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[There isn't a video feed -- mostly because Sam has spent the last half hour readjusting to the fact that he's a person again and he really doesn't want to see the majority of the city right now. But after gauging how long he's been gone and knowing his family is probably flipping the fuck out, he can't really avoid a public service announcement to let everyone know that Sam Winchester is, in fact, not dead.

There's an awkward moment of hesitation, though, before Sam begins to speak. His voice is a little quiet and hoarse, but he sounds like he's in one piece.]

... I'm sorry, for worrying everyone, but -- I'm alright.

[People require more detail than that, surely. But Sam doesn't know what to say. He can't tell the entire city that he has one foot in Hell and the other foot in reality. That he took off his bracelet in a psychotic fit of get it off of me. But he can't keep it a secret forever, especially since he's obviously not okay. So he settles for a compromise -- and Sam lets out a long breath.]

I'm in room 302 at the hospital in the Sigyn district, if anyone wants to come see me. But -- just as a future warning, don't take off your bracelets unless you want to forget who you are until you put them back on.

[There's a tiny laugh. It doesn't sound very happy.]

It's kind of a weird whiplash effect when you snap back to reality.

[And he stops before he shuts off the feed, to send out a few private messages. This time, though, they're on video, and they show Sam sitting on the edge of a bed. He looks tired, pale, but in one piece. And definitely still Sam.]

[Filtered to Dean Winchester, Bobby Singer, and Castiel]

[Sam forces a smile. It's the smile he wears when he knows he is in this much trouble. Some things don't change from the time you are four to the time you are twenty-eight. Being in a large amount of trouble because you're the baby of the family and you went off missing is one of them.]

-- did I miss anything?

[Please don't kill him.]

[Filtered to Vriska Sekret // Private // Unhackable]

[This smile is a little more genuine and less 'please don't kill me'. Sam is pretty sure he can stop Vriska from punching him in the face, okay.]

So -- becoming a ghostly grey person, not as cool as you would think.

What is cool is sneaking food into the hospital so I can eat something that isn't pre-chewed.

[Sam may or may not be on a psychotic watch. ... y u p.]

[Filtered to Buffy Summers // Private // Unhackable]

[ -- or Sam was going to send out a message, when it is returned as a failure. He tries again -- and again -- and maybe six more times until he gets this odd sinking feeling in his chest. Something is either wrong or he missed something or did she go home? Did he miss her going home?

-- dammit.]

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No one's actually asked, really.

[Surprisingly.]

Not that there's much to tell about what happened. I don't remember much of it.

The Doctor said it felt like nothing. What does it feel like to come back?

Like... waking up. A coming back to yourself, I guess.

That can't possibly be it. You wouldn't be in here otherwise.

[ -- hrgh.]

They're just keeping me under observation, for now.

I'll be out soon.

...Under observation for what?

[Because as far as she knows, Eleven got his bracelet on somehow without getting held up by doctors.]

I was missing for a long time.

But I mean, medical observation?

[And... okay. Time to go with her gut.]

Are you okay? Have you been okay? I don't mean the bracelet and faceless thing. Besides that.