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[givingback]

[ Brianna is sitting outside near the lake when she decides to play again, putting aside the book she was half-heartedly reading anyway. ]

We should play a game, maybe break up the day a little bit. It's called 'Would You Rather?' Basically, someone gives a scenario and you have to pick one or the other. No in between. You can explain your choice if you want, but we go back and forth until there's something so impossible to pick the other person gives up.

I'll even start.

[ She thinks for a moment, then looks back at the camera. ]

Would you rather know each time you're going to leave and come back when it comes to Wonderland, or would you rather it be a total surprise like it is now only you get to remember being here when you do leave?

I think I'd want to know when I was leaving. That way I could say goodbye, you know?

Anyway. Your turn.

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[slapfight]

Exactly. [She forces herself to beam again, shaking away the grim reality. None of that matters anymore!!] I can appreciate everything on my own terms without assigning it value based on how useful it can be.

[Though she does still do that, but she doesn't have to. It's just how she thinks.]

[beatupgrass]

Yeah. Wish I could say it made it easier, but it don't. Not really. [He huffs.] But, hell, what can you do about it? We've got Wonderland to deal with right now.

video.

[waitin]

Something like that. I've never seen it. Just heard about it.

It's big, and it's dangerous, and if people head too far out into the water, you can encounter it. Maybe people are just making up what's out in the water, but I sure as hell don't want to find out.

( Clementine wants to try to be in the know with what she can be when it comes to potential dangers around Wonderland.

There's a soft smile then as she nods. It's happened to a few people. Other times she'll be gone for just a couple weeks. )

...can't really imagine what that must have been like like. Did you get to know your dad in a new way?

[givingback]

You know how odd it was to...know my mama was technically alive, but to read about her death two hundred years later? Something like that messes with your head.

[ Either way; killed in a fire or dead of natural causes, in 1971, her mother was dead. ]

It's why I went back in time to begin with.

[givingback]

[ Bree would rather this be positive if she can, so she smiles. ]

Honestly, it sounds like you're living your best life.

[givingback]

We can only focus on one crisis at a time, I guess, right?

[ Bree lets out a breath, then speaks in appreciation of Rocket. ]

Thanks. For playing my dumb game; I needed a good distraction and you definitely didn't disappoint.

video.

[givingback]

I'm pretty sure some things are just myth and superstition based on so many people coming and going but--yeah. I'm good on never knowing the answer and not risking it.

[ She likes going to the beach, but more because she likes laying out in the sun, or under an umbrella reading a book with the ocean in the background.

Bree smirks in amusement at the question, though. ]

I'd actually never met him before. So it was a weird...getting to know you session. It was a lot easier to see the ways he was like me when he was my age. Now that he's older it's obvious how he's grown and changed. Actually, it was kind of bizarre.

[beatupgrass]

No problem. For once, it wasn't the kind of stupid distraction some of the rest of these losers throw out, so I appreciate it.

[slapfight]

You're right! I am! [This doesn't need a maniacal laugh but it's getting one.] And it's precisely what I deserve after everything.

video.

[waitin]

Think we're both smart like that.

( Some people are curious. Some people are adventurers. Clementine doesn't consider herself that.

She's a survivor, and it means being prepared, being aware. )

I... really can't imagine it. You must have always wanted to meet the father you never met before, but... getting to know him when he was your age and then later. Here.

...I'm glad you had the chance to at least.

[bloodmagics]

I know I'd be seeing a... what was the word... [he pauses for a moment, trying to place a several years old memory.] a therapist? If something like that happened to me. Shame Cami left.

[It means nothing to Bree, ultimately, but the memories are there.]

Family's always a good reason to break the laws of the universe.