( 01 VIDEO )

[saviormaiden]

[ The video feed cuts on to show a very irritated looking girl. She seems to be in her late teens, and her thick lips are pursed tightly. The look might be a slightly familiar one for some residents, or ones that have seen the other Hale around. ]

Look, I feel really bad for this place and all. [ The sarcasm drips off of every word. ] My heart bleeds, really. But I don't have time for this, I have my own 'battles' to fight.

[ She's Not Pleased, capitalization included. She's frustrated that she's been taken against her will, taken so soon after she had been down and out for so long. The people weren't even clear if her brother was here.

She hopes it's not the Alpha pack. ] Derek, are you here? We need to figure out a plan to get home. I'm not twiddling my thumbs in this place any longer than I have to, this isn't my war to fight.

[ Cora is very adamant about this. She also might be thinking of a way to tell the emperor to sit and spin. ]

Comments

[saviormaiden]

Here. Unless you just sat around and read for two months.

[garou]

Well, that's not inaccurate. [ He seems... kind of edgy, though. He's not lying, but something's off. ]

[saviormaiden]

What is it? [ She brings a hand up to his shoulder. ] You've seemed upset. What happened?

[garou]

[ There really is no point in trying to hide it from her, is there? ] I've hurt people. [ He glances down, hands folded in his lap, knuckles white. ] Stiles... I don't really know why. He was making me dinner, we were talking, and he... kissed me. I reacted poorly.

[saviormaiden]

[ Cora's eyes widen as he speaks. That's... okay, that wasn't what she ever would have thought was the case. Stilinski... what? Did what? Kissed him? ]

He kissed you without permission?

[garou]

[ Derek nods. ] He has a girlfriend. I couldn't... let him do that to her.

[saviormaiden]

He— [ Cora stares at her brother for a second.

Then moves to get up. ] I'm gonna kill him—

[garou]

No. [ He doesn't even stand up, just grabs her by the shirt and yanks her back down. ] You aren't. You're going to leave him alone about it. This is my problem.

[saviormaiden]

How is it your problem? [ Now she's all irritated again. ] He's the one who hurt people, not you.

[garou]

And I hurt him. [ He's not arguing this!! He'll pull rank if he has to!! ]

[saviormaiden]

Good! He deserves it!

[garou]

No, he doesn't! Cora, no one deserves that!

[saviormaiden]

Fine! [ She huffs and glares at him. ] Then neither do you. Whatever Stilinski did isn't your fault.

[garou]

We're not talking about me.

[saviormaiden]

[ She's giving you such a look Derek. ] Yes we are. We're talking about you blaming yourself for him being a cheating sleaze.

[garou]

[ Derek sets his jaw. ] I could have reacted better.

[saviormaiden]

And he could have not done what he did. You're not in the wrong here.

[garou]

A lot of things could have gone differently. We're not discussing this anymore.

[saviormaiden]

[ She rolls her eyes at that. ] Fine, whatever.

[ Cora crosses her arms and goes to sit on a nearby chair, looking rather cross. She suddenly remembered when she was small and would huff when Derek tried to get her to do chores.

It was a little different this time though. ]

[garou]

Knock it off, you're not six anymore.

[ He remembered, too, and it hurts. The wound was getting easier to deal with, but it still hurt, and he wondered if it ever wouldn't. Maybe not. Maybe he'd be stuck with this gaping hole in his heart for the rest of his life. ]

[saviormaiden]

[ She wonders the same. Cora thought her wound had scabbed over, mourning her entire family, but now she had Derek. Sometimes she didn't know what to do with her new reality.

But she rolls her eyes again and sighs, uncrossing her arms and putting her hands on her knees. ] What do you want me to do then?

[garou]

What? [ He looks up at her, brow furrowed. ]

[saviormaiden]

About Stilinski. [ She itches to do something. He upset her big brother, her Alpha. But she knows she really shouldn't just punch in the face. Even though he has a pretty punchable face normally. ]

[garou]

You don't... you don't have to do anything, Cora. It's fine. It's settled.

[saviormaiden]

[ She didn't really believe it, but she doesn't say anything more. Cora just nods and stands up again. ] Anything else happen?