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[driven]

[ this message goes up late, to the point that it's actually early, and while allison knows she should be sleeping it's hard to get rest with the way her head is spinning. she's been doing a lot of thinking, a lo of checking, and now? ]

this might be kind of a weird question, but
has anyone here been in wonderland long enough that you kind of consider this place home?
I moved a lot back home and I never really settled in one place long enough to feel at home anywhere
and the one place that I kind of wanted to be home...it's complicated, I guess
I'm just kind of curious if wonderland could keep us here for that long, or if anyone really minds being here that long
even with all the events, and all the crap we deal with.
there's some good, right? somewhere?



oh, and happy one year wonderland anniversary to me.

[ she doesn't really want to think about how long this makes. about how allison can't remember the last time she was ever in one place, consistently, for this long. the one place she wanted to hang onto, the one place she had decided to feel loyalty to, to come back to, was beacon hills.

and she's officially lived in wonderland for longer than her entire time in there. even considering her summer off.

a whole year in wonderland.

allison sends off the text before she has a chance to think about it, before her mind comes back around to see who all is going to see this - from home, from here, wherever. she slides the phone under her pillow and sighs, turning back over. ]

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[hypercompetent]

with all the people from beacon hills it kinda *feels* like home, you know?
i mean like, if we had my dad i'd be set
plus it's gonna be weird to go back and like...not remember any of the friends i've made here
i already have about twenty more friends than i ever had in beacon hills :P

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[driven]

yeah, no, I definitely get that
we've always had a few of us around too
so I guess that makes it easier to feel...idk, familiar?

he'll show up some day, stiles.
you know wonderland wouldn't be able to keep him away

there are definitely a lot of really great people here
people I wouldn't want to forget
friendships I wouldn't want to forget
and you're so popular wow :p

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[hypercompetent]

yeah, exactly
and i think we get along here a lot better than we do in BH
if you know who i'm talking about

[ pointed staring at derek.jpg ]

yeah, i hope so.
someday maybe
and scott's mom
we could use a nurse, haha

when things aren't totally freakin' murder happy
it's not so bad here.
i mean c'mon i sure as hell can't afford an xbox 1 and i've got one
the magic closets are a nice bonus too

i know, i can feel my ego swelling up :P

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[lightgunhustler]

It's home to me. Not a popular opinion, but there it is.
Guess my situation isn't what you'd call standard, but all the same.
When things aren't going crazy, I like it here.
Too many people I never would have met if I hadn't gotten a second chance and landed in this place.

Happy anniversary. I missed mine.

[It had been just a few days after her birthday. She'd missed that, too.]

Feel like celebrating? I could sneak you a drink or three.

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[driven]

I don't know if that counts as unpopular
I mean, I'm feeling like that more and more now
it's hard to keep them separated sometimes

exactly!
too many people I would never have met, too many relationships I wouldn't have
I've known people here in Wonderland for longer than I knew most of my friends back home
it's weird to think about but when we're not fighting for our lives
Wonderland isn't bad.

[ allison freezes up a little at the happy anniversary, if only because she doesn't really know how to respond. happy anniversary to you too? sorry this is your home because you don't have anywhere to go back to?

it churns in her stomach for a moment or two before jo gives her a way out. one she takes all too quickly. ]

you sure?
I mean, definitely. I'm not gonna get any sleep tonight anyway
you okay if you get caught? ;)

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[lightgunhustler]

There are still plenty of people who think we're crazy for thinking the way we do.
But you're right that there are fewer as time goes on. Maybe not a lot.
But enough. Doesn't feel as much like being in the vast minority anymore.

In between all the crazy, there's some good to be said for this place, I think.
We wouldn't have met otherwise, right?

[And theirs is a friendship she definitely places importance on. Don't worry, Allison -- the well wishes were mostly tongue-in-cheek.]

It's my bar. Who's gonna stop me?
Besides, legal drinking age doesn't mean a whole lot here.

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[algidity]

it's weird isn't it?
You haven't been here much longer than me ..
It doesn't feel that long but at the same time everything feels so far away...

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[driven]

stiles has been here longer than any of us
but you all also grew up in beacon hills
I can't remember the last time I was ever in one place this long, you know?

it feels like it's been forever

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[algidity]

But it's good right?
I mean ..
you like it here?

