four ☂ video ☁ alright don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy

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[ When the feed comes on, Isaac is giving as close a smile as he can. He's not a grinning guy, so it's somewhere between a smirk and a genuine smile. He's also back in his own body. It's a good week. ]

Question. Is anyone sick of having to be in one place to check messages and send them? I don't know about you guys, but I miss phones. And texting. Texting made everything so easy. [ Not to mention, it kept people safe. Instantaneous danger alert, natch. ] Anybody able to come up with some sort of phone prototype? I'd ask if magic can convert a phone or something - cause there's magic here - but, mine is still in the cradle of the car I was driving. So, I want the next best thing. I'd even say some sort of weird telepathy thing could be cool but nobody should be inside my mind. And I don't care what you're all thinking.

[ Also, gross, being inside someone's mind. Switching gears. ]

Also. I feel like my circle of social interaction is limited. No offense to people from Beacon Hills, but I'm used to the small town high school atmosphere. Even being infamous was better than this. So, I'm looking for some friends. I have one really, [ A beat as he considers this ] really good friend. [ Because, what is he going to define right now? ] And I think I had a friend who I pissed off and then there's Erica but there should be more, right? That's what being a teenager is about? Friends and stuff? Since I can't go to school, I want the school experience.

Also, sports. I play lacrosse - if anybody knows what I'm talking about. And thanks to gym class, I've played everything from badminton (no) to basketball (sure, I'm tall) - anybody into organizing something? I even ran cross-country. So, finding some guys to run with. Could be cool.

[ He has all this excess energy, sue him. ]

Also - parties. Specifically, raves? Clubs? Anything like that here?

[ 30% hackable - Stiles Stilinski

We should talk. Catch up. I uh - I got something for you last week.

[ 30% hackable - Scott McCall

I know I called you a friend. You're like my best friend. I also know we've crossed into, you know, more territory. I just - don't know what you thought about me being full disclosure. I can get back on the network and shout it to the rooftops. I've just never been that guy. Or, had the chance to be. Anyway, uh, yeah. [ He blushes and looks away. ] Yeah.

[ 30% hackable - Erica Reyes

We're overdue for catch up. And I need to tell you something.

[ end hacks

[ And then, he turns the camera back onto the public feed. ]

I know why we were brought here and the name we can't say and all but, am I the only person who thinks this place doesn't suck? Discuss.

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Do you think you two need a label at this point? I mean, after your first date is that a conversation you're going to have?

[It might sound fast to someone older, more experienced, but it seems normal to Erica. People get into relationships quickly when they're younger. They happen and end rapidly and well, it makes sense that Isaac may need to talk to Scott about it.]

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I don't care? It's not why I said what I said. I felt bad. It sounds like I only see him as a friend so I had to say something.

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[Erica holds her hands up, a brief defensive gesture.]

Hey, I'm not judging. I'm just curious. I wouldn't worry too much though, I mean. It's Scott. He's one of those nice guys who doesn't fly off the handle over little things, right?

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He is. [ He nods. ] I just don't wanna mess this up. Especially before it starts.

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[Well, relieving some stress bashing some lights into smithereens might help him today.]

I get that. Don't think you will though, I mean. You're you. He's Scott. Not like it's me or something.

[Because of the four of them in Keeliai, Erica feels certain she's the most likely to fuck up a fledgling relationship in twenty-four hours or less.]

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What do you mean, I'm me?

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Well you're Isaac. You're a good guy. We may run around, get a bit crazy, have a bit of fun, but when it counts...you've got good intentions. Road to hell may be paved with them but they still count for something I think.

[She shrugs.]

If I can see that, Scott will too I bet.

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[ That's the sweetest thing she's ever - maybe anyone's ever said to him, so he looks front and turns the corner into a nearby back alley. ]

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[Erica has her moments. They're few and far between in public maybe, they aren't part of the image she projects around others because sweet and insightful feels like exposing weakness. So it's the people she trusts, her friends, who see it sometimes.

