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[ Even though he's been in Wonderland for nearly two months at this point, this is the first time Will has made a post on the network, and only about the fourth time he's used his device at all. He's not a terrifically outgoing person, and it's easy for him to assume that people are probably better off without his input in most cases.

However, the network is clearly a good way to get answers and information, and ever since his conversation with Bedelia... He's been thinking a lot about "home". Been wondering if there are any people here in similar circumstances. It's been on his mind enough that eventually, he settles on simply straight-up asking people, if only to shut the train of thought down and put an end to the curiosity. And, perhaps, put himself a bit at ease. If that's even a possibility.

The question isn't posed through video, or even audio. This is more easily handled through text. And, it...makes the whole thing slightly less awkward, which doesn't hurt. ]

Is anyone out there uncertain about whether or not you'd like to go home?

Do you feel as though Wonderland may be the lesser of two evils? That you may be better off here than where you've come from?

[ Come and discuss any doubts you have about wanting to return to your world, Wonderland. Maybe you'll make him feel better about the disaster he'll be walking back into if and when he ever goes home. ]

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No.

[That . . . may not have been the answer Will wanted. Nevertheless, it comes almost immediately and with total confidence. Giorno is always watching the network. He's always watching a lot of things.]

No matter how comfortable Wonderland may appear at times, I know that there are things that must be accomplished at home that only I can do. Action is always more taxing than inaction, but personally I prefer to control my own destiny rather than let someone else do it for me.

yes i try to hunt shit down like this back home and then it gave me my wife.

[He's already taken such a hard line stance on Wonderland in the past, he doesn't need anyone to see him doubting.]

Two words.

Zombie. Apocalypse.

I don't know? It's kind of complicated. But I probably have to go home at some point. I mean, I can't just stay here forever.

[He has a life to go back to, after all. ...Hopefully. The more he thinks about that though, the more Wonderland starts to sound like a good alternative.]

[Of all people to send out a Wonderland-wide message of this particular stripe, Evelyn didn't anticipate it being Will. With this in mind she has to wonder how much he knows about his future, and who told him. He has yet to come to her asking questions about their shared past and she isn't surprised - it's not unlike him to avoid that sort of conflict when he can, to save himself the trouble.

This missive suggests digging.

Evelyn also loathes sending messages via text, it feels so damnably like telegrams, but if it's what makes him most comfortable-]

Some people do not have homes to which they can return.

I died in my world.

[It's no secret to anyone close to her, but Evelyn doesn't like to broadcast the fact, either.]

If you're saying that's how you might be feeling about it? Then no. You're not the only one. There's more than a few of us here who have nothing to go home to.

At home I'm dead, so.

[ Truth be told, he isn't looking for any specific answer. Ones from others who are in similar circumstances to his own are preferred, but that doesn't mean he'll ignore those who want to return home. ]

Understandable. Your life being under your own control is always preferable. Some people don't have much, if anything, to return to, however. Or, possibly worse conditions or circumstances than they are under in Wonderland.

It's good to hear that there are some who have no doubt about wishing to return home, though.

personal experience talking?

Wonderland brought your wife? And that's what's made you uncertain about whether you want to go back?

[ Just clarifying that he's reading the message correctly. One thing about text is that it's more difficult to get a read on people--but that's another big part of Will's reason for opting for it. ]

She isn't around at home, I take it.

I've heard there are people from places in a zombie apocalypse.

That's a solid reason to prefer Wonderland. It must almost feel like a blessing to be here rather than there.

I understand some people have reasons to put off going back home, but for me, it doesn't feel right. Being here, that is. And I'm not sure it ever will or should. I have my family, my job, my whole life to get back to. [ caitlin, barry, and wells aren't looking to stay in wonderland permanently either, but she won't judge others who think differently. ]

I don't think any of us will be here forever, no. I'm more curious as to how some people feel regarding the inevitable return.

If you don't know and it's complicated, you're in the same boat I am. I'm assuming there are things at home that you'd rather not deal with?

[ Most of them have lives to go back to, but nothing says those lives are good. There's no say if they'll ever be able to escape the bad things or people in their lives... That's what scares Will. ]

[ He's learned an unfortunate amount about what has yet to come to him, and he has the feeling that what he's been told isn't even the true extent of it. It's given him all the more reason to be uncertain about how much he really wants to return home, even if Wonderland is far from the ideal place to be, either.

A message from Evelyn is a bit of a surprise, but it's the contents of the message that truly shock him. ]

I'm sorry. I didn't know.

I've had the suspicion that death doesn't matter to Wonderland for a while now. Those who have been brought here after death have far more reason to prefer being here, I suppose.

[ Assuming they don't think death is better than this... ]

I suspected as much, and I'm slowly gaining proof of it. I haven't yet heard many peoples' stories and I suppose I was curious.

[ Actually, he's more looking for reassurance then sating his curiosity, but nobody needs to know that part. ]

So you have nothing to go back to. I guess there's nothing to be uncertain about there. Wonderland must be better than death.

You could say that. Someone here shed a bit of light on my future.

I can't say that being here feels right to me, either. But of the two places, this one is looking to to be better than the other.

Hopefully you won't be here long, if you have things to look forward to returning to.

[ He can understand those with family, good jobs, and good lives wanting to go home. It's unfortunate that they've gotten brought to a place like this in the first place. When your job is making you lose your grip on sanity, however, and you learn here that your friend has been manipulating you since the moment you met... Well, you question whether that's really better than magic events and memory loss. ]

All these replies you're getting are crazily interesting.

I didn't know the Wonderland option was so popular.

I guess you could say that. Everyone has stuff like that though?

[He's...not sure how much he wants to say to someone he barely knows. He doesn't want word to spread about him. Rumors about his circumstances are like, the last thing he needs.]

It's more like I'm not sure if I can go all the way home? I was stuck somewhere else before I got stuck here, so leaving here might just leave me stuck there forever instead.

[There. That's probably vague enough, right?]

yeah.

[ iris is a reporter. she's meant to look for the tells. but in this case, she doesn't need them. even without that journalistic lens she utilizes often, it's telling that so many people in wonderland prefer it to their home worlds. it says something about those home worlds, doesn't it? ] I think what bothers a lot of people is the lack of choice. You can't choose to leave, and you can't choose to stay.

[ whoever or whatever is behind all this magic decides the when. ]

While my family was not in a good place back home I can't imagine staying here forever, not all of us are here to begin with and there is someone important we need to get back to.

Everyone has a story here, mate. Not all of them are pretty. In fact, more often than not, they're fairly terrifying. Wonderland does have a fondness, you might say, for 'interesting' people and places.

[ Interesting. Why are you asking, Will Graham? ]

Depends on the day. I've been here three years and counting so it's become more like home than the alternative. If we had to make the choice right now I'm not sure what I'd do.

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