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[renardargente]

[ He's feeling conflicted, since the reason she had to move around so much was directly a result of his lifestyle. Through the years, he's felt guilt when it comes to that (among other things), and he's yet to truly think of a way to make it up to her.

If there is one. ]

Even despite these events we have, there is always some good.

This place can certainly be considered a home. You always have to take in the bad and the good, even when sometimes bad here can be deadly. I can't say Beacon Hills is much safer, honestly. This particular situation is unusual, with the supernatural kidnapping, but sometimes buckling down and making the best of it is all you can do.

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[driven]

[ under that list of 'people allison was a little nervous about dealing with seeing this', her dad made the top of that list. mostly because she knew he would blame himself.

she didn't mind moving all the time. she really didn't. it was just a fact she had to get used to. ]

so many people hate this place, though, with good reason.
this place isn't even supposed to exist
but a lot of people aren't really here as long as the rest of us too
I don't know. It's just weird to think about

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[humanities_greatest]

[It's not for Integra to bother with the emotions of others but she brings up a point that even she is sure she'll be facing someday.]

Once we really consider it, home is merely an arbitrary word used to describe a place of settlement. A grave could be a home, a prison could be a home, but it's what prompts us to think about that word that should really matter.

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[driven]

[ this might be a lot more than allison was really looking for with her late-night questions to the network, but it has her thinking. ]

doesn't that take a certain level of decision-making, though?
like. you have to decide if you want to call a prison a home, or a grave, or a fictional world
is that all that makes it work, though?

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[voiceinthedark]

Not been here that long, but if I could bring the people from Abel here, I think we'd all be happy to call it home. It's pretty nice.

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[driven]

stuff back home must not be that great if you think this place is pretty nice
I mean, it's not bad, but I wouldn't call it nice

[intelligently]

you've been here for a year already?
it goes too fast

i wouldn't say i want this place to be home but it's familiar
and as long as you're here with me it makes being here better
but i'd still rather be in beacon hills with you

[driven]

yeah
a year exactly

just with all the crap we had to put up with back home
sometimes the week or so of downtime we have here feels kinda nice
you're right, though
it wouldn't even feel close to home if you weren't here

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[coldhardy]

I lived all my life in one place. It's nice to see somewhere different, I guess, but I wouldn't have chosen to be stuck here like this.

I had things to do at home... did you? Some of this might not be so bad to someone who was free of obligations.

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[driven]

you weren't ever allowed to leave?
that sounds horrible, actually :(
being stuck in any place makes my skin crawl a little bit
I guess I just don't like being told to stay put anywhere

yeah, I had...I mean, there was stuff I needed to do
and I've been told it gets done, and everyone is okay
and if everyone is here they should be okay, right?

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[samlicker81]

[ becky's only been here for a few months now, though already time seems to have gone by pretty fast. to be honest, she'd rather consider this place home. it feels more like home than home does, at least because so many people from home are here — people she didn't realize were from home until she got here. and, honestly, she's glad for that. any place with sam and dean she'd be more than willing to call home, regardless of whatever events wonderland throws at them.

but there's something more important that becky chooses to focus on. she doesn't need to gush her heart and soul out to someone she doesn't even know. ]

You've been here for a whole year?

[ if people have been here that long, maybe there's hope for becky. a whole year with sam just a call or text away... she knows there are boundaries, but... it would be nicer than going back home to no friends and, eventually, no winchesters, either. ]

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[driven]

yeah.
I know people who have been here for even longer, though

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[ofletters]

I think it's hard to say. I never
We really moved around a lot too. Most hunters do. And I was too young to remember our parents' house before we moved.
Never really considered anywhere home. Wonderland included.

... But it's a leg up on most places if I'm being honest. In some ways anyway.

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[driven]

you never wanted to settle down?
I feel like every time we moved I kept trying to find a reason to make the new place home
just to try and force myself to settle in faster

how long have you been here, anyway?
you were here when I got here so it has to be a while

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[halfwinchester]

<sub>[The time between late and early is a time when Adam's usually awake, and that night is no different. He sees her message, but it's one of those questions to the universe that everyone thinks about but not everyone voices aloud, and requires some thought to answer.

It would feel weird to ignore the message, even if he doesn't think he has the right answers for her.]</sub>

Can't sleep?

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Do you want here to be home?

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[driven]

how could you tell?

[ but that second question needs a little more thought, doesn't it? even if her answer doesn't make it seem that way. ]

I don't know
maybe?
what about you?