01 - Video

[unduly_pitiless]

[The video feed cuts in on Alice sobbing softly. Her eyes are red, her cheeks are wet - she's been crying for a while. She opens her mouth and tries to speak, but the words stutter out before she can say anything coherent.]

I'm sorry - I'm sorry, I just -

[The video goes black. Alice reappears ten seconds later, marginally more composed but still

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[video] - dean ended up talking a lot, srry. :|

[possemagnet]

[Crying kind of makes him awkward. Okay... kind of? Big, big understatement- but he can tell she's pretty jacked up and might need the comfort of an actual person face to face type of deal. He's seen people freak out about voice and written responses.

So, after some rifling with his journal thing, because Dean is all sorts of fail with technology. He points the fuzzy and gradually attaining clarity camera in the direction of his face.

There's some pseudo-indifferent pausing while he thinks of somehow to put it tactfully and then realizes he sucks at that and goes with the flow. His eyebrows shoot up.] Uh, hi. [Hand raise.] To answer you're first question... you're on the barge. To answer the second? It's a goddamn prison ship. It defies logic, so I'm not gonna get started on explaining it.

[His face hardens a little:] There somethin' you need?

[video]

[possemagnet]

Yeah, well, they're not all this nice, Al. [Dean shortens names out of habit.]

[video]

[unduly_pitiless]

No, I...I suppose they wouldn't be.

Do I. Do I need to be worried?

[video]

[possemagnet]

Just keep a level head.

...Should be fine.

[video]

[unduly_pitiless]

I hope so.

Thank you, Dean.

[video]

[possemagnet]

No prob.