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[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac’s face appears on the device, looking troubled and confused. He scratches the back of his head pensively while thinking of the right words to say.]

Uh, hey, I guess? I literally just got here, wherever here is, and I’m kinda lost. If anyone could help me get back home it’d be great. [He sighs]

There’s a lot going on back home and I’m worried about my p- [He cuts the word off] My friends.

I mean, there has to be some way to get back, right? Even though I don’t remember how I got here...

[He’s quite clearly at a loss. Its been a while since he had to deal with things by himself and he finds himself caught off guard by the sudden feeling that he was lacking something he didn’t realise he was relying so heavily on. He drops his arm, taking his face momentarily out of sight while breathing deeply, trying to come to some kind of decision of where to go, what to do when he catches a familiar scent, one that he’s had to track before.

Suddenly his face comes back into view, some degree of nervous excitement spanning across his features, after all if he was right then that means he wasn’t totally alone.]

This might sound weird but uh, Stiles... are you here?

[He stares into the screen of the communicator as if trying to will the other boy into existence because if Stiles was here, and Isaac definitely knew that scent then that meant that other people could be here, his pack.

He wouldn’t risk howling, not right now at least in the unfamiliar territory but it was something he kept in the back of his mind while heading in the direction of the nearest building.]

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[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac takes a second to think, his face screwed up in concentration.]

I was at the school, there was a big memorial recital... did something happen?

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[studmuffin]

[ Wow Isaac. ]

What big - you know what, never mind. I don't want to know what happens in the future. Especially if it's ra-ra school spirit. [ He assumes Scott's off to collect Isaac considering they're besties now.

Switching the feed to private. ]

You watch sci-fi, right? You have to like something beyond the wolfy stuff.

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[outofthefreezer]

[Future]

Wait, what the future? Does this has something to do with the Sci-Fi. I've seen some things, I guess?

[Stiles thank you for having the most backwards roundabout way of explaining things.]

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[studmuffin]

So it's like there's a parallel universe to our own? [ Ugh, this isn't going to work. Isaac probably won't follow his thought pattern and he's not sure how to explain it even with that. ]

You skipped history and went straight to econ? Two classes at the same time only you're learning a different one then you're supposed to. Beacon Hills is history, this is econ. Only on a wholly different planet. You're stuck. We're stuck. Derek and Scott are here though,so yay for you?

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[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac tilts his head to the side because holy fuck was that an explanation or was Stiles trying to give him a headache?]

Stuck? With you, Derek and Scott... [Well that was pretty much his normal life minus school.]

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[studmuffin]

[ He takes answer c. hungover and grumpy. ]

You've been here before. Or maybe not you-you but another you? Anyway, me and Derek have been here for almost a year - yeah, time travel sort've - and Scott's been a week. Scott's mom a couple of days. It's called the City because some very unimaginative people must've named it, I don't know.

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[outofthefreezer]

Dude I totally saw you like a half hour ago... [He can sort of run with this, it may be confusing but it was an explanation.]

Fine, I get it. Confusing, time travel, another planet. That's totally not the weirdest thing going on in my life right now.

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[studmuffin]

[ He grins but it doesn't quite reach his eyes. ] Yeah so, you've been plucked out of you class and now we're here, right? Except time doesn't move back home even if it moves here? Which is why you haven't noticed I'm gone.

Not that you would ... unless Scott asked. Scott would probably ask.

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[outofthefreezer]

I think I'd notice Stiles... [For one, no-one would be walking around the pack inserting sarcastic quips every five minutes.]

And great, I understand. What happens next?

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[studmuffin]

Now? Now you just get used to it.

[ He thinks about sending a message to Derek, maybe to Scott. He's not sure who's really in charge of Isaac anymore. ] You're kind of stuck? You can't get out, believe me, we've tried. Has anyone else contacted you yet?

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[outofthefreezer]

[Totally his own agent, no-one is in charge of the totally vulnerable non-independent werewolf.]

Scott. And his mom... Scott uh, he's coming to get me. It doesn't sound like I have to get used to a lot.

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[studmuffin]

[ Ha. ]

Okay so word of advice? Derek's here. And he's from the end of school. So don't mention Cora. Or Erica.

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[outofthefreezer]

He doesn't know anything...

[Really Derek being that far back isn't comforting, they'd moved along in pretty interesting ways since then.]

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[studmuffin]

We've been keeping it mostly a secret?

[ Because Stiles cares about Derek, is the thing. Doesn't want him to know his sister is out there when he can't see her. ] It just ... it wouldn't do him any good.

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[outofthefreezer]

Okay, so we just keep everyone in the dark? [Isaac is going to have to take a few days to get used to that, if only he could just develop amnesia.]

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[studmuffin]

Yeah.

[ Amnesia is a real thing that could happen Isaac, god don't jinx it. ] It sucks, I get that. But do you really want him flipping his lid when there's nothing he can do about it?

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[outofthefreezer]

Fine, I can do that. I mean as long as people don't start asking me questions, like Scott.

[Those gosh-darned other werewolves and their ability to sniff out lies.]

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[studmuffin]

He ... okay he might ask because he asked me.

[ EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH DOCTOR WHO, GOD. THEIR LIVES WOULD BE EASIER. ]

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[outofthefreezer]

He's asking. He doesn't like not knowing if everyone's okay. [God damn hero-wolf.]

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[studmuffin]

[ Lol whoops, Stiles meant Derek. Guess how much has changed, Isaac. ]

Just ... avoid. Avoiding's good. Avoiding keeps everyone safe and sane.

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[outofthefreezer]

Because avoiding all of the people I know is such a great solution.

[Consider him half on board.]

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[studmuffin]

No bro, like, avoid the conversation! Take up obnoxious humming. Start talking about gardening. Do your thang but keep the future all buttoned up.

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[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac nods while mentally rejection all of those apparent suggestions.]

That works I guess, why aren't you interested?

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[affectioning]

[ Stiles, they're not besties. Also, good work. Keep him from revealing too much. Scott is proud. If he'd seen Back to the Future, he'd totally be on board and call you Doc ... something. ]

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[studmuffin]

[ Your lack of pop culture knowledge wounds him deeply, Scott. ]