video.

[kickingand]

[ Dean's got his device set up so that this isn't all Blair Witch Project (thank god) but he's got a jar of his own, which he's... gently shaking around a couple of fireflies in. Not like Sid and his toys or anything here, considering they're still alive, but he's cheerfully giving them a rock and roll. ]

I don't get the bug thing, I really don't--

[ After which he sets the jar down with a slight clatter, where the fireflies can finally carry on flitting about. ]

I mean, this is like crack to kids, right? Catching these things, watching 'em fly around? Never understood the appeal. [ Says the man with fireflies in a jar but he's curious okay, don't judge. ]

And then with the warm and fuzzies... I mean- C'mon. Never known a God to offer that up without some kinda hand being played.

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[kickingand]

[ hey hey no judging buddy, HE GETS YOUR DRIFT. ]

I was curious, I mean- some guy around here isn't eating because of this shit- [ So yes, stupidly, Dean thought he would try the effects out for himself?? ] -wanted to see what the big deal was.

[stepford_smiler]

[That's a really dangerous experiment, but that is also really worrisome.]

Someone isn't eating because of the...fireflies?

That's strange.

Are the fireflies giving off some effect? I haven't captured any of my own...

How are you feeling with them?

[kickingand]

Apparently, according to some guy on the network. [ Have a shrug. ]

But they're makin' me feel like a pocket full of sunshine. [ Okay that's a lie, and his snort gives it away. ] I dunno, not much of a noticeable difference. Don't exactly want to go frolicking through the streets, but can't say I feel like shit, either.

[stepford_smiler]

[Dean's speech is eerily similar to a certain redhead that he knows. It actually makes him relax just a little bit. Just a very little bit.]

Maybe the effects increase with the amount of fireflies. You only have a few. That man you mentioned probably had dozens. I've seen people carrying jar fulls of them.

They might be emitting a kind of..."happy wave". As bad of a name that is for it. Hahaha

[kickingand]

You mean like microwaves? [ Dean and science is a rotten combination. ] Stand too close, you end up fried? Could be- that'd make sense. Put 'em on full blast and you end up cooked with happiness.

[ That would explain a few things, at least. And would still be highly.. weird. ]

[stepford_smiler]

Eh...well...yes. [Close enough to what he meant.]

So essentially, people are getting high on fireflies.

[kickingand]

[ He's well aware that he probably didn't get it 100% but he tried!! That's what counts, right!? ]

And while getting high's fun and all, doing it 24/7 isn't exactly recommended.

[stepford_smiler]

[That's what counts.]

Some people don't have any restraint and considering the place we're in, some people have probably been here longer and have been through terrible things to make them want to escape it through a high.

That or they're just abusing it.

[Because some people are just drunkards and stoners and that's how it will always be from now until forever. So why judge?]

[kickingand]

[ And while Dean is his own variety of addict, he still isn't one to choose this particular route. Give him the liquid brand every day of the week (more like every hour of the day). ]

Or they can't help themselves. DIdn't even realize it was happening before it was too late and now? Got themselves hooked.

[stepford_smiler]

[He nods at that in agreement.]

Well, it shouldn't be long now before they all die off. Fireflies, I believe, have a season that they live through and I don't think it's very long. Hopefully not too many people will have to suffer through withdrawals.

[kickingand]

[ Are you a bug expert Hakkai. Are yooouu. ]

And seeing as withdrawals always stir up the opposite effects, we might have a hell of a lot of unhappy people wandering around.

[stepford_smiler]

[Jack of all trades.]

There might be people trying to kill each other again.

[kickingand]

With drugs, isn't that always how it goes? Even if you can catch these guys in a net for free, something tells me that won't last long.