So the weather's about as good as it's gonna get in that it's only sort of gently misting instead of pouring down sulfur from the sky, and sitting around inside here is getting to be about as fascinating as watching paint peel. And also my roommate is a goddamned dragon person. Polite enough but still doing a great impression of greener classical satanic portraiture.
Anyway, I'm going for a walk. Possibly apartment hunting, but mostly I heard there are gardens out in some building someplace, and I've been missing the flora end of the spectrum of life.
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I'm still not sure how time travel works or how long it'll take, but. I guess I wanted to let someone know. We're going to help everyone that was taken and I want to do what I can.
[ the kidnapping really hits close to home when she thinks back to jennifer and what isaac had told her about her dad too plus frands from here, so she's extra determined!! ]
[There's that kneejerk of concern there- he doesn't want her to go alone, obviously ('alone' as in, not without him or Scott, anyway), but Isaac isn't entirely sure on how this thing works.]
...be careful, okay? i know you can handle yourself but this stuff gets really weird
[Several hours following this conversation over the network, Walter, having sought and obtained direct contact details, fires off a text. A written message, he figures, will be more likely to be examined in full, even if it takes a few times to do it.]
A message went out on the network about your situation. I spoke with the bloke and got your name. Scott, too. My name is Walter.
Long story short, he requested to be called if we should run into you in your other state. Normally when I'm tasked to handle the supernatural it's to hunt them, but it seems things can be worked out in a way I might only have to capture or otherwise restrain you. But to do that, I'd have to be able to tell the both of you apart from another werewolf if it was brought here and then ran amok.
I don't expect to be friends. But, if you can bring yourselves to cooperate, there's a far smaller chance of my actually trying to kill you. If it helps, my organization is rather unorthodox as far as hunters go. You can ask me about it if you're interested. From what I gather, you can contact me back via reply to this message.
I'd say take your time to think on it, but in your situation, I think sooner would be better.
[This is definitely more direct than Isaac is used to. He rereads the message a few times, not entirely sure how he feels about it before he slowly types out a response.]
look i appreciate the offer but im not about to tell all of my secrets to a hunter. you wanna know what we look like, fine, but i dont like it when people imply that theyre gonna kill me as a means to get me to cooperate
besides we shouldnt... run amok again. we got a fix.
hey isaac, i heard they sorted something out for you guys, i'm glad.
i'm heading on a mission tomorrow (USA 2010) and i thought i'd ask if there's anything you want me to grab for you. the offer goes for scott, too, if you wanna pass it along.
[So she doesn't know Isaac that well, but she wants to do something nice, considering the month they've had.]
[because this day just hadn't been fucked up enough, when peter checked the network again, there was stanley's post. peace was gone. peace, who peter had rocked and fed and sung to, who had slept on his shoulder and sucked on his hair, who had been delighted with card tricks and crackers, who had practically still been a baby. peace no longer existed.
it's the last straw.
when isaac comes back to the room, he'll find peter curled up on the bed, staring blankly at the wall across the room. he doesn't move when isaac appears in the doorway, not even his eyes, and he's breathing in an even, shallow way that should be really familiar to isaac, that way that one breathes when they're trying not to scream or cry. it takes a few moments before he seems to realize that there's someone else there, and makes himself move, forces himself to uncurl, to sit up.]
[Isaac can smell the change in the air before he even walks into the room, can hear the breathing that means something worse- and it scares him. Things were going better earlier, they were actually improving for once, and now Peter is here, looking like the dead. The room is heavy with despair, and Isaac is hesitant to step in, his shoulder pressed against the doorframe as he watches Peter move.]
Congratulations ISAAC LAHEY You have been assigned the veteran Transport HITSUGAYA TOUSHIROU whom you may contact HERE Welcome to Exsilium and have a nice day
( Once upon a time this would have been a long description of what she's going to be doing.
Then she realized she had to send this to a whole bunch of people, so she got lazy, and: )
Hey, I'm going to take up a missionary position in France! See you again in about a month. Hopefully the snow's not all gone by then! I'm being careful as I can be, and it's not a dangerous time or place I'm going to. It'll be hard work, but that's good, too! It means I won't get bored or slack off. And it'll be easier than sticking around here for now... much as I hate to admit it!
