You could probably do it here, you know. I mean, it's not like supplies are hard to come by.
[Those closets sure come in handy.]
People used the closets to make the bar and the diner. It's a little different, since the rooms accommodated them pretty well, but if you don't mind lugging things outside, why not?
You know, I think I heard something about someone wanting to put together a playground, too.
[He thinks about it through another bite of burger. Really he can't get this in his mouth fast enough.]
People made them? Huh. [He's just thought they were already there. Being Wonderland and all.]
I don't mind carrying stuff. [But he didn't suppose there was an elevator around somewhere.] Maybe I could get someone on the first floor to pull it from their closet.
[Ohm nom more fries.] Why do people want a playground? Are there kids here? [Something he hadn't even stopped to think about. Just who was here? Adults only? Families? The young, the old, the sick? What was the selection process? Did anyone know? Had there been a census to track who was here?]
That's what I hear, anyway. Both of them were up and running before I got here. Some of the decor was done by hand and pulling stuff out of the closets, but I guess you could also just sit on the floor and think about what you wanted for awhile and next time you walked in, the room would change. I think that's how the clinic was put together, too.
[Moving or remodeling was so much easier in Wonderland.]
At least one I know of. I think his name is Henry? There might be more.
[She's not sure. Some teenagers, definitely, but she can't think of any other younger kids she's spotted on the network.
She pauses to take another bite, swallowing before offering him a smirk across the table.]
We have a dragon, too, you know. Likes playing fetch.
[Tom nearly chokes on his drink. Sure, why the hell not. Because everything else around here is perfectly normal. Was it a friendly stoner dragon or an evil baby eating dragon?]
I'll see what I can do. Not like I can call him up and ask him to meet me somewhere, but if I run into him, I'll give you a shout.
[She pauses for a moment to consider that.]
I'm pretty sure he's like us. He lives in the mansion and has a Mirror self and everything. Sadly, he doesn't talk much, but he's good at getting his point across.
Really? [He gives that a thought. After everything else he guesses it's not really that weird. Sure, there's probably a world our there with dragons in it. Okay. That's rational.]
Hm. Yeah, I'd like to meet him. Does he take people flying?
Maybe? He had a rider here for awhile, think they were from the same place. I don't know if he'd take anyone else up. Seems like they probably had to work at it for awhile, but maybe he'd be willing.
I, no I know- I just didn't want you getting the wrong idea.
[But exsqeeze you what was that miss Harvelle?]
It's not my go to coping mechanism. [He could ruin the mood and tell her his dad died of it? but that is p much the worst thing. He could also mention the meds but he wasn't one to listen to doctor's orders when drinking and drugs were involved seeing as he's had a drink with Ben and then later tried to get a beer in town. And that was only after being back in Harmony for a day or two tops.]
Some of the things you see in our line of work, you just can't talk about.
[She smiles thinly. She knows it sounds like a cop-out, but if you let yourself think about things too much? God. You'd go crazy.]
You can share stories with other hunters, but... it gets violent. The stuff we deal with, most people only see in their worst nightmares, you know? So a lot of the older guys especially turn to the bottle.
[He knows what that looks like. Tom considers it for a moment. He's not really one to judge, and hunters seem to have their work cut out for them, but he has particular feelings about this subject.]
[That smile fades, however forced it was to begin with, and she looks troubled as she leans back in her seat, watching him across the table as realization begins to set in.]
You -- I'm sorry.
[She can't say how, exactly, but it's clear he's got some experience with alcohol abuse in his history somewhere.]
My dad.. [The silent half of that being 'drank himself to death.' But he doesn't want to ruin their really nice lunch with the Wah Wah Tom Party.]
But, he did it to himself, so.
[It's not like he blames himself or anything. Except he totally does but HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S SHITTY DECISIONS.]
[She might be repeating herself, but there's more purpose to it now. Sympathy. Some degree of understanding. She can fill in those blanks well enough. She's seen it happen before.]
