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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-25 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Just met him. I know Sam and Dean.

[So she's heard all kinds of things.]

Our dads hunted together back in the day, and we worked a few jobs together here and there.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-25 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Shit. You guys are everywhere. Hunters.

( He sips from his beer. )

What's it like?
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-25 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Hunting?

[She's not sure what he's looking for from that question, so she shrugs.]

It's a job. Granted, it's a job I enjoy, I didn't get into it for the usual reasons.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-25 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? What's the usual reasons?

( Maybe his reason falls under the usual column. )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-25 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Grief, revenge and alcoholism is the usual hunter package. After that comes family legacies - that would be me and the boys - and then there's people who accidentally stumble into it and can't look away. Though that's a pretty small percentage.

[Mostly Jody and Donna, from what she understands, though she hasn't met them yet.]
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-25 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That last part might be describing me.

( He tips his beer pointing at her and then back at him. )

Though, it's giving car crash or train accident. In this case, I can't shake it. I don't know how much you ... know about Ben's involvement or how he found out about everything.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-25 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Just bits and pieces. I know Dean made a fucked up decision, as Dean is prone to do, but he thought it was the least fucked up of all the fucked up options. But I never knew Ben.

[She died before he really came into the picture.]
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-25 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, he crashed back into his life thanks to some detective work. And I was there when it all came back out. Including the angel in the room.

( He even had an interesting conversation with Elena. )

Can't unknow it all, you know? World feels bigger than it did.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Jo shakes her head.]

Honestly, I think it's better that way. The more people that know how to keep themselves safe, the less deaths wind up on our plate.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
And the more people that can avenge the deaths that do.

( He considers what Sam did. )

Dean's brother got me in touch with two hunters. Started me a network.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Jo nods.]

Good. That's the best place to start. I'd offer some more contacts but ... a lot of them, if they're still alive, probably think I'm dead so ... that won't end well.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
You're not, not anymore. You'll get it all back.

( And maybe use it to your advantage. He doesn't say he sees where Ben gets his stubborn streak and that strength within. He doesn't suffer fools. Not the time or place, though. )

So, you're one of the lucky?
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yep. Lucky me.

[She takes another long pull from her beer.]

Grateful to be breathing, but still don't love the whole lack of answers we have at the moment.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
What's the going rate for answers right now?

( Now he's being nosy, but maybe it's that natural hunter instinct kicking in. )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the witches have deemed whatever it is complete, but it's not any kind of spell they've seen before. They also didn't recognize the witch that did it.

[So that's a whole lot of dead ends.]

But they have a guy coming over the weekend who knows other things, so maybe he'll drum up something.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Witches have markers?

( Noting this. )

Other things like witch things? Yeah, I heard a rumor this is the part before the real show.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
No I think he knows actual science.

[Which Jo isn't sure she believes will tell them anything because the scientific and the supernatural don't always coincide.]

But I'll take what I can get at this point. And witches don't have markers so much as ... if witches are familiar with other witches they can pick up on their style?
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Like fashion?

( More like signatures, but he thinks he gets it. )

Good luck with those answers, hope it doesn't open up a whole can of worms.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
You and me both. But sometimes a can of worms is a good thing. It gives you some more clues.

[And once you get to the bottom of it, things are usually better. Or you know what to shoot.]
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Got any advice to someone just starting out?

( If he makes it that far? )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Her eyebrow goes up, and the she tips her head to the side.]

Get really familiar with your local news. Any weird bodies turn up, that's usually where you'll see them first, unless you have another in.
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Police blotter count? I'm a detective.

( Actual. )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-26 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that'll do. You'll probably hear about it before we do then. And you've probably seen enough bodies to know the difference between weird and not. After that it's pretty much a matter of figuring out what did the deed.

[Which is the fun part, in her opinion.]
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[personal profile] camber 2026-02-26 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thinking back on 'em, yeah.

( It's definitely kept his mind occupied. )

What do you do when the two overlap? Need to keep the day job, but I wouldn't want to leave too many cases open-ended.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-27 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm the wrong person to ask. I've never really had a real job.

[Sure, she worked for her mom, but that wasn't a real job. That was a fleecing hunters for pocket money job.]

But we do have a network. So if you find something and you're not available to go, you could probably call Sam and Dean and they can farm it out to someone nearby. If not take it themselves.

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