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cityandking · 5 years

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uhhhh space au I guess? 0.6k. idk what I’m doing.

“Officer on deck!”

“Oh, shut up,” Bran says warmly, striding onto the bridge. Iö gives her a sharp little salute and turns back to their station, fingers skimming across the touchpad as the ship drifts past the outermost rings of Farwater.

Bran steps up beside Haskon where he stares out the front viewport, his hands folded neatly behind his back. The planet’s massive rings are shimmering optical illusions of ice and dust at this distance, spun sugar that belies their massive size. A faint red blip of a warning has been superimposed on the view screen, slowly drifting spinwards away from them. Bran frowns at it. “How are we doing?”

“Mm.”

She tilts an eyebrow at him. “That well? You don’t say.”

“Eye switched up their patrol route since we were out here last,” Haskon mutters, eyes fixed on the pixel blip of a patrol ship in planetary orbit. “We’ll have to run dark when we hit the next system.”

Bran’s frown deepens at that, following the vector, running the math in her head. Even running dark, they’ll be cutting it close. Not that many places to hide out in the black. “How long will it cost us?”

“Presta thinks three cycles.”

“I don’t think,” interjects Presta from her position at the conn. Iö snickers. “I know.”

With their good time skirting the Divide they’ve got a few cycles to spare, but three days–– Damn. Not the end of the world, but there goes the on-time bonus.

Bran pitches her voice to include their helmsman. Not that Presta wouldn’t offer up her two cents anyway, clearly, but Bran likes to be polite about it. Better for morale. And avoiding future pointed comments about chain of information. “Can we make up any of it?”

“We’ll catch a cycle or two when we swing round the ‘Cin gravity well,” Presta says with a gruff little shrug. “Guess that system’s good for something.”

“Or two, huh?”

“You’re goddamn right,” prickles Presta. “I’m a great pilot.”

That’s true; she is.

Bran frowns, mulling it over. They’ll miss the extra fat on the paycheck, but that’s hardly the worst outcome. They’re still sitting on the haul from Exeter; that’ll keep everyone fed and happy for at least another run from the capitol to the Scorch and back.

Not, of course, that Bran has any intention to dip through the Scorch or drive all the way in to the capital. There’s risky and then there’s stupid, and she has the good sense to know the difference between the two no matter what Haskon says.

But. They could. If they wanted to.

"A cycle late won’t kill us,” she decides. Haskon snorts unhelpfully, which she ignores with a great deal of grace and dignity. “I’ll let Reese know. And get me a schematic of the new Eye patrol routes.”

“On it,” Iö returns, flicking their screen up to sort through vector data. “Now, or...?”

“Send it to my padd when you’ve got it mapped.”

“Aye, captain.”

Bran leaves the comms op to their work. In front of them, the red blip of the distant ship vanishes in the shadow of the planet, and a knot between her shoulder blades eases slightly.

“Anything else?” she asks Haskon, watching him relax too. Good man.

He shrugs one heavy shoulder. “Doc’s started asking after new supplies. Says we’re low on plasma. Apparently people keep getting shot.”

“I’ll have a talk with the crew about that,” Bran promises wryly. Haskon doesn’t laugh, but that hardly deters her. “And a talk with Crenn.”

“Aye.”

He tilts back towards the viewscreen, report clearly finished. Bran shakes her head and clasps him on the shoulder. His head tilts ever so slightly in her direction. Bless the big lump.

“Let me know when we’re prepped for burn.”

“You’ll know,” Presta promises. Good woman. Bran grins.

Then she turns on her heel, enjoying the momentary flare of her coattails in the artificial gravity, and clatters down from the bridge to see to their medic.

#branwen #mine; branwen #mine; writing #.space au #I've got ideas and no patience so here's just. this thing I guess. woo.

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themanicgalaxy · 3 years

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SPN 5X2 Good God Y'all

I just now realized that mark sheppard is listed as main character above Misha on Netflix and I'M CACKLING

"We're a long way from home" is THE GODDAMN OPENING I AM T H R I V I N G

ooo and we get RUFUS!