I'm no stranger to that kind of thing. Occupational hazard, I guess.
[Should she not have invited him down to the bar to play darts? She wouldn't be surprised if he had a natural aversion to that kind of place.]
You're smart, you know that?
[To know better than to follow in his father's footsteps, but she's not going to say that part out loud.]
[Not smart enough to catch that silent addition. Or to look after his best interests. This is the guy who once decided to get a beer in a lion's den when he shouldn't even be drinking.
[She pauses to help herself to another french fry. Should she be eating during this conversation? Is it rude? Maybe it will help keep things from going too dark.]
It would have been easy, right? I don't know the details, but I know you've got a lot to deal with. Anxiety and everything else. Some people would lean really hard on whatever vice they could find.
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Date: 2013-08-15 04:39 pm (UTC)[Those closets sure come in handy.]
People used the closets to make the bar and the diner. It's a little different, since the rooms accommodated them pretty well, but if you don't mind lugging things outside, why not?
You know, I think I heard something about someone wanting to put together a playground, too.
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Date: 2013-08-15 08:41 pm (UTC)People made them? Huh. [He's just thought they were already there. Being Wonderland and all.]
I don't mind carrying stuff. [But he didn't suppose there was an elevator around somewhere.] Maybe I could get someone on the first floor to pull it from their closet.
[Ohm nom more fries.] Why do people want a playground? Are there kids here? [Something he hadn't even stopped to think about. Just who was here? Adults only? Families? The young, the old, the sick? What was the selection process? Did anyone know? Had there been a census to track who was here?]
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Date: 2013-08-15 10:39 pm (UTC)[Moving or remodeling was so much easier in Wonderland.]
At least one I know of. I think his name is Henry? There might be more.
[She's not sure. Some teenagers, definitely, but she can't think of any other younger kids she's spotted on the network.
She pauses to take another bite, swallowing before offering him a smirk across the table.]
We have a dragon, too, you know. Likes playing fetch.
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Date: 2013-08-15 10:57 pm (UTC)Henry huh.. That's shitty.
[How incredibly cruel.. Tom thought he had it bad but to be a child and here alone? What was the fucking point of tha-
wait.
Wait a second. The needle on his record player is skipping over here.]
Did you just say dragon.
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Date: 2013-08-15 11:19 pm (UTC)[She knows Dean is friends with the kid's mom, at any rate.
That smirk broadens as he starts to catch on. There you go. Now you're getting it.]
Sure did. First person I met on my first day here.
[She'd been terrified for all of thirty seconds before he came up to her and essentially asked for headpats.]
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Date: 2013-08-16 11:00 am (UTC)[Tom nearly chokes on his drink. Sure, why the hell not. Because everything else around here is perfectly normal. Was it a friendly stoner dragon or an evil baby eating dragon?]
Really. A dragon.
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Date: 2013-08-16 03:34 pm (UTC)[She wouldn't kid about something like this. Okay, maybe she would, but seriously. Dragon.]
I can take you to meet him sometime, if you want. He's usually poking around outside somewhere. Likes fish, I think. Really friendly.
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Date: 2013-08-16 03:48 pm (UTC)[Because who doesn't want to meet a dragon?]
Is it from Wonderland or did it get pulled in like everybody else?
[Did anybody know? Could it talk?]
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Date: 2013-08-16 03:57 pm (UTC)I'll see what I can do. Not like I can call him up and ask him to meet me somewhere, but if I run into him, I'll give you a shout.
[She pauses for a moment to consider that.]
I'm pretty sure he's like us. He lives in the mansion and has a Mirror self and everything. Sadly, he doesn't talk much, but he's good at getting his point across.
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Date: 2013-08-17 08:44 pm (UTC)Hm. Yeah, I'd like to meet him. Does he take people flying?
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:01 pm (UTC)[She grins a bit wider, curious.]
