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10yo you wanted to be a princess with a superhero cape and utility belt over your dress.
I didn't have a name. Stiles and Scott decided to rectify that every time we talked, though.
You sound like you're quoting them to be honest.
We're a little rough around the edges, Cor. So I think we fit right in with the rest of them.
Yeah. [ He kind of does trust her now. ] I think the only person who doesn't is Scott, and that's because he lives off of romcoms apparently.
I didn't have a name. Stiles and Scott decided to rectify that every time we talked, though.
You sound like you're quoting them to be honest.
We're a little rough around the edges, Cor. So I think we fit right in with the rest of them.
Yeah. [ He kind of does trust her now. ] I think the only person who doesn't is Scott, and that's because he lives off of romcoms apparently.
Princesses can be superheroes, too. I still believe that.
I'll ask them what they named you.
I wasn't even aware you had a name.
I should talk to them more often!
… They'd be the bad romcoms, right?
I'll punch him again if he's
I'll just punch him again. It solves problems.
I'll ask them what they named you.
I wasn't even aware you had a name.
I should talk to them more often!
… They'd be the bad romcoms, right?
I'll punch him again if he's
I'll just punch him again. It solves problems.
[ at the second text, allison takes her time responding. considers the advantages and disadvantages of being honest about all this. but then she realizes that trying to ask cora to trust her without showing that same amount right back? ]
I will be, I think
it's just a little weird trying to wrap my head around all this
I'm not sure but
I don't know
I'll be glad when this is all over
I will be, I think
it's just a little weird trying to wrap my head around all this
I'm not sure but
I don't know
I'll be glad when this is all over
Is a mirror thing normal?
What does it mean if you didn't get taken over?
[ she figures it's best to ask now, what with a hand that aches, a pride she won't say is wounded, and confusion that she doesn't understand. it's better to ask through text because at least, then, allison can't read into her expression and see that cora's worried about what it means to have no voices inside your head. means ]
What does it mean if you didn't get taken over?
[ she figures it's best to ask now, what with a hand that aches, a pride she won't say is wounded, and confusion that she doesn't understand. it's better to ask through text because at least, then, allison can't read into her expression and see that cora's worried about what it means to have no voices inside your head. means ]
[When alcohol has loosened your tongue and you're not sure whether the people you've met have lived or died during a four day zombie apocalypse, messages like this happen.
It takes him a while to figure out which phone is Cora's, mostly because Cora is barely more than a stranger. A stranger he feels he needs to check on.]
Hey. You probably don't know me, but... I didn't have this thing on me before, when the zombies were around. I dunno if you're still here or not, but... thanks. I hope you are.
[And that you didn't end up being torn to shreds out there.]
It's Adam.
It takes him a while to figure out which phone is Cora's, mostly because Cora is barely more than a stranger. A stranger he feels he needs to check on.]
Hey. You probably don't know me, but... I didn't have this thing on me before, when the zombies were around. I dunno if you're still here or not, but... thanks. I hope you are.
[And that you didn't end up being torn to shreds out there.]
It's Adam.
them coming over here?
that's not normal, no, but the mirrors have always been here
you have a mirror and I do to but I haven't met mine
and when everyone else came over and some started taking over
I don't know
mine didn't? and yours didn't and isaac's didn't
that's not normal, no, but the mirrors have always been here
you have a mirror and I do to but I haven't met mine
and when everyone else came over and some started taking over
I don't know
mine didn't? and yours didn't and isaac's didn't
[Here is yet another message Adam doesn't want to send. This time it's not about zombies, but in a way it's worse because this is about something with his face doing god knows what to god knows who.
He and his Mirror don't exactly keep in contact, but when things start to settle down after the party, gloating happens, the kind he finds on a mirror in his room where he's meant to see. Wonderland really puts a new spin on hating yourself.]
I heard the other me got free and started trouble. Did he do anything to you?
[He's not sure what to say, so she get this.]
He and his Mirror don't exactly keep in contact, but when things start to settle down after the party, gloating happens, the kind he finds on a mirror in his room where he's meant to see. Wonderland really puts a new spin on hating yourself.]
I heard the other me got free and started trouble. Did he do anything to you?
[He's not sure what to say, so she get this.]
[ cora's glad adam's not specific. so, he knows — but she's uncertain of what it is he knows. does he know that his mirror had laid one on her? that he had expressed some weird interest in her? she's not really sure how to analyse the entire interaction, either, so she's been avoiding. cora likes to deal with things that she can handle. going after an alpha? she knows there's a good chance it'll get her killed, but she knows how to avenge someone. dealing with someone's alter-ego being anything but the person she's become used to? derek's a ghost of his former self, but he's still derek — and he's not cruel, either. adam's mirror had been anything but like adam. ]
Tried to get me involved in a conga line.
