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[ she's been missing for a month. cora doesn't know it for certain, but she can sense something is different about wonderland. it's the smell, the way the leaves crunched differently beneath her feet when she walked out of the woods earlier that day. she can't quite put her finger on what's different, but she knows that the world she had left behind earlier that morning (five weeks ago) has somehow shifted on its axis. ]

[ however, despite her suspicions, cora's not going to bother with the pleasantries. nor is she going to bother to ask. she doesn't do network posts — doesn't see the purpose in them — but she'd been out for a run in the woods. she'd gone out in hopes of pushing herself out of her negative headspace, but has only seemed to dive further in it. ]

Throw a dog a bone. Anyone know any good jokes? Could use a couple. My brother doesn't smile much and it'd be nice to see him :) for once. Or :D if I'm lucky.

[ ha ha. something is off and perhaps it's because derek hale has learnt how to smile. ]

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They're monsters.

_{[Angels of all varieties, really, not just the weeping ones. Adam likes the word "monster." It implies just what it should--that the things in question aren't human and very possibly dangerous. In this case, definitely dangerous.]}

They're gone now, but they started off like garden statues with their hands over their faces. Like weeping, get it? When they were being looked at, they were stuck, but when they weren't, they were sapping people dry if they got a hold of them. Fangs and everything. If you see anything like that, put a mirror in front of it so it has to look at itself, that worked for us. Or don't look away.

Real angels aren't any friendlier. Stay away from them, too.

_{[People should know the truth if they don't. That's not to say weird shit still isn't happening or will keep on happening to Cora, but at least Adam can set her straight on this point.]}

An angel garden statue that moves when you're not looking at it. Weird. Definitely glad I wasn't around for that. And I might stop going for walks in the garden just in case.

[ she's not too keen on dying. she's been dead for six years to all of beacon hills, she's not too gung-ho to literally fulfil that rumour here. and to die by a statue … clearly, they're not as easy to beat as simply smashing them into chunky pieces. ]

Angels are real? Wait, dumb question. YOU know angels?

[ not to be speak ill of the one who is kindly feeding her detailed information, but adam had never struck cora as knowing anything supernatural. sure, there was that conversation with lena where her friend had said adam had some very specific and negative views on monsters (and probably supernatural creatures, since the storybooks always attached the label to them), but she had thought it'd been an opinion formed by fictional stories and fictional movies. ]

[ her mistake. ]

That's what the buddy system is for, right?

_{[Or in all seriousness, whatever groups of people do here to keep in contact with one another and keep each other in the know when they go out for strolls. Adam's method of surviving Wonderland's temper tantrums is just to weather the storm, but then again, he's just stupid enough to keep being the guy who leaves his angel-warded room and continues to get angry when angels show up to take a shit on him.

Adam wishes he could still be that guy asking if angels are real, but unfortunately, that ship has long since sailed along with his life. It doesn't matter how he became the angel whistle-blower, he just is.]}

Here and outside of here.

_{[He could technically leave it at that--it's an answer to her question--but he knows it looks evasive, which it is.]}

It's a long story, but they look like regular people around this place.

[ too bad her pack doesn't implement a buddy system. how many times does she have to hear that someone has died because of one of wonderland's events? if they all paired up, maybe they could skip over the angel of death meet and greet and stay alive. maybe she wouldn't end up almost in danger if she had someone around to supervise her stupid. ]

[ but angels look like real people. of course they do, in the movies they're played by people. cora's idea of an angel is a person in white, with bright light behind them, with some feathers attached to their back, and a ring above their head. they should be easy to spot, but like werewolves and hunters, she doubts it's that easy. ]

[ nothing ever is as simple as hollywood likes to make it out to be. ]

What about wings and halos? Even Matt Damon had wings.

_{[Adam would advise looking out for a monster the size of a building with multiple heads to go along with the buddy system, but seeing angels as they actually look like doesn't seem to be much of a concern here. In some respects, he'd prefer the ear-ringing sound of Michael's "voice" over him flouncing around in John Winchester's younger self.

Cora probably wouldn't appreciate the life-or-death experience of having an angel descend on you, though. Explaining the difference is harder than he thinks.]}

Think more Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ghost. The wings come with how Patrick Swayze really looks like as a ghost, but he can't do things until he has a body. They take over other people. They'll look normal.

_{[How's that for abusing film examples?]}

[ hopefully the angels adam the angel slayer is talking about don't have a thing for making pottery. it's kind of difficult for cora, to see angels as anything but the bright things with the halos and the wings and all that goodness inside of them. this must be what it's like when people learn that not all werewolves are bad. it's a conversation of the same question repeated in a different way. ]

Angels are meant to be good. They can't be angels if they're - Taking over people doesn't sound good. Are these angels killing people like the ones that weep?

[ at least he hasn't mentioned twilight. ]

The stories aren't all true.

_{[Meant to be good... He'd said something similar, a long time ago. He'd been annoyed and impatient then that Dean and Sam, so-called brothers of his he'd never met before, seemed intent on feeding him stories that felt awfully close to lies.

