144 Howls: Accidental Video

[coyote_walking]

Oh nice, City. Very nice.

[That would be sarcasm and lots of it as we see Mercy looking down at her shirt which reads, "I lost my home 'cause the guy I was in love with only wanted me so he could have kids."]

Thanks. I really hoped the whole world would get to see that.

[As she turns to walk away,the back of her shirt reads, "And then I found my mom had a whole other family and none of them knew I existed and all I got..."]

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[doeswhathewants]

This is a very telling curse, so much emotional trauma in one place.

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[coyote_walking]

Oh great.

[Mercy looks around to find the device.]

Just what I wanted transmitted to the world.

But yeah, lots of emotional mess.

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[doeswhathewants]

Did she not love you enough? Your mother, I mean.

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[anunluckypenny]

Nice curse today, huh?

[She won't pry.]

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[coyote_walking]

Just lovely, yeah.

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[coyote_walking]

She loved me just fine.

[Yeah, she snapped a little, but even all this time later, even knowing how much her mom's new family loved her and the way they'd taken her in with open arms - it still hurt.]

She just... couldn't take care of me because of what I was.

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[doeswhathewants]

So she abandoned you for a new, easier family?

What are you?

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[coyote_walking]

She didn't abandon me.

She was a 17 year old unwed mother whose baby started turning into a coyote pup and she didn't know what to do.

She found me a place where I could be safe and be raised where I wouldn't have to hide what I was.

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[doeswhathewants]

So she hid you away and then basked in the glow of her normal family, withdrawing affection from you when she was giving it to them? It seems that is the definition of abandoning.

You are a coyote? Heh. A trickster?

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[anunluckypenny]

I'm sorry.

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[coyote_walking]

She came to visit me every year. Every year. And they didn't make it easy for her. But she still came.

[But he was saying things she'd thought herself so it was hard to argue.]

I'm a walker. I shift into a coyote. But I wouldn't consider myself a trickster.

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[coyote_walking]

It's not your fault.

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[doeswhathewants]

Oh. Slightly less cool, then.

Well, there you go. It was not easy to see you that once a year, but she did it. And then she breathed a sigh of relief, now that her guilt was alleviated, and went back to her normal family who remained ignorant of you.

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[anunluckypenny]

No, but it still sucks. A lot.

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[coyote_walking]

Yeah, you know what? I think we're done now.

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[coyote_walking]

Yeah, it does. Thanks, Penny.

How are you doing?

[lupusalpha]

That's too long.

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[anunluckypenny]

Always happy to help.

Good! Um... good. Cursed, but my shirt's not half as bad as some of them. I mean, I don't exactly get it, but that's okay.

[coyote_walking]

Too long by half.

[lupusalpha]

On your back, too.

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[coyote_walking]

Unfortunately I do get mine.

I'm glad yours isn't too bad.

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[doeswhathewants]

Was it something I said?

[coyote_walking]

What?!?

[Mercy turned toward a mirror squirming to try and read what was written there. This was followed by some choice mechanic's power words.]

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[coyote_walking]

You could say that.

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[doeswhathewants]

I did just say that.