but oh what a year

[patrols]

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DONE surprise. less so, because I commented wrong lmao

[blingod]

Who knew I'd be longing for the days of killer mascots and fat spa murders. Hope your alternate children aren't all gooey.

1/?

[extrasauce]

At least they're not turning zombie on us. Been there, done that.

[patrols]

Also bonus points for being corporeal, because that sure was a thing in Sunnydale that caused a whole lot of problems.

[pastlives]

[Oh ... oh no. Audrey doesn't look at her phone again until she's in her uber and oops.]

Sorry. I was typing fast trying to get to the airport and didn't fully think it through.

They're not children. And they're not MY children. They're full grown adult men. I was just using it as a point of comparison because they're definitely from another timeline.

I'll hopefully have more information once I get to Boston in an hour or so, right now I'm just trying to make my plane.

1/?

[opencases]

Focus on making your plane.

When you get the chance, do you know anything about the two new players?

[blingod]

Donna Hanscum, Sheriff of Stillwater, Minnesota. Nice to meet everyone.

@ lindsay Are you saying people in Sunnydale returned but couldn't be touched? Like a Ghost situation except everyone could see them and nobody needed Oda Mae Brown?

( hopefully, nobody named Molly was in danger. )

1/?

[patrols]

@ donna

No, so there's this thing called the First. It doesn't have a corporeal form, but it will take on the appearance of any dead person to fuck with you. No one actually came back, it was just an evil thing doing evil shit.

[pastlives]

They're friends of mine. We used to work together a long time ago. Nathan used to be the sheriff of Haven, Maine.

[There's a long pause because how do you explain Duke Crocker?]

Duke owned the local bar.

[Yeah, let's not call him a criminal to a chat full of cops.]

[extrasauce]

[....Unfortunately for Audrey, Jody's spidey senses are tinging.]

No offense, but I've never heard of Haven, Maine. And to cover my bases I googled it, and it says there's no such place.

And I know you said they were from another timeline, but you haven't even gotten there yet, and you said you used to work with them?

[pastlives]

[ ...

....


........


...]

It's a very long story.

1/?

[redeems]

For the record, the returned aren't evil things doing evil shit.

[sobrietytest]

Simple explanation. You worked with this Duke Crocker and Nathan Wuornos in this timeline.

( someone can research the police blotter. )

3/3

[opencases]

Let's let Audrey meet up with her friends, however she knows them, and then I'm sure she'll fill us in when she gets the chance.

They're probably being treated like crazies or criminals. Or, crazy criminals.

1/?

[patrols]

Angel is correct, not trying to imply they were.

[stupetballs]

[Waverly inserts a link to an article detailing the appearance of two men in the dolphin tank at the Boston Aquarium.]

Is this them?

[pastlives]

@ waverly

Yes, that's them. I called ahead and asked security to keep them there until I arrive.

done

[pastlives]

@ stilinski

No. I didn't work with them in this timeline.

[Stiles already knows that Audrey isn't from here, and Stiles deems these people trustworthy, so she's just going to hope that this remains the case.]

1/?

[opencases]

And we can hear that story in time. Focus on drying them off.

[redeems]

Did they drop into the dolphin tank?

[slavophile]

Say the word if you need me to scrub that from the internet.

private to stiles | DONE

[pastlives]

Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your party.

[phonetically]

You didn't. You sent an update. Everyone and their sheriff mother decided to chime in. Also my dad, who's now in a group text with me. Still processing and censoring that.

You need to talk?

[pastlives]

Probably will but I think I need to get there first and actually see the damage. Plus you're at your party.

Let me get them out of the Aquarium and get them settled and if it's not too late I'll give you a call.

[phonetically]

We're partners, whether or not I'm at a party. But, if you want my undivided, sober, attention, later might be better.

I still do want to hear about the aquarium when you get the chance. If only because, that makes a better story than just - woke up somewhere.

[pastlives]

Sober might be better, it's a little bit of a head trip.

Believe it or not, this isn't Duke's first time spontaneously appearing in a tank at the Boston Aquarium, though I wasn't really around to rescue him the last time.