But they'd been right. His brand of angel might not be as obviously psychotic as Weeping Angels, but he's right about them being dangerous, too.]}

They're not as obvious about it, but when you can snap your fingers and make someone's head pop, I bet the mortal race looks a lot like cockroaches. You don't want to piss one off.

Have you pissed one off?

[ she's pretty sure she knows the answer, but maybe he's a research buff or knows someone who has. but he's typing like he knows exactly what he's talking about — as if he's experienced it himself. cora can only assume as much, since she'd only go into detail about werewolves because she is one. all her witchy knowledge would come from sabrina — and she doubts that that is accurate at all. ]

_{[Like he'd said, long story. His relationship with angels defines just about his whole life's story, in fact.]}

One wore me once. I learned a little the hard way.

_{[The text is simple, and doesn't say half of what needs to be said. But it says enough.]}

[ so, he hasn't pissed one off, technically. unless possession means just that. ]

[ it takes her a moment to connect "wore" back to the whole possession thing. it's still difficult to reconcile what adam's saying with her idea of what an angel is. he makes it sound like this angel simply put him on, as if he was a suit, and discarded him when it was done. she stares at the text, though. out of all the strange things she's learnt over the years, this has to be the hardest to wrap her head around. ]

But it's gone now? How do you even get rid of it?

Yeah, he's gone, but not far. He's here as another person. Michael. He's not the only one here, either.

_{[And he wants to tell her all the reasons why she should stay as far away from the archangel as she possibly can--like get out of Wonderland, even, and stay wherever it is she's been for all this time--but that once again verges on "scaring the crap out of someone" territory.

She might be curious, she might even think he's extra whacko and just wants to see what he'll text back next, but no one really wants to know the truth. The whole truth means not sleeping at night because you'll never feel safe again.]}

If one ever drops by and tells you should be a vessel if you just say "yes" and let the Jesus freak in, just don't. I don't think you can get rid of them.

_{[A contradiction from what he'd said about Michael being gone, but Adam's method of purging an angel out of his system had ended in a 100% of death.]}

[ at least he's not in adam. that's a positive? she'll view it as a positive, even though another poor sucker seems to have been claimed as a vehicle in his stead. it doesn't really click with her that they're talking about archangel michael, the dude who happens to be god's right hand man. ]

I doubt I'll be getting a visit any time soon.

[ she's a furry, remember? and not many things want to possess a wolf, let alone one that isn't exactly powerful. but she'll keep an eye out on derek. alphas are the bigger targets than betas, after all. ]

So, they just bounce from host to host. From you to whoever Michael is in now. Can't you send them back to Heaven?

Hope not.

_{[Having no idea Cora is anything but human, angels could start roosting on her shoulders like a farmer's scarecrow for all he knows. It's not exactly like angels need an excuse to hurt someone; just because the other ones here don't act as hardline as Michael and Zachariah doesn't mean they're not capable of it, or that they won't if they need to, if Wonderland pushes them to it.

But as long as people like Cora stay out of their way, that's... as close to safe as a person can get, right? The Winchester bloodline is supposed to be the catnip, the thing that had had the angels' feathers bunched up. Regular people hadn't seemed worth their time.

That family tie seems to be why Michael's currently in his dad, of all people in the godforsaken world, but he can't say that.]}

There are supposed to be rules, but basically that. I never knew how. I didn't know what they were until it was too late. Some hunters here know more than I do.

_{[If she's curious enough, Sam and Dean's family business might get another customer.]}

[ oops, he said the h word. ]

[ cora may have been making progress when it comes to separating what the argents have done to her family from allison, but it's still a little difficult to think of hunters as anything other than the enemy. she's grown up to never associate with them, to steer far away, and keep herself safe. allison's different — and mostly because it's allison. ]

[ she shouldn't be surprised that members of the hunter squard are here, but it is a surprise to tie adam to them. ]

Are you a hunter?

_{[That "h" word hadn't entered his vocabulary until Wonderland, and it's still a little awkward for him to use it, but if that's what they call themselves, that's what they'll be.

When it comes to associating himself with them, that's touching on the literal Mt. Everest of family issues and something he'd like to avoid if at all possible. (It rarely ever is.)]}

Hardly. I just know some.

Turns out they know some tricks.

_{[He's not a fan of the man who'd taught him, but he does appreciate knowing how to ward against angels now.]}

[ well, that's a relief … derek's usually the hale who ends up sleeping with the hunter or the darach/druid/evil thing of the week. cora really likes her track record being squeaky clean. ]

If I ever find myself on the verge of possession, I'll call you for a name.

[ maybe she should change her strategy and get to know a few of the other hunters in wonderland. ]

[ yeah, no. she might just prefer going through adam — the middle man might be safer than going to the actual thing. ]

[ she doubts the argents, with all their knowledge of everything werewolf and supernatural, know how to battle angels. they're mythical, like vampires, and while everything that isn't popular in mainstream media comes to beacon hills every other weekend, she has a feeling the edward cullens and literally angelic monicas aren't on the invite list. but it still doesn't hurt to ask if she's on their list of tricks-to-use-against-supernatural-creatures. ]

Do they just hunt angels?

Or do yourself a favor and just book it.

_{[Preferably to the nearest angel warded room.

