The Story with No Name

[unvarnished]

I've been looking... I've searched everywhere. The whole castle, the town. But she's not-- Emma's...

[he should be okay with this. She's back where she belongs: with her parents, out looking for Henry. It's where she should be, not stuck here. And the worst part is he doesn't know for sure that she really left. He's read back, he's seen the map. All he can do is believe that she's okay]

[this is written. It's too hard to talk, and he needs to use the right words] Thank you for having my back. There's an empty room next to me. I've been working to make it into a special place for Henry. I hope... you'll permit him to come by.

[edited in later]

Hook too. Guess they left at the same time.

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[fantasies]

[Henry sounds deflated.]

Her name's not on the door anymore.

[unvarnished]

I know. [just breathe, August. Breathe]

Listen, Henry... you can come by to see me any time. And I hope do soon.

[fantasies]

I will. Of course I will. [Why wouldn't he?] We have to stick together, remember?

[unvarnished]

I remember. Just wanted you to know where to find me.

[fantasies]

You're staying in your castle room, right?

[Sometimes people move.]

[onehundred]

Your friends?

[unvarnished]

Emma is. I didn't really know Hook.

[onehundred]

This place is a prison. Shouldn't you be happy for them?

[unvarnished]

I am. I'm just... I wish I could've spent more time with her, that's all.

August

[savethedarkness]

I'm sorry, for whatever it's worth.

Emma

[unvarnished]

[oh gosh even writing that hurts right now. Watch him pretend it doesn't, and lie]

It's okay. She needs to be back in Storybrooke. They need her more.

August

[savethedarkness]

Well, I'm glad she has friends waiting, even though she's left a dear one behind.

Emma

[unvarnished]

Could I drop by the Deathmatch?

August

[wolfskin]

Of course, Henry is free to go where he pleases. [ A beat. ] I would extend invitation to you, should you ever wish you are welcome to visit.

King Robb

[unvarnished]

I mentioned it in case Arya wanted to come, too.

August

[wolfskin]

She may, I cannot say for certain. Arya's mind is known to her and her alone.

[ There is another pause. ]

How do you fare?

King Robb

[unvarnished]

I'll have a few scars, but the pain's gone. [he knows that's not what Robb is asking]

Dictated to August

[the_effect_she_has]

What do the two of you need?

[Because no one should lose their friend and their mother as fast as August and Henry had.]

Katniss

[unvarnished]

I need to know she's in Storybrooke and not trapped here with some alternate life and false memories. Is there a way we can find out for sure?

Re: Katniss

[the_effect_she_has]

[She thought about it, for a long moment, before she sighed and shook her head.]

One of two ways is possible - and neither one of them will be fun.

Katniss

[unvarnished]

I'm guessing one of those ways is "go out into the Dead Zone". That won't be a problem.

Dictated;

[stormborned]

[ There's a hint of uncertainty in her address of him through the journal. ]

...August. Forgive me, I was not given your title.

For whom were you searching?

Dictated;

[unvarnished]

I don't have a title. It's just August.

[he pauses] My good friend Emma. Henry's mother.

Dictated;

[stormborned]

[ There's a slight pause on her end as well. ]

You are...Henry's father, are you not? [ Because that's what she'd understood from what she'd overheard, during the raptor adventure. ]

Dictated;

[unvarnished]

[that's the second person who assumed that. When he answers his voice manages not to shake]

No, my lady, but I know him. He and Emma are my closest friends back home.