[ in what she can only assume to be a more intimate conga line if she'd taken his offer to go outside. but adam doesn't need to know that. ]
He said a few unpleasant things. It's not a big deal.
[ cora can handle it. ]
Tried to get me involved in a conga line.
[ in what she can only assume to be a more intimate conga line if she'd taken his offer to go outside. but adam doesn't need to know that. ]
He said a few unpleasant things. It's not a big deal.
[ cora can handle it. ]
[ cora reads this message over and over. if it were a book, the pages would curl and stain from the moisture on her fingers. but she doesn't reply to him until after — after the bombshell, after the reveal that erica doesn't know her. she hates that isaac's pushed her into a state of inaction. she can't run to her friend, she can't embrace her, she can't simply be the girl no one in wonderland or beacon hills lets her be — a normal seventeen year old who is happy to see a friend. she lets him take the reigns, this kid with the scarves and the history and the presence in erica's current memories. ]
[ (a lot of her anger towards isaac is misdirected. if she looks in the mirror, she knows that that is the person she needs to be angry with.) ]
[ cora doesn't have many people left in her life. and while she's creating bonds with the pack and a few people within wonderland, to have someone she knows and loves fall through the hole to not remember her is a blow cora's not sure how to handle. ]
[ so, she replies back, tersely. ]
Fine.
[ (a lot of her anger towards isaac is misdirected. if she looks in the mirror, she knows that that is the person she needs to be angry with.) ]
[ cora doesn't have many people left in her life. and while she's creating bonds with the pack and a few people within wonderland, to have someone she knows and loves fall through the hole to not remember her is a blow cora's not sure how to handle. ]
[ so, she replies back, tersely. ]
Fine.
[Except it kind of is a big deal, because Adam has an idea what that thing is, what he wants--nothing good. Compared to him, his Mirror hasn't just figured out how to compartmentalize his memories of Hell, he's learned to stop caring about them, and sometimes that's worth being jealous, and sometimes that's worth being wary.
And he'd been hanging around people Adam knows. There's nothing good about that at all.]
What sort of things?
[Things about her, or... things about him? Given how easily the other him had run his mouth off at Ellen, god only knows what he'd think to say this time.]
And he'd been hanging around people Adam knows. There's nothing good about that at all.]
What sort of things?
[Things about her, or... things about him? Given how easily the other him had run his mouth off at Ellen, god only knows what he'd think to say this time.]
[ why must he push? she wonders how the hell he knew his mirror had been trying to ask her to go steady and sign herself up for membership on #team mirror. she thinks about just replying with things, but adam likes to ask questions when he's not given answers that satisfy him, so … ]
He's more fun than you. You're a head case. He's charming. You're both the same. You're feeding everyone the poor little puppy act.
[ blah blah blah. she wants to type that out. if they were talking face to face, cora would roll her eyes. ]
[ but lets conveniently leave out everything else that has nothing to do with adam. ]
Take your pick, it's all bullshit.
He's more fun than you. You're a head case. He's charming. You're both the same. You're feeding everyone the poor little puppy act.
[ blah blah blah. she wants to type that out. if they were talking face to face, cora would roll her eyes. ]
[ but lets conveniently leave out everything else that has nothing to do with adam. ]
Take your pick, it's all bullshit.
[He hesitates. Regardless of whether what she's heard is truth or a lie, Cora's welcome to think what she wants about Adam and whatever big-mouthed alter egos he might have out there, he's never asked anyone to think any differently, but...]
But he didn't hurt you?
[Adam doesn't care to think the Mirror had gutted her or put one of her Wonderland lives at risk only to have her stonewall him about it.
The Mirror isn't him, but he's still... something. Something he can't just ignore.]
But he didn't hurt you?
[Adam doesn't care to think the Mirror had gutted her or put one of her Wonderland lives at risk only to have her stonewall him about it.
The Mirror isn't him, but he's still... something. Something he can't just ignore.]
[ he just wounded her pride and made her head hurt, if anything. it's because of adam's dumb face and his stupid life story and him flip-flopping between being someone cora can easily leave in the dust and not being someone she can easily leave in the dust that she hadn't been able to punch his mirror in the nose and end their conversation before it spurred out of control. but that's her fault more than adam's. ]
Just made me uncomfortable. Think that was his purpose being there.
