closed.

[hellunbounded]

Who: Sam Winchester & you!
Where: Panorama
When: June
What: Catch-all: TDM migration & other closed threads.

Warnings: None atm, will update along the way.

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( Sam is grateful that he hasn't started driving yet, because all of a sudden, a lot is coming at him at once. He turns to Jack, only growing more confused the longer he talks, the information he receives not correlating to what Sam already knows, and he can't do anything for a moment but absorb the information he's being given. )

You killed Michael - wait, Lucifer's dead? Kill Chuck? -- ( Shock rocks through him, almost physically doubling him over - the joy of Lucifer's dead, he's finally dead and the horror of Jack had to kill someone, Jack killed Michael, Jack says we're trying to kill God instantly at war within him. The wrestling of emotions in his chest, pushing past the shock and disbelief, almost keeps him from hearing what Jack says next.

He turns to the kid, eyes wide, and he's surprised to see such blatant desperation on his face. Castiel is here too -- that's important, and it's another lifeline thrown his way, just before he's sent overboard again with it's out of time. Sam squeezes his eyes shut, forcing himself to break down the avalanche of information into sizable pieces. ) Wait - okay, give me a second...

( Sam forces himself to take a breath, then opens his eyes again. ) You're saying that... you're from a future point in our timeline? And that Castiel is from...the past? ( This, somehow, seems more manageable to parse versus the "killing God" topic. ) I guess we've... we've traveled in time before, but not between universes and time. Why would anyone drag us here at such different points...

( But Jack is looking at him like a lost kid desperate for reassurance, asking if Sam knows him, and the instinct to soothe is immediate. He grabs Jack's shoulder gently, letting his own astonishment recede as he focuses on grounding Jack - even as the word 'son' rings like a bell in Sam's mind. They hadn't... Sam would never assume... but that had to be a conversation for a different time. )

Of course, I know you. You're Jack. Our nephilim kid who eats too much nougat, right? ( Sam gives him a teasing grin he hopes he reassuring enough, patting Jack's bony shoulder. )

[godjr]

[ Jack goes quiet when Sam asks to get a second to process that, which is understandable. His mistake was putting way too much information on Castiel all at once, but at the time Jack didn't know what else to do. He was needy for his father's attention and he wanted to convince him of their relationship, but instead he feels like he may have only driven him away. ]

Yes. I'm from the future. I killed Michael maybe a year ago. Lucifer died before that. Chuck brought him back briefly later, but he was killed very quickly again, so he's gone.

[ So quickly. Probably hours after he was resurrected. Jack feels nothing about that topic, his father was dead to him after the first time. In fact, Jack hated the very idea of ever seeing Lucifer again, which is why he reacted so violently toward Nick. He barely was able to react to his father showing up toward the end before Michael killed him. Now Jack has absorbed all of his power, but he can talk about that later as a concern. Two archangel Graces inside of him is a lot to handle.

This means that he's never been soulless to Sam though. And it means ... Mary is still alive to him. That instantly puts Jack in an inwardly spiral of panic. He can't talk about that now. Not when Sam is here and cares about him. He can't lose another parent. That will be a problem for future Jack, as people sometimes say. ]

Castiel says he is from when you were all fighting Amara and he let Lucifer possess his body.

[ He looks deeply relieved at Sam's reassurance but also anxious at the same time, all of his emotions laid out there openly on his honest face. He looks hopeful as he shoots a look toward Sam. ]

Yes. I'm so glad. If both you and Castiel didn't know me, I don't know what I'd do.

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( Now even more information gets hurled Sam's way, but he really tries to not get overwhelmed, if only for Jack's sake. Jack is from the future, Cas is from the past - God, it really is a mess. )

Okay, one thing at a time. ( He gives Jack's shoulder another light squeeze as he rearranges the pieces in his mind. ) So... okay. Michael and Lucifer are off the board. The world-ending threat is from Chuck this time. ( That isn't... great, considering he's God, but if that's happening back in Jack's timeline, at least this pocket-dimention...thing they're stuck in can give them time to strategize. ) Meanwhile, Cas is from right when he let Lucifer in...

( Sam puts his head in his hands and allows himself one second of frustration. Then, he takes a breath. If this is overwhelming for Sam, he can't imagine how Jack must have felt on his own, without even Cas to guide him. ) I'm sorry, Jack. That must have been hard, Castiel not knowing who you are. That was... a rough time for Castiel, too.

( He should let laying dogs lie, but Sam has to tentatively ask, for his own peace of mind if nothing else. ) And Lucifer... he's really dead? ( Then, carefully, remembering the disappointment that had radiated from Jack in the timeline he'd left behind, learning that Sam had left Lucifer behind in the Apocalypse world: ) How do you feel about that?