, apparently, there is never escaping monsters. ever. such is his life. )

Nice to meet you. ( even under these harrowing circumstances. it's always nice to make new friends, or something like that. )

Three months, give or take. You?

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, it kind of sucks. Especially since it was like my main skill and it's not super useful.

[He's figuring out how it works here, but still feels pretty useless overall in this place.]

It's been about five months, I think. Feels like less and more time all at once.

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[hollowly]

I guess it's kind of a good thing that I can still use my main skill here.

( good ol' hunting life. at least it's coming in handy. )

Five months, jeez. Has anyone been here longer than you, that you know of?

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[thechoiceisyours]

What's that? If it's cool to ask.

[Everyone here has such different skills; it's interesting.]

Yeah, I think there are people who've been here longer, but maybe only by a month or two? I'm not totally sure on that.

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[hollowly]

( chris we're not sure if you're ready for that answer just yet.

so you get an ambiguous one. )

I'm a hunter.

( you'll learn more about that in his network post. dwi. )

I wonder, if we could figure out when people started getting dragged here, we could parse something out that could help us get out.

( it seems like a justified-enough correlation to make, in his book. :| )

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Rude you're not the first hunter he's met Sam gosh.

But for now he assumes the normal kind of deer-shooting hunter, and just accepts that answer. As for the rest of it--]

Yeah, maybe. Assuming there's still anyone here that's been around the whole time.

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[hollowly]

( look he's not in the habit of going around telling everyone under the sun what he does for a living! it's not being rude, it's being tactful. )

People disappear, too?

( makes sense, he guesses. if people show up without rhyme or reason, they could just as easily disappear.

even if the thought is a little disconcerting. )

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah. And sometimes they come back.

My friend Mike has been here and left twice.

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[hollowly]

Huh.

Did he remember being here before, when he came back?

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[unfollowing]

finally, someone who takes my side

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[hollowly]

You must be Emily.

( ohhh dear. he really does feel kind of sorry for you, em. )

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[unfollowing]

good deductive reasoning there

yes, i am. and you're sam

[She peeked above. No sense asking the same question a million times.]

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[hollowly]

It's been known to come in handy a couple of times before now.

( you little shit. )

So what did you do to him that he's getting back at you like this?

( because he knows a revenge attempt when he sees one. he's a little brother, after all. )

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[unfollowing]

['Little shit' is pretty accurate.]

i kept bugging him to code emojis in the first place

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[hollowly]

( it comes from being a little brother your entire life. or something. )

Well then I guess you kind of deserved it ..

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[unfollowing]

[Hey whose side are you on.]

wow, way to pull a 180 there

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[hollowly]

( don't worry, em! he really is on your side! really! )

As somebody that grew up with an antagonistic older brother, I can see the point from both sides.

I'm just saying.

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[unfollowing]

[Funny way of showing it!!]

okay then, switzerland

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[hollowly]

( one day you'll realize that his teasing means he likes you!

... even though he just met you!

...



you saw nothing. )

Nothing wrong with being neutral.

( smiling emoji.

yes, he did that on purpose. )

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[unfollowing]

[How is it possible for you to be weirder than Josh and nerdier than Chris. At the same time.]

you must be a fucking blast at parties :|