Erica follows Isaac down the back alley curiously.]

This the place?

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This is the place. [ He hops a crate and steps onto another one before walking along a closed dumpster. Beyond is crates of "hallogens." Some are lying on the ground. But, they're there like he promised. ] What'd I tell you?

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[Erica follows easily, not wearing heels and being just as agile with her werewolf abilities as he is.]

Just like you said.

[She heads toward one of the crates of lights and pulls one out.]

Always wanted to swing one of these like a baseball bat...

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You and me both. [ He hops down, picking one up, testing its weight. ] Ladies first?

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[Erica pulls a light out with a wide smile and steps to the opposite side of the space. They might be werewolves and might be able to heal, but glass would be a bitch all the same, and she doesn't want anything flying at Isaac.

Once she's good with the distance, however, she adjusts her grip on the bat, pulls it back, and then swings it at the corner of one of the crates like a bat. The entire thing shatters in a tinkling of glass, and the destruction feels good in her hands.]

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[ Isaac watches her light up, the grin cheering him up as well. Any worries he has about Scott's reaction are subsiding, being replaced by glee as he moves away from her and smashes the one in his hand against the dumpster. It makes a more booming sound. ]

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[Erica watches the glass shatter against the dumpster and bends down to pick up another light.]

Too bad we don't have a video camera that does slow-motion. That would probably look awesome.

[This time she throws the light against the building as hard as she can so the entire thing shatters against the wall and then rains down on the ground.]

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Edited slowly, or backwards.

[ Like stuff he used to Youtube for fun. If he was good at science or cameras - or anything - he'd have attempted stuff like that.

Taking another one up, he slams that one into the ground, the end of it still in his hand. He tosses it away with another crash. ]

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[Erica grabs another light, tosses it to Isaac, and then picks up her own. She holds it out like a sword.]

So, how is it going to work, living in the same place and dating at the same time? Stiles going to keep staying with you both?

[She hadn't stayed with them in days, and now, well, now it didn't seem like a good idea to go back to rotating suites with the group.]

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[ Isaac catches it effortlessly, he holds his out likewise. Lightsaber duel, commence! Except, it definitely shatters. ]

I don't know. Scott's at his place right now. I don't think we're living together. And Stiles -- I don't think we're all going to be doing that again. Stiles may not be able to hear everything ... [ It'd just feel squicky. ]

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[It would be really squicky, which is why Erica isn't going to be sleeping over with the guys for sure.]

Can't blame you. I guess we're just going to have to throw parties every once in a while to hang out or something.

[Erica grabs a couple lights and spins to shatter them both against the building again.]

Feels weird though, doesn't it? Living alone like we're...[adults.]

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We can hang out other times. Afternoons. Early nights...

[ Grabbing two, Isaac sends them flying and they hit the back door. OOPS. He stops, listening for movement or someone investigating... ]

Yeah I - guess. It's not too different for me. Living with Derek is like living alone. He's there and he's mute or he's not there at all. I don't miss sleeping on the floor, though.

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[Erica pauses as well, listening for movement inside the building and...oh, yeah, it sounds like someone's coming so she's just going to carefully set that light down to see if they come outside or not.]

He made you sleep on the floor?

[Seriously? What in the hell happens to their pack after the rave? Isaac of all people deserved to have at least a bed after dealing with a shitty home life with his father.]

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There was no other bed and Cora got the couch.

[ It's a sore subject for him, too. The footsteps stop and then retreat. ]

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[That's messed up. Erica purses her lips together briefly before poking a toe at the light. She's glad he's got the really nice suite after hearing this. After knowing everything else he'd been through. He deserved it.]

Well if he shows up maybe there will be a suite shortage and you can make him sleep on the floor in your place instead.

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I won't be doing that.

[unfettered]

[And maybe that's the difference between them. If someone had done something to her, Erica's still at the point where turnabout being fair play is a legitimate thing.]

I guess not.