001 -- voice;

[ofinsurrectum]

[ At first, there is nothing but static, flaring louder and louder, and the picture onscreen dissolving into fuzzy gray and black lines. It rises and rises, hitting almost ear-piercing pitches, until, abruptly, it stops. There is a faint rustle that may or may not be wings. There is a pause, and then Castiel clears his throat. ]

Hello.

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[imnot_likeyou]

[Sam would know that rustle of wings anywhere]

Cas. 'Bout time.

[teasing? Mostly. Sam's in a good mood, and having one more friend show up doesn't hurt that, but it will switch to his 'We need to talk' face momentarily.]

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[ofinsurrectum]

My apologies.

[ such caution. the last time he saw sam, they did not part on terms good enough to warrent such a fond greet. ]

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[imnot_likeyou]

[head tips at that, confused. that was a bit stiffer than he was expecting]

Everything okay? Aside from the whole ... sudden trip to space thing.

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[ofinsurrectum]

[ oh sam, you think you're confused? castiel is utterly baffled. ]

We are in space?

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[imnot_likeyou]

[good job, Sam. Skip over the welcome speech]

Yeah. We're on a planet called Coruscant. A guy named Revan brought us here.

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[ofinsurrectum]

[ is this really castiel's life right now is he seriously in space why. ]

This is very inconvenient.

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[imnot_likeyou]

Inconvenient one word for it.

[there's a beat before]

Look, Revan, he picks us up from different points in time. They aren't always the same.

Dean, he's here from after he died the first time. Me, it's around the time the Trickster hauled us off to TV Land.

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[ofinsurrectum]

[ oh well that's a relief. at least that explains why sam greeted him as he did. ]

That was several years ago.

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[imnot_likeyou]

Years. Wow.

So, uh. I guess the whole Apocalypse thing got sorted out?

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[ofinsurrectum]

Yes.

It was averted. Lucifer and Michael now reside in the Cage.

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[imnot_likeyou]

Lucifer and Michael?

[that stuns Sam to silence a bit because ... wow. That's ... a lot]

How did that happen?

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[ofinsurrectum]

It is a long story. And perhaps hard for you to hear.

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[imnot_likeyou]

[there's a pause because ... he's curious. He really is. But ... ]

Guess we better save that for later, then.

[another pause as he thinks for a moment]

Ruby's here too.

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[ofinsurrectum]

[ alkjgdlksaf ]

Ruby?

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[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah.

[a beat and Cas, you are going to want to deck him for this but ... ]

She's not hurting anyone, she can't cause any damage here. She doesn't even remember me killing Lilith. Besides -- people tend to not stay dead here, so going after her would be ... kind of pointless.

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[ofinsurrectum]

[ FUUUUUUUUUUU ]

You are still in contact with her?