He smiles a lot more than you. Kind of was a tell that it wasn't YOU.
[ cheer up, buttercup. this is cora's attempt to turn the conversation away from what she and his mirror spoke about and make adam feel better about ... whatever it is. she's not going to think about what she's doing. when she thinks, things get even more confusing. ]
Just made me uncomfortable. Think that was his purpose being there.
He smiles a lot more than you. Kind of was a tell that it wasn't YOU.
[ cheer up, buttercup. this is cora's attempt to turn the conversation away from what she and his mirror spoke about and make adam feel better about ... whatever it is. she's not going to think about what she's doing. when she thinks, things get even more confusing. ]
[What qualifies as uncomfortable for someone who can fight off zombies like Cora? He can only imagine, and none of the possibilities exactly reassure him.
In contrast to Cora, all Adam does is think, it's all he can do. When it's the worst side of yourself you're talking about, how are his thoughts supposed to not be spinning with the worst case scenario?]
If you can tell us apart, stay away from him if he comes back here. He's not human. He'll probably want to kill you.
[No, he will not cheer up, Cora! He'd prefer you not dead, so you better take his warning seriously!]
In contrast to Cora, all Adam does is think, it's all he can do. When it's the worst side of yourself you're talking about, how are his thoughts supposed to not be spinning with the worst case scenario?]
If you can tell us apart, stay away from him if he comes back here. He's not human. He'll probably want to kill you.
[No, he will not cheer up, Cora! He'd prefer you not dead, so you better take his warning seriously!]
[ telling cora to stay away from something dangerous is only encouraging her to hunt it down and walk right into it. considering she'd walked right up to his mirror without suspecting a damn thing, not even his scent to be off, is a little alarming. it'd only been his openness and the way he seemed to wear the body all wrong that had eventually clued her in. cora won't admit as much. ]
[ she's about to ask why his mirror simply didn't rip her to shreds at the party, but, then again, what kind of killer murders someone right in front of everyone? ]
Didn't exactly get that impression off of him.
[ but, then again, all killers can be charming. or attempt to charm. deucalion with his big words and his smiles can charm the pants off of anyone before slitting their throats. she imagines that's how he tricked his pack into becoming lambs for his slaughter. ]
If he tries anything, I'll rip his arms right from his body. Don't worry. I can handle a dumb mirror.
[ she's about to ask why his mirror simply didn't rip her to shreds at the party, but, then again, what kind of killer murders someone right in front of everyone? ]
Didn't exactly get that impression off of him.
[ but, then again, all killers can be charming. or attempt to charm. deucalion with his big words and his smiles can charm the pants off of anyone before slitting their throats. she imagines that's how he tricked his pack into becoming lambs for his slaughter. ]
If he tries anything, I'll rip his arms right from his body. Don't worry. I can handle a dumb mirror.
[He's heard promises like this the last time he'd been talking about himself and his Mirror. Isaac had said the same sort of thing--nothing can hurt me, I'll hurt them first--and if he'd known Isaac and Cora know each other from home, that might add another piece to the puzzle he's assembling in his mind.
He's struck by the similarity now. Her confident response is flippant and it's stupid, because it's not as though Adam hands out these warnings for no reason. He almost hopes she's purposely blowing smoke up his ass in some weird way of trying to reassure him and take him down a notch--that at least would mean she's not serious.]
You can feel people when they're inside you, trying to possess you. I know what he is. I'm telling you, don't even try.
[What if next time the Mirror doesn't smile and give himself away? What if he goes the full distance and mirrors him like a magical duplicate's supposed to? It would only take a couple of seconds to stab a knife somewhere vulnerable--it'd take a hell of a lot longer to see through him and tear him apart as Cora wants to pretend.]
I guess it's my fault he even exists, so sorry you had to meet my evil twin.
[He's sorry about everything in general. A part of him doesn't even really want to know what his Mirror had thought to say or do; he's getting tired of having to explain himself to other people without having to explain himself and unravel whatever spin the Mirror's thought to put on his life.]
He's struck by the similarity now. Her confident response is flippant and it's stupid, because it's not as though Adam hands out these warnings for no reason. He almost hopes she's purposely blowing smoke up his ass in some weird way of trying to reassure him and take him down a notch--that at least would mean she's not serious.]
You can feel people when they're inside you, trying to possess you. I know what he is. I'm telling you, don't even try.
[What if next time the Mirror doesn't smile and give himself away? What if he goes the full distance and mirrors him like a magical duplicate's supposed to? It would only take a couple of seconds to stab a knife somewhere vulnerable--it'd take a hell of a lot longer to see through him and tear him apart as Cora wants to pretend.]
