[031] [audio]

[to_rebel]

[It's with fumbling hands that Castiel turns on the tablet. No video; he has enough presence of mind not to put the statue -- the mockery he's managed to look in the face -- on a camera, just in case.]

I can't--

[The tablet drops from nerveless fingers and clatters to the ground. Castiel's voice seems far away, distracted.] I may need help.

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[will_end_you]

Cas? Cas? What's going on? Where are you?

[to_rebel]

Dean. [Pause. This... is not good.] Don't look them in the eye. [It's harder and harder to keep his thoughts straight but this is a warning that needs passed along.]

[will_end_you]

Wasn't planning on it.

Where are you?

[to_rebel]

[He hadn't exactly been planning on it, either.] The field west of the city.

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[godlessblossom]

Castiel?

[She sounds vaguely worried.]

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[to_rebel]

Is there a statue near you? [So does he.]

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[godlessblossom]

No, I am safe for the moment. How many are there with you?

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[to_rebel]

Just the one. [It's more than enough.]

[Video]

[nurse1701]

[Christine recognizes the voice and turns quickly to her pad.]

Where are you?

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[to_rebel]

Are the statues near you?

[Video]

[nurse1701]

No. I've only run into one and I shoved it out my window while it was frozen.

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[to_rebel]

Good. Stay away from them.

[grace_optional]

[Dammit, dammit, dammit. And her with one arm still only moderately functional, at best.] Cas. Talk to me, what's wrong?

[to_rebel]

I looked. [A stupid, stupid thing to do.] I looked at it. Don't look it in the eye.

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[grace_optional]

The statues? I haven't, I won't. Cas, what'd it do? Should I come out? [And that would be Anna's 'If not, then you'd better say so right now' voice. There's nothing wrong with her other arm.]

[Audio]

[to_rebel]

[A pause, and Castiel forces himself to answer. The creature in front of him would have his thoughts; he was a little more stubborn than that.] Its image... [He trails off, tries again.]

Others are coming. I'm all right.

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[voodooing]

[She looks freaked out, very freaked out.]

Castiel? Can you answer this? Are you okay?

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[to_rebel]

[The tablet's still on the ground; Castiel isn't going to reach for it -- and wouldn't change to a video setting anyway. Not with this statue here.]

I can answer you.

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[voodooing]

Good...okay...good. [At least that's good news.] Where are you? Do you have people coming?

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[to_rebel]

Yes. [He thinks.] Voodoo, are there statues near you? [It's an effort to speak, but the warning must be given.]