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[This program is brought to you by Herpexia: Daily Treatment for Genital Herpes.]

So, uh. It's come to my attention that whenever events roll around, everybody's usually running through the halls like chickens with their friggin' heads cut off. So today we're gonna fix that, 'cause this is what I do for a living.

[It appears that Dean is in the kitchen, and has covered an entire countertop with assorted objets d'hunting.]

Got a coupla basics here. Salt. [He lifts up a canister of the stuff.] Purifying chemical compound. Burns ghosts, but won't keep 'em away for long. You can protect yourself by drawing a circle with it and stayin' inside. Iron- [Dean gestures to the crowbar.] Also purifying, harms malevolent spirits.

[With a click, he's got a Zippo lighter out and lit.] Whole bunch of stuff is gonna hafta be burned. [Out goes the lighter.] Usually the remains of a dead person, so you might get your hands dirty, fair warning.

[Dean pockets the Zippo and leans in for a dramatic close-up on the camera.]

Where I come from, monsters are real. And they're not about to go away - especially not in Wonderland. You can either sit here with your thumbs up your asses, or be ready. I'm gonna take questions about whatever stuff you wanna throw at me, so knock yourselves out. Class is in session.
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ That sounds almost too good to be true. And this guy is a total stranger. And yet Alex really wants to trust him in this. Someone who can teach him to fight back? ]

So you've fought stuff here. Monsters.

[ It occurs to him that maybe 'I fight monsters for a living' should be a wild claim - but after more than a year in Wonderland, it's the most reasonable thing in the world. ]
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
Yeah. You want a résumé, or somethin'?

[Because buddy, he can tell you some stories.]
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ "I want to know this stuff works, because I want to use it." Man, why does everything he might say feel like he'd be saying too much? ]

I want to know I'm learning stuff that's been tested here. There're monsters from all over, I don't want to use something in the middle of a - an event and find out it doesn't work.

[ If he has a chance to check, it only makes sense to! ]

[audio] Ahhhthank you, thank you very much.

Date: 2011-10-10 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
Look, dude. You gotta be ready for everything. Where I'm from, vampires have a mouthful of teeth and won't die unless you cut their heads off. Almost everywhere else it's wooden stakes and garlic and Bela Lugosi voices.

[A beat.]

Or those douchebags that sparkle.

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 03:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
Right.

[ Right, that does make sense.

Wait. ]


...Oh god, don't tell me those are here as well.

[ DON'T MAKE HIS LIFE ANY MORE RIDICULOUS. ]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
[A groan.]

I know, right? It was only a couple, but that was a few events back when everyone turned into every kind of vampire. The mansion oughta stick to the basics now.

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ Sparkling vampires would just be too ridiculous, even for this place. Alex and Amy once rented out one of those movies and laughed and laughed. He's seen a lot of weird shit here, but some things he just can't imagine in the real world and take them seriously.

He's surprised to find that thinking of Amy doesn't make him want to lock himself in the closet and gouge his own heart out. It's just saddening; an ordinary, hollow kind of saddening.

He's surprised to realise that that's the first time he's thought of her in a while.

All this thinking, on the outside, only takes a moment. ]


I stayed human for that, [ he says with a small amount of relief. Alex counts himself lucky there, even if it did mean half the mansion was drooling over his papercuts. ]

I know the obvious stuff didn't work on all of them. There aren't any vampires where I come from, so I went off legends. [ With Tim van Helsing and his hat. Oh god, the hat. ]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
Same here. But a friend of mine got a little bitey, and desperate times called for desperate measures.

[Not that he cut off Philip's head, or anything. Just wounded him a little.]

One thing the suckers can't stand? Dead man's blood. If they get that in their system, it paralyzes 'em. Just for future reference.

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ Alex didn't mean that he killed anyone, so probably Dean didn't mean that either. That's not what he meant, right? ]

Blood from a dead guy? [ Getting that would... so not be the worst thing he's ever done, so it doesn't faze him. ] What kinda vampires is that for?

[ Since he doesn't remember that from Nosferatu. And yes, he's totally writing this down. ]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 06:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
The ones from my universe. They've got retractable fangs that push out over their human teeth, and it's not just two - I mean it when I saw it's a whole damn mouthful.

[Sexy vampires? What are those, anyway? There's nothing sexy about gargling blood while someone chews on your jugular.

...or is there?
]

Werewolves aren't actually hairy, either, in case you were wondering.

[Dean chuckles.]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
You've got a fun world.

[ At least the trees don't stalk you. Probably. ]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 02:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
You've got no idea, dude. Wouldn't trade it for anything, though.

[And honestly? He wouldn't. Even though it would mean a normal life, even though it would mean having a whole family instead of a broken one.

It wouldn't be the same.
]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ Alex didn't see that episode, but he does know a little about having people you wouldn't trade. Or he thought he did, anyway.

But apart from general spook-repelling lessons, he has a definite goal for this conversation. ]


What about ghosts? Spirits? What if there aren't any remains?

[ Not that he knows exactly what the 0perator is, but let's start with possible basics. ]

[audio]

Date: 2011-10-10 11:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
Genetic material. Anything they've left behind. Even if it's a lock of hair or a fingernail.

[~The More You Know~]

Date: 2011-10-11 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ Blink and you'll miss it, but his expression is very briefly frustrated. The Operator hasn't left anything of the sort as far as Alex knows.

But he carries on asking as if this is all theoretical. ]


How d'you find it? They're not gonna hand you directions.

Date: 2011-10-13 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
[Dean snorts.]

What do I look like, a P.I.? You gotta look everywhere, dude.

Date: 2011-10-13 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 40410.livejournal.com
[ Oh boy, that helps... approximately not at all.

Alex looks frustrated for longer this time. ]


What if there isn't a body?

[ If the Operator ever had one, and he doubts it, it's not going to be in Wonderland. ]

Date: 2011-10-17 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashboardlite.livejournal.com
[Geez, dude, sound a little more tense, why don't you?]

Then you might be up shit creek. There are other methods, but some of 'em hafta be looked up. Kinda like exorcisms and banishing rites.

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