[network/video] @baelfire; day 011, morning [open] [cw: character death]

[jumpship]

[ the video opens shakily, the boy's face a little puffy and red, dark rings under his eyes like he hasn't slept over night. he's not entirely meant to turn the video on but he doesn't hustle to change it, either. it's early, maybe too early for most people to be up, he thinks. ]

What happens when someone dies? I... I have seen so many people come back, but how will we know if they will?

[ his voice comes out a little steadier than he'd thought it would, honestly. he takes a deep breath. ] How long did everyone have to wait before they came back? I... I think I'd just like to know.

And if they don't come back, what do you do then? How do you even get to say goodbye somewhere like this? Is there absolutely no way out when the doors are locked? When someone gets--

[ another deep breath. ]

Sorry.

Comments

[figureitout]

Pan is evil and is stopping you from going home. [Uh give him a second to adjust his world-view here.]

And nobody can, I don't know, tie him up and dump him in the ocean? [Yes, that is his solution. If Pan sucks, kill him. Or, you know, disable his everything so he agrees everyone to go home. Or something.]

Yeah, it's- I guess it's nice. It's home. My dad's there, and all my friends. I'm not saying it's, like, a total paradise because it's not, but.... yeah. [He misses it, misses everyone back home. Not the assassins and supernatural things trying to kill his friends, but hey, can't have one without the other.]

[jumpship]

Um, he has magic? He's very powerful. I... I lived in my village, and magic brought me to a place called London. I lived with a family there until Pan tried to take one of the children, and I went instead.

[ there's so much more, but it hurts to even think about his father, and the betrayal that has caused all of this mess. ]

That's... that's nice that you have family there. [ what would that be like, to have a true family? he doesn't know anymore. ] I'm sure you miss it. I bet we'll find a way to go home, soon.

[figureitout]

Wait, wait, what? You lived in London? That's- I mean, I know that place, it's just in a different country than where I live, but it's in the same world! [So they're...... half from the same universe, maybe? But at least he notices this isn't a particularly happy story, and the kid looks upset enough, so Stiles thinks it's probably best to focus on... well, not how he misses everyone at home, but something.]

Yeah, we definitely will. And... you won't be stuck in Neverland forever, either. If we can get out of here, you can get out of there. [He doesn't know, of course, but he has to believe.]

[jumpship]

Um, yes, but not for very long. But you know it? You have that place in your world?

[ that's very exciting, the first time he's ever been able to relate to anyone's home work. ] I... I was transported there, but I had friends there, like Wendy Darling. [ and if Stiles knows his Peter Pan? Well. ]

I... I hope I won't be. But even if I am I'm sure I can make the best of it, just like here. I... [ he just realized how much calmer he feels, how the grief that had taken him before has dulled some. ] Thanks for your help, Stiles, I... it means a lot.