You looking to hitch a ride on a dragon, Tom?
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:09 pm (UTC)If the opportunity arose, hell yes.
When else would it even be possible?. Usually when you say you're riding the dragon it means you're cracked out in a heroin den somewhere.
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:13 pm (UTC)[She squints one eye at him, smirking.]
You know that from experience?
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:18 pm (UTC)Nooo, no, no.
[This looks bad, doesn't it. She's probably kidding and all? But it's uncomfortable.]
Not my style.
[Though to be entirely honest? he'd done some dark shit to keep his demons at bay.]
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:33 pm (UTC)[She's pretty sure he knows better than to take her seriously on this point, but just in case.]
You don't strike me as that kind of a guy.
[He's too nice for that.]
You can't even hold that much liquor.
[More teasing. Deal with it.]
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:39 pm (UTC)[But exsqeeze you what was that miss Harvelle?]
It's not my go to coping mechanism. [He could ruin the mood and tell her his dad died of it? but that is p much the worst thing. He could also mention the meds but he wasn't one to listen to doctor's orders when drinking and drugs were involved seeing as he's had a drink with Ben and then later tried to get a beer in town. And that was only after being back in Harmony for a day or two tops.]
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Date: 2013-08-17 09:49 pm (UTC)[Some people handle it just fine, but she's seen plenty of people go overboard.]
It's called Hunter's Helper for a reason, but I still hate to see anyone use it as a crutch as opposed to an indulgence.
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Date: 2013-08-17 10:08 pm (UTC)I get the feeling there should be a support group..
[Doesn't anyone go to therapy? Process their bullshit like normal people?]
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Date: 2013-08-17 10:46 pm (UTC)[She smiles thinly. She knows it sounds like a cop-out, but if you let yourself think about things too much? God. You'd go crazy.]
You can share stories with other hunters, but... it gets violent. The stuff we deal with, most people only see in their worst nightmares, you know? So a lot of the older guys especially turn to the bottle.
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Date: 2013-08-19 01:15 pm (UTC)[He knows what that looks like. Tom considers it for a moment. He's not really one to judge, and hunters seem to have their work cut out for them, but he has particular feelings about this subject.]
It's a shitty way to go.
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Date: 2013-08-19 02:07 pm (UTC)You -- I'm sorry.
[She can't say how, exactly, but it's clear he's got some experience with alcohol abuse in his history somewhere.]
I didn't realize it was a sore subject.
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Date: 2013-08-19 02:57 pm (UTC)[He tries to shrug it off.]
My dad.. [The silent half of that being 'drank himself to death.' But he doesn't want to ruin their really nice lunch with the Wah Wah Tom Party.]
But, he did it to himself, so.
[It's not like he blames himself or anything. Except he totally does but HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S SHITTY DECISIONS.]
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Date: 2013-08-19 03:05 pm (UTC)[She might be repeating herself, but there's more purpose to it now. Sympathy. Some degree of understanding. She can fill in those blanks well enough. She's seen it happen before.]
I'm no stranger to that kind of thing. Occupational hazard, I guess.
[Should she not have invited him down to the bar to play darts? She wouldn't be surprised if he had a natural aversion to that kind of place.]
You're smart, you know that?
[To know better than to follow in his father's footsteps, but she's not going to say that part out loud.]
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Date: 2013-08-19 03:50 pm (UTC)[Not smart enough to catch that silent addition. Or to look after his best interests. This is the guy who once decided to get a beer in a lion's den when he shouldn't even be drinking.
Still, he raises an eyebrow.]
Why...? What'd I do?
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Date: 2013-08-19 04:01 pm (UTC)[She pauses to help herself to another french fry. Should she be eating during this conversation? Is it rude? Maybe it will help keep things from going too dark.]
It would have been easy, right? I don't know the details, but I know you've got a lot to deal with. Anxiety and everything else. Some people would lean really hard on whatever vice they could find.
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