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[villainously]

( the video opens with a pair of bright blue eyes, far more fur than any one creature could need, and a practically thunderous purr. it's not surprising, seeing as Hook has tried about 5 times to set the thing up to record and the damn cat keeps knocking it over. his company is painfully exposed as he scoops up the purring beast and puts it on the floor.

no he's not going to mention or talk about the cat. that's not important, all right? thanks to that bloke with cat fantasies practically all of Wonderland has a cat. that's not what he's trying to talk about.

the pirate looks tired, but anyone that knows him knows that's a 24-7 thing for him. he's been tired since he arrived, months ago. that doesn't seem to be stalling anytime soon. not sleeping doesn't help, but his busywork does, at least a little. busywork for a pirate means making maps, which means... )

Is there a proper map of this place? I haven't spotted one yet. If there's not, I've been considering starting on a draft. It won't do us any good once the place is tits up on these events, but it's not a horrible thing to have on hand.

( he rubs at his forehead, as Dave jumps back up onto his desk and paws at the many pens scattered there. )

I'd ask for a star chart while I was at it, but speaking of things going tits up, the stars here are absolutely mad. I don't remember them being like this when I arrived, does anyone know what happened to them?

( the stars running wild bothers him more than he cares to admit. stars shouldn't move nightly... it's utterly ridiculous. Dave seems to have decided that the first eight times he was put on the floor for messing with the camera were just a cute joke, and tries to nuzzle it with more of those dementedly loud purrs. the pirate sighs and plucks it back off the table to the floor. )

If anyone has experience with cartography, I suppose I'd take the help. Making a map from scratch is difficult.

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[villainously]

Or all of us. That would be my preference.

( he agrees that being stuck in such uncertainty is hellish. still, he's not waiting for wonderland to decide to let him go, he will find his own way or die trying. )

[henrydaniel]

[Henry wants to find a way out too, though he doesn't think he would actually mind being here if someone he loved so much wasn't in real, dangerous trouble.]

Zelena tried to make a portal once. It backfired and instead, a lot of stuff that'd happened here before happened all over again, all at once.

[He doesn't even think it matters that she was trying to do the time thing again - it hadn't worked, was the end result.]

And I could trade a memory for magic beans, but...if they don't work, I lost a memory for nothing.

[villainously]

I have heard she's been up to no good, between her sulking and scowling. I'm glad that not too much ill came of it.

( apparently her no good has left her a little less destructive, though, so... win some lose some??? )

That's at that marketplace, is it? I don't know how to grow the bloody things, but I've got a great deal more years of memories than you to trade. If you wanted them, I'd be willing to make a bargain.

( it seems unbelievable that magic beans wouldn't do any good, but... they'd need to try before they knew for sure. )

[henrydaniel]

[Henry's quiet for a moment, and he knows what Hook is saying, about him having more memories, but still. He cares about what people are doing because he has an out there idea that may or may not work.]

But then if they don't work, you'll lose something for me that you can't get back.

[He knows this is what family does for each other, and that's exactly how he thinks of Killian now, but still. He's afraid of the disappointment if it doesn't work.]

[villainously]

Henry, I've lost plenty of memories to time and stupidity already. No matter how it ended, this one would be for a much better cause.

( it's taken a long time for him to turn around and actively start trying to do the right things. but there's no part of him that would regret losing a memory if it helped the people he cared about. )

[henrydaniel]

[Henry could honestly hug Hook right now, if they were together, but instead he looks very Touched and gives him a little smile.]

Thanks, Killian. That really means a lot to me.

[villainously]

You're welcome.

( and he will take the hug. but tell no one because he's a rough tough scary pirate ok. )