seven ✚ timeworn

[affectioning]

[ Even though it's a Saturday morning, Scott McCall had a full day planned. He had a breakfast with Stiles on the books. Those are top priority, even at this age. He was going to birth a horse shortly after. (Someone has to do it.) He'd planned on taking a few hours at the clinic because some of his favorite owners were on the books. They knew not to expect him every week - or every month, even, but he's in Beacon Hills for an unspecified amount of time. Dropping in on Deaton's practice has to happen. It brings back memories. He sees himself in the younger kid working there. It's hard not to. Innocence and bright eyes. A kid that hasn't seen the world yet.

But, all those plans change when he wakes up not in his old house. He never sold it. It held too many memories. He doesn't live in Beacon Hills full time, but he can't bring himself to sell it. Even though he's told over and over, this is a seller's market. Not that it matters now.

The room he wakes up in is the room of a teenager.

Wolfsbane?

He's not sure. It's a poor kidnapping because the bedroom door is unlocked.

After he finds his network device and sorts himself out, he addresses everyone. The face is older, a lot older than they're used to. But, he's fine with it. It's him. For those relatives and friends not in the apartment this morning they're in for quite a shock. ]

I get it. It's like a conference call on Skype. [ He looks impressed. ] My name is Scott McCall. I have a few questions if anyone out there can oblige me. Two minutes. It's all I need.

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[paraveterinary]

Yep. Only difference.

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[daggers]

You say it like that and I don't believe you.

[lefthandedgenius]

[She looks over her shoulder. Makes a displeased face. Turns back to the device.]

Yeah. His ghost. He keeps threatening me. It freaked me out really badly at first. I'm kind of surprised nobody came but if this happened to you, that must be why.

Are you still...? [She doesn't want to say it over the network, so she makes a vaguely clawish gesture in front of her like a move from the Thriller dance.] ...rawr?

[paraveterinary]

Nobody came where? Did you ask for help? [ He must've missed it. But, now he's a little worried. ] Did he do anything? [ His ghost? ]

... Yes. [ WUT was that. ]

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[paraveterinary]

Believe me. I never lie.

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[daggers]

Well.

[ What about all those lies when we first met, Scott? ]

[lefthandedgenius]

I screamed. [Let's just leave it at that.]

Well, he started of threatening me and telling me he'd kill my friends if I didn't help him, but the friend that did show up sort of proved to me that he's a ghost and I don't think he has any actual power except to annoy me a lot and -- shut UP, Peter, god! [This to someone presumably off-camera before she turns back to the screen.] Yeah. Like that.

Oh hey, are you Scott I know in a grown up body, or Scott as an adult from a future chronological point? [Because that's interesting, okay.]

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[paraveterinary]

I only lie when I have to.

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[daggers]

That's slightly more accurate.

[paraveterinary]

[ He wasn't here, yet. So, he can't say he heard it. ]

I would've come if I'd heard it.

So, he's more annoying than dangerous.

Scott as an adult. Future chronology.

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[paraveterinary]

And maybe if I want to spare someone's feelings. White lies are white lies for a reason.

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[daggers]

You don't have to spare mine, Scott. I'd rather have the truth than nothing at all.

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[paraveterinary]

I know. Allison, you're one of the strongest people I know.

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[daggers]

So are you.

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[paraveterinary]

So, am I correct if I say everyone has seen this conversation? And every other conversation I've had in the last hour or so?

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[daggers]

[ And there's the collective oh, shit. ]

- yes.

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[paraveterinary]

Wonderful.

[lefthandedgenius]

Of course you would have.

And yeah, I didn't know that at first, though. I mean, he's been just a ghost before, and look at what he managed to do.

Future chronology? Really? Fascinating. [Unthinkingly echoing a certain pointy eared hobgoblin.]

So what are we all like, then? Oh, and when you get to me, the applicable words are 'NASA' and 'astrophysicist'.

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[daggers]

Sorry. I still forget you can - make these things private.

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[anunluckypenny]

Okay, that's--okay. Sorry for being weird.

I'm Penny. It's nice to meet you. [Again.]

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[mamanurse]

[She chuckles at that, shaking her head slightly.]

I'm sorry, but if at your age you still can't say "shit" in front of your mother, I know I've done something right.

And yes, you have a clinic. It's still not totally finished, but it's yours.

[paraveterinary]

I don't know if I should. It's only a matter of time before Stiles talks my ear off about the space-time continuum. What's the number one rule of time travel?

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[paraveterinary]

You're doing everything right. [ His way of implying she's still alive. ]

How'd I get my hands on a clinic? Tell me people give buildings to kids here. Some people get maps when they end up in an unfamiliar place. Kids get buildings.

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[paraveterinary]

... You too, Penny. My best friend's as weird as they come. Don't worry, I've seen and heard much worse.

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[paraveterinary]

Hey, I didn't say anything I regret. Maybe to Derek. Oh well. Words are interchangeable.