everyone needs more jimmy novaks tbh

[frompontiac]

I dunno. I really don't. On the one hand, I get to stay awake. That's... that's pretty rare for me. But on the other hand...well, you're still pulling the strings. And... look, you know me. You wouldn't be here if you didn't. You know I've got a... history with string pulling. I can't just take your word for it that things are gonna be alright.

But wherever I go, I get to decide. Is that fair? Can I get that much?

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[sagittaspei]

Hmmm... well, I'm not really sure what kind of things you've been through, but some places out there aren't so bad. You might be surprised!

[frompontiac]

Well, what's the scale on being 'not so bad'?

[kingofheaven]

[Castiel actually shifts from foot to foot looking guilty.]

Things are not alright.

[frompontiac]

[wow guilt. that's a new one for you.]

Yeah, I know. Kinda hard to miss! What else've you got?

[sagittaspei]

Ah, well, let's see... the city I'm in right now isn't so bad most of the time, and I've also heard there's a place where you get to have real life Pokemon? That place doesn't sound so bad at all!

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Believe me, you don't get to decide.

Anything.

[frompontiac]

See, that's the thing. Most of the time doesn't mean all of the time. And sooner or later, there's gonna be a catch, if there isn't one already.

[frompontiac]

Believe me, this isn't the first time I've heard that. I... I gotta tell you, I almost wish it was. Then I wouldn't know what'll happen next.

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Are you afraid?

[frompontiac]

Wouldn't you be?

[sagittaspei]

[ she hums to herself. ]

Well, of course I'm not saying that it's great all of the time, and there have been some hard times that we've had to get through, but... can't you say that about anywhere, even if the circumstances aren't as weird?

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Amazons fear nothing!

[Said as convincingly as a sixteen-year-old can say anything.]

[frompontiac]

The wheres don't matter. Hell, half the time, I'm not even awake for them. But the hows... the hows are always the same, and they don't get much better just because the place you're going to might be different this time.

[frompontiac]

I'm not much of an Amazon, really.

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Of course not.

You're a...

What are you?

[frompontiac]

I used to be a salesman. Now... I dunno.

[sagittaspei]

That seems like a really lonely way to think.

... What did you mean, you're not awake for the wheres?

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

What's a "salesman?"

[frompontiac]

Well, I guess I've been a really lonely person.

Kinda... kinda what it sounds like. Most of the time, someone else pilots me around. And whenever that happens, I'm...I sleep through it.

[frompontiac]

Uh... I sold things. Ad time on AM radio, if you can believe that.

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

...what's "ad time?"

[frompontiac]

I'd try to schedule when and what kind of ads would appear during a show.

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

That sounds...extremely boring.

[frompontiac]

It was my life! I'd give almost anything to have boring again.

[The key word there is almost.]

[tough_sweet_sixteen]

Yeah, and I'd give almost anything to have a life again.

We don't always get what we want.