Network: May, An Inauspicious Arrival

[faileas]

The Network: May, An Inauspicious Arrival

The Watches Everyone who arrives in an unorthodox way and eventually shows up at the Coven for 'orientation', will receive a strange, watch-like device compliments of the Coven and Parliament. Miss Nessie or one of the welcome wagon crew will give characters a run-down of how to use the various functions and they are encouraged to test them out for themselves. It would be good for them to get in touch with their fellow Mirrorbound, of course! Fourth wall characters will not be able to make their own posts in the communities, so they may use this post to make "network posts" of their own by top-leveling. The log post is right over here.

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[mensrea]

Well, the silver lining is that I shouldn’t need Deaton’s help.

[ He pauses a moment so he can yank the hoodie sleeves back down over his arms. ]

There’ve been a few cases of Mirrorbounds being sent home then brought here again. Back in their worlds, they lost all Monster traits or Witch magic. Here’s the real kicker, though. They told me that – even though they were originally in Aefenglom for months – no time had passed in their world from when they were first taken.

[ A spark of sharp curiosity lights up his eyes; this is a subject that’s interested him immensely. ]

So, this place is totally a separate dimension. Time is relative. And so are our changes here. I mean, otherwise you’d remember me waking up one day with spider legs coming out of my back. [ A beat. ] …Th-that…doesn’t happen, right?

[ Stiles has completely distracted himself from her question. Sorry, Lydia. ]

[sanguinescry]

[ Lydia looks warily thoughtful for a moment at that. That would explain why she doesn't remember him going missing, but it defies literally everything she knows about time and quantum physics, so that's...not great. She can't even use Jackson as a gauge because she hasn't talked to him in an age. They don't really keep in contact these days, even though they're not on bad terms by any stretch. ]

That's weird... I mean, I understand the concept of time being relevant but just...huh, I don't know. I'll have to wrap my head around that.

[ It actually takes her a second to pick up on Stiles's question because she's still trying to figure out how, exactly, that would work. The time thing, not the spider thing. When her brain catches up with her ears, Lydia looks surprised. ]

Oh! No, honey. No, it doesn't.

[ ...and she looks still more surprised by the fact that she's able to get that information out when she hadn't been able to get out anything else regarding home. Why is this different? ]

/fin ❤

[mensrea]

[ Blowing out a heavy breath in a sigh of relief, he allows himself to take some measure of comfort from that. So, Lydia – who is several years into his future – has no recollection of him displaying Arachne traits. More importantly, it doesn’t seem like the Stiles from her timeline ever told her about Aefenglom, or she’d remember that too. Either they’re from alternate universes (Stiles tells his inner comic geek to settle down) or his memory of Aefenglom is wiped upon returning home. That’s a question for his Mirrorbound contacts to answer. For now, he puts aside these wonderings. ]

The point is, we should figure out whether you’re a Witch or Monster. Jonas is a Witch – he’ll be able to help us out.

[ Taking her hand, Stiles hurries them back to the cottage he shares with Jonas, unconsciously eager to introduce a little piece of home to his new home. ]