[it's a few hours later by the time peter finally gets home, cold and smelling like he smoked on the way, which he did, because it's been a day. for some reason, as he approaches the edge of the copse of trees he's seized by the irrational panic that isaac isn't going to be there, pulse suddenly pounding loud enough in his ears that he hesitates, abruptly tempted to just sit down in the snow. he settles for leaning against a tree instead, but the panic doesn't abate until he sees the silhouette of isaac's approach, and peter can't quite help but breathe the tiniest prayer of thanks before he calls out. isaac can smell him, of course, but it's late enough that he's not terribly visible against the dark of the trees]
Rikonoro.
[it surprises him how tired his voice comes out, how tinged with relief.]
[Isaac can smell him there, but he doesn't make eye contact, doesn't quite look up until he's addressed by Peter's nickname for him, and his mouth pulls awkwardly at the ends as he looks up, rather grim with everything that's happened.
Scott is here. That should be a good thing, shouldn't it? But maybe Peter feels threatened, and Isaac knew that it was presumptuous to invite Scott to stay with them while he finds his feet, he knows how Derek used to get when he mentioned the other alpha. Scott is here, threatening Peter's- Peter's claim? Peter's friendship? Isaac doesn't know, but he does know that Roman is here too, and despite what Peter had texted him earlier, Isaac still doesn't quite see how Peter just doesn't want to stay with his friend from home.
It makes the situation awkward. The shortness of it, the lack of communication that their texts really gave them, and Isaac asked Peter to come out to the woods in case he wanted to yell or take it out on him where Scott can't see them- and it's a terrifying thought that Peter might want to, but it happens. Isaac is a werewolf. He'll heal.]
...Peter.
[He just sounds tired. Isaac has had to look for implications and anger all his life and now he's just- he doesn't want to have to do that with Peter. So he just leans his shoulder up against a tree and sighs.]
[the full moon has long come and gone, but peter still hasn't stopped thinking about it. it's been a long time since peter was scared of isaac but that doesn't mean it isn't chilling to witness the tenuous hold they have on their humanity. he wonders if isaac understands, really knows, how strong it makes him. in the brittle day after when they're both raw and uneasy, they sleep most of the time, peter rolling over whenever isaac jolts awake, curling up behind him and dropping sleepy murmurs and half-awake kisses over his neck and shoulder until isaac's breathing calms.
it's not until days later that he gets around to asking, though, once things have had time to settle out a little. they're lying in bed in the dark, and isaac has just roundly defeated peter in the last pokemon battle he can tolerate for the evening, so peter snaps his ds shut and drops it on the ground behind his head before he sets his head in the hollow of isaac's shoulder.]
Can I ask you something? You don't have to answer, course.
[The moon leaves Isaac weary. It leaves all of them exhausted, really, but for Isaac, it's a bit of a constant. It's never entirely a physical or mental thing either- his anchor is something he'd rather not think about on a day to day basis, and throwing himself into it so wholeheartedly leaves him emotionally drained.
He gets better, as he always does, with the passing of time and a few days later, it's like nothing had ever happened. Like they didn't just survive by the skin of their teeth, find an anchor and a place to call home just in time to avoid at least two murders that night.
Still, he doesn't think he needs an excuse to have a day to himself, so it's playing video games with Peter and lounging around in his pajamas. He's just about to ask Peter if he wants to play another round, when the weight against his shoulder makes him tense a little and he glances behind him toward the other wolf, his brows furrowed a little.]
[after his conversation with steph peter comes home and finds isaac in the kitchen making coffee, which is one of the bigger luxury purchases they brought back from vegas. he take off his winter things and shuffles over in his socks to wrap his arms around isaac from behind, nuzzling his icy nose against the other boy's neck. luckily, the rest of him is warm.]
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So the weather's about as good as it's gonna get in that it's only sort of gently misting instead of pouring down sulfur from the sky, and sitting around inside here is getting to be about as fascinating as watching paint peel. And also my roommate is a goddamned dragon person. Polite enough but still doing a great impression of greener classical satanic portraiture.
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And I have an umbrella. Big golf-sized mother.
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[Wow Peter, you are a rambly one. It's kind of endearing though, so Isaac just listens for awhile, before replying.]
