Peter Rumancek } 001 } Day 122 } Video

[velveteenwolf]

[The view is just of white and flickering glimpses of the same stainless steel furniture at first, as if someone just dropped the phone on the floor -- ohwait. There's a hand, and some fingers pushing at the screen and muted curses, and then a face wayyyy too close to the camera. When it pulls back, there's a boy that can't be older than his late teens frowning.

He taps the screen.]

Is this thing on? Well, fuck it. Whatever. If you can hear this, then-- Shit, I dunno. Say something cute, sing me a line from your favorite song, or whatever it is kids do for kicks here.

[There's a shrug of his shoulders, and people don't understand how grateful they should be that he found clothes first. He's dressed in whatever he pulled out of the dresser, instead of just his boxers. He's hurt and confused and the pain is still raw on his face, in his slightly red eyes, even as he tries to play it off.]

So, what the fuck is this place, anyway? Some new, extra-fucked-up wing of the Godfrey Institute? Or is this some new brand of horror because life just doesn't suck enough? By the way-- yeah, I got the stalker-date love message: I'm still just not that into you.

So, right, anyway. Does anyone out there- if there is anyone out there- want to explain just what the fuck this place is and why I'm here?

[There's a pause.]

I don't like how this place smells.

Comments

[velveteenwolf]

It wasn't about control.

[Now it's Peter's turn to look confused.]

I mean, it's just... on the full moon there are some things where the wolf reacts first. Isn't it the same with you?

[But then he shrugs his shoulders.]

Yeah, I guess. It could be nice to you know, just to meet others.

[bostonhowler]

Of course it's about control.

[She's just as confused.]

On the full moon, it's no different than any other time. Some things are heightened, of course, but no wolf in control would lash out at pack if they had control.

[velveteenwolf]

I dunno. Nicolae said it's different when you're actually a wolf, you know? I've never hurt anyone, but there are moments where it feels like it's just faster than I am.

[He shrugs his shoulders.]

I've never really had a pack so I wouldn't know.

[Ignore that sad look. That one, right there.]

[bostonhowler]

[Brigid bites her lip. Her hand braces on the cane, letting her take some weight off her bad leg.]

That's not the way it works with us. But your world might be different. Most of the people here aren't from the same world. But Derek is fair. He doesn't turn away anyone, from what I've seen.

[velveteenwolf]

It'd be nice to meet him.

[Peter admits, a tilt of his head and a shrug of his shoulders as he looks at her. He's never met an Alpha and she makes him sound nice. Peter craves a pack, a family down to his heart, though it's something he's never talked about. It's such a huge part of why losing Letha hurts so much.

He lost her child too. And it wasn't his, wasn't blood, but it could have been his in all the ways that mattered. In truth, he loved that possibility more than he loved her.]

[bostonhowler]

Stiles is the other one with us. He's human, but he doesn't mind wolves. He's loud and fidgety, but his heart is in the right place.

[She turns for where the pack has taken up residence together. They've all kinda conglomerated together, loosely. She wants to move in with Derek, she thinks. If he allows it.]

We had another... Isaac. Somehow, he got lost in the tunnels.

[velveteenwolf]

[He follows after her, his hands stuffed in his pockets, letting her lead, although there's still a certain degree of watching which way she leads. He doesn't like this place, the white walls, how its hard to get a sense of distance, how even scent seems a little strange.]

That sucks. Maybe he'll still turn up. It sounded like everyone's still settling in.

[bostonhowler]

[She shakes her head and swallows.]

He never came out of the tunnels. We can't find his scent.

[She'd looked, at least. She's pretty sure Derek did as well.]

[velveteenwolf]

Maybe he got lost in the tunnels, didn't make it here. Someone said there was a town on the other side?

[He's trying to be optimistic here, mostly for her sake. At least a little bit because he just doesn't want to have to think about any more death, anymore loss.]

[bostonhowler]

There is.

[Brigid's a little bitter about that.]

But the tunnels collapsed, and we couldn't get back to the town. If he's over there... he's alone. And no wolf should ever be alone.