† FOUR [video]

[upstairsbrain]

Ouch. [ Sam winces as he comes onscreen, and the NV flickers a bit, as if it can't decide whether or not to work. ] Anyone else having tech problems? Maybe mine's just faulty, but... I dunno. It's shocked me a bunch of times in the past hour. And this is the third time I've tried to send out this call.

[ Sigh. He's supposed to be the nerdy one. Dean will never let him live this down. ]

[private to Prue:]
Hey. I wanted to check up, see how you're doing. Some of our kitchen stuff is on the fritz, too, so... if you'd like to grab lunch sometime soon, that'd be alright with me. [ There's a half-smile. ]

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[therightchoice]

It shocked me a few times too.

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[upstairsbrain]

So, it's not just me. [ He frowns pointedly. ] Are you okay?

[therightchoice]

I think so. I'm more worried that it's all me again.

[upstairsbrain]

I don't think so. [ He smiles, lightly. ] Just a hunch.

[therightchoice]

How good are your hunches?

[upstairsbrain]

Usually? Pretty good.

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[his_own_will]

Maybe you just need a new NV. I'm sure you could find one, somewhere. [ all he's seen the posts and the newsfeeds. He can put two and two together. Something wasn't entirely right around here. ]

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[upstairsbrain]

Could be. [ Hopefully, that's all it is. ] You haven't been having any problems with yours?

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[his_own_will]

Mine? Not really although it's fairly new. Do they really break down that often?

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[upstairsbrain]

I don't think so. This might be a city-wide issue.

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[his_own_will]

So it's the darkness again. There's been a lot of that going on... [ lots of little fluctuations and bumps and strange things taking over the city. Like all those toys.

Something certainly seemed to be up of late. The question is, why? ]

[worldhaditsway]

And I thought I'd just moved beyond "dogs hate me" to "electronics hate me."

[upstairsbrain]

It seems like it's a common theme, lately.

[worldhaditsway]

Great. And I thought it was bad when everyone started switching bodies. This town's really becoming an even worse bad movie than usual.

[upstairsbrain]

Hard to believe it could. But... here we are.

[worldhaditsway]

Next all the animals will probably start talking- not just the ones that ended up here, although those are pretty weird too.

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[astralling]

Yeah, sure. [A little distantly.] Uh, I've been encountering weird stuff too- I almost got killed by a latte machine this morning.

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[upstairsbrain]

[ Something's off, slightly. He can hear it. But, he won't press... too much. ]

Careful. [ It's all he says, about the latte machine, because. Anything can happen in this place. And he's seen inanimate objects kill people, so. ]

Anything else happen? How's your NV working?

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[astralling]

[If it is off, it's because she's on the bus. On the bus, and deliberately calling him while distracted, to keep the conversation shallower.]

It's okay now- but it spent three hours playing Rush this morning no matter what I did.

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[upstairsbrain]

[ He chuckles, cracking a smile that she can't see. ]

Could be worse, right?

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[astralling]

Yeah, you never know- they could always start sending drunk texts without the hassle of you getting drunk first.

[failedparenting]

You're having problems? You're supposed to be the technology geek in this family.

[To this day John has no clue how to download anything on anything else.]

[upstairsbrain]

[ Sometimes, he forgets how much of clones John and Dean are. Now, he cracks a weary smile. ]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Still haven't figured out what's up with these things, but I'll get there.

[failedparenting]

What, thinking about fixing the whole thing yourself?

[He snorts. Good one, Sammy.]

[upstairsbrain]

Might be able to. [ He is the geek kid, after all. ] We'll see.