awooooooo werewolves of milton

[friendsfordinner]

Who: open to all, with a special focus on #TeamMoonTouched
What: let's all get together and be a proper pack
When: forward dated slightly to late January/early February
Where: Milton, in and around the church to start with.
Content Warnings: n/a, will edit as needed

The day after the storm clears out, Hickey tacks up a note on the community hall message board. Ever since Raylan mentioned the idea of all those wolf-changed getting together to form a pack, to take down a deer or a moose in a communal hunt, it hasn't left Hickey's mind. There's at least four of them here, probably more. That's enough. They could absolutely take down a moose. They just need to get to know each other, figure each other out, and become more in-touch as a pack. Easy enough, yeah?

So he puts up his notice. And the evening of the meeting, Hickey gets his little soiree set up. He does have food: rabbit jerky, a few jars of pickled vegetables, bottles of water and a bottle of pine wine, all set out on a table he dragged out and placed near the pews. (He's a good host, dammit). The set-up is very informal: it's a place where everybody can chit-chat and get to know each other at the start. Gotta make sure everyone is comfortable before he makes his proposal, after all.

( ooc: feel free to use this as a mingle post! Make your own starters and tag around. While the note on the message board is specifically tailored to the Moon Touched folks, anyone is welcome to crash the party. )

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[fidior]

He is so fun at parties!

"When this is done... You mean this world?"

He's spent much time thinking about that, too. What this place really is, Little can't say, beyond a punishment. Will it ever end? Some people do vanish again, presumably to go home, but even then...

"I do believe we'll return to our place in time. In that case... there is no future for us," he nods miserably. No one survives that Expedition, he knows as much from the things Fraser shared with him.

"But I do hope the others find some joy in this moment, for however fleeting it may last. William—.... I have told him as much, and I am glad that he seems to be living how he likes, here."

[desperate_times_right]

“Thank you. Hickey’s my friend, but here Billy Gibson is probably my best friend. He came back for me, in a house fire.” This man knows more than most what that means. “I’m always worried about how safe he is here.”

That's embarrassing. Moving on…

“Maybe you don't have to go back. I know someone who is going to another world because going back will ruin her. You could do that too, maybe.”

[fidior]

Best friend... His former steward's life here never ceases to surprise Edward. He's married Hickey, is capable of burning a man alive with mere thought, and become very close with a woman who challenges nearly every norm of their own time.

(...All right, Edward can claim that fact, too.)

And yes, he knows a good deal about what someone rescuing you in a house fire can do in terms of solidifying a relationship. Despite how strange and harrowing much of this conversation has been, something in his eyes softens at that.

"Mr. Gibson's safety is one of my own priorities as well," he's sure to assure her, before he blinks in surprise again.

"She thinks it possible? To choose something like that?"

Alas, he would only ever choose to return to his own and to die... as it's what he deserves.... He's ruined his soul and there's no coming back from that, clearly!

[desperate_times_right]

“She does, and I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.” It is magic that they're talking about! “Whatever did this to us can obviously play fast and loose with both time and place. I want to go back to where I was, but I know not everyone's as lucky as me.”

Chloe frowns. “Hickey told me he doesn't want to leave because Billy might die, but I don't see why he would if they don't go home.”

[fidior]

"It is a nice thought. That my men might be able to find a place in another world... a safer one." He smiles faintly, though it's shadowed with a quiet ache. He won't claim to understand the workings of the forces at play here, and it might truly be possible, but his own heart isn't quite able to believe it.

Once, it might. Once, when hope was the leading force behind his eyes.

"Perhaps they will continue to have a stable life here," he nods, hoping to reassure her on that fact. This place may be his punishment, but if some can find security and even happiness here... that's good. That's everything.

"If I may ask, what is your world like?"

[desperate_times_right]

Chloe has to believe that they'll be able to choose where they'll go. There has to be some agency for them somewhere in all of this, even if they have to fight a god for it.

“I'm from a world like this one was before it fell apart. A little later, actually, it was 2018. So we had, you know, cars and electric lights and stuff. Cell phones.” He must have seen one by now. Renny had been fascinated by them and that guy had been basically medieval. Of course, Edward probably wouldn't enjoy her racy pictures as much as the halfling had. Whatever.

“I was born in India, lived there about ten years and then moved to Australia with my mum. I've travelled a lot since, but I've never been on this continent in my own world, so I'm not sure if it's like this or not.”