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Hans (woodcuttersson) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2013-08-17 17:17:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !plot

Who: Future Little Hansel and Juliet
Where: Ending up at Vinyamar
What: Hansel going back into hiding
When: Around 4am Saturday
Rating: Likely low
Open: No
Status: Ongoing
It didn't take long for Hansel to make his way through the streets and out to where he could access the palace. He'd found many different paths from the city to the palace, most of them at night. He needed supplies and hunting provided only so much, but this trip was different. This time he left something rather than taking something. It didn't matter, really. He knew his way around the island probably better than anyone.

He did his best to ensure that he wasn't followed. It was more because he didn't want anyone to know that he was there. It was better to let the future kids believe him dead. Better to let them mourn him than know he'd simply gone into hiding, too much of a coward to live life without Sophia. Once inside the palace, he pulled off his hooded cape, draping it over his arm.

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	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't tell anybody I'm here, okay?" It was a simple enough request. Could she do it, though, was the real question. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

winters__heat
2013-08-17 07:10 pm UTC (link)

"Anybody in particular?" she asked, cautiously covering the last of the gap between her and another chair and seating herself on the arm of it. She could see him now, the firelight flickering across his face and the pain reflecting back.

"I mean, I won't tell anyone, at all, if you don't want, but was just wondering, is there anyone in particular I should keep it from?"

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	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	He shook his head. He saw no point in naming names. "The ones that have come back. The...kids. They think I'm dead and I'd like to keep it that way." Even if he had told the younger Sophia. He wondered if she would tell anyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	winters__heat 2013-08-17 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, that's a lot of people, and I don't know who is who," she told him with a wry smile. "Guess I just don't tell anyone." She watched him as she spoke, his eyes still fixed on the fire. "I'm Juliet, by the way. Who am I not telling people about?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

woodcuttersson
2013-08-17 07:34 pm UTC (link)

"Better to just keep it from all of them." He nodded. "Don't want any of them worrying about me." He ran his fingers through his hair and cleared his throat. For the first time, he looked over at her.

"My name is Hansel. You've probably met some version of me or another. Back in the city there's a 14 year old me and a 35 year old me. I used to be the 14 year old." He scratched the back of his neck as he looked back at the fire.

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winters__heat
2013-08-17 07:38 pm UTC (link)

"Wait, what?" Juliet shook her head, stepping through the words he just said.

"There is already two of you running around back there, and then there's you?"

And people thought the demons she talked about were hard to believe.

But then Izzy and Tommy had suddenly been swamped with a whole brood of kids so on a level of weirdness this was just looking to battle up to the list, let alone even get close to the top.

"And you're Hansel? As in Hansel and Gretel, the woodcutter's kids from the stories Bartholomew used to tell me?"

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	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. "Yes, that Hansel. Only the version you heard was the kid's version of the story." He cleared his throat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	winters__heat 2013-08-17 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, well Bart wasn't really into having to try and get me to sleep and deal with me having nightmares, so it was fairly tame, if you factor in the whole 'old woman eating kids' thing as tame." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Gretel and I went on to hunt witches after that. Made a living at it." He sighed. "Until I was brought here. After the older me was brought here. It's....very complicated." He shook his head, not really wanting to get into it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

winters__heat
2013-08-17 08:03 pm UTC (link)

"So you were here first? Or your older you? And does your older you know you came here at all before he came here?"

Juliet was used to working out 'confusing' and this was intriguing. As was he. She couldn't imagine being in the same place as two versions of herself, although the opportunity to see herself in the past, and her future self was something that would be very amusing.

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	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Hansel took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Older me was here first. Then I showed up. And then, I made them all think I died. And I was living here rather peacefully until I got sent back. So now there's three of us on the island and one of us, me, grew up here." He thought that explained it simply enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	winters__heat 2013-08-17 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	She frowned. "Why did you want everyone to think you were dead?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	woodcuttersson 2013-08-17 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Because it was easier that way." He shrugged, sighing a little. "I wanted one particular person out of my life and that was the quickest way to accomplish it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	winters__heat 2013-08-17 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, it's a better way than some others I can think of she agreed, but still not sure it was the best way. "Don't you get, well, lonely out here on your own?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	woodcuttersson 2013-08-18 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	He shook his head. "After the first year or so I got used to it." He shrugged. It wasn't entirely true but it was for the most part. He had plenty to do to keep his mind off being alone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	winters__heat 2013-08-19 05:25 am UTC (link)
	As she'd listened to him talk about the need to get 'one particular person' out of his life, she figured that that could only mean one thing. He loved that person very deeply. Her voice softened. "Has it been worth it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	woodcuttersson 2013-08-19 10:12 am UTC (link)
	He turned back to stare at the fire, sighing a little. "She's happy. Found somebody else. Moved on. Getting married. Guess that's all that matters." He cleared his throat, trying to keep his emotions under control. Was it wrong that he hated seeing her happy with someone else? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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