[Last thing Sam remembers is his arm trembling and lighting up, after he'd started the Trials; the moment was already heated enough, what with Dean practically saying he was expendable, and then to see him nearly torn up like he had been so many years prior... Yeah, it was all pretty tense. But now to suddenly be here, looking around at a very unfamiliar, dystopian sort of landscape? He suddenly feels his stomach clench and a chill run up his spine, just turning in a circle, suddenly feeling like he had a year before when Dean and Castiel were just gone.

He wants to panic. Flight or fight, and he's ready to fly. Get in a car and look for Dean —  he won't fuck it up, this time — but then he calms himself down and scrubs his face with his hands, getting a handle on his surging emotions at suddenly being alone, at thinking maybe, just maybe, he messed something up and the Trials literally started a crumbling future right before his eyes.

The communication device he finds is a welcomed thing. He uses it immediately to check and see if there's absolutely any information he can gather; none of it looks good. It's hours before he actually addresses the group he's found to be stuck here, because he's too busy snooping, coming to his own conclusions about... this place.

He's incredulous, but he's seen a lot in his life... so...]

Alright. So — if I said this really wasn't as crazy for me as it should be, I'm guessing I'd get a lot of people agreeing personally. A lot of you — [no scratch that] most of you seem pretty experienced when it comes to bad things getting thrown your way. In unorthodox ways. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm new, but not to the club. My name's Sam, and if there's anything I can do to help out, I'd be more than willing; it's sort of a bad predicament for us all to be in, so anything helps, right? I have a little experience with weird situations, for whatever it's worth.

... And these Animus: what exactly do we know about them? I'm unfamiliar, but maybe if I had a little something to go off of...

[... This is totally not Sam Winchester trying to think up ways to salt and burn super tough ghostly aura people. No way. He's just saying.]

Actually, just about any history or information would be nice. I'm still kind of off from the 'crash landing' into another universe full of other universes. Not really any time to figure out heads from tails...

[Which is... muy interesting. He flexes his hand, feeling fine, despite the pain of the first trial becoming completed. If there are other universes... and his is one... then, well, hell. Maybe he'll find Dean and the others around here. Dean was literally right next to him back there, so...]

I'd appreciate the info, anyway. 

Thanks in advance.