In opposition to what Cora's thinking, angels, demons, and even things that take on the appearance of other people and eat dead bodies grounds Adam's view of the supernatural. Things that possess and things that eat human flesh, really. He's sure people like Sam and Dean do hunt other things, but imagining what else is out there, how many other kinds of monsters there could be, is on the intimidating side.]}

I'm guessing not. Sounds like a jack of all trades deal. Do you know any other monsters?

_{[If she can believe, even remotely, that angels are real, maybe she has experience of her own with other things.]}

Sounds like it. Think hunting just angels would be boring.

[ if cora says werewolves, is she admitting that they exist? they're not monsters to her — they never have been, not when the alpha pack had turned on their own kind and not when peter had been laura's murderer. while she had been angry for such a long time at people saying they were monsters, she knew they weren't. but she wanted to watch what she said. she'd assumed adam was a hunter, or someone who was involved in angel tracking, when all he was was simply a victim of one. ]

I like things involving werewolves.

[ it's not a lie. her entire knowledge bank is werewolves. half the time, it trumps what she knows about being a regular, ol' human. ]

_{[She says "boring," he says "death-defying." Semantics.

But having her say she likes things to do with werewolves is possibly one of the strangest things he's ever read in a text to date. Movie werewolves are one thing, but they're in a place where everybody, absolutely everybody, knows supernatural creatures are a real and possibly fatal thing, not to mention there have been warnings about werewolves running around the joint before.

Who still says they like the real thing?]}

You like them?

[ maybe it's being a werewolf that provides her bias, but cora, even before she properly understood that she was, in fact, a werewolf, had always found herself fascinated by the stories involving them. all of her favourite bedtime stories involved a wolf — not usually with someone wearing red. ]

[ considering adam had asked her for a monster she knew of, perhaps he thought werewolves were monsters, too. too bad tone couldn't be deciphered through text. and she thinks it's unfortunate if he does consider them monsters. people were monsters, but no one ever really labelled them by that. ]

There a problem with liking werewolves?

Like real ones?

_{[Yeah, he'd say that's a problem depending on what the real ones are like. It's not like saying a person likes unicorns or the talking toy dinosaur from Toy Story (though for all he damn well knows, those things exist somewhere, too). The real thing is probably a dangerous thing.

And it's funny, because although he's not a huge fan of anybody anymore after finding out what his own brothers are capable of, he'd still probably call himself a fan of people since he knows all seven billion aren't bad. He's never had cause to think the same of the things that come to mind when he thinks of "monsters."

Ghouls, and Zachariah, and Michael, and Lucifer... all creatures that had watched people suffer without a care in the world, who caused that suffering. If supernatural things can hurt a defenseless person in that way and not care, then they don't deserve fanfare. That's the qualifying distinction, right there. It seems to him that all monsters are capable of that to some extent.

But then, so are people.]}

Have you met any?

[ a question for a question. cora feels if she says yes, he'll pry into who or whether she knows any, but if she says no, she's lying — and as much as she wants to hide the fact that she is, in fact, a werewolf, one of those things he probably hates or has some sort of negative opinion about, she doesn't particularly want to lie. he may not be a hunter, but he knows some, and something tells her his dislike of angels also means he fears them, too. (just like she with the hunters.) ]

[ cora's not up for a repeat of kate argent, even if adam seems incredibly harmless. better to be an impenetrable wall and aggravate him than be someone who simply hands out secrets on furry platters. ]

_{[And naturally he has to wonder what kind of question that's supposed to be.

Has he met a real, live one before? If he had, he wouldn't be asking questions about it. And maybe wouldn't even be alive to tell the tale, who even knows.]}

Are you being serious? It's not like I hang out with other species at book club.

You're saying you do?

I've spoken to a few here.

[ IT'S TRUE. she spoke to remus lupin, by biting his head off for outing himself to all of wonderland. and she's spoken to isaac and derek ... okay, so now she's really reaching here. she's beginning to realise that even if she tries to avoid directly answering what she thinks he's getting at, he'll still persist and be a smartass about it. ]

You should try hanging out with the other species at book club one day. Might learn a thing or two about "monsters".

_{[Of course he's going to persist. Maybe not all monsters are bad, but the fact that hunters exist specifically to thin the herd implies that the majority are, and that's excluding every lesson he's had scratched into his bones from teeth and possessive angels.

It's true, you can't read tone through text, but the quotations she slings back at him go a long way to give her stance away, leaving him at a loss for what to think.]}

That's it? You talk to a few of them and you're cool with it, just like that?

_{[That can't be all. You can't just inherently accept the goodness of werewolves like you can (like you're supposed to) with angels, not without a reason.

These things aren't even supposed to be real.]}

I try to get along with people, not the ones who want me dead. The ones I've gotten up close and personal with weren't interested in getting to know me as more than a snack. I just got the bad apples?

_{[Is that what she's trying to say? Her text reminds him of Lena just a bit, and that annoys him. Why is he the one being encouraged to open his mind to the power of positive thinking and singing Kumbaya with the other things out there when it's his family who's dead? Maybe if the goddamn monsters acted more like Toothless and didn't eat people.]}

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