four { video } hypnotizability

[lurings]

[ abigail is at the bait shop, sitting behind the counter. beside her is a rack of fish themed valentine's and little pink stuffed fish. ]

I was unaware there were so many fish puns that related to Valentine's Day. So... Hook, Line and Tinker is having a sale. By sale... I mean sale. Everything must go. Please take these off my hands. This was a horrible mistake and I regret my life choices.

[ /stares at camera like jim halpert. boy, does she ever. she will probably give them away free if you buy a pack of gum. how are she and will in business still? well, she's actually a really good saleswoman when it comes down to it.

just not right now. when cutesy fish are making cutesy faces at her. ]

Unrelated to flirty flounders, someone asked me about... well, basically about this place and I realized I've been kind of willingly ignorant to anything that's going on around me. I've read the FAQ, but is there anything else I should know?

[ you'd think after three months in a basement she would want to know more, but nope. at least she does now. only took six months. shut up, she's dead. she had to deal with that for a while. ]

Also, small show of hands -- I hope it's small -- who else is dead in their worlds?

[ so casual. she gives the camera a brief, wry smile and cuts out. ]

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[lurings]

[ ..wtf is a chicago overcoat??????? she will ask stiles. ]

Undead like vampires and zombies?

I'm just dead.

[ just. ]

Alive here.

[ladron]

[ wow how are you not up on 20s gangster slang?? it's not niche at all?? ]

you sure? there's gotta be a catch to cheating death.

[lurings]

[ youths. ]

Yeah, it's called the Porter and advanced medical care.

[ladron]

advanced medical care doesn't bring you back to life, little lady

you need friends on the other side to do that.

[ .mp3 ]

[lurings]

Other side

of the Porter.

[ she was she did just there? ]

I suffered from massive and catastrophic blood loss and pulmonary aspiration, in addition to severe trauma to my larynx and trachea.

Medical magic and a short coma fixed that. Also a blood transfusion, I think, but like I said. Coma.

[ladron]

[ clever gal. also he doesn't quite get the medical jumbo so ]

so you're not dead

just almost dead

big difference

[ don't try to be a hipster dead kid if you're not one!! poser. ]

[lurings]

Are you nitpicking the last five seconds of my life, really?

[ way harsh, tai. ]

Alive here does not necessarily mean alive there. Which is what I meant.

[ladron]

[ ...that is harsh, when you put it that way. ]

i've got a stake in life vs. death technicalities

[ stake. vampire pun. classy. ]

and if you never died, they weren't the last. that's just how it works

so why wouldn't you be alive there if you the docs patched you up here?

[lurings]

[ hooks him up with will's fish puns. here's a master baiter shirt for u, sir. free flirty fish with purchase. ]

Where I'm from medicine isn't this advanced. And magic doesn't exist. And there aren't on site medical technicians to squeegee my blood off the floor and shove it back in my body.

Going home = Kersplat.

[ladron]

[ what dreams are made of.mp3 ]

sounds rough

[ like a violent death, that is. AS IF THAT WASN'T OBVIOUS. ]

are people sure you go back to the exact moment you left?

[ guess who opened the FAQ docs, saw how long they were, and immediately closed them. just guess. ]

[lurings]

I think it's generally agreed upon, yes.

[ she didn't ask stiles BECAUSE OF REASONS. and she didn't ask will BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS. but she's seen it mentioned enough times to assume that is correct. ]

[ladron]

huh

don't know if i buy it

if the porter can yank us from the past and stick us here with superpowers, it would make sense that it can shove us back wherever we want to go, with whatever changes we want. that's basic back to the future

i wouldn't write your will yet is all i'm saying. you ain't dead until the light leaves your doe eyes

[ slightly more sensitive, but still mostly thoughtless, alas ]

[lurings]

I'm not a deer.

And since most people don't want to be here, why would the Porter give any thought to what we want anyway?

[ladron]

don't matter what he wants

if you want something, you should take it

[ has this become a presumptuous, morally ambiguous pep talk? maybe. ]

[lurings]

I do pretty much do that.

Not in the theft way though. I wouldn't be a good cat burglar.