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Three years. Three years is a really long time to be stuck in one place isn't it? I've been here for three years already.

I guess that makes me one of the veterans here huh?

I mean I know there are people here who've been longer, but. Well. Not many of us make it this far.

[ he's not really sure where he's going with this. He does have a point, he just isn't sure how he wants to ask what he wants to ask. He's rolling a ring around between his fingers as he talks, the camera may dip to catch him fidgeting with it. Those questions he knows no one but his mirror can answer and well, that's not happening. So he'll stick with things that other people can answer. ]

Has anyone else never gone home? I mean. Like when some people disappear for a week and come back after time has passed gone home, not for good.

It's been three years and I've never gotten to leave and come back. So anyone else whose been here close to this long or longer, have any of you never gone home?

[ He's almost afraid to think of what it means. He knows Jo had never left and that was because she had nothing to go back to. And well, everyone from home whose been here is either before him or Loki who had no idea what he was up to. Did it also mean he had no future to go back to?]

If anyone wants to come help me celebrate three years I'll be at the bar. [ By which he means the old bar, because he's got issues. ]

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( billy and elena have talked about their home worlds and the difficulties of wonderland. they've talked about loss and loves and grief, and certain things in between. sometimes actions speak louder than words. it's why she arrives at the old bar without prompting, and she brings two things with her:

i. billy's favorite comfort food.
ii. a mutual and lovable friend.

it won't make up for the people he's lost. there is no replacing them. but he's not alone, and they intend to show him that. )

Three years is a bloody long time.

[ -- unhelpful, maybe. but it seems the solemn sort of announcement that deserves to be marked. ]

Do you wish you had? [ gone home. ] Disappeared for week, that is.

I'd say me, but I haven't been here nearly that long.

[Which is disconcerting to say the least. Even though she knows what the future holds for her, and that they win in the end, she's still caught in this tenuous scale between life and death and she doesn't know if she's ever going to get past that.

When she continues, her tone is apologetic.]

Three years is a long time to be away from home though. Do you at least have people from home here with you?

[She's pretty sure her answer doesn't count. For one, she doesn't remember being here at least once before. Two, she's not even sure how long she was here; maybe it wasn't even close to three years.

So what she does instead is go to the bar to find him. She takes a seat next to him with a small smile, her red shawl wrapped around her shoulders contrasting in color with her grey jeans, black shirt, and black boots.]

I'm not sure if I should be congratulating you on three years, or asking if you would have rather gone home -- permanently or temporarily.

[The implied questions there are both.]

Too long.

[ Maybe no helpful but nothing really is going to be. ]

I- I actually don't know? I mean yes I want to go home for good. [ That's not the whole truth. ] and I miss people, but getting ripped away from them again would be hard.

[ He wishes he could say yes to her question, but unfortunately he shakes his head. ]

Nah. I used to, but not anymore. It's been just me for about a year now. Do you have anyone here? [ Because he knows how hard it is to be here alone, especially in the beginning. He at least had Kate when he first got here. ]

Aww, c'mon, pal! Don't say that! I just got here. [ Bucky's sigh is very melodramatic. ] I figured this would be a quick kidnapping! I'd pop in, do a little "How's your mother?" and be back before search parties even got assembled for me...

( peter walks alongside elena it's hard being in wonderland. it's hard because there's never any warning before people are just gone. it's hard because they miss home. they miss people there, and three years is- it's a long time. he glances her way as they step into the old bar. his gaze lands quickly on their friend, and he gently nudges elena, gesturing in his direction with a soft, concerned smile. )

...Billy?

I've never gone home.

But I also haven't been here quite a year. So I suppose by some standards I'm still something of a newbie.

I've never been home and I've been here almost six years.

I've been here for nearly six years, and I've gone home a number of times.

[Evelyn neglects to mention that she cannot go home anymore, because she has nothing left but darkness.]

The longest span between returns for me was nine years.

I've been stuck here for three years too, and I only went back home once just this last month. It's some bullshit is what it is.

[ He's surprised when she sits down next to him. They haven't spoken all that much, and that's probably his fault, it had hurt so much the first time she disappeared that he couldn't face her for a while. But she's there now and he has missed her so much.

That's a loaded question. ]

Most people would probably expect me to say of course I want to go home permanently, but. I'm not sure I do.

[ Well he's surprised to see Bucky again. He hadn't realized he was back. That's assuming he's the same Bucky from last time. ]

Sorry. Sometimes it's quick. People can be stuck for months or years. Usually months is more common. I guess Wonderland just likes me. Though technically, no one back home will know you're gone. So there's that at least.

Good thing I'm neither most people nor do I know what to expect you to say. [Her smile gets a bit wider at her teasing sort of comment.

She probably wouldn't have come down here if she hadn't talked to him before, but since she had, she figured she might as well start to get to know some of the people here better. This seemed like a good chance.]

I guess I could see the appeal after so long. At some point, most people probably start thinking of it as a home -- even if it is a home away from home sort of. What's been your favorite part of the three years? Or parts. [It's a more positive question, she thinks, since dwelling on bad parts of things can often be so much easier than on the good parts.]

Jeez Louise, I'm sure you're so happy to be kidnapper's pet.

[ Man, Bucky can't imagine being cooped up for years on end when he's got shit to finish. ]

Wait how can they not know? I mean, I'm not there! I've been kidnapped, my friends would definitely know.

[Her face softens a bit, because that must suck, being stuck here all alone, and Kimberly is suddenly incredibly grateful for both Jason and Billy right now.]

Yeah. Two of my best friends are here.

[It's said softly, as though she doesn't want to rub it in.]

[ A lot of people have come and gone from Billy's life in Wonderland, some people he misses more than others, some people think it might be easier not to make friends,
to keep to themselves because once they left there was no guarantee they would ever come back. Billy thought that way once.

But seeing Elena and Peter walking into the bar just to seek him out brings a smile to his face. They are the people that make this worth it, even if they disappear one day, its worth it. ]

Hey guys.

Thats still pretty new I think. Once you make it passed a year I think we can take away the newbie status. :P

Are you here alone?

[ That makes him feel somewhat better. ]

Well you definitely win. Six years is a long time.

[He squinches one eye part way closed in his version of a grimace.]

It's something I'd rather not be the winner at, if I had a choice.

[ And he thought three years was long, he can't imagine six. But at least she's gone home. ]

I feel like its more common for people to go home and come back than it is for us to never leave. Or at least thats the trend I'm seeing. Which begs the question, why don't some of us ever leave?

[ Not that he's expecting an answer because this is Wonderland and answers aren't something they ever get. ]

How long were you home for? And yes, this whole place is bullshit. [ He agrees so hard. ]

What a relief, I shall keep that in mind come August.

Thankfully, no. My two best friends are here, and that does make it considerably easier to bear, I'm sure.

Two months. That was barely a breather. You know what? It wasn't a breather, 'cause the last two days of it were hell, and that's all I can think about now.

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