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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 manages the perfect rhythm between walking, internally contemplating all of this and also trying to see where he was going. It's a hard task but he was getting the hang of it. At least they were going somewhere.]

Okay so whatever happens here, we won't know about it when we get home, and we can just be thrown back at any time? [Well that was faintly worrying, it would've been an excellent way to make plans but instead it was like a messed up vacation.]

[affectioning]

Yes and no. We can but it doesn't happen often. If you want it, it won't happen any faster. [ Or, at all. He does stop walking. ] You have to know, you're probably not going to see anyone ever again. [ At least for a while. ]

[outofthefreezer]

That's fine. [Really it was, out of everyone Scott should know that if the Pack was here then he had nobody left behind.]

Like Stiles said, I'll get used to it.

[affectioning]

[ Scott gives him an understanding look. He had to say it but Isaac really doesn't have anyone. Erica's dead. Derek's here. All they're missing is Boyd. He starts walking again. ]

Because you're underage, you get an allowance. Stiles and me do, too.

[ Maybe Stiles and Isaac can share a room. Or, Stiles and Scott. Or, maybe Isaac will want to live with Derek. He did, before. That's what Stiles said. ]

We can get you clothes tomorrow. It's this way. [ He turns a corner. ]

[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac can tell from the look that Scott made the same mental connections he did. With all of them here that left just Lydia and Allison out of the equation from his list of 'people I associate with'.]

I get an allowance? [Well that was interesting at least, and he hadn't thought about clothes until Scott mentioned it, it wasn't like he'd packed a bag.]

Wait so are we going to Derek's place or your mom's, she invited me for dinner while I was waiting for you.

[affectioning]

[ It's no inheritance. And he's sorry Isaac can't access that. But, hey, it's better than having nothing? ]

My mom's. Mine. The apartment. Derek lives in a cabin in the woods. It's where we were. [ While he got up to get Isaac, his mom must've brought a few more boxes to the apartment. She's good like that. ] I was living with Derek at first.

[outofthefreezer]

[He just nods while he walks.]

He lives in a cabin? What's wrong with normal living arrangements... [Derek really had a thing for odd housing structures.] So you moved to be with your mom, right? That makes sense.

[affectioning]

Derek fixed it up. He and Stiles moved into it. [ He really has no idea. Though, the loft's not terrible. ] Yeah. I'm almost all moved in. Probably with Stiles, too. [ But, he doesn't know. ] It's a four bedroom.

[outofthefreezer]

Okay. [He ignored the obvious question of 'are we just leaving Derek alone in the woods.']

So I guess you've been getting used to everything pretty quickly, I mean with your mom only being here for a few days?

[affectioning]

[ You don't have to. He's not saying you have to do anything. And he doesn't know what Stiles is deciding. He's leaving it up to Stiles. And his mother. She talked to him. ]

It's not hard to get used to. [ Living here, not being okay with living here. ] She's doing her best. Everyone's nice. And helpful. [ Mostly! ]

[outofthefreezer]

That's good to know, I mean its better than waiting for the next dead body or waiting for someone to try and kill us. Especially without the alpha pack.

[He wasn't even sure if that counted as TMI considering the body pile up recently.]

[affectioning]

Yeah, there's no alpha pack here. [ That he knows of. If Deucalian were here, he'd have made himself known to Scott. So, it is another thing to stop worrying about. ] It can be dangerous here, though.

[outofthefreezer]

Really? What's more dangerous than a pack of Alphas and an evil Druid?

[He almost feels like he's jinxing himself asking.]

[affectioning]

Stiles talked about zombies? [ But, he'll clarify. ] There are things that happen to us called curses.

[outofthefreezer]

[Curses. Great.]

Awesome, so we get to leave one deadly town for a deadly city.

[affectioning]

They're not all deadly. This weekend -- okay, curses happen and then -- sometimes our personality can change or, our appearance. Or, stuff appears. It's not always dangerous. It just has been. Not since I've been here. Saturday, I tried to play Truth or Dare with everyone. That's all.

[outofthefreezer]

It sounds interesting at least? [Sigh, danger.]

I guess I'm safer than some others.

[affectioning]

It's not boring. And it's not Beacon Hills. I don't know if she's asked but I'm sure you can move in if you want to. [ Since he already had. ]

[outofthefreezer]

I guess I'll see what Derek says, I mean, if he's from the past he might want me to live with him again. [Not that Isaac would even know what to do with the offer. He would probably end up drifting between the two places.]

[affectioning]

Think you can convince him to at least move into the City? [ He doesn't like being in separate places altogether. At least in Beacon Hills, he had the loft. ]

[outofthefreezer]

Me? Convince Derek? You really think he'd listen to me? [Okay so Isaac's confidence in past Derek isn't exactly high.]

[affectioning]

You could try? I will, too. I just haven't been able to talk to him much. [ He's never around. And now with Scott's mom... ]

[outofthefreezer]

Maybe if we both weigh in he'll think its a good idea? Living alone in the woods probably isn't good for him. [Although it fit him perfectly well in Isaac's world.]

[affectioning]

[ What's good for Derek Hale? Scott sidesteps someone walking towards then and turns. Normally, he'd go the opposite way but he reminds himself he's going to the apartment. ]

Maybe. [ But, probably not. ] And my mom doesn't know about the motel. She's from after that but I never told her, so don't. I don't want her worrying more then she already is.

[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac wasn't exactly noticing anyone else, he was trying his best to get to grips with the geography.]

Good, she doesn't need that in her head. [Really the collective almost-suicides of the pack is something he himself doesn't dwell on.]