1st Gear [Dictated]

[clockworkchild]

I did not think I'd be here again

...I think it is again...

I looked for a key before, this time...this time I need the key and what it goes to.

[There is a shuffle as Hugo gets up from where he sits on his bed and takes in his room with disbelief.]

But I know they won't be here. Someone told me that last time. 

[It's come back to him, the girl he spoke to and the doctor, rather the Doctor as it turned out.]

My name is Hugo Cabret. 

Comments

[wolfchild]

You lost a key?

[ What she'd give to have lost something stupid like that. ]

[clockworkchild]

It's not the key that's important.

[wolfchild]

Then why'd you lose it?

[clockworkchild]

Because I need it.

[wolfchild]

Why?

[clockworkchild]

It's going to help me.

[wolfchild]

With what?

[axwielding]

You have been to Paradisa before?

[clockworkchild]

Yes. But it feels almost like I dreamed it.

[axwielding]

Your stay must have been short. [Or it felt like a very, very long dream.]

[clockworkchild]

It was short.

[axwielding]

It must feel odd being back. Will you be alright?

[clockworkchild]

I'll be okay.

[huffythedragon]

Hugo! You're back!

[clockworkchild]

You remember me?

[huffythedragon]

Of course I do.

[clockworkchild]

[A little relieved]

How long have I been gone?

[huffythedragon]

Uhhhh about four months? Maybe five.

[clockworkchild]

How strange. That's longer than where I was.

[fantasies]

You were here before? And you... you remember it?

[clockworkchild]

Yes. But it was a long time ago now.

[fantasies]

Wow. I didn't even know that could happen.

[clockworkchild]

I still don't really understand how this place works. I just know that I was here.

[fantasies]

Well, welcome back, I guess.

My name's Henry.

[clockworkchild]

[He's not sure this is the kind of thing he should be welcomed back to...]

I'm Hugo.

How long have you been here?