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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.

[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.

[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]

[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.

[stiling]

[ That's definitely not the worst idea you've had, Bruce. ]

Dude. They smallpox'd Christmas? [ Scandalized. ] That's just low.

But okay, we're gonna reverse back to the taken part and, it, hm. Explain what you mean by, uh, taken again? Was the one time not enough or did they have to re-kidnap, because I just, there was a party and Lydia was going whacko and now I feel like I've had a brain enema?

[ 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 ]

[stiling]

Don't- [ He pauses a beat to pinch the bridge of his nose. ] -remind me.

So she's still. Y'know. Smitten...?

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

Yeah, she's still fuckin' smitten.

[ Thanks for reminding him, shithole. ]

[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?

[PRIVATE]

[preytosociety]

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

[ video ]

[gleans]

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

[redripoff]

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

[stiling]

Pretty normal if I'm Charlie Sheen. Seeing as I don't smell like a vodka factory, I'm gonna rate it at really freaking disturbing. I think that much is kinda obvious.

[ Video ]

[stiling]

[ You're welcome, buddy!! ]

Okay, so why are you making this sound like this is my fault?

[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.

[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.

[ 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.

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

How the fuck is it not your fault?

[ Kobra's stupid, but he ain't that stupid. ]

[ Video ]

[stiling]

[ His voice goes up, like, three octaves for a syllable. ] What!

What the hell did I do? Uh, oh, wait, nothing. Wanna try that again?

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

You came in here and you seduced Lydia with your stupid face and your not-hair.

[ Video ]

[stiling]

Okay, let's back up to the part where we imagine me seducing anyone and how well that would work out.

[ Video ]

[goodluckkobra]

[ A pause. ]

Yeah, how did you manage that?