Your dragon-person roommate isn't interesting enough for you? [A faint bit amused.] -but yeah, sure. I'll go with.
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I just got an assignment from the Initiative.
[ boy is she thankful she chose text so he can't detect the hint of nervousness in her voice. ]
I'm still not sure how time travel works or how long it'll take, but. I guess I wanted to let someone know. We're going to help everyone that was taken and I want to do what I can.
[ the kidnapping really hits close to home when she thinks back to jennifer and what isaac had told her about her dad too plus frands from here, so she's extra determined!! ]
I'll be back soon, hopefully.
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[There's that kneejerk of concern there- he doesn't want her to go alone, obviously ('alone' as in, not without him or Scott, anyway), but Isaac isn't entirely sure on how this thing works.]
...be careful, okay? i know you can handle yourself but this stuff gets really weird
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A message went out on the network about your situation. I spoke with the bloke and got your name. Scott, too. My name is Walter.
Long story short, he requested to be called if we should run into you in your other state. Normally when I'm tasked to handle the supernatural it's to hunt them, but it seems things can be worked out in a way I might only have to capture or otherwise restrain you. But to do that, I'd have to be able to tell the both of you apart from another werewolf if it was brought here and then ran amok.
I don't expect to be friends. But, if you can bring yourselves to cooperate, there's a far smaller chance of my actually trying to kill you. If it helps, my organization is rather unorthodox as far as hunters go. You can ask me about it if you're interested. From what I gather, you can contact me back via reply to this message.
I'd say take your time to think on it, but in your situation, I think sooner would be better.
Walter C. Dornez
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[This is definitely more direct than Isaac is used to. He rereads the message a few times, not entirely sure how he feels about it before he slowly types out a response.]
look i appreciate the offer but im not about to tell all of my secrets to a hunter. you wanna know what we look like, fine, but i dont like it when people imply that theyre gonna kill me as a means to get me to cooperate
besides we shouldnt... run amok again. we got a fix.
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i'm heading on a mission tomorrow (USA 2010) and i thought i'd ask if there's anything you want me to grab for you. the offer goes for scott, too, if you wanna pass it along.
[So she doesn't know Isaac that well, but she wants to do something nice, considering the month they've had.]
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idk why but she got her magic taken away
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Then she realized she had to send this to a whole bunch of people, so she got lazy, and: )
Hey, I'm going to take up a missionary position in France! See you again in about a month. Hopefully the snow's not all gone by then! I'm being careful as I can be, and it's not a dangerous time or place I'm going to. It'll be hard work, but that's good, too! It means I won't get bored or slack off. And it'll be easier than sticking around here for now... much as I hate to admit it!
Be careful, Isaac, and stay safe!
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Rikonoro.
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Scott is here. That should be a good thing, shouldn't it? But maybe Peter feels threatened, and Isaac knew that it was presumptuous to invite Scott to stay with them while he finds his feet, he knows how Derek used to get when he mentioned the other alpha. Scott is here, threatening Peter's- Peter's claim? Peter's friendship? Isaac doesn't know, but he does know that Roman is here too, and despite what Peter had texted him earlier, Isaac still doesn't quite see how Peter just doesn't want to stay with his friend from home.
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it's not until days later that he gets around to asking, though, once things have had time to settle out a little. they're lying in bed in the dark, and isaac has just roundly defeated peter in the last pokemon battle he can tolerate for the evening, so peter snaps his ds shut and drops it on the ground behind his head before he sets his head in the hollow of isaac's shoulder.]
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He gets better, as he always does, with the passing of time and a few days later, it's like nothing had ever happened. Like they didn't just survive by the skin of their teeth, find an anchor and a place to call home just in time to avoid at least two murders that night.
Still, he doesn't think he needs an excuse to have a day to himself, so it's playing video games with Peter and lounging around in his pajamas. He's just about to ask Peter if he wants to play another round, when the weight against his shoulder makes him tense a little and he glances behind him toward the other wolf, his brows furrowed a little.]
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Not even a week, Lahey? Really?
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[A shiver goes down Isaac's spine at the cold and he tries to squirm out from Peter's grip and cold nose.]
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hey lahey, come help me bite your boyfriend
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