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[Oh good, it’s Mabel Pines. This bodes well! What doesn’t bode well is that she’s outside the mess that is Heropa 18, wearing a sweet helmet and with two piles of junk sitting on the front lawn visible in the frame. Piles of junk that might, in a galaxy long ago and far away, be a “pod racer.” Except these definitely have more rockets attached to the sides. Like, an excessive amount of rockets.]

Hey guys! Mabel Pines here-- oh and Dipper! [Who waves distractedly at the camera as he puts the finishing touches on his racer.] We just wanted to remind everybody to save the date. The date being August 31st! ‘Cause it’s our birthday and it’s gonna be a celebonanzapalooza to be remembered. We’ll be celebrating being fourteen-- totally seasoned teenagers!-- in major style. And all of you are invited!

[In the background, the pod racers gently lift off the ground. There's a faint humming noise and a weird glow. This actually looks like it might work?? Dipper gives Mabel a thumbs up and adjusts his helmet, only for one of the racers to make an alarming pinging sound and suddenly list to one side. He smacks something and everything straightens out.]

We really do mean all, even you new people! Every imPort’s a friend of the Pines family, except for that one guy and he knows who he is. Come by, say hi, get cake! Bring presents.

[Dipper nods at Mabel, and the twins snap on some sweet goggles in synch. Several pigs with fire extinguishers in their mouths stand at attention. Mabel makes to turn off the camera before she remembers--]

--and if you’re in Heropa we’re sorry about the noise!

[Mabel gives a jaunty wave and the camera turns off as they hop in their racers. The people of Heropa will get treated to some alarming drag racing noises and some minor explosions in the next few minutes. Everyone else-- hey, you’re invited to a party! If the kids are still alive to host it!]

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One victory against all the other ones I had. Did it change the fact Tetsuo died? Or that you helped create Neverland and the subsequent deaths? Honestly, it's laughable you consider yourself winners.

None of us ended up in prison and Heropa was fine and now Tetsuo's doing better than ever sooo yeah we totally won.

[ You know what? He's getting really tired of this girl's smug little attitude. Time to ruin that. So, discreetly he'll include Tetsuo on this chain so he can see what he's about to say and for Mabel to witness what Pan in fact knows. ]

Why? Because on the outside he seems happy? You know very little about people. I know him far better than you think. I know he's obsessed with wanting me dead. To end my life with his own two hands.

The sad thing however? He'll never be able to do it. Either because you'll all hold him back from his happiness or because he's too weak to defeat me. After all, he'll always come in second to Kaneda and they only managed to break an hourglass.

Edited 2016-08-11 03:55 (UTC)

[Pan isn't wrong. Tetsuo's been at a calm standstill for a while now, told to wait by being told to bide his time. But it can't last.

He pauses when he hears the sound of a young, British boy's cheerfully soulless voice coming through his comm. The wrench he was using falls to the floor, but he doesn't even notice the sound of metal pinging concrete. He only hears that voice, one in his nightmares for months, listing out his own agenda.

And then his fears.

He snarls, grabbing for his comm with enough intent that it shoots into his hand before he even can lean over to snag it. He doesn't even notice his power flaring up. He's too busy pressing reply.]

You think I'm weak?! Cowardly backstabbing bastard, creeping around in the woods... listen to that smart mouth of yours, acting like you'd win against me!

[But he did, that scared little voice in the back of his mind says. But he will. It fuels his anger, much like a wild animal puffs itself up to look more threatening than whatever scares it.]

I'm not second to anyone!

[He says, still wearing Kaneda's jacket like a safety vest]

You got that?! Huh?! Pan?!

[ Long time no see, Tetsuo. It's like poking a hornet's nest with Tetsuo. Riling him up and getting them good angry. Too bad hornets are like flies to Pan.

Pan just looks at Tetsuo with nothing more than a mocking smile as he see's what he's wearing and it earns a chuckle. ]

You are weak and it's not acting. Since I already did. [ Pan just casually tilts his head as Tetsuo keeps trying to defend his point. And like all online trolls it's just feeding Pan and giving him more ammunition. ]

If that was the case why are you wearing Kaneda's jacket? He still needs to protect you even with all your power. It's actually funny.

Sh-shut up! That's not why!!

[He's losing this argument already. He doesn't have any excuses. His teeth grits, his face contorting into a furious snarl. His hands ball, grip tightening on his comm hard enough that, were he stronger, might threaten the screen.]

It's none of your business!

You continue to say that, but you know it's a lie. You know you'll never win. You can't beat me and you certainly can't beat Kaneda.

The only way you cope is to...well...become him. [ as he gestures to the coat. ]

[His other hand wraps around the edge of Kaneda's jacket.]

I said shut up!

No, no I don't feel like it. You have no power over me, Tetsuo.

But, I have all the power over you.

No matter what they say, no matter how they feel. You'll always be a lost boy.

[ and Pan just hangs up with the final word. ]

I know way more about people than you do! 'Cause it takes one to know one and you're not a person at all.

[You're just the worst, Pan. A new category of sentient life.]

And he'll definitely defeat you! Because the rest of us are gonna help him, not hold him back!

[ Just watching her try and defend her point only gets Pan to smirk and scoff her off. ]

You honestly don't know him like I do than. You say you'll help him beat me but in the end Tetsuo will want to do it on his own. It's a matter of pride.

Any other way? It's just a sad, hollow victory and it'll prove once again he can't do anything without someone else holding his hand.

Edited 2016-08-11 18:37 (UTC)

People change. You don't know him anymore.

People don't change, Mabel. They just trick themselves into believing they do.

You're wrong.

[And she hangs up! Because he's is wrong, she knows it, she has evidence. But she doubts he'd understand what she presents. Peter Pan might be a lost cause.]

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