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[stiling]

It- hang on.

[ Stiles is inhaling very very deeply through his nose for some reason or another, a spasmodic in and out and in and out for about a full minute. He looks incredibly pleased with himself, probably because he's just gotten his poor sense of smell back - or so much as he remembers - and the process of all this is terribly fascinating right now. ]

[ After a pause in which he starts breathing normally, he scratches quickly at his chin. ]

Uh-huh. Okay. Was I just gone for a while? Is that, uh. That can't be normal.

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[video]

[greenisnteasy]

[Oh, crap. Another one? First Natasha and now Anxiety Boy?]

Gone? Gone, how? Where were you -- do you remember?

[video]

[stiling]

[ ANXIETY BOY excuse u ]

Am I- [ The heel of his hand digs into his eye for a moment. ] -supposed to remember more than-

Well, I can smell again, there's a marvel of all marvels.

[greenisnteasy]

[Well, Bruce does want to find him a bag to breathe into, okay.]

Just trying to figure out if by "gone" you mean... you were taken? Or do you -- what do you mean?

Congratulations on the sense of smell, by the way. We figured out that was a toxin in the fabric of whatever present you got. Very fast-acting, short life after exposure; it penetrates the skin easily.

[audio]

[redripoff]

I don't know: would you classify being whisked away to mystery coast "normal"? I'm just curious about your range of normalcy.

[audio]

[stiling]

[ Stiles makes a very long creaking sound of thought as he weighs his options before he actually answers that question. ]

I mean, I ate an entire bag of pixy sticks this one time and you should have seen. The things. That transpired. I'm gonna rate it a nine out of ten on the weird scale.

[redripoff]

Okay! That's a good start! So on the weird scale, where would you rate being "gone" for a few days?

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

Oh, were you? I hadn't noticed.

[ Video ]

[stiling]

Hayeah, wow, hey, thanks, Captain Douchecrown.

[ His arms flail minutely, horrified. ] I could have died, man!

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

No, I seriously hadn't noticed. Lyds was acting like you were still here and getting all loved on or whatever.

[video]

[afallenstar]

[ She should introduce herself, say hello, all those courtesies, but it doesn't actually occur to her. Mostly because the mentions being gone, and that's the only reason she's responding, because if he came back then maybe she can find her missing people, too. ]

What do you remember about being gone? Location, details, anything?

[video]

[stiling]

[ Hello, lady Stiles has yet to meet. He, on the other hand, is very much starting to notice a pattern what with people skipping over their introductions in order to get to the meat of the conversation. His arms wave a little, agitated. ]

Why does everybody keep asking me that? Whatever happened to hey, what's going on? It's Science Experiments R Us up here.

[video]

[afallenstar]

[ Oh yeah. And she's supposed to be the best at human interaction out of her siblings. She frowns for a moment, then just nods. ]

Sorry, I'm Anna. It's just, a lot of people have gone missing lately, and we're trying to figure out where they've gone. If you can remember anything, it might help us locate them.

[PRIVATE]

[preytosociety]

Where the hell are you? Surrounded by idiots, I swear to god...

[PRIVATE]

[stiling]

[ One day when Lydia accosts him on here, he will greet her in a way that is not a minute shriek of surprise. That is not this day. ]

Excuse you! I just showed up by the freaking fountain again like it's Day One in the rat experiment all over again.

[PRIVATE]

[preytosociety]

I told you to be careful. I-- [Was worried? Ew. Please let that be something residual from the stupid present. She presses her lips into a thin line and glares.] I thought you ran away to hide like a coward.

[Hide from her. Being crazy. As usual.]

[ video ]

[gleans]

Uh... I know I haven't seen you for a while. Is everything okay?

[ video ]

[stiling]

Hey, man, thank you, some genuine concern, y'know?

I mean, yeah, I'm as good as- someone whose brain's been bleached for however long I've been scooped out of reality like a little ice cream scoop of oh god.

[gleans]

Mayyyybe you should talk to the doctor, just in case. Not to freak you out. But in all honesty, it's probably better that you missed the fucking shit show we got the other day.

[Audio]

[investigations]

Taken where? What were you doing when you were taken? Do you remember anything, or did you simply lose time?

[Audio]

[stiling]

Whoa, hi, questions.

Look- I'll tell you what I told everyone else. I was just on my own, minding my own business, suddenly time skip, I'm in a totally different place, and I feel like my brain's been scratched clean with BLEACH. That's- That's all I've got. I'm sorry, not really a help.

[investigations]

I... oh. [She sounds genuinely embarrassed.] I apologize, that was thoughtless. I don't think we've even met.

Ah, my name is Rosa. I've only just arrived.

[video]

[rigging]

[ Don't mind Jesse, he's just been stalking your conversations, Stiles. ]

... So hey, hello, you not gonna hyperventilate, yeah? [ Maybe he's a little amused. ]

[video]

[stiling]

[ Dammit, Jesse!! ]

[ There's a bit of a laugh in Stiles' voice. ] Hey, man, no promises.

I can smell again, it's definite promise of an olfactory bonanza.

[shesamarshmallow]

Gone? You were barely here before!

[stiling]

Wh- It's not like it was my idea!