ELLEN AND JO!!

aww poor Bobby's having a rough go of it

THE ENOCHIAN SIGILS IN THE RIBS IS SUCH A COOL DETAIL

ICONIC TRENCHCOAT HOSPITAL SCENE

I LOVE THE F L O W Y TRENCHCOAT

AWW HE COULDN'T FIND THEM SO HE CALLED THEMMM

"my power's on the fritz"

Bobby: *fuck you*

well at least he's talking-I HEARD THAT

"God? yes God?? yes

"NO HE'S NOT ON ANY FLATBREAD"

"I lost everything for nothing" WOW

THE SAMULET??

aww he took that so poorlyyyy

WOW they're all in a bad mood

oh Rufus!

well those sounds are comforting

SPIRIT IN THE SKY

wait shit I reALLY like this needle drop

AND THEY DO THE SWITCH TO RADIO AGAIN

abandoned car, sam switches off the radio oh I LIKE

ELLEN! HOLY S H I T IT HAS BEEN A WHILE

THE HOLY WATER LOLL

HE LOOKS SO DONE AHAHAHA

yes it's because lube, it's still funny

AW ELLEN HUGS EM

S M A C K

"what are you allergic from giving me peace of mind" PFFTY

"answer ur damn phone boys" PFFFTTT

JO IS HUNTING!!

GOD I WISH WE GOT MORE OF HER

ah Dean and the no trust thing

ooo the slow demon eyes thing you can tellll

the "Tries to exorcise, fails, and then kills" feels important but also like exorcise them holy shit

interesting demon blood moment

ooo boot camp

AH IRAQ IRAN SOLDIERS!

"where'd you serve" "Hell"

"takes on to know one" OOOF

"lot of bad road" is a cool saying tho

demons don't get cold is Neat though

i feel like...this is setting..something up(the end thing, not the demon thing)

somethings up with ellen I can feel it

Are they...not the demons?

DIDN'T CRISTO WORK? WHY DIDN'T THEY DO IT?

ELLEN! WALKED ON THE SALT!

fourth finger

Sam’s eyes are black?

what’s happening

“let’s figure it out” *smirk* WAS CUTE

God I wish she got to be a mother figure for real, let her be in the story

FOUR HORSEMEN! OH MY GOD

THE POINTED CHERRY MUSTANG SET UP O H M Y GOD

real roger heh

“I just remove inhibitions”

made them see demons dude!

ooo Sam looks good here

b l o o d for the blood god

Sam and the lust for power is certainly something in there oh my god

ur still the chosen one babe

HE TWIST THE RING AND START BLEEDING IT MAKES THEM SEE WHAT THEY NEED

“you believed crazy before” ope and to the soldier

AH THE RING!

that was a cool shot

aw jo looks young

“It’s war” “you’re damn right it is” WAS SO FUNNY

“hi jo” “hey” pfft

i love how they both came up with that individually

“I’m getting too old for this” RUFUS

just! cut off his finger!

it’s funny he calls them kiddos tho

oh god this is so clearly canada

huh Sam actually getting an Addiction Talk is neat actually

Sam benching himself is actually responsible ok

…don’t split up from your brother that sounds like a terrible idea

oh god what the fresh flying fuck

i mean to be fair, it’s nice for them to figure something out on their own? I think?

DEAN OFFERS THE CAR!! AWWW!!

“take care of yourself” IS THE WORST ONE SAM WHY

1. Cas and the terrible horribly no good very bad rebellion against heaven. Seriously, he’s funny, he’s awkward, but most importantly, he jettisons things forward. Also the lil fwoosh with the trenchcoat is fun

2. enochian sigils on the ribs! Whole possessed town! end times! look the lil x ray of the sigils, the end times imagery, the demons fading in and out, the very clear Something is Wrong here and you assume demons but it isn’t was a very good lore addition! War was at least a fun villain trope and cutting off his finger and keeping the ring feels important. It felt like set up(future plots, macguffins, etc) but also payoff(why is this demon case so weird).

3. spirit in the sky! God I LOVED this needle drop! it fit the vibe well(the lil swings of the guitar, with the deserted town, the sun that isn’t blocked, the car that the radio switches off and it felt like a less good version of the Red Mustang that ends up being integral later. this one was GOOD

although I feel like they use all their needledrop money in the first few episodes of the season. If they do spend money though, it’s important so it’s good to notice it and BOY is it fun

4 Sam+Dean. I do appreciate that Sam’s introspective, that he benches himself. I think that’s a good thing, and I think ultimately it’ll again, lead into something interesting. Also, I think it’s in character that Dean didn’t say anything but offered the Impala. Same with giving up the amulet, he’s an action over words kinda guy, and you kinda see that. again, payoff for the fight, set up for the next few plots, so let’s see how this goes

right that’s all i got to say. I liked lore, I liked seeing Squad, was solid fun time

I missed Jo and Ellen so much

#pawswatchesspn #5x2 good god y’all #IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE JO AND ELLEN AGAIN I MISSED THEM SO MUCH #HUNTER JO HUNTER JO H U N T E R J O

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