[TEXT] Wishing Well

[wisdomreceiver]

[Henry is not the one with the most social skills out there, definitely not, but he can still make himself useful and he won't hesitate, especially when he knows that Eileen is in danger. He might not be able to help her from here, but if he contributes to whatever this new mission is he will be able to go home sooner, or at least he wouldn't waste time.

So there he is, walking through the woods and using his great sense of direction to make a map - sure came in handy in Silent Hill. Now that he promised Tommy he would make him one, he has to, so he might as well get to it immediately. After he's done with his touring of a medium-large area - he won't go too deep in the woods or caves without finishing the map first or without backup, he's dumb but not that dumb - he copies it onto the mirror with his crayon, broadcasting it for everyone.]

Hi everyone, I'm Henry. I'm making a map of the area, here is what I have so far. Let me know if you can see it.

[The map has a clear indication of where the common area is, but now there is an arrow being added next to a circular shape.]

I am here. I found what seems to be a wishing well? It says that if you toss a coin it will make your wishes come true through magic. I don't want to try it, but if you do just follow the directions, you will get here in no time.

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[hallelujahjunction]

How is that a good thing? Have you seen the week I been having?

[bringinghopewithme]

We've all been having the same week. None of us are leaping to get ourselves in open ended contracts with unknown magic dealers.

[Bunny pauses at the sound of yowling as Elle tackles Little Cato out of his trajectory directly towards the well, and with that potential crisis handled he turns back to Dan.]

None of us but literal children are leaping!

[hallelujahjunction]

I'm not leaping. I'm wishing for cocaine.

[bringinghopewithme]

[He married this man.

Strewth.]

You didn't even wish for your gun.

[hallelujahjunction]

Right, I wanted cocaine more.

[bringinghopewithme]

Dan -

[Dan has virtues, he has so many virtues, and right now it's important to remember that, more important to remember that than it is to explode.]

You know this has entrapment written all over it.

[hallelujahjunction]

If it's written all over it, I wouldn't be the one to know.

[bringinghopewithme]

[Bunny groans. Hard.]

Why are you treating this like a joke? You know what an unclear contract can do in the wrong magic hands.

[He doesn't want this to be a fight. He doesn't want this to turn into a real argument, but he's severely underpowered here, and he'd fight anything to save Dan's freedom, but he's working at such a disadvantage if he has to do it. Again.]

[hallelujahjunction]

[All the humor, the impish blasé attitude, goes right out of Dan's face, not because the gravity of his actions have suddenly hit him but because he can't believe Bunny would go there over a lark. It's only because of all Bunny's done for his family that he stops long enough to realize that it's not just Bunny he's angry at.]

Don't invoke that with me again.

[He turns his back and walks away. This is why he wanted cocaine.]

[bringinghopewithme]

[Bunny's cut short by the notion that he doesn't have grounds to bring that of all things up, after all he's done for Dan, for the family Dan will never see again, and suddenly the indignant anger in his gut is wavering with the lingering pain of how bad their last fight was. And how much he didn't understand that lead to that fight getting as bad as it did.

He doesn't rush after Dan. The times they've fought, they haven't always had room to get space from each other. This time they have that luxury.

Bunny just makes sure to wrap his mirror up in a blanket and leave it somewhere else when, after a couple of hours, he does go to track Dan down.]

Can we talk about it?

[hallelujahjunction]

Continued here.