I guess it's my fault he even exists, so sorry you had to meet my evil twin.
[He's sorry about everything in general. A part of him doesn't even really want to know what his Mirror had thought to say or do; he's getting tired of having to explain himself to other people without having to explain himself and unravel whatever spin the Mirror's thought to put on his life.]
[ she doesn't understand the first thing about possession. the only thing that had ever overridden her ability to drive was moonstone in the bank vault blocking her from being able to shift and build her tolerance to the moon's pull. allowing that inner wolf to break free and almost kill her brother had scared cora to death when she realised what she had almost done. but as for mirrors? having never met her own, cora's finding it a very difficult learning curve to understand how they function and what they represent. but she understands that adam's mirror isn't adam — but he still contains shards of him. ]
[ but she figures, since maybe he's a little open to talking about it, she'll try and needle a few answers of her own out of him without so much as asking the questions she doesn't particularly want to ask — not if he's going to remember them. ]
If he's your evil twin, does that mean you think and feel the things he does on some level?
[ but she figures, since maybe he's a little open to talking about it, she'll try and needle a few answers of her own out of him without so much as asking the questions she doesn't particularly want to ask — not if he's going to remember them. ]
If he's your evil twin, does that mean you think and feel the things he does on some level?
[That's not a question Adam wants to answer, but maybe not for the reasons Cora's thinking. When he thinks of his Mirror, the aversion goes bone-deep. Mirrors aren't natural, they aren't right, they're just another game Wonderland's playing with them. Adam might not be a whole person, he might be missing chunks of what made up who he used to be, but he's real and his Mirror represents something he doesn't want to end up as, despite everything he'd suggested otherwise to Castiel when they'd been talking about how demons are made.]
I don't kill or possess people for fun, if that's what you mean.
[He needs some time to even compose that simple message. It's more than what he'd originally been tempted to say, which is "no" and nothing else.
No, he doesn't want to think like a monster. There has to be a line somewhere between the kind of damaged he is and being psychotic, or worse yet, like Zachariah or Michael. Maybe Cora's finding it hard to tell the difference and that's why she's asking, but considering that this is his life Adam needs there to be one.]
I don't kill or possess people for fun, if that's what you mean.
[He needs some time to even compose that simple message. It's more than what he'd originally been tempted to say, which is "no" and nothing else.
No, he doesn't want to think like a monster. There has to be a line somewhere between the kind of damaged he is and being psychotic, or worse yet, like Zachariah or Michael. Maybe Cora's finding it hard to tell the difference and that's why she's asking, but considering that this is his life Adam needs there to be one.]
The day you do, I won't be pulling you back from danger.
[ the killing she gets — and it's not like she's claiming responsibility for adam's safety, but it seems as though she's always bumping into him when he's in dire need of someone to slap him upside the head and pull him away from hurting himself. while she couldn't quite bring herself to punch his mirror's face in from the moment he crossed a boundary that she wasn't aware was even there, if she finds adam doing something he won't ever forgive himself for, she has a feeling she won't stand back and simply walk away. possessing, though? she doesn't understand anything of how peter survived his throat being slashed, ear from ear, as he'd so happily recalled for her, but she's heard things of possession and a girl and an alpha bite that didn't quite take. it's not something she particularly gets, just like angels. ]
Do you share the same feelings, though? You know, both like pie? The color red?
[ it'd be so much easier if cora tapped into her inner grump and merely said what she wanted — but it never hurts to know a little more, just in case his mirror really does make do on his making a friendship bracelet for her. ]
[ the killing she gets — and it's not like she's claiming responsibility for adam's safety, but it seems as though she's always bumping into him when he's in dire need of someone to slap him upside the head and pull him away from hurting himself. while she couldn't quite bring herself to punch his mirror's face in from the moment he crossed a boundary that she wasn't aware was even there, if she finds adam doing something he won't ever forgive himself for, she has a feeling she won't stand back and simply walk away. possessing, though? she doesn't understand anything of how peter survived his throat being slashed, ear from ear, as he'd so happily recalled for her, but she's heard things of possession and a girl and an alpha bite that didn't quite take. it's not something she particularly gets, just like angels. ]
Do you share the same feelings, though? You know, both like pie? The color red?
[ it'd be so much easier if cora tapped into her inner grump and merely said what she wanted — but it never hurts to know a little more, just in case his mirror really does make do on his making a friendship bracelet for her. ]
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