001 [Voice/action] Day 103

[runboyrun]

[Well, waking up to an asphalt pillow is not the worst experience of Stiles' life, but it's still mighty unpleasant. Enough so that he doesn't notice the device strapped to his wrist until he's dragged himself to his feet and reached into his pocket for his phone. Which is missing.

He raises his wrist, staring at the device for a moment, then begins pushing buttons.]

Cape- What the hell? How drunk did I get last night?

[He doesn't realise it's broadcasting, so enjoy a nice, bumpy view of the ground and Stiles' legs as he walks, everyone!]

Hello? Hello?! Where the hell am I?

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[intelligently]

Then I guess that saves me a job. [ Which she is actually glad about ] Has anyone told you what to expect?

[runboyrun]

Robo-bears, tentacle monsters and velociraptors. Anything else I missed?

[And because the thought has suddenly occurred to him:]

And... What's the last thing you remember happening, back in Beacon?

[intelligently]

Derek Hale?

[ What. Tell her he shouldn't be on the same list as those things ]

Finding a dead body. [ And that look on his face. It's still clearly in her mind ]

[runboyrun]

Pheh. Derek is a cuddly bear compared to freaking velociraptors.

[There's just gonna be. A face.]

Ode to my life, that I have to ask: Which dead body? The lifeguard? Or Tara, the cop?

[intelligently]

[ There is also a face back, Stiles, because she doesn't like those words ]

What do you mean 'which' dead body?

[ No. There couldn't be more, and she couldn't be finding them. She'd found one at home, and one here. Finding even more? Ones that she hadn't yet done? ]

What's going on, Stiles?

[runboyrun]

I mean 'which dead body'. We have an embarrassment of them. And I'm trying to figure out just how much of the insane shit you know about and how much I need to catch you up on.

[Because he will go stir crazy if he has to sit on it all by himself.]

[intelligently]

[ She does not like the sound of that. It didn't just sound like there was one more but a lot more, five, six? And she didn't know, or at least didn't yet know, considering he was claiming that she did already know about them ]

The first one.

[ She sounds downtrodden. Finding out about the original crazy happenings was one thing, but this is a whole different kind of crazy. And terrifying ]

How many are there?

[runboyrun]

Second, technically.

[And wasn't that a kick directly in the penis?]

Three virgins, three warriors - Oh, Harris is dead, do what you want with that information - we're up to... two teachers, I think?

...But don't worry, you're not gonna trip over every single dead body we're turning up at the minute. Only the two. And clues to another two.

[intelligently]

The alphas.

[ It's a statement, and a guess. The boy at the pool hadn't been slashed or killed like a werewolf which had let them rule out Boyd and Cora. But there was still the alpha pack that had come to town, the pack that had done this to Boyd and Cora. They could have done something else ]

Why? [ She wants to ignore the fact that she's finding the bodies, just for one second. There's something else that Stiles said that's hitting her first ] And why three virgins and three warriors? [ And one more thing: ] And how do you know that they're virgins?

[runboyrun]

[He takes a deep breath. He's got some 'splaining to do.]

Actually, not Alphas. They're more interested in yanking Derek's chain than ganking neat groups of people. It's a Darach - rough translation: Whacked-out Druid. We think it's some sort of... preparation for war. Actually, you thought of that.

...and I investigated. The guy at the pool, he was wearing a purity ring. And the second girl, I asked her girlfriend.

[intelligently]

I thought of it?

[ What now, Stiles? How much, other than these dead bodies, does she have to catch up on? And what is going to happen to her? (She was right when she came back. Going home wasn't great)

But of course he'd investigate it. That... was better than any other option ]

Who's starting the war?

[runboyrun]

Thaaat's what we don't know. Things are definitely picking up, though. Everything's sort of, gaining momentum?

[And his smile is all sass ans cuteness.]

Yeah, you did. Like a freaking genius.

[intelligently]

Then it'll probably happen soon.

[ Wasn't that how things always went? She didn't know personally from the other times, but it sounded like how things should happen ]

Does 'of course' cover that? [ To be modest and everything ] Who's the other teacher?

[runboyrun]

Mr. Westover?

[He gives an awkward little shrug.]

He's only just missing, but there was this big-ass Celtic symbol on the board.

[Also Lydia wrote a '2' and then screamed the place down.]

So we're sort of assuming death by Darach.

[intelligently]

If he's missing and it fits what's happening then I'd say it's death by Darach.

[ Because anything else would just be a big coincidence ]

Also, not to discount the fact that murders are happening, why couldn't they have killed the alphas instead? Get rid of a problem.

[runboyrun]

we're assuming - at least, I am - that they're not strong enough yet. Because Deucalion? Some serious evil mojo. And the Twins have that whole Voltron-wolf thing going on.

[Also because it's relevant]

Also, you have terrible taste in guys.

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How long has this been going on? Since I found the body at the pool.

[ And yes, she will look offended by that ]

No I don't.

[runboyrun]

Well, since the start of school, really.

[He rolls his eyes, managing to look annoyed.]

Yeah, Ms. Great taste? Have a guess who you've hooked up with back home.

[intelligently]

I'm sure that you're going to tell me.

[runboyrun]

Alpha Twin the First.

Actually, no. The second. Ethan's actualy pretty cool aside from being on the evil side, so he gets to be #1 twin.

[intelligently]

So much for a distraction.

[runboyrun]

I think there's a lesson to be learned, here. About you and your 'type'.

[intelligently]

I think I'm fine with who I pick.

[runboyrun]

[He holds his free hand up defensively.]

Okay, if you say so. But he's definitely the evil twin.

[intelligently]

Maybe to you. Would I have been with him if he was that bad? [ Worse than Jackson bad, anyway ]