voice;

[paterelohim]

[With how much Chuck loves doing video post, the fact that he's sticking to voice should be the first red flag. The choked tone in his voice is another.]

Fred- Winifred Burkle. Has anyone seen her?

Her NV's offline, she isn't answering it.

[There's a long, sunken silence.]

I think... she's gone.

I want to say she'll probably be back, but I just don't know- I haven't seen it yet. God, what's the point of seeing the future if it doesn't help?

Anyway, I just- thought everyone who knows her should know. She's out.

Comments

[paterelohim]

Drawings? Of what?

[magnetic_magpie]

Gardens, a truck, a motorcycle, a few other little things.

[paterelohim]

What about the Impalas?

[magnetic_magpie]

I had to take a little time off. But I should be starting the interiors in a week.

[paterelohim]

You can't do Dean's without me.

[magnetic_magpie]

I wouldn't.

I need you to do the trunk too. All of them, really.

[paterelohim]

John's is pretty easy. I gave you a sketch of the weapons holder thing, right?

[magnetic_magpie]

Yes but.

I'd like to add to the cache.

[Quietly, smoothly. He's plotting.]

I have something I believe he'd like.

[paterelohim]

What is it?

[magnetic_magpie]

They are called 'semi-modified FP shells' - they require a somewhat custom 9 mil, but they are basically manifactured sunlight in a bullet. Kills just about everything in the Darkness it hits and repels everything so long as the light lasts.

[paterelohim]

..........

They all want that. As in, everybody.

[magnetic_magpie]

One gun and two clips a piece work?

[He's been working on that one a while.]

[paterelohim]

Dude, you need to start selling that crap. Get a disguise and go out on the black market.

[magnetic_magpie]

I had to have them commissioned. And it's been a project since...before Christmas.

[paterelohim]

Can you figure out a way to make them faster? I mean, anything can be industrialized.

[magnetic_magpie]

I don't actually know how to make them Chuck. I'd have to have a chat with the person who does.

[paterelohim]

Ohhh.

Hm.

You know, the more I think about it- one Winchester already died from going out in the Darkness. They aren't a family known for making good choices. Just look at this week. I can't see encouraging it to be a good idea.

[magnetic_magpie]

Given the expense and difficulty in getting them they are more emergency defence than licence to run a muck in the Darkness.

[paterelohim]

You don't know these people.

[magnetic_magpie]

Not as well as I'd like, no.

[paterelohim]

They don't need any encouragement to do stupid shit.

[magnetic_magpie]

Pretty sure them having Darkness-proofed vehicles count as encouragement...

[paterelohim]

Nah, that's a slice of home. It's different. The light thing would give them that dangerous sense of bravado that comes form having a paper-thin shield against the Persians.

[magnetic_magpie]

It's a bit more than that - sunlight is a pretty effective shield, so long as you can keep it up.

[...Not that. He has personal experience. Of course.]

[paterelohim]

Well yeah- exactly, they're a good excuse to go out and be stupid.